3. View Brent's excellent PowerPoint HERE. Some of the images appear below.
Russ Speidel introduced Brent Cunderla, chapter president of the Wenatchee chapter of the Ice-Age Flood Institute (IAFI).
Brent originated from Rochester, MN, received a B/S in Earth Sciences from Wisconsin U. (River Falls), an M/S in geology from Portland State and worked for 27 years as a geologist with the US Interior Dept. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) in Wenatchee. He retired at the end of 2015 and teaches classes and leads field trips on the geology of this region.
Brent explained how the glaciation and ice-age floods of north-central Washington have shaped local geology, and greatly influenced the use of the land and its resources from early native peoples to modern society today.
The Ice-Age Floods National Geologic Trail was established in March 2009, as a collaborative effort between the National Park Service (NPS) and many other partners including the IAFI. It follows the pathways or routes of the catastrophic floods that occurred during the Pleistocene era (ice age), and educates the public using various interpretation methods, such as the Ice-Age Floods Trail as shown below. It grew out of NPS scientific studies.
The story involves "FIRE" then "ICE", where first, volcanic hot spots formed the Columbia River Basalt Group (CRBG), supposedly millions of years ago. This was followed by an ice age which produced great collections of ice in Canada, and formed several "ice dams" in northern Washington. The breaking of these dams periodically produced much flooding, between Missoula, MT and the Pacific. A few of Brent's graphic images are shown below.
Credits for the all of the images used may be found in the PowerPoint linked above.
President Kory Kalahar opened the ZOOM meeting to about 40 members with Thomas Everly as ZOOM host. As usual, Raz provided a flag for the pledge.
AG Shanley Crane. Cameo appearance to promote "Stuff the Bus" later today.
Carmen report. Her brother Wilbert (Bill) passed away on Saturday. A service is planned for 11 AM Wednesday 9/23 at the Cashmere cemetery. (exit US-2 at Applets Way, which becomes Pioneer). Attendees may remain at their vehicles (P/A system provided). Also, she was able to get orchard help from her neighbors. Obituary link.
FELLOWSHIP (continuing). Members are encouraged to join a small group of retired Rotarians meeting at Walla Walla Point Park each Friday morning at 9:30-10:30, at the parking lot nearest TTC. You will need lawn chair and your favorite coffee.
FELLOWSHIP (this week). WRF Ice Cream Social.Tom Ross says - Postponed until Tuesday 9/22, 4:30 - 5:30 at WestSide parking lot. To reserve your treat, Contact Jill. See her email of 9/21.
Jill's Profile Challenge. Deadline to update your bio info, 5 PM, 9/22/20. See her email of 9/21 for instructions, and/or see the video HERE.
Projects. Rich Peters "shared his screen" with a LONG list of potential projects at Rotary Park (developed with Earl Tilly) for Make-a-Difference Day October 24 (3rd Saturday). "There is a "ton of work" needed. More later. Leslie Freytag proudly added that Pybus Public Market is coordinating events going forward. Kory added that we have 2 opportunities to help Sunrise Rotary with their Pybus takeover, 9/19 and 10/17.
10 Things about Gene Anderson. Postponed by the clock.
Pandemic Bike Ride. Ken Robertson reports new/final schedule October 2.. Scroll down for details.
District Grant COVID. We awarded CVCH $1000.
Toppenish Rotary annual Golf tournament. Sept. 25, 11AM - 5 PM, $300 per team. Go here for info.
YMCA Open. Dorry Foster: The Y is finally Open!!!! Thank you Rotary for your $3000 in gifts to our Impact Fund that helps us through our closure and recovery! (Noted in ZOOM chat)
Would You Rather? Stay home with a mask because of smoke, or because of a pandemic. The gesture was the same for each. Ironic isn't it?
Last Rescheduled 2020 Chelan Rotary Pandemic Bike Challenge (Ken Robertson)
Allan Galbraith and I again invite you to register and ride with us on loop 2 of the Chelan
Pandemic Challenge on the rescheduled date of Friday, October 2, 2020 starting at 9:30 am. Please let me know if you plan to ride and then register. We are starting at 9:30 am from the Chelan Boat Launch, 506 S Emerson St, Chelan, WA 98816, near Chelan High School. We can help coordinate ride sharing from Wenatchee.
2020 Chelan Pandemic Bike Challenge; cost is $50.00. Register HERE.
You can also register and ride any of the three loops on your own or with others until October 31, 2020. The Chelan Rotary Club uses funds raised from the ride for worthy charitable purposes.
UPCOMING PROGRAMS
September 24 - WENATCHEE TOGETHER! FOR YOUTH
With Christi Maroney, Executive Director -- Together! For Youth engages and mobilizes families, schools, and community to advance the health, safety, and success of our youth.
Every year, TOGETHER! for Youth conducts a Community Survey to assess adult opinions about local youth substance use. As a youth substance abuse prevention organization, we use the information gathered from this survey to assess, develop and adjust our priorities to ensure positive results.
October 01 - CLASSIFICATION TALKS
With Matthew Michelson & Sean Cooper
SPONSOR OF THE WEEK
Our current sponsors are those who generously sponsored our 2020 auction
Year-end membership - 181. Jim thought his trip to the RI Convention in Seoul (SK) was incredible, including side trips to Hong Kong and our sister city Misawa, Japan.
Russ Speidel introduced Brent Cunderla, chapter president of the Wenatchee chapter of the 
