2021
Spindrift March 18, 2021
ZOOM/LIVE MEETING With the promise of meeting indoors, we had excel-lent attendance of about 20 people. We planned on meeting indoors but unfortunately we were misinformed and we met outside on a very chilly day! We’re told that we will be meeting indoors on the 18th though and we’re looking forward to that! Some of…
Read MoreSpindrift March 11, 2021
ZOOM/LIVE MEETINGThere were 17 in attendance on the outside patio of the BCYC, including two guests of Dr. Bob Wood and Roy Schlemon: Bernie Rubio, who is the manager of the Fitness Authority gym on Old Newport; and Scott Uhl, who serves as their personal fitness trainer there. This is Bernie’s second consecutive guest appearance…
Read MoreSpindrift March 4, 2021
ZOOM/LIVE MEETING! Beginning at about 12:10, President George Lesley opened with a thoughtful prayer of appreciation for the blessings we have been given, followed by the salute to the flag led by Ed Romeo. George’s weekly quiz posed solar system questions on the number of craft we have sent to Mars (5), how far is…
Read MoreSpindrift February 25, 2021
ZOOM Starting at about 12:15 for the Zoomers and the 17 members in attendance, President George asked reliable Ken DuFour to offer some invocational words, which included a blessing for Paula Kruse, followed by the pledge to our flag brought right to our meeting by reliable Roy Shlemon. George warmed up our minds with Olympics…
Read MoreSpindrift February 4, 2021
ZOOM MEETING/ IN MEMORIAM: JOHN KRUSELast Thursday’s meeting was broadcasted exclusively on Zoom. President George Lesley opened with an invocation asking for support and strength for Paula Kruse and family on the passing of her husband, John Kruse, an active member of our Club for the past 23 years. John served as President of…
Read MoreSpindrift January 28, 2021
ZOOMMembers started showing up at noon as invited by Secretary Richard Swinney, and the meeting began with President George sharing with us some ideas for the great respect we have for three cultures. Reliable Zoomer Garry TeWinkle led us in the Pledge with some patriotic humor, and George quizzed us on a lot of detail…
Read MoreSpindrift January 7, 2021
President George Lesley says… Hi All—Welcome to 2021! A lot of unpleasantness occurred in 2020, including the loss of three long-time and much-loved members Charlie Anderson, Ron Barnett, and Tom Naughton. May they be long remembered! On the happy side, we welcomed new members Roger Summers, Fran Murphy, and most recently Diane Daruty. As you…
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