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 President Elect Bill Smith hosted Fresno City Councilman Henry T. Perea who brought us up to date and answered questions about what's happening at city hall. |
 Alan Sevener (center) is welcomed into the club as a new member by Pete Hauck (right) while President Jim Irvine looks on. |
 Tom Wright hosted Lea Durhan Wilkes who was living on the coast of the Gulf of Mexico at the time of Katrina. She told of her and her husband's harrowing experience and of losing everything including their house to Katrina. |
 Secret greeter Ron Johnson (ex law school student) points out those who did not shake his hand. |
 Jeff Tanielian hosts Pete Hauck who told us more about his experiences in WWII from preparation for D-Day through his waking up in the hospital after being wounded on Christmas eve. |
 Mary Lynch-Weins shows us an item the club used to give to children who had to appear in court. She noticed it was written by some guy she didn't know who worked in the Probation Department. Turns out, she later married him. |
 President Jim Irvine hosts daughter Jennifer Wycoff who spoke on NILMDTS (Now I Lay Me Down To Sleep), a volunteer program that introduces remembrance photography to parents suffering the loss of a baby. |
 Russ Milnes offers another good fabrication of his hurt feelings over the club rejecting his excuse for being late last week. |
 Agent John Donnelly (left) of the Drug Enforcement Administration was hosted by Bill Smith. John is the Resident Agent in Charge of the Fresno Office and gave a very enlightening talk on the scope and the activities of the DEA. |
 Dr. Malcolm Masten gives a Happy Dollar just for being a member of Exchange Club of Fresno. It might be added that he is one of the members with the greatest tenure. |
 Loren Gaither, Rufus Hernandez and Richard Grill presented a slide show on their Honor Flights trip to Washington, D.C. to view the various war memorials. |
 David Brown gives a Travel Dollar. |
 Magician Grady Lee enlists Judy Wilson to help him in performing one of his "magical illusions". |
 Mary Preziosa was guest of Marvin and Nadia Arnold. To celebrate her birthday, she was the baffled recipient of our version of the Happy Birthday song. |
 Bill Smith hosts Navy Recruiters Petty Officers Michael Green and Mario Walls who answered many of our questions and brought us up to date on today's Navy. |
 President Jim Irvine presents Karen Griffin with her Past President's Plaque. |
 David Brown hosted Marie Espinola, Executive Director of Alzheimer's Foundation of Central California, who spoke to us about the efforts of the foundation in dealing with the continuing problems of working with patients and potential patients with Alzheimer's. |
 Dick Emerson gives a happy dollar. |
 Pete Hauck swears in the Board Members at the Installation Dinner. |
 Medals and decorations received by Pete Hauck for his meritoreous service in World War II. In keeping with the "Patriotism" theme, at our Installation Dinner Pete recounted some of his D-Day experiences. |
 Judy Wilson (left) hosted Lisa Casarez, from Angels of Grace. Lisa told us of her own background and how and why she started the agency which places needing children into suitable foster homes. |
 Harold Horg was the secret greeter of the day. Unfortunately, everyone shook his hand, thus producing no income for the club this day. |
 Marvin and Nadia Arnold hosted Mark Arax (center), noted author, who filled us in on his latest book, West of West. |
 Jeff Tanielian admits to being one of the "characters" in Marks latest book. It seems they grew up together. |
 Bill Smith hosted Brenda Mitchell who told us about the good work that is being done by the volunteers at Animal Compassion Team, a non-profit organization that is educating the public about, and helping to reduce the number of unnecessary animal euthenasia cases. |
 Russ Milnes and Loren Gaither celebrate winning a door prize. |
 Pete Hauck (left) hosted Dean Eller and Kathi Mosher from the Central California Blood Center. Dean told about his daughter's legacy having died at a very early age from an aggressive form of leukemia, but who was instrumental in establishing a commitment of several local organizations to conduct blood drives on a continuing basis. |
 Pete Hauck installs Bill Jamison as our newest member. |
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 The Melodears entertained us with some delightful show tunes from "our" era. |
 As a member of The Melodears our own Judy Wilson (right) was one of the featured dancers. |
 Nathan Lee, Executive Director of CASA, and staff member Kelly Bellis were hosted by Kathleen McIntyre (left). Mr. Lee explained the role of the Court Appointed Special Advocates for Children in our system in addressing many foster care issues. |
 Fred Rabe receives his Exchange pin as a new member by "old" member Pete Hauck. |
 Kathleen Mancebo from Comprehensive Youth Services (CYS) was hosted by Kathleen McIntyre. http://www.cysfresno.org/ |
 Bill Booth leads the group in the "Happy Birthday Song". One member being sung to was Eddie Evans who is celebrating his 101st birthday. |
 Kathleen McIntyre hosted Hugo Rios and Eli Limon who explained the role of RCS (Resource Center for Survivors of Sexual Assault and Family Violence) in our community. http://www.rcsfresno.com/ |
 Jeff Tanielian admits to driving a new car to meeting today and gave a happy dollar because it was not on the recall list. |
 Linda Hightower from Goodwill Industries was hosted by Kathleen McIntyre. Linda explained Goodwill's efforts in helping to train and obtain employment for many adults who probably would be unemployable without their help. |
 Bob Armer gives a few happy/travel dollars for his and his family's recent trip to Disney World. |
 Mary Lynch-Weins hosted Esther Franco, Executive Director of Fresno Council on Child Abuse Prevention. http://www.fccap.org |
 Salena Farnesi pays us a visit. She announced that she will be working for Assemblyman Jim Costa in Washington, D.C. this summer. |
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