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 Volume 62, Issue 8 |
Wednesday, September 4, 2002
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Written and reported by
Chris Hunt |
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Recognizing Los Angeles's birthday, President Mike Oates got us off to a rollicking start.. Tom Meyer led us in the Pledge of Allegiance. My Country Tis of Theee and Smilee brought to us by the Singing Wheels (Griff Duncan, Jim Blackburn, Jim Young and Leroy Fulton) with piano accompaniment by Don Ludwig.
Mike Escalante provided the Thought For the Day reminding us of the start of the school year and a few Murphyys Laws that apply to students and teachers alike.
Visiting Rotarians and Guests included Tony Montenegro, guest of Ray Hansen, Sherry Spray, guest of Drew Napolin, Diane Masseth-Jones, guest of Chris Hunt, and Bob Hathway, guest of Mike Escalante.. Frequent visitor Dick Boyle from Fullerton South was with us again.
While Carl Camp provided an interesting program the week prior on the stock market and investment strategies, President Mike recognized all other financial planners in the club including: Dan Kiernan, Larry Larson, Jim McKamy and Winston Miller.
The Kingston Trio has been booked for the concert.
Vern Andrews gave a short program on the YMCA Crab Feast taking place Sept. 14th.
Wally Bartelt asked for assistance with redesigning our club banner (itts been 12 years). Contact Wally if you would like to help.
Greg Franklin held the lucky ticket this week.. El Presidente wasnnt playing with a deck of cards this week (half or otherwise).. He did ask a great question though and the answer was Oldsmobile.. Greg and everyone else guessed Ford. Greg did score on the consolation question (what building did Sam Woolworth buy -- the Woolworth building, of course).
Congrats to Larry Larson, Leslie McCarthy, Damon Dragos, and Minard Duncan for graduating off the Newest Nine.
The Finee Master Carolyn Tormey auctioned off this monthhs Pot Pass> for $45 to Claude Jones - who promptly stood up and proudly announced he had just become a grandfather for the first time!
If Paul Thompson has looked a little tired lately, itts cuz hees a new dad to a daughter born on August 7th.. Congrats!
Leroy Fulton and wife, Jean, celebrate 51 years of marriage this week.. And Jim Williams will be taking his wife, Sally, out for her birthday.. All Fullerton educators were recognized for being mentioned in the OC Register for Fullerton's high test scores.
Craft Talks
Jo McAulay
Jo was born and raised on a farm in Mexico with her seven older brothers.. Her mother passed away early in her life and she went to live with her aunt.. She read a lot and did well in school.. Times with her aunt were difficult and she moved to the city to live with her brother and go to high school.. She had to work part-time to pay for her education.. Jo started college but admitted she spent more time partyingg than studying.. She took some time off and came to visit three of her brothers who were living in Fullerton.. She started studying English at Maple School and the Wilshire Center.. She got a job as a waitress where she met her future husband, Bill McAulay, a customer of hers..He finally asked her out and a couple years later got married.. She went back to school full-time and got her BA degree in Criminal Justice from CSUF.. She works with her husband at McAulay & Wallace Mortuary and is working on completing her masterrs degree at Chapman University in Marriage and Family Counseling.. Ultimately, her goal is to begin a private practice and specialize as a sex therapist.
Jim LaPak
Jim is the youngest of three children born in Norwalk, Connecticut.. Jim began his life in the Y very early.. He learned to swim at the local YMCA and became a self proclaimed Y-Rat... He joined a YMCA leadership club as a teenager and this propelled his career direction.. Jim had an early brush with Rotary also, receiving a Rotary scholarship to attend college.. Jim met his wife, Judie, and they had five children as he made his way up the YMCA ladder..After 20 years at the YMCA, Jim decided he needed a change and he and his wife bought a 30-room inn up in Maine. He quickly realized that innkeeping was not his style and began selling commercial real estate.. He took a job as a commercial mortgage broker with a company headquartered in Irvine and ultimately moved to Sunny SoCal. Jim felt the call of the Y again and has been rebuilding and revitalizing our local YMCA for 16 months now.
Prez Mike spoke for all of us when he thanked Jo and Jim for sharing with us and noted how much we all enjoy getting to know our members better through Craft Talks.
9/10 Board Meetingg 7:30 a.m.. @ City of Fullerton Maintenance Facility on Commonwealth.
Next Week: Bill Mathy's son, Jeff will be here to share his adventures climbing the seven summits.
Donnt Miss It!