Meeting Held at Paine's Restaurant
Attendance: 27 Rotarians, No Guests,
Meeting:
The meeting was called to order by President Larry Barr at 12:15.
Gene Hopp led the club in the Pledge of Allegiance.
David Baumgartner gave the Thought for the Day.
Announcements:
Club President, Larry Barr, presented Anne Hall with a Paul Harris pin for her donation to the Rotary Foundation. The club congratulated Anne with a round of applause.
Larry reminded the club of the Richard King Celebration of Life on February 7th at the Blackhawk Museum. Tickets are $150 and will go towards the Richard King Foundation. Many prior Rotary are scheduled to attend and speak. Three members of our club have plans to attend.
Larry announced that both he and Mike Sanchez will be attending the President Elect Training Seminar (PETS) conference in San Jose March 7-9, to accompany Bill Baker, our president-elect.
Larry also reminded the board that there would be a board meeting after the club meeting today.
Raffle by Dave Baumgartner:
New member, Bob Rodgers, had the ticket for the Small Deck and the pot was worth $ 80. Bob did not pick the winning card but won a bottle of wine.
Tami Aviles had the ticket for the Large Deck worth $120. She did not pick a winning card but also received a bottle of wine.
Detective:
Harvey Blodget was the detective for this meeting.
He fined Anne Hall $5 for her Paul Harris recognition. Jim Pleyte was fined $5 for appearing in a Russian track suit in town. Kyle Sharp was fined $5 his second-place finish in his fantasy football league.
Harvey asked all the 49er fans to stand up. He then fined the person to the left of the standing fan $5. Next, he then fined Dodger fan Dave Baumgartner $5 for the World Series win by his Dodgers. Harvey then asked Bryan Yamaoka about his birthday this month. Bryan said he would 70 this month and Harvey fined him $5. Harvey also fined Bill Baker $5 in recognition of 60 years of marriage with Margo.
Next Harvey has some trivia questions about New Years. Gordon Machado was fined $5 because he could name the first year of the ball was dropped in Times Square. It was 1907. Next, he fined Jeff Modic $5 for not knowing the two years when the ball was not dropped. It was 1942 and 1943. Phil Fortino paid $5 for not knowing what Italians wear on New Years. Alex Kingman paid $5 for not knowing what food the Dutch eat on New Years. (Donuts) Gene Hopp paid a $5 fine for not being able to name what food US Southerners eat on New Years Day. (Black Eye Peas), and Esther Curtice paid $5 to learn that citizens of Mt. Olive, North Carolina eat pickles on New Years.
Harvey did a great job as detective using traditional member recognition fines and some timely trivia questions. Thanks Harvey!
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
The Hollister Rotary Banner at Bull Dog Boxing