Meeting Notes for May 6th

The Mighty Membership of Sub-West,

We had a great meeting this week! Johnny Fayard got us started with a groaner. John Stein led us in Prayer, followed by Wes Nicholls with the Pledge to our glorious Flag, and Roland Smith with the 4-Way Test.

It was my great pleasure to let everyone know Sub-West was awarded the District Governor’s Citation Award at the District Conference. Only around nine clubs in the district received the award.

Happy Dollars were started by me as I reported being happily married to my girlfriend Suki for 21 years. Tim Couch was happy to report his son graduated from Mississippi State and got engaged. Heidi Blair was happy to report she saw an 18 wheeler with an End Polio Now sticker on the back. Bill Spain expressed his joy on the way our community is responding to the oil spill. Jack Brown was happy to report a wonderful week spent in the mountains. John Stein is happy to be flying again after being sick for two weeks. Bill Sheffield was happy to be nice to Tim Couch. Paul Sinor was happy to report his perfect attendance for one week in a row.

Tim Couch introduced our Visitors and Guests. Visiting was Charles Bare, guest of Bill Sheffield; and Bud Myer, guest of Mike Woods. Visiting Rotarians included Dan Livingston from Pensacola North; and Nathan Ford from Gulf Breeze.

We celebrated Rotarian Anniversaries this week with Bill Bassett (13 years).

Quite a few people reported they had collected donations for our fundraiser. Ferd Salomon II, Bill Sheffield, John Stein, and a few others have collected donations for multiple tickets. Leorah Mims is in the lead with 20 tickets. I have collected donations for 4 tickets leaving Leorah only 16 ahead of me. Of course the offer still stands that whoever collects donations for the most tickets will receive a $300 gift card from Wal-Mart and $100 from me personally. Figure the odds on whether I will be outsold and give up a hundred bucks. At any rate, please get involved and help us collect donations!

The Woolly Booger was Bill Spain and some Rotary trivia. Most people knew the answers, but Bill did his job by making those who had never been to an International Conference pay $2.00.

Jack Brown had the winning ticket and drew the Jack of Clubs from a deck with only 32 cards in it to miss a pot worth $771.

The program was attorney Steve Quinnell who discussed the issue of elder exploitation.

Next week’s program will be Kevin Doyle, Editor of the Pensacola News Journal.

Be blessed or be a blessing,

Rick