October 3, 2023

The meeting was called to order at 7 am by President Rebecca Lyons

. "Good morning, Sunbeams!"

The Pledge of Allegiance

The Invocation was delivered by Jim Adamson.

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.

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 Watermill Winery

October 28th - Pet Parade at Pybus - Marketing Committee

       Kathleen, Allie, Jennifer, Emma, Woody, Glenn

• Photo booth 
• Parade
• Judges
• Partner's

October is World Polio Month - October 24th is Polio Day

• The 40th Anniversary of Rotary's Fight to End Polio will be in 2028
• There are currently only two countries with Polio
• Pakistan
• Afghanistan

Breakfast for Tuesday Meetings

• Kelly Walker is now handling the pick up of the breakfast orders
• Please send her your order by noon Monday
• kwalker@cvb.bank

Social Events - Carol Adamson

• October event ended up at Bill and Sharon McDowell's home
• 20+ people were in attendance
• Fun was had by all
• Christmas Party - Wenatchee Museum - Dec 14th @6pm
• White Elephant Gift

Brags and Confessions

• Carol Adamson
• Thank you to Bill and Sharon McDowell for offering their home for the social last week after the original location was unexpectantly closed by the city.
• Alan Walker
• After 117 days, the city has finally issued a permit that allows the Food Bank project to resume
• Now Alan has to get all of the contractors back to continue the project
• Kathleen McNalty
• She celebrated her 35th wedding anniversary on Orcas Island
• Wayne Massing
• Sent to Seattle
• He went to the Museum of Flight
• He also met with a group of his coworkers who he hadn't seen in quite some time
• Taro Masudo
• His daughter attends Pinnacles Prep
• She started and is now the President of her middle school Rotary Club
• Rebecca Lyons
• Her daughter Mari is now working 2 jobs
• One is at Crumbl - she gets to bring one huge cookie home after each shift - Rebecca is loving/hating that benefit

Program - The Pangborn Memorial Airport Director - Trent Moyers

        

Trent Moyers

Trent Moyers works very hard for our regional airport. Trent was called upon by Maria Cantwell to represent small airport operators by testifying before the U.S. Senate Transportation Committee in Washington D.C.

Here is a link to the NCW Life story:

Pangborn chief addresses airport woes at U.S. Senate committee | News | ncwlife.com

Here is a link to Trent's testimony:

Trent Moyers, CDRPA Director of Airports - Commerce Committee Testimony on Vimeo

Trent is a family man with four children.

The airport has been in operation since 1941. Recently there have a number of substantial projects at the airport including:

• A new apron that can handle 3 Boeing 737's
• A new taxi area improvement to meet regulations regarding the height of the taxi area to the height of the runway
• A new lighting system to increase the amount of light by 65% allowing flights to land safely with 1/2 mile visibility in the winter, cutting the distance in half
• For a complete copy of the presentation, click here.

Trent explained how the taxes and fees on a ticket help pay for airport improvements:

• Taxes on a ticket help pay for airport projects
• Fees on a ticket fund the 10% match that the airport has to pay for projects funded by the government, who pays the other 90% for approved projects from a fund 

Trent shared a lot of information in a very entertaining and informative way. He is clearly relaxed and experienced presenting ideas to groups of people. We are lucky to have him in charge of our airport. The future looks bright.

Raffle

David Barshes missed finding the special marble in the bag, and also missed winning $163! Better luck next time!

Next Week's Speaker

Next weeks program Carl French - Food Safety Manager for Dayka & Hackett