Soundings (11/6/12)

Flag Salute & Invocation by Phil X Hageman

Visiting Rotarians: Ray George

Guests: Kendall Pickerill (Hotel Bellwether), Curtis Dye's guest;

Announcements

• Grape & Gourmet was a terrific success. Chuck Luttrell says about 43 bottles left, so we will make them available at firesale prices (Email chucklutt@comcast.net); Dennis gave special thanks to Lesa for food venders, the Myer sisters for auction, Chuck Luttrell, Henry Lee, Scotty, Mike Werner, Orphalee, Stew Ellison, Christine!!! and many more.  Next Sunday 1pm we need 4 or 5 volunteers to wash glasses with Barry at Padden Golf Club.
• Dick Stark says he can provide signed books from last week's speaker, Ted Van Dyk; give him $20 plus your mailing address.

Bucks in the Bay

• Dennis $100 for Foundation, glad to be done with G&G!
• Brent Walker says he can hook anyone up with an amazing Eastern WA wine tour (via his alma mater Whitman College);
• Dannon Traxler has two new beautiful babies!
• Scotty $20 read a note from last week's SOM, and thanks to his G&G work team;
• Dr. Curt Smith had an adventurous evening with lost keys, John Templeton saved the day, happy ending;
• Chuck Luttrell thanks his G&G crew;
• Curtis Dye made it home just in time for G&G, recently went back to Michigan with son to call on his 90 year old mom, visited his childhood haunts;
• Mike Hammes has a challenge to purchase 500 turkeys for the Bellingham Food Bank ($1.23/lb) - Mike will match one for one.  $8,000 was raised at today's meeting! Please get your checks to Eddie (Natural Way Chiropractic on James Street) or Orphalee by the end of THIS WEEK;
• Stan submitted Stew Ellison's $55 birthday bucks, also says Northwood Hall's greeter, Shannon, broke her leg severely last week and is recovering, a get-well card is being circulated;
• Jim Johnson says there was a slavery speaker at the last District (?) meeting, also Jim will be snowbirding in San Antonio TX for the winter in his motor home, will be back here next spring;