Opening traditions:

After generating a heartfelt “Good afternoon, Joyce!” from the weekly assemblage of Rotarians, Joyce Capelle immediately asked Claude Jones to lead us in the pledge to our country, which he aptly did. Howard Wood’s enthusiastic leadership on vocals got us through “Let it Be Me” and “Smile”, with Don Ludwig tickling the ivories.

Mike Oates announced that he’s a grandfather (again) and then did the invocation. It won’t be long until we see him walking around town with two grand kids in tow!

Joyce introduced Warren Wimer as our Introductions delegate and he announced visitors Aubrec LeBard from La Habra and Bill Gillespie of Fullerton South. Cameron McCune introduced guest Hilda Sugarman, and Diane Masseth-Jones introduced guest Nina Visconti.

Announcements:

Mike Oates- Top 100 tonight at the Ebell Club

Fred Johnson- Hobie Golf Tournament Monday June 19th for Boys and Girls Club.

Bob Clark, Jr. June 10th Hollywood in Fullerton for Save the Fox

Diane Masseth-Jones- Monopoly Tournament for the YWCA This Saturday at Villa Del Sol

Tom Meyer and Hilda Sugarman- Night of Wine and Roses fundraiser at Arboretum Friday June 2nd.

Bob Savage- Demotion night in one month at Windham Hotel starting 6:30PM

Vern Andrews- Had all Veterans stand for a round of applause and forwarded a hat to Pearl Harbor survivor Bob Engemann.

Finemaster/Recognitions

Jim Williams nailed many who helped at last week’s Top 100 event utilizing photographic evidence supplied (with labels, no less) by our own Ray Ashcroft.

Drew Napolin’s sage advice on staying married for 23 years was, “Keep your mouth shut”. Pat McKinley, celebrating 17 years, was just as tight lipped and would only say “I don’t know”, when asked the same question. Les Christiansen, Frank Kawase and Bill Klinghoffer all received a reminder of their wives birthdays, while Jeff Hutchison was celebrating the triple crown of

Finemaster/Recognitions (cont)

recognitions: Birthday, wife birthday and anniversary! Jeff noted that “Give and take” is vital in a lasting marriage, but the details of this remark are for those who were present. Dean Heiser had a birthday and Ken Kaisch was proud to announce his one month anniversary, so we assume he’d credit the marital longevity to an extended honeymoon!

RAFFLE

Either due to tradition or lack of any better time to do it, Joyce decided to hold the raffle drawing, in which Scott Dowds won $10.00 from Wally Swatkowski for incorrectly guessing at which planet is the only one to spin counterclockwise.(Venus)

PROGRAM

We got a preview of the upcoming year when President-Elect Terri Grassi introduced her board of directors. Each gave a brief overview of their respective avenue of service.

Bill Schenk- Club Service- Membership

J Richey- International Service

Scott Dowds- Community Service- Youth

Jim McKamy- Club Service- Fellowship

Minard Duncan- Vocational Service

Rick Price- Community Service- General was announced as well.

She passed out forms for us to complete with our ideas for Fundraisers, Projects and Programs.(If anyone is reading this right now, let me know by saying, “I read what you wrote!” to me at our next meeting.)

Teri stressed how much more members of our club will be in the upcoming year, inviting Rotarians to speak up early for more choice as to where they’ll be helping. Good participation in many events will certainly enhance our standings in the District Awards Program!

Joyce ended the program with the quote: "There is a wonderful mythical law of nature that the three things we crave most in life -- happiness, freedom, and peace of mind -- are always attained by giving them to someone else."