Meetng Notes for June 17th

Hello Sub-West!

We had another great meeting this week! Wes Nicholls got us started with a groaner. Bill Sheffield led us in Prayer, followed by new Sub-Wester TJ Edwards with the Pledge to our glorious Flag, and new Sub-Wester Kirk Waters with the 4-Way Test.

I had our Long-Term Exchange Student, Rodrigo Lima, come forward. He thanked the club for sponsoring him and let everyone know he had a wonderful experience. We also extended thanks to Charles & Nina Howard and Mike & Susie Marshall for sharing their homes with Rodrigo.

Happy Dollars were started by Bill Spain who is happy to be in Pensacola and also happy the RI International Conference will be taking place next week. Charlie Peppler had 3 happy dollars and was happy to report his father’s 90th birthday, his mother-in-law turning 90, and his son coming home June 21st. Al Swann expressed his joy over selling BP just in time. Mike Woods was happy to share celebrating his 59th wedding anniversary. John Stein was happy to be back from Washington DC.

Jack Brown introduced our Visitors and Guests. Visiting Sub-West were Peyton Parra, daughter of Brett Parra; Stephanie Gregory, granddaughter of Don Gregory; John Voleppe, Amalie Ostertag, and Elery Ostertag, guests of Bobbye Carroll. Visiting Rotarians included Charles Howard, Richard Peterson, and Dan Livingston from Pensacola North; and Bob Rogers, Fred Sitten, Roger MacDonald, and David Stafford from Downtown.

We celebrated Rotarian Anniversaries this week with Ken Pfeiffer (36 years), Romesh Canekeratne (18 years), Bill Ramsey (11 years), and Bob Bothfeld (9 years).

Fist Full of Dollars
All Donations need to be in by Thursday, June 24th!
The following incentives are available to anyone collecting donations for the fundraiser.
Top Donation Collectors
1st Place - $300 gift card from Wal-Mart
2nd Place - $200 gift card from Wal-Mart
3rd Place - $100 gift card from Wal-Mart
Beat Rick on most tickets – additional $100 (I’m at 37 so far)
If you collected the donation for the winning ticket - $100 (doesn’t matter how many sold)
For every 8 donations collected – 1 free admission to Change of Command ($25 value)

The Woolly Booger was Bill Cleary with trivia from the USMC (University of Science, Music, and Culture).

Kirk Waters had the winning ticket (again) and drew the five of clubs from a deck with only 26 cards in it to miss a pot worth $970.

The program was Dr. Ed Meadows with an update on what is happening at PJC.

Next week’s program will be Leah Daugherty from the bay Area Food Bank.

Be blessed or be a blessing,

Rick