Soundings (10/3/06)
Posted by Stan Dyer
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Invocation and Flag Salute was done nicely by ROBIN SCHMIDT
Visiting Rotarians and guests were introduced by DALE HOLT, to include two from Whatcom North Rotary and two from the 'Big Daddy Club', Bellingham.
Announcements
...seems as though our writer extraordinaire, STOWE, is spending this Tuesday at his Company's Annual BBQ (Company picnic, that is), and since I was not invited, I get to do the Soundings again---as you may know, I do enjoy placing my words in print!!!
...DENISE B reported on the soon to happen event, Grapes & Gourmet, and that is going to occur on 5 November at the Lakeway Inn---still time to buy the early bird tickets at $100 per as well as the non-early bird ducats for just $75 big ones See ORPHALEE or GLENDINE, and they will extract your bucks on any Tuesday. Still some assistance is required for various duties, and that means YOU if you haven't signed up as yet
...ROBIN S. needs help for one, and LYNN T. could use about five more hard workers. Get involved on our year's most important fund raising event.
...JOHN TEMPLETON reported on the most recent Board of directors meeting which took place at his home, and it seems that our Club will be trying to sell our most valued items on eBAY---more details to follow.
...President BARRY is attempting to 'Close the Books' on the Taylor Street Dedication event, so that anyone who was there and had the box lunch, PAY UP the $10 if you haven't already done so!
Bucks in the Bay
...ROBIN S. donated some of her weekly salary to 'the cause' because she and her daughter Elizabeth went to Michigan to attend a a family wedding;
...HAROLD S. gladly threw in his weekly allowance to announce that he finally unloaded that stellar desk that has been hanging around for many a moon;
...TIM McEVOY donated the equivalent of 3 gallons of gasoline for his two weeks in Scotland and the 8 golf courses that he was forced to play on while there;
...RON H. a dollar donation for the recent Michigan win (that would be in football, of course);
...CURTIS S. a mere $4.00 for the 4 consecutive football wins for U-DUB;
...ED ZECH, a peso or two for the recent item in the paper regarding the nice remarks about the Hospital and particularly, about some lab that is located therein (that would be the Cardiac lab, please).;
...PETE R., a dollar or two about something that happened down there in Portland or some place in Oregon;
...DICK S. another donation because of those U of Wash 4 wins in a row---I mean, come on now, USC does that most every time they hit the field, and I attended UCLA!!;.
...LYNN T. to announce that his middle son got employed and also, for his recent trip to Salt Lake City.---where the next Rotary International Convention will be held;
...ORPHALEE S. to praise those who have been doing yeoman work on the Food Bank Project, to include BILL G. and PHIL H. and others;
...PATTI I. for a recent train tour with grandchildren;
...BILL GEYER will now mow ORPHALEE'S grass for her nice comments.
Sergeant at Arms
DALE HOLT gave us the business with his Sgt at Arms duties, to include:
...LYNN T. for one of his kids being married recently;
...BOB BECKER for his new car (and it is a 'duzzy'!!);
...ED ZECH for not being mentioned in the recent news release;
...BYRON will pay BECKER'S fine!!! Hey, what is this?
...DOCTOR EDDIE H.was hit for a dollar or two for not stopping at an accident sight, and that was finked on by PHIL H.;
...GERALD B. was highlighted for his recent article in one of the local mags, and all that did not read this brilliant political item was fined a buck;
...MATT ROSE was cited for being nominated to the Red Cross Board;
...DALE HOLT then threw out 3 technical questions regarding Soccer, and we mostly turned out to be illiterate when it comes to the size of the field, and other information about Soccer that we will now never forget---that is a guess, of course!
Program for the Day
TIM McEVOY (Club President Nominee-2008-2009), introduced BOB MOLES, who gave us a most informative 'up-date' on the Clean Water project that has been (and is) supported by our Club. Fortunately, we have many from our Rotary Club who are involved with this project, to Include BOB, CY, CURTIS, DONNA, GLENDINE as well as many others. All of this 30 minutes was accompanied by a great slide show, letting all of us know the real impact that this Project will have (and is having) on those from Honduras. One can see the poverty that exists there as well as some of the palatial places right in the middle of the squalor. And all of this will be benefited when these filter systems are placed in each and every home that has been identified. Many dollars have already been contributed (our Club has donated about $15,000). The filters cost about $75 each, and they are able to eliminate the impurities in the water for many years' to come. Our thanks to BOB for all that he and his group have done, and we can all recognize that this is truly an International project of Rotary---and, our thanks for the program.
How about next week?
The program for October 10 will be featuring the Bellingham Bulls!! Well, how about that!! Did you know that we have a Semi-Professional Ice Hockey Team in our town, and we will be able to hear all about it on this coming Tuesday. So be there, bring your favorite hockey stick, a puck or two, and sit back. I know the last time I went to one of these events, I was told that it was really a fight between to teams of about seven men, and once they got going, a Hockey Game broke out!! That was supposed to be a funny---however, just come on to the meeting, and learn a lot about this group that belongs to the World Hockey Association, Junior B League. By the way, they will be playing 48 games during their premier season, and the players are composed of young folks between the ages of 16 and 20. Tickets will be $8 for adults' 6 for kids and Seniors, and $24 for a family ticket that would include two adults and two kids---they will be playing their local games at the Sports Complex in Bellingham, and if you want to know more before Tuesday, contact LANCE C. Their link is http://www.officialwha.com/.
Information that you just should have
...Next Board meeting will be at the Lakeway Inn at 0730 hours, Wednesday, 12 October. All are invited, and it is a Make-Up if you need one of those
...Rotary District 5050 Conference will be at Harrison Hot Springs in Canada, and the dates are 31 May to 3 June of 2007
Rotary International Convention will be in Salt Lake City, Utah, and the dates are June 17-20---And, Delta Air will fly you there direct from Bellingham to SLC---what a deal!!
Respectfully submitted
Stan Dyer