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Gig Harbor

Be The Inspiration
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We meet Fridays at 7:00 AM
Cottesmore Care Ctr.
2909 14th Ave NW
Mail to: PO Box 342
Gig Harbor, WA  98335
United States
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Last Friday (8/17/2018)
Posted by Marti Anderson
Opening Bell: By Dave Gordon, standing in for Paul Invocation: by Duane Fister. Pledge of Allegiance: by XX; Song: National Anthem led by Hal Cline
Four Way Test: by XX Greeters: XX.
Visiting Rotarians: Introduced by Coach – Joyce Taylor Guests: Rosalie Buchanan, John Guardia, Jim Sheehan, Gary, Jim Waddell, David Holsinger, Hillary Bridge, Geoff Barcalow,
 
Opening Comments:
 
Announcements:
  • Vicki Hogan and Dave visited Mel Wick over the weekend. He is now home and doing well.
  • Tacoma ½ Marathon- this Saturday
  • Fly In Drive In – Aug 25 @ Narrows Airport.
  • Star Awards – Sharon Schaffer is soliciting for nominees. Form on line and she will have some at next week’s meeting.
  • Jack Sparrow Concert – Aug 23, 530p – 900p.benefits Communities In Schools of Peninsula. Jim Borgen and Brett and Kathy Davis-Hayfields. 6209 Reid Rd. $30.00 Call CISP 253-884-5733 or peninsulaciswa.ejoinme.org/CISP2018Bash to rsvp.
  • Auction Committee meeting -Aug 28, 6pm @ Lee and Pam’s
  • Fence Project – Materials for sale. Lee bought the lumber. Contact Randy if interested in 100’ wire fencing. Next work party – perhaps the last on this project – is Aug 25.
Fines and Happy Bucks: Peter Glein was the Finemaster. Just back from ANOTHER vacation, so didn’t have any dirt on anyone.
Lots of time for Happy Bucks: Juanita- taking a leave of absence since she has lots of travel. Meeting with Derek Kilmer and concerned Rotarians regarding the whales/Columbia River Damn breaching.
Rod Ladd – Has his (4th) motorhome back.
Bob Ryan – Drove across the country with his son. Gave them time to connect and solve all the world’s problems.
Jeff Harris – Logging show on Key Peninsula this weekend.
Sophie Perkins – David went gliding this weekend – and lived to tell about it.
Howard  Mackert– Had a great day at the track, got to go fast and raise lots of money
George Bonney – Celebrated 40 year anniversary
Someone - sorry I didn’t catch who – Now has 3 sons over 50 years old
Tom Borgen – Thanks for all the support for “courage” riders
Pam Smith – Bittersweet. Back from France with 14 friends. Lost her dog recently, but Lee is picking up a new puppy this week.
Bob Martin – Celebration/ send off for his granddaughter going on a Rotary exchange to Chile
Dave Gordon – Back from a 2 week Baltic cruise
 
Drawing: Starting fresh with a full bag of white chips. Marti won 10 free tickets for next week and Sophie won the right to draw from the chips for the chance at the pot. She drew the white. So sorry, Sophie.
 
Program: Don Buchanan Reclassification Talk
Graduate of PHS. Attended Washington State College, College of Puget Sound, Olympic College, Central, FINALLY graduated from UPS in Fine Arts and Accounting. Was on the Tennis and sailing teams.
Worked for his Dad’s company, Buchanan Lumber in Olympia, which became a Log dump operation working up to 400 loads/ day. Then bought West Bay Marina, (lost all the docks in the Thanksgiving Day storm).
Had his own fish company which sold to the cruise lines, eventually morphed into Captain’s Choice smoked salmon.
Rotary Member for 43 years. 2 sons, both living in the area. Married to Rosalie (thank you for overseeing his wardrobe, Rosalie)
Tons, and TONS of community involvement over the years, over and above all his Rotary efforts. Rotary Lifetime achievement Award in 2015.
A couple quotes to take away from his “The more you say the less people listen”
 
Club Happenings:
Club Service: Focusing on member engagement and fast-tracking red badgers to blue
Vocational – Stars Awards, Mental Health Pilot Program, 1st Tee scholarships, Prison Transition Reentry Program. They meet the 3rd Wed of each month
Youth – Monday Aug 27, Artondale Elementary Earlyact Buddy Benches are dedicated, Interact, John would like more volunteers, Pam P and her daughter are working on Interact @ Harbor Ridge, working on host families for 2019-2020 exchange.
International – Lots of great work going on it Philippines, Guatemala, Africa, water projects, medical and literacy programs. Contact Rod if you have desk top computers to donate.
 
President pro tem Dave Gordon ended the meeting at 8:30 sharp
 
Notes by Marti Anderson
Friday (8/10/2018)
Posted by Alan Weaver
Opening Bell: Meeting opened by President Paul Alvestad by having past president of many moons ago Ron Roberts ring the bell from his seat. Pledge of Allegiance by John Duppenthaler; Song “God Bless America” by Hal Cline and our two British born members who added “God Save the Queen” at the end; Four Way Test by Bob Lutschg; Visiting Rotarians as introduced by “Coach” Jack Stonestreet (who tried to introduce last week’s visitors before being corrected) Mike Mitchel, Bob Anderson (GH North), Joyce Taylor (Shelton) and three invaders (from Tacoma 8) Don Hanson, Barry Benson and Fred Mathazi; Guests Dave Holsinger (of Sophie Perkins), Marc Silba, Gene Krebs and Guy Allen (all of Walker Allen) and Geoff Barcalow (Randy Barcalow’s son); and speaker Joe Piscatella. Greeters – none spotted.
President’s Comments:
  • Member Mel Wick is presently in the hospital recovering from a surgery and the Sunshine Committee of Allisha McVey and Dorothy Wimberly have been alerted.
  • President Paul displayed three screens which showed (a) the coming events for this week, (b) the list of brain storming ideas for club activities which are under consideration and (c) the future community events.
  • President Paul reported on the joint Rotary get-together at the Rainer’s baseball game which he enjoyed so much that he had to be reminded who won (Paul, it was the Dodgers).
Various Announcements:
  • Visitor Mike Mitchell pitched the second annual Rockin Rhythm and Blues Festival to be held on August 18th at the Sportsman’s Club for the benefit of soldiers and veterans – PTSD Permission to Start Dreaming http://ptsdfoundation.org/ .
  • Marcia Harris reminded us of the three awards granted by our club which are Star’s Award in February to a non-Rotarian, the Rotarian of the Year to a Rotarian as selected by the club president and the Vocational Service Award given in September to a Rotarian for extraordinary service over and above that given for Rotary projects.
  • John Mitchell reported on the coming Courage bike ride later this month in which we have five members participating and the club is handling the lunch portion on Sunday at Mossyrock between 9:30 am and 1:30 pm for an expected sixty riders.
  • Hal Cline was before the group again to remind those who are participating in Dinners for Eight to be sure to show up for their anointed dinners.
  • Mystery woman Cindy Reed (who was adorned with a breathing mask because of dust particles) promoted a meeting after next Friday’s meeting for those interested in Early Act and Brent Tayet reported on the Early Act benches being installed at Artondale School.
  • The Raffle was handled ably by Larry Olson and Donna Lormor with someone winning the right to ten free tickets next week. And then Hal Cline made his third appearance before the club when he successfully drew the blue chip for $764 (with President Paul muttering in the background the names of several worthy club charitable projects).
Fines and Happy Bucks:
            John Winslow ably insulted and fined a few, but not Hal Cline who to the surprise of many successfully named the three other couples coming to his Dinners for Eight that night. However, Todd Fletcher contributed a dollar because Cottesmore’s dishwasher had broken down so we had dined off paper plates and cups and plastic silverware. His protests of adding air conditioning to the meeting got him nowhere. Lastly, Annie Arbenz happily contributed to the pot by declaring that she had completed the Canadian Ironman in Whistler, BC two weeks ago which consisted of a 2.4 mile swim, 112 mile bike ride and 26.2 mile run in 14 hours 35 minutes. (Don’t think her 9:01 transition time from bike to run was spent in putting on her famous high heels.) Annie, at age 35, became the third active club Rotarian to finish an Ironman, joining Paul Willett, who finished in a slower time at age 53, and this scribe, who was also slower but age 61.
Speaker: Hal Hodgins introduced fellow Rosedale resident Joe Piscatella, a nationally known author on health and the heart. Joe spoke on lifestyle versus how we choose to live with special emphasis on diet, exercise, smoking, stress and attitude. Unfortunately, those in this country have not been doing a good job with the USA ranked 169th country in health, just behind Croatia. While we have 6% of the world’s population, we have 33% of the world’s fat. Now, the average woman weighs 166 pounds and average man 195. He challenged us by inquiring whether we wanted to spend the last twenty years of life in a golf cart or wheel chair. Lastly, he described how he had changed his life style at age 32 to the better as a result of a 95% blockage in his heart.
Adjournment: Promptly at 8:30 am.
Scribe: Al Weaver
2018 Toronto Convention
Posted by Robert J Martin on Jul 08, 2018
2018 TORONTO RI CONVENTION--YOU SHOULD HAVE BEEN THERE!
The first slides will be about convention presentations and the following slides about the social benefits
 
Laura Bush gave an excellent talk about the Bush family and service.  It was informative and entertaining because she used a lot of humor.  Sorry about the light bar in her face, but this is what we saw.
 
This is the couple who sat next to us at the Opening Ceremonies.  He is Buen Castillo and his wife.  Buen is the President of the Paranaque Club (Fred's old Club) in Manila and we had met them in February when we visited there.  Made the world seem a little smaller having them next to us.
 
This is how much the Annual Fund has raised this year.  The goal was $360M, so great success indeed.
 
This is RI Director Julia Phelps presenting RI President Ian Risely with the honor as the first Non Profit to win the "Billion Acts of Kindness" award.  Just another feather in Rotary's cap and a reason to support the Rotary Foundation.
 
RI President Ian with Canada's Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau.  PM Trudeau's comments were very laudatory of Rotary's works and that the Canadian government has been very supportive financially in the Polio Eradication program.  He was an excellent speaker and the Canadians were very proud of his presence.
 
This is incoming Ri President Barry Rasin from the Bahamas, with his theme, "Be the Inspiration".  He was most enthusiastic.
 
This is President Barry's announcing that Rotary is committed to bringing clean water to all Haitians by 2020, which is a daunting task.  Ask me about why this is happening; it is an interesting story.
 
NOW COMES THE SOCIAL STUFF
 
Here is Jan getting wet from the spray of Niagara Falls.  The boat goes right into the mist.  The next picture shows why the mist is there.  I was surprised to learn that Niagara has a greater flow than Iguazu Falls in Brazil.  Having seen both, Iguazu seems much greater.  There must be a dry season in Brazil when the flow is much less.
 
You can see the water hitting the rocks below and creating the mist.  The rocks are from the collapse of the rim of the falls and that rim is slowly moving back toward Lake Erie.
 
This is a sunset on Lake Ontario.  Rotarians from our District and District 5170, Silicon Valley, chartered a dinner cruise on a three masted sail boat and it was great.  Left at 6:30PM and got back about 11:00 PM so we saw the sun set and then the lights of Toronto.  The temperature was perfect and the water was unbelievably calm.  74 Rotarians from our District.
 
This is the nighttime view of Toronto with the CN Tower dominating.  The restaurant in the middle is just unter 1100 feet, almost twice the height of the Space Needle.  Fantastic views!
 
Here are 9 GH Rotarians and spouses, along with Tacoma 8 President Barry Benson and his wife at the Trattoria Fieremosco Italian Restaurant.  Had a fantastic meal and even better Fellowship.  You had better mark June1-5, 2019 on your calendars so you can attend the RI Convention in Hamburg hand have this kind of experience.
 
This is the observation deck at the CN Tower.  It is a floor below the restaurant.  Our Hostel room is to the right of the trees just off Jan's left elbow.  The trees are Clarence Park.  Needless to say, we had a grand time in Toronto, as did all of the other Rotarians from Gig Harbor.
It is Smile Time
Posted by Robert J Martin on Jul 13, 2018
A FEW THOUGHTS TO BRING A SMILE TO YOUR FACE
 
With the temperature in the 90's, snow doesn't seem as bad!
 
 
Philippine Packing Party July 2018
Posted by Robert J Martin on Jul 13, 2018
PHILIPPINE PACKING PARTY--8 MORE BOXES
 
This was the first shift, Tom, Larry, Mike, and Jeff.  They had most of the work done before the next shift.
 
Rod is the picture man, so I made it into this one.  Tim is showing off some fo the books, while Jan gets more.
 
John, Larry, Tim, Jeff, hard at work and Rod hard at work on his phone.  Lots of books and lots of clothes headed for the Philippines to be distributed in the Kayapa/Bayambong area under Father Vic's direction.
 
Jan and Tom show up in this one.  We got there 15 minutes late and 5-6 boxes were already done.
 
John is kind of looking like he wants in the box, but everyone kept an eye on him.  Great to see a "rising star" like Tim front and center.  For those of you who want light work, these packing parties are about as light as it gets.  Pay attention to when the next one is so you could help.
 
Things are winding down (except for John still trying to get in the box).  Looks like Jeff has retired.  Just in case you hadn't noticed, John managed to be in every picture except the last.
 
The boxes are all addressed and labeled, to be picked up 2 days later and on the ship within 4 days which is unusually fast.  After the packing we has an abbreviated International Service Committee meeting while we enjoyed, wine, beer, and fresh made Lumpia, provided by Carina Pinch.  Service, food, drink, and fellowship.  Can't imagine why anyone would want to miss that!
2018 Installation Banquet
Posted by Robert J Martin on Jul 08, 2018
2018 INSTALLATION BANQUET AT HORSESHOE LAKE GOLF COURSE
 
Fashion maven Dick is adjusting Walker Sandlin's shirt as Walker Allen looks on.  This may be my first double Walker picture!
 
My and her mother Camilla seem to be enjoying the festivities, and no drink in their hands.  Dick seems to be hogging the camera.
 
Mike is working hard to get the golf scores organized, and with as many strokes as our team had, that was a lot of work!  The golf tournament was a lot of fun!  Be sure to sign up next year.
 
Had some First Tee equipment set up along with some of President Mel's advertising.  BTW, has he been fined yet?
 
This is what I meant about President Mel liking BIG trophies.  His team won the golf tournament and this was the reward.  Do they each get the trophy for 3 months?
 
One of President Mel's Best Buddies, Fred Couples; so it is no surprise that he might win the trophy.
 
President Mel's HS graduation picture for the before, with his current picture.  BTW, has he been fined yet?  I think the sales talent was real obvious in his graduation picture, especially with the hair style.laugh Great that President Mel's Mother could be there.  None of my pictures of her turned out unfortunately.
 
I guess with an attorney taking the Presidency, Mel administered an oath of office to incoming President Paul.  That is a first for our Club.  Some clubs to an oath of office for all incoming officers; glad we don't do it routinely, but with two more attorneys coming maybe it will happen again.
 
Here Dave is presenting a very elaborate gavel he has created for President Paul; complete with a cowbell.
 
 
 
 
 
Club Executives & Directors
President
Paul Alvestad
President Elect
Hal Hodgins
Vice President
Camilla Brocker
Secretary
Cynthia Kennedy
Treasurer
Brady Buskirk
Immediate Past President
Mel Santos
The Rotary Foundation
Robert J Martin
Club Service
John Duppenthaler
Community Service
Cory Coryell
International Service
Rod Ladd
Webmaster
Timothy Williams
Membership
Annie Arbenz
Public Image
Jennifer Hamilton
Vocational Service
Richard Schmalz
Youth Services
Jeanie Simmons
Youth Protection Officer
Pam Peterson Smith
 
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Speakers
District Governor Craig Gillis
Aug 24, 2018
District Governor Visitation
Scott Hohensinner
Aug 31, 2018
Wheels4Water -Ride across U.S. 9 days, 9 states for 1000 kids
Carol Hendricks
Sep 07, 2018
Swaziland Days for Girls Project
Jay Stricherz
Sep 14, 2018
View From the Field
Dupenthaler/Coryell/Ladd/Schmalz/Simmons
Sep 21, 2018
Club Happenings
Jeff Langhelm, City of Gig Harbor Public Works Dir
Sep 28, 2018
upcoming City of Gig Harbor projects
Hon. Debra L. Stephens
Oct 12, 2018
Challenges to Access to Justice and Independence of the Courts
Annina Liebner
Nov 02, 2018
Italy report from our Exchange Student
Ivan Harrell Ph.D./, President of TCC
Nov 30, 2018
Report on TCC developments
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