Los Altos Rotary Club Home of the Annual Rotary Fine Art Show June 26 2014

 
Club presidents often dread the kick-out process because they really don’t know what they will be subject to until the attorneys present their briefs.  The question concerning outgoing President JACK KELLY was: Did he or didn’t he lay and egg? AND Are we to admire it?

In show business they call it a roast, but in Rotary we call it a “kickout.” While a roast is usually a complete embarrassment with vulgar jokes that get boring, today’s kick out of past president JACK KELLY featured club member attorneys explaining their briefs with minimum torture and a play on EGGciting and EGGspressive words.

Introductions and information for the event provided by greeters BILL MOISON, RON LEVINE and DIANA NEIMAN. With a continuous screen show of all the Rotarians in the Club, the action before the meal revealed members from years back.

While members sat down to eat, they were reminded of the day’s theme with 20 dozen plastic eggs on the table that we will see again tomorrow night at the formal “kickout” dinner. Final disposition of the eggs will be a donation to the City of Los Altos.

Our 2014-2015 Rotarian President KENDRA GJERSETH asked for visiting Rotarians and none were present, but Rotarians with guests were plenty: VAL CARPENTER, MIKE SPENCE, CLARI NOLET, SAM PESNER, MEL KAHN, JEAN MORDO, PAUL NYBERG, JACK KELLY, BOB ADAMS, MONA ARMISTEAD

PP DENNIS YOUNG provided the Thought for the Day with the comment it was too late to save this Rotarian year.

Old String musician player RON STEFANI sang and played an original “Are you Lonesome Tonight”, JACK? In his tenor voice, Ron sang,
“Are you lonesome tonight, will you miss us tonight, are you sorry you had to part? Does your memory stray, to the bright summer day—when we crowned you and called you sweetheart?”

PE JERRY MOISON offered his Thought of the Day with “When you cook a man a fish you can feed him for a day but teach him how to fish and you can get rid of him for the weekend.”

BONNIE BURDETT took her turn on roasting President JACK KELLY when she accused JACK during his presidency when he had members joining the President’s Club he would give them a pedometer but didn’t provide any gift gesture. So each member who joined the President’s Club received a pedometer.

LONNIE GARY referred to President JACK KELLY’S Chateau Garage wine looking for a taste and CRYSTA KRAMES spoke about Macy’s having a sale on undergarments that would please outgoing President JACK KELLY.

RECOGNITION:
Wearing dark sunglasses, STEVE SHEPHERD was fine master for the week and he had only one special person in mind.

Asking JACK KELLY to stand up, STEVE described Jack’s expertise at club making (golf club making, that is) and he revealed the broken head of the driver. STEVE took his clubs to JACK for new shafts. After they were repaired STEVE said his wooden shafts and heads were so small that he was afraid to break something. 

Since JACK boasted about his golf club making STEVE wanted JACK to make a commitment to join the President’s Club with a payment of $100 like everyone else did this year.
The Trial: “DID HE OR DIDN’T HE LAY AN EGG” Trial” began.
Before we get involved with the hearing of the Rotary Court, we should mention the author of the entire trial was our industrious CYNTHIA LUEDTKE and she couldn’t be present for her brilliant output.

About this time a hearing of the court began to take place with all Rotarians in attendance. The players were:

JOHN SYLVESTER as Judge D. Dumpty
HARRY PRICE as Attorney for the Prosecution D.DUCK ESQ
STEVE YARBROUGH, Attorney for Defense  G.G.Gander Esq.

Witnesses: 
PP. DICK HENNING, as Dale CarnEggy
ARLEY MARLEY III, as himself.
DONNA VERNA, as Veggtoria Secret
PP BOB ADAMS, as himself
PP MONA ARMISTEAD, as herself
PP SAM PESNER, as Bailiff

The Audience:  as the Jury.

Judge: This is a formal hearing of the Rotary Court to see if President JACK KELLY is guilty of laying an egg and if we are to admire it? The Trial continued with a play on words putting stress on the words with pre EGG.

After eight pages of wordage and EGGzaderations and rummaging through the EGGS, the Judge found that President JACK KELLY was guilty of a good time being a good EGG. And his sentence was to accept a MEGGnificent trophy to be put in a prominent place in his home….and to be admired. 
“At this time the court finds you guilty of a good time and officially Kicked Out.” The music then hit the Garden House with “Hit the Road Jack”…. And don’t you come back no more, no more, no more…

The trial was over at 1:15 p.m. after President JACK was cooked, boiled, poached and fried. After all it was a Roast and the Court found President JACK KELLY being guilty of a good time and officially “Kicked Out.”

The formal part of the “kickout” will take place Friday night at the Los Altos Country and Golf Club with the change of officers and KENDRA GJERSETH becoming the newly elected president of the Los Altos Rotary club for the 2014-2015 Rotary year.

  6-27-14- Special Edition Rotary Kick Out Dinner By CLYDE NOEL
Photographs by JOHN HAMMERSCHMIDT and LINA BROYDO

With my club runner authorized number to attend the “kickout” dinner, it was my introduction to the Rotarian Social event of the year. The kick-out of President JACK KELLY and the installing of President Elect KENDRA GJERSETH and her cabinet for the 2014-2015 Rotary year.

My authorized number did not include drinks so the line in the lobby was lengthy with thirsty and well-dressed members buying their drink tickets for the entire night. 

Once the banquet doors were opened and people started to look around to see whom they could sit with, the screen show revealed members and their families not shown at the Friday kick-out. 
At 8:05 p.m. President Kelly tried to start the program but the audience was still enjoying their Chicken and Risotto banquet dinner.

A short time later President Kelly feeling like a deer in the headlights of the members, started with recognition of the departing committee members.

Main award was the Guy Shoup Clock Award given to RICH CASEY as Rotarian of the Year.

As his modest self, RICH reviewed the frustrations during the AIDS project but thanked PP MARLENE COWAN for her heavy involvement with the program and SANDY WHIPPLE because she controls the money.

Continuing with the program, President KELLY started the exchange of Rotary pins with JACK pinning now President Elect JERRY MOISON and immediate PP JOHN SYLVESTER pinning PP JACK KELLY with a Past President’s pin.

President, JACK KELLY was presented with the boot and commented how much he appreciated the honor of being President of the Los Altos Rotary Club this past year.

Reviewing a short history of the year and thanking directors, KAREN GREGURAS, PAUL SCHUTZ and STEVE POMEROY for their service, JACK commented there is no way to stop a speaker after 1:30 p.m.

JACK KELLY’S last official act was to call up PE KENDRA GJERSETH and pin KENDRA as the new president for the coming year.

After addressing the position as an honor PP KENDRA recognized different Rotarians in the club that included ARLEY MARLEY, MARGE BRUNO, JACK KELLY, RICH CASEY, DENNIS YOUNG, DUDE ANGIUS and several more including her sponsor, SAM PESNER.

President KENDRA then introduced her new directors, FRANK VERLOT, KATHY LERA, JEAN MORDO, DONNA VERNA, CRYSTA KRAMES, and ALISON SALISBURY.
STEVE POMEROY will be the new Webmaster replacing MATT CABOT.

President KENDRA, in closing the evening said, ‘I am keeping all the good news until July 10.”
The formal part of the “kickout” was over at 9:25 p.m. but there were still a few drink tickets left to be cashed in.