Soundings (10/4/11)

Posted by G. Stowe Talbot 
on Oct 4, 2011
 
 
Flag Salute & Invocation by Denise Bosman

Visiting Rotarians: Ray George (Thursday club)

Guests: Someone
  
Anna says she will have a message going out soon on all the various ways to register "make-ups" and get our attendance statistics up!

Grape & Gourmet:  Everyone needs to sign up for at least one volunteer activity.  Re. ticket sales:  Mary says the minimum member obligation is $300 ($75 per ticket, or VIP "early entry" tickets are $125).  You must pay when you pick up your tickets; no IOU's!  Henry reports that we now have 21 wineries committed to attend.  Lynn T says every member is now assigned to at least one volunteer task for the event - please see Tresha if you want to change your assignment.  
     
Membership Committee:  There will be a Fireside in mid-October, it is mandatory for all new members and new-member sponsors, 

Bucks in the Bay
  • Gordon Plume missed meetings because he's been going down to California frequently on a big job, also recently had a great evening with wife of 33 yrs;
  • Dick Stark recommends Oysterfest in Shelton first weekend in October;
  • Mark Turner still working on photo book on West Coast, he is a supporter of the milk fund for Bellingham Food Bank;
  • Jody Bierman for missed meetings, kudos to PeaceHealth;
  • Aaron took family to Vancouver Island;
  • Stan Dyer;
  • Steve Kimberly went to Colorado fly fishing;
 

Sergeant at Arms by Lynn Templeton

Anyone planning to go to Maui, Stan, Glendine and Dennis for wearing pink, Bill Geyer, Coug, Husky, and Duck fans, anyone with a pet at home, various "this day in history" trivia.

Program

Christine introduced Kate Simmons, from Bellingham's Heritage Flight Museum, which was founded in 1996 by Apollo 8 astronaut Maj. General William Anders, The Museum is a non-profit, 501(C)(3) organization dedicated to the preservation and flying of historic military aircraft. The Museum settled at Bellingham International in 2001, and has been developing their displays and their community programs since then. Visitors are welcome to get an up-close look at the collection of memorabilia and artifacts, and a selection of flying World War II, Korean and Vietnam era aircraft.

Open Th, F and Saturdays. Monthly flyways every third Saturday of the month.  

The museum has a state of the art flight simulator stations, so you can fly (on the computer) most of the aircraft from the museum around Whatcom County circa 1945!

The Living History project is trying to capture the biographies of local pilots.

Future Flyers Kids area and Youth Involvement.

They are currently located near the main passenger terminal in the old Fed-Ex office.  Long-term goals would be to have their own hanger big enough to house all their airplanes! 

The museum brings cultural and educational activities to the community - a very unique visitor experience.  The staff attends many regional air shows with some of their vintage aircraft.  

http://www.heritageflight.org/content/  

Respectfully submitted,

Stowe Talbot