JanUary 12, 2005
This week’s Bulletin was written by George Mullen
THIS WEEK’S MEETING
Standing in for President Ron, Frank De Francesco ran a superb meeting at the USO and ended it with undoubtedly the best centennial moment yet seen. (He brought in a ringer to do the job: Jill DiBerardino of the USO.)
The Monarch School Cabo Café
once again catered the meeting with their excellent cuisine. Mel Gallegos gave a heartfelt invocation to
“remember our troops,” Margaret Oppliger led the pledge and
actually remembered the words, and Linda Jalving led a stirring (if somewhat
painful) version of the Star Spangled 
Banner. Martin Blair issued
his renowned weather report and it was “sandals” through the
weekend, meaning sunshine ahead folks.
Pete McGuire introduced the guests and visiting Rotarians. Gilson, a visiting Rotarian from Rio d
Janeiro (that’s in
Announcements
Ø January 29, 2005 is career day at St. Vincent de Paul Village – contact Cynthia Sener to participate.
Ø Duane Horning announced a Community Services meeting to be held immediately following our meeting.
Ø It was announced that Eileen Henesey has stepped in for Christine Thompson as Club Secretary.
Ø February 5, 2005 is the Paul Harris Gala. Raffle tickets are $25 each or five for $100, and the contribution goes towards your Paul Harris Fellowship.
Ø It was announced that the Club has donated $10,000 to the cause of Asian Tsunami relief.
Ø
Carol Jensen presented our host, Colonel Regan
Wright of the USO, with a check for $5,500 to the USO for programs and services
for
Ø
Thanks to Lynn and Susan for putting the
Christmas Party together at Pat Cowett’s beautiful home. Thank you Pat as well.
Sgt – at –
Arms
Ø Linda Jalving contributed for her jewelry show.
Ø
Dave Ferguson contributed for his make up at a
Ø Tom Sayer contributed based on setting his house move-in date for March 1. (Congrats Tom!)
Ø Margaret Oppliger contributed for being a judge at an “impromptu speech contest” at Point Loma Nazarene.
Ø Frank De Francesco contributed based on his confession of being a Jets fan. (Mike, fine this guy big bucks next week! Can you say Benedict Arnold folks?)
Ø Ron, sadly out of town for a funeral, donated two tickets to the Symphony which were auctioned off to David McKee for $25.
This Week’s Program
Nancy Vaughan, who thought her dream had finally come true in finding “Mr. Wright,” introduced Colonel Regan Wright, CEO and President of the USO. Regan previously spent 30 years with the U.S. Marine Corps and retired as a colonel.
We learned that the USO stands for “United Services
Organization” and was formed in 1941 as a civilian support group for the
military. It receives no funding from
the
Thank you Colonel for a great presentation.
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