Soundings (8/30/05)
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Announcements:
...Grapes and Gourmet - All of the 250 $100 tickets are sold, and a goodly number of the $75 tickets have been purchased - if you plan to attend that 'well put-together event' scheduled for the 6th of November, you should consider buying your ticket on the 6th of September from HAROLD 'SCOTTY' SCOTT.
...TONJA MYERS announced that there would be a 'Dollar Giveaway Committee' meeting immediately after the meeting today.
...STEVE BRUMMEL reminded all of us of the Vikings' Football game on 10 September -- the tickets are $8, and for each ticket sold, $1 goes toward our Youth Activities' projects .
...TODD RAMSAY gave a rundown of the coming Golf Tournament, and proceeds (after expenses) of that event will also go for the Youth Activities sponsored by our Club. There are sponsorships available, so contact either TODD or STEVE BRUMMEL (650-7758).
...President BILL read a thank you E-Mail from JOEL HILE regarding the very large card that was sent to his wife, PAT, wishing her a good recovery from her recent operation.
Bucks in the Bay:
...RON HARDESTY for his recent trip to Wash. D. C. with his dad, and their visit to the Korean and Viet Nam Memorials and the Smithsonian;
...DAN MOORE for his 36 year marriage
...PHIL HAGEMAN for his 4 day trek to San Francisco with his wife;
...BOB NEWELL for his 'hole-in-one' , his 50th Anniversary and recent family gathering in Oregon;
...JOHN SLEETH for something or another regarding 'Get out the Vote'!;
...CHRISTINE PALMERTON for her 4 day 'playing around' in Reno and Tahoe -- ....'what happens in Reno, stays in Reno'!!
...MARGE BROWN, chastising Rotary for not being represented at the Whatcom County Fair; ...ED (the Invocator) ZECH announcing that he would be involved with a new Orthopedic Group here in our area (say, isn't Dr. Ed a Thoracic Heart man?);
...DENISE BOSMAN for her torrid week in The Big Apple;
...MIMI FERLIN for her 'bang-up' days at Desolation Sound for swimming, sunning and crab hunting;
...CURTIS DYE for an experience with a garage door -- didn't get all of that, did you?;
...BRYANT ENGERBRETSON for his outing to that famous Mount Vesuvius as well as other spots on the Continent;
...EDDIE (soon to be papa) HANSEN, who saw an ultra sound of 'junior' (by the way, is it a boy?), and announced that "....there was one good looking kid there..."!!
Sergeant of Arms FRANK CHMELIK (always a good fine master!) hit a few for some dollars, including FRANK ZURLINE on who was guilty and should pay the 2 bucks; MIMI FERLIN for going into the wrong house with CAROL BEECHER (we should hear more about that one!); and anyone who works for the City should be hit for some infraction perpetrated on all of us through the notorious City Fathers (and Mothers); and, he hit DAN MOORE for giving entirely too much information regarding the activities of 36 years' of marriage (call DAN for more details at 555-NO WAY); a dollar was extracted for all who had taken a trip recently and CY LINDBERG for changing banks --we think that was an employment alteration; and BARRY KRAMER for pushing the 'Two Buck Chuck' wine that may be obtained at Trader Joe's And,
Our Weekly Program Introduced by ORPHALEE SMITH, CHRISTY JOHNSON (a very talented young lady-married!), a teacher at Bellingham High School, discussed her role as a teacher in Economics, Math and History, and some of the innovative ways in which she passes on very important information to her students. She was accompanied by an informative slide show, and it made all of us know that the High School is in good hands with the likes of CHRISTY. Well, she is off for additional studies at Stanford, and will be earning two Master's Degrees there! Also, as a side note, CHRISTY won the National Junior Achievement Award as the most outstanding teacher in America - well, now, how about those apples!?
Looking Ahead
Sometimes it is good to take note of future Rotary events, and some of those would be the District Conference in Whistler, BC, in May of '06; the Membership Foundation Seminar on 15 October in Canada; and The Rotary Foundation Dinner on 18 November of 2005 -- you will receive more info regarding these events from the Podium.
How to get involved in Rotary
Many ways exist, such as attending the weekly meetings, being a good citizen and supporting our Community; donating to our own Club Foundation, working on being a Paul Harris Fellow by giving at least $100 per year as a Sustaining Member; get involved with one of the Club's Committees and supporting the activities therein; buy a raffle ticket -- half of that money goes to the Rotary Foundation-- the other half to the winner, and ...Hands on Projects. It is great to support all that Rotary offers, and many of us do with our dollar contributions--however, the 'hands on projects' are just as rewarding if not more so. Recently, we assisted in painting three complete rooms at the Interfaith Coalition Transition House in Fairhaven (Harris Street) and yesterday (8/30), we put together $2,500 worth of playground equipment for the Whatcom Center of Early Learning (the $2,500 were monies that our Club donated to them). These are two examples of HANDS ON PROJECTS that we have accomplished this Rotary Year. However, only four of us showed up for the first painting venture (ART RUNE STRAND, ORPHALEE SMITH, TERRY BEARDSLEY and STAN DYER). The Playground venture included just five Rotarians (DICK STARK, UN REIN UNREIN, ROGER LONG, TERRY BEARDSLEY and STAN DYER). If you want to have a certain enjoyment and a feeling of accomplishment, why not volunteer for one of the next 'Hands on Projects'? The painting just took 4 hours - the Playground Assembly just took 90 minutes--time well spent in working with our Community.
Respectfully submitted, Stan Dyer