January 24, 2023 Meeting Notes
The meeting was called to order at 7 am by President Robin DeRock.
Today is National Beer Can Appreciation Day
Rotary Guests: Pete Van Well, Wenatchee Rotary Club; Rob Tidd, Wenatchee Confluence Club
Guests:
- Major Morris Hahn - Pangborn Composite Squadron, Civil Air Patrol
- Tom Green - Pangborn Composite Squadron, Civil Air Patrol
Francisca (exchange student) Moment
- Her school is having a fundraiser to pay for a family to move to the U.S. from Afghanistan
- The movie will be shown on Feb. 10th - There will be a flyer next week
Announcements
Rob Tidd - Working at the concession stand at the Wenatchee Wild Game
- The Confluence Club raises as much as $2500 per night when they provide the entire staff for a single concession stand
- Robin worked and raised $304 for our club
- Jackie worked a different night and raised $100 for our club
Pete Van Well
- There will be a Roast and Toast for Rufus Woods
- The event will cost $100 per attendee
Kathleen - Road Apple Roulette Raffle Tickets go on sale soon
- Sat. Feb 4th and Sunday Feb. 5th - Home Show - First public event
- Volunteers needed for the show! Easy 2-hour shifts.
- Lots of Road Apple Roulette tickets sold at the Home Show last year!
Mark - Suite - Wenatchee Wild game - March 18th at 6:05pm - Suite 214
- 10 spots still open - $45 each person
- Reserved parking included. Food and drinks for purchase.
- Members bringing prospective Rotarians, get priority seating
Ruth - Meeting breakfast strategy
- A decision was made to test the ordering of breakfast for $8 per person for the next 2 months
- The order will need to be placed online
- Details to follow
Brags and Confessions
Chris
- Chris and his wife attended the Peking Acrobats show and really enjoyed it
- Chris and his wife also celebrated their 26th wedding anniversary
Wayne Massing
- Traveled to the Tri-Cities to attend a play
- They then went to dinner at Anthony's
- They then played Bingo a Tri-Cities based Rotary Club
Jim
- Back from a trip to Kauai and an enjoyable vacation
Bill - $100
- Bill will be 79 on Friday Feb 27th
- He has now practiced law for 49 years
Carol
- Jim and Carol both recently celebrated birthdays
- Thier ages are apparently classified
Kelly (and Alan)
- Kelly and Alan also just returned from a trip to Kauai
- They were able to avoid Jim and Carol the whole time!
Faviola
- She has a grandson that just turned 1 year old
Robin
- Robin recently received a cortisone shot that had a severe reaction
- Her blood pressure jumped to extremely high levels (220+/110+) that could have caused a stroke. Thankfully she avoided severe results
Program - Major Morris Hahn, Commanding Officer of the Pangborn Composite Squadron, Civil Air Patrol
- Tom Green was also in attendance (a former County Commissioner)
Major Hahn spent 8 years in the Marine Corps, He then spent 28 years in the San Diego Police Department. He then worked as private security for 10 years.
Major Hahn spent 3 years as the Squadron Commander in the CAP. He was moved to the role of Major and Commanding Officer. He is responsible for 26 squadrons in Washinton.
The Civil Air Patrol has 60,000 members across the U.S. in 52 wings. There are members in Japan and Germany.
Members can join from 12 years old to 18 years old. They can stay until they are 20 years old. Some of the members come from Junior ROTC High School programs. There were 124 new members in 2022 in Washington State.
The Ephrata group meets on the 2nd Thursday of each month. They also host the Flight Academy for the 26 squadrons.
The members and leadership of the Civil Air Patrol are not paid for their service. The leadership is made up of people like Major Hahn and Mr. Green, who have diverse leadership experience in several areas of expertise.
- Note: The Civil Air Patrol was the group that provided the flag ceremony for the Rotary Conference at the Wenatchee convention center.
The Civil Air Patrol was founded December 1st, 1941. This made them a separate organization from the former Army Air Corps.
- The responsibilities were to:
- Hunt for submarines
- Transport targets for war games - This assignment cost the lives of 27 people from friendly fire.
The CAP is a non-profit organization. Their funding mostly comes from their Wreaths Across America combined with community contributions. The U.S, Air Force provides the fuel for the airplanes in the CAP.
There 50-60 pilots in Washington State. The planes in our area are based in Ephata, Moses Lake, and Yakima.
Some of the projects in Aerospace include:
- Education on ground systems
- Flying
- 5 powered flights
- These include being scramble exercise targets for F15 fighters.
- They also flights as DEA spotters looking for drug farms in some states.
- 5 Glider flights
- High Altitude Balloons
The members may go on to become fighter pilots in the military.
The Cadets are given exposure to Aerospace (Cyberspace), Leadership, and Emergency Services Training. They attend a 1-week boot camp during the summer, Other activities include color guard duties, and attendance at Pangborn events.
Raffle
Milt did not win the raffle this week. $254 dollars and growing!
Joke of the Week
It doesn't matter if you're tall, short, thin, fat, rich, or poor, at the end of the day... it's night.
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