Escondido Sunrise Rotary; “Sunrise Rotary, a Fun and Creative Meeting”… May 9, 2019…
President Dave led the meeting…
Past President Tony Criss led the pledge to our nation’s flag…
Past President Jack Anderson offered an invocation…
Visitors and Guests:
From the East Rotary Club, Bill and Debbie Cogan were visiting… and delivering beautiful flower baskets…Sunrise Rotarians were the best customers for the great Mother’s Day Baskets… Thanks to our members for supporting a sister club…
Bill and Debbie Cogan representing Escondido East Rotary…
Birthdays:
May 10: Bonnie Maloney
16: Past President Kelly Mayberry
Bob Witte… Past President Constance Larsen’s mainstay
19: Floyd Farley
Anniversaries:
May 19: Brad and Kristine Allaband, 29 Years, Congratulations!!
Rotary Anniversaries:
May 12: Bob Portillo, 3 years
15: Past President Scott Putnicki, 22 years
Thanks to both of you for your Rotary Service…
Dates to Remember:
May 15: WEDNESDAY!! All Escondido Clubs Meeting at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park; the meeting begins at 12:00, cost is $35 which includes lunch, parking and admission to the Park for the entire day… Meet Past President Rich Aeling at the Park Entrance…
16: Our regular meeting will be dark…
Interfaith Meal Serving Project…
21: Rotary Night at Petco Park
June 20: Demotion Event
Rotarians Having Fun, and Doing Great Things for Groups in Need:
Joe and Geni Holtz and Past President Jack and Judi Anderson along with other close amigos, enjoying some spiny creatures in Puerto Nuevo, Baja California…
A group of Sunrise Rotarians, and Mike Cohen (note Mike’s hat, an ‘unpaid’ ad for All Star Signs)… at the Padre game…
High Fives and Announcements:
President Dave presented his 8th plus 1 (or 9 in laymen’s terms) Paul Harris Fellowship Award to Floyd Farley… Nice going Floyd… Thanks for your ongoing generosity…
Ralph Tavares, our own Club’s traveling goodwill ambassador… Ralph has visited China, Portugal, Spain and Brazil recently… Happy to know he has made up at Rotary Clubs in all of those exotic locations… Ralph brought some goodies for President Dave… Sadly, they don’t make XL shirts in China… Who knew??
President Dave encouraged Sunrise Rotarians to ‘Do a Bit More’ this year with an extra gift for Polio Plus… If you haven’t gotten around to it, contact Past President and Treasurer Bob Burson and he will add your gift to your monthly invoice…
John Schwab shared information on behalf of the Chamber of Commerce regarding the upcoming Grand Avenue Street Festival, taking place on May 19… John shared some information on the special entertainment and attractions that will be at this year’s event…
John Schwab sharing information about the Street Festival…
Program:
Impromptu Program Speaker… (Text from Past President Mark Hoekstra at 4:00 AM) Past President Jim Ponder challenged our Club Members’ creativity…
He tested our simple understanding of basic directions by creating four working groups… The real test was to watch members count off… Who doesn’t know what number follows 3??
Jim began by suggesting topics like ‘Causal Loop Thinking’ and ‘Goal Setting’… Then he realized the depth of his audience’s understanding…
He produced a variety of household implements; each group was challenged with the task of identifying all of the uses of each implement…
The outcomes will go down in the annals of creative history…
Thanks, Jim for a fun meeting…
Past President Jim Ponder with President Dave…
Next Week’s Program:
All-Escondido Club Meeting at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park… Wednesday May 15 at Noon…
Next Meeting is Thursday, May 23…No specific program set, come and enjoy the fellowship and the information…
OpportunityDrawing:
Grand Prize: $629; Linda Bailey…Sorry Linda, not so lucky today…Thanks for saving the pot for next week…
Lunch Money: $20.00… And, the winner is… Past President Tony Criss…
