March 26 meeting notes

President Craig opened the meeting and welcomed guests Dan Feil (E. Wen Rotary), and Gary Looney (former Sunrise member now in Arizona).

Announcements

Here is the link for last week's program on environmental sustainability presented by Rotarian Kris Cameron, and the sign up link to work a recycle station in the food/craft park during Apple Blossom.

Program - Presentation PowerPoint:

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1nEaeuy7gmSBmnH_HxbNlGsK61TzzqD2XmfixKZMSi7Q/edit?usp=sharing

Apple Blossom Volunteer Sign-up Sheet:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1df6q_K01tPyPDT2a4eurWihrtoM5e-hv6z4e0dBAwv8/edit?usp=sharing

Wayne announced that we have sold over 2000 tickets so far.  Keep selling.

Our new communications and database software (DACdb) training coming up - Thursday at 7:00 for the Board (anyone can join however), and Tuesday, April 2 at our club meeting for everyone to see how to use DACdb and the Ignite app.  Instructions on how to log in below.  Try to do this before the training.

Kathleen has purchased tickets to the All Service Club Luncheon on May 1.  We can get a second table if needed.  Contact Kathleen and give her a 26 check (or cash).  The featured speaker is Jen Meuller, an Emmy award winning producer and sports broadcaster based in Seattle.  She currently serves as the Seattle Seahawks radio sideline reporter and is a member of the Mariners television broadcast team.  She is a business communications expert and has published three books.

Rebecca asked everyone to complete the online survey she sent out last week.  Contact her if you didn't get one.  This information will help plan our next couple years.  Rebecca also sent around a list of next year's committees so you can think about which you would like to sign up for.

Our strategic planning event was cancelled due to lack of participation.  We can try again for a weeknight in April. More info to come.  

Brags and Confessions

Milt connected with one of his former challenge scholarship mentees who is in his third year of med school at UW.  He will be doing 10 months of rotations at CVCH in Wenatchee.

Kelly spent time with grandkids in Disneyland.

Alan didn't go to Disneyland, but had a birthday March 16 and was interviewed by NCW Life TV.

Becky is going to Paris for a week with her husband's business trip.

Mark said the museum's 3-D printing class will be from April 16- June 6.  He will celebrate his birthday Friday by going to the Wild Hockey playoff game.

Kathleen is back from Phoenix where she attended 4 baseball games.

Eric met his 4th grandchild, sold his house, and bought a condo by the golf club in East Wenatchee.

Wayne M had a birthday March 1 (he donated his years plus a late fee).

Craig will be leaving for three weeks in Burundi with a group of 12 (including Emma).  Rebecca will take over leading the meetings.

Kathleen announced that Jennifer completed all her new member tasks and is now officially a full member.  She was the program today.

Sgt at Arms - Wayne M

Rebecca and Emma were fined for being late.  Craig fined Wayne for getting Emma's name wrong.

Program

New member Jennifer Moraski gave a great classification talk with a picture slide show.

Check out her presentation by clicking here.

After Notes

Mark won the raffle draw AGAIN, but didn;t pull the right marble.

Here are a few pictures of Laerke visiting area Rotary Clubs while Carol and Jim sold raffle tickets.

Exchanging banners with Cashmere President Mark Shorb.

Presenting to East Wenatchee President Charlie Brown.

Exchanging banners with Leavenworth President Mahala Murphy Martin.

Jim selling tickets to Past District Governor Karl Ruether.

Presenting the poop raffle to the Leavenworth Club.

March 12 Meeting Notes

President Craig opened the meeting today.  He welcomed visiting Rotarians Robin DeRock (Confluence) and Mark Shorb (Cashmere).

Announcements

Alan asked for volunteers to serve as parade marshalls for the Apple Blossom Youth Parade on April 27.  This is a fun service we've done for the past several years.  Go to this link https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090C4DAFA72DA7F58-48442481-2024 and sign up for the youth parade, and the first option (Youth Parade Route).  Enter your info and shirt size.

Road Apple Roulette tickets sold at 1400+ so far.  Some activities coming up where we can sell.  More on the dates and places later.

The club Board and members will be getting the new communications website (DACdb) and app (Ignite) training over the next few weeks.

President-elect Rebecca will be sending out a club survey soon.  This will help her in planning for next year.  Watch you email, and please fill out and submit (it will be online).

Julie talked about the conference she and Joel attended in Vancouver, BC.  The North American Youth Exchange Network attracted over 500 youth exchange leaders for around the world to discuss various issues related to the YE program.

Craig invited members interested in joining the Board for a strategic planning session facilitated by district leaders on March 23 (9:00 - 12:00).  It will be by Zoom, and people can connect at their homes.  Contact Jim Adamson if interested and he can get you the link.

Mark Shorb of the Cashmere Rotary Club announced the they are doing a pickleball tournament June 29-30 at their Founders Day event.  He is looking of business sponsors and players.  See Jim Adamson if you need a sponsor form.  Player sign ups will be later.

Brags & Confessions

Earl bragged about the UW beating the Cougs in basketball (an upset).

Carol bragged about Laerke doing such a great job when we visited the other clubs in the area, and bragged on Julie for the great work she is doing in the YE program.

Kevin had a birthday on Feb. 22.  He and Lynn were on a 17-day ski trip, but it was interrupted by Kevin's brother-in-law passing away.

Chris went to California for a wildfire mitigation conference related to power lines and utilities.

Rebecca bragged that she attended a women-only power tool workshop, but failed to recognize Jennifer's husband, John, who own the shop.

Wayne S. went to the Chelan club with his wife and Laerke to sell RAR tickets.

Alan bragged on Julie and Joel and their son Zach for the good work they for the YE program.  Alan also said his brother did some work on the family tree and got it back to Adam and Eve (is it the truth?).

Sgt. At Arms

Wayne gave Craig a chance to brag about his trip to Florida.  Craig attended the Echo Global Farming conference.  The EGF helps people from developing countries learn farming and nutrition methods.

Julie was fined for the nice photo of Cashmere that had in the Foothill magazine.

Wayne also mentioned that one of the Australian Group Study Exchange team members who visited the Wenatchee area several years ago has passed away following a long battle with cancer.

Program

Laerke (our Denmark YE student) gave her presentation today.  She had a great program with slides, and talked about Denmark.  She discussed their government, traditions, food, schools, sports, language, geography, economy, and history.

Laerke talked about her life before coming on the exchange,and the differences she has observed in the US.  She has been very involved in activities at WHS  and in our community.  She has visited many places around the state, and will be leaving for Hawaii for a week, and then New York and DC on YE tours.

After Notes

Mark's raffle ticket was drawn.  He opted for the marble pot but didn't draw the right marble.

March 5th Meeting Notes

Scroll down to read an update from Pearl!

Announcements

• Kathleen - April 2nd is a training for the ignite app, waiting for confirmation for 2 other dates
• Kelly - justice gala, membership meeting is at Cashmere Valley Bank on March 15th
• Alan - social is not tonight, next Tuesday night, tap room, 
• Laerka - busy week, joined tennis, joined theater, skiing, arcade, bowling, lunch with rotary counselor
• RAR - 1251 tickets sold, senior center article, sell tickets at senior center lunch time Wednesday the 20th, thank you Allie for the shirts, send Emma an email, first shirt free second one costs $20
• Rebecca - Made apple pecan bread

Brags

• Eric - 4th grand baby, spent 10 days in france with Joseph their exchange student skiing, met with son in Israel 
• Wayne - confession, hot steaming water, held it out the window
• John Schapman - school auction went well
• Jim - WSU cougar basketball team is finally ranked, cashmere club Wednesday, East Wenatchee club Thursday, Leavenworth Friday, confluence club Tuesday
• Alan - He put a dinner with him and Kelly up for auction 4 years ago, they finally had the dinner last week
• Rebecca - Astoria Oregon, fisher poets, caught a cold
• Wayne Steele - Chelan club today

Chad Holiday

• race car driver super oval
• 2-20 cars a day, always working on a race car
• Super Oval is 50 years old
• Racing since he was 15, won races and was hooked
• Upgraded facility
• Saturday nights
• Starting when you’re 7, like a little league
• Racing full size cars at 12
• Racing with no one in the stands, NCW Life broadcasted it
• $35,000 cars
• 11 cars in 2021
• 2022 had 20 cars in that class
• Currently have 23 cars in class, quickest building class in the northwest
• Racing is stupid expense, there should be AA for it
• Buy engine locally
• No electric race cars in his lifetime
• 4,800 square foot shop at his house
• Wife used to race
• He worked at McDonald’s to afford his first car
• More sponsors equal more work for the racer
• Most people have lots of sponsors
• Build car, sponsors to help run on a weekly basis
• Went to a lot of NASCAR races
• 3rd weekend of April is opening night

Raffle

Bill's ticket was pulled, he chose to spin the wheel and won $5. 

Mark's joke: A snail was having trouble racing, so he got rid of his shell. It made him more sluggish!

Update from Pearl:

Time is flying! I can't believe it's already March! Here is my recap of the month :) -

February was so fun, maybe one of my best months here yet! The first week of February here there is something called Chrysostomos. It’s the graduating class’s ‘big thing’ kind of like the senior prank in the US. They get to lock all the younger grades in the school courtyard and basically just chase everyone down and completely trash them for an hour. They all bring lipsticks, hair coloring spray, smoke bombs, whipped cream, and basically whatever they can think of. 

At the end of that, the two grades right below the graduating class are invited to a show the graduating class puts on where they make fun of a ton of different teachers and students who end up on their ‘blacklist’ and bring them on to stage to do funny challenges and get even more filthy. I got to go to that but the lower grades still have to go to class, although the classrooms are also all completely trashed. It was super fun. The one not so fun part was by the end of the day everything and everyone smelled absolutely awful from the whipped cream. 

After Chrysostomos there’s a short vacation. My host mom took her last host daughter and I to Spain together for almost the whole week. Spain was so beautiful. We visited Madrid, Valencia, and Barcelona. I think Madrid was my favorite city, but La Sagrada Familia in Barcelona was my favorite activity. It was so intricate and beautiful. 

The weekend after school started back up was carnival. The carnival in Flanders is a very unique carnival. The carnival ‘royals’ spend around 30k each on things to throw into the crowd during parades so I now have more candy and stuff than I know what to do with. There was so much color and fun music, it was a really unique experience. February was a great month! 

Me after Chrysostomos

February 27 meeting notes

 Announcements

Laerke gave her weekly report.  Kathleen took her and a friend to Seattle for the weekend.  Lots of food and fun.  She will be playing tennis and doing some theater this spring at the high school.  She leaves in a couple weeks for Hawaii, and then to New York shortly after getting back.

Earl reminded everyone to pay their quarterly dues.  Next quarter's dues will be emailed out in April.

RAR - Wayne reported that about 1200 tickets have been sold so far (3800 to go).  T-shirts will be made at Allie's home next Monday at 5:00.  Everyone is welcome to help.  Her address is 1400 Westpoint Pl, Wenatchee.     Wayne S and Chris will be going to the Chelan club to sell tickets.  Jim & Carol will be visiting Leavenworth (3/8), Cashmere (3/6), Wenatchee (13), and East Wenatchee (3/7).  Let them know if you'd like to join them.  Anyone want to do Confluence?

March 23 will be a non-profit day at Pybus for organizations to set up booths and talk to people about their groups.  We will have a booth to sell tickets and answer questions about Rotary (new members?).

Kathleen reported that we will soon be switching from ClubRunner to DacDB for our website.  There will be a training on the new web system on 3/19 or 3/26, and another on 4/9 to go over the new app we can use to access club and member info.

March 23 from 9-12 the Board will be doing a zoom meeting with district facilitators to work on strategic planning for the coming few years.

Brags and Confessions

Earl has a new grandbaby (Ethan and member Kaity VanWeerdhuizen) named Isabell.

Kelly got to have time with her grandbaby.

Allie spent 3 days skiing at Mission with a friend, but got run into on the first day, so is bruised up.

Wayne (Sgt. at Arms) had Julie come up and recognized her (and fined her $2) for the nice color picture in the paper.  She had an article as a Master Gardener.  He also recognized her for the great work she does in the district youth exchange program.

Program

Mark introduced Ruben Payan Jr. as our program speaker.  Ruben is a former Marine who has climbed the 8 major mountains in the world over the last 10 years.  He talked about how he transformed his life, and is now promoting positive thinking and motivation through his climbing.  Each climb is to honor taking on life's mountains, and inspiring others to reach their full potential and live beyond their limits.

Ruben does motivational speaking, and is a realtor in the Wenatchee area.

Ruben has written a book on his journey and has created a short film.  He is now writing a second book and making a longer film.  More info can be found on his website at www.powerfulhuman.com.

Wayne won the raffle draw.  We now have the option of trying to draw the marble for what is in the pot (now $65) or spinning the wheel to get anywhere between $2 and $30.  He chose the wheel and won $10.