Monday, February 23, 1998
Have a Great WeekPresident Jim Valinoti got things rolling at 12:29. Ken Kushnir led us in the Pledge of Allegiance. Martin Miller-Hessel provided us with an invocation, urging all of us to adopt the positive attitude of one of his congregation. This man told Martin that he had a great week, but Martin knew this man's job puts him outdoors all the time. Martin gave him a quizzical look, figuring in the record rains we have experienced, that he must have been soggy. "It's up to me to decide whether I have a great week or a lousy week," this man replied to Martin's quizzical look, "and I just decided I would have a great week, and I did." Visiting (?) RotariansDavid Bjorklund had a rough time introducing the fourteen visiting Rotarians. He misstated a Funeral Director's classification as "Fun Director," and started to introduce Bob Marigo as a visitor with one of the several prank guest cards Bob's many friends had filled out for him. |
Mark your calendars...February 27 -- The Rotary Club of Santa Rosa Polenta Feed February 27- Rotary Ski Challenge April 4 - Retreat for incoming Board Members at Jim Valinoti's house. See Jim or Rich Standard for details. April 11 – Spring fling dance. Reserve with Marc Matson April 17 & 18 -- District Assembly May 15 - Sunrise club golf tournament FYI: Starting in April Los Robles luncheon price will be $11.00 |
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Jim Valinoti, bold innovator, saved the Guests of Rotarians until now, allowing him to introduce, among others, his wife, Mary, so she could pitch the Inner Wheel party coming up at Le Gare restaurant on March 8. For details contact Mary or Jim.
Chris Rosell announced our annual St. Patrick's Day celebration, which will be a day early this year. The club will meet at 6:00 PM on Monday, March 16, at Third Street Aleworks. The cost will $15, and it buys you come traditional Corned Beef and Cabbage.
| Incoming President Rich Standard (right) is pumped up
from PETS (President Elect Training Seminar), and wants us to catch the excitement and
plan on attending the upcoming District Assembly, April 17 and 18, in
Ukiah, and the District Conference, May 29 and 31st, right here in Santa
Rosa. Emery Barrus, senior active member, retired airline pilot and author, distributed copies of his four books, and offered that any member paying for a copy, would be aiding our community fund. Mark Matson reminded us to get tickets to the Spring Fling, on April 11. Ray Schofield finally got a blue badge.
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| Paul Ahern, announced a Free Concert, Saturday March 7,
1998, starting at 7:30 PM, at the Spreckels Performing Arts
Center, Rohnert Park, to benefit the American
Red Cross, in their efforts to aid Sonoma County Flood and Landslide victims.
Orchestra Sonoma, under the baton of Nan Washburn, will play the music of Brahms, Gershwin
and many more. The Rotary Club of Santa Rosa will be holding their Polenta Feed on Friday, February 27 at the former Blue Whale Inn on Occidental Road near Stony Point. It will be an "open house" format running from 5:00 to 9:00 PM. All you can eat polenta with a sausage stew sauce, salad and dessert. Hosted beer and wine bar. Only $18. for adults and children under 10 are $9.00. Bring the family, bring your employees for a company party, bring the neighbors, have a great evening! Call Jim Cruit on 525-8600 or John Burgess on 526-5050 to reserve and then pay at the door. |
Three proposed members are:
Ed Carette, Jr., Hospitality Industry, sponsored by Paul Schwartz
Ted Miles, Retired Aerospace Executive, sponsored by George Mickelsen
Ed Ritch, Disability, Health & Life Insurance, sponsored by Gil Lucas
Questions should be directed to their sponsors.
One Thousand Sixty Dollars stayed safe in the raffle pool today. With four marbles including the winning one in the bag, Don Ling failed to draw the winning marble. That means $1,080 in the pot next Monday, and only 3 marbles.
We were
fortunate to have as a guest speaker a professor of astronomy at the Santa Rosa Junior
College. Jeffy Waxman (left) gave a fascinating presentation about the two current
schools of thought regarding the conclusion of the "Big Bang," or the end of the
universe as we know it. After some necessary background to establish a
basis from which to formulate the two theories, Herr Waxman discussed both the open end
and the closed end theories. Under the first theory, open end, there is arguably not
enough matter to create the gravitational forces required to pull the universe together
again, and the universe will continue to expand, utilizing all of its natural resources in
the process. It will extend and vanish into the void. Recent developments
indicate that it will stop expanding (based upon suggestions that there is additional
matter to be found). However the point at which it stops is infinity, much like a
long winded (Jeff Marcus) craft talk. The second theory, the "closed end"
varietal, concludes with the gravitational forces eventually stopping the expansion
process and returning the universe to its form as it existed immediately prior to the 'Big
Bang." This is also called the "Big Crunch" theory. An
interesting item of note: the "Big Bang" occurred everywhere since
at that moment every where as we perceive it was reduced to a common point. That's
enough to fry your diodes, folks!!
This Bulletin was written by Bo Simons up to the point of the Big Bang and Pat Sizemore wrote everything after that.
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