Soundings (8/11/09)

Posted by Stowe Talbot 
 
 

Flag Salute and Invocation by Alan Knutson

Visiting Rotarians: Rick Stahb, Bud Epp, Jeanne McGee

Guests: Shawn Jones, Mark Logan, Ruby Smith, Bill Davis, Ian (Tonja's son).

Announcements

Board meeting this Thursday 7:30am at IHOP on Samish.

Next week we have Club Assembly: Know your Committee.

District 5050 GOLFUN Friday Aug 21, fundraiser for polio eradication - We will pay your fee if you have interest.  Registration begins at 11:30am, tee time 1:00 p.m. shotgun start.  Location: Surrey Golf Club. 

District Directories available.

Zachary update on Brewers: over $40K gross, net about $30K!  Next year we are targeting to sell about 300 tickets MORE!

 

Bucks in the Bay

  • Tonja finally done with successful Shakespeare season!
  • Mimi Ferlin - son got married, daughter gave birth (David Michael)!
  • Barry Kramer went to Willamette Valley wine tasting;
  • Jane Carten Saturna 20-yr anniversary, INC magazine listed Saturna in its 500 fastest growing companies!
  • Lynn Templeton went to Oregon, attended his 50th Beach Boys concert!
  • Art R for 82nd birthday, big family reunion, AND upcoming 60th wedding anniversary!
  • Eddie Hanson cruised to Desolation Sound - AMAZING warm waters, thanks for all help at crab feed;
  • Bill Gorman missed meetings, 20 years in the cable industry, Nov 1st is officially Grape and Gourmet (day after Halloween);
  • Ron Hardesty also went to Willamette Valley for some fellowship and wine tasting;
  • Sarah Rothenbuhler late because of her employee and guest, Jordan Miller, who runs the Bellingham store;

Sergeant at Arms by Zachary
Fines for Jane Carten who became PRESIDENT of Saturna Capital?! Husky fans, Cougar fans, those with air conditioning in their homes, those who didn't attend crab feed; Barry Kramer for Shakespeare role; Sarah Rothenbuhler, and Rotary Basics trivia.

Program
Anna introduced Travis Lauflin, who works on the Wizard, one of the crab boats featured on the TV show The Deadliest Catch.  Travis said he is a 1992 graduate of Lynden HS; after high school he was stationed at Fort Hood, then went to college in Texas, then decided he wanted to have an Alaska adventure - which turned into 11 years!  In 2002 he started work on Wizard.  Captain Keith.  The TV started filming the show 5 years ago.  Opened a lot of doors and opportunities.  Several charities have benefited from the revenue from the show. 

The photographers have a "chase boat" for shooting the long shots from sea.  Two cameramen are on the crab boat, plus stationary cameras.  Lots of interest to join the crew and fish.  Do the boats take extra risk because of the filming?  No, safety is priority.  The post-production crew puts the "stories together" - the boat crew often doesn't know the "angle" that will be presented until it airs on TV.  Safer now, why?  Because better technology, and also fewer boats (because of the individual quotas).  Film crews there for whole king crab fishery (6 weeks) and most of the Opelio crab fishery (4 weeks).  Crab stocks are looking good.  The practical jokes shown are mostly for TV, not realistic. 

Superstitions: No whistling in the wheel house, no leaving port on a Friday, walruses, don't open up anything upside down (cans, bags) ...

Respectfully submitted,
Stowe Talbot