Joe Arnold announced our visitors for today's meeting. Ray Ashcroft had his wife, Mary, as a guest. Dan Kiernan introduced Martin Leslie and Theresa Theiler. Bill Peloquin introduced his wife, Wilma. Randy McFarland introduced his son, Don.

Bill Schenk welcomed Tom Meyer, past President of the club. He also asked all the past Presidents in the room to stand and be applauded. Bill also announced that there would be a celebration of Jim Young on October 29. He urged members to bring stories about Jim. He then tried to skip announcements and move to the raffle. Dan Ouwelleen came forward and informed the President that there are always announcements at each meeting and, supported by Howard Minkley and Terry Ott, urged the members to support the Jog-a-Thon on October 18. He shared the advantages of contributions and indicated that we had raised $23,000 so far. Our goal is to beat the $30,000 we raised last year. He noted that the money the students raise during the Jog-a-Thon all goes back to their schools. There is also a need for more volunteers (about 20) and outside extension cords and pop-up tents. Meg Crider also announced Vendor Day that is being held in conjunction with the Jog-a-Thon, will be on November 12. It already has 21 vendors and has so far raised $6,500.

Ray Ashcroft had the winning raffle ticket, but didn't pull the red chip out of the bag and so the prize money eluded our members again. However, Ray did receive the tequila consolation.

Will Abbott made his debut as a recognition master, and began appropriately by fining Bill Mathy two dollars "just because I said so." Larry Bennett (who is running for City Council) was recognized for his birthday. Greg Hickman and Robert Kennedy were recognized for their birthdays. Les McCarthy was recognized for her husband's birthday and contributed $20.00 because she almost described him as "worthless" rather than "priceless" and knew she needed to bribe the membership not to reveal her faux pas. J Ritchey regaled the membership with the tale of his wife's birthday and the virtues of In-and-Out Burgers. Les McCarthy paid the fine for Jim Thompson's birthday, and Zoot Velasco and his wife were recognized for their anniversary.

Vern Andrews indicated that the Endowment Award nominations are welcome. Terri Grassi reminded the members of the October 25 Night at the Races. Bob Radde noted that the Program Committee will be meeting at Coco's on Tuesday morning at 7:30 a.m.

Frank Kawasi introduced Bob Sattler, who provided an updated Craft Talk. Bob recounted his experiences growing up in Fullerton and his long appreciation of Rotary. Bob was born in Covina and his father, a veterinarian, bought a house in Fullerton and set up his private practice here. Bob lives in the same house he grew up in and recalled many long-time friends in the community. His parents now live in Oregon, and his Mom just turned 87. Bob and his wife Roselva were married in 1981 and were together for 21 years before she passed at the age of forty-seven. He and their three children went through understandably difficult times but persevered. His wife used to go to schools to help students who needed help in reading. This has led to his continuing interest in helping the students at Golden Hills School to become good readers. Though he has often been teased that he uses his high school picture in the Rotary directory, he said he was actually a chubby kid. He eventually lost weight and was on the Fullerton High School football team. He confessed a fondness for desserts, red wine, music of all types, and loves playing the clarinet. He took his undergraduate degree at U.C. Davis and his M.B.A. at CSUF. While at Davis he scheduled rock concerts and was able to book several stars. He still loves to go to concerts, and is now taking dance lessons (the waltz is his favorite). His standard uniform is a coat and tie. He enjoys auto-racing, creative writing (he started journaling on family trips) and has a pilot's license. His father loved flying planes and had a small charter operation. The most famous charter customer they had was Magic Johnson (to Las Vegas and back to see Muhammad Ali fight).

Bob recalled that when he joined the Rotary club in 1981 there were 125 members, about 20 of whom are still members or honorary members. He brought the two-sided sheet of paper that served as the roster and a copy of one of the 1981 Rotograms. He has continued his work in the area of commercial and industrial real estate, with about 80% of his business in leases and rentals and about 20% in sales. He started out in property managment. He now has 40 agents and a staff of 6. He still does brokerage as well as run the main office. He loves his work, and noted with some amusement that his duties run the gamut from management to addressing concerns that the plants in the office need some water.