LakeViews Issue No. 47 for May 23, 2023 | |
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Lunch Meeting Program
Tuesday, May 23, 2023
Speakers: Don Lloyd - History of the Chelan Butte
Program Sponsor: Concie Luna
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This week our speaker will be Don Lloyd with a program about the history of the Chelan Butte and other Chelan history.
Don has been a member of the Lake Chelan Rotary Club since 1979, serving as President in 2005-2006, and has been a Rotarian since 1979. Known as "the Storyteller", Don is a member of the Lake Chelan Historical Society and can be heard every Saturday morning on local radio station KOZI with a story about an event or place in Chelan valley history. You can find numerous audio episodes on the Chelan Museum's website at HERE.
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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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Rotary Attendance and Participation | |
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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.
What counts as attendance? What really matters is your involvement and connection with others! While of course we would like to see you at Sorrento's each week for our lunch meetings, going to a Satellite meeting, attending online, participating in a committee meeting, project work sessions, community service work and other Rotary participation all count! View the attendance report at April 2023 Attendance
Watch for an email each Wednesday with a link to self-report attendance. It's easy and only take a minute to record your Rotary activity for the week!
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Dear Rotarians,
How can you maximize your Rotary experience? I encourage you to ask this question.
Life is too short to spend time doing things at fifty percent.
You can maximize your Rotary experience in two ways: showing up and following your bliss.
First, showing up means making a commitment to invest regular time in Rotary. I would encourage you to shoot for “three-quarters attendance” each month. This translates into one Rotary activity each week for three out of the four weeks each month.
Activities include: weekly club meetings (the easiest to check off), service project work, satellite meeting attendance, and so on.
The bottom line is the same as in a good friendship or marriage: keep showing up. It won’t always be great but over time a strong relational foundation begins to form.
Second, how you show up is just as important as showing up.
If I tried to hit my three-quarter’s attendance by installing ramps and grab bars like Don Christenson and friends, I wouldn’t last six weeks. I have the skills to do that work but it certainly is not my bliss!
Likewise, if Don was asked to run club meetings, or lead board meetings, or create videos for Cycle Chelan, he might just call up our friends at the Lions club and request a transfer!
The bottom line here is simple: do what you enjoy doing. Service above Self doesn’t mean forcing yourself to do something outside of your gifting. It means sharing your gifting beyond your own little world.
And so I invite you to consider the following two questions:
- Can I take on a “three-quarter’s attendance challenge” for the next six months?
- How best can I use my gifts to benefit the club and community?
Please email me if you are inclined to say YES! to the first question. I would love to cheer you on. Please email me if you have questions about number two. I can help plug you in.
I am grateful to be a part of this vibrant corporate body called Lake Chelan Rotary.
Yours in this body,
Guy Evans
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Stacy Willoughby, sponsored by Russ Jones, was inducted as a member of Lake Chelan Rotary Club at the May 16 lunch meeting. Stacy is Branch Manager at Cashmere Valley Bank in Chelan. She serves as President of Chelan Valley Hope and is deeply involved in community service and volunteering. She and her husband Rick live in Chelan. Welcome, Stacy! We look forward to your contributions and friendship through Rotary. | |
We are up to 375 riders as of this week which is great news for this important fundraiser! Keep sharing the event through Facebook and our website and start getting excited for what will be a fun Saturday of working together to make Cycle Chelan a success. Remember, this is how we make all the good things we do for our community happen! | |
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What Can a $100 Gift to the Rotary Foundation Do?
A $100 donation to The Rotary Foundation provides textbooks for one elementary school in Zambia, hearing aids for a child in Pakistan, de-worming tablets for 112 children in the Philippines, cataract operations for three people in India, or 230 blankets for elderly people in Korea. Can you commit to donating $100 or more per year to the Foundation to do good in the world?
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Ngoswani is a small town about 35 Km from the Nkoilale school where everything began for Lake Chelan Rotary in 2014. It is a town where the thought of having a local hospital was unthinkable 5 years ago. It was then that Dr. Marty Grabber, a Rotarian from South Haven, Michigan set to work to establish a hospital for Maternal and Child health. The buildings were constructed in cooperation with the Lions Club in South Haven. When the building was completed and the hospital was fully equipped, the only thing missing was a consistent supply of clean water.
South Haven wrote a Global Grant to construct an underground water tank. The tank has a capacity of 600,000 liters. Lake Chelan Rotary helped with a financial contribution of $5,000 that was matched by our District 5060 for a total of $10,000.
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The dormitory, dining all, kitchen and toilets are complete. Within the next 30days the teachers housing, toilets and showers will also be complete. For the very first time the teachers will have privacy and a room to call their own, In addition, they will enjoy clean toilets and hot showers. There will be accommodations for eight teachers. | | |
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Teacher Housing, toilets and showers | |
2022 was not a good year for the Shamba. Severe drought resulted in almost a total loss. 2023 has been much better, with a good rainy season and lots of good growth. This year we will be able to harvest corn and beans that will feed the children until the next harvest. The challenge for 2024 is to be ready for the next drought. The plan is to improve availability of water and to install a drip irrigation system. The Shamba is supported by Rotarian Hillary Kosen and his wife Cathey (President Elect of the Maasai Mara Rotary Club). Many Rotarians have been to Kenya and other parts of Africa through Kosen's company, Kosen Safaris and Expeditions. | |
The kitchen building is complete. Solar lighting and water are ready and stainless steel sinks are being installed next week. The next task is to purchase the cooking equipment. We considered installing bio-digesters that would generate methane gas. Considering the remoteness of Iltumaro we decided to move forward with efficient wood fired stoves. | |
Individually Heated Cooking Pots | |
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Orondo Ramp - Project of the Week | |
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It's all in a day's work for Rotarian Don Christenson, who built and installed this wheelchair ramp for an Orondo community member this week, with about 12 hours of labor.
Community service projects can be initiated by anyone by completing the Community Service Project Form. Each project will be evaluated to determine needs, schedule requirements and cost to complete. The form can be found on the Lake Chelan Rotary Club website at https://lakechelanrotary.org/community/
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The next Rotary highway road cleanup is scheduled for Tuesday, June 6 at 3:30 pm. All interested in helping will meet at Lakeside Park & Ride. A signup sheet will be available at the next two Rotary meetings. Questions? Please contact Don Christenson at 509-990-7414. | |
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Did you know that Lagrioth recycles all the glass used at their winery and tasting room? A major sponsor of 911 Glass Rescue, Lagrioth Winery and Chelan Valley Farms recycles all of their glass to keep it out of the land fill. They also incorporated the crushed product for use on the pathways in their flower gardens. They even offer their wine club members the opportunity to drop their glass at the winery which is in turn delivered to 911 Glass Rescue to be crushed.
Thank you to Chelan Valley Farms for your support! You can learn more about the winery, the farm and upcoming events at Chelan Valley Farms.
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The Last Supper in Recycled Glass | |
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During a recent visit to the UK I visited Ely Cathedral where I found this sculpture of the Last Supper. Its relationship to the environment is in the fact that it is made entirely from broken china and recycled glass.
~Lester Cooper
The Last Supper is an exhibition by internationally renowned artist, Silvy Weatherall.
The work was made as an interpretation of Leonardo Da Vinci’s iconic painting of the same name, but in this exhibition they will be seen in the round after Goya’s painting in the Oratorio de Santa Cueva in Cadiz. Jesus and his disciples are beautifully crafted from broken glass and china and the joins are gilded in gold leaf. The thirteen busts are all in simplified form and completely eye catching.
The idea of creating art from broken materials began after her studio was flooded by rain, following which she discovered broken materials in boxes. Silvy goes on to explain, “It made me wonder about the final meals that might have been eaten on them. I then began thinking about the Last Supper, and ideas about how people can be broken by events as they go through life and also how they can be remade in new forms.”
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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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There's Still Time to Register
Wine Class at Tsillan Cellars May 22
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As Lake Chelan Rotarians, we are fortunate to have the support of Tsillan Cellars for our weekly meeting spot. It's got to be one of the most beautiful Rotary meeting locations anywhere! Looking for an interesting way to learn more about wine? Check out this special wine class opportunity!
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Expert Wine Education + Hospitality
Taught by Sommelier Christopher Chan
Monday, May 22nd 9:00am - 3:00pm
at Sorrento's Ristorante at Tsillan Cellars
$100/person
Includes lunch provided by Sorrento's
E-mail Renea Roberts to RSVP
director@lakechelanwinevalley.com
The Lake Chelan Wine Valley will be hosting a special Wine Education Class here at Tsillan Cellars. The class is open to non-wine valley members! We are excited to share this great educational opportunity with our Wine Club Members and anyone else who would like to join and learn more about wine. Below is an outline of what the class will entail.
Foundation Class
9:00am - 11:30am
· Gaining the trust of your customer and the art of hospitality.
· The keys to communicating, enlightenment and creating an ambassador.
· Washington wine 101 - grapes, regions, viticulture and vinification.
Elevation Class
12:30pm-3:00pm
· Washington wine education - how to talk and taste like a Sommelier
· Wine Tasting
· Washington vs. The World
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May 18-21: District Conference, Leavenworth
May 23 Lunch Meeting: Don Lloyd - History of the Chelan Butte
May 30 Lunch Meeting: Year-end Report from Exchange Student Candice
June 6 Lunch Program: Buzz on Biz Presentations - Dan Hodge and MHS students
June 13 Lunch Program: Scott Meyers - Chelan Valley Housing Trust
June 14: Club Board Meeting, 4 pm, Lake Chelan Chamber of Commerce
June 19: Fund Board Meeting, 4 pm, Zoom
June 20 Lunch Program: Patrick Conrad, Hanford Mission Integration
June 27 Lunch Program: Social, Induction of New Board & Officers, Year in Review
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President: Guy Evans
President-Elect: Russ Jones
Vice President: Kim Dunbar
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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This photo courtesy of Lake Chelan Chamber of Commerce.
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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