Meeting Held at Paine's Restaurant
Attendance: 26 Rotarians and guests
Visiting Rotarians: None
Visitors: None
The meeting was called to order by President Rich Marcus. at 12:15. Brian Yamaoka led the club in the Pledge of Allegiance. Esther Curtice gave the Thought for the Day.
Announcements:
Rich reminded everyone about the CASA of San Benito County event on May 18th from 3-6 PM at Swank Farms. Tickets can be purchased at www.casasanbenito.org. $70 per person.
Larry Shaw reported that the golf outing was set for today at Ridgemark Country Club. First tee time is 2 PM.
Raffle by Dave Baumgartner:
Raffle winners were Harvey Blodgett, drawing for $75, and Marchel Nelson drawing for $111. Both did not pick a winning card.
Detective:
Mike Sanchez was the detective this week. Mike asked members questions about Cinco de Mayo.
Starting with the Red Badge members, Mike asked Doug Moore what country has the largest celebration of Cinco de Mayo. Doug was fined $5 for not knowing the United States.
Alex Kingman was fined $5 for not knowing that Mexico celebrates Mexico Independence on September 16th not May 5th.
Robbie Thedford received a $5 fine for not knowing the date of May 5th was the Battle of Puebla when Mexico defeated the French on May 5, 1862.
Law Shaw was fined for $5 for answering correctly that Los Angeles has the largest Cinco de Mayo celebration in the US.
Jayme Stewart paid $5 for not knowing the day Mexico celebrates its independence, Sept. 16th.
Gene Hopp did not know that Mexico celebrates Cinco de Mayo with military parades and was fined $5.
Rich Marcus was asked how many pounds of Avocados are consumed on in the US on Cinco de May. The correct answer is 81million pounds.
Bruce Beetz was fined $5 for not knowing the answer to how much beer is sold on Cinco de Mayo. The correct answer, $658 million .
Finally, Mike fined Bill Baker for his work on getting the bulletin out each week but Mike paid the $5 fine. Thanks Mike!