September 15th Announcements, Brags, Confessions

Annual Picnic at Utigard Orchard this Saturday, September 19th.  Arrive as early as 11.  Food to be served at 2.  Bring: a folding chair, your own beverages, if your last name begins with A-L, side dish to share, if last name M-Z salad or dessert.  Joanne Rosenthal sent an email with directions on 9/16.  Check your inbox!

Alatheia Riding Center’s Gala. The Club is matching $50 for each $50 a club member spends on a ticket for the event. Since we had 11 potential attendees raise their hands at the meeting, the club would like to cap the matching to 11 tickets or $550. Wenatchee Convention Center, Sat. Oct. 3^rd, 6 pm. Pick up your paid tickets at the door. Tickets must be paid to Lisa by COB tomorrow Friday to get an accurate headcount to the caterers. 

Rotary Leadership Development Training October 30 and 31 in Osoyoos, BC.  Join three other Sunrise Rotary couples for this fun event.  Contact Wayne if you are interested.  Registration and information here:  http://www.crsadmin.com/EventPortal/Registrations/PublicFill/EventPublicFill.aspx?evtid=0d822cc5-1494-4bf0-b1fb-27e2f6fbf020

Kathleen McNalty purchased a new GMC Terrain from Sangster Motors.  It was time to pass the 100K+ mileage vehicles to her teenage boys.  They are now a five car family that is well loved by their insurance agent!

Youth Exchange. Taro reported that the paperwork is in and we expect Mateo to join us in mid-October.  He has been accepted to Wenatchee High School.  Great work by Taro, Maggie Nelson, and others to get this in place at the last minute.

PJ just returned from Ushuaia, Argentina, the southern most tip of that country.  Looks like a beautiful place!

Milt purchased a 32 year old motorcycle, a model of one he bought in 1983, using a Milwaukee Rotarian as a middle man to check out the bike before he headed to Milwaukee to make the purchase.  He flew out 9/2 and made the purchase, riding back through Fargo, ND where he celebrated a birthday.  

Milt is the embodiment of this article in Senior Living, "Why are more and more seniors cranking up Steppenwolf's "Born to Be Wild," strapping on leathers, and climbing onto hogs on steroids before blasting down highways and byways? Because they can! Active seniors are discovering their new bold and daring personas and embracing motorcycle mania like never before."  

Unfortunately, it's not all good news as noted in a University of Rochester publication, "Motorcycle riders across the country are growing older, and the impact of this trend is evident in emergency rooms daily." Yikes.  Be careful out there Milt!

Oops!  Norm confessed to an oops on today's intended speaker. Loye Turner and Brian Noyd stepped in to provide background on their businesses.  

Loye retired from a 40 year career in fruit production with Cascadian Fruit and joined his son's business venture, Turner Restoration.  They restore homes damaged by fire, water, sewer spewing (yuck!), mold, etc.  The recent fires have kept them busy so it has been a great asset to have Loye on board.  Learn more at -  http://turnerrestoration.net/

Brian owns both Arby's franchises in Wenatchee Valley.  The location on Easy Street is being renovated.  It license is up for renewal and it needs to be renovated to recent corporate standards. The drive through is OPEN even during renovation so stop by. The restaurant in East Wenatchee will be up next year and have similar work.