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Wednesday, October 31, 2007
     
Volume 67, Issue 16 Rota-Scribe: Minard Duncan

OPENING - The Eminent Tom Meyer

FLAG SALUTE - Jeff Hutchinson

SONG - Howard Wood and his Quintet led us in a Rotary song to the tune of “Give My Regards to Broadway” and to our surprise we did a good job with it. Then we sang a rousing rendition of “Smile.”

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY - Bill Peloquin

GUESTS AND VISITING ROTARIANS

Vimal Seth - Guest of Prez Tom Meyer

Bill Gillespie from Fullerton South Rotary

PHIL SILVERMAN recognized, honored and assigned various fines to the following:

For being Fine Masters - Joyce Cappelle, Minard Duncan, Greg Hickman, Bob Hillhouse, Mike Oates, Warren Wimer and others. (Sorry! I missed some of the names.)

For not being in the newspapers lately - Don Bankhead

For having six cars in his driveway and two in his garage - Dick Jones

For being a “Yorba Lindian” - Bill Schenk

For saying a bad thing about Fullerton and having a new car - Mark Geiss

For wife’s birthday reminder - Don Ludwig

For his birthday and saying he is 39 years old - John Derry

For 57th anniversary! Bill Kincaid - Way to go Bill and Shirley!

For providing great wine tasting at events - Dan Kiernan was awarded a bottle of Smashed Grapes from the Big Lots Store.

TONY AMATO received $10 consolation prize for not drawing the Joker out of the deck.

11/7 Senior Craft Talks by Jim Vanderberg and Sandy Hayes
11/14 Details of International Rotary Meeting in Los Angeles in December


 

 ANNOUNCEMENTS

Randy McFarland told us that Jim Blake was responding to him while he visited Jim in the hospital.

New Member Induction: Steve Awh was inducted and welcomed into our club by Pat McKinley. Steve’s sponsor is Daniel Kang.

David Schoen invited all veterans, police and firemen to be honored Saturday, November 7 at 8:30 a.m. at Eastside Christian Church located on Yorba Linda Blvd. between State College Blvd. and Associated Road..

Debra Koff told us about the Alzheimer Association that is working on ending the disease. There is a Memory Walk on Saturday, November 3, at Camp James. Registration is at 8 a.m.

PROGRAM

David Frost pitched for the California Angels from 1978 to 1981. In 1979, he won sixteen games and helped lead the Angels to their first division championship. That year, he was chosen as the Angel’s Most Valuable Player by the Baseball Writer’s Association of America.

After baseball, David worked as a floor trader in commodities. Then moved to presenting seminars in motivation, team building, attitude and stress management. Later, he became a columnist for the Orange County Register and wrote about sports and family issues. He has been heard on radio talk shows discussing topics on life transitions, family sports issues and athletes in crisis.

David told us about some of the nuances of baseball: Baseball is a tough business. A ballplayer has to learn to fit in and get along. Good chemistry is important. Baseball can be humbling. Many ball players have a difficult time adjusting to the big leagues and back again to private life.

He shared several humorous anecdotes with us.

David received his B.A. degree in Political Science from Stanford University and an M.A. degree in Psychololgy from Azuza Pacific University.