Soundings (9/8/09)

Posted by Stowe Talbot 
 
 

Flag Salute and Invocation by Ken Oplinger

Visiting Rotarians: Jeanne McGee, Pete Kremen, Linda and Larry Jubie.

Guests: Chris Palmerton, Yvonne Goldsmith.

Announcements

We have a new member application for Leena Marie Kirschman; she is a mortgage adviser at "Neighborhood Mortgage". Her classification would be mortgage broker. Sponsor is Steve Spitzer. Please Email Brent Walker if you have comments or concerns.

 

Bucks in the Bay

  • Tonja's mom had a 75th birthday;
  • Phil X $ for upcoming trip to Las Vegas with eleven women! (unfortunately all of them are family members);
  • John Sleeth 44th wedding anniversary;
  • Terry Brown for the opening of Shuksan MS this morning (congrats!) - total bedlam!
  • Bill Gorman got the H1N1 flu, shared some flu facts, remember to wash your hands!
  • Donna Edquist had been a little sick herself, missed a couple meetings, had a birthday, also daughter's and son birthdays.
  • Dick Starck (sporting a new beard) month or so on the boat in CA and San Juans;
  • Wendy Keneipp missed meetings, glad first day of school!
  • Brad Cornwell and family went camping at Deception Pass;
  • Glendine Barley just got back from a week's cruise to AK;
  • Brent Walker check for Foundation, had a noisy weekend with grandchildren;
  • Marla Sanger family update - and celebrated a wedding anniversary.
  • Ken Oplinger back in action after a June heart attack, finished cardio rehab at SJH, weight loss was an added benefit!
  • Bill Geyer for missed meetings, and an update on the Honduras political situation,
  • Mayor Dan Pike excited about City's new building inspector;
  • Orphalee had a birthday, and announced her write-in candidate for City Council!

Sergeant at Arms by Lynn Templeton
Fines for Dan and Pete, Brad C and Mike K (Oregon Alumns), lots of fights in NCAA this week, Art R, Stan D (a UCLA alumn - Rick Neuheisel is the coach there), Dick Starck's beard, Cougs, Huskies, everyone not wearing their Rotary pins, parents of kids in school, Bill Boyd (who supposedly was involved in a hole-in-one golf shot), Phil X (just because), Donna illness recovery bucks, Orphalee, Lesa and Christine for an incident involving the police and a noise complaint.

Program
Stan introduced Larry Jubie, our District 5050 Governor.  Larry worked in banking business in Lynwood until retirement.  Marysville Rotary since 1995, Paul Harris Fellow.  Serves on Marysville School District board, works with YMCA, many trip to Guatemala. 

Larry said this is his 36th club visit this year.  He recently attended training seminar in California, which was also attended by incoming Rotary President John Kenny.  Larry challenged our club to sign up at least one new member this year - if every club did that we would have 36,000 new Rotarians around the world!  The number one goal for Rotary in general is polio eradication.

Talked about his experiences in Honduras.  One project was to replace leaky roofs with sturdy corrugated tin roofs for 17 windows in one village.  Simple project with meaningful(albeit small) results. 

This year's RI Convention will be in Montreal, celebrating 100 years of Rotary "going international".  Project to build a school in Afghanistan.  District Conference will be in Marysville, WA.

Tonja and Larry honored three "pilots" in our club, people who have given "above and beyond":  Bill Geyer, Phil X Hageman and Mike Hammas for their work on the Food Bank.

Rotary International wants to raise $200 million for Polio Plus, to eliminate polio once and for all.

Raffle won by yours truly.

Respectfully submitted,
Stowe Talbot