President Bruce called the meeting to order. 

 

Jim, the greeter gave a wonderful invocation on tolerance and diversity.  He also did the 4-Way test.

 

Visiting Rotarians:  Dehaven Sanson, Chuck Graham(34 years perfect attendance) from the Clayton Valley/Concord Sunrise Club.

 

Guests:  Bobby Billeci, Pouria Inanlou.

 

Happy Dollars

Mike--his wife's grandson has a new baby girl.  Jim is happy for Ron because Ron is not married to Mike.  Caryn is leaving for Europe shortly.  It is her first time using a passport.

 

       Announcements

   Volunteers are needed for the Golf Tournament in Sept.  Mike is finalizing necessary papers. 

 

Rotary will have two tables for the Zinfandel Dinner, prelude to the Seafood Festival; Friday, Sept. 7; $70 per person; Scott's Seafood of Walnut Creek is providing dinner.

 

Financial Seminar, Thurs. Aug. 16, 7-9pm at Scott's in Walnut Creek.  Wills and trusts will be on the agenda.

 

Pasta Challenge at the Farmers' Market downtown on Sat. At 10:30 a.m.  Come and share your culinary skills

 

Our Scholarship recipients will attend our August 7 meeting.

 

     Speaker 

 

  Steve Weir, County Clerk 

 

To get our attention, Steve performed some Carnac the Great salty remarks a la Johnny Carson complete with headdress and cape.

He explained the pros and cons of booth voting and mail-in ballots.  CA will have two election dates, Feb. 5 presidential primary and some bond measures; and June 3 with everything else.  He said the primary was moved forward so that CA voters could have a say in the election along with the rest of the nation.  Since term limits will be on the ballot for the first election, having a second election will give office holders time to mount a campaign.  Steve said CoCo County has a higher propensity for voting than most urban and suburban communities.

               

            Lunch

Dlee

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