BRAGS:
Kate Ferguson: bragged $50 on her grandson who placed in his 1650 freestyle race at the Junior Nationals swim meet, She is very proud.
Peter Kang: bragged $20 on being promoted to the church rector. He and his wife will also be baptizing his son this weekend and he thanked Ryan Swack for helping his family out with lodging for the ceremony.
Jim Peterson: bragged $30 on successful cataract surgery. He also thanked Jean-luc for his help with hotel rooms.
Roberto Rodriguez: He and his wife recently celebrated 20 years of marriage. Congratulations! $20
Dale Johnson: is happy that his daughter is here visiting from England. $25
Laurie Tamura: She and her husband went to Bakersfield participated in a 5K run and they completed it in under an hour. $30
Jerry Schmidt: recently returned from a New Mexico trip where he went hunting in the wilderness. $45
FINES:
Note: President Ortiz fined the following people $30 each to help the club catch up with their financial obligations, but he let each individual talk about whatever they wanted.
Jack Gresser: went on a trip to Greece, Turkey and Hawaii
Wayne Miller: went on a vacation with his brother Scott and they hiked 51 miles in 7 days.
Mark Jackson: He and his wife went on a trip to Big Sur
Jason Stilwell: took a big trip to the Skyview Motel (that's right, I said the Skyview Motel...wow
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Lee Carroll: He and his wife are going to Yosemite
Mike Cardona: Purchased a new house in Tennessee
Gary Nemetz: Going to Bakersfield for Thanksgiving
Dan Blough: He had a health scare, but everything is back to normal now.
Terri Stricklin: going to have knee surgery next week (our thoughts and prayers are with you)
Ted Ortega: Going to New York
Andy Caldwell: Very happy with his campaign so far ($300,000 raised in 10 weeks)
