Meeting Recap - March 15
Posted by John Wood
Last Week...
It was a day of Erin Go Braugh at Rotary this week as our favorite club engaged in its annual celebration of St. Patty's Day, with strong Irish names populating the head table, such as Murphy, O'Brautigam, and Rosenberg (ok, so Bob Rosenberg got there by way of his Thought of the Day duties).
After Bob's thought and the pledge, we sat down to that traditional St. Patrick's Day meal - breaded chicken breasts over spaghetti - and then President Beverly called to the mic the First Dude, Hal Bartholomew, subscribing him to introduce the guests, visiting Rotarians, prospective Rotarians, and then to make an important announcement related to the club's Presidential hierarchy.
Due to irreconcilable time constraints, the keen witted Jim Craig has advised that he will not be able to serve as future President of the club, and has resigned as the President Elect-Elect (although, the staff down here in the grimy press room is pleased to announce that Jim will continue on as a Rotarian in great standing).
Filling the vacated President-in-waiting-in-waiting post will be the tireless Ken Noack Jr., who will add a future Rotary Presidency to his impeccable Curriculum Vitae. Congratulations, Ken!
Meeting sponsor of the day, Susan Vicchio, spent her "$300-and-3" for the benefit of Junior Achievement, lending her minute cubed to Bob (now appearing) Daly, who updated us on the goings on of that fine organization (of which the club is the 2010 sponsor for the JA program at Oakridge Elementary school, if you'd like to support Rotary in that cause).
Following Bobby D were the announcements (including the 274th one for the upcoming Wine Dinner), and featuring Bids For Kids co-chairs Jeff Curcio and Susan Sheridan, who are ready to accept your auction items, ticket purchases, table sponsorships, and cash donations.
Crunch time approaches with haste, so now is the hour for all Rotarians to answer the call and contribute in some way (Jeff and Susan have a slew of ideas that they'd be glad to share with you).
In the money grubber portion of the meeting (known in more genteel quarters as "Recognition" time), President Beverly lightened the wallets of Doris (I stack my money in) Pyles, Steve Ruland and Bob Crawford for their 5th, 15th, and 35th anniversaries in Rotary, while the sentiments and money continued to pour in for our sorely missed Ludy Langer, with Top Gun Tim Pinkney, Emperor Wes Yee, and Elmer Haskin tithing in his honor.
OK, editor's license here, as I tell one of my favorite Ludy stories: As many know, Ludy was a longtime football referee. One night, Ludy made a call that the crowd disagreed with most vociferously. Ever sure that he was right, Ludy let the booing throng know what he thought of their opinion. Fans have been giving opinions to referees for generations -- leave it to our Ludy to be the one Ref who gave it back.
Being our annual St. Patty's day celebration, only too right to bring back as guest speaker the eloquent and humorous, Kelly (I've got six jobs) Brothers. Born of Irish immigrant parents, Kelly took time away from his KCRA 3, NewsTalk 1530, and Genovese Burford and Brothers' gigs to share some good Irish tales with us, with (as any good Irishmen would do) some of them being true, others not so much.
For example, it's true that his uncle was a brew master for Guiness beer in Ireland, but not so that he drowned in a vat of it, bravely fighting off the three friends who tried to save him after he dove in. It's true that his parents were poor when they first came to America, but not quite true that his dad loaded his six kids in the car and drove them to the cemetery on Christmas eve to show them where Santa was buried. Kelly regaled us with many more Irish tales of like kind and quality, then shared with us some thoughts on the current economy and markets, and another St. Patty's day was in the books. See you at Brown Bag! -JBW
After Bob's thought and the pledge, we sat down to that traditional St. Patrick's Day meal - breaded chicken breasts over spaghetti - and then President Beverly called to the mic the First Dude, Hal Bartholomew, subscribing him to introduce the guests, visiting Rotarians, prospective Rotarians, and then to make an important announcement related to the club's Presidential hierarchy.
Due to irreconcilable time constraints, the keen witted Jim Craig has advised that he will not be able to serve as future President of the club, and has resigned as the President Elect-Elect (although, the staff down here in the grimy press room is pleased to announce that Jim will continue on as a Rotarian in great standing).
Filling the vacated President-in-waiting-in-waiting post will be the tireless Ken Noack Jr., who will add a future Rotary Presidency to his impeccable Curriculum Vitae. Congratulations, Ken!
Meeting sponsor of the day, Susan Vicchio, spent her "$300-and-3" for the benefit of Junior Achievement, lending her minute cubed to Bob (now appearing) Daly, who updated us on the goings on of that fine organization (of which the club is the 2010 sponsor for the JA program at Oakridge Elementary school, if you'd like to support Rotary in that cause).
Following Bobby D were the announcements (including the 274th one for the upcoming Wine Dinner), and featuring Bids For Kids co-chairs Jeff Curcio and Susan Sheridan, who are ready to accept your auction items, ticket purchases, table sponsorships, and cash donations.
Crunch time approaches with haste, so now is the hour for all Rotarians to answer the call and contribute in some way (Jeff and Susan have a slew of ideas that they'd be glad to share with you).
In the money grubber portion of the meeting (known in more genteel quarters as "Recognition" time), President Beverly lightened the wallets of Doris (I stack my money in) Pyles, Steve Ruland and Bob Crawford for their 5th, 15th, and 35th anniversaries in Rotary, while the sentiments and money continued to pour in for our sorely missed Ludy Langer, with Top Gun Tim Pinkney, Emperor Wes Yee, and Elmer Haskin tithing in his honor.
OK, editor's license here, as I tell one of my favorite Ludy stories: As many know, Ludy was a longtime football referee. One night, Ludy made a call that the crowd disagreed with most vociferously. Ever sure that he was right, Ludy let the booing throng know what he thought of their opinion. Fans have been giving opinions to referees for generations -- leave it to our Ludy to be the one Ref who gave it back.
Being our annual St. Patty's day celebration, only too right to bring back as guest speaker the eloquent and humorous, Kelly (I've got six jobs) Brothers. Born of Irish immigrant parents, Kelly took time away from his KCRA 3, NewsTalk 1530, and Genovese Burford and Brothers' gigs to share some good Irish tales with us, with (as any good Irishmen would do) some of them being true, others not so much.
For example, it's true that his uncle was a brew master for Guiness beer in Ireland, but not so that he drowned in a vat of it, bravely fighting off the three friends who tried to save him after he dove in. It's true that his parents were poor when they first came to America, but not quite true that his dad loaded his six kids in the car and drove them to the cemetery on Christmas eve to show them where Santa was buried. Kelly regaled us with many more Irish tales of like kind and quality, then shared with us some thoughts on the current economy and markets, and another St. Patty's day was in the books. See you at Brown Bag! -JBW