Good Day - SubWest!
We had a lively and interesting meeting this week, starting off with Huntley doing a Groaner (really a series of pithy sayings that elicited some groans, some laughs and some other responses). Thanks, Huntley! Rick Lambert then lead us in the prayer. Tim Couch lead the Pledge and Paul Parks lead us in the 4 Way test.
Our Happy Dollars today were a little on the light side, maybe because word leaked out about the surprise Woolley. Laura Snow had some Happy Dollars for the crew that helped her provide lunch for the teachers at Hallmark Elementary that Monday. The club sponsored the lunch for the teacher work day, and Laura had a good sized group of SubWesters to help serve. The crew included Romesh, Bill Marchi, Andy Hinton and others (please email me and I'll add your names). Thanks to all of you for representing SubWest so well! Bob Bothfeld finally returned from his summer vacation in Vermont, and we awarded him his Paul Harris fellow award + 4. Wow, that means Bob has really supported the Polio Plus giving to the Rotary Foundation! Bob - we all are grateful for what you do! Thanks!
This is a busy couple of weeks in Rotary here's the info you need:
Please plan to attend the Report Card night at Hallmark, Wednesday Oct. 29th at 5 pm. (Yes, that's this week). Ronnie Arnold will have the new SubWest BBQ grill set-up, Harry Huelsbeck has gotten all the food donated, and we will be grilling burgers and dogs for the parents, students, and teachers at Hallmark! Remember to wear your SubWest shirt.
The other big announcement this week is the club Halloween Party this Thursday night (10/30/08) at Liberty Lanes. Sounds like a great time, please attend if you can. Remember - this will count as a meeting if you can't come at lunch time! We will have a regular meeting on 10/30/08.
Next week's regular meeting (11/6/08) is cancelled, actually replaced by the CROP (Combined Rotary of Pensacola) special lunch meeting on Monday 11/3/08, at New World Landing. Try to get there by 1130am so you can get your food before the program starts. We'll be charged for all our members, so be sure to show up! This should be an especially interesting meeting as Lt.Col. Everett Spain (Bill's son) will be the guest speaker. He just returned from Iraq, where he served as General Petreaus' aide, so he should have some great insights into that theatre of the global war on terrorism.
Wendy Simon introduced our visitors and guests. Megan Pratt was Braden Ball's guest. We had 6 visiting Rotarians - 3 from Pensacola North - Dan Livingston, Kenny Morgan, and Richard Peterson. Nancy Fetterman represented the Downtown club and Dr. Ed Siegel came all the way from California.
Kenny Morgan (former SubWester and all around good-guy) was our Woolly today. He came prepared with this months copy to the Rotarian Magazine, and had a wonderful time fining all of us. I should say, all of us who were not part of the Greatest Generation. Thanks, Kenny - it was fun and I know you raised a lot of money for the Foundation.
Nancy Fetterman won the raffle, which is getting interesting with only 28 cards left and $379 in the pot. She didn't pick the ace of spades, however and generously donated her $10 consolation prize back to the club.
John Stein then introduced our guest speaker - Ms. Angie Neumann, from ARC Gateway. Angie is a member of the Cordova Sunrise club and gave us a great talk on the parts of ARC Gateway we may not often hear about, especially services for adults that need ongoing care in a group setting. Thanks, Angie!
As we finished early, we concluded the meeting with Dr. Ed Seigel playing the National Anthem in the Key of G as we all sang along. You all should be very proud of yourselves, because it sounded very good!
See you at Hallmark on Wednesday night, Liberty Lanes on Thursday night and at New World Landing Monday for lunch. (Actually, I have jury duty Monday, so I'll be thinking about you!)
Yours in Rotary Service,
Bill C.
We had a lively and interesting meeting this week, starting off with Huntley doing a Groaner (really a series of pithy sayings that elicited some groans, some laughs and some other responses). Thanks, Huntley! Rick Lambert then lead us in the prayer. Tim Couch lead the Pledge and Paul Parks lead us in the 4 Way test.
Our Happy Dollars today were a little on the light side, maybe because word leaked out about the surprise Woolley. Laura Snow had some Happy Dollars for the crew that helped her provide lunch for the teachers at Hallmark Elementary that Monday. The club sponsored the lunch for the teacher work day, and Laura had a good sized group of SubWesters to help serve. The crew included Romesh, Bill Marchi, Andy Hinton and others (please email me and I'll add your names). Thanks to all of you for representing SubWest so well! Bob Bothfeld finally returned from his summer vacation in Vermont, and we awarded him his Paul Harris fellow award + 4. Wow, that means Bob has really supported the Polio Plus giving to the Rotary Foundation! Bob - we all are grateful for what you do! Thanks!
This is a busy couple of weeks in Rotary here's the info you need:
Please plan to attend the Report Card night at Hallmark, Wednesday Oct. 29th at 5 pm. (Yes, that's this week). Ronnie Arnold will have the new SubWest BBQ grill set-up, Harry Huelsbeck has gotten all the food donated, and we will be grilling burgers and dogs for the parents, students, and teachers at Hallmark! Remember to wear your SubWest shirt.
The other big announcement this week is the club Halloween Party this Thursday night (10/30/08) at Liberty Lanes. Sounds like a great time, please attend if you can. Remember - this will count as a meeting if you can't come at lunch time! We will have a regular meeting on 10/30/08.
Next week's regular meeting (11/6/08) is cancelled, actually replaced by the CROP (Combined Rotary of Pensacola) special lunch meeting on Monday 11/3/08, at New World Landing. Try to get there by 1130am so you can get your food before the program starts. We'll be charged for all our members, so be sure to show up! This should be an especially interesting meeting as Lt.Col. Everett Spain (Bill's son) will be the guest speaker. He just returned from Iraq, where he served as General Petreaus' aide, so he should have some great insights into that theatre of the global war on terrorism.
Wendy Simon introduced our visitors and guests. Megan Pratt was Braden Ball's guest. We had 6 visiting Rotarians - 3 from Pensacola North - Dan Livingston, Kenny Morgan, and Richard Peterson. Nancy Fetterman represented the Downtown club and Dr. Ed Siegel came all the way from California.
Kenny Morgan (former SubWester and all around good-guy) was our Woolly today. He came prepared with this months copy to the Rotarian Magazine, and had a wonderful time fining all of us. I should say, all of us who were not part of the Greatest Generation. Thanks, Kenny - it was fun and I know you raised a lot of money for the Foundation.
Nancy Fetterman won the raffle, which is getting interesting with only 28 cards left and $379 in the pot. She didn't pick the ace of spades, however and generously donated her $10 consolation prize back to the club.
John Stein then introduced our guest speaker - Ms. Angie Neumann, from ARC Gateway. Angie is a member of the Cordova Sunrise club and gave us a great talk on the parts of ARC Gateway we may not often hear about, especially services for adults that need ongoing care in a group setting. Thanks, Angie!
As we finished early, we concluded the meeting with Dr. Ed Seigel playing the National Anthem in the Key of G as we all sang along. You all should be very proud of yourselves, because it sounded very good!
See you at Hallmark on Wednesday night, Liberty Lanes on Thursday night and at New World Landing Monday for lunch. (Actually, I have jury duty Monday, so I'll be thinking about you!)
Yours in Rotary Service,
Bill C.
