Club Bulletin, July 28, 2015

 

Fog, glorious fog.  Super duper humid.

 

Enchiladas, frijoles, arroz, ensalada y dulces, muy bien.

 

Thanks Janne.

 

Thanks Sarah Ketchum.

 

Sid, donde esta?

 

Fish Fry is scheduled for August 29^th.  No presale tickets, so please provide the flyer to all your friends and even those you may not appreciate because everyone needs to eat. 

 

Dan Costley announced an Evening with Heart theme of the Rat Pack, tickets are $45, $50 after January 13^th.

 

Dan Costley also announced a seminar for those who are interested in becoming Rotary President, meeting will be at Pete’s house with a BBQ.

 

President Carol gave Lori French her official membership badge.

 

Mike Pond announced Toni flew home on Tuesday, he was wordy just like last week.  He reminded us that we are still looking for a host family.  Mike was a SOLO at the Roundabout clean up.

 

Elsie vacationed in Denver and Washington and brought back a book for our book exchange.  However, some of us were very suspect why she would pick Denver…….

 

President Carol thanked Jan for coordination of lunch this week.  Andrea was thanked for her work on the bulletin. 

 

Gary Owens asked that everyone read the article on Camp Hapitok.

 

Jamie sent around the sign-up for the Avo/Marg Festival for pouring beer and general socializing and limited debauchery (can I use that word in the bulletin – kinda fun!).

 

Sorina Ratchford – friend and spouse of Forrest

Long lost member Gary Englund

Si Tenenberg – speaker and friend of Doug Riddell

Courtney and Sandy – visiting Rotarians from Visalia

 

Nope!

 

Not Today

 

President Carol shared from the International Rotary President boasting (in a good way) that Nigeria has gone 1 year without a case of polio. 

 

Not today.

 

**More dates upcoming**

 

We got a free pass today.

 

Si, a former Marine, shared that he has delivered over 15,000 packages to the troops in the combat zone (40-50 boxes every week).  He shared there are very limited supplies for the troops, especially for women so the delivery of the boxes is most critical.  He is sending boxes to 14 countries as well as ships.  Each box has $40-50 worth of supplies that have been specially asked for by the troops.  Si then shared some information about ISIS controlling 1/3 of both Syria and Iraq.  Beginning in 2015, the Afghan mission was transferred to NATO.  10,000 United States troops are currently serving, and will likely stay until the end of 2016. 

 

Si also shared concern about the ISIS, stating they had significant equipment, and control of territory.  They also have a well-funded operation (2 billion) and have significant presence on many media outlets.  It is reported that over 100 US citizens have joined the ranks of ISIS as well as hundreds of individuals from other countries. 

 

He left us with copies of e-mails that the troops have sent regarding the boxes Si has mailed as well as a flyer regarding the information on the shipping of boxes.

 

Carol reminded the club members that there were boxes to mail to the troops for $15.09 each and to please make sure they all were picked up today

 

We continued with the new process for the 50/50; the pot stands at $113, Rich Riedel, had the winning ticket and had a chance to draw the white poker chip and win the pot, or draw the black poker chip and have the pot continue to next week – unfortunately Rich was a loser and the pot was a winner.