Soundings (4/21/09)

Posted by Stowe Talbot 
 
 

Flag Salute & Invocation by Stan Dyer

Irish joke by President Tim

Visiting Rotarians:  None

Guests:  Diana Dvosky? (ArlingtonTimes), Chris White, Aaron Lemperen DDS, Nick Kaiser, and Henry Lee (Skagit Bank).

Interact Club update by a couple of its Squalicum members: The club planted trees on MLK Day with Nooksack Salmon Enhancement Association, cleaned bird cages, and are now preparing for the "Mothers' Day Basket program" next month - two weeks away!

Ron Hardesty is looking for a few more golfers to play in the Wednesday evening Rotary golf league at Padden.

Stephanie Sadler says May 13th will be the screening of scholarships at Squalicum High School; please contacted her if interested to help out.

 

Bucks in the Bay

  • Denise Bosman $24 for 24th wedding anniverary, and spent weekend in Eastern WA where Erica won conference champion;
  • Joel Hile $73 birthday bucks;
  • Chuck Walter auto accident;
  • Todd Ramsay sad bucks for passing of Hal Arneson Jr, and happy bucks to be engaged!
  • Bill Gorman happy with a successful B&G Club Kidsfest auction, thanks Todd and Steve for serving on the board;
  • Matt Rose vacation at Whilster and missed meetings
  • Donna Edquist also happy with B&G club auction success, recommends bidding on Glendine's pie-a-month, and 27th wedding anniversary;
  • Doug Wight had a great time vacationing in the desert, Dick Stark was there, also son is doing well as an artist with new two galleries taking him on!
  • Marla Sanger for missed meetings, getting ready for husband's AK salmon season;
  • Frank Chmelik glad his client finalized a loan for a new Bellwether project, an exciting visit to an aircraft carrier, and happy Port and City are finaizing waterfront redevelopment plans;
  • Stan Dyer gave $57, thanksful for all the birthday cards!
  • Mimi Ferlin for some car accidents, attended great performamce of Drowsey Chaparone at MBT, and looking forward to Baja trip;

Sergeant at Arms by Bryant Engebretson
Fines for Nick Kaiser, Mimi and Chuck for auto accidents, Todd Ramsay, Curt Smith, those who filed for extensions and Bill Gates trivia.

Program by Curt Smith
Curt gave gave the facinating story of bothels in Bellingham, about which he wrote a book.  Curt had received most of his photos and information from the late Galen Birey, considered Bellingham's foremost historian.  Curt first published 1000 copies of his book and sold them out, then he published another 500 copies which are almost all sold out.  Brothels existed in Bellingham from 1880-1948.  There were 30+ houses between Bellingham and Fairhaven employing probably hundreds of ladies.  Curt showed some slides of photos from the early years of Bellingham.  Streetwalking was always discouraged, so the trade was conducted behind closed doors, very organized operations, with the girls even receiving weekly medical examinations.  In 1948, after receiving information that girls were being recruited for other cities, the FBI came in and closed the Gordon Hotel and all other brothel operations in Bellingham. 

Curt's book is available at Village Books and Southside Haggen.

Respectfully submitted,
Stowe Talbot