Wenatchee Sunrise Change-Over Dinner 21 June 2022

Wenatchee Sunrise Rotary Club gathered at the Wenatchee Museum and Cultural Center on Tuesday, 21 June 2022, to say goodbye to our outgoing Club President Kathleen McNalty, and welcome incoming Club President Robin DeRock.

Alan Walker, Past President, acted as the ceremony Master of Ceremonies. The evening began with a brief social with various drinks.

Guests were welcomed:

• Glenn King introduced his wife Dena
• Kevin Love introduced his wife Lynn
• Craig Reece introduced his wife Tracey
• Mansour Ravassipour introduced his wife Linda
• Stacy Gold introduced her friend Allen Blackmon
• Kathleen McNalty introduced her husband Steve, sons Tyler & Daniel, and potential member Mustafa Jibrin
• Marcy Treat introduced her daughter.
• Robin DeRock introduced Katie Blair (former Youth Exchange Student)

Rotary Guests joining the dinner were:

• Richard DeRock, District 5060 District Governor and member of Wenatchee Confluence Rotary Club
• Alice Meyer, Wenatchee Rotary Club President
• Jill Leonard, Wenatchee Rotary Club President-Elect.

Ruth Dagg led the group in a brief prayer, and the audience said the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag.

The attendees enjoyed a fabulous dinner from Country Boy's Barbeque in Cashmere. BBQ pulled pork, BBQ's chicken thighs, baked beans, coleslaw salad, and chocolate cake (from Albertson's). Veggie burgers were also cooked to order in the museum kitchen. Many bottles of local wines were also enjoyed.

After dinner, Alan welcomed Kathleen to the stage. She called her Club Officers and Board of Directors to the stage, where she presented gifts to those in attendance:

• Earl Crowe, Immediate Past President
• Robin DeRock, President-Elect
• Chris McDarment
• Craig Reese, Treasurer
• Rebecca Lyons.

Those Officers and Board of Directors missing from the dinner and ceremony were:

• Jim and Carol Adamson, Co-Vice Presidents
• Kaity VanWeerdhuizen
• David Barshes
• John Schapman, Secretary.

Kathleen presented gifts to Sargent at Arms Wayne Massing and Kevin Love for their roles in setting up the weekly meetings and taking them down.

Earl Crowe, Immediate Past President, made a brief appearance at the ceremony, just long enough to be presented with the Mark Anderson "Marky" Presidential Service Award for the Rotary year of 2021- 2022. Earl's tireless work on the club's Road Apple Roulette fundraiser got approval with the Wash. State Gambling Commission and netted the club over $8,000 to be used for our scholarships program and other projects. Family health issues prevented a longer stay for Earl.

Richard DeRock, District Governor for Rotary District 5060, called Robin DeRock, Club President Elect (and his wife!), to the stage to be sworn in as Club President for Rotary year 2022-2023. 

Robin, in turn called her Club Officers and Board of Directors to the stage, where she presented gifts to those in attendance:

• Kathleen McNalty, Treasurer and Immediate Past President
• Craig Reece, President Elect
• Alan Walker, Secretary
• Rebecca Lyons
• Chris McDarment.
• Jim Adamson (absent)
• Jackie Rector (absent).

Alan Walker called all the POOPS (Past Order Of PresidentS) to the stage. Alan Walker, Bill McDowell, Craig Reece, Dave Freimuth, Jim Huffman and Wayne Massing. (Missing were: Jim and
Carol Adamson, Earl Crowe, Milt Herman, Taro Masuda, and Erin McCool.) Alan introduced the POOPS and proceeded to tell those in attendance about Kathleen's BAD jokes, then the POOPS read some examples. About 6 minutes was enough, so the POOPS went into a huddle to discuss whether Kathleen should be allowed to join the prestigious POOPS. After an elaborate discussion, the vote was 4-2 against, then it was unanimous 6-0 in favor. Welcome Kathleen! You're a POOP now! 

Kathleen was again called to the stage to be presented with gifts and flowers from the club. Alan Walker and District Governor Richard DeRock presented her a Rotary Club gavel plaque in recognition of her dedicated service to the club and to Rotary International during her 2021-2022 year.

The Change Over Dinner ended with everyone having fun! A good time was had by all!