When I Feel Like Exercising, I Always Lie Down for a While

Again.... from memory.  President Sean was home sick (no, not homesick...) and so it fell to PP Chap to lead the miscreants on another noontime adventure through City Hall.  Luckily all of the appointed duties were filled by the right folks: Brett Schreiner greeted visitors and members alike and when the meeting started more or less on time, the fake Prez thanked Merlin Mauk for leading (not taking) the Pledge and Gary Spainhower for a rousing round of God Bless America.  Good start.

 

 

Suddenly folks sat down to eat some fine roast chicken over noodles and salad prepared by our chef Dave.  After a decent interval, fake Prez got up with announcements and headlined them with the news of the memorial service for Dan Skoglund.  Dan's visitation will be Wednesday (tomorrow) night from 5:00 P.M. to 7 P.M. at East Lawn at 4300 Folsom Blvd, and the memorial service will be held at Sun River Church on Thursday, the 27th at 10:00 A.M. with a reception following at City Hall. I encourage all of Dan's old friends to come out and pay their respects. 

 

 

Second timely announcement concerned our Rotarians at Work project which will take place this Saturday from 7:00 A.M. to approximately 9:30 A.M. at Sunrise Park South, which is on the southwest side of Sunrise Blvd and the River.  Call President Sean (preferably after 11:00 P.M.) for details.  We need a good turnout for this project, so come out if you can, even if you never saw the signup.

 

 

 

 

The rest of the announcements were nothing you haven't heard before, but if you really, really want them, you are encouraged to call President Sean (preferably after 11:00 P.M.) for details.  It then came time for the weekly rape of the Club Treasury and this week it was Tom Redmon's number that was called by the fake Prez.  Tom looked ready for some retribution, but he nevertheless managed to yank a white ball from the can, preserving the $47 for the next time Ray Wyatt returns to claim his prize.

 

 

At this juncture, the fake Prez called upon PDG Clarence to come forward and screw his friends out of their hard-earned money.  Clarence very kindly asked for happy dollars right off the bat and a number of Rotarians chipped in rather than trying to answer some tricky Rotary questions.  The few who opted for the quiz instead were treated to such tricky questions as, "Who is our district Governor?"  Sheeeezzzz......

 

In any event, once the bloodletting was over, fake Prez Chap introduced our guest speaker, Dr. Gerred Popejoy, a Rotarian from Foothill Highlands and the founder and CEO of Nordic Walking Nations, who presented a very interesting talk on exercise an protocol he calls Nordic Walking in which one uses a type of ski pole to not only aid in walking but to strengthen the walker's upper core.

 

 

 He was accompanied by Dennis Maloney who demonstrated the use of the poles.  A number of members hung around after the meeting to try them out.  At any rate, at the conclusion of his talk, Gerred was presented by a book on the Viet Nam War to sign over to the library by the fake Prez and the room emptied faster than a trash bin on collection day.

 

We all hope that President Sean kicks the bug he's got and returns to his leadership role quickly.  (Said he got it off a door knob...)