Soundings (5/20/08)

Bucks:
Orphalee -For the brave 6 that played in the Golf Tournament last Tuesday regardless of the weather. And a great Fellowship on Saturday at Hearthfire and Mt. Baker Theatre
Steve Beringer - Missed meetings due to trip to Hawaii and a birthday
Anna Williams - For becoming a "Goddess" due to her 65th birthday, surviving breast cancer for past 15 years and great trip to Texas.
Steve Brummel - Missed meetings due to conference in Utah and something else I couldn't hear.
Denise Bosman - District Tournament for daughter and hopes for State.
Harold Scott - Survived a car accident recently and no ticket.. LTC facts.
Stephanie Sadler - Trip to Oxford, etc. and Heavy equipment on site.
Tim Krell - Golf tournament on Tuesday and being recognized for wearing his biking gear?
Gordon Plume - Birthday and a great birthday party.
Phil "Excavator on the right site" Hageman - Excited to start and for Not spilling spaghetti on himself today.
Bill Gorman - Parents wedding anniversary, his wedding anniversary, son's birthday, his birthday and rotator cup surgery.
Jim Johnson - "thanks for having me" new member; grandkids birthday and a silly joke about a mad cow.
John Sleeth - Garage sale and something about an attorney.
Mimi Ferlin - Met John McCann on Tuesday; and a hearty welcome to Denise Archer's daughter. She was in the kiddy parade with the convertible and happiness due to ground breaking at St Paul's.
Stan Dyer - Missed meetings; trip to Pasadena for no particular reason and brother in-laws mother's 103rd birthday, May Stan live that long!
Lynn Templeton - Grateful to Anna for keeping his son employed. Something about dog issues that cost his son $9K.

Sergeant at Arms: by Ron Hardesty
Commented on how "young" everyone looks. He just returned from a "Celebrity Alaska Cruise".
Mimi Ferlin - Honorable, pay fine for Ron
Anna - First husband and his many wives.
Jim Johnson for the "program" during happy bucks.
Stan for sponsoring Jim Johnson and for telling the same story during happy bucks again.
Steve Brummel - for Eddie who was not at the meeting and for Eddie saying he would be at the meeting with the golf tournament prizes.
Denise for daughter
Harold Scott for public service announcement disguised as LTC tip.
John Hulbert - Long drive on Saturday.
Table to table trivia of current events

Program:
David Lewis Manager and part owner of Bellingham Bells. He's a Rotarian from Tacoma looking for a local Rotary and is "interviewing" us. Bells are owned by the Brett Brothers franchise who also own a hockey and baseball team in Spokane and a hockey team in Pasco. And a Bat company "Brett Bats". David was a previous AAA owner.
Team was purchased from Tony Larson who had no full time employees and little resources for the league. With new operators and 3 full time employees it will make the team better. Bobby Brett is 75% owner with brother George who played for the KC Royals and is in the Hall of Fame. He'll be doing a signing night at one of the games. Philosophy - Customer service is #1, clean ball park, cold beer and hot Hotdogs (new hotdog - the "Mt. Baker Dog" footlong and ½ lb. "it's a site to behold".) friendly staff and full customer service staff training. Partnering with the City for a 10 year lease extension and pledging $50k for improvements to the ball park. Hopes to partner with other teams using the park.
Opportunities include ticket sales packages; season ticket packages that are flexible like a package starting at 6 games and a package for 20 tickets to be used at buyer's discretion. 7 of the players are local talent all are in college. West Coast Collegiate Baseball League, therefore, players are not paid, but the coach is the scout for the Brewer's so he's looking at the talent on the field all the time. Because of the league they are not affiliated with any major league team which gives them more flexibility. Most of the players are freshmen and sophomores; therefore they will be with the team for a couple years. They are contracted but only to the extent that the will only play for the Bells. Doesn't mean they can't quit the team and play on another team.
The league was a fledgling league with only 8 teams from south of Bend to Kalona. Hopes to expand the league to 10 teams and include Montana and Canada. June 6 is opening night.

Respectfully submitted,
Lesa Boxx