Finemaster Brian Cogbill started off welcoming our two newest members, Lucia Bernal and Helen Edmeier, to the club.  As he reminisced about the Rotary bill that was handed to him upon joining Arcadia Rotary, he fined Lucia and Helen $25 each. Jim Rider proudly announced that his son, Eric, has joined the Rotary Club of [...]

Fine master Brian Cogbill and Sergeant-At-Arms Keith Brown went through recognitions rather quickly. David Hu was fined $100 for not wearing his hat. Dan Bayer got hit with a $25 for being too virile. Frank Perini was fined $40 because DNA from his hair matched one found from the Titanic! Bill Gleason was also fined [...]

Fine master Brian Cogbill and Keith Brown went through recognitions on this Friday the 13th! Dave Didier was fined $50 for taking care of “honey-dos” on his vacation. Talk about double jeopardy. Dick Martinez fined $25 not just for “an afternoon on the golf course” but for “name change”!  Mark Khalaf fined $50 for triumphal [...]

Finemasters Brian Cogbill and Keith Brown started off with a $25 fine to Jay Harvill.  Next, followed Brian’s request to join Teacher-of-the-Month Linda’s kindergarten class – no fine was levied on our honored teacher. Dick Martinez (or Dick Hernandez, as he’s known to Finemaster Brown) was without his badge.  Lo and behold, the badge appeared [...]

Finemaster Brian Cogbill buzzed through recognitions in record time. First, he welcomed “visiting Rotarians” Keith Brown and Jim Kuhn.  Ernie Aragon and Terry Earll were recognized as the unofficial signal whose arrival at the meeting means it’s time to begin.  Andy Bundesmann was recognized “just because I like her.”  President Brad Miller’s blue and white [...]

With a short time window to conduct the recognitions, Finemaster Brian Cogbill considered recognizing Andy Bundesmann and Jim Helms, but settled ultimately on Bob Harbicht.  Bob’s grandson, Patrick, is playing the lead role in the Arcadia High School play.  Proud grandfather Bob encouraged us all to attend the production and was fined $100. Past President [...]

After serenading the club with his accordion, dressed in lederhosen, Ernie Jensen was requested by the Finemaster to, in the words of Lawrence Welk, “turn off the bubble machine.”  There was no fine for the entertainment, however, Ernie was fined $100 for shipping a car to Hawaii.  According to him, he needed to move it [...]

With Keith Brown still MIA, Brian Cogbill commandeered the microphone and couldn’t find any reason to acknowledge Dennis Lee but did recognize Carolyn, who quickly pointed out that George Fasching paid for her lunch.  No good deed going unpunished…$10 to George and $20 to Carolyn. Imy Dulake closed another large real estate sale.  This time [...]

Our own Past President Rich Hutton, famous (or infamous?) defense attorney, was questioned closely by the Finemaster.  He has only been photographed with beautiful blond defendants; has he ever represented an ugly brunette?  Rich wisely kept his own counsel, but was fined $40 for two photographs in the Star News. Jim Rider and Eric Barter, [...]

Recognitions Aug 19, 2011 Matt Weaver was thanked for all his work last year as president and was presented with previously overlooked items…. A graduation cap and diploma……$35.00 Jim Rider was asked if his recent trip to Portland had been for business or pleasure.  Frankly, it didn’t matter which to our Fine Master…..$20.00 Fine Master, [...]

The President of the Redlands Rotary Club was a visiting Rotarian to our club and an able assistant in helping the Finemasters establish that the proper way to begin a Rotary meeting was by ringing the bell with a gavel, not with the end of the microphone.  Our gavel-less President Brad Miller seemed unphased as [...]

Finemaster Brian Cogbill set a fast pace and in record time he recognized the following: Pat Dolphin attended a wedding in San Francisco. – $50 Pat Barnes’ wife, Barbara Lynn, was pictured in the High Gear and they will be leaving for a motorhome trip to Washington State to visit lighthouses. – $30 for the photo, $25 [...]