Jack McRae, when called upon for recognition, offered his new energy investment business as a fining opportunity for the Finemasters.  Happy as they were for the volunteered information, the opportunity they had in mind was his recent stay at the Boy Scout Camp Cherry Valley.  His efforts to avoid the fine by describing how hard [...]

The Finemasters were given some extra time to extract funds and they started things of by recognizing Brad Miller for $50 to celebrate his 25 years of chiropractic practice.  He also brought to the attention of the Finemasters his weight loss of 50 lbs so far, which added another $50 to his fine.  Looking good, [...]

Past President Rich Hutton, returning to the podium to fill in for an absent Imy, recognized Dan Bayer for his upcoming birthday. Dan disclosed that he was going to dinner with friends but would not disclose the gender of those friends. Jim Helms stood out-of-order to recognize Dong Chang for his outstanding performance in the [...]

The Finemasters gave Jack Pan every opportunity to reduce his fine by confessing before they recognized him.  He tried to use the occasion of 4,000 scouts camping at Bonelli Park to get out of the fine, but to no avail.  The tidbit they shared, along with a fine of $150, was Jack’s promotion to Field [...]

This Finemaster began by fining his partner Dave McMonigle $50 for being off enjoying the sands of Hawaii. Next up was his Honor Bruce Marrs who had to exhibit judicial restraint while enjoying the retirement of a Monrovia Detective. Now these affairs can get pretty rowdy, but our esteemed jurist played it safe and left [...]

Joel Shawn was recognized for $100 in celebration of the Arcadia High School’s Constitution Team’s success in Washington DC as National Champs.  David Vannasdall joined the recognition in absentia for another $100.  Luckily for Joel, the Finemasters were in a generous mood; his hosting of the Public School Luncheon was included in the recognition at [...]

John Fee is a master of scheduling and was recognized for $25 after he introduced his “first wife”, June.  The Finemasters were impressed by his ability to keep track of the weeks that he brings his second wife to Rotary and that he remembers never to invite June on those weeks.  The annual Doo Dah [...]

Our Arcadia High School RYLA students led the meeting, which was filled with lots of excitement.  So much, in fact, there was only time for one recognition.  Jim Rider was fined $100 for his newly-shaved head.  His new hairstyle was part of his very successful fundraising for the St. Baldrick’s Foundation, which supports children in [...]

Despite the lousy acoustics, this reporter was able to catch the main points of the continuing adventures of the Dynamic Duo Dave and Geoff. Ernie Jensen was fined $75 for the Assistance League activities of his wife Gail. Maybe Ernie should ask Gail to slow it down a little, huh? Ray Bushnell was nailed for [...]

The Dynamic Duo Fine Masters Dave and Geoff fascinated those assembled, primarily because their “recognitions” were punctuated with real live photos and such. Those members and guests in attendance sat enraptured while the Duo proceeded to nail Jim Kuhn, Dong Chang, Ken Mallory, Dirk Hudson and Jim Rider in words and pictures. Jim Kuhn was [...]

Finemaster Dave finally got the chance to catch Paul Kalemkiarian attending a club meeting.  Dave had such a stack of newspaper clippings that he didn’t know where to start with the fines for Paul, so he settled for an all-in-one fine of $50 for the lot.   Bob Harbicht has been missing from the club [...]

Boy! You really had to pay attention to THIS “recognition” session. Dave and Geoff were on a tear! Pat Dolphin got “nailed” for $25 for getting “hammered” at a work party. There is a pun in there somewhere. It cost Don Milefchik $25 for “horsing around”, a reference to his Day at the Races announcement. [...]

The finemasters appeared for the first time in this New Year. Geoff Tookey called on Jim Helms to recognize him for being featured in the Arcadia Weekly as the Grand PooBah (Worshipful Master) of Arcadia Masonic Lodge. There, dressed in full regalia, and receiving a plaque honoring the lodge’s 125 years. He was fined $50. [...]

The Dave and Geoff Show didn’t have much time to really nail a lot of people but, under the circumstances, did a great job.   Victim Number 1 was Frank Griffith who was charged $50 for having a parking pass for his BCS football game tickets at the Rose Bowl. Not bad. The actual parking [...]

Ernie Aragon was recognized for bagging a 600-lb boar on a recent hunting trip with his great-grandson in Texas.  He offered to bring a tusk for the club to see, and was still able to escape with no discernable fine.   Although Steve Fong remained tight-lipped about the success of the “Cash for Clunkers” program [...]

Staying within the Pac 10 theme of things, Dave and Geoff set about exposing as many non-NCAA minded folks in the crowd. 1st Down, Bruce M. failed to know the correct number of schools in the original PCC (Pacific Coast Conference) in December of 1915. The correct answer was 4 for $25.00 2nd Down, Moving [...]

The Dave and Geoff Show was on a tear. Act 1: Eric Barter was fined $50 for leaving his finger on the podium. Don’t get all excited. It wasn’t his REAL finger. It was one of those “Oregon, We’re Number One” thingies that go over your whole hand. How careless of him. Act 2: Rich [...]

This week’s recognition was centered around the members who participated in the pools at the Monday Night Football party. Much to their embarrassment, President Imy had the envelopes documenting their winnnings. She fined King George Fasching $50 for his $300 in winnings—and he was the person who organized the pools. He even told Imy what [...]

One half of the dynamic duo, namely Dave, aimed his first assault at Dennis Lee not only for the multitude of newspaper articles and photographs that are part and parcel of being Dennis Lee, but for the “Disaster” response exercise held recently.  Senator Margett confirmed the Disaster Preparedness excerise focused on “decontamination”.  All in all, [...]

Playing to a packed house, the duo of McMonigle and Tookey dumped all over a handful of fellow Rotarians. The first victim was Dave Didier who was fined $50 for knowing what the descriptive words in his most recent bank ad meant. Yes, that’s right. He was ordered to cough up $50 for correctly identifying [...]