Meeting Notes for Oct 21st

Dear Polio Warriors,

Didn’t I look marvelous this week? My grand entrance was accompanied by Mac Parker, and the lovely entourage of Regina Baniakas, Heidi Blair, and my best friend, Suki. The ladies went around the room collecting money for my therapy and raised another $72.00 for Polio. Ronnie Arnold got us started with a Groaner. Wendy Simon led us in Prayer, followed by Jack Brown with the Pledge to our Flag, and Charlie Hass with the 4-Way Test.

I must admit I was a little anxious (okay, pee-my-pants scared) at the thought of what I might have been wearing to the meeting. My only limitation to Mac Parker was that it had to be G-rated and I was relieved that I did not end up wearing fishnets and high heels. For those who missed the meeting, I was dressed as an Argonaut along with Suki, Heidi, Regina, and Mac in matching Greek garb. Go to the Sub-West Blog at http://subwest.blogspot.com/ for some photos. UWF Athletic Director, Dave Scott, was on hand to make sure we had the Argo thing right.

Happy Dollars were rampant and started by PP Bill Cleary who was happy to take our Long-Term Exchange Student Rodrigo on an outing. Jane White was happy about her trip with Trish Woodburn and Bobbye Carroll. Al Swann’s surgery went well. John Boivin was happy to make meetings two weeks in a row. Andy Hinton spent time on the 40-yard line watching his Crimson Tide hand out another beating. Heidi Blair and Bill Spain were happy to see our WWII vets honored with the Honor Flight. Craig Smith said something about Vanderbilt; a place Bill Sheffield was happy he didn’t graduate from. Brett Parra wanted everyone to know LSU plays sports like Girls Softball and Bingo and one day hopes to get a football team.

Robert Waddel introduced our Visitors and Guests. Visiting were my father, Fred Lambert; Sam Marshall, father of Mike Marshall, and the better half of Mac Parker, his lovely wife Far. Visiting Rotarians included Scott Grissett and Jeff Lewis from Downtown; Dan Livingston from Pensacola North; and Greg Threadgill from Seville.

I brought a motion from the Sub-West Board to nominate AG Ted Kirchharr to be the District Governor Nominee. The motion was seconded by Bill Spain. There was no discussion. The vote resulted in a unanimous Yes. Ronnie Arnold reminded us the next Report Card Night with be Monday, November 2nd at Ynestra Elementary School. Ronnie will have the grill at the school at 4:30pm and we will start serving meals at 5:30pm. Please come join me and the grill crew and help support this wonderful school effort. Party Master Ervin Byrd asked everyone to mark their calendars for our next Sub-West Social Event on Tuesday, November 10th. It will be a Wine Tasting at Blazzues from 5:30 – 6:30 pm. The venue will be all ours during the tasting. Blazzues is located downtown at 200 Palafox Place on the corner of Palafox and Intendencia.

The Woolly Booger was President Elect John Stein who droned on and on about something which caused the collection baskets to fill quickly and end our punishment early.

Courtney Peterson had the winning raffle ticket and drew the Five of Spades from a deck with only 39 cards left to miss out on a $556 pot.

The program was yours truly and I shared a video on the work Rotary International does fighting Polio. I also announced that 50 Sub-Westers had contributed $4,212 for Polio Plus! Thank you again for your generosity to this great endeavor. I want to say a sincere thank you to Mac Parker and his committee for grabbing the ball and running with the Dress the Prez for Polio Challenge. You have blessed me.

Next week our program our program will be Jena Melancon from the Gulf Coast Diplomacy Council.

Be blessed or be a blessing,

Rick
Argonaut for Polio

Dress the Prez for Polio

The Argonaut and his Court. From left to right: Sub-West President Rick Lambert, Suki Lambert, Heidi Blair, Regina Baniakas, Mac Parker, and UWF Atletic Director David Scott.

The amount raised for Polio Plus!

Sub-West's Argonaut for Polio

Meeting Notes from Oct 15th

Dear Sub-West Brothers & Sisters,

More great times were had a Sub-West this week! Paul Sinor did an encore performance with another Groaner. There may be a new sheriff in town. Don Gregory led us in Prayer, followed by Win Boyles with the Pledge to our Flag, and AG Ted Kirchharr with the 4-Way Test.

I had the great pleasure of presenting Jack Brown with a Paul Harris Fellowship Award assisted by PE John Stein. Jack is a great asset to Sub-West and we are proud he is in our club.

Happy Dollars were started by PP2 Ferd Salomon II because he was happy to be 80. PP Jerold Hall and John Boivin were both happy to make it to a meeting. Bob Spilman was still trumpeting Army. John Stein said Navy was still in the top 36. Andy Hinton’s Crimson Tide chalked another one up in the win column. And Bill Sheffield thinks Tennessee may yet play football this year. He was adamant they wouldn’t lose this week.

PP Bill Cleary introduced our Visitors and Guests. Visiting were Jay Windham, a guest Bill Cleary; Matt Johnson and Mike McAfee, both guests of visiting Rotarian Wayne Beasley of Morehead City, NC. Visiting Rotarians included PDG John Tice and PDG Ron Richards from Downtown; Dan Livingston from Pensacola North; and Lester Giese from North Hunterdon, NJ.

We celebrated one Rotarian anniversary this week with Braden Ball (13 years).

Mac Parker lit the crowd on fire and $1035 was contributed to the Dress the Prez for Polio Challenge bringing the total to $4097 and more than doubling our club’s goal of $2000! Thank you to each who donated to this worthy cause of Rotary International. I’ll wear something special to the next meeting. John Stein brought a proposal to the membership nominating Bobbye Carroll and Bill Cleary to the Sub-West Foundation Board. They were elected by the membership. Ronnie Arnold told us the next Report Card Night will be Monday, November 2nd. The grill team will be on hand at Ynestra Elementary School at 6:00pm. Please come out and support this great school event.

The Woolly Booger was Charter Member Huntley Johnson who simply raised terror in the room with $5.00 hits all around.

Jack Brown had the winning raffle ticket and drew the King of Hearts from a deck with only 40 cards left to miss out on a $531 pot.

The program was Capt Robert Turpin from the Marine Resources Division who gave us some great information on how our waterfront is maintained and how artificial reefs are formed.

Next week our program is a fashion show by me and the Dress the Prez committee. We will also talk about Polio.

Be blessed or be a blessing,

Rick

Meeting Notes from Oct 8th

Dear Sub-West Brothers & Sisters,

We had a full house this week and the room was filled with laughter! Someone commented to me that this is what Sub-West is supposed to feel like. Paul Sinor got us started with a Groaner about Roy Rogers. Roland Smith led us in Prayer, followed by Bob Stone with the Pledge to our Flag, and Bob Bothfeld with the 4-Way Test.

We are around $3200 for Polio Plus with two weeks to go. I found out it will take a few people to get me into the “outfit” and that my lovely wife is in on the deal. She won’t tell me what it is, but I’m hoping it’s a suit of armor. Mac Parker assures me the media will be present.

Happy Dollars were started by PDG Wayne Etheredge over his jubilation of the Tennessee score being accurate, but that the numbers were reversed. Andy Hinton piped in because Alabama was going to beat the entire NCAA and move on to beat the entire NFL. Ferd II shared news of his new Great Granddaughter with us. Jack Brown was happy Navy beat Air Force. Heidi Blair lost her husband John in Hawaii, but was happy when loud noises coming from a bar led her back to him. Admiral Bill Ramsey shared that Huntley Johnson was going to speak about WWII flying at the naval Aviation Museum. Bill Cleary was happy (along with the rest of us) that Jerold Hall was out of town (I may have the details a little wrong on this one). Brett Parra is happy to report his new building is under budget.

Jim Holifield introduced our Visitors and Guests. Visiting were Derek Stromas, a guest of mine. Visiting Rotarians included Roger Enzor from Downtown; Charles Howard and Richard Peterson from Pensacola North; and Tom Vaughn from Gulf Breeze.

We celebrated one Rotarian anniversary this week with Wendy Simon (2 years).

Patrice Whitten came forward to remind us of the good Rotary does in the world and that our EREY contributions are what make everything happen through Rotary International.

The Woolly Booger was Mark Smith with Wal-Mart trivia. All the answers seemed to be in the billions. A ruling had to be made on whether the Wooly should be fined for shameless advertising of his business and Woolly Booger Guru, and final authority, Andy Hinton said he was exempt. Look out next week Mark…

Jim Holifield had the winning raffle ticket and drew the Ace of Hearts from a deck with only 41 cards left to miss out on a $509 pot.

The program was Deborah Dunlap with a presentation of historic photographs from Pensacola history. What a great history our beautiful city has.

Next week our program is Capt. Robert Turpin from the Escambia Marine Resources Division.

Be blessed or be a blessing,

Rick

Meeting Notes for Oct 1st

Dear Sub-West Rotarians,

It was good to see everyone this week. John Stein got us started with a Groaner. AG Ted Kirchharr led us in Prayer, followed by Al Swann with the Pledge to our Flag, and Harry Tuttle with the 4-Way Test.

I showed a 30 second video about how Rotary needs each one of us.

Happy Dollars were started by Andy Hinton because Alabama was going to play football again this week. Bill Cleary was happy to be at Rotary. Courtney Peterson got a round of applause because he and his wife are expecting a new baby in April. Paul Sinor’s son-in-law is returning from Iraq today.

Sgt-at-Arms Johnny Fayard introduced our Visitors and Guests. Visiting were Dr. Deck Couch, guest of Harry Tuttle; and Bob Bothfeld, Jr., son of Bob Bothfeld. We had one Visiting Rotarian, Bob Campbell of Five Flags.

We celebrated Rotarian anniversaries’ this week with Al Swann (39 years); and Mike Henderson (26 years).

We received a letter from Kathy Karsten, Program Manager at USO Pensacola thanking us for our donations of goodies and cutlery last week. This is an ongoing need so please feel free to bring items to any club meeting. Al Swann gave us a caution from his personal experience with arterial blockages in the legs. Suggested we have our doctors check the blood flow in our legs during routine exams.

The Woolly Booger was AG Ted Kirchharr with an intriguing look at the history of Sub-West in The Rotarian magazine.

Harry Tuttle had the winning raffle ticket and drew the King of Diamonds from a deck with only 42 cards left to miss out on a $475 pot.

The program was yours truly and I went over what the Sub-West Leadership has been doing since July. We are involved in projects that will ultimately affect the lives of over 10,000 people on 2 continents. Thank you for your contribution to Rotary.

Next week our program was changed from Gulf Coast Aerospace & Defense Coalition to Historic Pensacola in Pictures by Deborah Dunlap (tentatively).

Be blessed or be a blessing,

Rick