Seattle Childrens Wenatchee Clinic Event
You are Invited!Seattle Children's Wenatchee Clinic Event Thursday, October 12, 2023 • 6 to 8:30 p.m. Chateau Faire Le Pont Winery, 1 Vineyard Way, Wenatchee, WA 98801 |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wildfire Letter from District GovernorsAs you are aware, our members are experiencing yet another devastating fire season. Even beyond the borders of our Districts, our hearts ache for those in Northwest Territories, Eastern Washington and Hawaii who are also dealing with horrific fires causing the evacuation of entire cities and the devastating loss of their homes and structures. Many have also lost loved ones. We send our deepest condolences to them. We would like to sincerely thank the first responders, firefighters, police, emergency services and the hundreds of volunteers who are fighting the fires. We are grateful to those who are keeping the evacuated areas safe, assisting those who are displaced from their homes. We are blessed by those who are simply doing their very best to support those who are going through a very challenging time. The strength and resilience of our communities is one of the reasons why many of us joined Rotary. Despite the heroic efforts of everyone involved, the destruction is significant, and many will have to rebuild. As of August 21, in West Kelowna, the estimated number of homes destroyed is at least 50, and many more homes and structures have incurred damage. Kelowna and the Lake Country are also reporting structures lost. The Shuswap area has been hit by the Adams Lake fire, where more structures have been destroyed, and all of these fires are still active while people wait to return to their homes. |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
TTC Concession TrainingTown Toyota Center Trainings @TTC - Facilities training, getting you familiar with how
the stand operates. Please RSVP to the training session by emailing Rob Tidd rtidd@corpoffices.org and Lauren Scanga Lauren.scanga@gmail.com |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Glass Reuse in Wenatchee Valley
Glass Recycling Event Recap-.
Thank you to Natalie Williams for coordinating this event. The Rotary clubs of the Wenatchee Valley partnered with ZeWA (short for Go-Zero-Washington, website: gozewa.com) for glass drop-off at the Grace Lutheran Church. Many, MANY thanks to the Grace Lutheran Church for allowing us to use their awesome (partially shaded) parking lot. Perhaps a half-dozen folks walked down the driveway to ask questions about Rotary, specifically the Environmental Area of Focus.  |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Community Outreach Grants 2023The Wenatchee Rotary Community Outreach Committee awards $11,000 in grants to local organizations.  Each organization submitted an application in early Spring. Most of the grants will benefit kids in the Wenatchee Valley. |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2022-2023 Year in Pictures |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Grace Van WellOn April 13, 2023, Grace Van Well was inducted as an honorary club member. Grace is the precious daughter of Past-President Pete Van Well; she was honored on April 7 at the Washington State Senate with Senate Resolution 8625, where athletes, coaches, and volunteers of the 2022 national summer games were recognized in the Senate Chamber for their courage and achievements.  |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kenzie's Landing Interact Project 2022Wenatchee Rotarians assisted our Interact Club with their annual planting, November 11, 2022 Scroll down for photos and history. (Photos by Allan Galbraith) 
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lobster Feed 2022  Just so ‘ya know...another of the Auction items in action! In keeping with President Jill’s call for Rotarians to meet up for socializing, Fellow Rotarians Al Bridges and Joe St. Jean foresaw this call coming way back in January. Subsequently the St. Jeans were fortunate to secure the live auction item of “An Authentic New England Clam Bake and Lobster Feed” offered by Al and Anne Bridges. After a few emails back and forth, a date was set for September 17th and the St. Jean clan plus a few close friends descended on the Bridges’ lovely home.Al and Anne were perfect hosts and provided a wonderfully coordinated meal complete with these jolly fellows, who had arrived fresh from Maine the previous day. Joe is seen joining in the festivities whole-heartedly. Food for thought – at Rotary’s next auction (in 2024?) be ready to bid often and bid high! Thanks goes to the Bridges for helping our “For the Kids” Auction be a great success. Proud to be a Rotarian, Joe St. Jean, Chair Wenatchee Rotary Community Outreach |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
WITW is Rotary 090122 - Coyote CornerThe Coyote Corner is a location on the second floor in the Museum designed for children under 6 and their caregivers and family members. The area provides experiential, full-body experiences that engage children in understanding how rivers and our natural environment can be a reliable source of clean energy, produce jobs, and contribute to the beauty of our area. |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
WITW is Rotary (08.11.22)?WHERE IN THE WORLD IS ROTARY?  Coyote Leads the Salmon Upriver The North Central Washington Museum (now the Wenatchee Valley Museum & Cultural Center) commissioned Seattle artist Rich Beyer to create a cedar sculpture for an 1988 interactive children’s exhibit showcasing the historical photography of the Columbia River. Coyote Leads the Salmon Upriver enjoyed such an enthusiastic response that Beyer was approached to create an all-new aluminum version of the sculpture for placement in the new Walla Walla Point Park....... |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Goodbye Carmen Many Rotarians and other friends gathered in Cashmere on August 9th to say goodbye to our beloved member and polio champion, Carmen Bossenbrock, who passed away on July 31, a 35-year member of Wenatchee Rotary.Read her story here - Carmen-Bossenbrock-Polio-Champion.pdf (windows.net) |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Peace Pole Plaza at Rotary Park
Rotary Park is getting two new features this year: a Peace Pole Plaza for meditation and reflection, and two pickleball courts for exercise and fun. More information including how to donate toward either or both of these projects may be found at by clicking HERE or click the poster, then click the text box at top of the fillable form to insert text, and follow instructions. The plaza dedication ceremony was held on October 21. Wenatchee World story (October 6, 2022)
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chelan Mountain Rescue The Program Last Week 07/28/22The speaker, Vernon Nelson, was sponsored and introduced by Carin Smith. Vernon is president of Chelan County Mountain Rescue and also a Social Studies teacher at Eastmont High School. He started climbing in college and fell in love with the sport. Vern came to the area from Sultan, due to his love of ice climbing. They are a 501c3 all-volunteer group working with the Chelan County Sheriff’s office, which will call them when needed. Their mission is to save lives through search, rescue, emergency medical care and mountain safety education; their focus is alpine areas and technical rescues, most often in the Enchantments. Other groups coordinate with the Sheriff, such as the Swiftwater Rescue group, Search and Rescue, and the Sheriff High Angle Rescue (for highway or close to town). Vern described a few rescues off Mt Stuart, where climbers either were injured or became exhausted. Their group had 14 missions in 2021 (756 hrs) and so far, 12 missions (347 hrs) in 2022. Certain missions eat up a lot of hours, such as one on Mt Stuart with 241 total team hours. NAWSI is the Whidby Island Naval Station which sometimes sends in their helicopter to assist (which although it costs $18,000/hour to fly, counts as training for them, so it is a win-win). However, in hot weather or adverse conditions the chopper cannot operate. Vern’s reason to volunteer is to give back. It is sometimes fun, sometimes not. CCMR holds training 1-2 times each month for their approximately 25 members who are hikers, skiers, climbers and medical professionals. This is a good number; they may get/lose a couple members a year and are always looking for volunteers. Their missions only require a certain specific small number of people, so they need enough but not too many. In contrast search and rescue is lots of people. He was featured by Wenatchee World as a "30 under 35" last year. You are encouraged to watch the ZOOM video recording here. Vern used a PowerPoint to explain briefly who is in the CCMR and what they do and why. He then highlighted some of their recent adventures, mostly in the Enchantment mountains, but also in other counties if asked to provide support. Below are some summary images. Previous Appleseed.
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
REFUGEE UPDATE 2022REFUGEE UPDATE. July 21, 2022 Wenatchee Valley Afghan Support Circle (WVASC) - Kelli Scott spoke about. this opportunity and has written about it. This community has shown incredible generosity and hospitality as it has welcomed refugees from war-torn Ukraine in recent months. Now, a family that fled the Taliban in Afghanistan is making their home here and could use our help. |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
TRF IncentivesCOMMITTEE SPOTLIGHT.  On July 21, our Rotary Foundation (TRF) Committee chair (and club secretary) Frank Clifton gave an overview of the TRF and steps to achieving the Paul Harris Fellow (PHF) Award. For Jill's year, members may earn bonus matching Foundation Transfer Points by making TRF donations (Click READ MORE to view bonus points chart). Also, donations made before September 30 will earn the donor an additional 100 bonus points. Only points owned by living members may be given to others. Questions? Email Secretary Frank.
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Presidential Changeover PartyPast President Kory Kalahar was at his entertaining best as he presided over this special event, attended by more than 60 Rotarians and guests at the beautiful Highlander golf clubhouse. A time of fellowship preceded an excellent buffet dinner. This was followed by an amazing program of celebration, entertainment, friendly roasting and heartfelt tribute. |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Shelter Box Silver Award 2022 |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
TRF Gala CelebrationTHE ROTARY FOUNDATION - GALA 2022 February 23, 8 PM EST (Including more videos) |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
World Day of Peace |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Centennial VideoCENTENNIAL VIDEO SHOWN ON NCW LIFE TV CHANNEL JUNE 24, 2021  (Click image to view 1-hour video)
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
WRF Scholarships for 2021SCHOLARSHIPS This year, the Wenatchee Rotary Foundation (WRF) awarded 12 scholarships totaling about $19,100. Cost for supporting 3 new ’21 scholarships plus continuing support for 9 continuing: - $14,300 for 9 continuing scholarships - 4,800 for 3 new Class of ’21 scholarships - Total = $19,100 for the 2021-22 school year The story was featured recently in our newsletter, the APPLESEED. Continuing Rotary scholarships: - Galilea Katrina Vasquez - Jessica Gutierrez Elias - Mariana Santos - Janeli Sanchez Villasenor - Cesar Bedolla-Hurtado - Pablo Cortez - Jizzelle Torres Bazan - Gabriela Alvarado - Exekiel Tschritter Three first time recipients for 2021: Karina Yecenia Batres – WHS graduate ’21 w/3.8 GPA Nicholas Lopez Banuelos – WHS graduate ’21 w/3.5 GPA Dennise Aguilar Cano – WHS graduate ’21 w/4.0 GPA Videos from recipients getting continuing support: Ezekiel Tschritter https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kspPtph3rSo Jizelle Torres Bazan https://youtu.be/vPl2FTjZLOc Mariana Santos https://youtu.be/ZvbC889wMR8 |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Jill's learning MomentLEARNING WITH JILL - "A TEACHABLE MOMENT" Jill Leonard gives a timely learning moment on our club website,  especially updating member bio info (5 minutes) . Watch for her "Challenge" to update your Rotary bio by September 20 for a chance to win a restaurant gift card to one of her faves. |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Gil's GoodbyeGil Sparks announces plans for him and wife Kay to relocate to Lyons, CO, to be near the new grand daughter. They will depart in October, and he plans to join Longmont Rotary. Watch the video to see Gil's announcement.
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ten Things about LindaTen (or more) things we didn't know about Linda Evans Parlette.   Linda's birthday party 8/20/20 - click photo below for surprise video made by her son Guy.  
Listen HERE for Linda's audio commentary on these events |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
WRF Scholarships 2020SCHOLARSHIPS This year, the Wenatchee Rotary Foundation (WRF) awarded 15 scholarships totaling about $24,000, including funding from the new Carol Norton WSU Fund. The story was featured recently by NCW Life (video at right), and previously reported in Wenatchee World and our APPLESEED. Carol Norton/WSU scholarship students: - Emma Ferrari-Zimmerman - Maia Brown - Rhett Goveia Continuing Rotary scholarships: -Pablo Cortez Gomez - Guadalupe Almanza - Maria Guadalupa Navarro - Galilea Katrina Vasquez - Jessica Gutierrez Elias - Mariana Santos - Janeli Sanchez Villasenor - Cesar Bedolla-Hurtado 2020 Rotary Scholarships: - Jizzelle Torres Bazan - Amber Crocker - Ezekiel Tuchritter - Gabriela Alvarado |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
THE NEW YEAR BEGINS Beginning July 01, we have a new Rotary year with a new president. Congratulations to Kory Kalahar who must now learn to herd cats.
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Carmen on NCW LifeFor World Polio Week - Watch our own special Carmen Bossenbrock on NCW Life TV October 22, 2019 |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Polio historyThank You Rotary - A video of Rotary and Polio as presented at our "End-of-Year" Celebration on June 27, 2019. This may have helped us raise $300 at the meeting, putting us over the top of President Pete's audacious goal of $10,000. |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
What is Rotary? |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Barry Rassin, RI President 2018-19 |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wine Down by the Riverside |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Program of February 8, 2018
Community Foundation with Gil Sparks  Imagine a community where every child has a safe place to call home, every animal is rescued and loved, every family has enough food to eat and a warm bed to sleep, every senior has a comfortable place to age, and every student has a chance to go to college. If we all Give 10, we don’t have to imagine. On February 8th, the Community Foundation of North Central Washington will join us to talk about the many ways we can give to support charitable work in our community, and their recently launched “Give 10” campaign to inspire everyone in our region to leave a legacy in the community we love. Community Philanthropy means we all chip in together. It means every one of us gives something – no matter how big or small – back to the community that gives us so much. Last year the foundation was able to award about $4 Million to charitable causes that are impacting our community – and that is no small number. But a recent study done by the Community Foundation of NCW showed that over the next 20 years, if every person in Chelan, Douglas, and Okanogan counties left 10% of their will or estate – no matter how small or large – to the Community Foundation, we would have an additional $18 million per year to support nonprofit work in our region. Chances are, we won’t be here in 50 or 100 years. But our children and grandchildren will be. Let’s leave them a community that is brighter and better for all. Imagine what we can do, together. Jennifer Dolge, Director of Donor Services & Communications (509) 663-7716 www.cfncw.org<http://www.cfncw.org>
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Program of February 15, 2018 Serve Wenatchee Valley, with Pastor Thom Nees Thom Nees, executive director of Serve Wenatchee Valley, will be with us on Thursday to help us understand some of the difficult issues of our community and how they are being addressed. The SWV mission statement reads “We are a cooperative of the church and community that serves as the heart and hands of Christ to meet the needs of those in crisis and keep families in their homes.” Many of us are aware of some of the events SWV sponsors, such as Clothes for the Classroom, Thanksgiving Baskets and a Christmas outreach, but there are many more avenues that SWV uses to connect with the needs of the homeless and those struggling with poverty. Come hear Thom explain the SWV mission and help us understand some of the challenges our communities face.
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Meeting Program of February 1, 2018
HOSPICE -- sponsored by Ford Barrett. Several of Wenatchee’s finest retired physicians, Doctors David Notter, John Gill, Stephen Voorhies, Bill Gotthold, and Patricia Ortiz have observed that folks in our community would benefit from a stronger working knowledge about our hospice care. The consequence of not having that family level knowledge can have a detrimental impact on end-of-life experiences of Wenatchee patients and their families. These physicians will apprise us about hospice care so that we can best assist ourselves and our loved ones when we are faced with making life’s most challenging decisions. In their words: "Hospice is considered the model for quality compassionate care for people facing a life-limiting illness by providing expert medical care, pain management, and emotional and spiritual support expressly tailored to the patient’s needs and wishes, along with support for the patient’s loved ones.” How are these goals accomplished here in NCW? Who makes up the hospice “team”? When is a person eligible for hospice, and what are the very real and specific benefits of hospice? These questions will form the core of the Thursday’s Rotary presentation. Our hope is that you will catch a glimpse of what the hospice team does, and see that, for the hospice patient, the issue is not about giving up hope, but changing what he or she hopes for.” We hope you and your family members will make time to attend this very valuable presentation.
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Jim Russell's Final Haiti Report.jpg)
My wife and I have decided to move to the west side of the mountains to take better care of our daughter, who as most of you know has early onset Alzheimer’s. We love Wenatchee and Wenatchee Rotary but we believe it’s much more important and meaningful for us to focus on taking care of her. We are temporarily moving over to Seattle for a month to work on the move and consequently I’m taking a leave of absence from Wenatchee Rotary on Friday, 1/12/18
We have a plan to continue the Milot Rotary project and the money to support is still available in the Wenatchee Rotary Foundation. Garry Arseneault is taking my place, and he’s well qualified to do it. He visited Milot twice to help with water sanitation projects and has been following our progress this year. This is the transition report from me as I hand it over to Garry. Keslyn’s email below contains his progress to date, his plans for the next few days and his work to provide an estimate of ongong costs. It consists of my introduction, Keslyn’s work plans this week, his progress over last weekend and his work to get estimates for the remaining work in the next stage. We have sent him or spent all the $5,000 we budgeted and he has $101 US remaining. We believe we have more funds remaining to continue the project for the coming year. We would like to present a Board report for next Thursday, January 18 at 4:30 pm regarding future work and budgets. It’s been a deeply satisfying experience to serve you all in the project. I’ll be available by cell and email. Jim |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Meeting Program January 25, 2018 - ClubRunner
CLUBRUNNER OVERVIEW. REMINDER : President Don is offering prizes for the best "vocational" attire!! Also, note many special ANNOUNCEMENTS below. Some members believe that our club has a pretty good web site. Our webmaster (club secretary) agrees, and hopes to demonstrate to you some reasons why, without boring anyone more than necessary, even those without computers. Frank Clifton joined our club in March 2016 and immediately accepted the opportunity to serve as secretary, and, as Jim Russell says, on the condition that we implement ClubRunner (CR). Frank came to Wenatchee in August 2015 from Mount Olive, NC, where he served in a small club as president and secretary. His wife Quita convinced him they needed to be here near their two sons and seven grand children.
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Week in Review January 11, 2018
Week in Review, January 11, 2018 - Wells House Dawn Collings * stood in for Sandy Cohen this week to give us an overview of Wells House. Dawn serves as Wells House Coordinator/Facility Rentals Manager for the Wenatchee Valley Museum and Cultural Center. Dawn began her presentation with a few trivia questions about the history of the A.Z. Wells House. Joe St. Jean impressed us all with his inside knowledge as he answered nearly all of the questions! The Wells house was built in 1909 by early developer W.T. Clark. It was sold in 1919 to pioneer hardware and orchard businessman A.Z. Wells. It was commonly referred to in the community as the Cobblestone Castle. By donation from AZ Wells, it became the first home of Wenatchee Valley College, serving as the center of student activity during the 1950s. In 1973, the Wells House was added to the National Registry of Historic Homes. The house is now owned by the Wenatchee Valley Museum & Cultural Center. The museum has a Long term goal is to undertake a complete restoration so it can be a functioning historic home with consistent open hours for the public, space for permanent and rotating exhibits, event space and possibly long term rental for office space on the second floor. Phase one of the reconstruction is nearly done, including wiring which was supported by $3,000 funding from Downtown Wenatchee Rotary. The hardwood floor, plumbing and bathrooms on the first or second floor are completed. The master bedroom is gorgeous. Dawn encouraged people to get involved by joining committees such as maintenance, cleaning, construction, tours, sponsoring exhibits and events. The house can comfortably seat 25-40 people for an indoor event with another 200 hundred on the outside grounds. The spring tea is an example of an annual, popular event. Wells house is your house, to be used and valued by the community. For more information, contact Dawn Collings at the Wenatchee Valley Museum & Cultural Center. http://www.wenatcheevalleymuseum.org/wells-house/ * Dawn was introduced by Tom McNair , who gave some interesting facts about her. She is a native of Eastern Washington, having resided in East Wenatchee for the past 35 years. She has a background in city government, events and marketing, and has served in various capacities throughout the Valley. Four years ago, Dawn opened her own business, "A Real Basket Case", creating custom gift baskets. Last August she was hired as the Wells House Coordinator/Facility Rentals Manager for the Wenatchee Valley Museum and Cultural Center. In addition to her basket business and her position with the Museum, Dawn is also a Commissioner for Douglas County Fire District #2, serving as the Commission Chair this year. She is married, has three children, and two adult grandchildren. ************************** Rich Peters recognized Rotarians who are doing great things in our community, and displayed and a photo of Russ Speidel from 1964. Susan Albert will be on the ESD board. Word of the week is “Senectitude”; a nice word for old age. Respectfully submitted by Appleseed reporter, Dawn Davies (with minor edits by Frank); and last week, Dee Curcio.  Liv's final meeting.....  Olivia Greenwood-Jack returned home to Australia on January 12.  Jim Russell announced that he and his wife Karen are taking a leave of absence from the club to be with their daughter in Seattle. Click photo to hear Jim's remarks. Message from Jim. "My wife and I have decided to move to the west side of the mountains to take better care of our daughter, who as most of you know has early onset Alzheimer’s. We love Wenatchee and Wenatchee Rotary but we it’s much more important and meaningful for us to focus on taking care of her. We are temporarily moving over to Seattle for a month to work on the move and consequently I’m taking a leave of absence from Wenatchee Rotary on Friday, 1/12/18.
We have a plan to continue the Milot Rotary project and the money to support is still available in the Wenatchee Rotary Foundation. Garry Arseneault is taking my place, and he’s well qualified to do it. He visited Milot twice to help with water sanitation projects and has been following our progress this year. This is the transition report from me as I hand it over to Garry. Keslyn’s email below contains his progress to date, his plans for the next few days and his work to provide an estimate of ongong costs. It consists of my introduction, Keslyn’s work plans this week, his progress over last weekend and his work to get estimates for the remaining work in the next stage. We have sent him or spent all the $5,000 we budgeted and he has $101 US remaining. We believe we have more funds remaining to continue the project for the coming year. We would like to present a Board report for next Thursday, January 18 at 4:30 pm regarding future work and budgets. It’s been a deeply satisfying experience to serve you all in the project. I’ll be available by cell and email. " Jim |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Meeting Program January 18, 2018
THIS WEEK - January 18, 2018 LAW ENFORCEMENT
Sherriff Burnett and Chief Crown will give a brief overview of their office or department to include special duties, call volume, budget, staffing, mission, and other distinguishing characteristics of each organization. Both speakers will illustrate how they have developed teams and have combined resources to meet law enforcement demands. They will also discuss crime trends in the city and county and furthermore what each agency has developed in terms of strategies to address such issues that affect the overall crime rate such as chemical dependency, mental health crises and homelessness. January is Vocational Service Month Rotary Ambassadors - Greeters/Cashiers
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Meeting Program January 11, 2018.jpg) Dawn Collings will stand in for Sandy Cohen this week to give us an overview of Wells House.She serves as Wells House Coordinator/Facility Rentals Manager for the Wenatchee Valley Museum and Cultural Center. Tom McNair will introduce Dawn and knows some interesting things about her. Presentation Outline – Wells House Trivia Capital Projects Facility Rental Events Opportunities to Support Wells House ******************************************************************** Rotary Ambassadors - Greeters/Cashiers:
************************************************************************* |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Week in Review Jan. 4, 2018This week’s program was the Classification Talk by Brett Riley. Brett joined our club in August 2017. He and his wife Christina have 5 children (and 2 kid goats). Brett is the VP of Administrative Services at Wenatchee Valley College. He is active in the Boys Scouts and has joined our Interact Committee. One of his hobbies is gardening; he especially likes to experiment with growing plants not normally found in this climate zone. He is also an avid home brewer. Christina works as an interior Designer and is active at St. Joe’s School. Brett earned a BS in Neurological Science from WSU, one of 3 in his graduating class – the first class west of the Mississippi. He then began a pursuit of a PHD, 9 months at WSU and then 8 years in Michigan studying REM sleep and memory.  Family issues brought him back to WA State. This began a career change with a new job at Columbia Basin College (CBC) as Director of Grants Management, writing grants and overseeing capital projects. Under his management (CBC) accomplished: 1. Building the largest planetarium in WA State 2. Erecting a beautiful 80,000 square foot social services building (innovative and sought input from faculty, and students). 3. Created a combination Clinic and Classroom building as a public/private partnership of Catholic Medical Center with CBC. This joint effort sought input from WSU, UW, and the Pacific University of Health Science. The architects continued this collaborative style by seeking advice and input from nurses, nurse assistants and medical techs for the room layout. With the completion of this clinic and nursing program, the area and college moved from having a shortage of nurses to being an exporter of nurses. CBC was also able to design and implement a new Nuclear Technology program, from idea to completion in 9 months. The success and speed for completion of this project again showed Brett the value community colleges add to the community. Brett sees the same drive toward excellence and expanded opportunity here in Wenatchee. WVC has two new BS programs; Nursing and Engineering Technology. The college is developing future programs in Agriculture and Education. Brett is attentive to cultural change affecting our students and institutions. He understands the complexities of finances from state and federal sources, and is examining how the economy and employment affect enrollment. He sees how technological innovations and on line courses are creating competition for brick and mortar institutions. Brett explained his view that we as individuals and institutions need to accept and understand the changes arounds us; we must be innovative and flexible and adapt. Brett loves the challenge of working with his community to understand what makes sense for the community. He loves going to graduations and sharing the joy and satisfaction of the students. He is compassionate and works with students if changes in their lives force them to withdraw from school. He is attentive to honoring contracts to sustain good labor relations at the college. We could all see what an energetic visionary person he is and what a gift he is to WVC and to our community. Hear AUDIO of Brett's talk. Announcements Appleseed. President Don spoke of the move to a digital format . We hope to see more reports about club activities ; Inclusions from our Interact Club, our Community Grants Committee, updates from our Exchange Students for example. Anyone wanting a copy mailed to them can contact Frank 919-922-6261 email FTClifton@aol.com Youth exchange committee seeks additional members. We need (1) help with transportation of students to and from our meetings, (2) a social-media-savvy person to keep up communication with our students abroad, (3) another to assist with our students in residence here in Wenatchee. Please contact Andy or Dee.  Interact News. Our Interact Club is asking for books for beginning readers thru elementary level skills. This is a project involving the Rotary Club of Tonga, a Peace Corp Volunteer teaching English and OUR Interact Club. Please bring books (new or used) to any meeting in January. If you wish Laurie Flarity-White (ph: 662-3359) will come and pick them up from you. Let’s support these young Rotarians in their service effort!  Carmen and Liv had a girls' chat about Liv's great U.S. tour. Did you know? Wenatchee Rotary is now a Corporation, as soon as the state approves our DOCUMENTATION. As you might imagine, this was done for legal protection. Our club's history of generous giving. Wenatchee Rotary has long been recognized for generous giving and fund-raising. Click here to see a list of service projects going back to 1922. ********************************************************************************** District Conference news. Happy New Year from us, the committee! Now is an excellent time to commit to improving your Rotary experience by attending the 5060 District Conference May 17-19 in Prosser, WA. Purchase your tickets here and get ready to meet other Rotarians, get informed and engaged, and have an amazing weekend in wine country! Hope to see you in May. The 2018 District Conference Committee ******************************************************************************
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Eastmont HS Chamber Choir performs in NYCEastmont HS Chamber Choir performs in NYC
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
MEMBERSHIP MESSAGE FROM ROTARY PRESIDENT JOHNDear fellow Rotarians, I embarked on my road to Rotary thanks to George Campbell, a dear friend and mentor who taught me the importance of civic responsibility. My former boss saw a potential leader in me and I thank him for his guidance. After starting down that road, I met many other Rotarians walking the same path. They offered me their help, shared advice, and made sure I kept moving in the right direction. |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rotary Gift from president Jim's childrenAt the June 30 presidential roast and installation, the club received a surprise gift in honor of our new president Jim Russell. Jim has written some thoughts members may wish to read....
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
President's acceptance speech |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Upcoming & Recent Rotary EventsApril 21 Wenatchee Electoral Process
April 28 Rotary Foundations (Club and International)
May 4 All Service Club Luncheon, Wednesday
(Wenatchee Center Grand Ballroom)
May 12 Pacific Coast Trail; open to public, at WV Museum & Cultural Center
May 12- 16 District Conference
May 28 - 6/1 Rotary International Convention, Seoul Korea
May 19 Engage Now (canceled due to speaker unavailability)
May 26 & beyond ..... TBA
August 4 District Governor Vern Nielsen visit
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
WHY JOIN ROTARY? LET THESE ROTARIANS EXPLAIN. |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rotary is many things   |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
THIS CLOSE - End Polio now |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club News and StoriesFor the latest or recent club news, including upcoming speakers,click on the Archives menu above and select the desired weekly newsletter, "The Appleseed".
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rotary Club of Wenatchee
Part of Rotary District 5060, we are club # 227 organized in 1921, and proud to be the flagship club of the Wenatchee valley. We hope you will visit our site, learn more about us, and come to a meeting as a guest of any member. And please visit our Facebook page : https://www.facebook.com/WenatcheeRotary
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Security and Integrity of Your Data |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
.JPG)
Secretary Frank Clifton gave a cursory overview of our club web site, the home page and some of the background features. Time did not permit seeing all of it, so you will find below a list of links to items covered and some important items not mentioned in much depth. The main fact is that there is a large volume of valuable information stored there. Also, attention is drawn to areas where additional volunteer assistance would be appreciated if there is interest. A few questions were answered. More are welcomed.
.jpg)
.jpg)
.JPG)
.jpg)
.jpg)
.jpg)
.JPG)
.jpg)