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Indecent Exposure

President Louie began the meeting with his familiar “Welcome to the Best Club in the World, with the Best Members in the World” which always lifts our spirits, and makes us a little bit prouder to be there!

Pledge

Bob Marigo led us all in the Pledge of Allegiance to our Flag much in the same manner that Russ Limbaugh would have done. And well done, at that!

The Rotary Moment:
 

John Meislahn read a poignant rendition of the Night Before the Crab Feed to the “tune” of the Night Before Christmas. And, this was also well done!

Visiting Rotarians and Guests:

Visiting Rotarians were introduced by Gail Johnston, each receiving applause, except our friend Jack LaVar from the Downtown Club who was, as always (and, deservedly so) roundly booed! Ol’ Jack just keeps coming back for more and more.

Announcements:

Salvation Army Bell Ringers

Dave McDonald noted the Annual Bell Ringers will hit the Coddingtown Bell Ringing Circuit on Thursday. Our crew will be near Macys by the Sweet Water Saloon from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.. Look for them. They are supposed to be located outside in the rain and sleet. Bob Marigo and Mike Moore are to kick the event off....Bob will be drinking scotch and water in the Saloon. Mike will be standing at the bell and bucket guarding the monies. Drop by and say hi to them and the others who will be donating their time on our behalf during the day and early evening. Thanks to you all!

Crab Feed—January 24th

John Meislahn announced a Crab Feed Meeting will be held following today’s Club meeting (time is ticking down - no more December meetings!)

Bob Zeni announced about 500 tickets have been sold to date. A sellout is 600.

Jim Benoit announced several raffle tickets have been sold for the chance to go on a Baja California Cruise (is that a PC way to say it is a “Cruise to Mexico”?)

Scott & Ginny broke bread together today. Say how’s that new $50K addition coming Scott!

Ed Burr announced, “Our own artist in residence, Bill Gittins, has donated an original painting to the Live Auction.” To which, Prez Louie asked, “Is it a big one?” And, to which Mr. Burr was able to say, “It will have a value of at least $750.” Louie accepted the answer. (Bulletin Writer’s Comment: The painting will be an original framed landscape of either a Sonoma County vineyard scene [24 X 30] or the hills and lavender fields of Matanzas Creek Winery [24 X 24].)

Cub Service Volunteers

Bill Dodson announced he needs new sign-ups for meeting duties for January - a BIG need. (Bulletin Writer’s Comment: Please take a turn and sign up to do something. There is much more to Rotary than being just a “Knife and Forker.”

Rotoract

Prez Elect Elect Chris Parr announced the five Santa Rosa Rotary Clubs are sponsoring a Roteract Club for young adults between the ages of 18 and 30. The first meeting to form the organization will be held on January 8th from 6-8 p.m. at Round Table Pizza at Coddingtown. All interested parties are to attend.

Charitable Donations / Project Committee

Prez Louie announced several applications have been submitted for consideration. The deadline for submission is December 31st. Applications can be obtained from the Club website, completed, and mailed in to the committee via our Club PO Box listed on the form.

Snoopy Ice Show

Jeff Ray announced everyone who attended the Annual Snoopy Ice Show had a great time, as usual. Jeff received the usual round of applause, too, as a thank you for his continuing outstanding efforts in our Club social activities.

Prez Louie’s Cajun Christmas Story

Prez Louie blessed the Club with a rendition of the real “Night Before Christmas” from the original Cajun story of the same name, including the Cajun accent. The story included the line, which all good Cajun chilin’ memba witout ‘ception: “Out across the bayou the Cajun Santa came, wit’ eight allgata pullin’ a skiff.” Thanks for the memories - we had all forgotten!

Fines and Other Recognition

Prez Louie stopped at the up-front old timers table and recognized Jim Sullivan, Phil Talamantes, and Pete Lamonica for their annual golf tournament in Hawaii (Me thinks Prez Louie missed another couple of attendees!). $10 each.

Joe Perez was asked if he had any “new acquisitions.” To which he openly announced, “Yes!” He was hoping his honesty would be the end of the exploration by the every tenacious Prez. To make a long drawn out discussion short, Joe purchased a JET...one to fly. As Prez Louie said, “How many Presidents get to fine members because they just bought a jet?” The answer, “Not many!” It is true; Joe recently purchased a Polish Iskra TS11. It is a jet trainer that flies at 480 miles per hour. (The aforementioned Jack LaVar (remember the boos?) asked if the Polish jet “has hair under its wings?”) It also consumes 150 gallons of jet fuel per hour at $2.00 per gallon.

(Bulletin Writer’s Comment: It appears we county taxpayers are paying too much in taxes that end up in Joe’s county salary!) But take note, Joe did say he would probably donate a ride in his jet as an auction item for an upcoming Crab Feed. Look for it in the Crab Feed Auction Catalogue for the year 2006! $10.)

Gil Lucas was fined for either a new truck or a new engine in his airplane. One of the two has a 6-cylinder engine and produces 300 horsepower. Must be the truck. $18. Gil tossed in $20 and left the change.

Ken Kushnir has a “milestone” birthday on the 20th. $10, which Ken took out of the stack of tens on the table from the Marigo table’s weekly raffle pool.

Jim Underhill...general purposes - $5.

Neil Silverman...general purposes - $5. Prez Louie mentioned we were all thinking of Neil’s wife Susan as she picks up the challenge presented by her recently identified illness. If you happen to read this Susan, we are thinking of you and sending all the white light we can muster!

Arnie Carston was finked on by Jack LaVar (remember the boos? - is there an echo in the room?) for a trip to Costa Rica. Arnie told of white-faced monkeys but no Cajun alligators. $10 Which Jack LaVar volunteered to pay half of...BIG of him. (Come back again Jack, you are really becoming an easy target!)

Anne Abrams has a birthday coming. $5.

Raffle

Ticket number 2772 for a $650 opportunity for Susan Nowacki....wrong marble. Ticket number 2756 for a bottle of wine - Cal Kimes. (Attend more frequently, Cal, and you will improve the odds even more!)

Program

Our speaker was Thomas Hedlund, LMFT. Mr. Hedlund spoke on the topic, and showed related slides of, on “Indecent” Exposure: the hijacked brain’s quest for wholeness. This presentation is part of a four-part series: Introduction to affect dysregulation and addiction, shame as the emotional core of compulsive behavior, the neurobiology of addiction, and healthy versus normal communication. Mr. Hedlund told us science is beginning to catch up with our intuition. In the past few years, due to advances in brain science technology, we are beginning to gain fundamental understanding into the actual workings of the human brain. This is leading us to new insights into the sometimes baffling nature of addiction, post-traumatic stress, and relapse.

Your Bulletin Reporter, Bill Gittins		Your Bulletin Editor, Jim Valinoti

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