May 31 Meeting Notes

We welcome guests Wayne Steele and Wenatchee Rotarian Ken Robertson. 

Announcements

Mark your calendars

June 18 - Pybus greeters and Pet Parade

June 21 - Leadership Changeover Dinner at the Museum. Bring family, fiends, and/or guests along with your beverage of choice.  Around $20, which can be added to your quarterly invoice.

July 4/5 - Manning the parking lot at the Toyota Center, and park clean-up the next day as a fundraiser.

September 21 - Dedication of the Peace Pole Project at Rotary Park at 5:00.

A Paul Harris Fellow plus 5 was presented to Robin DeRock in recognition of another $1000 (total of $6000) contributed to The Rotary Foundation.  Thanks Robin.  (picture at right)

Brags & Confessions

Kathleen is over Covid, and celebrated in Seattle last weekend at a Mariners game, art museum, and great food.

Woody's family home sold, and his dad was inducted in the Hall of Fame at the high school he served for 45 years.

Robin praised the PUD for working all night to fix a water main break by her home.  She is also having another doctor appointment to see if they can figure  out her esophagus.

Program

Kathleen presented the goals she had set for this year, and what our progress has been.  Her mission was to have our club be a place we would want to bring friends and guests, and we have had lots of those.  Overall, we have had a very successful year.  Here are some results:

 category                                    goal               end number          

Membership                            +3 net                +4 (44 members)

Club service participation        30 people          52

Service projects                       12                      12

District training                        15 people           9

Club leadership training            4                        2

Foundation giving                  $4200                TBD

Bequest members                     3                        3

   (gives $10,000 in estate)

Other accomplished goals

strategic plan

new fundraiser (Road Apple Roulette)

district grant ($20,000 matching grant for the Museum Children's Corner)

Increased Clubrunner activity and usage by members

Quality programs

FUN

After Notes

Visitor Ken Robertson drew the winning raffle ticket and it was his own, but didn't pick the right marble.

Next week's program is a classification talk by newer member Marcy Treat.

May 24 Meeting Notes

Welcome guests Carly Sagerser (our outbound youth exchange student), Stacy Gold (soon to be inducted as new member), Wayne Fields, and Mastafa Jibrin.

We met in the small room and had a full house, with President-elect leading the meeting.

Announcements

Bike ride meeting was changed to next Tuesday (May 31) at the Hilton, 5:00.

Changeover dinner June 21.  Come to the BBQ at the museum, help celebrate a great year, roast Kathleen and bring in Robin DeRock as our next president.

Earl gave a wrap up of the first annual Road Apple Roulette (RAR) Raffle.  We first watched the entertaining play-by-play video recording the horses coming down the parade route, and the first poop to drop on section 4.  Thirty-two of our members were involved in selling tickets or working our booth at events.  2,649 tickets were sold that brought in $13,245.  With the sponsorships (thanks to Earl), and after giving away $12,000 in prize money, and paying other raffle related expenses, we cleared over $6500!!  Amazing!  A HUGE thanks to Earl for spearheading this project from start to finish.  

Earl presented awards to the top ticket sellers.  Kathleen (online) was first with over 400 sold.  Carol and Jim as a couple (mostly Carol) sold over 500.  Earl sold over 200, Wayne over 150, and Eric 104.

Brags and Confessions

Ruth survived her senior recital, with some of her students dropping out with health issues.  It was also her birthday (which someone else had to announce).

Joel's son, Isaiah, is getting married on September 10.  He and Julie are hosting a Rotary exchange student from Chile in August. We need one more host family (the 2nd) for our incoming student from Argentina.

Robin caught up on her sleep after the district conference, and she and Richard head to the Rotary International Convention in Houston next week.

Amber is organizing fundraisers for the Humane Society.  The first is a spaghetti dinner at Blueberry Hill in Manson on June 11.  The second is a golf tournament at Three Lakes on June 18.

Program

Kathleen introduced Cari Horning, the North Central Educational Service District (NCESD) Career Connected Learning Specialist.  Her job is working with schools to help get kids connected to local careers.  Cari works in the Grant County area, but Chelan/Douglas has a person in the same role.

The focus is on career awareness, preparation, exploration, skills, training, and education.  They create experiences between high school students and local industries by setting up tours, guest speakers, occupational exploration, job shadows, internships and apprenticeships.  Cari showed a short video on the importance of applying for financial aid.

After notes

Wayne's ticket was drawn, but not the right marble.  Pot will be around $400. 

Next week's program will be a business meeting with a review of our goals and accomplishments.

May 17 Meeting Notes

 Welcome guests Kim Radach, Brian Mooney, Wayne Steele (zoom), Laura Merrill, and Stacy Gold (approved new member).

Announcements

We had a great Rotary District Conference last weekend hosted by District Governor Richard DeRock and First Lady Robin.  Thursday was a dinner with salmon, authentically cooked by some local Native Americans. Tribal Elder Randy Lewis spoke about the history of the area and the importance of salmon to their people. Friday was a time for optional activities around town (golf, pickleball, wine walk, bike ride, pub crawl, etc.), and the popular home hosting, where area Rotarians hosted our visitors for dinner.  Almost half the attendees of the conference were from Canada - fun!  Saturday was filled with internationally renowned speakers, awards, break out sessions on Rotary topics, evening band and dancing, and lots of fellowship opportunities.  Sunday morning was dedicated to Rotary youth programs (youth exchange, Interact, and RYLA - ask someone of you don't know what these are), and the passing of the torchy to next year's District Governor, Karl Ruether of Leavenworth Rotary.  Congrats to Richard and Robin on a great conference, and all the hard work they did for two years.

A thank you note was read form Barbara Tilly, thanking us for the $1500 donation to the Ukrainian families settling ion NCW.  There are about 30 people in Wenatchee and Soap Lake.

Speaking of Ukrainian refugees, there will be a benefit concert to raise funds to help the refugees in NCW (and those to come).  Gladsong will sing a variety of musical numbers, with all proceeds going to the refugees' fund.  Join us at the Grace Lutheran Church at 7:00

Bike ride meeting Tuesday, May 24, Hilton, 5:00.  Good stuff to discuss at this meeting.  Everyone welcome.

Pet Parade is June 18 at 10:00 at Pybus Market.  It will be a beach theme, with photo booth, parade, and food drive for the Humane Society.  We'll need some greeters and helpers that day.

June 21 is the Presidential Changeover Dinner, which will be a BBQ at the Museum.  Mark it on your calendar so we can celebrate Kathleen's year, and welcome Robin as our next president.

Allie, Amber, and Woody are doing the 50/50 raffle at the Applesox games to raise funds for the PAC and the Humane Society.  Any other charities we engage with on this?

Jim passed out information sheets on the Peace Pole Project at Rotary Park.  The work will start soon, but we have lots of money to raise.  The fliers had ways to donate.  You will hear more later, but think about who you may want to buy a tile, bench, salmon, to basalt column to honor.

Jim presented Karen Krisjensen of the East Wenatchee Rotary Club with her $500 winning from the Road Apple Roulette.

Braggs and Confessions

Jim bragged on Robin for the work she did helping to organize the district conference.

Kevin was back after complete knee replacement.  He said he is at 90%, but is shooting for 120%.

Carol put money in for Marcy's birthday (#40).

Besides being her birthday, Marcy said she is excited about moving to a new apartment.

Rebecca put in for Mari. She just turned 16 and has already had two hit-and-run accidents (not her fault).  Rebecca also added funds to the Salisbury Challenge Scholarship Fund for her birthday.  She celebrated in Seattle May 6.

Wayne confessed that he had the Ukrainian flag upside down at the opening ceremony at the District Conference.

Kelly got to see her granddaughter again.

Allie went to her first concert at the Gorge.

Robin is glad that the District Conference is done!  Our club presented a gift of 3 quilts in their honor at the District Conference.

She showed the club the 3 quilts we had put together for her and Richard in honor of the last two years of work and dedication to our district.

Program

Kathleen introduced Laura Merrill, Wenatchee City Executive Service Director, who talked about the future of the Riverfront Park .  She had slides and detailed project plans that outlined the process and schedule of gathering information and public input, design considerations and the preferred plan, and the development plan.  In addition to the 39 pages with this information were 54 pages of appendices detailing analysis, public engagement, design alternatives, cost estimates, and the design toolkit.

The project is projected to be done in three phases, ranging from 2022 to 2036. Way too much information to relate in the blog, but I'll have the detailed planning book there next Tuesday.  You can also check it out on the city website: www.wenatcheewa.gov (check out the tile walls at Rotary Park on the home page).

After Notes

Glenn's ticket was drawn, but not the right marble.  The pot will be at over $375 next week.

Next week's programs will be Cari Horning on Career Connected Learning, and Earl will give a final update on the Road Apple Roulette numbers.

May 10 Meeting Notes

Welcome guests Dena King (Glenn's wife), Stacy Gold, and Pinnacle Prep people - Wyatt Delozier and parents Cory and Kristi, Sara Rolfs, and Karen Rutherford.

Announcements

Stacy Gold has been approved by the Board for membership. This is her one week posting, so if you have objections, contact Kathleen, Kelly, or Jim A.

We finished a successful Road Apple Roulette fundraiser, and gave away $12,000 to 5 raffle winners.  Section 4 was the first to be pooped in on Saturday, and Cathy Ornelas, a para educator in Quincy was the big $10,000 winner.  Carol and Kathleen met her in Quincy to deliver the check.  Earl will give us the final report of tickets sold, income, expenses, etc. at next Tuesday's meeting, so you don't want to miss it.  See photos at bottom of page.

Bike Ride - next committee meeting is May 24, 5:00 at the Hilton Garden Inn.  Everyone welcome.

Pet Parade is June 18 at 10:00 at Pybus Market.  It will be a beach theme, with photo booth, parade, and food drive for the Humane Society.  We'll need some greeters and helpers that day.

June 21 is the Presidential Changeover Dinner, which will be a BBQ at the Museum.  Mark it on your calendar so we can celebrate Kathleen's year, and welcome Robin as our next president.

Rotarian of the Month - Kathleen selected Dave Freimuth as the April ROTM.  Dave has been updating the club calendars with speakers and events for quite some time, and does other things behind the scenes to serve our club.

New Member Induction - It is with much pleasure that we have added Glenn King to our
membership.  Sponsor Chris McDarment introduced Glenn, and membership chair, Kelly Walker, presented Glenn with his pin, license plate frame, and other Rotary items. The club did the traditional welcome.  Glenn is a retired Tree Top Vice-President of IT, and a hobby photographer.

Brags and Confessions

Chris paid for Bill McDowell's vision of the winning poop section, and for Earl's and Kathleen's dedicated work to make the Road Apple Roulette a fun and successful event.

Ruth went to her youngest daughter's graduation, who graduated Magna Cum Laude in Biology in just three years.

Wayne met with other Rotarians at Joe's' Log Cabin. Alan paid for his lunch because he forgot his wallet.  PJ was there and gave him $20 to give to the club.

Program

Karen Rutherford introduced Wyatt Delozier, a 6th grader at Pinnacles Prep school. Wyatt is great at math and baseball.  He talked about his "Passion" project, which is to raise money for a library at the school.  The language arts teachers need lots of books for the students.

Sara Rolf, co-founder, talked about the forming of the school, and answered questions about it.  The charter school has been four years in the making, and this is the first year of operation.  Pinnacles was started as another option for a smaller school experience.  It has about 105 students in grades 6 and 7, and will expand one grade level each year through grad 12.  The 9 teachers also act as mentors.  Math , science, and humanities are taught each day, with  STEM and music every other day.

Much of the learning is experiential and hands on, with lots of learning taking place off campus in natural settings.  They have clubs  that meet the last half hour, and the students will be able to join the regular high school sports teams at the middle and high school levels.

Kathleen contributed $500 from her business, and Mansour gave $50 to the library project.

After Notes

Earl's raffle ticket was drawn, but he picked the wrong marble.  There are about 14 marbles left, and a pot of over $200.  Odds are getting better, and the pot is growing faster.

Next week's program will be Laura Merrill with an update on the waterfront development, and Earl with the RAR results.

Pictures from the Road Apple Roulette drawing.

Winner Cathy Ornelas with Carol and Kathleen.

May 3 Meeting Notes

 Announcements

We welcome guests Glen King (who is becoming a member), Stacy Gold, and Diana Stumbaugh.

We need people to sell tickets at our booth in Memorial Park through Friday.  It's fun and easy to sell as you talk with all the people coming by.  Call Kathleen to let he know when you can take a shift.  This is our last push before the big parade Saturday.  We have now sold nearly 2000 tickets, but have 3000 left.

Earl would like all the tickets (sold and unsold) turned in be Friday night.

We also need 10 helpers to monitor the 5 marked off areas near the Courthouse from 10:30 - 12:00 to see which area gets the first poop droppings.  We will be drawing the 5 winning tickets at 3:00 at the main entertainment stage.  Lets all show up and show our excitement and support.

Thanks to Alan, Mark, Woody, and Robin for helping as parade marshals for last Saturday Youth Parade. Jim & Carol were busy driving the junior royalty finalists down the parade route.  The rain stopped about 15 minutes before the parade started.

The parade marshals

                Jim & Carol with the Junior Royalty                                                         

Last chance to register for the Rotary District Conference next weekend.  Register online at www.rotary5060.org.  We have scholarships for first time attenders.

Next bike ride meeting will be Tuesday, May 17, at 5:00 at the Hilton Garden Inn.

Brags & Confessions

John Schapman has a new baby girl this morning at Marie Katherine Schapman was born at 3:15 this morning, and they were all headed home already by the time we were meeting.  Congrats John and Jennifer.

Baby Marie

                                                           The Schapman kids with  the new arrival

Wayne got his pool open Sunday.

Chris' son Brady got promoted to full underwriter a year early.

Kelly was in Richland to visit the grandkids last weekend.

Rebecca said that Mari turned 16 and passed her driver's test.  A blessing and a curse.

Carol said she sold 66 raffle tickets in two hours Sunday at the food fair.  She also thanked Earl for all his hard work on the Road Apple Roulette fundraiser.

Woody is going to Arizona for a friends wedding next weekend.

Bill gave his Mercedes convertible to his grandkid (who now get to pay all the insurance).

Program

Kathleen introduced Brian Brett, Fire Chief of Chelan Co. #1/Douglas Co. #2 Fire District.  Brian talked about the state of the fire district, the new combining of the Chelan County #1 and Douglas County #2 districts to cut costs and increase efficiency.  He discussed the wildland fires, and the aggressiveness they are taking to put them out quickly.  Downside is that it costs a lot to get air support ($150,000 per retardant drop, helicopter costs, etc).  Brian also mentioned the partnership with Bureau of Land Management, Department of Natural Resources, and the US Forest Service.

Next Brian talked about the changes in structure fires related to the more modern combustible, fast burning materials.  He went over some things we can do to be safe (close bedroom doors, don't leave with dishwasher or dryer going, ect.).  Brian also talked about the increasing demand for services and the decrease in volunteer resources.  There are about 5200 calls, 60% of which are medical.  Brush fires, rescues, and house fires (about 2/month) make up the rest.  The fire districts have 65 engines and trucks and 2 helicopters.  They would like more firefighters.  Brian talked about the need for a tax to keep up the level of service.. Every 6-10 years they have to come to the voters to approve taxes for needed resources.

After Notes

Eric's raffle ticket was drawn, but not the correct marble.  Again, less marbles and more money ion the pot next week.