The Sunrise Wednesday April 12, 2005

WOW!!! GREAT Golf Tournament News: We now have 160 paid golfers and the tournament is full. We are not taking any more golfers, in fact we are turning people away. A First - but what a good first. An absolute superb job by the Golf Committee.
Next Golf meeting: TAX DAY, Friday April 15th at 5pm the West Covina fire station on Puente and Rowland (1435 West Puente Avenue - (626) 338-8800). We will prepare all the goodie bags for the tournament, and need lots of help.
If you have any items for the raffle or auction, please bring to the fire station Friday. Thank you very much to the many Rotarians who stepped up and got/made donations for the tournament.
Tournament Dinner: Even if you are not golfing in the tournament on Monday, please join us for the dinner. There will be a lot of people in attendance and both the Live and Silent Auctions have lots of truly great items ‘for sale’ so the evening should be a blast. The cost of dinner is $40 and can be paid for at the door. Please be at the South Hills Country Club by 6pm for the dinner.
President’s Message:
Quick Reminder – Every Rotarian every Year – $100.00 RI Foundation Contribution drive. You can make your donation through RI’s website under “Membership Access.” For access information please contact Jessika.
Thank you: If you’ve been attending the meetings lately you would be delighted to see how our Club is growing not only in size but also in participation. I want to thank those who have sponsored the new members; those who are inviting friends, colleagues, and potential future members and thanks to those who have been participating not only by attending the meetings but stepping forward and helping make this a better club. If you have not been attending or participating I know you want to and we are looking forward in seeing you soon.
Happy Birthday to our president who turned 49 today.
Special Guest: Mary Ann Kistler, a member of the San Dimas Rotary Club and our current District Assistant Governor attended our meeting today -- and she won the 50-50 raffle. Mary Ann did not draw the Ace though, and money in the pot is now approx. $1,300.
Raffle News: Dr. Lee Lau suggested that we continue the 50-50 raffle at the golf tournament to raise even more money, and it was left up to the Golf Committee to decide the format of the raffle. The committee decided to take $1,250 of the 50-50 money for the golf tournament raffle. $1,000 will be the grand prize, with $250 as a second prize – this will be in addition to the many other great prizes we already have. Special tickets will be sold at the tournament for $5 each, and we should raise a lot of money with such a great grand prize. After the golf tournament the club will have to decide what is going into the pool as seed money for the next 50-50 raffle.
Volunteer Opportunity: Stepping Stones is a having work day, Saturday, April 16, from 8am to 4pm, at 5208 Oakbank Drive, Covina. There will be painting, gardening, and sandbox jobs available for your enjoyment. Please call Kathy Benton for further info: 626-974-1162.
4-way Test Competition: Miriam Tenant reported that our 4-way test competition winner, Tom Murphy, faced very sharp competition from 4 young ladies at the regional level. He was the crowd favorite and did very well, unfortunately, was out performed and didn’t win. He did however enjoy the whole experience, learned a lot, and has wowed to be back next year.
Program: The speaker for the day was Brooke Fix from Y2K Marketing. He is a local marketing consultant who has also spoken at chamber functions. He did a Power Point presentation called ‘The Marketing Equation’ educating us about the 4 components of marketing: Interrupt, Engage, Educate and Offer. A topic beneficial to us all. Next week’s topic will be “The Truth about Investing: Expected Investment Returns Net of Cost” presented by Mr. Larry Russell. See you all Next week.