May 22, 2002
This Week’s Bulletin Was Written By Tom Sayer.
THIS WEEK’s MEETING
Melissa opened the meeting to a “standing-room-only” crowd by asking Jim Waters to lead the pledge followed by “The Lord’s Prayer” led by Christine Thompson and a thunderous round of “Yankee Doodle Dandy” led by the Mulvaney-Jalving duet. The 23+ Guests and Visiting Rotarians seemed to outnumber actual members in attendance. Included in the audience were several guests of Vanessa Dubois from France, including her sister, Cinderella.
announcements
Ø Pat Moore wanted it reported that there will be no Mexico Homebuilding in June. The next opportunity will be in September.
Ø Gary Green reminded us all that the Demotion Party is Tuesday night, June 18th and we will be dark on Wednesday morning, June 19th.
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Ø Colette Murray and “Poor Hairless Fellow” Dave Ferguson introduced Linda Jalving as our Club’s newest Paul Harris Fellow.
Ø Carol Jensen reported that on-line bidding for auction items resulted in the following bids:
$40 for LJ Playhouse Tix;
$50 for the Laughlin trip; and
$100 for the Golf Package.
Ø Michael Clarkson received well-deserved kudos for getting up early, setting up the meeting, greeting guests, and keeping Melissa organized.
Ø Joe Ciokon reported on a number of things. First, the crew of the Dolphin has been safely rescued. Secondly, the USS Stennis is steaming back home. We can expect a great homecoming in the near future. Thirdly, as Navy Judo coach, Joe has been able to secure USD’s Jenny Craig Pavilion as the site for the Senior Nationals. Joe is looking for sponsors for this event. And finally, Joe reports there are 2-seats available for a VIP overnight trip to the USS Nimitz leaving Friday, June 7th. Contact Ron Erbetta if you are interested.
New Member Melissa Armstrong
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Melissa Armstrong |
Mike Jones introduced Melissa Armstrong as our Club’s newest member. She was born in Tampa, Florida, grew-up in Georgia, did her undergrad at Florida State, and then Law School at Cal. Western and Florida St. She has 1 brother in college and is married to John whom she met in Colorado. They decided to get married while on vacation in Bahamas. Melissa is now an attorney at Mulvaney, Kahan & Barry. She and John live with 3 dogs and parrot and, in their spare time, they like rollerblading. Welcome! |
student of the month
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At the age of 16 Roberto Guzman came to the U.S. from Mexico with his mother. He enrolled at San Diego HS even though he did not speak English. Roberto compared this to "going to war without a gun." Roberto studied hard and is now fluent in English. He knows some Italian, and would like to learn Japanese. His high school GPA is 4.0. Roberto is also a talented basketball player. He has played for the Mexican National Team, and helped lead the SDHS Cavers into the playoffs. These accomplishments are even more remarkable considering Roberto suffers from asthma. In December 2001 Roberto was hospitalized for three weeks in Mexico. He worked especially hard to make up the schoolwork he missed, but his GPA slipped to 3.5 that semester. Roberto's mother has returned to the family in Mexico. He now supports himself by working five hours each day, and stills maintains his high grades and basketball activities. Roberto has turned down an offer to play professional basketball in Mexico. He plans to attend a local junior college and eventually transfer to a state university were he can study accounting.
SGT. FRANK
No time for the Sarge today.
MARTY GOLDMAN FROM HARRAH’s RINCON CASINO
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Marty Goldman |
The newest Indian Gaming casino will open in Valley Center under the Harrah’s flag on the Rincon Reservation. This will be the first nationally branded casino in San Diego County. Marty Goldman took us through the history of Harrahs and showed us the conceptual drawings of the casino resort.
Harrahs is North America’s largest casino corporation with $4 billion in capitalization and 26 casinos. Harrahs operates three other Indian casinos as well as operations in Las Vegas, Reno and Atlantic City.
The Rincon project will be a $125 million resort with an 180,000 square foot hotel. The casino will have 1,500 slot machines including such favorites as, The Price Is Right, Hollywood Squares, The Game Of Life, And Raining Diamonds. And, yes, your Harrahs’ frequent gambler card will work at Rincon. There will also be 32 house-backed card games.
In addition to gaming, San Diegans will be offered six choices to satisfy their discerning culinary requirements, including the ubiquitous International Buffet. To visit the website for this new casino resort, Click Here.
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