August 2 Meeting Notes

 

August 2 Meeting Notes

Welcome guests: No guests at this meeting

Meeting Leader - Robin

Invocation - Rebecca

Announcements

Karen the Clipboard - There is now a tab for each upcoming event that need volunteers.

• 8/6 Pangborn Festival of flight
• 8/20 Farmer's Market
• 8/27 Wayne's pool party

Kathleen - Festival of Flight - Saturday Aug 6th

• Rotary will be there from 9am to 3pm.
• Volunteers are needed for 1-hour shifts. 
• Watch your email for available sign-up times.

Robin - Ron Griffith Memorial Banner - $75 raised - the club will pay $50.

Robin - Carmen Bossenbrock has passed - Services 8/9/2022

• Carmen Bossenbrock was born in 1928 at the Deaconess Hospital in Wenatchee. 
• She worked closely with Dr. Ed Cadman, a Wenatchee-base physician who gained international fame for his fight against polio as the President of Rotary International from 1985-1986. He was from District 5060!!
• Here's a link to a story and video of Carmen talking about her experience working with polio patients and Dr. Cadman.  "Click below"
• Polio Pandemic Memories from 94-Year-Old Carmen Bossenbrock (substack.com)
• Carmen was a guest at this year's Rotary International Conference in Wenatchee.
• She had hoped to live long enough to see Polio eradicated.
• Rotary International and Carmen almost met her goal together.

Rotary Leadership Institute Training - 9/17/2022 to 9/18/2022

• Training is paid for by the club.
• Contact Robin for more information on how to sign-up and attend the training.

Alan - Bike Ride Sign-up Sheets - There are still have a lot of open times to volunteer.

Farmers Market - August 20th - Rotary will have a booth and will need volunteers.

Sunrise Rotary Social - Saturday 8/27 at Wayne Massing's Home - All are welcome. Bring an appetizer and your own drinks. Children are also welcome. More details to come.

Alan - Thanks to all that participated in Bike Ride storage clean up.

Brags and Confessions

Erik - He has a new grandchild, Noelle. Erik's son has returned from Israel. He is getting used to hearing people around him speaking English instead Hebrew or other languages.

Little Essentials Food Basket - We are still accepting shelf stable and canned food items. Robin will pick up the donations at each meeting.

Chris - His parents' house is now empty and will be going on the market. The process began in Oct of last year and he is thankful that it is coming to an end.

Kelly - Her 15-year-old granddaughter has been raising a cow herd for a number of years. She has earned enough money to buy her first truck for the herd.

Woody - 1 year anniversary in Wenatchee. His budget at the Performing Art Center ended in the black for the first time in the history of the Center. Congrats Woody! He also took a trip to Florida with his family.

Program - Mark Van Horne - Classification Talk

Mark is originally from Canton NY (toward the northern most part of the state).

There were more cows than people in Canton at the time.

Winters in Canton could get as low as 60 degrees below zero at night.

Mark spent most of his career as an Engineer at Boeing (40+ years)

• Mark has his Master's in Engineering.
• He also has several additional advanced certifications from schools like MIT, WSU and UW for specific specialty areas
• Mark has several patents in his name. He is proud of all of them but one in particular stands out. 
• He and a few other co-workers developed a 3D modeling solution that determines how an airplane has to be assembled from start to finish.
• It even makes sure that every bolt and rivet can be placed with room for the wrenches and other tools along the way.
• Mark worked on every 7-series aircraft Boeing has made to date.

Mark - Hobbies and Retirement Projects

• Music - Mark is a long musician and songwriter. He uses software to compose music with multiple tracks and instruments. He was in a band called Euphoria for years. They performed at the Hard Rock in Seattle. He and his wife got the chance to play on the Ryman stage in Nashville. Mark wrote a song called "An Old Man in a Hat" about his experience driving as a retired traveler.
• 3D Printing - Mark has completed numerous projects including photos that are incredibly detailed, a replacement handle for his sliding glass door, and a sundial.
• Electronic Design - Mark has created many items from the ground up including advanced programming and electronics. To name a few, a rain gauge, a lightning detector, a motor home leveler, and a grill temperature monitor.
• Telescope - Mark built a telescope over a 9-month period. He recently went to the Table Mountain Star Party in Orville and saw Jupiter and Saturn and its rings.

Mark and his wife Marianne have been married for 10 years. She is a retired math teacher.

They moved to Wenatchee after his retirement. They love grilling gourmet meals, traveling in their motorhome, and playing music.

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Mark Van Horne won the raffle this week. $64. 

Upcoming Events

Aug 6th - Pangborn Festival of Flight - Rotary will be there from 9am to 1pm. Please signup if you can help that day.

Aug 20th - Farmer's Market - Rotary volunteers needed.

Aug 27th - Pool party at Wayne Massing's home. More details to come.

September 7 - 11 - Bike Ride Setup (9/7 - 9/9), Race Day (9/10), Race Clean Up (9/11)

September 21 - World Peace Day at Rotary Park at 5:00