Lunch Meeting Program

Tuesday, March 14, 2023

Program: Classification Talk - Doug Mourer, "A Poet's Corner"

Committee Report: 911 Glass Rescue Updates

This week our program will feature a Classification talk from Lake Chelan Rotarian Doug Mourer, who will share a few poems from his collection. Doug began writing poems and prose at age 20. Writing has proven to be an outlet for him to express life experiences, observations, opinions and of course more than a few loving moments. His childhood years were in Clarkston, Washington. He served in US Navy for 6 years as a flight simulator operator, after which he achieved technological degrees in Radiology and Nuclear Medicine imaging, then managing a medical centers' imaging department. He moved into medical equipment sales in 1984, remaining in that field until his retirement in 2019. His family includes 3 Sons, a Daughter, 6 grandchildren and the love of his life, Cindy. Doug and Cindy reside on Wapato Lakes South shore in a log home, so wave as you are fishing!

We will also have a committee report led by 911 Glass Rescue's President, Julie McCoy, along with others from the 911 Glass Rescue Board. Since Paulie the Pulverizer's debut in July 2021, the 911 Glass Rescue glass repurposing project has made an enormous positive impact on our community and served as the inspiration for glass recycling in many other communities far beyond our local area. Join us to learn about what the project has accomplished and has planned for the future.

Meetings are held every Tuesday at noon at Sorrento's Ristorante at Tsillan Cellars. We offer a hybrid meeting format with the option of attending in person or joining on Zoom. The cost for lunch is $12, and for those not buying lunch, the sitting fee is $4. Each ticket is an additional $1. Ticket sales supporting club operations, half of which is paid to a lucky winner based on weekly drawings.

Join Zoom Meeting by clicking on this link:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89260341676?pwd=aGx4S3gxWkUwbWZ0bEczUWVTT082UT09

Meeting ID: 892 6034 1676

Passcode: RCLC

Dial in: 253-215-8782

Satellite Meetings

Satellite meetings are not formal but we keep these standing dates for members who want to gather for fellowship and some Rotary talk:

1st & 3rd Thursdays of each month - Ancestry Cellars in Manson, 5 p.m.

2nd and 4th Thursdays of each month - Coffee meetings - The Family Bean, 131 S Apple Blossom Drive #101 Chelan, 7 a.m.

Dear Rotarians,

I’d like to say a few words about attendance at Rotary.

For most of its history, Rotary made attendance a big deal. My own mom, forged by this culture, still relentlessly pursues a Rotary meeting each week, in person or on-line. 

Since Rotary International softened its policies on attendance, our club’s own position has softened as well. We gained flexibility, but have we also lost something?

In our schools, attendance is kept because you can’t learn without showing up.

In Rotary, it seems to me something similar may be at work. Can a person really “get Rotary” without showing up regularly? 

I’m not speaking just about Tuesday meetings of course. My big revolution in “getting Rotary” came as I stepped deeper into club service via leadership. Others find it diving into other avenues of service. (But Tuesday meetings do form a backbone.)

Should we do more to speak about and celebrate attendance as a club? Should we offer annual awards for those with perfect attendance? And smaller awards for those who miss just a handful of weeks?

Clearly, as a structure, attendance must be held gently. Some chafe against structure, others embrace it with satisfaction. But regardless of wiring, we would make it clear to all members that the intent is not to control but rather encourage. All carrots. No sticks.  

Should we do more as a club to encourage and celebrate attendance? I welcome your thoughts.



Yours in Rotary,

Guy Evans

WHAT ARE DISTRICT AND GLOBAL GRANTS?

The Rotary Foundation has spent more than $3 billion on life-changing, sustainable projects around the world. Rotary members can work with communities through Foundation grants, and two key options are district and global grants.

District grants fund small-scale, short-term activities that address needs in your community and communities abroad. Your district chooses what activities it will fund with these grants, such as humanitarian projects, scholarships, youth programs, or vocational training teams.

Global grants fund large, international activities with sustainable and measurable results in Rotary’s areas of focus. These can include humanitarian projects, scholarships for graduate-level study, or vocational training teams.

WHAT MAKES A GLOBAL GRANT APPLICATION SUCCESSFUL?

Consultation with local experts early in the planning process helps build a strong project plan and global grant application. Our application needs to clearly describe how the project, scholarship, or vocational training team:

• Responds to real community needs. 
• Aligns with one of Rotary’s areas of focus. 
• Actively involves Rotary members and community members. 
• Meets the eligibility requirements in the grant terms and conditions. 
• Includes measurable goals. 
• Will be sustainable and successful long after the global grant funds have been spent.

Our district international service chair is available to help. The district resource network is made up of members with expertise in project planning, the areas of focus, and Rotary Foundation grants.

Our grant system empowers members to design projects with lasting benefits for communities.

Cycle Chelan is our club's biggest fundraiser of the year and makes our scholarships, community projects, youth programs and more all possible! All members, please be sure to save the date of June 24, 2023 and plan to volunteer. Specific job assignments will be made available soon. Committee chairs have already been hard at work for the past several months in preparation for the event and we are making great progress under the leadership of Bob Hargadon.

One way you can help NOW is to share our Facebook and Instagram pages and posts with friends as well as our website. Let's get the word out and make this an even more successful event in 2023!

Cycle Chelan website

Cycle Chelan Facebook page

Instagram: @cyclechelan

The Lake Chelan Chamber of Commerce is hosting a Job Fair to showcase the many job and volunteer opportunities in the Lake Chelan Valley. Lake Chelan Rotary Club has been invited to join local employers and businesses that are currently looking to fill seasonal, part- or full-time positions, as well as volunteer recruitment. This will be a great community networking opportunity and a terrific way to meet potential Rotary members as well as recruit volunteers for our various projects including 911 Glass Rescue, Book Buddies, and Cycle Chelan.

The fair will be hosted at the Lake Chelan Community Gym (309 E Johnson Ave, Chelan WA 98816) on Friday, March 24th from 5-8pm and Saturday, March 25th from 10am-1pm. Sign up is available for both dates and/or a singular date. The Lake Chelan Chamber of Commerce will provide a 6ft table, linen, and name tags.

To participate in this opportunity, we need volunteers from our club to staff the table and organize/collect materials, ideally 2 Rotarians per session. If you are interested, please contact Karen Pembroke no later than Saturday, March 18 so that we can submit our application to the Chamber.

The District 5060 Conference is coming up in May (see details for registration and a link to the conference later in this issue). Help is needed from local clubs! Please see the attached document outlining some crucial volunteer needs. If you are up for the challenge please contact President Guy Evans to let him know your area of interest. Check it out at District Conference Volunteer Roles

Our fellow Lake Chelan Rotarian and friend Connie Lorenz would greatly appreciate assistance with transportation to and from dialysis appointments in Wenatchee on Tuesdays and Thursdays, with drop off at DaVita at approximately 11 am and pickup at approximately 2 - 2:30 pm.

Questions? Please contact Concie Luna. If you can help, please sign up directly at https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0C45A9A622A4F9C16-connies1

Volunteers are needed for a beach cleanup project and seed planting at Don Morse Park on March 25. In conjunction with the cleanup, (which is being organized by Keep It Blue-Lake Chelan, the Lake Chelan Research Institute and the Chelan Project from Chelan HS), the Lake Chelan Rotary Club and the City of Chelan's Parks & Recreation department will plant wildflower seeds for a pollinator garden at the same time.

The event will be on Saturday March 25 from 10am to 1 pm. Paul Horne will have a trailer load of rich dirt parked in the Lakeview Drive in parking lot along with some drywall buckets. There will be ample seeds but the plan is to use some Rotary repurposed sand to mix with the seeds to facilitate broadcasting them. Volunteers will broadcast the seeds and provide a light coating of dirt over them via the drywall buckets. Everyone is encouraged to bring their own drywall buckets or comparable containers, water for hydration, sun screen, gloves, and sensible shoes.

Volunteers participating in the beach cleanup are asked to “bring your own bag”, preferably reusable, in order to minimize the environmental impact. Students from The Chelan Project will organize groups to cover specific sections of beach. Participants are to pick up all trash items and fragments of aquatic weeds on the beach and surrounding areas. Each fragment of milfoil can propagate into a new plant as the water comes back up this Spring. Not only will this prevent new milfoil growth, it will reduce the total amount of organic carbon in near-shore environment by removing invasive plant and other organic residue.

Questions? Please contact Paul Horne at phorne@cityofchelan.us or 509-682-8015.

The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife is holding the 2023 spring cleaning of Beebe Springs Natural Area on Saturday, April 8, 2023. The event is set up on WDFW's online volunteer portal, where volunteers can register to attend this year's volunteer work party. The link to event can be found at https://wdfw.wa.gov/get-involved/volunteer/event-list.

Rotarians were a big part of this effort last year and we hope to have good representation again. Anyone from the community is welcome to sign up as well. Questions? Please contact Amy Pavelchek, Assistant Wildlife Area Manager for Chelan with the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife at 360-742-7941.

Lake Chelan Rotary's Book Buddies program is going strong at both MOE and Manson Elementary Schools, with volunteers reading the first Monday of each month to 2nd grade classrooms at MOE, and one-on-one to 2nd graders at Manson Elementary on the 2nd and 4th Monday of each month. Rotarian Ray Eickmeyer set the bar high this past week by reading a book about unicorns, and bringing along supplies for the students to make unicorn traps!

Volunteers from the community as well as Rotarians are welcome to help with the program. If you are interested, please contact Valerie Rohrich at vrohrich@gmail.com

The scholarship season is upon us! Students in Chelan and Manson High schools and the Chelan School of Innovation can now apply for a Lake Chelan Rotary Scholarship for the 2023-2024 academic year. Applications can be submitted through April 23, 2023 and can be found on the Lake Chelan Rotary website at https://lakechelanrotary.org/2023-scholarships/

After Primary School

When we established the Brighter Future Project (BFP) in 2014 we forgot about the laws of nature. The law in this case was that "children do not remain children - young girls become young women" and "girls in primary school will (with luck) become girls in secondary (high) school".

At the end of the 2022 academic year we had nine young women graduate from primary school and move on to secondary school. Students get very little choice as to which school they will go to and unsually go to a school that is determined by the score they get in their final exams. After some negotiations we were able to arrange for eight of the nine girls to go to the Mamma Africa school. This is a private school where the girls will live at the school. This will not be new for them as they have been boarding at Nkoilale Primary school where the BFP was begun from age 8 or 10 years of age.

... lunch on the way to begin at their new school

.. the girls dancing at school for the county Governor

Pollinator Gardens

One of District Governor Karl Ruether's objectives for his Rotary Year is for each Rotary Club in District 5060 to establish one or more Pollinator Gardens.  When it stops snowing and spring arrives, we need to be ready. (And late breaking note...a planting event is planned for March 25 - see information under Community Service.)

A pollinator is anything that helps carry pollen from the male part of the flower (stamen) to the female part of the same or another flower (stigma). The movement of pollen must occur for the plant to become fertilized and produce fruits, seeds, and young plants. Some plants are self-pollinating, while others may be fertilized by pollen carried by wind or water. Still, other flowers are pollinated by insects and animals - such as bees, wasps, moths, butterflies, birds, flies, and small mammals, including bats.  Insects and other animals such as bats, beetles, and flies visit flowers in search of food, shelter, nest-building materials, and sometimes even mates. Some pollinators, including many bee species, intentionally collect pollen. Others, such as many butterflies, birds and bats move pollen accidentally. Pollen sticks on their bodies while they are drinking or feeding on nectar in the flower blooms and is transported unknowingly from flower to flower resulting in pollination.

The following are some of the basics that need to be considered:

Use a wide variety of plants that bloom from early spring into late fall.

Help pollinators find and use them by planting in clumps, rather than single plants. Include plants native to your region. Natives are adapted to your local climate, soil and native pollinators. Do not forget that night-blooming flowers will support moths and bats.

Avoid modern hybrid flowers, especially those with "doubled" flowers.

Often plant breeders have unwittingly left the pollen, nectar, and fragrance out of these blossoms while creating the "perfect" blooms for us.

Eliminate pesticides whenever possible.

If you must use a pesticide, use the least-toxic material possible. Read labels carefully before purchasing, as many pesticides are especially dangerous for bees. Use the product properly. Spray at night when bees and other pollinators are not active.

Include larval host plants in your landscape.

If you want colorful butterflies, grow plants for their caterpillars. They WILL eat them, so place them where unsightly leaf damage can be tolerated. Accept that some host plants are less than ornamental if not outright weeds. A butterfly guide will help you determine the plants you need to include. Plant a butterfly garden!

Create a damp salt lick for butterflies and bees.

Use a dripping hose, drip irrigation line, or place your bird bath on bare soil to create a damp area. Mix a small bit of table salt (sea salt is better!) or wood ashes into the mud.

Spare that limb!

By leaving dead trees, or at least an occasional dead limb, you provide essential nesting sites for native bees. Make sure these are not a safety hazard for people walking below. You can also build a bee condo by drilling holes of varying diameter about 3 to 5 inches deep in a piece of scrap lumber mounted to a post or under eaves.

You can add to nectar resources by providing a hummingbird feeder.

To make artificial nectar, use four parts water to one part table sugar. Never use artificial sweeteners, honey, or fruit juices. Place something red on the feeder. Clean your feeder with hot soapy water at least twice a week to keep it free of mold.

Butterflies need resources other than nectar.

They are attracted to unsavory foodstuffs, such as moist animal droppings, urine and rotting fruits. Try putting out slices of overripe bananas, oranges and other fruits, or a sponge in a dish of lightly salted water to see which butterflies come to investigate. Sea salt provides a broader range of micronutrients than regular table salt.

The Rotary Club of the Rivers is online the 1st and 3rd Wednesday of each month at 5pm PT/8pm ET.  



All are welcome and encouraged to join on Zoom:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82337965825?pwd=c3RtSjFiSjlzUTdqWmRxR2lGcmM3QT09

Meeting ID: 823 3796 5825 Passcode: 651849

This club focuses on the environment and projects to preserve planet Earth, with members from Kamloops, Salmon Arm, BC, and Ontario. Join for fellowship and great speakers. This is a Satellite E-Club of the Rotary Club of Lake Chelan.



For news and to learn more, go to the website at Rotary Club of the Rivers.

District Conference Registration

March 8: Club Board Meeting, 4 pm, Lake Chelan Chamber

March 14 Lunch Meeting: Classification and Committee Talks - 911 Glass Rescue

March 20: Fund Board Meeting, 4 pm, Zoom

March 21 Lunch Meeting: Adam Rynd - Chelan Real Estate Market

March 28 Lunch Meeting: Keith Mourer - Starting a Restaurant

April 11, 12 or 13: District Club Spring Training Experience (CSTE), Zoom, 5:00pm- 6:30 pm. Watch for details soon

President: Guy Evans

President-Elect: Russ Jones

Vice President: Kim Dunbar-Wall

Treasurer: Dan Hodge

Secretary: Julie McCoy

Past President: Karen Pembroke

Director: Cindy Buboltz

Director: Tom Tochterman

Director: John Ausnes

Director: Lee Parker

Lake Chelan

Rotary Fund Board Trustees

Guy Evans

Dan Hodge

Connie Lorenz

Lester Cooper

Barry Leahy

Diane Leigh

Russ Jones

Susie Hepner

911 Glass Rescue

President: Julie McCoy

Vice President: Tom Tochterman

Treasurer: Brian Patterson

Secretary: Amy Mills

Directors:

Barry Leahy, Concie Luna, Lee Parker, Kirk McGovern

Admin Assistant: Megan Clausen

Members are responsible for tracking your own attendance online. Watch for your weekly Wednesday email and let Brian Patterson know if you need assistance.

Lunch, Satellite, online and committee meetings, community service work and other Rotary participation all counts! View the attendance report at February 2023 Attendance 

Watch for a weekly email with a link to self-report attendance.

Our photo this week was shared by Rotarian Kim Dunbar. It is not very often that the wind blows in the correct direction to see the Rotary flag properly.

The second photo was shared by Bill Fass of his friend and fellow Rotarian Roy Bennion and the beautiful rainbow trout he caught while fly fishing in the Sacramento River.

If you have a photo of the lake or interesting sights around Chelan, please share with Lester Cooper or Karen Pembroke for publication in a future issue of the Lake Views.

Rotarians, please submit your items for publication to:

Lake Views Editor: Karen Pembroke kapembroke@gmail.com and

Assistant Editor: Lester Cooper lester.cooper@lakechelanrotary.org

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Rotary International www.rotary.org

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