LakeViews Issue No. 36 for March 7, 2023 | |
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Lunch Meeting Program
Tuesday, March 7, 2023
Program: Rhino Mercy - Tom Tochterman, Founder
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Join us this week for a presentation from Lake Chelan Rotarian Dr. Tom Tochterman, Founder of Rhino Mercy. Established in 2012, the mission of Rhino Mercy is to support anti-poaching programs, environmental education initiatives, and raise global awareness of the rhinoceros and its habitat to stimulate civil public outrage over growing rhino deaths due to poaching. Rhino Mercy's key objective is to stimulate guardianship in communities where the rhinoceros is threatened by man. Through innovation, education, and community engagement, Rhino Mercy and its partners are working to develop an environment in which the poaching of rhinoceros is socially reprehensible.
Tom's travels to South Africa between 2009 and 2012 led to his first ‘ah ha’ moment during a wild animal encounter (a pride of lions on a zebra kill). To better understand the power of such experiences on human behavior, Tom embarked on a five-year doctoral program which led to awareness of the growing threat of poaching and wildlife crime in general across the African Savannah, and subsequent focus on developing a new approach to anti-poaching. Tom formed a strategic alliance with local stakeholders on the western boundary of the Kruger National Park, South Africa with a mission to defend a small patch of Africa against poaching. With his partner Craig Spencer, Director of Transfrontier Africa, they co-authored the Balule Rhino Conservation Plan. The plan has three key tenets that include physical security (boots on the ground), environmental research, and community beneficiation. The underlying thesis that made the plan unique was a social strategy to raise a sense of ‘patriotism’ within the communities surrounding the Kruger National Park regarding their natural resources. Since the implementation of the Balule Rhino Conservation Plan, poaching has decreased 86% within the Balule Nature Reserve.
Tom received his Ph.D. in Management from Walden University with a specialization in Leadership and Organizational Change. His research interest is in the discipline of environmental leadership and ecological psychology. Tom is further involved in African communities through his membership in Rotary International. He is currently engaged in efforts to help local Rotary clubs in South Africa and Kenya provide relief to underserved and impoverished communities. A member of Rotary since 1990, Tom and his wife Julie have worked on projects to improve nutrition, safe drinking water, other hygiene and sanitation improvements and improved educational facilities to students in Kenya. Tom is also Chair of the Rotarian Action Group for Endangered Species and has presented his efforts to save rhino’s and other endangered species at several Rotary International Conferences. Tom is a past President of the Lake Chelan Rotary Club and will serve as Rotary 5060 District Governor in 2024-2025.
Learn more at https://www.rhinomercy.org/
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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
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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.
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Dear Rotarians,
How do we learn to serve? By copying others.
I am thinking of the park in South Africa that experienced a spate of rhino killings. Poaching was ruled out - the valuable horns were left on the animals. No poacher would do that.
Cameras would later reveal the killers were young male elephants. But why? This behavior was not normal for elephants.
It would take another few seasons for park rangers to hypothesize it was the absence of older “bull” elephants that caused the young elephants to act with such violence. Six bull elephants were soon transported into the park and in short order, order was restored.
I love this story because it points to the vital need for role models – whether we are elephants or Homo sapiens. And implicit in this need for modeling, is the vital need for community – a wide circle of old and new.
As Rotarians, we belong to the herd of "People of Action". Some are new and just finding their legs. Some are the old bulls who carry the old stories in their walk.
Which are you? Are you a newer member? I invite you to seek out an older member for coffee. Ask him or her about stories of past service.
Are you an old bull? Know you are essential. Continue to nudge others towards the wise paths.
How do we learn to serve? By copying others.
Thank you for your part in our ongoing walk as the Lake Chelan Rotarian community.
Yours in Rotary,
Guy Evans
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Life Flight Enrollment/Renewal Due This Week | |
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Our Rotary Club Life Flight membership renews on March 31, 2023. The discounted rate for this year is $65.00 per household. So that we can process your payments and deliver a group check in advance of the deadline, please provide your payments to Club Treasurer, Dan Hodge by no later than this Tuesday, March 7, 2023. Please make checks payable to Rotary Club of Lake Chelan. You may mail checks to P.O. Box 601, Chelan, WA 98816 so that they are received by the deadline.
Not a member but want to be? Enrollment is now open for Rotary members, their friends and families who would like to join Life Flight under our membership.
If you would like an application for membership, wish to discontinue your membership, or if you need to make any changes to your membership information (including changes to mailing address or household members included in your membership, which will require a new application form), please contact Julie McCoy at julie@juliemccoylaw.com or (949) 422-2819.
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Help Wanted - Beebe Springs Cleanup Work Party is April 8 | |
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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.
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Manson Interact Club Hygiene Drive for CVH | |
The Interact High School club in Manson concluded one of their first projects and it was a tremendous success. Tom Tochterman, shown above with Chelan Valley Hope's Executive Director Tamra Hively, oversaw a donation drive by the Interact club, who collected and donated supplies for the CVH Little Essentials Pantry. Thank you to everyone who worked and donated to this effort. The Little Essentials pantry at CVH is open 24/7 and filled with a variety of free supplies including diapers, bottled water, coats, toilet paper, and other necessities. | |
Rotary Scholarship Applications Open | |
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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/
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911 Glass Rescue - Forklift Training March 9 | |
911 Glass Rescue will be holding a forklift driver training session (through Mid-Columbia Forklift) on March 9th, commencing at 11:00 a.m. The training requires a commitment to drive at least once a month at 911 Glass, but is free to participants who make that commitment. It will commence at 11:00 a.m. at the Lake Chelan Chamber of Commerce for the classroom training and will adjourn to the Chelan Recycle Center for the practical training. If you are interested, please contact Julie McCoy at julie@911glassrescue.org or 509-402-1138. | |
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Rotary Club of the Rivers Satellite e-Club | |
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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.
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District and Rotary International Announcements | |
Wenatchee Rotary Roast & Toast | |
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Make plans to join the Wenatchee Rotary Club on Saturday, March 11 at the Wenatchee Convention Center for the Roast & Toast of NCW's favorite newspaper man, Rufus Woods.
Help gently rib (or perhaps spit roast) Rufus and his past career as owner/operator of The Wenatchee World, as well as his good works in the community and region.
Proceeds benefit Alatheia Riding Center and Chelan-Douglas Community Action Council.
Dinner tickets are $100 and other sponsorships are available (see attachments HERE and HERE). Tickets are available at www.wenatcheerotary.org or you can call Pete Van Well at 509-679-5214 or email: pete2@vanwell.net.
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District Conference Registration | |
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Registration is open for this year's District 5060 Conference on May 18 - 23! Let's get at least 10 members from the Lake Chelan Rotary Club there...after all, it's in beautiful Leavenworth and not far away!
Learn more and sign up at Leavenworth Conference. There are some amazing speakers on the agenda including mountaineer Ed Viesturs as a keynote speaker, and Olympic champion cross country skier Kikkan Randall.
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March 7 Lunch Program: Tom Tochterman - Rhino Mercy
March 8: Club Board Meeting, 4 pm, Lake Chelan Chamber
March 14 Lunch Meeting: Classification and Committee Talks
March 20: Fund Board Meeting, 4 pm, Zoom
March 21 Lunch Meeting: Adam Rynd - Chelan Real Estate Market
April 11, 12 or 13: District Club Spring Training Experience (CSTE), Zoom, 5:00pm- 6:30 pm. Watch for details soon
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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
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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 January 2023 Attendance
Watch for a weekly email with a link to self-report attendance.
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Our photo this week is shared by Rotarian Brian Patterson. Taken on February 26, this beautiful photo of the Aurora Borealis as seen over Lake Chelan has been shared extensively on social media, with good reason!
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.
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