Sunday, August 21, 2016

August 16th Meeting

Hi Everyone,

Sorry for the delay in the blog this week!  It was a bit crazy at work. -Annie

Announcements:

***A Chaplaincy committee has been formed.  A brief debate about the word "chaplaincy" occurred.  You chapter blogger was able to find this definition:

Chaplaincy:  the job of a chaplain or a building or office where a chaplain works. 

If you are interested in the 3000 year history of Chaplaincy, click here.

President Jim Huffman presiding (left)

***A club assembly is coming up.  According to RI, a club assembly is:

 a meeting that all members attend to discuss club programs and activities. Most clubs hold four to six assemblies per year. Assemblies allow members to

  • Brainstorm ideas for projects and activities
  • Set goals and develop action plans using the club leadership plan
  • Coordinate committee activities
  • Review the club’s strengths, opportunities, and weaknesses
  • Learn more about Rotary and its programs

***Board Meetings are open to everyone and in the future, Board meetings will be summarized verbally at the next club meeting and then after the next board meeting, approved minutes will be distributed.

Brags and Confessions:

Roni lost her dog when some thieves broke into her fence.  The dog is back.

Erin's husband ran a 120 mile race and broke his best time, coming in under 36 hours.  Erin thinks the Canadian park system is amazing and she wishes the U.S. Park system would develop better access for everyone.

Earl celebrated his 20 year anniversary.  He went beach combing with the family where they found a rope that the kids assumed might be attached to a body.  Maybe Earl brings too much work home?

Pete's youngest daughter did an awesome job as goal keeper and for the first time in his life he is an empty nester.

Lisa broke ground on her new house!

PJ realized he is old as he attend the 40th birthday party of his step-daughter.

Classification Talks:

Two classification talks were given this week. The first was by Annie LaCroix and the second was by P.J. Jones.

P.J. reviewed a great life of traveling and fun due to his skiing career.  He grew up in Bozeman, MT.  His ski life started on his 5th birthday, one day after Christmas.  He stumbled into a job as a National Team Director which led to traveling all over the world including Japan, Korea, Italy, Germany, Czech Republic, France, Canada, Finland and more.  He has skied at over 400 ski resorts.  He ended up back in Wenatchee in the Construction industry.

Annie's Confession (she will pay a dollar next she is there)  Annie didn't write down enough about P.J.s talk because she forgot so the above summary is a shortened version of what he said. 

Annie's Talk:

Basically, Annie has had weird life including social work, culinary arts, septic installation and massage.  She has a Bachelor's in conflict mgt, with a minor in poetry and Spanish from UPS.  Lived in Tuscan, AZ, Portland, and Leavenworth before landing in Wenatchee.  She taught massage therapy and now owns her own school of massage therapy.  She loves cats, and like to read and do pod casts. Her husband manages the Home Depot in Moses Lake.   They are buying a home in Ephrata.





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