SONS RULE... AND HOW DID HE DO IT?

We were treated to a fine meeting this week, all brought to you by your sons (and perhaps future Rotarians), a lot of great chuckles and a good time. (read all about it, as Steve Heath reports your meeting recap below).

I have two questions… How did Baffling Bill (Monday’s program and a professional magician) do the “tearing up the newspaper” trick  and the “bandana in the balloon” trick not to mention turning his three foot black cane into a red scarf… all before your very suspect eyes?

Well Josiah Johnson (son of Christopher Johnson), Andrew Booth (son of Larry Booth), Jeff Cole (son of Dan Cole and grandson of Bob Cole) and Chris Johnson, Jr. (Josiah’s brother and President for the day) all had very up close and personal views of Baffling Bill’s acts on stage from the head table. Tell us boys…how… did… he… do… it?

Multiple generations of multiple Rotary families enjoyed fellowship with a few admonitions thrown in, all for the good of the day.

Many thanks to John Shelby for sponsoring the meeting, to Christopher Johnson for the accolades from his son Josiah, to Couch Potato Todd Andrews or would that be his father in law Bob Gaines, for sitting at the wrong table, to Explorer Bob Cole and his son Dan too, in celebration of the Rotary year, to Jeff Cole’s gracious and guilt induced offering of $25 bucks, an award for darn near a clean sweep by the Cole family of the days awards (and Jeff promises it was not rigged), to Couch Potato Jack Higdon as fined by his son Dave for not attending a meeting in two years (we’ll work on that this coming year Jack but we do appreciate all that you do otherwise for the Club!)  A most generous day indeed.

Iconic mountaineer Conrad Anker will join us next week as the program, fresh off Mt Everest’s summit (and without supplemental oxygen).  See you at the top of the world AT THE HILTON off Arden Way next week, not the Woodlake.

Strive for those summits and enjoy a terrific week!

Ken Noack , Jr.