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Sports Memories
of Sonoma County

Call to Order

President Mike brought the meeting to order at 12:30 pm.

Where was the set-up team? Uh-oh...at least the bell and the flag are present.

Pledge

Salute by Gary Bayless.

Rotary Moment by Judith Light.

Our greeter, the lovely Janet Codding, introduced Laura _______ (sorry, I didn’t catch her last name), Mary Farha from Santa Rosa, Pierre froo froo chi chi la la from Sebastopol and Bill Arnone from Windsor. Craig Howe was a guest of Joe Perez, and John Withers brought Gary Leopold. Welcome to all!

Announcements

Ken Dansie needs 2 to 3 volunteers on May 2nd for the Ambassadorial Scholarship applicants interviews.

PP Brian Herndon announced that a big party would be held in June. Hmmmm? I wonder what’s up? Oh yes, something about debunking? Ooooooo..we’re going to have fun.

President Mike was so excited! He could hardly wait to remind us about the upcoming District Conference. (And in spite of the fact that he did this from a complete state of total meditation, we just somehow knew that it would take place from May 1st to 4th, up in beautiful Fortuna. PE Louie and PEE Jim, hopefully by the time you have completed as many months as President Mike has, you too will be able to divine such things....J -Ed) Make your hotel reservations now, or soon, before it’s too late.

Many thanks to Jeri Arnold for organizing the speech and video contest program devoted to “polio eradication”.

And to Anne Abrams (Lisa Greenfield seen behind Anne) for hosting a fireside get together at the Multi-cultural Child Development Center on April 10.

Fine Times

Harry Rubins contributed $100 to the Rotary Foundation and he reminded us that until May 1 you can receive dollar-for-dollar matching funds for $100 or more. What a guy!

Judith Light was fined for having her picture in the Sonoma Business Magazine (she used to work there) and now she is a VBP at Redwood Merchant Services, a division of the National Bank of the Redwoods. Congratulations and thank you for $25.

John Palmer was pictured on the front cover of the SRJC Bulletin for organic gardening. What kind of plants was he trying to grow? Oh, yes, of course, John was hoping to learn something new in gardening, that’s all.

Jim Benoit was fined $5 for something. He wasn’t born in April and neither is his wife. What was it?

Ralph Lassa $5 and Gary Lucas $10 were fined for their wives’ birthdays.

Aries Birthday fines - so many Aries in this Club. Profile: Aries is the first sign of the zodiac, and that’s pretty much how those born under this sign see themselves: first. Also called pioneers of the zodiac, it’s their fearless trek into the unknown which often wins the day. They also have great bounds of energy and dynamism and are considered the Pied Piper of their people. I could go on with this but I can’t stand it anymore. (Thank you, Linda Goodman.J-Ed)

PP Brian Herndon (b/d 4/05) was taken on a surprise birthday trip to Reno/Lake Tahoe/Las Vegas to see Celine Dion and other wonderful surprises. A dollar for each year of his life making it $60 to the Foundation.

PDG Mike Merrill (b/d 4/10) bought a new convertible Audi 84 and is looking for a plane. Did the convertible make you want to fly? All that fresh air blowing through your hair, or do you have a sun hat to protect your head? Thank you for your contribution of $100 to the Foundation.

Bryan Jamar (b/d 4/15) $5.

Jim Sullivan (b/d 4/05) received something red for his birthday. What was it? $5.

Chris Parr-Feldman (b/d 4/12) had a wild and wonderful party put on by her friends. Taking advantage of Harry Rubins' offer to match $-for-$, she contributed $100 to the Foundation.

Gary Lucas’ birthday is on the 22nd, making him a Taurus, which is a whole other story. Thank you all for being such good sports and for your contributions.

Raffle

Ralph Lassa had the winning ticket to pick the magic marble. Lady Luck was not there. Darn!

Ginny Pitts had the winning ticket for the wine we don’t have. Not to worry - Ginny received a 12-pack of Dos Equis beer.

Speaker

Jimmy Underhill introduced our guest speaker, Lee Torliatt, Sonoma County Historian. Mr. Torliatt’s new book, Sports Memories of Sonoma County, weaves a sports history of time gone by. He shared stories of the 1890’s when football was more like rugby. Most remarkable teams of the time (1930’s) were Santa Rosa High School with Petaluma High as their rivals. The Petaluma Leghorns were a semi pro team.

Softball was popular in the 1930’s, and Healdsburg was the best in track and field at that time. Mr. Torliatt’s next book will cover air history in Sonoma County. For more information you can contact him at: Torliatt@aol.com

That’s it for now folks…….Chris Parr-Feldman signing off…

Your Bulletin Reporter: Chris Parr-Feldman		Your Editor: Jim Valinoti

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