October 3, 2023

The meeting was called to order at 7 am by President Craig Reese. "Good morning, Sunbeams!"

The Pledge of Allegiance

The Invocation was delivered by Jay Higgins.

District Governor Visit

On Tuesday, October 17, 2023, our Rotary District 5060 District Governor Marjolein Lloyd will visit and address the club during our meeting. 

The Wenatchee Sunrise Board of Directors and Executives will meet with her the previous night at El Agave. Please RSVP to Carol. She needs a head count of all attendees including guests.

Here is a link to this month's video from the District Governor. Click here

October Fund Raiser - Downtown Cleanup - Kathleen/Rebecca

• From 1st to Kittitas
• 4-6 hours 2x/week
• Sign-up sheet in progress
• We will be wearing Rotary Gear
• This is a contract with the Wenatchee Downtown Association.
• Work from 3-5pm on Tue 10/10 then social at 5pm at Pybus

October 28th - Pet Parade at Pybus - Marketing Committee

       Kathleen, Allie, Jennifer, Emma, Woody, Glenn

• Photo booth 
• Parade
• Judges
• Partner's

October is Polio Month - October 24th is Polio Day

• Wayne wore his red shirt that he picked up in Melbourne.

Club Social - October 5th at Union Hill Cider Co. - 5:30pm

• Here are some photos from the social on Oct 5th.

Rotary Eco Team at Wenatchee Valley College

• Showing people how to separate and dispose of recyclables 

Pollinator Event 10/28/2023 - Julie Banken

• Property has been set aside for cleanup for pollinator project.
• Sign up to help prepare the property located near the movie theater and the State of Washington Department of Highways
• Click Here to Sign Up

Exchange Student - Laerke Anderson Update

• Jim and Carol took Laerke up to Plain/Lake Wenatchee/Icicle Gorge Trail to spend the day and see the sights.
• Laerke had her first "biscuits and gravy" meal
• Here are photos from the trip.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

Brags and Confessions

Kathleen McNalty

• a month of travel
• Buenos Aires
• Uruguay
• Seattle
• Kansas City
• Toronto

Wayne Massing

• Wayne attended a 60th and 70th birthday party
• He was in Port Ludlow
• He went to the Squiem Rotary Meeting
• They have a very active Rotaract club
• He took a metal detector and found a can on the beach

Jennifer Moraski

• Jennifer and her husband took off on their Baseball Honeymoon
• They went on a tour of a number of stadiums and Cooperstown for the hall of fame (with her parents)
• Seattle
• NY
• Boston
• Freedom Trail Tour
• Philadelphia 
• NY Mets
• Chelsea Food Tour
• Seatle - Last game of the season
• Jennifer also won her family Fantasy Baseball league

Jay Higgins

• Covid
• He is a crisis responder
• He has 2 sons - one is quieter than the other
• He heard from his boss that he met Jay'w quiet son at a Rotary meeting at another club

Alan Walker

• He and Kelly are celebrating their 17th anniversary
• They grandson turning 3yr and a on turning 28

Program - The Wenatchee Wild -  Bliss Littler

        

Bliss Littler

Bliss is a seasoned and wildly successful part of the sport of hockey. His record includes being the winningest coach in US junior hockey history with 836 career victories behind the bench with a winning percentage of .635.  Click Here for a detailed story about Bliss on the BCHL Network website.

The new WHL team in Wenatchee is the #1 league to find NHL players. It is a level above the previous Wenatchee franchise.

There are two other leagues:

• NAHL - Requires too much trave due to the distances between teams
• BCHL - not the best standards

The Western Hockey League took their time deciding to locate in Wenatchee. After a discussion in the earlier part of the year, the decision was made in August leaving Bliss and his staff only a couple of months to prepare for the season. David White and the WHL came to an agreement and the Wild took the next step forward for Wenatchee Hockey.

There are 2 paths the players can take to play in the NHL:

• Path 1 - Traditional Path
• Play junior hockey
• Play college hockey
• Hope to go Pro

• Path 2 - THE WHL PATH
• Play in the WHL
• Earn one year of college tuition per year played
• OR
• Get picked up by the NHL and use the tuition earned to go to college in the future

The NHL teams own many of the WHL teams.

The #11 pick in the NHL draft will play in Wenatchee. There are 2 more Wenatchee players in NHL camps right now. These drafted players can play in the WHL. This generally means that players can play longer in Wenatchee while waiting for their place in the NHL.

This results in higher caliber players that are more serious about their hockey careers.

Changes for the Town Toyota Center include upgraded lighting and an increased number of games from 56 to 64 games.

Wenatchee playing in the WHL also puts us in the center of the action with teams in Spokane, Portland and Seattle to name a few.

WHL team's draft players at 14 years old. They must be good enough at 17 or they are dropped. They retain the right to the player until they are 21.

The NHL drafted players must be 18 years old.

Raffle

Mark Van Horne missed finding the special marble in the bag, and also missed winning $158! Better luck next time!

Next Week's Speaker

Next weeks program Trent Moyers - Airport Master

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