January 15 meeting notes

Announcements

Next evening satellite club meets January 22, 5:30 at Ridge Cyclesport in Wenatchee (by Abbys Pizza).  Everyone is welcome.  Wine will be served.

Friday, Feb. 15 is the Wild Hockey game, where our club will have a suite.  $25 will get you in.  This is also a great time to bring family and/or potential members.  Contact John Schapman with the number that will be attending (john.schapman@cdhd.wa.gov).

April 12-13 is the Rotary Leadership Institute in Wenatchee.  The $170 fee will be reimbursed by our club.  This will include lunch and dinner Saturday, and breakfast Sunday.  RLI is a wonderful training for future leaders and new Rotarians.  The weekend is filled with interactive lessons on leadership, membership, PR, Rotary Foundation, and more.

Now is a good time to register for the District Conference in Kamloops, BC.  You can register online on the district web site (www.rotary5060.org).  The club will reimburse our members up to $150.  If you have never been to a district conference (or even if you have been to many), this will be a great one to attend.  It will change and expand your ideas about Rotary, and you will meet future friends from all over our district.  The conference will be May 2-5.

Family of Rotary

See birthdays and anniversaries in the right hand column (if viewing n your phone, you'll have to scroll tot he bottom and click web view).

Rebecca Lyons announced that daughter Mari took 1st place on the balance beam in a gymnastics tournament in California.  Awesome!
John McDarment said his son in Florida just made the list for the military rank of "major".
Carol Adamson's grandson who has been cancer free for a year and an half had a great check-up.  He will now be working with a neuro-psychologist to help with the lingering effects of the chemo.

Program

Milt Herman introduced Lateef Olaniyan and Dr. Michael Johnson from the Moses Lake Medical Team that has done work in Nigeria for the last 11 years.  Lateef, a pharmacist for 30 years, came to the US in 1981.  During one of his trips back to Nigeria, he was persuaded to bring medical people from the US to deliver aide to those who couldn't afford medical care.

Each year the medical team helps people with medical, vision, and dental problems.  Last year, in the 2-week period the team was there, they saw 33,000 patients, and did over 400 surgeries.  The team consisted of 32 medical and non-medical personnel (half from Moses Lake), along with hundreds of local providers in Nigeria.  Milt has been on all but one of the medical trips to help provide eye care.