December 12th Notes

The meeting today was run by President Craig Reese. 

Our guest today was our foreign exchange student Laerke.

Announcements

• Carol, Kelly, and Becky reminded everyone that the Christmas party is on December 14th, 50 people were signed up, there's no dress code
• If you signed up for Dancing with the Stars, pay Kelly
• Lark shared a bucket list that included things like bowling, she went skiing for the first time, she has a Christmas party coming up and a trip to Ocean Shores
• Julie announced that the rotary youth exchange group met and had a great meeting
• Mark is partnering with the museum to teach students how to use 3-D printers starting in February or March, he will need volunteers to help
• Earl thanked the volunteers who helped wrap Christmas presents at the Bruce house (Earl, Emma, Kathleen, Milt, Wayne and Chris Steele)
• Kathleen announced that the marketing committee decided to do a kids' craft table at Pybus' day of Christmas on the 16th
• Rebecca said she will continue to bring in treats for breakfast, she is asking for donations for the items such as oatmeal, no need for donations for the baked goods

Brags & Confessions

• Mark, didn't go to the meeting last week, was on the dance cam at the Wild game, saw Bill O. get on the kiss cam!
• Jim & Carol went to Cancun
• Jennifer, visited Florida and enjoyed yoga on the beach and kayaking amongst the alligators
• Allan, went to Bellevue
• Craig, went to Boise to visit his son and his family

Program - Carl and Jay's Classification Talks

• Carl is a food safety manager, specifically for produce
• He lives in Malaga with his wife Kirsten and daughter Colette
• Graduated from high school in California and was in the band
• Got introduced to rotary in high school where he was in the interact club
• Graduated from University of California Davis, studied animal science, was on the livestock judging team, met his wife there
• Started out his career by working at a pistachio plant

• Jay is a designated crisis responder
• His father is in recovery from a sub-dermal hematoma
• Jay was born in 1965
• Was a school counselor in Wenatchee for 22 years
• Navy brat
• Graduated from Olympic high school in Silverdale
• WSU Masters degree in counseling
• Moved to Wenatchee in 1993
• Jim introduced him to Sunrise Rotary, and he was a member before moving to Leavenworth and managing a restaurant there
• He still plays the alphorn on Sundays
• Spent 8 years in navy intelligence
• Has 3 children
• Was a chaplain at the scout jamboree this past summer
• As of January 1st, he'll have 1 year of full designation

 

Mark's raffle ticket was drawn, but he did not pick the winning marble. The raffle pot was up to $231. 

Joke

Allan: My friend David lost his ID, now we call him Dave.