Hollister Rotary Club Bulletin for December 16, 2024 (Dec. 26, 2024)

Volume 2 | Issue 41

Meeting Highlights:

Meeting Held at Paine's Restaurant

Attendance: 28 Rotarians, 2 Guests: Roxanne Stephens, Hollister Mayor-Elect, and Crystal Canchola, YMCA Director.

Meeting:

The meeting was called to order by President Larry Barr at 12:15.

Geri Menold led the club in the Pledge of Allegiance.

Tami Aviles gave the Thought for the Day.

Announcements:

President Larry Barr reminded the club of the Christmas Social planned for Friday, December 20th, at the Damm Vineyards Barn, $20 per person, includes Dunneville Tri tip sandwich, potato salad and ticket for one beer or wine. There will be a Ugly Christmas Sweater contest and a White Elephant gift exchange. 6:30 to 9:30 PM. Please RSVP to Larry.

Larry reminded the club that there be no meetings on Monday, December 23rd, and Monday, December 30th. Our next meeting will be on Monday, January 6, 2025.

Raffle by Dave Baumgartner:

Alex Kingman had the ticket for the Small Deck and the pot was worth $78. Alex did not pick the winning card but won a bottle of wine.

Greg La Forge had the ticket for the Large Deck worth $114. Greg did not pick a winning card but also received a bottle of wine.

Detective:

Phil Fortino had the detective duty for this meeting. Phil called on each member to see if they could name the movie that a famous line was used. Each member called on paid a $5 fine. Here are some of the lines and movies asked by Phil:

Marshall Nelson, "Frankly", Gone with the Wind

Jim Pleyte, "I am going to make", Godfather

Gordan Machado, "Toto", Wizard of OZ

Mike Sanchez, "Here's looking at you", Casablanca

Rich Marcus, "What we got here", Cool Hand Luck

Chang So, "I love the smell of", Apocalypse Now

Larry Shaw, "Love Me", Love Story

Bob Tiffany, "I'm as mad as hell", Network

Bryan Yamaoka, "I ate his liver", Silence of the Lambs

Greg La Forge, "There is no place like", Wizard of Oz

Jeff Modic, "Show me the". Jerry McGuire

Esther Curtice, "Houston we have a", Apollo 13

Larry Barr, "Keep your friends close", Godfather 2

Phil was able to collect a lot for fines for the club and we all enjoyed the fun of remembering these movie lines. Great job, Phil!

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

Christmas Party Pictures

This Week's Program

The program for this meeting was a talk by Roxanne Stephans, the Mayor-Elect of Hollister. Roxanne is also a former member of the Hollister Rotary Club, and she was introduced by President Larry Barr who welcomed Roxanne back to the club.

Roxanne told us about her background as a social worker, and why she decided to run for mayor. She discussed her past and her family's involvement in local government in a small town in Texas. She related that to her future role as mayor of Hollister.

Regarding her plans for Hollister, Roxanne spoke about listening to various interest groups and having conversations between those groups on common goals. She said it was ok to have disagreements. but we need to also have conversations. Roxanne she was going to facilitate those conversations.

Roxanne also said she would be working on partnerships to create economic growth for Hollister, working with the state to get the roads improved, and bring back the biker rally.

Roxanne took questions from the club members.

NEXT WEEK'S PROGRAM

Our next meeting is on Monday, January 6, 2025 at Paine's Restaurant. The meeting will start at 12 Noon and lunch will be available at 11:45 AM.

Sheriff Eric Taylor will be the program for this meeting. He will talk about the successes and challengers of 2024 for the Sheriff's Department, as well as the plans for 2025.

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