Cashmere Rotary
Weekly Newsletter
November 16, 2011
Great opening today by Keith Webb in the singing of Jingle Bells. We needed to celebrate our first snowfall of the season. And it seems as soon as we finished singing, the snow once again, started to fall. Thanks Keith.
It was pretty quiet today with no Rotary guest or other guest showing up.
We did have our 2 school reps with us today, Rex Pittsinger and Kiera Burnett. Kiera talked about the new play coming up ‘Singing in the Rain”, and also the Central Washington University choir trip. Of course the big news was the soccer team leaving for State competition and the State playoff of football on Saturday. Good luck to both teams. Rex also talked about the tractor driving contest coming up.
Pot drawing was drawn by Keith and he pulled out his wife Pat's number, but she only won the $1.00.
Birthdays-Anniversaries
On the 20th Kelly’s husband will have a birthday and on Tuesday Duane’s wife will have a birthday.
Announcements
The big news today was the auction success. Yes it was. The auction this year netted $40,000 and after expenses we should be at around $31,000 to $32,000 profit. Great job everyone, and a big Thank You to the Auction Committee.
Next year’s auction will probably be November 10th and that will be confirmed next week at the meeting.
Happy Bucks
Gil was happy the joke told by our president was finally finished, it was too long. Ed was happy for the cookies we had today. Chuck finally paid to the boonesfarm wine. Debbie and JC were happy John volunteered his hair at the auction, and John B was happy about the election.
Fines
Julie was sitting in Keith’s chair and a table of all girls were fined. Then a table of men were fined and Ed said when he sat at the girls table, all they talked about was labor and baby deliveries so he was fined separately.
Program
What a great program today. Chuck and his son Dave gave us a wonderful talk and showed pictures of their 7 day ski trip to California and Colorado. They were skiilanking, a new Dronen term forgoing on a limited budget ski trip. It was great, thanks guys.
November 10, 2011
Today’s meeting was held on Thursday at Riverside Center.
This was so we could start setting up for our auction which will be held on Saturday.
We had no guest today
Birthdays-Anniversaries
Barb will be celebrating her birthday this week.
Happy Bucks
Gil’s grandson who has been in Afghanistan will be coming home next week. Tracy was proud of the middle school students who celebrated Veterans Day. Chuck was just happy to live in this area.
Fines
None today.
Program
The only program today was the setting up of tables and lights for our auction.
November 2, 2011
We opened our meeting today with the singing of “Grandfather Clock”, an old time favorite of our club.
Didn’t have any Rotary guest or other guest today, just lots of members.
Birthdays and Anniversaries
Julie Ryan and Pat Valison have their birthdays on the 6th. And Jim and Kay celebrate their 40th wedding anniversary on the 6th.
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Student Report |
Student reports were given by Jasmine Gonzalez and James Stolhammer. They both gave us a good report about FBLA, the Drama class, and cross country sports. Thanks to both of you for attending.
Rotary Moment
Today our newest member, Rick Shorett talked about charitable organizations and what to pay attention to when giving to them.
Pot Drawing
Won by James Stolhammer today, but he only won the $1.00.
Announcements
Barb and Karen talked about the auction and that we have met our goal of $40,000 of contributed items. Now we just need people to attend. Saturday 11/12.
Donna Smith is going to Ellensburg next week to learn about Rotary Grant money.
Happy bucks
Donna had a great week in Montana, and she also was glad that their car has sold for Rotary. Bill was glad American Express called them to let them know there credit card had been used by someone else. Nancy was happy for their Grandkids accomplishments at school. And Jim Geary was happy about his 40th anniversary.
Fines
Rick for making the Rotary moment 5 minutes long instead of the 1 minute. Kris for not taking care of Greg. Sue Ozborn forgot her badge and Nancy for something.
Program
Had a great program given by Barb Dronen about Medicaid. She also talked about all the cuts the Governor is proposing which will affect her business and all of us. Very interesting Barb, Thanks.
October 26, 2011
Keith and Paul started us with another old time favorite, Stollo Pumpa.
Rotary Guest
None today
Other Guests
Connie and Evan McCauley, Sandy Liddell and The Drama Club from School.
Birthdays and Anniversaries
Randy and Donna Smith were in both of these categories. It will be there 37th anniversary and both of their birthdays.
Rotary Moment
Ken Jackson talked about voting and the opportunity we have to voice our opinion at the voting booth.
Pot Drawing
Won by Steve again this week. Only a $1.00
School Reps
Karla Blomquist reminded us all to not forget to vote on the Glee contest. The sport teams were very successful this year in winning and a lot of them are CTL champions. They also have been having a lot of college visits coming to school. Thanks Karla
Announcements
Paul has a car which was donated for the auction, a 1999 Ford Explorer.
Happy Bucks
Chuck brought the Boones Farm wine. Tracy said the food drive was very successful. Several members gave because Terry was back and Ev was happy for all the wine he has received for the auction. Greg was happy he was feeling better.
Fines
Terrry was fined because he only gave $1.00 for having his son here today. Kris for not being here much. RB getting gray. Tony didn’t pay for the kids at school. Chucks picture was in the paper.
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Program
Today we had the Drama Class from the school. They gave us a short rendition of the play there putting on “Rumors”. Great job, Thanks to all of you.
October 19, 2011
Paul sang “The Battle Hyme of the Republic”, what a great song, and of course, Paul does a tremendous job.
Rotary Guest
Keith Goener from Leavenworth.
No other guests today
Rotary Moment
Karen talked about past Rotary Auctions and the amount we have raised. We’ve done really well each year.
Pot Drawing
Our Rotary guest won the $1.00 today.
School Reps
Kiera Burnett and Tianna Helm gave us a great report about the sports, band, art club and FCCLA. Thanks girls, great job and Thanks for attending.
Happy Bucks
Randy Smith for family, Ev for the wine and Gil & JC were happy John was here.
Fines
Only RB today, because he forgot to ask for fines.
Announcements
Auction reminder. And RB talked about End Polio Now is at the Wenatchee park on Monday at 5:00.
Program
Today we had the pleasure of having Ken Lacey return from last week and continue his information on Ice Age Floods. Another great continuation of a fine program. Thanks Ken
October 12, 2011
Finally was able to attend this meeting, so as usual I enjoyed our song leader, and piano player Chuck Clarke.
Our President announced he would not tell a joke today because of bad reviews last week, but he did tell a story which wasn’t bad.
Rotary Guest
Rick Shorett Sr. from Friday Harbor, WA
Other guests
Linda Ingraham from Cashmere.
Birthdays
Annette Gilmer is soon to have a birthday.
Rotary Moment
Randy our President talked about last nights event in Wenatchee which was a fellowship meeting honoring the DG.
School Reps
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Machenzi Brunner and Becca Monnin gave us a great report about the video the Music department . There is a State wide contest for some $50,000 that would be awarded to a school for the school music program.
Happy Bucks
Steve was happy that his parking lot will be paved tomorrow. Barbara is going to Hawaii. Donna and Randy are going to the International convention next spring. Dick Milner is going to California. Jerry Kenoyer is staying here, and Greg & Kris are going to California.
Fines
Dick Milner was sitting in Greg’s seat. Rick forgot his dads name, and the greeters didn’t pass out enough song books.
Program
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Yadira Castaneda |
Bruce Cheadle introduced Ken Lacy from Wenatchee who gave us a fantastic talk about the Ice Age Floods in the Pacific Northwest. Thanks Ken it was wonderful and very informative.
October 5, 2011
Our Rotary guests today were Mitchell Darlington and James Stolhammer.
Other guests were Dennis Kihlstdius and Sandy Lindell.
Our School Reps were James Stolhammer and Mitchell Darlington, they talked about the Saturday homecoming dance and the Apple day activities. Also mentioned were all the activities at the school, including the new talent show coming up.
Announcements
The auction committee gave a quick report and asked everyone to contact the local businesses for donations. Also don’t forget to bring a bottle of wine to the next meeting for the auction basket.
Tracy Franklin talked about the upcoming food drive and asked Rotarians to bring a couple of cans of food next week . We have until Oct. 28th to bring canned food.
Pot Drawing
Jerry Kenoyer won the $1.00.
Happy Bucks
Randy and Donna, Ev Green, Gil, Keith and Barbara were all very happy this week.
Fines
Jim Fletcher, Keith, Rick, and Tracy. Don’t’ know why these people got fined, but I’m sure there was a good reason.
Program
John Bryant talked about Make a Difference Day on Oct. 22. The goal is 100 hours of volunteers work on 3 projects.
September, 2011
Since I got a little behing I’ll give one report as to what happened during the month of September.
Rotary guests this month. Russ Hobbs from California who is a past DG. Sara Urdahl, Julie Robinson and Jim Russell from the Wenatchee Downtown club.
Other guests this month were Jessica Pierson, Sandy Liddert, Jamie Bakken, Katie Ryan and Kent Chalmers.
We always enjoy our representatives from the High School, and continue to enjoy there reports each week. Jamie Stolhammer, Sarah Cunning, Mackensie Brunner, Corine Turner, Kiera Burnett, Brian McNair, Karley Blomquest and Angela Knishta were the students who were with us the month of September.
Our Birthdays consisted of Terry McCaully, Barbara Gilyard, Kris Taylor, Mick Parker and JC Baldwin. And Jim and Susan Fletcher celebrated a wedding anniversary.
During this month we also had the pleasure of inducting a new member. Rick Shorett who, along with his wife, run and own a B&B here in Cashmere.
Programs this month were all very interesting. We had Jill FitzSimmons who gave us a report of what is happening here at our Cashmere Chamber of Commerece. We had a report from Debbie about the PUD, Shawn Seaman from the PUD talked about the Envireonment at the PUD, and Kent Chalmers the Band director from Cashmere, brought us the Cashmere HS Jazz Band.
It was a great Month