Escondido Sunrise Rotary Inducts New Member, Dana Magnus and Learns Truths About Two Past Presidents… September 20, 2018…
Flag salute led by Past President Mike Muehl… The invocation was offered by Past President, Jim Ponder …
Visitors and Guests:
None this week
Birthdays:
September: 25; Past President, Scott Putnicki
Anniversaries:
September: 21; Floyd and Alta Farley… 44 years; WooHoo!! Congratulations!!
Rotary Anniversaries:
None this week
Rotarians Having Fun… Photos:
No fun this week…
Dates to Remember:
September: 21: Chamber Challenge Golf event at the Vineyard, Benefitting the Police Athletic League; Sunrise Rotary had four foursomes participating in the event… Sunrise Rotary also was a tee sponsor on the 12th hole and was spreading the word about the Grape Day 5K
22: District 5340 Interact Symposium
29: District Foundation Seminar
October: 6: Escondido Sunrise Main Event… Grape Day 5K
Grape Day 5K… An update;
Dana Magnus shared more information about our marketing efforts; volunteers were sought for a booth at the Levitt Family Concert at the Arts Center on Saturday September 22, from 3;30-7:30 PM.
Dana speaking to Club members regarding the marketing update for the 5K Event…
Grape Day 5K Fundraising Update:
Team numbers…As of September 13;
Green Lantern-$8,750
Flash-$12,655
Deadpool-$10,350
Hulk- $5,925
Electra-$6,000
Past President Jim Ponder discussed some of the planning details of the 5K Run. He and the event team have been working closely with the Escondido Police Department, especially SGT Chris Leso, to work the security and control plan as to traffic control, etc. Jim expressed his appreciation for SGT Leso’s efforts to help Escondido Sunrise to keep event costs as tight as possible…
Past President Jim Ponder discussing event day details at our last meeting…
President Dave shared the chart showing our overall fundraising progress with a thermometer image to show progress…
This gauge will show both major donors and individual results as well…
High Fives:
President Dave shared thank you notes from Palomar Family YMCA for our ongoing support of youth programs… He also shared a note from the Shasta Community Foundation for our support of fire victims of the Carr Fire in Redding; we donated $1,585 to the fund in Shasta County.
Finally, he shared a thank-you from the Outdoor Reach Program to which Escondido Sunrise donated $500 recently…
Past President Alan Miller mentioned the upcoming District 5340 LEAD Seminar for Middle School students. He will be attending with 4 students from Escondido Middle School the weekend of October 13-14.
Past President Alan Miller describing the youth LEAD Seminar to Sunrise Rotarians…
Past President Jim Ponder recently enjoyed a trip to Mammoth and brought President Dave a bottle of Mammoth Brown Ale…
Tina Pope announced that our own President-Elect Linda Bailey was recently honored by the Building Industry Association as “Consultant of the Year”… Congrats Linda!!
Induction of New Member, Dana Magnus:
Membership Chair, Joe Holtz introduced our newest member, Dana Magnus. Dana is in the marketing profession, and her membership sponsor is Past President Jim Ponder…
Dana Magnus being welcomed into Escondido Sunrise Rotary by Past President Jim Ponder and Membership Chair, Joe Holtz…
Program:
Past President Dave, always nimble, created a program “on the fly” as our scheduled program was not available…
The quiz game of “Two Truths and a Lie” was put into play by the Prez… Naturally consistent with the Rotary Four-Way Test, this activity fits right in with our Club’s character and enthusiasm…
The first contestant was Past President Alan Miller. Quizzed by the President, he proceeded to spin a few tales. The Club members got to vote on which tale was a lie and which were truth…
Alan, ‘lying’ to his fellow Rotarians, as prompted by our President, “Honest Dave”.
As it turns out, Alan has only lived in 48 homes in his lifetime, not the 52 that were alleged… But, who’s counting anyway???
The next Liar to be quizzed was Past President Mike Muehl… Mike, being a hunter and fisherman, is exceptionally good at exaggerating the truth… Mike was quizzed on tales about his Father and Grandfather in the Dakota wilderness… and added a real ‘Pinocchio’ about being in a Mexican jail for two nights.
Past President Mike Muehl spinning falsehoods for his fellow Sunrise Rotarians…
Ultimately we learned that Mike only spent one night in a Mexican Jail… Probably arrested for “Stretching the Truth”…
Next Week’s Program:
It’s a surprise, come this week and find out…
OpportunityDrawing:
Grand Prize: $146; Mark Maus… Sorry Mark, no luck this week…
Lunch Money: $12.00… And, the winner is… Past President Mike Dunlap…
