Meeting called to order by President, Pat McKinley at 12:30pm

Pledge of Allegiance: Buck Catlin

• Beat the Air Force?  What happened to beat the Army?

Invocation: Greg Hickman

• “Lets All Hold Hands”

Song leader: Leroy Fulton

• “Jingle Bells”
• Weren’t we supposed to sing that song last month?
• “Smile”.  I believe that’s the song we do best.

Visiting Rotarians and guests:

• Visiting Rotarian: Bill Gillespie (Fullerton South)
• Visiting Rotarian: Ed Vincent (Brea)
• Visiting Rotarian: Don Landers (Visalia Downtown)
• Zoot Velasco’s guest- Duane Greenleaf.  Happy Birthday, Duane
• Daniel Kang’s guest- Ted Kim

Announcements:

Town Crier: Terri Grassi

• May 1^st, 2009- Bon Voyage.  Party for retiring Chief Pat McKinley will be held at the Museum Plaza.

Rick Crane: Community Investment

• Awards to Buck Catlin by Feb. 17^th

Pat McKinley

• Coaching didn’t help Mary Alyce.  She said, “he spent too much time with the cheerleaders”.

Theresa Harvey

• Sign up for Ad’s for the concert program.  It’s going to be a great event.

Chamber of Commerce:

• February Sunset Mixer is Wednesday February 11^th hosted by the Holiday Inn and Suites: 2932 E. Nutwood Ave.  It’s from 5pm-7pm
• Our changing economic landscape is Friday March 9^th at the Summit House at 11:30am.  The moderator is our own Tom Meyer.

Program Committee:

• Valentine Event is on February 11^th.  Bring your spouse.

Quote of the Day: Dick Jones

• “In tough times, Rotarians keep rolling on.”

Fine Master: Ken Kaisch

• A spelling award to Bill Mathy.  A coveted clock.
• Pat McKinley was fined for coaching and cheerleading
• Allyn Lean was fined for not being here
• Mike Oates was fined for tasteless jokes.  I thought his jokes were improving.
• Blake Smith was fined for surviving cod liver oil
• Everyone over 6 feet got fined
• Dan Kiernan’s quote: “little boys pack it tighter”.  What does that mean?
• Terri Grassi was fined for pictures with rock stars
• Mike Oates was fined, again.  Ken couldn’t resist that he was just “feeling his Oates”.

Raffle: Franki Berry

• She chose to help her “Mike Oates”.

Baseball Trivia:

• Who are the only 2 switch hitters to hit 500 or more home runs?
• They got one correct, Mickey Mantle.  They missed Eddie Murray.

Program: Speech contest

• Chair, Diane Masseth-Jones: Our speakers are from Fullerton High School and Sunny Hills High School
• From Fullerton High School: Matthew Jenkins, Shirae Christie, Ellit Pratt, and Justin Restano
• From Sunny Hills High School: Joshua Shin, Andy Moow, and Kevin Kim
• Today’s speech theme is, “make dreams real”.
• Time keeper was Bob Radde and Wally Swatkowski
• The judges were: Jim Williams, Dr. Jim Young, Minard Duncan, and Bob Hathaway
• All the speeches were great and a real tough job for the judges.
• The results were announced: 2^nd runner up was Shirae Christy.  The winner was Matthew Jenkins. 
• A great contest.  Special thanks to Diane, judges, and time keepers.

Closing Remarks: