June 14th ABCs

Announcements:


The Board has received very positive feedback about the Apple Century Bike Ride.  Bikers from all over the world report that this is one of their favorite rides.

The club received a thank you note from the Friends and Family of United Nicaragua thanking us for our donation to Stove Team International.

The club received a thank you note from the class of 2016 thanking us for the donation to their senior class party.

Rebecca Lyons has now been approved by the board for membership and is in her one week waiting period for comments.

Kevin Love had two requests:  Can someone attend a 5:00 meeting this Thursday at McDee's to look at a final set of plans for the Rotary park shelter?  Brian Thorpe filled the other request by being willing to help out with raising and lowering the flags as needed.

Paul Harris Recipient:  Bryan Noyd received a multiple Paul Harris Fellow pin in recognition for contributing another $1000 to The Rotary Foundation!


Brags and Confessions:

Kevin Love's daughter, Andrea, finished her school principal's certification.  Daughter Emily in New York will be coming to Seattle to spend time with the family for the week.

Annie LaCroix has been accepted to the Master's program in functional medicine.

Earl Crowe's daughter, Emma, is on the drill team at Pioneer Middle School.  Earl has been asked to teach at the college this fall.

Joanne Rosenthal is thankful for all of Maggie's hard work as secretary substitute while she was gone.

Alan Walker's youngest son just graduated.

Bill McDonald reported that Craig Robertson did well at the Cusick Cup tennis tournament last weekend.

Today's Program:

There were three different speakers today.  The first was Teresa Mata, the recipient of the Rotary Youth Leadership Award.  Teresa is also currently the Vice President of our local Rotaract.  Teresa spoke about how valuable her leadership training experience was and how grateful she was for the experience.  She is headed to the University of Washington this fall.  For the summer, she is working as a cashier at Home Depot so be sure to stop in and say hello!






Our other two presenters today were are own Rotarians giving classification talks.  Newer Rotarian, Dick Baker and...experienced Rotarian, Milt Herman.

Dick Baker spoke about his life experience helping people in a community and attributed much of it to his two grandfathers.  One grandfather was always helping out in the community, long before AAA or any other type roadside services.  His other grandfather was a Shriner- a group that helps children who can't afford medical care.  Much of his life has been inspired by the "OO" moments:  Is this an Obstacle or and Opportunity.  He credits is wife for setting the example of someone who can make the most of any "OO" moment.
Dick currently works for Mobile Fleet Services, a family run business.  He and his wife also have a Bed and Breakfast.
He is from Billings, MT and after traveling to various places such as New York, he realized he prefers the slower pace of West Coast living.



Milt Herman was born 75 years ago in Des Moines, Iowa.  His first job was selling Coca Cola Bottles out of a little red wagon to a construction crew.  At about age 11, he move to North Dakota and then in high school, his family moved to Denver- a life long dream of his dad's.   He attended high school with Jan, his current wife, although they never met in high school.  They met after at a wedding!  They have been married for 55 years this May.  Jan and Milt moved to Tacoma where he finished his degree at PLU.  Milt then went to Chicago to attend Optometry school.  During that time, he drove tour buses through Wenatchee and finally made the decision to move here.  He started an Optometry office in Wenatchee and the Methow Valley.  He joined Rotary in 1975 at the invitation of Bill Bumps and became the president of the Downtown club in 1985.  In 1986, he helped charter the Sunrise club!