Meeting Held at Paine's Restaurant
The meeting was called to order by President Rich Marcus. at 12:30. The late start was due to waiting for participants in the area speech contest to arrive.
Bruce Beetz led the club in the Pledge of Allegiance.
Jayme Stewart gave the Thought for the Day.
Guests:
Gary Byrne, President and CEO of Community Foundation of SB County; Veronica Lezama, Branch Chief for Regional Planning for CalTrans;
Francisco Diaz, SB County Clerk/Registrar of Voters; Linda Smith, Girls Inc.; Ana Benich, Principal of Gilroy Early College Academy; Fernanda Cruz, mother of contestant
Announcements:
Rich reminded Hollister Rotarians that we will not have a meeting on Monday, April 1st due to the Easter weekend.
Raffle:
Raffle winners this week were Bill Tiffany, drawing for $70, and Rich Marcus, drawing for $100. Both did not pick a winning card but did receive a bottle of wine.
Detective:
Jim Pleyte was assigned to be the detective but it was decided to give Jim another date in April because of the delay in starting the speech contest due to waiting for contestants to arrive.