January 31, 2023 Meeting Notes

The meeting was called to order at 7 am by President Robin DeRock.

Today is National Backwards Day

Rotary Guests: 

• Shanley Crane (Assistant District Governor) - East Wenatchee Rotary
• Mike Kintner (Next Assistant District Governor) - Downtown Wenatchee Rotary

Guests: 

• Victoria (Allie's guest)

Announcements

Jackie Rector - Grace House Valentines Day

• February 9th - Gifts Due
• February 11th - Gifts Delivered
• $20 Gifts - Please bring in gift bag or wrapped
• Mom's - Ideas - Toiletries, Lotions, Shampoo, etc
• Children - Ages will be available next meeting

Kathleen/Earl - Road Apple Roulette Raffle Tickets available Thursday

• First formal sales event - Home Show February 4th+5th
• Volunteers Needed! Contact Robin/Kathleen
• Tickets will be made available to club members next week
• Talk to Earl, Robin, or Kathleen

Mark - Suite - Wenatchee Wild game - March 18th at 6:05pm - Suite 214

• 9 spots still open - $45 each person 
• Mark will be shopping the remaining seats to the other Rotary clubs

Alan - Bike Ride meeting tonight - Tuesday Jan 31st

• 5:30 Pybus Tap House
• Alan will be updating our club on the bike race as decisions are made

Shanley Crane

• Mike Kintner - He will be taking over the role of Assistant District Governor in 151 days (not that she is counting)
• District Conference - May 17th, 18th, and 19th in Leavenworth
• Registration Is open! Click Here to register
• Big changes planned for this conference
• More interactive
• More non-Rotarian activities
• More events to enjoy
• Rotary Citation Award!


• Shanley explained that Sunrise Rotary earned this prestigious award in 2022 during Kathleen's Presidency.

• This award is earned by meeting at least 13 goals of a possible 25 goals in a single year

Brags and Confessions

Robin

• She cleaned out 9 bags of clothes to make room

Chris

• Attended Godfather's Funeral
• He will be traveling to Napa and Sonoma over the next 2 weeks

Milt

• His daughter is painting the walls of the Museum in the Coyote Corner area
• Jan Cook Mack was the original artist
• Milt's daughter has worked with Jan in the past

Jim

• His granddaughter passed her national nursing test, and has a job in a Portland hospital ER. 
• His grandson has been hired as a Portland Trailblazers Intern

Joel

• His kids have been sharing Covid 
• He is working on an upcoming auction

Alan (and Kelly)

• They made a trip to Olympia his mother-in-law's birthday

Kathleen

• Kathleen is in Delaware caring for her mother
• She will be traveling back and forth sharing the care with her sister who lives in the area

Program - Marriah Thornock, Executive Director, Wenatchee Valley Museum

Wenatchee Valley Museum and Cultural Center - Website 

Marriah Thornock is a member of the Wenatchee Rotary Club (Downtown).

Marriah has been at the museum for 10 years. 

The museum was established in 1939. The museum is two buildings. Each building was the Wenatchee Post Office in the past. The smaller building on the corner of Mission and Yakima was first. When the Post Office moved again, the museum took over the larger building next door. 

The museum has over 40,000 square feet.

There are many items in the museum's inventory from the Wenatchee area. Here are a few:

• Wenatchee's first Fire Truck
• 1929 Wenatchee Rotary Float
• Baseballs from the Wenatchee Chiefs team from 1937 to 1941
• Miss Veedal's last remaining original plane part
• A prop was damaged on the trip from Japan to Wenatchee
• It was replaced but the plane was later lost on a flight across the Atlantic

There are several events every year. They include:

• 3,000 sq/ft of traveling exhibits
• Regional High School Art Show - (This year 3/23/2023)
• Cultural Events including the Day of the Dead
• An annual Salmon feed working with the Wenatchee Tribe which has 10,000 or more attendees

Community Education is a priority. 

• 100,000 Adults and children participated before Covid
• 30,000 participated last year and growing now

Children are a real focus moving forward. The museum invited a cross-section of experts and parents to help identify the needs for the new and improved child targeted experience.

• Improved learning and play space
• More experiential learning options
• Safer play space (stairs needed replaced)

A Rotary District Grant helped the museum improve the Coyote Corner children's area.

The annual budget for the museum is between $900,000 to $1mm. There are 15 staff members.

Revenue comes from donations, community support groups like Rotary, and memberships.  

• There are several types of membership options:
• Friend - $55
• Sponsor - $100
• Patron - $250
• Benefactor - $500
• Basalt Society Member - $1,000+

Click here to view a copy of the presentation.

Raffle 

Jim did not win the raffle this week.  $270 dollars and growing!

Joke of the Week

We had to kick Cinderella off the softball team...she kept running away from the ball.

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