October 13, 2015 Announcements

Nice to have a full slate of greeters last Tuesday.  

Youth Exchange:  Mateo arrived on Saturday.  He is staying with Taro and his family.  He goes by the name Claudio at school but his family (including his new family in Wenatchee) call him Mateo.  He is enrolled at Wenatchee High School and is jumping right in to sports by playing soccer.  We will get to meet him at the TGIF this Friday at Wayne and Karen's house.



Holiday Party.  We have three options to consider:  Bonaventure catered by Andreas Keller restaurant (Jay Higgins' wife Heidi owns the restaurant), Lulu's with Richard, or Chateau Faire La Pont. You will get a chance to cast a vote at our next meeting or you can vote by email.  Look for an email from Bill McDowell.

Sun Mountain Lodge Weekend.  Norm reminded us to visit Winthrop the weekend of October 29th when you can get three nights for the price of two, Thursday, Friday and Saturday.  Let's support area businesses that had a bad tourist season due to fires.

Quincy Rotary Auction.  Rani Sampson has tickets for the Quincy Rotary Auction this Saturday, October 17th.  Tickets are $50.  Let Rani know if you can attend.

Senior Damboree at Rocky Reach Dam.  Suzie McColm, wife of our President-elect Matt McColm, had a table at the event to offer information about Medicare insurance coverage.  They were joined by their son, Nick. Several hundred people attended the event which included a salute to veterans, square dancing lessons, and tables representing a large selection of senior services available in our area.

Rotary Development Weekend in Osoyoos, BC is October 30th and 31st. This is a fun weekend and a great price on the resort accommodations.  You can register here http://www.crsadmin.com/EventPortal/Registrations/PublicFill/EventPublicFill.aspx?evtid=0d822cc5-1494-4bf0-b1fb-27e2f6fbf020

Jess Montoya.  We we sad to learn of the passing from cancer of Jess Montoya, a charter member our our club.

Club Assembly.  Wayne led us in a discussion of the club's Visioning Goals and where we are with meeting those goals.