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Lake Views
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Official Newsletter of Lake Chelan Rotary
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Issue No. 22 for 11-29-2016
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Please enjoy the award winning Lake Views newsletter of Lake Chelan Rotary. The year
2016 is Lake Chelan Rotary's 90th Birthday having been Chartered in on March 24, 1926.
Our Club meets every Tuesday at 11:45 a.m. at
Tsillan Cellars in Sorrento's Restaurant.
Tsillan Cellars is one of the Chelan Valley's preeminent wineries.
Our satellite meeting is held at the Vogue - the valleys Gathering Place on the 1st and 3rd Thursday at 7 a.m.
Please join us at either of these meetings - an invitation is not required. Visitors are always welcome.
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Our Program for Tuesday, November 29
Have you met our new City Administrator, Mike Jackson? This week it is your chance to do so.
Mike Jackson
Mike Jackson began serving the City of Chelan as City Administrator on November 1, 2016. Mike draws from his experience and enjoyment of public service to meet the challenges of municipal government. He believes each community is unique and strives daily to fulfill the vision and core values as established by the Mayor, City Council and citizens. Mike began his professional career as a State Park Ranger and Park Manager in Utah after graduating from Utah State University in Recreation Resource Management. He then made a shift to City government by serving as Director of Parks, Library and Recreation (PLR) Director in Sterling, Colorado where he was the first Director of that newly formed department.
In 2003, Mike was drawn to Washington by the formation of the newly incorporated City of Spokane Valley. At the time, Spokane Valley was the largest U.S. City incorporation in U.S. History and Mike was excited to serve the City as its first Parks and Recreation Director. After several successful and exhilarating years of serving the Spokane Valley community as Parks and Recreation Director, Mike went on to become the Deputy City Manager. Then, in 2010, Mike was selected as City Manager of Spokane Valley and served in that position until 2016. After leaving Spokane Valley, Mike served as Interim Administrator in College Place Washington where he gained additional experience in a council/mayor form of government.
In addition to his Bachelor's Degree from Utah State University, Mike also has a Master's Degree in Management from Regis University in Denver, CO. Mike is a Credentialed City Manager with the International City/County Manager's Association where he continues to learn as he meets the forty plus hours of development and educational requirements each year. True to his parks and recreation roots, Mike is an active outdoorsman, hiker, golfer and generally "always busy" kind of guy. Mike and his wife Sharon have three grown children and one granddaughter that they dearly love and are very proud of. Mike believes in a balance of work and play and sees Chelan as the perfect place to fulfill both of those dreams.
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How was your October attendance?
Attached for your review are the attendance statistics for October and the 12 month period ending in October. To view just click on the respective underlined word.
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Holiday Social Event for your calendar, on December 20
The Holiday party will be
December 20 (New Revised Date)
at 6 p.m. at Sorrentos. The cost will be $30 per person and reservations will be required by December 13 to finalize the head count. Make your reservation with Rick Nedrow. Any Suggestions for entertainment? If you have an idea give it to Kelly Allen.
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Rotary Foundation Month
Two weeks ago we really did ourselves proud by honoring a class of 15 new (or multiple) Paul Harris Fellows at our new meeting. Now we have nearly 50% of our club who have been honored as Paul Harris Fellows for their contributions to the community and $1000 to the Rotary International Foundation. Thanks for the contribution of member Kirk McGovern for the design and creation of our Lake Chelan Rotary Paul Harris Fellow framed certificate. It is so unique that you will not see it hung on the walls of our members.
Front Row: Cynthia Mettler (wife of Lyle), Mary Watson, Kelly Allen, Mary Ann Warren
(wife of Tom and former Rotarian at Wenatchee Downtown), Ezra Teshome (speaker and
presenter), Roger Perry (District 5060 Foundation & Permanent Fund Chair), Bob Myers.
Back Row: Guy Evans, Don Lloyd,
Dave Koenig (son of Barb), Tim Hollingsworth, Larry Bowers,
Ron Hart, Kirk McGovern
(standing in for his wife Mary). Not pictured: Denise Lorenz, Sue Slaugenhaupt (wife of
Jim), and Russ Jones.
Example of our Paul Harris Fellow Certificate
 
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What is happening with Vanessa Miller?
Our outbound Youth Exchange student three years ago, has checked in from her college experience in Vienna, Austria.
Dear Lake Chelan Rotarians,
Since moving to Vienna in August, life has been a whirlwind in the best (and a couple bad) ways. I decided to do a double major in International Relations and Psychology, and am extremely pleased with my choice. International Relations is my passion, but psychology has been extremely fascinating and immediately applicable to my everyday life. The learning curve has been intimidating at times thanks to the massive amounts of information I am expected to absorb, but it's great to once again feel like I am moving closer to my major goals. Regardless of the growing pains that come with caring for myself for the first time, I have already noticed how beneficial it has been for me thus far. I feel beyond lucky to be able to study in this amazing city with a wide array of great people from all over the world. Even better, most of the students I spend time with here are from countries outside of my range of experience. Eastern European countries like Russia, Serbia, Bulgaria, etc make up about half of the student population and African and Asian countries are well represented as well.
My old home has been the perfect location to study for two reasons. Since Vienna is located in the heart of Europe, it's easy for me to take short trips to different countries. I have already taken the opportunity to visit one of my favorite cities, Prague, and have some ideas in mind for my next destination. I also have the advantage of having a safety net in the form of my host families from my exchange year. I try to visit them once every 1-2 weeks, and very little has changed in terms of my close relationship to them. In any case, I could not have asked for a better balance between challenging and entertaining. Future plans may have something to do with Scotland, the Netherlands, or Thailand. Stay tuned! Thank you for your unending support and encouragement. Your dedication to selflessness is an inspiration to myself and many others! Love, Vanessa
Rotary Exchange Student 2012-2013
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What a great social Event at the Cooper home!
Last week 28 Lake Chelan Rotarians and their guests had a wonderful evening at Les & Carol Cooper's home. If you have not been attending you really ought to give it a try. Wonderful networking and getting to know your fellow members. Thanks Les and Carol.
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Jan Fedor is now getting Rotarians to sign up for the December 9th & 10th work sessions. They need set up help on the 9th, event help for the AM and PM on the 10th, and take down and toy storage afterwards. If you can help contact Jan at 682-5263. Now have 700 kids signed up.
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Make Up Meetings around the Area!
Did you know that you can make up a meeting at the following places?
Wenatchee Downtown @ Red Lion Thur. Noon
Wenatchee North @ Town Toyota Center Wed. Noon
Wenatchee Sunrise @ Red Lion Tues. 7 am
Cashmere @ Cashmere Presbyterian Church Wed. Noon
Leavenworth @ Kristall's Fri. 11:45 am
East Wenatchee @ Shari's Restaurant Thurs. 7 am
Lake Chelan @ Tsillian Cellars Tues. Noon
Quincy @ Quincy Senior Center Thur. Noon
Okanogan-Omak @ The Flour MIll in Okanogan Thur Noon
Grand Coulee Dam @ Siam Palace Restaurant Wed. Noon
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Time to get registered for the next session of the Rotary Leadership Institute. Just ask any recent graduate how great this program is. A great opportunity for new officers. Two courses are scheduled:
RLI-North: Penticton February 4, February 18 & March 4
RLI-South: Ellensburg March 4, March 18 & April 1
You can register on the District 5060 website.
***YES!! The District is STILL offering 50% off RLI for this year, so each session is only $42.50!!
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Our CHS INTERACT Team is has been given two signed and authenticated Seahawks jerseys from Russell Wilson and Marshawn Lynch. These jerseys will be on display at a future club meeting and at the Lake Chelan Chamber of Commerce from now until the day of the ticket drawing on April 15, 2017 during the Rotary Radiothon. All of the funds raised will be used in support of INTERACT service projects both locally and internationally.
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This Week's Team
November 29
Greeter - Coron Polley
Asst. Cashier - Terry Johnson
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Do you have any good lake photos that you would like to share? Send them on to your editor as a jpeg. Thanks.
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A ROTARIAN is a person who:
Digs wells from which they will never drink.
Vaccinates children they will never meet.
Restores sight for those they will never see.
Builds houses they will never live in.
Knows real happiness: which can only be found by serving others.
Educates children they will never know .
Plants trees they will never sit under.
Feeds hungry people, regardless of color, race or politics .
Makes crawlers walk half a world away.
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Potpourri: 90% of our club has participated in the Every Rotarian Every Year. What about you 10%?
Last Tuesday we had 50 of our members attending. That is awesome.
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2016-2017
Officers & Directors
Kevin Abel
President-Elect:
Lester Cooper
Vice President:
Ty Witt
Treasurer:
Terry White
Secretary:
Tiffany Gering
Past President:
Jordana LaPorte
Directors:
Sandy Calicoat
Kirk McGovern
Rick Nedrow
Phil Moller
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Check out an E-Club to make up your attendance.
At the Don Morse Park holiday lighting project last weekend, the following Rotarians did the job: Russ Jones, Bob Sheehan, Karen Feek, Rick Nedrow, Dick Simonds (Chair), Concie Luna, Paul Gunn, Lyle Mettler, Ron Hart, and Dan Hodge.
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Rotary Food Bank day raised food bags and cash totalling $2236, doubling last year.
Nora Hollingsworth has been accepted as an outbound Youth Exchange student for next year to Bolivia or Ecuador.
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November 29 - Meet & hear our new City of Chelan Administrator
December 1 - Satellite meeting at the Vogue at 7 a.m.
December 6 - Club election of officers and board members & club assembly
December 8 - Board mtg at Chamber office at 4 pm
December 10 - Manger Mall volunteer opportunity. Call Jan Fedor
December 13 - Sharon Lukacs will update us about Chelan Valley Hope
December 15 - Satellite mtg at the Vogue at 7 am
December 20 - Holiday party and no noon mtg.
December 27 - Our program will Eloise Barshes from the Vol. Attorney Service of Chelan & Douglas Counties
February 3 - Wenatchee Wild social event @ 7:05 pm in Wenatchee. Sign up with Phil Moller
May 20 - 5K Vineyard Challenge fundraiser
April 28-30, 2017 - Dist. 5060 annual conference in Kelowna
June 10-14, 2017 - Atlanta International Rotary Convention
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Check out the Board minutes from
November 10, by clicking on the underlined date!
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Are you interested in joining Lake Chelan Rotary? Please contact Membership co-chairs Mary Watson (509) 670-3169
PO Box 601
Chelan, WA 98816
Newsletter editor: Tom Warren
thomas.warren@lakeChelanRotary.org
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