October was a productive time for the club. We accomplished much and I will cover that a little later in this article. First, however, I wanted to remark on how proud I was of the club in its response to the passing of Don Marousek's wife, Betty. I know the outpouring of support means a lot to Don.

Betty was a remarkable person and showed great courage throughout her life. Don was a Marine who was involved in both World War II and the Korean conflict. Betty was without Don during his overseas duty and was pregnant while Don was in Korea. Betty was a teacher at Riviera Hall in the early 1960s and became Principal, a post she held for 15 years. The library at Riviera Hall is named after Betty as a tribute to her years of dedication.

Betty died peacefully in her sleep on Sunday, October 11.

The Manhattan Beach Fair was a success. We netted over $9,000. Congratulations to Jeff Wells who did an outstanding job of organizing the event! Thanks to everyone who helped!!!

The Membership Night dinner meeting was a resounding success. We had 15 prospective members attend the meeting and several paid their dues that night to join! Many thanks to Ron Perez for putting together an excellent program. Also, many thanks to all the members who attended and brought guests. Please be sure to encourage your guests to attend our November meeting and bring their dues!

The Christmas dinner will be held at Charlie Brown's at the King Harbor Marina on Wednesday, December 9. Be sure to see Ed McClure or Paul Stemmler for more details and to sign up. An information sheet will be mailed out soon giving all the important facts.

The fall golf outing will take place November 18-20 at the Carlton Oaks Golf Course. Don Marousek is chairing the event and has all the details.

We only have two more meetings before the end of the calendar year. There is one meeting in November, Wednesday 11/11 and the Christmas dinner serves as our December meeting.

There are still a few members who have not paid their annual dues. We need to get this done so that you will be included in the printed roster. I want to get this information to Stan Dunn as soon as possible so he can have our rosters ready before the end of the year! Please contact Juris and give him a check. If you have an email address, we want to include that in the roster this year. Be sure to let myself or Chris Collignon know this information as soon as possible!!!

On a final note, I have been working on constructing an Internet Web site for our club. I have secured a domain name (WWW.HRSC.ORG) and I have put some information (including past newsletters, club calendar, etc.) on the web site. Please take a look and let me know what you think (Geoff-Graue@msn.com). If you have any additional material you would like to see on the site, let me know. I will be happy to add it. 

Meeting called to order by Robin Sawyer and then turned over to Alan Watt to make philanthropic presentations: Senior Citizens - Maxine Gallagher $180 Cookware / Walteria Library - Patric Deleget $509 Books on Tape shelving / South High Girls Golf - Art KcKarns $250 Team Shirts / Riviera Elementary YMCA Day Care - Sharon Dropka - $480 Puppet Theater and play equipment.

Juris Kauls provided a financial report… Please pay your dues.

Jeff Wells provided final update on MB fair. $9010.00 ($14 more than 1997). Jeff extended special thanks to Art McKarns (shuttle service), Coy Chandler (equipment). Ed McClure, Keith Barrington, Wayne Larson, Mel Yates and Dick Rector for clean up.

Paul Stemmler announced that the XMAS dinner will be held at Charlie Browns, Wednesday 12/09/98 approximate cost is $35 per person.

Frontier Days may not be held this year. Another event may take its place, perhaps Wilson Park on July 4th.

Meeting called to order by Robin Sawyer. Juris provided an update on the clubs finances. Dick Rector inquired if any member could donate a fridge to the club - Ron Perez indicated he had one available. Paul Stemmler provided an update on the XMAS dinner including the need to prepay this year. Don Marousek thanked the club for their support and condolences on the passing of his wife Betty. The meeting was then passed over to Ron Perez, chairman of the membership night. Ron thanked those who slaved over the BBQ pit cooking the steaks. He then gave a brief overview of the clubs benefits philanthropic works, including the fact we had contributed $92,000 to the community over the past 6 years. The program continued with the following members, and past board members, providing experiences and benefits of membership: Tony Kriss, Dave Sargent, Paul Stemmler, Ed McClure, Bill Beigel, Don Young, Jeff Wells.

Attendees 10/14/98 : Chandler, Robertson, Parker, H.Roberts, Murtha, Yates, Kropp, Virobik, Lefevre, P.Perez, Stemmler, DeHart, Valentin, McClure, Beigel, Bullock, R. Perez, Stott, Barrington, Musick, Larson, Wells, Sargent, Lenke, Stephenson, Watt, Kauls, Sawyer, Rougeaux

Attendees 10/28/98: Barrington, Beigel, Brettnache, Bullock, Chandler, Collignon, DeHart, Gavola, Hammond, Hill, Hubbell, Jung, Kauls, Kemp, Kriss, Larson, Marousek, Martelard, McClure, Musick, Neu, Parker, Pelland, P.Perez, R.Perez, Perry, Rector, S.Roberts, H.Roberts, Robertson, Rougeaux, Sargent, Sawyer, Stemmler, Stephenson, Stott, Valentin, Virobik, Wells, Yates, Young, Zettler

Prospective/New Members that signed in: Cooke, Kim, Williamson, Edwards, Mackenbach

Next Meeting: Please plan to join us at the next meeting to be held :

Golf Outing Dates: Nov. 18-20 We-Fri. Carton Oaks.

Price of $210 per golfer or $84 per non-golfer includes: 2 nights hotel room, 2 breakfast, 2 dinner, 2 rounds golf cart included. Make checks payable to Carlton Oaks.

Contact Don Marousek Tel: 375-5686 for further details. Please respond ASAP if you plan to attend.

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