Soundings (5/16/06)

Posted by Stowe Talbot

Flag Salute & Invocation - Stowe Talbot

Visiting Rotarians: Rick Staeb, Julie Shirley, Bob Morse, Dave Bradley.

Guests: Kurt Swanson, Carol Thomas (BTC), Carol Anderson (Herald), Mike & Lisa Janicki.

Announcements

Eddie Hansen reminded us to sign up for the fellowship golf event on May 25th, 12:30 pm. It will be at Lake Padden Golf Club. Please sign up with Eddie by Email or phone!

Interact Club at Squalicum (Josephine Bernice) wrote us a letter thanking us for our contributions to the "Mothers Day Gift Basket" project last week. 100 baskets were distributed to five local shelters.

David Webster from NWYS thanked us for our gift of $3000, which goes to support their "Safe Home" program. 300 kids were served last year.

Dick Stark told us about an event that is being put together in honor of one of our charter members, Bob Rice, who is currently battling pancreatic cancer. On Saturday July 8th there will be a fun run in honor of Bob with proceeds going to cancer research. Next week's Bucks in the Bay will go toward purchasing tee shirts for the fun run.

Applicant for Membership: Steve Spitzer, owner of Play it Again Sports, has been approved by the membership committee and board. Steve is sponsored by Lance Calloway. If anyone has any objections or comments, please let Frank Z or Bill U know.

Bucks in the Bay
Bill Gorman - for his and his son's birthday, and also 11th wedding anniversary;
Denise Bosman - trip to HI, and will miss our golf event;
Barry Kramer - last night he met with new board members, including Steve Brummel (Club Service), Sarah Rothenbuhler (Youth), Todd Ramsay (International)-
Lynn Templeton - trip to Boston, Rhode Island, Connecticut, and other East Coast spots;
Eddie Hansen - for misspellings in flier, for 11th anniversary of his practice, for John Templeton's hospitality, and for his wife's first Mother's Day.

Sergeant at Arms - Robin Schmidt
Carol Beecher, Lynn Templeton's 36 years with B&G Club, Cy, Stan and the eight female early arrivers, Phil X, Dave Nichols, Todd Ramsay, Eddie Hansen, shorts and weekend gardeners.

Program - Orphalee introduced Lisa Janicki from Sedro Woolley. Lisa is a member of the family-owned business Janicki Industries, which specializes in producing large 5-Axis milled patterns, molds, plugs, and tooling for aerospace, marine, and transportation applications. The company also is able to machine a wide range of materials including foam, fiberglass, carbon fiber and steel. The company is growing rapidly and now has over 500 employees. Some of Janicki's key customers include: Boeing (787 Dreamliner), Goodrich, Lockheed Martin (F-35 Joint Strike Fighter), Northrop Grumman, Pratt and Whitney and Vought Aircraft Industries. Janicki has undertaken large projects including a 164 foot production FRP motor yacht mold for Westport Shipyard as well as plugs and a carbon fiber hull mold for America's Cup racing groups One World and Oracle Racing. Additional projects include production molds for the Las Vegas monorail built by Bombardier.

Lisa is also involved with EDASK (Economic Development Association for Skagit County), which has the task of attracting and keeping businesses that provide family-wage jobs. It has 500 members, 5 major events per year, and several pilot projects including Latino Business networking, "bridge" training job skills, and agro-business marketing. She also showed us a PowerPoint presentation of the many successful businesses in Skagit County - many marine-related.

Respectfully Submitted,
Stowe Talbot