Prez Chief Pat McKinley called upon Joe Lins to lead us in the Flag Salute. I noticed a few veterans saluting our Flag instead of the hand over the heart. According to the American Legion, the U.S. Congress passed a law that veterans may salute the Flag of our Country without being in uniform.

As usual, Mary Alyce Jeremiah led us in a nice prayer.

With accompaniment by Don Ludwig, Griff Duncan did a great job leading us in singing "When Irish Eyes Are Singing" and "Smile.

Jeff Hutchison handled the Guests and Visiting Rotarians:

Guest Anthony Guinn - Mike Salyards

Guest Steve Grom - Warren Wimer

Guest Nancy Hansen - Ray Hansen

Guest John Link - George Giokaris

Cathy Gach told us about Fullerton High School's musical "Damn Yankees" which opens on Friday, March 20 at 7:30 p.m. and with shows on March 21, 27, and 28 plus Saturday matinees at 1:30 p.m. Admission is $12/general and $8/students, seniors and children. Also, the Fullerton Academy of the Arts Foundation is having their Spring Fund Drive "Get In the Game." All proceeds will go to the Academy of the Arts. You could win a 42" Vizio TV (1080P HD LCD). Tickets for the TV are only $10 each or 3 for $20. See Cathy for this great opportunity!

Rotary Announcements

-District Assembly is April 4, 2009 - Rick Crane

-Rotary City Track Meet is this coming Saturday at 8 a.m. at Troy High School - Rick Crane

-One family is needed to host a female from Bavaria from April 10-13. - Kathy Allred

-Blake Smith visited Coco Beach, Florida Rotary Club and he exchanged club flags with them.

-Jim Williams encouraged us to sell Paul Harris (Dr. Jim Young) CD's to other Rotary Clubs - $15

-Teresa Harvey reminded us of the Peter Brandon Concert at the Phoenix Club-Anaheim on April 24 at 8 p.m. Ticket price of $95 includes dinner and concert. We need to sell lots of tickets.

-Chief Pat McKinley for recommending the song we Rotarians sounded worst that worst last week

-Bill Mathy for pushing Vellum wine

-Cathy Gach for making two non-Rotarian announcements

-George Giokaris for being so proud of the FJUHS new school - La Sierra High

-Pastor Greg Hickman for not knowing how much money we took in today with fines (cannot read Mark's handwriting so I am not sure this is correct reason)

-Teresa Harvey for something to do with the Concert

- Joe Lins made a "hole in one" a while back and Mark levied a whopping $5.00 to Joe and for anyone else who has had a "hole in One."

-Ray Hansen and wife Nancy had their anniversary on 3/17.

-Leslie McCarthy and husband have their anniversary on 3/23.

Raffle

Bob Radde won the drawing and with aid from Jim Williams answered that Chuck Conners was the actor who played Lucas McCain in the TV show "The Rifleman."

Program

Ray Hansen introduced Carl Morrison who is a Train Writer and Rider. Carl has several websites. Three of them are Carl@TrainWeb.com, http://moknowsphotos.com/LTT/, and http://moknowsphotos.com. He has traveled several thousands of miles on trains and has a wealth of information to share. Before being a train writer he taught high school for 40 years. He told us about how all three of AMTRAK's Western Routes originate in Chicago, Illinois and go to the states of Washington (one route) and California (two routes). He says that Fullerton is a wonderful place to watch trains. He claims that the Coast Starlight is the best in the West. It has the longest ocean view in America. Beautiful projected photos were shown to us.

The Wringling Brothers Circus has the largest train in the world.

Since trains often run late, he gave us a number to call to find out if a train is on time. It is 1-800-USARAIL.

Closing

President Pat ended the meeting with a reading of a veteran's diary about how glad he was to be an American.