President Don Myers presided and welcomed guests, which included Grace Van Well and her friends.

Announcements:   Don congratulated the newly-elected officers, and reviewed plans for the new digital version of the Appleseed newsletter, which has a 97-year legacy with our club as a printed publication.  He discussed his thank-you meeting with John McDarment who is now comfortable with being relieved of the duty after 37 dedicated years of publishing.  Don asked if we should change the name for the new format, and allowed suggestions be submitted on secret ballots; 100% of the members voted to keep the name.  Nevertheless, some suggested an online poll, which might include suggestions for a venue change.

Andy Petro, Youth Exchange Chair, introduced our speaker, Olivia Greenwood-Jack, aka Liv, our exchange student for the last year who returns home to Australia soon.  Using an excellent PowerPoint and video, she outlined her year in the Wenatchee area.  She told about her long flight here, her time at Wenatchee HS where she excelled in softball and studied sports medicine, how she learned to like "flat" lemonade, her love of all the Rotary activities in district 5060 (especially the district conference where she got to know all of the other RYE students), and throwing the first pitch at an Applesox game.  She loved her bus tour of the USA, and saw many places she hopes to re-visit.  Her extensive experiences are obvious from the souvenirs on her blazer, which she claims weighs 20 pounds.   We will all miss her, especially her host families.  Her attendance at our meetings was better than many members.   She offered her own word of the week:  "onism", the frustration of only being able to be in one place at a time; it was much better than Don's word, "pandiculation".  Look it up if you can.