Volume XIII, Issue 3: July 25, 2014

Foundation Final Friday!!

Announcements
President Barbara told us that the results of the Spring Fundraiser Survey would soon be revealed. Details to follow ...

As of mid-meeting last Friday, the current Participation Grid was 28% full, after only two weeks! Remember to fill in a square when you take part in a fellowship event, attend a committee meeting, work on a service project, or make up at a Rotaract meeting (or attend a Rotaract event). Barbara announced that she has added another qualifying event - making a date with our Inbound Youth Exchange Student from Brazil, who will be arriving in August.

Only two Sunrisers were able to travel to the airport to bid au revoir to Exchange Student Alex Rialet as he returned to France. However, President Barbara and Lori Breyer agreed that there were about a dozen girls who were there to see him off. We'll miss him.

On August 3rd, we are invited to meet with District Governor Kevin Eisenberg at a Social Event. I believe the get-together will be held at the home of Harold Hilfiker, President of the Old Town Eureka Rotary. More details (and perhaps corrections) will follow, so watch your inboxes carefully!

If you miss that event, you need only wait less than two weeks to hobnob with DG Kevin. He will make his Official Appearance on August 21 and 22nd. On Thursday the 21st, Kevin will meet with our Boards of Directors and Committee Chairs for a crash course in our plans and accomplishments. The following morning, he will be the Featured Speaker at our regular meeting.

And it's not too early to prepare for Kevin's Konference, which will be held at the Tenaya Lodge in Yosemite Park on April 26th through the 28th. Lodging is only $149 per room if you book early. For more information, click here: http://www.rotary5130.org/news-events/events/2015-district-conference.

Special Daze
Since President Barbara was so efficient the previous week, we only had one birthday to celebrate and investigate - Lori Breyer's on July 16th. Lori said that she was where she usually is on that day - at Tahoe. She (and her family) rafted down the Truckee River, hung out on the beach, and generally had a great time.

Recognitions
Ceva Courtemanche had another game for us last week. It was a quiz based on our knowledge of Rotary International and the Rotary Foundation. Here are the multiple choice questions let's see how well you do (answers are at the bottom of the page):

How many people attended the first Rotary meeting on Thursday evening, February 23, 1905?

• 3
• 4
• 2

Who were the people who attended the first Rotary Meeting?

• Paul Harris, Silvester Schiele, Hiram Storey, and Gustavus Loehr
• Gustavus Loehr, Silvester Schiele, and Paul Harris
• Paul Harris and Silvester Schiele

Who was the first President of that first Rotary Club?

• Silvester Schiele - Because Paul Harris preferred to work behind the scenes to attract new members
• Silvester Schiele - Because Paul Harris did not want to be the face of Rotary
• Paul Harris - Because he was the founder

How much were annual dues for that first Rotary Club?

• $10 per month
• No dues
• $20 per month

The first Rotary Club voted that all Club expenses would be paid by

• 50-cent fines
• 20-cent fines
• 10-cent fines

At the first Rotary Convention in 1910, Keynote Speaker Daniel Cady of the Rotary Club of New York told the audience that Rotary (which had 16 Clubs at the tine) would have 1,000 Clubs around the world within 80 years. When did Rotary add its 1,000th Club?

• 10 years later 
• 79 years later
• 11 years later

In 1911, Paul Harris gave Chesley Perry a budget of  $________  to mimeograph and mail a new publication, The National Rotarian, to all Rotarians.

• $50.24
• $25.44
• $39.22

What is the largest public relations project of Rotary Clubs in the United States and Canada?

• The Rotary Float in the Mardi Gras Parade in New Orleans
• The Rotary Float in the Macy's Christmas Parade in New York City
• The Rotary Float in the Rose Parade on New Year's Day

How many people see the Rotary Float in that parade?

• Between 250 million and 1 billion
• One Billion
• Two Million

 What is the Paul Harris Society (Foundation)?

• This group consists of Paul Harris Fellows who annually contribute $1,000 US or more to the Annual Fund, PolioPlus, or an approved Rotary Foundation Grant

Additional recognitions included a tale about a newly-installed smoke and carbon monoxide alarm that went off in Ian Schatz's home recently. There was no fire, although that may have been imminent - the Fire Department found a wifi repeater in a closet that was getting hot enough to begin to melt its wiring insulation, sending fumes that the alarm detected. Ian reminded us all to check our smoke detectors regularly.

We also heard that Craig Newman has had quite the fishing season. He came back from a recent fishing trip with his father toting a 43-pound halibut!

Foundation Information
Last Friday, Foundation Committee Chair Terri Clark provided each of us with a report of our contributions to the Rotary Foundation, including our "Recognition Points". This latter figure proved a bit confusing, but I hope that Terri will submit a guest article for the Sunrise Spirit that will explain the system in such a way that even Your Editor can comprehend.

Brenda and Terri

What I did understand last week was that we had a new Paul Harris Fellow in our midst - the wonderful Brenda Bishop has earned her recognition, and she received her certificate, medal, and pin last week.


Final Friday Foundation Auction
As we like to do when Final Friday rolls around, we had an auction last week. Sunrisers donate items, the bidding begins and ends, and the donor and the purchaser split the Recognition Points earned when the amount paid for the item is donated to the Rotary Foundation. Here is a list of last Friday's transactions:

• An auto-refill three-tier plate of brownie-lemon tarts was donated by Lori Breyer. She will be refilling the dishes 6 times through the end of the year for winning bidders Jayce.
• Cam Appleton served up some apple-smoked salmon with wine and crackers for a late-summer feast. Cindy Sutcliffe took that home.
• An August Birthday Basket, containing bottles of wine, a charm bracelet, a Happy Birthday tiara, sunglasses, and a bunch of other stuff was provided by Maggie Kraft. The winning bidder was Your Editor, who plans to use it for a July birthday. If you have a problem with that, please visit our Complaint Department.
• Imported or just smuggled? Matt Babich would know - he brought in the Schnapps and Sausages that comprised our next auction item. They were purchased in Frankfort, and presumably successfully made it through Customs. If not, winning bidder Joyce Hinrichs may have some 'splainin' to do.
• Brenda Bishop donated a package containing an art portfolio, a jump rope, and a password journal. This item was purchased by Carol Vander Meer. 
• A set of wall shelves and picture frames was provided by Terri Clark. Lori Breyer was our winning bidder.
• Someone dubbed it "Plazawear" - a peace beanie paired with an Arcata High School orange scarf - and it was donated by Brenda Bishop. Sadly, I didn't see who won that item.
• President Barbara and Terri Clark teamed up for our final item, which was a tea cup planter. Sorta. That represented the offer of a tea party in Barbara's Blue Lake backyard for up to 12 people. Brenda Bishop will host 11 very classy friends as the winning bidder

As always, thanks to everyone who bid, those who donated, those who purchased, and those who helped make those initial bids grow. Our total take/donation came to $775!

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Quiz Answers

How many people attended the first Rotary meeting on Thursday evening, February 23, 1905?

• 4

Who were the people who attended the first Rotary Meeting?

• Paul Harris, Silvester Schiele, Hiram Storey, and Gustavus Loehr

Who was the first President of that first Rotary Club?

• Silvester Schiele - Because Paul Harris preferred to work behind the scenes to attract new members

How much were annual dues for that first Rotary Club?

• No dues

The first Rotary Club voted that all Club expenses would be paid by

• 50-cent fines

At the first Rotary Convention in 1910, Keynote Speaker Daniel Cady of the Rotary Club of New York told the audience that Rotary (which had 16 Clubs at the tine) would have 1,000 Clubs around the world within 80 years. When did Rotary add its 1,000th Club?

• 11 years later

In 1911, Paul Harris gave Chesley Perry a budget of  $________  to mimeograph and mail a new publication, The National Rotarian, to all Rotarians.

• $25.44

What is the largest public relations project of Rotary Clubs in the United States and Canada?

• The Rotary Float in the Rose Parade on New Year's Day

How many people see the Rotary Float in that parade?

• Between 250 million and 1 billion

 What is the Paul Harris Society (Foundation)?

• This group consists of Paul Harris Fellows who annually contribute $1,000 US or more to the Annual Fund, PolioPlus, or an approved Rotary Foundation Grant

Volume XIII, Issue 2: July 18, 2014

Announcements

Sunrisers In the (Play)House!

President Barbara thanked everyone who turned out for the North Bay Rotaract's Re-Chartering Celebration on July 16th. There were quite a few Sunrisers on hand. 

Barbara took the opportunity to remind us to fill in the Participation Grid when we take part in qualifying Rotary events. These are Fellowship Events, Committee Meetings, Service Projects, and Rotaract Activities.

Alex and his Quilt

Last Friday was the last regular meeting for our Exchange Student from Toulouse, France - Alex Rialet, who is scheduled to return home this week. "Are you ready to go home?" asked Barbara. Alex quickly replied, "No." Alex said that he really enjoyed his recent tour of the western states with his fellow Exchangers. "Everyone's so nice!" he noted. President Barbara said that Alex has done an amazing job of representing his country. "We've all really enjoyed having you here," she said, "and we're going to miss you." She gave Alex a going-away gift - an Arcata Sunrise branded polo shirt. Alex showed us another parting gift, from Lori Breyer. Lori made him a special quilt with panels depicting the Stars and Stripes and a label listing his host families. Alex closed by thanking us all for helping make it a wonderful year.

Craft Talk
Last Friday, Dustin Littlefield introduced himself to the Club by doing his Craft Talk. This is a short biographical presentation made by new Sunrisers to help us get to know them.

Dustin was born in Crescent City but raised in Humboldt County. He attended Pacific Union School from Kindergarten through 8th Grade, and he graduated from Arcata High School. After graduation, Dustin worked for a year, saving money for college. He attended school in Chico for a semester before moving back to the North Coast. He attended College of the Redwoods, taking all music classes, and working at Los Bagels.

He moved to Austin, formed a band, bought a van, and began touring. He said that it was fun for a while, but eventually he realized that it was not the right fit for him. A "terrifying drive over the Rockies" brought him back to Humboldt County for good.

He returned to school (HSU), and studied music for a while, but he eventually transitioned into Economics. It was a field that he had always held his interest, and he earned his bachelor's degree. Two days after receiving his degree, Dustin was asked to interview with Redwood Coast Financial for his current position as a Financial Advisor. 

Dustin Turns Blue!

Dustin met his partner Collette while both were working at Avalon Restaurant during their college years. Their relationship has continued for six years.

By completing his Craft Talk, Dustin completed his final task as a Red Badger. So President Barbara presented him with his Blue Badge. 



Committee Goals (continued)
At our July 11th meeting, we heard from the chairs of Club Service committees; last Friday, we began learning the goals of the committees from other Avenues of Service:

Community Service - Co-Chairs Scott Heller & Julie Schaefer:  Scott told us that "This is the committee that gets its hands dirty - that inspires new members and gets PR for the Club." 

The group is planning at least four projects this year, including a SWOT (Serving With Our Talents) project each quarter - even if one or two are smaller in scale than our big SWOT projects. In addition, the group plans to continue or begin:

• Backpacks for Kids (although changes in the relationship with Food For People may require us to modify the system)
• Adopt-A-Highway
• Boys & Girls Club - another visit on a smaller scale than our SWOT event 
• Rotary Park renovation (fingers crossed)
• Bookshelf Project 
• Manila Family Resource Center (fingers crossed again)
• Arcata Elementary School Resource Center

Keep your eyes on your Inbox, 'cause when this group gets going, so do all of us! 

Special Daze
President Barbara took some time to catch up on birthdays and anniversaries last Friday. "It was my forty-ninth," said Gregg Foster of his birthday on June 13th. This was met with some skepticism, but he stood by his claim.

Praj White's 42nd birthday was on June 17th, and "like usual, it was kind of a continuation of Father's Day," he said, "so we celebrated with Father's Day and the family."

A week later, June 24th, was Carol Vander Meer's birthday. She told us that it was somewhat quiet. "I went to Redwood Creek with my hubby," she said. It's one of her favorite places.

Janice Newman had a BirthMonth® - a concept she invented - in June. On her natal day of June 27th, "Craig took me to Brick and Fire for dinner."

Bob Moore's birthday on June 29th was almost a Rotary Fellowship Event, with several Sunrisers in attendance for the festivities.

"So I'm 50," Orrin Plocher said in a low monotone when asked about his birthday. Then he sat down.

Both Kyle Visser and his wife Natalie both forgot their fifth anniversary on June 17th ... until one of Natalie's friends called to wish her a happy anniversary. Kyle took the next day off work as a surprise, and they spent the day working in their garden. "I'm not even close to making it up to her yet," he said. 

"I did not read about it on Facebook," insisted John Gullam of his 16th anniversary on July 1st. "I remembered before somebody posted it." When he wished his wife Denise Fitzgerald happy anniversary, she said that he just saw it on the social media/Special Daze reminder site. John said that they celebrated by attending a Crabs game and having dinner with the kids. 

As was the case with his birthday, Bob Moore's anniversary on July 7th was something of a Rotary event. He had a "really nice dinner with Ed [Stebbins] in Napa." He said that it was "very romantic", unfortunately Bob's wife Roxanne was unable to attend as it was a work event. We assume that when he returned to town, Bob made it up to Roxanne.

Ron Sharp's and Barbara Browning's anniversary was Thursday, July 10th, This was the day before Barbara's first meeting as Club President, so they were at the Plaza Grill, enjoying a romantic tutorial on how to run the A/V system. They did enjoy a Sunriser tradition, dining at Larrupin's on Friday night.

Bryan and Susan Reeser helped friends move for their 17th  anniversary on July 12th. They then went to the river and had a nice walk. 

Julie Vaissade-Elcock and her husband Stan have been married for  34 years as of July 12th. "We don't have time to do anything right now," she said. "We just exchange cards and we go up to the cabin. It was a nice day."

Romi Hitchcock Tinseth said that she her anniversary on July 16th with Rotary - at the Rotaract Re-Chartering Party. However her husband Glenn didn't attend. He asked Romi to stop celebrating with them by 7 pm so she could start celebrating with him. They had dinner at Folie Douce, which was followed by her anniversary present, which was "the car that broke down two years ago - he got it running!"

Humboldt Chamber Readers
In honor of Rotary's Literacy Month, last Friday we welcomed Gloria, Gavin, Scott, and Trudy - all members of the Chamber Readers of Humboldt County. The group has been a part of our community since 1976, "putting words into action" for children and adults alike. Their mission is to inspire and encourage young people to read.

The video below will introduce you to the Chamber Readers as they read and enact several stories, beginning with "The Garden" - one of Arnold Lobel's Frog and Toad tales.

For more information about the Chamber Readers, visit their Facebook page.



Coming Distractions

• August 3 - Social Event with District Governor Kevin Eisenberg
• August 5 - Group Make-Up at the Ferndale Rotary meeting (5:30 pm)
• August 12 - Regular Board Meeting 
• August 21 - Special Board Meeting with DG Kevin
• August 28 - Club Meeting with DG Kevin PLUS Club Photo Session!

Volume XIII, Issue 1: July 11, 2014

Welcome President Barbara!!

Passing the Torch (And the Pom-Pom?)

Last week, the Rotary Club of Arcata Sunrise began "Lighting Up" the new Rotary Year with Barbara Browning as our new Club President! "I have been waiting for this day," she said, "for a very long time." Barbara was originally slated to be our President for 2013-2014, but she and Past President Jessica McKnight swapped years. Barbara said that at the President-Elect Training Seminar (PETS) earlier this year, someone used the metaphor of a space launch for the incoming Presidents' years.

President Barbara said that she has been doing a lot of planning for her year, being very mindful about committee assignments "so that people are on committees that are meaningful and will contribute positively to their own lives and to their Rotary experience." She believes that the careful planning will allow us to travel farther in our Rotary "launch".

Barbara then provided some information about the new President of Rotary International, Gary C.K. Huang. He is the first RI President from China (he belongs to the Rotary Club of Taipei, Taiwan) and he is the third of seven siblings. His family moved from mainland China to Taiwan when Gary was a year old. His parents told him that getting B's was okay, but he had to participate in school activities and clubs. He played sports, including soccer, track, and basketball, but he also participated in speech competitions and he was the president of his high school class. After high school and two years in the military, Gary attended the University of Southern Michigan, and he was surprised at the wide-open feel of the Midwest. It was his American hosts who gave him the name "Gary", after one of their favorite actors - Gary Cooper. He went on to graduate school at New York University, and returned to Taiwan to work for a small insurance company. He made an agreement with the chairman of the company - no matter how large the firm became, Gary would always be allowed time to participate in Rotary. He and his wife Corinna have two daughters, a son, and two grandsons.

Gary's theme for the year is "Light Up Rotary", which reflects his belief that Rotary often brings light where there is darkness. He also wants Rotarians to have fun while they serve, which strengthens the bonds that join us.

We also have a new District Governor - Kevin Eisenberg of the Rotary Club of Calistoga. Kevin has adopted "Pride and Joy" as the theme for District 5130. And Barbara also has a theme, one that ties in with Gary's and Kevin's - "Have Fun and Get Things Done".

Barbara listed her goals for the year:

• Have a great time with lots of fun
• Support and inspire the committees to do great things
• Have excellent meetings with interesting and diverse programs that inform, educate, and inspire
• Have a variety of fun fellowship opportunities that members will be excited to participate in 
• Engage members in ways that are personally meaningful and inspiring

 To help inspire us and to help us track our Rotary-related activities, Barbara introduced the "Participation Grid". This is a matrix of 100 squares arranged in a 10x10 grid. Each time we are involved in a fellowship event, attend a committee meeting, work on a service project, support Rotaract, or participate in Rotary in another way, you should enter your name into one of the squares. The grid will be posted in the sign-in area as you come to each meeting. As soon as the grid is filled we will cut up the grid, and a random square will be drawn for a Paul Harris Fellowship. The Club that introduced the idea at PETS said that they do it once a year, but our Club is so active, we expect that we will fill it up at least four times.

President Barbara said that she is also bringing back the Rotarian of the Month recognition. She said that she loves this concept. "I really want to be able to recognize people who are going above and beyond, and who are really engaged."

Club Leadership
Our Executive Committee for the year is:

• President Barbara Browning
• Secretary Lori Breyer
• Treasurer Bryan Reeser
• Sergeant-At-Arms Janice Newman

And our Directors are:

• Terri Clark - Club Service
• Susan Jansson - Community Service
• Bob Johnson - Vocational Service
• Angelo Bacigaluppi - International Service
• Scott Heller - New Generations
• Howard Stauffer - President-Elect
• Jessica McKnight - Past President
• George Cavinta - RCAS Foundation Vice-President

Barbara noted that Bob Johnson was named to the Board last week to replace Dawn Elsbree, who is leaving our Club. Her family is moving out of the area, and we wish them well.

Committee Goals
President Barbara asked her Committee Chairs to set high goals, citing the line from Suzanne Collins' "Catching Fire" - "Aim high in case you fall short".  Some of the Club Service chairs discussed their goals last Friday.

Membership - Co-Chairs Karen Burgesser & Angelo Bacigaluppi:  The committee is hoping for nine new members this year, and they encourage all of us to take a look around at our colleagues, business associates, and others in the community who might be a good fit for our Club. Invite them to a few meetings so they can get an idea of how our Club works. Karen said that every one of us should carry around a few of the card-sized "What Is Rotary?" brochures. Wear your Rotary pins and other logo items, and talk about Rotary positively and often. New Member Proposal forms are available on the members area of our website. Once a member is proposed, the committee meets with that person to explain the benefits and the responsibilities of being a Sunriser - especially the time commitment and the financial commitment involved.

Mentorship - Brandi Easter & Bob Johnson, Co-Chairs: This committee is charged with shepherding new members through the Red Badge to Blue Badge process, and they serve as resources for the members beyond that time as well. Each new member is assigned a primary mentor - someone they can turn to when they are not certain about any aspect of Rotary. The mentor may not have an answer immediately, but they can help the new member find it quickly. Bob noted that we all serve as mentors to new members - please help them integrate into our Club.

Fellowship - Romi Hitchcock Tinseth & Charlie Jordan, Co-Chairs: "We're going to get together," Romi said, "at least once a month - that's the goal." They have a lot of ideas already, but they want us to share our ideas with them as well. "There's stuff we all go to anyway," she said, and we can create fellowship opportunities from those. We have two opportunities this month - the North Bay Rotaract Re-chartering Celebration on Wednesday, July 16th and a group visit to the Ferndale Rotary Club meeting on Thursday, July 31st, to support its first woman President. Other ideas on the front burner are a progressive dinner, "Pints for Nonprofits" at the Mad River Brewery, cash mobs at various businesses, and theater and movie events. Romi also said that they are planning to organize some family events where we can all get out and play games. To focus their efforts, the group came up with the acronym "RISE", which is short for "Rotary Involvement Strengthens Everyone". Ain't it the truth, ain't it the truth!

PR & Communications - Julie Vaissade-Elcock, Chair: Julie said that the committee's goal is to get our name into the media at least once each month. That will show our community what our Club is doing, which will help attract new members and generates support for our fundraisers. Please take lots of photos of the Rotary events you participate in and send them to Julie. Even if you don't feel that your photos are "PR worthy", Julie can still use them to support our bid for District Awards at the end of the year. Scott Heller added that each week when we are at our meeting and also when we are at a Sunrise Event, we should use our phones and post a Facebook check-in to keep Rotary and our Club in people's minds. Our website will soon have a page where we will be able to purchase Sunrise Rotary shirts and pins. Janice Newman reminded us that our rolling cabinet at the meeting entrance has space for photos and clippings for each of our Club's Avenues of Service, so please clip and post!

Programs - Karen Burgesser & Gregg Foster, Co-Chairs: Karen said that having a President who is a professional organizer has brought some changes. "Last year [for the Programs Committee], we had a chart, and we filled it out," she said. "But this year, there's all these codes and percents." The idea was to have a certain number of programs on specific topics, such as fitness. Not all slots are filled, so please let Karen or Gregg know if you have an idea for a future presentation. 

Sergeant-At-Arms - Janice Newman, Chair: Janice said that her committee arrives every Friday morning by 6:30 am.  The group sets up the room for our meeting, checks in members, provides a report of the day's finances and attendance to Treasurer Bryan Reeser and Secretary Lori Breyer, and takes down and stows everything at the meeting's end. Janice said that their intent is to "make the President's meeting run smoothly".  They are hoping to add at least one more member to step in when one of the other members is traveling for work or on vacation.

Recognitions - Ceva Courtemanche, Chair: Ceva said that her committee has the same goal as last year, which is to recognize Sunrisers in all aspects of their lives - not just waiting until someone appears in the paper. Each committee member is assigned certain Sunrisers, and their job is to find out interesting things about him or her and bring those to the attention of the Club. They will talk with your family or your co-workers (or even you) to find nuggets of information. Ceva also has a lot of new games for us to play, and we played one last Friday! Which leads us to ...

Recognitions!

• Ceva asked Randy Mendosa about his (very) recent retirement. "It's only the third day," he said. "It feels like vacation." 
• Janice Newman was contacted by a man claiming to be from the Sheriff's Department, saying that she had been fined and being held in contempt of court for missing jury duty. The total fine was $992, but he offered to waive the $189 processing fee if she was willing to go to Safeway and purchase two cash vouchers to pay the fines. And for her convenience, she would only need to read off the voucher numbers to him. He also insisted that she not break contact with him - she would need to stay on the phone. During the call, she called her husband Craig, who in turn called the Sheriff's Department. They told him it was a scam, and Janice told the guy off and she didn't get taken. However the mother of one of her co-workers did fall for the scam and lost $1,000. Always be cautious if you receive a call demanding money. You can always tell them that you are hanging up and calling the listed number for the Sheriff's Department or whatever business or agency is supposedly calling you. You'll probably get an argument, but stick to your guns.
• Our game last week was a multiple choice/multiple guess mini-bio of President Barbara. We had to know things like how much money Barbara won in one of our weekly raffles when she was a Red Badger,  who she surprised with a Paul Harris Fellowship, and what year it was. It was a lot of fun, 'cause my table got all the questions right! We bad, uh-huh!

Coming Distractions

• July 16 - North Bay Rotaract Re-Charter Party
• July 22 - Exchange Student Alex Rialet's Going Away Party
• August 3 - Social Event with District Governor Kevin Eisenberg
• August 5 - Group Make-Up at the Ferndale Rotary meeting (5:30 pm)
• August 21 - Board Meeting with DG Kevin
• August 28 - Club Meeting with DG Kevin PLUS Club Photo Session!

Volume XII, Issue 46: June 27, 2014

Last week's meeting took place half a day earlier than usual - President Jessica was Debunked on Thursday evening as we gathered at Julie Vaissade-Elcock's home. Past President George Cavinta hosted the affair, at which he asked Jessica to show off her public speaking skills. George rattled off a few topics, but he didn't rattle Jessica! Her extemporaneous speechifyin' earned several rounds of admiring applause. 

The debunking tradition is difficult to explain to anyone who owns a dictionary. My office dictionary defines the word debunk as follows: "To expose the sham or falseness of". Clearly, these are not words that describe President Jessica's term in office. Still, we had a lot of fun. 

Woo-Hoo!!!

Part of that fun was dressing Jessica in traditional "hippie chick" garb, complete with a curly blond wig! We then watched a video that showed a typical Friday morning at Chez McKnight. To see this, simply click on "Jessica DeBunking" below (which came to us courtesy of a "Fly On The Wall"). However, if you missed the "Back In The Saddle" video by Former President Scott Heller, you should check that out first.

 

 

Following the videos, speeches, and a veritable snowfall of the year's agendas and notes, it was time for the traditional Debunking Song, from Your Editor. The song can be heard (and seen) by clicking on the link below, "F-U-N With Jessica".

I'm sure I speak for all Sunrisers in thanking President Jessica for a very productive Rotary Year, and for reminding us all that we are the club that puts F-U-N into Rotary!!