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President Dan Ouweleen started the meeting by noting some facts about today’s date in history. 1914 the first mail was delivered by automobile. 1963 The Beatles recorded “I Want to Hold Your Hand”. Pledge and Invocation and Song were ably performed by Bob Kennedy and Carl Camp, and Greg Hickman, respectfully. Welcome Guests and Visitors Judy Atwell introduced guests Susan Pechan and Ann Unger, Vern Andrews introduced Frank Chiaretta, Maryalyce Jeremiah introduced June Kearney, Dick Daybell introduced his wife, Lois, Carl Camp introduced guest Travis McShane, Dick Ackerman, father of member Brett Ackerman, Rypen Member Derek Kirk attended, a member of our club. Adam England is a member of Anaheim Rotary. Scott Dowds introduced our guest speaker, Dr. Barbara Stone. President Dan announced the upcoming District Centennial Gala noting that auctionable gift basket donations are being requested for that event, and that $100. raffle tickets are for sale Past President Terri Grassi reminded us that Nov. 2 meeting will be held in the evening at our regular location at 5:30PM and ask that everyone is asked to bring canned food for the needy. Rick Crane asked for volunteers for this Saturday’s Fight Polio Jog-a-thon, (invite friends and family to come and help besides yourself) Help 7AM-10AM or 10AM to 12:30PM Call him if you can make a 1200 hot dog run at 7AM! Judy Atwell needs items for gift bags our Dec. 14 Senior Christmas event at Fullerton Community Center. Consider useful promotional items. About 70-75 bags will be created. Joe Arnold - Thanked those who painted last weekend at a transitional home Adam England (president elect of the Anaheim Rotary Club) announced a free event “Tomorrow’s Stars” talent showcase at the Muck which will include singing, dancing and comedy by school children, starting at 7:30PM Thursday Oct. 20th. Past President Dick Daybell is seeking suggestions for board members and president elect candidates. The persons you suggest should have been a board members.
Vern Andrews announced that the deadline is here regarding applications for the Endowment Award nominations. Opportunity Drawing Diane Masseth-Jones’ ticket was pulled and she remarkably chose the winning owl and donated her winnings! Recognitions Minard Duncan was vigilant about following up on collecting on previous fine opportunities, like Larry Bennett for his birthday. Joe Arnold was fined for a birthday and claimed that he knows how to spell “Ouweleen” (this is one of the many benefits of being a Rotascribe) Vern Andrews celebrates is 57th wedding anniversary as does Howard Minkley. Minard hadn’t collected much in the way of fines until he invoked the Four Way Test when asking the entire club who knew how to spell “Ouweleen”, and who our District Governor and our Rotary President. $1.00 fine for each wrong answer. Program Past President Scott Dowds introduced our guest, Dr. Barbara Stone Emeritus Professor at Cal State University, Fullerton. She was the chair of the Political Science Department from 1973-1978, and the National Republican Women 1998 Woman of the Year. Dr. Stone has spoken to our club a few times in the past, enlightening us on political goings on, but admitted that she has never seen anything like this year’s presidential race. Dr. Stone noted that most presidential candidates come from state governorships and senate seats, not house speakers or house representatives. She commented that the medial helped Trump by all the coverage, mostly because he was entertaining. Cruz was poised to win evangelical voters but Trump upset those plans. Dr. Stone noted that people have a tendency to classify people but that doesn’t always hold true when they vote. She said that 1/3 of Hillary voters are because they are against Trump. She suspects that some blacks may not turn out as expected to vote for Hillary. Regarding the Propositions, #62 is to abolish the death penalty and #66 is to speed up the death penalty. Don’t vote for both! Proposition #52 would call on a fee from hospitals which would come back to hospitals for Medi-cal patients and is permanent. Dr. Stone mentioned that 1/3 of Californians are on Medi-cal. Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association is involved with this. Nancy was not supportive of a couple of other initiative retarding prescription drug costs compared to what’s charged to the Veteran’s Administration. She also did not think that legalization of marijuana was a good idea. Closing thought of the day: “Never too late to be what you might have been.”
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