At the hour of 12:30 pm, and with a somewhat authoritative "whong" of the Rotary bell, the 1247th meeting of the West Santa Rosa Rotary, aka Western Santa Rosa Rotarians, aka Roundup Rotarians was brought to some semblance of order by our own Prez, Mr. Bill. Ooooh Noooo!
Jim Sullivan correctly located the flag and led the assembly in a ritualistic salute to Old Glory. Immediately thereafter, Martin Miller Hessel suggested that we all "make it a beautiful day in the neighborhood." Visiting Rotarian personages numbered 12. There were guests, including , but not limited to, John Blakelee, former member and father of our own Jeff Blakeslee. Six string picker and fabricator of that noble but now sadly forgotten Rotary Wheel of Fines.
Chris Rosell, who failed topography, advised that the annual Hoogland/Bartley BBQ takes place next Monday, September 16th, at the Hoogland ranchero, located per Chris, between Olivet and Interstate 35, just west of St. Louis. 'Course this lousy set of directions got Pete on his feet and thereafter revealed that the correct location could be found by traveling west on Guerneville Road to Willowside Road; right on Willowside to the entrance designated by an enormous Rotary wheel (right side of the road). Turn in and travel the wagon ruts to the "doins". Attendance is mandatory. Wear or bring a jacket 'cause it gets cold. No shows will be billed by our aggressive staff.
Gil Lucas then brought us up to speed on the Concorde Raffle. Ticket sales were doing well, but more need to be sold. See Gil at meetings or at his Coffey Lane workstation. There were offerings and suggestions made by Duncan Holt (what's in it for me if I sell the most tickets); marketing advice from Harry Rubins (make clients happy and lower your tax exposure).
Mark Decker has the annual fundraiser (CRAB FEED) under way, and announced the following persons as committee heads: Phil Talamantes is head of donations, together with his gang of three, Pete Lamonica, Bob Miller, and Jim Sullivan. Nancy Ramsey will be in charge of promotion and advertising. The Poyntlyss Sistars will provide entertainment. Mark your calendars for February 1 1997, St. Eugene's, Montgomery Drive.
There is a Foundation Seminar at Willits High School on Saturday September 21st. Corset ougtha be a good time. See the Prez.
Mike Moore, in addition to preparing 5000 SOS brochures, donated tickets to the Senior Tourney at Silverado. Jeff Blakeslee and Jim Sullivan each contributed $100.00 for a block of tickets to this gala event.
Marc Matson was called upon to give his craft talk. Marc was a Green Beret who, confident in his newly developed skills and being blessed (or cursed) with the aura of invincibility bestowed upon youth, attempted to become the first to jump from a high flying aircraft, sans parachute. During his recovery, Marc re-examined and adjusted his attitude to mortality, began studying, became degreed, and developed a program of chiropractic rehabilitation and health care. He has fine tuned his knowledge, lectures widely and is certified in spinal trauma, rehabilitation and industrial disability evaluation. He is located on Guerneville Road and can apparently walk to a Rotary meeting. Prez Bill calls him Chuck. Go figure.
Ed Burr (below left), referred to as "Mike" by our Prez, called upon one of our own to smuggle some contraband into the States via Canada for the sole benefit of Ed. Ed likes cigars, but apparently will not settle for run of the mill Mississippi Crooks or other banal fare offered in the lower forty. Two cigars, $15 each, total $30.
Brian Jamar (above right) had to cough up a fine because his dearly betrothed failed to secure the family sedan with The Club in Lake Tahoe. Lost car. Lost $35, plus the indignity of having, now, to drive the recovered 1985 vehicle while the Mrs. gets the Lexus.
Bob Miller (below left) revealed that he underwent a medical stress test over a two week period. Seems the "test" was spending two weeks traveling with the Mrs. in a eight cylinder (four on each side), two seater over a 2800 mile distance, capped off with a sound shellacking at the gaming tables in beautiful downtown Jackpot, Nevada. For this obvious act of miscreancy, Bob was allowed to contribute $100 toward a Paul Harris Fellowship.
Bob then dropped the dime on Moses Mitchell (above right) and breached confidentiality with the revelation that Moses had attained the age of 73 this very day. A modest $5.00 fine. Very Best wishes to Moses.
The oft forgotten raffle produced no winners, except Mike Merrill who donated his $20 winning to Valerie Mazzoni for her to buy cigars.
(Alexis de Tocqueville redux)
Rabbi Michael Robinson, utilizing that wondrous soft drawl that brought tears of appreciation, not only to John Palmer, but also to this native Kansan, spoke about his impressions upon moving to Santa Rosa from the Eastern U.S. While he finds the "locals" friendly and easy going and the pace of life desirable, he is troubled about the high rate of crime. Other concerns and observations include the plight of the jobless, the homeless, spousal and child abuse, and economic ills. He is involved with a program whereby guns can be exchanged for $40 cash in an attempt to thwart the increasing number of deaths and injuries attributable to gun use or abuse. Good work. Good program
Yours, in perpetual verbosity,
Patrick Sizemore.
Monday, Sept 16th: Hooland /Bartley BBQ
Saturday, September 21st: Foundation Seminar at Willits High School
Monday, September 23rd: TBA
Monday, September 30th: Dark
Monday, October 28th: Raffle drawing
Saturday, November 16th: Rotary Foundation Celebration Dinner, Red Lion Inn, Rohnert Park
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