Bulletins - 2007 - 06/14/2007
This
Week's Bulletin Was Written
By Christoper Carstens
The meeting was called to order by President Carol Jensen. The invocation was led by Jeannie Merrill and the salute to the flag by Mary Engle.
Sergeant at Arms Rosalie Kramm congratulated Susan Bleicher and Mary Engel on their birthdays. Mary was subject to an extra fine, having spent her birthday in Paris. Many club members announced that they will be off on trips during the summer.
Membership Services Chair Pete McGuire introduced multiple guests from the community and other clubs, most notably Club 33, which has put in a formal request to have their own table at our meetings.
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Lynn Hamilton announced that club members are invited to the Padres Game on August 5th, a fund Raiser for the Children of the Californias, and that the Moores family will be matching donations made.
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Larry Nuffer announced that the Youth Services Committee is distributing picture dictionaries to local third grade classes, and that the students get to keep the books.
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Dave McKee’s generosity was recognized when he received this third Paul Harris Fellowship. Mel Gallegos announced that the District had raised $305,000 for the Foundation this year alone.
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Bobbi Spinner-Flack reminded the membership that Stand Down is July 14 and 15, and that the club will be serving breakfast. Members were asked to sign up to help.
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Andrea Espinoza and Bridget Johnson announced that the Rotaract fundraiser, Ace of Hearts, was scheduled for 7-10 PM this Friday, and invited club members to participate. Funds raised will go to Father Joes Villages.
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George Mullen, Membership Director, initiated Peter Denehey as a new Red Badger. Peter, who earned his law degree at USD is a senior vice president with the Sullivan Group, doing real estate law.
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Mike Whitehurst told the membership of plans for Carol’s demotion party next week.
Nancy Vaughan introduced our speaker, Dick Freeman, the President and CEO of the San Diego Padres. Dick, a member of Club 33, shared his perceptions of the recent history of baseball in general, and the Padres in specific. He spoke of the challenges faced by a team situated in a city with only one million TV homes, bounded by LA on the north, and the desert on the East. He addressed the improved labor relations climate, our new stadium, and baseball’s improved effort to monitor performance enhancing drugs. He shared his opinion that the current testing programs seemed to be working. He suggested that the Padres might be looking for a hitter – and acknowledged that it probably wouldn’t be Barry Bonds.
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