Meeting Held at Paine's Restaurant
Attendance: 21 Rotarians, 2 Guests: Robin Schweiger and her associate Bonnie from Charles River Labs.
Meeting:
The meeting was called to order at 12:15 PM by Rich Marcus, substituting for Larry Barr who was in Mexico for the wheelchair distribution.
Mike Sanchez led the club in the Pledge of Allegiance.
Mike Sanchez also gave the Thought for the Day.
Announcements:
Rich reminded the club that the Avenues of Service will be held on October 19th at the India Community Center, 525 Los Coches Street, Milpitas.
Raffle by Dave Baumgartner:
Robbie Tedford had the winning ticket for the Small Deck and the pot was worth $63. Robbie did not pull a winning card but received a bottle of wine.
Gene Hopp had the winning ticket for the Large Deck worth $87. He did not pick a winning card but also received a bottle of wine.
Detective:
Larry Shaw was the detective for the day and the topic was golf trivia.
Larry fined Bryan Yamaoka $5 for winning the B Flight of the Ridgemark Men's Club Member Guest Tournament.
Phil Fortino was fined $5 for he and his guest wining
the A Flight of the Ridgemark Men's Club Member Guest Tournament.
Rich Marcus was asked who originated the game of golf, English, Scottish, or Dutch. Rich picked Scottish and paid a $5 fine to learn it was the Dutch.
Robbie Telford was asked what the year was when golf was first played in the USA. $5 fine. It was 1627 in New York.
Bill Baker was asked what the year of the first golf competition in the US was. It was 1744. $5 fine
Shawn Herrera was asked how many golf courses are in the US. He paid a $5 fine to learn 10,600 golf courses.
Changing from golf trivia, Larry asked Dave Baumgartner what the score of the 49er and LA Rams game this weekend was. Dave had the right answer, 27-24. Dave asked to pay a $10 fine because of his 60th wedding anniversary this week. Congratulations Dave!
Larry asked Alex Kingman how many teams are in the NFL. She did not have the correct answer and paid $5. It is 32 teams.
Harvey Blodgett was asked what was the first year of the NFL. It was 1920. Harvey was fined $5.
Thanks Larry, for helping learn more about the history of golf and the NFL.
Anniversaries in September
Ron and Roni Culler, 60 years
Jeana and Nick Arnold, 33 years
Greg and Carmen Laforge, 32 years
Bryan and Genie Yamaoka, 30 years
Birthdays in September
Bill Sachau
Chuck Serafini
Dan Weatherly
Marchel Nelson
Eric Taylor
Rotary Anniversaries in September
Kris Wyatt, 19 years
Larry Shaw, 17 years
Esther Curtis, 16 years