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.