Vol. 17, No. 35, February 28, 2005

IN THIS ISSUE:

This Reveille Home Page | The Friday Program: BBRC Blessed by the Visit of an Angel | Announcements | Don Deasy’s Looking Good! | Mercer Island Rotary Goes On the Run | Friday Potpourri | Why Are You Reading This? | Clark Kent Emerges as Superman of the Month | Student of the Month: Jason Ericson | BBRC Welcomes New Members Hendershott & Kippen | A Visit to Sagebrush Land | Web Fun

Friday Potpourri

President Norm rang the bell promptly at 7:31 or 7:32 and called the rabble to order. He then introduced Greeter and Past President Bob McKorkle to lead the prayer and pledge of allegiance and Greeter and Red Badge wearing Dan Geare to introduce our visiting Rotarians and guests. Bob McKorkle claimed to be off to a bad start, suffering from laryngitis, having forgotten his Rotary pin, and already having paid his fine at the door. Despite that, he gave a wonderful invocation that fit the theme of our guest speaker. Our visitors included Jim Hogue from the Bellevue Rotary Club, along with several new visitors who are applying for membership with our club.

Jim Gordon is sporting a new cast due to recent elbow surgery. He didn’t let that dampen the rousing intro he provided for our inspirational guest speaker, Betty Tisdale. While we hope he recovers quickly, we did receive a side benefit from the injury: Jim was accompanied today by a special visitor, his wife Marcia, who is also temporarily Jim’s chauffeur.

Immediately after the intros, President Norm claimed that he may have been misquoted last week, stating that “Rotarians have a short attention span, not the brain of a flea.” We later learned the significance of this cryptic, almost mystic reference to memory when our wallets were later assaulted by the Sergeant At Arms.

Not only must you suffer with a stand-in writer for Reveille this week, you also had a stand-in Sergeant At Arms for the second straight week. Chris Ballard stepped in and made the club stand, then stated, “Anybody who knows who gave the classification talk last week can sit down.” Hmmm. Maybe Norm was right ­ we all do have flea brains. A large number of dollars were collected when many minds emptied and Chris’ challenge was met with many blank stares. The interesting point is that he never gave the answer, so presumably, this same question can be recycled for additional fines later. Time to start paying attention?

Bob Holert, back from his second trip to Glendale of the morning, was verbally ridiculed by Chris. Bob, trying to skate from his fine, explained that his house (in Bridle Trails) is really only a “couple of blocks” away. Right.

The good news? Chris is standing in because he will be Sergeant At Arms next year.

Better news? Tom is standing in on the Reveille because John Mix is only gone one week. Next week you’ll be back in John’s able hands.

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