I have to be easy on Connie Bensusen because she is new, and she is opening her home to this year’s Rotary Super Bowl Party so I will be kind. Our dear Connie traveled to New Orleans and she returned with a book of mysteries of New Orleans, which is officially spelled “Norlans”. She also brought for Pres. Cheryl a Norlans Saints NFL football T-shirt. This will be nice if they make the Super Bowl. Don’t count on it Connie…there is a team by the Bay called the 49ers. Fine!
Tom Burke traveled to Iceland and Scotland and brought back some cool stuff, for a “Queen” which he actually declared, in all due respects, to Pres Cheryl. Then he pulled out some big beaked stuffed bird he called a Puffin to give to Pres. This goofy bird looked like a cross between the Fruit Loop cereal character and a parrot. Well Tom here’s talkin’ at ya…FINE!I have never known Jeff Bell to be a troublemaker. Kind of a decent guy. Yeah, these are the ones to watch. Jeff shrewdly rose to announce that his son, Tyler Bell, a guest, had been overlooked as being present at the meeting. Then, there was the improper title of “Queen” being given to Pres. Cheryl with Queen Jackie in the house.
As current Pres., this oversight and title infringement (caused by Tom Burke) caused a firestorm between Past Pres. all over the room. As I watched in amazement, I thought Pres. Cheryl was gonna be a goner. But when the rumbling had reached its peak, not beak, Jeff Bell in a very classic pardon offered to assume the cost of the FINE. Classy.
John Guerard will be eating pretty good the rest of the week as he takes the raffle prize of $55 this week. Congrats John!
Have Faith, Hope and Love…and most of all Love Rotarians
By: Frank Wooldridge
Beacon Press Secretary