Club Prez Celebrates New Son

Dear Reader,

 

  This epistle will be exceedingly short since your poor reporter wasn't smart enough to take pictures and notes while at the same time running the meeting.  Before we begin, it is appropriate to note why we were not graced with the presence of our President Brett today.  It turns out that the Prez became a Dad for the second time last Thursday, Sept 28th, when the Schreiners welcomed the newest member of their family, young baby Lincoln, into the world.  Mom and baby are doing fine, thank you very much, but little Linc was so eager to start exploring the world that he emerged about 2 months early, nevertheless weighing 6 lbs 8 oz and stretching the tape at 19.5 inches!  That being said, he needs considerable out-of-the -womb 'training' and will be hospitalized for at least a few weeks.  With Mom and Dad taking turns with him, that brought us to the sorry state of having PPP Chapman run the dang meeting (again.)  Our congratulations to the Schreiners...:-)

 

Well, the meeting started off on time, more or less and was opened with the PPP asking Navin Naik to lead off with the first part of the 4 Way Test, followed by Neil Orchard, Bob McBee and Ross Johnson all four of whom did a bang-up job of it.  The pretend Prez thanked Navin for standing in for our scheduled greeter (who is nameless) and then asked Ray Wyatt to lead the Pledge, a task to which Ray took like a cat to a roomful of rocking chairs, pausing to pull up a picture of an actual flag on his iPhone so it would be legal.  The PPP asked Merlin to do his usual magnificent job of leading the song and the meeting was off to a good, if imperfect, start.

 

  Our one guest for the day was former member and treasurer, Beler Watts, who had returned from the wilds of Arizona to go slumming with his old pals.  Beler later complained that his 4 rounds of golf every week were eating into his retirement lifestyle, a problem that I suspect a few of us would like to have.  With that, everyone sat down to consume mass quantities.

 

 

PPP Chapman interrupted the festivities only when it became apparent that no one else would and led off with the usual announcements.  Here are the important ones:

 

1. Next week is DG Sandy Sava's annual visit to our Club and we need every available Rotarian to be there.  She will sit in on the board meeting at 11:00 and then attend the lunch meeting and speak to the Club.  Come out if you can.

 

 

3. The District 5180 Foundation Dinner is still going to be held on Saturday, October 28 at the Citrus Heights Community Center starting at 6:00 P.M.  We have filled one table already and there is room for more; if you can go and haven't signed up, contact Clarence.

 

There was more but it got lost in the shuffle since the Club reporter was not taking notes.  So sue me.

 

Next we held the weekly drawing and since Ray Wyatt was in the crowd, everyone held their breath, expecting the worst.  When Chase Armer's number was called, we all breathed a collective sigh of relief, since everyone knows that when Ray is there, no one but him is ever going to pull the orange ball out of the can.  Sadly for Chase, his $177 payday was at least postponed if not vaporized.

 

Since we had to have a Sarge, it fell to PDG Clarence to pillage his fellow Rotarians and he did it with relish (if not mustard and ketchup).  I forget all the fines, although I think we all delighted when the lone Chicago fan in the Club threw in a Takehara for the disappointing showing of his hometown Bears.

 

We had no guest speaker (where is that Blue Team when you need them?), so we went into a survey conducted by Clarence as to what dishes on the Spaghetti Factory menu our members would like to see on our weekly menu cards.  If you didn't get to register a preference, an email to Clarence will allow your voice to be heard.  About this time, the PPP invited the PPP Treasurer to come forward and present the Club with the banner from a Club he attends from time to time at his new home in Arizona.  Yes, folks, he lives in Arizona on purpose...  The pic above proves it... In any event, that wrapped up the meeting and members scattered like there was a gathering of IRS auditors in the next room...

 

 

If you're still reading, here is a question, the correct answer to which will earn the first correct responder a $10 Starbucks card:

 

 

Only one response per member allowed and guesses are (obviously) permitted.  Email your answer to PPP Chapman.