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Columbia River Room this week. Tentative Menu: Beef burgundy, Mashed potatoes, Carrots and broccoli, Green Salad w/assorted toppings & dressings; Chef's choice Dessert, coffee service.
NEXT WEEK - Apple Cup TailGate Friday Nov. 16 (no Thursday meeting)
See other important future program details below.
- CONTENTS -
PROGRAM THIS WEEK
AMBASSADORS
WEEK IN REVIEW/ANNOUNCEMENTS
SPONSOR OF THE WEEK
EVENTS CALENDAR
AUCTION 2019 UPDATE
ALL SITE SPONSORS
UPCOMING SPEAKERS
TRIVIA QUIZ
CLUB-60 POLIO STATUS
PHOTO OF THE WEEK
THIS WEEK - VETERANS' DAY
With Ford Barrett and Lou Barrier
The club is honored to have retired naval medical corpsman Lou Barrier as the speaker. Lou joined the Navy in 1949, before graduating from high school. The Korean War broke out the next year and the young Lou found himself facing the combat medics' greatest challenges as he served as a medic with the Marines.
Little more than a decade later he was sent to Viet Nam. There he functioned in many combat areas as a medical technician sent to gather information about disease-carrying insects that were present. Lou retired from the Navy in 1987 after 28 years.
But Lou Barrier did not really retire. He went about finishing his formal education, completing his GED, bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees in drug and alcohol treatment and mental health. After graduation he was hired to fill the director's position in the Chelan County Center for Alcohol and Drug Treatment. He served there for 12 years. His next stint was at Wenatchee Valley College, where he developed the drug and alcohol treatment course of study. After a dozen years at WVC, Lou retired and lives with his wife in Wenatchee.
Few people have Lou Barrier's wide background as a combat medic with a rare insight into the drug, alcohol, and mental health challenges faced by our veterans. We can look forward to Lou's sharing his war stories and many observations and perspectives as to what drives the many veterans that we see in our community. The public is invited.
President Pete presiding, welcomed all present to the "I Love Lucy in the Chocolate Factory episode" of service clubs, then introduced Alice Meyer to introduce our first Classification speaker, Dr. Carin Smith, a retired veterinarian.
They met two years ago serving together on the board of the Confluence Health Foundation, reminding Alice to invite all to the "Spirit of AZ Wells Gala" November 9 (See Karen McCart).
Carin was born in Moses Lake on the USAF base. She showed photos of her family when young, including 3 sisters, all relocating to Los Angeles when she was 6 months old. At age 12, they moved to Oregon, where her grandparents saved her from a troubled childhood and paid for her college at OSU, earning her 2 doctorates including OSU and WSU. She worked in Billings, MT and Albuquerque, NM, before this valley in 2015. She loved Montana.
Her college senior paper changed her life, because it was published by a peer-reviewed journal. This led to other publications, and several books, some of which she says can now be bought for a penny on Amazon. She won a writer's contest, and was licensed in 6 states, and was an international public speaker. Now, retired, she and her husband Andy love to travel, and she enjoys volunteer work, and mosaic creations. For much more, ... Click here to listen to the audio . You will discover a very entertaining speaker.
President Pete then surprise everyone by singing a serenade medley to Carin, which she wanted as a prize for winning a recent Appleseed trivia quiz. Listen to the hilarious Audio of Pete's serenade.
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President Pete introduced attorney Jon Volyn, his neighbor, who also used an excellent PowerPoint. Click here to listen to the audio. Jon's brother Scott is a prior member. Jon first took a minute to praise Pres. Pete.
He was born near Spokane and has been a trial lawyer for 18 years, beginning in Boise with Idaho's 3rd largest law firm. Now is in a partnership with brother Scott.
Growing up, he attended a boarding high school, then Walla Walla college, and Idaho U because it was least costly. Some career highlights:
•Argued before Idaho Appellate and Supreme Courts, 9th Circuit Court of Appeals
•Idaho District Bar President
•Multiple award recipient from Idaho and Washington for both excellence and service
•Named top 40 Lawyers under 40, top 100 Litigation Lawyers statewide
Jon Volyn, at the end of his Classification talk, noted the next New-Member Breakfast (which he leads) Nov. 20.
Pete emphasized the need for members to support the concessions sales at the Battle of the Bridges Thursday night, to attend our Veterans' Day program, and to support planned rock-spreading at Rotary Park Monday AM, and other upcoming events (including Gil & Kay Sparks' presentation at PYBUS U Nov 13, 7 PM).
AUCTION update. Auction teams sat together at lunch. Jay Smith and gave an update explaining how members may visit our web site to buy tickets, sponsor or donate. Tom Everly praised the work of our volunteers on Make A Difference Day at Camp Zanika, and donated a gift certificate for a one week of summer camp. Gary Provo gave some statistics on past auctions, stated our goal of $115K, and outlined a plan to be contacting other members of the Chamber of Commerce for sponsorships.
Leonard Singhose gave some tips on how to solicit sponsors.
BUILDING COMMUNITIES AUCTION UPDATE
We invite you to help continue the impact Rotary has on the community. By supporting the 2019 Rotary auction, you can help build communities. How can you help?
1. Become a sponsor. From Presenting sponsor to Table sponsors, we have something to fit your marketing budget. Contact Doug Button for all the options and details. Also, see our home page.
2. Donate an experience or item. Love to host dinner parties? Let’s auction an unique dinner party. Have a boat? Let’s go for a Sunset lake cruise. Extra tickets to Vegas? Donate.. Get the idea? Contact Dan Maher or Gary Provo for more info.
3. Want to help on a committee? Bring is your talents and we will find the right fit. Contact Jill Leonard or Jay Smith.
We look forward to raising $125,000 net to put back into making our community one of the best places on earth! More later.
- APPLESEED TRIVIA CONTEST -
1. All correct submissions are eligible to win if received before next meeting.
2. Winner will be drawn from the "hat" at the meeting (you need not be first).
3. Prior winners may not pick the same question or prize.
Three dedicated Rotarians had fun on Monday spreading rock on top of the recently-placed ground cloth around the new parking lot (Jenniman, McCants, Clifton; arrangements by Rich Peters)
Photos by Frank who thought this would be something worthwhile to do on his birthday.
End Polio Now/Club 60:
Our ambitious goal has been set by President Pete at $10,000 ($192 per week!).
We continue our 10-year relationship with the Gates Foundation; since 2013, they have matched each dollar with $2 toward polio eradication.
Donations by club members on Nov. 1 = $56.88are added to our share of the Area-9 polio meal of $227 thus bringing our total $1135 or $3405with the Gates match. This equates to 5686 lives saved. Collections at KPQ were $1133. Read about World Polio Day, October 24