October 4th Meeting

Announcements:

Rotaract is starting a club with all new members.  On October 12th, there is an event at Wenatchee Valley College and we will be needing some Rotarians to help staff the booth.   Contact J-Roj to help out!

Youth Exchange Orientation is at the High School on Thursday from 6:30-8:00.  If you know someone interested in being and Outbound exchange student, this is the meeting to attend. Contact Maggie for details.

There are still spaces available for the Boeing Tour- get signed up this week!  October 15th- $70.00 per person.

October 18th Meeting will be at the Wenatchee Police Department!

October 25th Meeting is cancelled!  Instead, we will be having a fellowship on October 24th at the Wenatchee Valley Museum.  All the local Rotary groups will be there to celebrate World Polio Day.
Bring a salad, side dish or dessert.

On October 16th there is a Challenge Scholarship Pizza Party from 1:30-3:30.

SAVE THE DATE!  October 22nd is Make a Difference Day and we will be needing several Sunrise Rotarians to help pick up litter on a 2 mile stretch of Highway east of town by the Hydropark.  Many hands make light and fast work so sign up!

The District Assembly is October 28th.

The Rotary International Conference is April 27th.  Sign up now and our club could win $1000.00 towards a project!

Brags and Confessions:

Earl wrote a check for $20.00 which included:

• $5.00 for being on the radio
• $5.00 for the Huskie's win
• $5.00 for the Coug's victory over the Ducks because he hates Ducks more than Cougs.
• $5.00 for the Husky ranking of 5th!

Jerry is celebrating his 78th trip around the sun.

Classification Talks:

Jill:

Jill's grandparents homesteaded near Rock Island in 1903 and raised dryland wheat.  They increased their acreage to 1200 acres by 1925.  In 1926 her grandfather was killed in a car accident and the farm was left to the grandmother and the boys to take care of.  Unfortunately, in the great depression all the land was lost and the family moved into town.

Jill's mom graduated from Wenatchee Valley Highschool in 1939 and the next year, in 1940, met her dad who had just moved from Missouri.  They were married in 1941, one week before Pearl Harbor.

Jill's dad was drafted in 1943 along with his brothers and all came back safely.

When Jill was born, the family lived on 5-10 acres out a Rock Island.  She was the 3rd of 4 kids.   When she was 6 months old, the family moved into town but after 4 years, her mom really wanted to be back on a farm and the family bought 320 acres out in Malaga.

Jill went to the Malaga school with just a few other students.  

Later, Jill joined the Applachee drill team and went to Jr. College.  While in Jr. College, she worked part time at GTE.  After Jr. College, she went to CWU for three months but was homesick (and in love with a boy...) so she moved home and got her old job back at GTE and then worked her way up the ranks to Sales person and then eventually to trainer.  From GTE, she eventually went to Interwest and just left there 4 years ago.  After her time at Interwest, she started working in the business office at Confluence health where she works today.

Her and her husband have one daughter, Tanya.  Tanya has two kids- a boy and a girl.

Renee:

Renee grew up in the Wenatchee Valley doing a variety of jobs until she finally moved to Ellensburg and got a job as a legal assistant.  Even though it was a great job, it wasn't for her and she knew she wanted to get into event planning.

She was determined to go to WSU and finally ended up there. She is the first person in her family to attend college!

Although she graduated in 2008- the worst time to get a job coming out of college- she managed to land a great gig as the event planner for the Business Center at WSU.  She eventually became a full time recruiter.

After awhile, she decided to move to Spokane where she worked for the MDA association but she found the work heartbreaking decided to move back home to Wenatchee.  Since moving back to Wenatchee, she has been the Social Media Diva for Orchard Corset and now works for Firefly doing marketing.  

She loves motorcycles, karaoke, wine tasting and hiking.  She is a crazy cat lady in training with a total of 2 cats who have determined no more cats are allowed in her house!