Woolridge's Words

I have always thought of Thanksgiving as one of those many special things, and one of those things is that Thanksgiving serves as a “warm up” for the rest of the Holiday Season. There is no better time to express oneself as being a Thankful-Giver. In Rotary we do that constantly, and as seen by the number of projects our Breakfast Rotary club does this time of the year.  I am very proud of all we do. More importantly proud of you, being a member of this club, and witnessing the impact of your unselfish efforts upon our community. So, it’s good to be back at the Petroleum Club for our meeting following the Thanksgiving Break and anxious to finish 2019 with a strong and healthy momentum.

 

Marianna Buoni provided us with inspiration as she pronounced the morning invocation, Past President Denise Haynes got the Peanut Gallery, which included Past President Jerry Starr and Dr. Joe “Gums” Nunez, in a harmonious rendition of the song, Jingle Bells.

Guests…guests…we have guests! They included David Lari’s wife Marti and Past President Mike O’Doherty’s new friend Felix Obadon, who he wrestled in from Starbucks. Mike hints that we will see more of his new friend Felix at future meetings. Let’s hope so!

 

Happy Birthday Michele McClure even though you are too busy to attend our meeting this morning. Instead you are living it up, celebrating in Nashville. Well can’t argue with ya, enjoy and tell Vince Gill hello for us! 

Club anniversaries include David Lari, Pete Leveroni and the absent Neil Walker. Did you know that these guys joined Rotary at the same time? Well I didn’t. 24 Rotary membership years for all.  David, glad to have you back in our club after a brief hiatus.

 

This was the part of the meeting where President Cheryl Scott started talking about her fondness of coffee mugs and leopard skin. I was distracted by this momentarily and took notice that Pres. Cheryl and a couple others…Mindy Wilmot…were awfully giggly this morning. I dunno, maybe they just like rainy days?