November 22

Announcements:

Have you checked in with Lucas yet?  His phone number is 881-8616 and he has a whole list of fun things he wants to do while he is here.  Let's help make his trip one to remember!

Christmas Party is December 15th at Ridgeline Graphics!  Cost is $18 per person, and catered by Olive Garden.  RSVP To Wayne now!  There will be a while elephant gift exchange.


The Foundation Award was presented to Wayne today.  This award represents our club having 100% participation in donating to the Rotary Foundation.  Additionally, our club has 100% participation as Sustaining Members ($100.00 or more per member).  We are one of only tow clubs in our district with this distinction.

 A big thanks to Leonard for speaking for a few minutes regarding the history of Rotary. Leonard joined Sunrise Rotary in 1968 and has watched the club participate in many projects including the train depot down at waterfront park, the performance shelter at Centennial Park, the 30 years of the Bike Ride and the growth of the Challenge Scholarship Program.  Leonard gave the induction charge to the new members.










 Four new members were inducted today:

Joel Banken, Chris McDarment, Laura Singletary and Robin DeRock.

New member Laura Singletary and sponsor Kathleen McNalty

New member Chris McDarment (with wife Holly) and sponsor Eric Holmberg











New member Robin DeRock and sponsor Maggie Nelson

New member Joel Banken and sponsor Patty Rush.














Brags and Confessions:

Robin loves Hockey and there was something about getting lots of points.

Kathleen told us about AJ, a challenge scholar, being a dancer in the Holiday Spice performance. Kathleen gave us a little hip hop preview!  She also found some calculus tutors!

Alice had hand surgery but was still able to pay a dollar in congratulations of Russell Wilson's performance against the Pats on Sunday!  Go Hawks!

Erik paid a dollar for the Husky win this weekend and then psychically paid a dollar for their future win this weekend.  He also paid $20.00 because his mug was in the paper- in color!

John welcomed his son an daughter-in-law to Rotary.

PJ was happy to report a new door for the Women's Resource center and bids us all farewell until April.

Tom is 80 and highly recommends NOT eating at the Ardenvoir cafe.  Better luck on your 90th birthday lunch, Tom.

Our Classification talks today were from Matt Eastman and Bobby Black.

Bobby Black is originally from Orange, CA and eventually made his way to Wenatchee.  It was at the Wenatchee city pool that he met his wife, Brook.

They went to Western together, graduated and were married in Chelan. They have three daughters, Lauren (9), Paige (6) and Natalie (2).  The girls have taught him the beauty and amazement of non-stop communication.
Bobby was not always a hiker but after a miserable first hike to Lake Ruth and a subsequent difficult but less miserable hike over Aasgard pass, Bobby is now an avid hiker and has summited Mount Rainer with his Father in Law, Keith.  He currently works at North Cascades Bank as a loan officer.




Matt Eastman was born in Spokane and was
raised a Cougar.  After his graduation from WSU, he moved to Bellevue but didn't like how populated it was.  He and his wife moved back to Wenatchee in 2005.  They have two kids, Ellie and Finnegan.  Finnegan was named after his wife's 12% Irish Heritage but further investigation showed that Finnegan is actually Scottish.
Matt is an avid hunter and fisherman and was able to do a big hunt in Canada where he and his brother both killed a Moose. He also enjoys skiing and other outdoor activities.  Currently he works at Eastman Insurance.