<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="auto">I can't make it today at 11. Maybe consider mounting a star or 2 on the fence line.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div id="composer_signature" dir="auto"><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8">Ray Alarcon<br dir="auto"><font face="sans-serif" dir="auto">Alarcon</font> Ins Agency<br dir="auto">PO Box 2539<br dir="auto">Mendocino, CA 95460<br dir="auto">707-937-5050<br dir="auto">CA Lic#0B68172</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div><br></div><div align="left" dir="auto" style="font-size:100%;color:#000000"><div>-------- Original message --------</div><div>From: Jeffry Stubbs via Rotary <rotary@lists.mcn.org> </div><div>Date: 12/4/20 8:23 AM (GMT-08:00) </div><div>To: rotary@lists.mcn.org, Dean Watson <watsondmw@comcast.net>, William Miller <wmiller101@yahoo.com>, MCCF Annie Liner <glorialiner@me.com>, Susanne Zehm <s.zehm@steuerrecht-starnberg.de>, Joe Sparks <jsparks@mcn.org>, Lennex Debra Beck <dblennox@mcn.org> </div><div>Subject: [Rotary] Subject: Christmas and Park Decorations </div><div><br></div></div><div style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:16px;" class="ydp85124b53yahoo-style-wrap"><div data-setdir="false" dir="ltr">I REALIZED AFTER YESTERDAY'S CLUB MEETING THAT WE HAVE AMONGST OUR MEMBERS VERY DIFFERENT EXPECTATIONA ABOUT WHAT WE CAN AND SHOULD DO IN THE PARK THIS HOLIDAY SEASON. SOME OF US LOOK FORWARD TO THE SEASON, AND WISH TO CELEBRATE IT, AND OTHERS VIEW IT AS A RICH MAN'S PARTY. KAREN AND I SEE IT AS A TIME TO BE FESTIVE, TO BE A LITTLE SILLY SOMETIMES, AND TO REMEMBER FAMILY AND FRIENDS. WE WANT THIS CHRISTMAS TO BE A HAPPY, ENJOYABLE TIME FOR ALL OF US, A TIME WHEN WE CAN CELEBRATE OUR COMMUNITY, OUR CLUB AND OUR PARK.</div><div data-setdir="false" dir="ltr"><br></div><div data-setdir="false" dir="ltr">LETS GIVE THOUGHT TO HOW WE CAN DECORATE THE TREE AND THE PARK IN A WAY THAT WILL SHINE LIGHT ON OUR COMMUNITY AND CLUB. WE NEED IDEAS, THOUGHTS, SUGGESTIONS FROM THOSE WHO SHARE OUR ROTARY VISION.</div><div data-setdir="false" dir="ltr"><br></div><div data-setdir="false" dir="ltr">I AM NOT A VERY ARTISTIC PERSON AND NEED HELP ON CONCEPTS. I HAVE BOUGHT TWO 72' STRINGS OF 200 SOLAR POWERED LED LIGHTS AND WILL PUT THEM ON THE TREE TODAY. THEN WE CAN SEE HOW THEY WORK. I HAVE CHARGED THEM, AND TRIED THEM IN THE HOUSE. THEY SEEM BRIGHT AND THEY SEEM TO COME ON RELIABLY WHEN IT GETS DARK AND THEN GO OUT WHEN THERE IS LIGHT. BUT WE HAVE TO SEE HOW THEY WILL WORK IN THE PARK. I AM NOT SURE YET IF THE TREE WILL TAKE ONE STRAND OR TWO, BUT IT IS A LITTLE TREE SO TWO WILL CERTAINLY BE ENOUGH FOR THE TREE. </div><div data-setdir="false" dir="ltr"><br></div><div data-setdir="false" dir="ltr">I AM THINKING OF MAKING A SEPARATE LIGHTED DISPLAY THAT WILL CONVEY SOME OF THE JOY OF THE SEASON, AND RIGHT NOW AM THINKING OF A DISPLAY OF CHRISTMAS STARS, ONE OR TWO LARGER THAN THE OTHERS, SAY 2' OR 3' HIGH, DONE WITH THE SAME LED LIGHTS, TO COMPLEMENT THE TREE. I THINK I CAN PUT TOGETHER A FRAME EITHER ON ONE OF OUR PICNIC TABLES OR WITH TWO CONCRETE FOOTINGS I HAVE, USING A WIRE MESH FRAME AS THE SUPPORT FOR THE STAR LIGHTS.</div><div data-setdir="false" dir="ltr"><br></div><div data-setdir="false" dir="ltr">THERE ARE LOTS OF OTHER THINGS WE COULD DO, IDEAS APPRECIATED.</div><div data-setdir="false" dir="ltr"><br></div><div data-setdir="false" dir="ltr">I WILL BE IN THE PARK TODAY AT 11:00 TO PUT THE LIGHTS ON THE TREE, THEN WE CAN TEST THEM. AND PROBABLY PUT THE BALLS ON NEXT WEEK, ONCE WE ARE SURE THE LIGHTS WILL WORK.</div><div data-setdir="false" dir="ltr"><br></div><div data-setdir="false" dir="ltr">JOIN ME IF YOU ARE INTERESTED. WE CAN STRING THE LIGHTS AND TALK ABOUT NEXT STEPS. I WILL BRING A LADDER, PLIERS, WIRE AND TAPE. </div><div data-setdir="false" dir="ltr"><br></div><div data-setdir="false" dir="ltr">DEBBIE, DONNA, TOBY, JOHN, RAY GARY AND ALL, LETS TALK ABOUT THIS, HAVE FUN AND COME UP WITH SOMETHING BETTER THAN WE HAVE DONE IN THE PAST.</div><div data-setdir="false" dir="ltr"><br></div><div class="ydp85124b53signature">Jeff Stubbs<br>P.O. Box 1360 Mendocino, CA 95460<br>Home phone 707-937-6026<br>I phone 707-536-6190<br>Skype phone 707-397-5620<br>Skype name jeffrystubbs</div></div></body></html>