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The FOGHORN

ROTARY CLUB OF HALF MOON BAY

October 19 , 2017

PF Chowder Booth Celebration

Article by Joe Brennan

Photos by EJ Dieterle

President Elect Paul Wrubel presided as Pump-King

He offered his profound gratitude to Liz, Warren and Rose plus all the others who helped him.

It was hard and stressful but worth it and he has organized things to go smoother for the next time around.

Certificates of Appreciation were awarded to participants (with apologies for anyone we missed). Recipients were asked to come forward and tell the assembled what they did then Paul lauded them with an anecdote from the event or other color commentary.

Stacy Trevenon served Clam Chowder and tried to make people laugh. She brought her husband Doug who was always Happy and Paul called him the hero of the back burners behind the tent.
Dwight Wilson served Chowder out of the booth collecting over $5,100 on his shift. Paul said he also kept us pout of jail but that’s a story for after dark. He noted that the gross was over $15,000
Steve Wilson was the moneyman for the event carrying and counting the money as it rolled in - inconspicuous in his Aloha shirt and Hennings Motor news catalog in hand (stuffed with cash!)
Louise Chielens made bread bowls Friday and served over the counter on Sunday, a great spirit and smile, which surely increased sales! She is now an official Chowder head
Richard White Stirred Clam Chowder as his PhD (over) qualifies him to do.
Joe Brennan ladled Clam Chowder for five hours straight Sunday, the worst part were his hands when they finally came our of the rubber gloves!
Bill Johnson made bread bowls like a machine, cleaned up, served and was a kitchen helper

Brian Lee sold chowder over the counter and is credited by Paul as being the happiest man of earth!
Shana Reilly Pond was stuck grandma training/babysitting but brought her charges by the booth to buy bowls for them
Lizzie the amazing supporter and mentor!
Mary Rogren hosted five boys over night of the visiting international students who all helped make bowls Friday night
Patricia Roma served chowder bowls, stocked drinks and paper goods plus Bill’s ladler helper
EJ Dieterle organized the booth Saturday and Sunday mornings always with suggestions to economize the process - plus he was the Barker!
Robin Jeffs dug out bread bowls all Friday night
Mitone Griffiths had daughter Alaya and cousin Paulo there at 6am Saturday to set up and worked through 12:30
Rosi Fontana did bowls Friday, cooked from 6am Saturday and Sunday…leader of the Calm (or Clam) group who just kept it going. Also noted chi is best note take on board, amazing!
Ginger Child-Minoletti told people what to do. Also shredder, multiple trips to store and washed all aprons overnight!
John Evans herded the Exchange Students “like grandchildren” involving the school enriched the Club and the Booth. He revealed his secret weapon= Larkin, his better half
Ralph Ely Ate Pizza Friday night and was a cooker in the kitchen Saturday
Heather Bodmann From 1 on Saturday she was a chowder maker
Warren Barmore did “not much” over not quite the entire weekend from set up to break down. In early to fix the hand washing station with McGiver ingenuity (duct tape) for the health inspector
making it hands free”. We donated 10 gallons of milk to the Senior Center. Paul noted that the mentoring from President to President Elect showed real class!

Paul Wrubel - "It was a pleasure doing this, and you make it all possible. It is a memorable moment in my life” He was presented a Million Rotary Dollars and other objects of appreciation and given a standing ovation!

Additional Certificates of Appreciation were prepared for Rotarians and Friends who were not in attendance:

Antoinette Wrubel

Dave Andrews

Nate Rey

Micheal Arase-Barham

Ed Daniels

Linda Corse-Andersen

Irwin Cohen

Rafa Mataix

Dave and Marla Dickson

Charise McHugh

Teri Pickle

Mitone urged everyone to take a bag of bread “guts” plus provided recipes for breadcrumbs, bread pudding and French Toast Cassarole, which sound like a hit from the Bachelor’s Cookbook.

Warren made a pitch to donate to Fire Relief at the Rotary Website…it is easy!

The Odd Fellows are mounting a focused Napa area fire victim relief project, details to follow.

Adjourned at lovely Tapas Seville under a beautiful clear sky…Catherine had provided a full sunshade tent so everyone was comfortable and loving it!

OCTOBER 19, 2017 Meeting Recap

Article by Mary Rogren

Photos by EJ Dieterle

Our Rotary meeting this week was held at Seville Tapas where we celebrated our great achievements at Pumpkin Festival! Thank you Catherine Yaque for hosting us.

Greeters were Dick Charnoff, Past President and Patricia Roma, Sargent-at-Arms

Bill Johnson led the Pledge of Allegiance.

Patricia Roma gave the Inspirational Thought, “The paths of our lives are filled with peaks and valleys. When we are on the top of our peaks, we become so self-satisfied that we tend to ignore the things of importance. When we are in a valley, we feel a sense of abandonment and can focus only on what action lies directly ahead of us. Remind us, as you do in nature, that above the tree line the mountain-tops are barren and only in the valleys can we find the opportunity for true growth. Ronald Hanson, Rotary Club of Cloquet, MN

Visitors and Guests:

Heather Bodman, an honorary Rotarian attended. Our exchange student from France, Louise Chielens also attended.

Happy/Not So Happy News

Kevin O’Brien missed Pumpkin Festival because he was in Albuquerque attending the Balloon Festival. Kevin also commented on how very proud he is of his son Tom, a Paul Harris fellow. Tom recently organized his close family members (including his 5 ½ year old twins) and friends to contribute to buying desperately needed supplies for the fire victims. (Even the clerk at Home Depot was very moved by Tom’s efforts, and took $70 off the purchases.) Tom and his twins successfully delivered a carload of supplies to very grateful fire victims in Napa and Sonoma.

Pat Roma wanted to extend a special thank you to Mitone for her work at Pumpkin Festival. Pat commented on how impressed she was with how Mitone was able to enlist so many of her family members to work both days!

Paul Wrubel is grateful that he survived Pumpkin Festival and it’s over!

John Evans commented that his house was a revolving door of guests during Pumpkin Festival – including being the central gathering point for 13 exchange students from the Bay Area. Larkin, as always, was an amazing hostess ensuring that all guests were well fed and taken care of. On another note, John announced that Interact Club made $3100 at Pumpkin Festival!

Announcements:

Shana Reilly-Pond needed an additional volunteer for the Wednesday Abundant Grace community breakfast, and Heather Bodman came to the rescue.

Kevin O’Brien was very pleased to present a second Paul Harris award to Rosi Fontana. He also bestowed first time Paul Harris awards to two doctors . . . . Dr. Richard White and Dr. Paul Wrubel.

Our exchange student from France, Louise Chielens, wore a crown to Rotary today as part of the HMBHS Homecoming week festivities. The theme for the seniors was “royalty” so Louise was a queen for the day. Louise thoroughly enjoyed Pumpkin Festival and meeting up with the exchange students from around the Bay Area. Louise also commented that she lost her tennis match on Monday, but had fun anyway.

Marble Drawing

NO luck this week for Richard.

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