December 13 Meeting Notes

Announcements

Location change - Social tomorrow (Wednesday) at PYBUS (brewery) starting at 5:00.  They expect it to be busy so come as early as you can.  This will be a great informal pre-function for our Christmas party on Thursday.  Family and guests are always welcome.

Christmas Party Thursday night.  Due to large number attending (about 70), we ask that you only bring one White Elephant gift per couple if you are coming with spouse or guest.  Starts at 6:00 at Ridgeline Graphics.  BYOB.

Check your calendars.  We are having a Hockey social on January 14 with our Challenge Scholars and families.  $20 per person includes dinner in a private room and the game tickets.  The Wild are leading their division (British Columbia Hockey League), and ranked third in the entire Canadian Junior Hockey League.  We'll need you to sign up by January 4 so we can purchase a block of tickets.

Our club and members are participating in a fundraiser for family of the young man that was killed when struck by a car last month.  They would like to get back to Guatemala.  Our club donated $500, and members chipped in another $170 by passing the hat.

Brags and Confessions

Taro Masuda spent the weekend with the district YE (youth exchange) kids at Silver Star (near Vernon, BC).

Brian Thorpe paid for missing so many meetings (glad to have you back Brian).  He will have three daughters getting married this summer (all different dates).

Lucas paid because he forgot his visa in Vernon, and almost couldn't get back into the US after the YE weekend.

Kevin Love's wife, Lynn,  was featured in the Good Life.  He will be going to his first Seahawk game Thursday and will miss our party.  Kevin was also the subject of the "shotgun classification talk" today.

Rebecca Lyons is back from too weeks in China.

Joel Banken's son, Isaiah, will be our outbound YE student next year, and just found out he will be going to Spain. Ole.

Thanks to John McDarment for printing Wenatchee Sunrise note pads.

Program

Steve Robinson (right) and Gil Sparks presented on Pybus 2.0.  They gave a history of the facility, a look at how the non-profit works, and a glimpse future plans.  The 25,000 sq, foot building was purchased by the Chelan County Port District ($5M) and Mike & Joanne Walker ($5M) in 2010.  Through the public/private partnership, the building was remodeled, and opened in 2013.  Pybus is a non-profit run by a 16 member Board of Directors.  They support other non-profit groups.  Pybus has 17 year-round merchants and employees 100 people.  The plan is to expand and remodel the annex to house meeting rooms, businesses, and restaurants  Steve and Gil showed slides and renderings of Pybus, then, now, and in the future.