MORRO BAY ROTARY MEETING
November 14, 2017
Prez Pete called our meeting to order
Invocation: Judy
Pledge: Keith George
Joke: Pete.......
Good to have John Weiss back today. Reported on his trip to Reno.....had a nurse with him most of the time, so he was well taken care of. He is feeling well in spite of two recent surgeries.
Visiting Rotarians: Patricia from out of state, Ruth Ann Angus from MB Rotary Club Sunset
Guests of Rotarians: Teri Bayus - the Lighted Boat Parade Coordinator, Lorraine’s son-in-law Max Marple, friend of Rotary - Keith Taylor. It was great to see Rotarian, Keith George (who was one of our clubs funniest presidents).
Carla won the free lunch; Mike Pond won a square on the PHF Board.
Jude and Matt are sharing the responsibility of getting Salvation Army Bell Ringers starting on Thursday November 30th, at Albertsons. Please sign up for an hour or two.
Ruth Ann talked about Peace Builders. John Dear will be speaking at St. Timothy Church Hall in Morro Bay on November 16, at 7:00.
Terri Bayus talked about the 12 Days of Christmas. December 3rd is our special day when we will have Mr. and Mrs. Claus, Elves, and we will sell cookies, hot choc and coffee. We need volunteers to supply the cookies and also to pour hot chocolate. It will be a great event this year with the
Santa House and all the decorations. There will be a special event every day during the 12 days....some especially for children.
Welcome back to Stev
e Carnes after having knee surgery. He presented our Club with a check in the
e Carnes after having knee surgery. He presented our Club with a check in the amount of $6,500.00 for the car show. Thanks to Steve, Greg and others who work this event. A special thanks to Dave Owens for heading up the bbq.
Cara Crye, CEO of Farm Supply was our speaker. Cara is a 4th Generation Morro Bay resident. She attended MBHS when Pete was Principal. She moved out of MB for a while and has just recently come back. Her personal view is that we are very lucky to be in this area....I’m sure we all agree with that!! The Top Ten Value Crops in SLO County are wine grapes, strawberries, avocados, broccoli, cattle and calves, vegetable transplants, cut flowers, head lettuce, cauliflower, and lemons. She suggests we buy local as much as we can, or even grow our own. Farmers have an ethical way of living and are for the most part, honest, hard working, and good stewards of the land. Backyard chickens are becoming very popular just to have the experience....not to make money. Her first job was working at the Morro Bay Farm Supply store, where she learned invaluable lessons on work ethics and hard work. Those have obviously paid off as she now runs the company. Her parents are neighbors of Prez Petes.
Next week is dark.....HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!
COME BACK ON THE 28th..... our speaker will be Glenn Silloway speaking on Morro Bay’s military history.
ECasida