Rotary Club of Watsonville Pippin Newsletter for April 17, 2012.
April 18 Program: Ivy League Students Report. Detective: Gil Courtney
April 20 Youth Scholarship Golf Tournament. Santa Cruz Sunrise.
April 21 Walk a Mile in Her Shoes or cross dress with Doug Fisher. Fundraiser to support
Defensa de Mujeres. 150 walkers last year and the goal in 2012 is 1500.
April 25 Detective: Margarita Cortez
April 28 Fly In Crab Feed. Theo Wierdsma. Cost $35.
May 2 Detective: Rob Allen
May 6-9 Rotary International Convention. Bangkok, Thailand.
May 9 Program: Rotary Exchange Student Marion. Detective: Bill Hansen
May 13. Mothers Day Run for Shelter.
May 16 Program: Working to Protect Endangered Sea Turtles in Mexico. Dr. Manuel E.
Carlos
Detective: Terry Medina
May 18. PAL Golf Tournament. Jennifer Patch.
May 23 Trips for Kids with Allison Cruz. Detective: John Kane IV
May 30 Detective: Murry Schekman
May 30 District Tennis Conference. Lake Tahoe.
May 31. District Conference Lake Tahoe. Red Badger Program 8-1:30 pm.. Lunch Included.
June 1 District Golf Tournament. Lake Tahoe.
June 1-3 District Conference. Squaw Creek, Lake Tahoe.
June 6
June 13 Cabrillo Summer Stage. (tentative) Detective: Rocky Franich
June 20 Peru Night. Portuguese Hall.
June 27 Debunking.
Nearby Make-ups: Monday Scotts Valley: Monday 12:15 at Hilton; Freedom: Tuesday Santa
Cruz Sunrise 07:15 at De Laveaga Golf Club. Watsonville High School Interact Club:12:34 in
the Library. Freedom 12:15 at Valley Heights; San Lorenzo Valley: Wednesday 07:15 at Mt
Herman Conference Center; Capitola-Aptos: Thursday 12:15 at Seascape Golf Club; Santa
Cruz: 6:30 pm Chari-Baquirmi. Domicile d'un Ami (Tournant)ou , Hotel Novotel La
Tchadienne, N'Djamena. Friday 07:00 12:15 at Santa Cruz Elks Lodge…Castroville
Prayerful---Life is like a tube of toothpaste at the local Y.
April Showers bring May flowers even if Deutron Kebebew and the rest of the club did not
know the words.
Frequent and other quests…Constantin Gehringer makes up with us as frequently as
anyone. Must love our singing and I know he likes the quality of our program.
Miscellanea---Freedom and Watsonville Rotary clubs had a very successful Introduction to
Rotary night thanks to a $500 grant from the district and a great job by 2nd Street Café…Carol
Turley needs a few good homes for a young Korean exchange student that will be visiting us
next year…
Detectable… Murry Schekman followed the basic detective principal of get the victims smiling
and picking their wallet simultaneously…Al Jolson tunes also helped…Sister Olson is not sure
who is speaking when…Cell phones ring and Tom House answers…Tick Tick Tick for the
untimely demise of Mike Wallace…Detective Chief Hemrick likes everything Murry was
doing…Viva Cabrillo and Manuel Osorio…If his last name is Friend, Gene supports them…The
lights in Watsonville will be powered by Biodiesel according to Carlos Palacios…The
vocationless members paid…Ralph Miljanich knows how to pronounce ebullient…Murry had
photos of Robert Winkler and Margarita Cortez…Jeannie Johnson found a new nail
lacquer…Many students wanted to shadow Terry Medina in retirement….How about a ride
along with Manny Solano…Kathleen King takes all publicity when it comes to the trust…Rocky
Franich paid for Judy’s alumnus work at San Jose State…In spite of creative legal maneuvers
Don Cooley lost his appeal…Sahin Gunsel is now a blue badger…Happy fines from Carol
Turley, Jeannie Johnson , Rich Otto and Murry Schekman.
Mass Murders Unite…Terry Medina was not to be confused with a local sailboat exec but did
a great job filling in at the last minute. Terry told us how to make a case that an insane
Herbert Mullens was sane enough to plan his murders and guilty as charged.