MORRO BAY ROTARY MEETING
January 9th, 2018
Meeting called to order by Prez Pete.....nice to have him back!!
Invocation: Judy
Flag Salute: Pete
Song: Row, Row, Row your boat – rumor has it, the MBHS Baseball players were impressed.
Joke: Pete....Three legged Chicken in the road...
Guests: Heidi introduced Max who is now staying with them
Judy: Bonnie Jones, today’s speaker
Melissa: Teri Meyer
Lou: Kathrine Gillen, soon to be our newest MB Rotarian
Sean, the MBHS Baseball coach and 2 of the team members were here to sell $50.00 tickets for their Annual Crab Feed at the Community Center on March 3rd. They are also selling advertisements on the banner.
We need a couple of Rotarians to read and grade the Four Way Tests. Several hands went up, so that little problem was solved in a hurry. Thank you to those who volunteered.
Heidi and Max gave a brief summary of his stay here. Max thanked us for his cash Christmas present with which he bought a baseball glove. He also bought new pants and new shirts so he is ready for the season. If anyone wants to go to San Francisco and walk the Golden Gate Bridge with Max, he would love to do that. Max has made a movie which is now on You-Tube; go to “The E.N.D.” on You-Tube, you will see a picture of Max and the 25 minute video he made. He is also really interested in watching a launch at Vandenburg so if anyone is interested in going, he would love to go along. If you are going anywhere fun in the next six weeks, Max would love to go with you.
Nick made an announcement about the monthly Chamber mixer which is being held on Wednesday, January 10th at 5:30 at Rabobank.
The Fire and Ice Ball will be at the MB Community Center from 5:30-9:00pm on Friday, January 26th. It is an evening of Community Awards hosted by the Chamber.
Jude and Matt co-chaired the Salvation Army Bell Ringing volunteers at Albertsons. They said it was a successful endeavor and thanked all who participated.
Our Crab Feed will be announced, advertised and tickets sold after the high school crab feed is either sold out or over. It will be very simple this year...
Chuck Clarke’s birthday was January 5th and fined $10.00.
Mary said “Mind Walks” have started at 10:15am at the Inn at Morro Bay on Mondays during the winter months.
Jan Lewis said she had a date with Kareem Abdul Jabbar in 1977.
Her question from Pete was...”What is the first country to celebrate New Year’s Eve every year?” New Zealand....Jan fined $10.00 in spite of who she knows.
Pete Starlings was fined $20.00 for not knowing the answer to his question.
What country has the most people celebrating NYE. Rio de Janeiro ......2,000,000 people gather.
Bonnie Jones has been involved in projects to help the homeless since they moved to Morro Bay. She helped start Estero Bay Alliance for Care (EBAC), who now in their fifth year, have served over 100,000 meals to those in need. They want to keep people from becoming homeless if possible as well as help those in need in our community. They serve the community dinner at the Vets Hall on Monday nights between 5 and 6:30. They serve approximately 85 people every Monday evening. Who comes? Families, seniors, homeless, and anyone else in need. They are asking for help one night a month or more. The food would be cooked in our homes and then brought to the Vets Hall. There are many organizations that help each week. We’ll be talking about this at our upcoming Board Meeting.
John Solu won the $37.00 50/50 and added it to the jar we passed around to contribute to Max for his 30 day train trip in the summer around the U.S.A.
Enjoy the weekend.....See you all next week for time with friends and interesting speakers.
ECasida