November 26 meeting notes

Announcements

Christmas party Dec. 18.  Site to be determined, but put it on your calendar.  Family and friends invited.

Thanks to John Schapman for hauling an old freezer to the Dryden transfer station for a family.

We still need half of you to fill out the club survey sent out a couple weeks ago through Survey Monkey.  The information is not very useful if all of you don't give us your feedback.  Please do this asap.  Contact Rebecca Lyons, John Schapman, or Jim Adamson if you don't have the survey link any longer and we will resend it.  Thanks.

Adele is ready to start skiing, and heads for Silver Star in Vernon, BC, December 6.

Brags and Confessions

Chris McDarment went to see his son play water polo at CWU.
PJ Jones bragged about Montana State and Utah football victories.
Erik Holmberg was disappointed enough not to renew his UW season tickets, but was glad Oregon got beat.  Apple Cup this Friday afternoon.  GO COUGS! (editors note).
Kathy Hamilton also gave a buck for the COUGS (all the other WSU fans were fined - again).
Robin Derock's hockey team (Blackhawks) have now lost 3 in a  row.  She also said that next Wednesday is her last day of work (paid anyway).  She also mentioned that the Confluence club now has 89 members, and inducted the last two at a meeting at her home.  She encouraged us to get with it and bring in some great new members.
Wayne Massing and his wife are back from a trip to Portland.

Program

Mary Gilmore and George Templeton were here today to tell us about the Life Flight Network.  This helicopter and fixed-wing ambulance company has been serving for 41 years.  They have 28 bases in WA, OR, ID, and MT. They are the largest non-profit service of this type in the US, and are owned by four PNW and Inter-mountain hospitals.  Each flight has a team of 2 critical care professionals.  They average about 10 flights out of Wenatchee each month, although the closet bases are in Brewster and Moses Lake.  Life Flight offers memberships that will cover the cost for a person and their family.

Meeting Notes - November 19

Visiting Rotarians

Jim and Laurie White, members of the Wenatchee Rotary Club, attended our meeting.

Visiting Guests

Kevin McKee and daughter Cheyenne, who is potentially going to be an outbound YE Student.

Alicia Adams, MD at Columbia Valley Community Health

Adele, our YE Student from Switzerland.

Announcements

PJ Jones was presented the October Rotarian of the Month award by President Taro Masuda for his constantly volunteering for projects within the club.

PJ Jones also announced that the leaves in Ron Griffith's year are about 8 inches deep and we need a team do go out and rake the leaves. Meet at Ron's house (1316 Kittitas, Wenatchee) at 1:30 pm today, Nov. 19th for a couple hours of raking.

Kathleen McNalty asked for volunteers at the "Christmas Family Fun Day" on Saturday, Dec. 7, from 10 AM to 2 PM. Wenatchee Valley Museum & Cultural Center
https://www.wenatcheevalleymuseum.org/event/christmas-family-fun-day-5/

Our club volunteers have 3 shifts available. 1) Saturday, 9-10 a.m. - set up cocoa and cookies. 2) 10 am - Noon - serve cocoa and cookies. 3) Noon - 2 pm - serve cocoa and cookies. If interested, contact Kathleen McNalty (kmcnaulty1@outlook.com) or at 503-866-5599 cell. We will have our club banner there, and Rotary aprons for the volunteers.

Kathleen also announced (for Rebecca Lyons, chair of the Social Committee) that the Wenatchee Sunrise Rotary Club "Holiday Party" will be held on Wed., Dec. 18th, 2019. The venue is still being researched, with possible locations being 1) Ridgeline Graphics, 2) The Wells House at WVCC, 3) Wenatchee Valley Museum and Cultural Center, or 4) The Mercantile in Wenatchee. Food has not been selected yet, but will not be Olive Garden. Stand by for more details as they are revealed!

Laurie Flarity-White from the Wenatchee Rotary Club, and her husband Jim, announced a fundraiser concert for the Wenatchee High School Interact Club. "The Heart of Wenatchee Benefit Concert" will be held at the Riverside Playhouse (233B, North Wenatchee Ave., Wenatchee, behind KPQ Radio building) on Friday, Dec. 6th, 7 pm. Enjoy a fantastic show of local talent while supporting the Chelan-Douglas Land Trust. Contact interactclubwen@gmail.com to pre-purchase tickets, or to get answers to your questions. Tickets are $17 per person.

President Taro Masuda asked the club members how many had received and completed the Club Survey. Most attendees have done so. The email linking the survey to the internet was sent by Rebecca Lyons.

Alan Walker asked those on the Bike Ride Committee to attend tonight's meeting at 5:30 pm at his office, 620 Lewis Street, Wenatchee (Chelan-Douglas Community Action Council). Corner of Lewis and Cascade Streets, parking lot and entrance on East side of building.

Joel Banken asked for volunteer drivers to transport the Youth Exchange students to Silver Star Ski Area in Vernon, British Columbia. The room is already paid for, so contact Joel Banken if interested (509-860-4498). 

Guest Alicia Adams, a doctor from Columbia Valley Community Health, gave an overview of how she found out about Rotary, and how Rotary has helped her with scholarships.

See the November birthday and anniversary dates on the right had column of this blog.

Brags and Confessions

Jim Huffman attempted another Chuck Norris joke, but his comedy met with mixed response.

Jim and Carol Adamson returned from 2 weeks on the island of Maui. Their broad smiles were only out-shadowed by their dark tans!

Robin DeRock cheered her hockey team on for their 4th win. She is also looking to get hired! Contact her if you have a job (509-741-9079).

Chris McDarment missed last week's meeting because of an even bigger meeting hosted by his employer, Chelan Public Utility District.

Erik Holmberg saw "Matilda, the Musical", and his niece was one of the star singers. Eric also told of flying to Las Vegas with his wife Kristen for the Lady Gaga concert and to celebrate his 29th anniversary. The airplane seating was not spacious!

Sargent at Arms

Eric Holmberg fined PJ Jones for taking off for 4 months. He also fined all those seated at tables without any women, and all tables where there weren't any men! A pin check yielded very little in fines. Robin DeRock was fined for her language on Facebook after a recent shopping trip to a local grocery store.

Program

Craig Reese introduced the program, The Rotary Foundation (TRF), and stated that November is Foundation Month.
Jim Adamson assisted Craig in covering the founding of TRF by Archie Klump, and that it was started with only $26.50. The Foundation is one of the top rated charitable organizations in the world. TRF is comprised of the Annual Fund and the Permanent Fund.
John McDarment described some of the local Rotary projects that were funded with District 5060 grant money, or from local grants. Rotary Park, Centennial Park, and NW Harvest are just some of the projects funded with grant money.

Paul Harris Fellow Award

President Taro Masuda and Foundation Chair Craig Reese presented Kathleen McNalty with her first Paul Harris Fellow Award for having contributed at least $1000 in the last year to The Rotary Foundation.

Pot Draw 

Alan Walker was the big $6 winner in the pot draw. He donated it to the club's coffers!

Here is the link where you can see Zachery Banken's posts of his time in India as our outbound YE student.
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1ZgjQx7mhOe3cenawQcP-0KEyWiuJX958

Meeting Notes Nov. 12, 2019

Visiting Rotarians

Gary Sparks, a member of the Wenatchee Rotary Club attended our meeting.

Visiting Guests

Janice Lawell, from a local Lions Club, visited the club.

Announcements

Adele, our Swiss Youth Exchange student, went skiing and bowling. Her Wenatchee High School Bowling Team practices at Eastmont Lanes. Come out and cheer her on!

Gary Sparks and Janice Lawell promoted the annual Apple Cup football game scorecard raffle, and Tailgate Party. The squares on the 2 scorecards are $10 and $20 each. The Party is at the Wenatchee Convention Center on November 22, 2019. Cougar Gold cheese is also available for purchase.

Rebecca Lyons announced that she was getting replies back from the recent club survey sent out by SurveyMonkey. She asked that all club members complete the brief 10 question survey to help make the club better. The email she sent out was from Rebecca Lyons, and the link to the survey is in the body of the email.

Kathleen McNalty announced the next community service opportunity for our club:
Catch the holiday spirit at the Wenatchee Valley Museum & Cultural Center with family crafts and activities during Christmas Family Fun Day on Saturday, Dec. 7, from 10 AM to 2 PM. https://www.wenatcheevalleymuseum.org/event/christmas-family-fun-day-5/

Our club volunteers have 3 shifts available. 1) Saturday, 9-10 a.m. - set up cocoa and cookies. 2) 10 am - Noon - serve cocoa and cookies. 3) Noon - 2 pm - serve cocoa and cookies. If interested, contact Kathleen McNalty (kmcnaulty1@outlook.com) or at 503-866-5599 cell. We will have our club banner there, and Rotary aprons for the volunteers.

David Barshes announced a planning retreat for the Challenge Scholar Committee on Sat., Nov. 16 from 9 am to noon, at the Charter College, 595 Grant Road, #5, East Wenatchee. The details of the Challenge Scholarship Program will be discussed.

Club President Taro Masuda announced a Holiday project for the club: houe decorating for a local family in need, The Talbotts. A "GoFundMe page has been set up for donations. For more information, contact club president Taro Masuda (taro.j.masuda@medtronic.com) or 509-620-2486 mobile.

Wayne Massing thanked the club's veterans for their service: Ron Griffith (Army), Bill McDowell (Army), Jim Huffman (Navy), Earl Crowe (Navy) and Wayne Massing (Navy).

Jim Huffman said that The Bunker, a local veteran assistance office, has some "neat" pins for Vietnam Veterans. Donations accepted. His Chuck Norris joke wasn't funny!

Ruth Dagg met with her Challenge Scholar for the first time. The young woman shared stories with Ruth and said she appreciated the club for presenting her with a scholarship.

Alan Walker talked about the veterans in his family, and about one relative's discharge paper that hangs on Alan's wall.

Women In Rotary will have a meeting at the Wenatchee Museum and Cultural Center on Tuesday Nov. 19th, 5:30 pm to 6:30 pm.

Wayne Massing encouraged club members to read the blog. Currently there are only about 15-20 people who visit the blog weekly (2 of them are the blog writers!). All the dates and information from the meeting is listed in the blog.

See the November birthday and anniversary dates on the right had column of this blog.

Board Meeting Minutes

John Schapman, club secretary, disclosed to the club the minutes of yesterday's board meeeting (Nov. 11, 2019). The following items were in the minutes:

     - The Board approved changes to the Challenge Scholarship Program

     - The Board approved $3000 for the Sister Connection, an African project headed up by Craig Reese

     - The Board discussed the funding received from "The World's Greatest Dinner to End Polio".

     - The Board approved $250 for the Museum Family Fun Day.

    - John reminded the club that elections were coming up by the end of December. If you are interested in a position on the Board, or in club leadership, contact club treasurer John Schapman (jt.schapman@gmail.com) or 509-222-0270 mobile.

Brags and Confessions

Mansour Ravassipour said this was his last meeting until next Spring. He and wife Linda are headed for sunny, warm Arizona!

Wayne Massing and his wife spent 5 hours in the Confluence Emergency Room with his mother-in-law, who had an excessively high blood pressure. She was briefly admitted to the hospital, but was home on Sunday afternoon with a lower blood pressure.

Sargent at Arms

Everyone's dollars were safe. We had NO Sargent at Arms present!

Program

Alan Walker, chairman of the Challenge Scholarship Bike Ride Committee, was the program for this week's Tuesday meeting.

Many points were brought up about the bike ride, including the history of the Bike Ride (33 years), number of miles ridden (100 miles from Pybus Public Market to the far end of Lake Wenatchee and back!), and what is a "SAG wagon" (Support And Gear).

Our average net funds from the bike ride is between $30k-$35k. This year's ride of June 1st netted about $24k. We'd like it to be around $40k.

There are 2 water stops (Cashmere and Beaver Hill) and 2 food pit stops (Leavenworth and the Fire Station at the far end of the Lake Wenatchee). The huge amount of work putting out route arrows and sign boards is usually accomplished by PJ Jones. We need to find someone to shadow PJ and act as his replacement should PJ not be able to do that job.

Many different agencies require permits for us to conduct our bike ride. Washington state, Chelan County, Cities and towns, State Parks, and WSDOT. Matt Eastman takes care of the permits.

Registration was headed up by Lisa Parks, but she has moved to Olympia. Ruth and others are filling in that position. Registration online will start Jan. 1, 2020. Joel McDonald heads that up, as well as the club website. We may need some help with Social Media to promote the bike ride.

John Schapman talked about the bike ride sponsors. Our current expenses are $15k-$20. We currently have between $10k-$15k in sponsors' donations for the 2020 bike ride. John encouraged club members to get sponsors. Alan passed around paper for club members to list potential members to be contacted.

Alan encouraged newer members to get more involved in the bike ride.

Pot Draw 

Kathy Hamilton was the big $30 winner. She donated $15 to the club, and used the other $15 to buy Cougar Cheese at the meeting!

Meeting Notes, Nov. 5, 2019

Visiting Guests

From "Matilda, The Musical" cast and support, we had Kate and Brooke Berry, Ainsley Shearer, Tami Lapoushinsky, Paul Atwood, and Todd & Celia Kiesz.

Betsy McDarment, her daughter-in-law Holly McDarment and Kristen Holmberg also attended.

Visiting Rotarians

Wendell Cayton, from the Rotary Club of Hailey, Idaho, was in attendance. Wendall is a former member of the Wenatchee Sunrise Rotary Club.

Announcements

Rebecca Lyons said that she had sent out a brief survey to all club members. Please look for that in your In Box, complete and return. It's from Survey Monkey.

PJ Jones announced that he had visited the TEAM Learning Center in Wenatchee and had determined that there is some paver work that could be done next Spring.

Club President Taro Masuda passed around a letter and photos from Zackary Banken, our Youth Exchange student in India. He has been there for 3 months, and has been touring around the countryside with his current host family, visiting many festivals there. He is about to move to his next host family's home.

See the November birthday and anniversary dates on the right had column of this blog.

Brags and Confessions

Club President Taro Masuda bragged about his Utes football team winning over the UW Huskies.

PJ Jones seconded the brag about the Utes!

Erik Holmberg bragged going to the UW Husky game, and was upset over their loss to the Utes!

Robin DeRock bragged about her hockey team finally winning a game. They are ranked 25th of 31. She and husband Richard travelled to Santa Barbara, Calif., to celebrate an anniversary!

Jim Huffman surprised home owners with news that their home insurance was inversely proportional to their distance to Chuck Norris!

Erin McCool attended a Private Investigator school in Seattle to get her PI license. She will now be working with Washington State to do investigations.

Matt Eastman bragged that his son was out of his wheelchair and just about back to normal after his 2nd story fall this summer.

Wayne Massing traveled to Lewiston, Idaho, to help his wife's 91 year old family friend with winterizing her condo, and to help her with her new smart phone. Don't expect any calls anytime soon!

Chris McDarment travelled to Walla Walla for a wine club wine tasting. He would not recommend that again, because it was too crowded!

Sargent at Arms

Erik Holmberg did a pin check, and then fined all the WSU fans whose Cougars lost their game this weekend.

Program

Paul Atwood introduced the cast and support member of "Matilda, The Musical".

Ainsley Shearer sang "My House", and Kate Berry and Celia Kiesz sang "Naughty" from the

musical, while Tami Lapoushinsky accompanied the girls on the piano. The ages of the cast members range from 9 years old to 17 years old. Some members have been singing and acting for many years, while other members have only been active for less than 2 years. The girls and Paul Atwood answered questions from the audience.









Club President Taro Masuda presented the Matilda cast members with a book that will be donated in the name "Cast of Matilda, the Musical" to the North Central Washington Children's Library. The book is "The Day the Crayons Came Home."

Pot Draw 

Chris McDarment was the big $10 winner.