# 174 Suffolk

New Paul Harris Fellow

Making an announcement will cost $5

Gina's Chair

President Jay with phone ringers father and son Everett and Bob

This club had 8 visitors plus the speaker, I was amazed at the number.  The food was very good offering a cold salad plate or hot buffet. The meeting started promptly at 1:00 and Happy dollars were taken to a new level today.  During Happy Dollars member Everett's phone rang, which President Jay assessed as a $5 fine, Everett proposed that since it was a first offense he should be given a warning and sans the fine.   Jay offered a double or nothing and let the member's decide...Everett lost, the verdict was double to which everyone chuckled to.   But then not two minutes later a visiting Rotarian's phone went off....it was Everett's father, needless to say the club was on the floor laughing.  From there Happy Dollars turned into  $5 to make an announcement.  This may be a new avenue of fund raising...I probably owe $5 for my talk (I'll add $5 to my donation).

The new item of the day is a personalized padded Rotary chair for member Gina.  This puts a new spin on assigned seating.  Gina shared that she was trying to get the club to buy padded chairs as the plactic chairs are too hard.  She met with a dealer who made a sample chair (with her name), well the club did not order the chairs, but now Gina sits in comfort.

The club recognized a Paul Harris Fellow and also tried to figure out who lost their PH pin, still in the box, in the driveway two weeks earlier.  The speaker was from Dominion Power and talked about the Surry Nuclear Power Plant, including safety provisions. Very timely given the next morning the Tsunami hit Japan and their plant is in peril.

Meal $10
donation $5