February 8 Meeting Notes

Announcements

Welcomed visitors Steve Cope (Arctic Refrigeration), Marcy Treat (CVCH New Path), and Allie Schank (Apple Sox).

Sign ups for the Feb. 18th Wild Hockey.  8 free tickets left for this "suite" adventure.  Contact Robin or Rebecca if you would like to join in the fun.

Earl reported on the Road Apple Roulette ticket sales. Tickets will be sold at this weekend's Homeshow.  We will have a Sunrise Rotary booth to man from 2:00 - 7:00 Thursday, 9:00 - 7:00 Friday, and 9:00 - 5:00 Saturday.  Earl, Katie, and Rebecca have signed up for Saturday, but we need people for 2-hour blocks on Thursday and Friday.  This's our chance to sell lots of tickets, and promote our club's activities.

We will be providing Grace House Valentine's gift bags for the women and kids there.  Please bring your gift bags full of goodies to Jones Winery at Pybus between 4:00 and 5:00 this Friday, or call Kathleen and she will pick it up at your house.

Board meeting Monday at 7:00am via Zoom.  Anyone welcome.

Wayne announced that the RI Convention this summer will be in Houston, Texas (in person).  Wayne has volunteered to be the chair of the RI Convention promotion for our district.

Leavenworth Rotary Club is having an online auction we can support.  You can register and place your bids at this link from Feb. 5 - 28. There are some great items.

Invoices for the last quarter will be sent out soon.  Christmas dinner and our $50 Rotary Foundation contribution will be on the invoices.

The first meeting of the Century Bike Ride Committee will be Tuesday, Feb. 22 at the Hilton Garden Inn.  Everyone is invited to attend.  Lets make this 35th annual bike ride a special one.

We received a thank you letter from the Women's Resource Center for our donations/gifts to each of the residents at Christmas time.  We even got Santa there to present the gifts.

Kathleen presented the January Rotarian of the Month to Jim Adamson. She said Jim has stepped in whenever needed, like taking over the Blog while Chris has had to step away for awhile.

Brags & Confessions

Amber went Nordic skiing for the first time, and will next try snowboarding.  Some of us witnessed her graceful fall on one of her down hill runs.

Ruth had one of her music students take first alternate in the solo and ensemble contest.

John's daughter got back to school after 2 and a half weeks of quarantines. 

Robin's mom will be moving into memory care today.

Program

Rebecca introduced J Woody Block, Executive Director of the Numerica Performing Arts Center (PAC).  Woody gave us his background which started in his hometown of Parker, AZ, where he played football and wrestled until he blew out both shoulders. He turned to theater and arts, moved to Peru and taught grades 3-high school, and directed shows there.  Then back to Northern Arizona University, where he met his wife.  From there they moved to Lynnwood, and he worked at Buffalo Wings and completed a masters degree at Seattle University.  He became a tour manager for a reparatory theater, then a project manager for a construction company that did work for Google, Amazon, Swedish Hospital, etc.).  They decided to take a leap of faith 5 months ago, and move to Wenatchee, where he had never even been before, to take the PAC position.  His wife works at Confluence Health.

Woody, the other 3 paid staff, and some volunteers have worked hard to get the PAC going again after almost two years of COVID shutdowns.  There have been 8500 people come attend events over the last 5 months.  They are bringing in some top names in comedy, music, and theater this year, along with being the venue for Apple Blossom events, Fabulous Feet Dance Studio performances, the Wenatchee Symphony, and Stage Kids.  The PAC provides a big impact for the community's economy and marketing by attracting visitors from around the northwest.

You can check out the PAC at www.numericapac.org.

After Notes

Dave won the raffle ticket draw, but not the important marble draw, so the pot will be over $100 next week. 😖

Program for next week is Bonnie Orr from Master Gardeners

Do you know the RI theme this year?  "Serve to Change Lives".  Let's go out and do that this year.