We had an awesome day Saturday getting to meet and interact with some of the amazing kids at the United Boys and Girls Club of Santa Barbara. Michael Baker started us out with really interesting information about the club and how it’s run. After that we jumped right into some […]
Steve Brooks got the meeting started leading our Flag Salute, which was followed by Past President Kathleen Blake’s eloquent Invocation. A very appropriate song was chosen in honor of our speaker and we harmonized through “Lean On Me” without the need for the gong. Michael Self was so appreciative of […]
This year we thought we would try something different. Rather than celebrate the Holidays with another party we gathered at the Municipal Golf Course and climbed into the Santa Barbara Trolley to tour the Christmas lights. With a little help from the hot chocolate and other fine beverages we were […]
Another wild meeting got started with Kathleen Blake proudly leading the Flag Salute and Teresa Thornburgh providing a thought provoking invocation. The song Hakuna Matata was very appropriate considering the speaker and we made it through without gonging ourselves. Feeling somewhat inspired, yours truly handed out multiple fines with worthy […]
We had a great start to the meeting with Bob Fatch leading the Flag Salute and Kathleen Blake providing the Invocation and a moment of silence for all those affected by the Camp Fire in Northern California, the shooting in Thousand Oaks and Woolsey Fire heading towards Malibu. Then the […]
A big thank you to Robert Dibley for identifying the misplacement of our flag while leading the salute and Bill Dutton for providing the invocation. Our song was fiercely gonged after we again proved how poor of a singing group we are. At least we understand that for the benefit […]
Gala Event What an amazing event this past Saturday night! The 100-year Gala Party was a phenomenal success! In attendance were many members, former members and guests along with a few dignitaries. The evening began with friendly conversation and cocktails on the patio. With perfect weather and nice company this […]
What a fun and informative meeting we had this past week. Clearly, the highlight was watching Matt Nehmer answer five questions about things, events and people that are 100 years old. I loved his answer about Armistice day (11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918). […]
I want to thank Jim Carberry for stepping in for me this past Friday. I understand he did a splendid job and even shared one of his famous Irish jokes. It must have felt like a throwback meeting with Jim leading us, just like he used to 20 years ago. […]
Thank you to: – Steve Baker for graciously greeting our members and leading us in the Flag Salute. – Todd McGinley for providing an amusing invocation for anybody who has tried to go on a diet. – Davis for not being gonged as we belted out “Stand By Me” in […]