Morro Bay Rotary Club Notes
February 20, 2018
Meeting called to order by Nick (sporting his Presidential tie) in Prez Pete’s absence
Invocation was given by: Ken Stilts
Pledge to the Flag by: Nick
Visiting Rotarians: Not today
Guests brought by Rotarians:
Dan Costly brought his wife, Linda and his mother, Brit.
Lori French brought her husband, Jeff also known as “The Old Man of the Sea”.
Jeremy, the Pastor of the North Church was here to suggest we might want to partner with them to feed the homeless; maybe switch off with them every other month; to be decided by the board.
Doug placed emails on our tables from the vets who have received our boxes.....he brought two boxes with him to be mailed.
Heidi said Max entered his film in the SLO film festival and it is showing March 14th at the Downtown Cinemas. She passed around a sign-up sheet for those who want to see his film so she can get tickets. That could be a fun social night with dinner included. On March 23rd, Max will be going up to San Francisco with the San Ramon Rotary group for a Warrior’s basketball game. Max is on the Morro Bay JV baseball team, we will pick a night to go to a game to support him.
Gary collected a dollar fine from everyone not wearing a Rotary pin. Doug R is driving a brand new car which got him fined $10.00.
Jude introduced our speakers..... our own Lori French and husband Jeff. Last year their family went to the Boston Seafood Show, which is the largest in the country. She brought crab pots, handmade by her husband, which have 4-l/4 inch escape doors for the small crab and fish that swim through the door into the pot. The pots are 36 to 42 inches across. There are four crab boats out of Morro Bay now. The crab that are caught have to be 6-1/2 inches in size and have to be measured before they are even taken into the boat. They are only allowed to take male crab. They fish in water from 50 feet to 400 feet deep. Each boat has a tier number to represent how many crab pots they are allowed to have in the water. According to Lori, this has been a season of “you name it, it happened”....quality, weather, etc. Lori’s family has normally fished in the Bodega Bay Area, but this year they are here. There are 550 crab licenses issued in the USA each year. Thanks to Lori and Jeff for their interesting presentation.
Enjoy the weekend....see you next week.
ECasida