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Rotary Club of Vallejo

February 6th 2014 Tony Shannon

12:31pm PresidentShane asked DonDemon to ring in themeeting with the biggavel.

Tom Phillips led us inthe flag solute

Doc was chosen tolead us in a song. LoriAnn asked if we couldvote on the song.Well, no, that's notright. Lori Ann askedus if she could vote ona song. Doc sort ofswept the requestaside and begansinging God BlessAmerica.

FinesRecognitions

Happy $$

Happy Dollars:Kathe Chandler - Athenaaward. Shane asked her to

Visiting RotariansJim Lessinger came to visit us from the Benicia Club

GuestsJean Kilkenny-Turk introduced - Shawna Gilroy fromthe Vallejo Times Herald.

AnnouncementsWine Drawing - Walt Newell, announced that we arebehind in the Wine Drawing because of thegovernment shut down. Norb asked if the wine bottlesdonated had to be un-opened?

JD - Please fill out the evaluation forms. Tom Phillips - There will be a Leadership Vallejo PokerTournament Fundraiser It's on April 11th at the IBEWHall, 1115 Amador St., Vallejo. Come out, support agood cause and have some fun. See Tom Phillips formore info.

Shane - Our golf tournament committee is forming.The tournament will be May 21st.

Next week, our speaker will be Jim Sanderson(Rotarian) with the California Dental Association who

tell us about it, but shecould not speak. She wasovercome by emotion.Freda stepped up, literally,and told us about Kathereceiving the award.Someone suggestedreceiving the award shouldbe worth a $100 donationto the club. Kathe wasspeechless again. Curtis,Avery, Lori Ann, andTrouble (Jerry Morgan)each put in $20. Kathewas finally able to speakand put in another $50

Don Demmon is giving$100 for being here.

Walt Newell $20 - went tosee Arizona and Cal playbasketball. Arizona isWalt's old alma mater. Calwon in an upset. JD gavethe obligatory "Go Bears!"

Doc - will give us apresentation on hisTanzania trip at a laterdate, but now he reallyunderstands why peoplesay and sing "God BlessAmerica"

Mike Diaz - $5 He handedout dictionaries withJeanne. She gave a greatdescription of what we dowith our dictionary project.Mike got a big thank youand hug from a girlstudent.

Tom Phillips - $100 hemade it 2 years in hismarraige and "his" Seattle

will be bringing a clinic to the Vallejo Fairgrounds.1,200 dentists and their assistants will be coming toVallejo to provide free dental services to people inneed. The event will start Thursday April 24th. This isa very special event and we are very lucky to have ithappen here, in Vallejo.

Fishing in the City will be Saturday, April 12th. Allhands on deck. Let's make this a successful event,again.

Shage asked Kevin Rahill to stand up and asked theclub to give him a standing ovation for organizing the dictionary project.

Walt - on Feb 27th, we will have a friend of Walt's whowill talk to us about animals.

Program Don McCoy from Six Flags Discovery Kingdom

Don grew up in Orlando, in the shadow of the mouse.In high school, he went to work at a theme park. Hehas been working in theme parks all over the countryfor 30 years. He visited Six Flags Discovery Kingdomonce before he came here to work and he washooked.

Six Flags has 14 parks. The theme park company wasstarted in 1960 in Dallas, Texas. They are the largestregional theme park company in the world.

Every year, Six Flags invests millions of dollars in ourpark. There is a new icon/graphic/logo with a tiger andolphins prominently displayed in it. This was createdas a result of a study to refocus Six Flags DiscoveryKingdom on what makes it special. Six Flags here inVallejo is the only theme park with marine wild lifecombined with the wild rides. "Wild live and wilderrides!" This is their new branding.

They just had a birth - a new baby dolphin, MiraBella.

Seahawks won.

Connie Klimisch - $5Brought someone from hershop to the dictionaryhandout so she could seewhat we do in person andhow much it means to thekids.

JD - $? While handing outdictionaries, the kids atFederal Terrace got anappreciation for how oldtheir school is when BobOgan showed his schoolpicture and JD pointed outthat the school was olderthan Bob.

Gary Salvadori - $5Handed out dictionarieswith Luis.

Shane $20 - he could notbe here last week. He wasin a meeting and watchinghis daughter gave birth tohis grand daughter on hiscell phone.

RecognitionsConnie Howard - $45 forher 45th weddinganniversary. The went toCarmel.

Bob Linville - $100 he is 54this year and his practiceis 36 years old.

Mystery HandshakerNone this week. GarySalvadori won the drawing.

The park is now open year round on weekends andholidays. This allows them to keep a larger staffemployed.

They evaluate their park using a survey companyevery year on things like "perceived ride safety","value", and "employee service".

They now have a season dining pass. Come to thepark anytime you want and get two meals each visit.There are no more coupons. Your benefits anddiscounts are all on your season pass. You no longerhave to wait in lines and have your picture taken. Yourfinger print is all you need.

They have a new show which is like a Cirque de Soleiwith dolphins. Don says it's quite a show.

Fright fest has grown from 60 actors to 180 withzombies in the streets and two new "scare zones".

The employees are referred to as "team members".They are surveyed every year regarding theirexperience working at Six Flags. This helps to improvethe park. There is now an employee shuttle to help theemployees get to work from the parking lot. This waythey arrive on time and less stressed.

They have a community clean up project. They go outevery couple of weeks and pick up trash.

A team member made a video on her own for the otherteam members to explain to them how important theirjob is. They help to create very special moments forpeople visiting the park: engagements, soldiershomecomings, graduations, last wishes, etc. The teammembers make these moments and memoriespossible.

They have 170 full time positions with 2,200 peak timepositions.

Drawing/TriviaIt was an easy question.What was the largest USdenomination currencyever printed. Wild guesseswent around the room.Finally, Connie Klimischgot the answer right with$100,000.

Correction from last week:Ted Williams was not thecorrect answer. Apparentlyhe was dead by that time.

We adjourned exactly at1:30pm

 

Photos

Don Demmon with the big gavel.

Jeanne, Tom and our guest Shawna Gilroy

Derek (Esteemed note-taker) and Incoming PresidentRobert Briseno.

Bob (I'm almost as old as your school) Ogan meets upwith Trouble.

The real McCoy, Don McCoy the King of Six FlagsDiscovery Kingdom.

Potential New Member! Cynthia Ripley has come to several meetings. Shewants to join the group.

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