Meeting Held at Paine's Restaurant
Attendance: 23 Rotarians, 17 Guests,
Meeting:
The meeting was called to order by President Larry Barr at 12:10 PM.
Gordon Machado led the club in the Pledge of Allegiance.
Chang So gave the Thought for the Day.
Announcements:
President Larry Barr introduced a member of the Niles Fremont Rotary Club who showed a video of Richard King and gave the club the details of the Richard King Celebration of Life to be held on February 2nd at the Blackhawk Museum. Tickets are $150 and will go towards the Richard King Foundation. Stephanie Urchick, current President of Rotary International will the keynote speaker. Three members of our club have plans to attend and other club members are encouraged to attend.
Students of the Month Recognition
The Hollister Rotary Club honors students who have earned a minimum GPA of 3.5 or above and plan to attend a four-year university in the Fall. The Hollister High School Counseling Department chooses the recipients for their hard work and determination throughout their high school years.
The students receiving Student of the Month awards for September through January were Shane Wilbur, Cristina Terrones Ochoa, Eduardo Rosas, Baron Recht, Felizitas Parra, Tyler Marcus, Sabrina Lim, Avery Cua, and Avery Rocha.
At the end of the awards, the names of the students were placed in a drawing for two Apple iPads. Cristina Terrones Ochoa and Eduardo Rosas won the iPad Pros.
Also attending from Hollister High School were College and Career Center Specialist Mary Andrade, Hollister High Principal Kevin Medeiros, HHH Counselor Andy Prisco and Shane Tannebaum, Superintendent of San Benito High School District.
Principal Kevin Medeiros thanked the Hollister Rotary Club for their continued support, generosity, and guidance provided to their students.
Raffle by Dave Baumgartner:
Greg La Forge, had the ticket for the Small Deck and the pot was worth $ 86. Greg did not pick the winning card but won a bottle of wine.
Bob Rodgers had the ticket for the Large Deck worth $134. Bob did not pick a winning card but also received a bottle of wine.
Detective:
Ray Mariottini was the Detective for this meeting. He was guided to the podium by his "son" Will Sutton who he then fined $5. He fined Jim Pleyte $5 for being one of the oldest members of the club. He also fined Phil Fortino $5 for the memory of his brother Gino. Rich Marcus was fined $5 for having his father, Don Marcus, a former member of the club, as a guest. Ray also fined David Baumgartner $5 because he is never fined, and he fined Bob Rodgers $5 for being a raffle winner two weeks in a row. Finally, Ray fined Doug Moore $5 for his attendance at softball games.
Ray cut short his detective to allow for time for our speaker, but he took the time as detective to make is friends pay. It was a fun detective session.
Anniversaries in January
Bill and Margo Baker, 60 years
Birthdays in January
Arnie Fontes, January 2
Bryan Yamaoka, January 10
Geri Menold, January 11
Chang So, January 23
Rotary Anniversaries in January
Jim Pleyte, 50 years
Bruce Beetz, 30 years
Bryan Yamaoka, 30 years
Larry Barr, 28 years
Annie Hall, 19 years
Krystal Lomanto, 13 years