The hammer fell at 12:37 and Prez Jeff began the meeting by asking Terri Grassi to lead the Pledge, and Griff Duncan to lead the song.  Griff chose “My Country ‘tis of thee” followed by “Smile” ably accompanied by Don Ludwig on piano.

Mitch Hovey gave the invocation and asked the club to keep the Hutchison family in our prayers after the recent death of Jeff’s mom, Elaine.  Mitch also asked to keep the Clark family in our prayers after the death of long time Rotary member Bob Clark, Sr.

Prez Jeff also mentioned the Ed Little is in the hospital for tests.

Rick Price introduced visiting Rotarians Dan Young from Orange, and Andy Craig (Rotaract member from Riverside Sunrise, and guest of Dan O).  Also introduced were guests of Rotarians: Kenny Lin (Dowds); Arnie Kimeldorf (Kvetney); Derek Johnson (Dick Jones); Mary Ashcroft (Ray); Sherine Smith (Giokaris).

Announcements:

Prez Jeff awarded Jay Kremer a “Certificate of Mobility” for stepping in and providing a Senior Craft talk in the absence of last weeks program.  This certificate represents a wheel chair donated to provide the gift of mobility to people in third world countries.

Prez Jeff announced that the monthly Fullerton Rotary Club Board meeting will be held as always 2^nd Tuesday of each month (next Tuesday) at the conference room of the Fullerton Community Bank) at  7:30 AM.

Prez Jeff also displayed a RI Presidents citation that our club earned for our efforts towards children’s charities.

Officer Scott Dowds announced a Banking Scam he has become aware of and asked us to remind others not to disclose any information on-line or to make a phone call to the posted number and reveal personal Banking information.

Rick Crane has a couple of Baseball events scheduled.  First is Fullerton Rotary night at the Fullerton Flyers on July 23^rd.  Tickets are $25.  The Angels will celebrate Rotary Night on Aug 29.  These tickets are $30 dollars and this event is a Polio Plus fundraiser.

Ken Kaisch is soliciting ideas for Polio Plus donations.  There is a donation per member figure suggested to make our financial commitment to the program and Ken is looking for funding ideas.  If you would like to join Ken’s Polio Plus committee, call Ken.

Randy McFarland and Zoot Velasco did a liturgical dance to pay homage to the late Michael Jackson.  Zoot shared that he had once performed with Michael Jackson, while Randy admitted to once having a Michael Jackson poster on his wall.

Mr. Baseball (Tom Meyer) acted as finemaster today and promptly tried to stump Fred Johnson with a baseball trivia question.  Fred prevailed and Tom had to pay Fred’s fine.

Rick Price was recognized for his 52^nd birthday.

Bob Hathaway was recognized for his 80^th birthday!

Ray Ashcroft was recognized for his and Mary’s 51^st Anniversary.

Mr. Baseball finished his presentation by reciting two jokes that even made Mike Oates eyes roll.

Guest Mary Ashcroft won the raffle and she selected husband Ray to help her name that tune.  They won the prize by knowing the song “Nothing Matters Anymore”, by the Fortunes, on King Records.  Mary admitted inside knowledge by telling the story of how husband Ray wrote and sang this song with Sonny Bono playing guitar on the recording and Cher sitting next to Mary while they both watched.

(Randy McFarland also admitted that he had a Fortunes poster as well).

The program today featured George Giokaris who presented a very comprehensive picture of the Fullerton Joint Union High School District. George seemed very proud of the Districts progress in the last ten years and explained how its successes were achieved and how it has approached the fiscal challenges.  George credits the Board of Trustees, the Administrators, the Faculty, the Students, the Parents, and the Community for helping the District stay pointed in the right direction and prevailing in these challenging times.

Everybody in attendance left with a since of admiration for the District as well as admiration for George!