Soundings (6/4/13)

Posted by G. Stowe Talbot 
 
 

Invocation by Stan Dyer

Visiting Rotarians:  Patricia Leach from the Big Club

Guests: Raymond Faber 

Announcements: 

  • Per Brent Walker, here is the status of Bellingham Bay Rotary Foundation’s portfolio as of 5/31:
  1. Balance $216,812.68
  2. Change this year $27,015.23
  • Steve says tickets for Brewers by the Bay now on sale!  12 tickets are required per member, 35 or so breweries expected;  
  • Dannon re. New Generations: Last week Dannon, Christine, Stephanie & Mike B conducted scholarship interviews at Squalicum HS;  
  • Bill Gorman report on Bellingham Bay Foundation. The club itself gives 10% of our proceeds to the Foundation, so this year that number is $6,100. About $214K in the account now!  
  • NO MEETING NEXT WEEK June 11 will be our GOLF FELLOWSHIP event at Lake Padden! Lunch will be there, then golf for willing golfers. 
  • NO MEETING June 18th meeting at Squalicum Boathouse at 5:30pm, Flo Simon BBQ, lots of fun! Bucks in the Bay
  • Dr. Chi-Na Stoan and Gib Clarke (director community relations for ICHC) regarding Interfaith Community Health Center.  Gib thanked our club for past support, Bob Becker ...provides medical dental and mental health open to everyone regardless of ability to pay.  They see some of the most difficult patients come to .. The need is growing yearly.  Recent expansion of their medical facilities (on Unity Street downtown).  Next project will be new pharmacy to be built later this year in same facility. $3.1 M dollar, fundraising $300K still to be raised.
 

Bucks in the Bay

  • Dennis for the great weather
  • Steve Spitzer for great 63 birthday weekend, grandaughter's first ballet recital;
  • Brent Walker for BBRC Foundation's success, kudos to Stan Dyer, upcoming 39 yr anniversary;
  • Dr. Curt Smith for the fireworks ban, for good UW sports weekend;
  • Tonja Myers proud mom bucks for her musical son, his fundraiser will be at St. Francis on Father's Day please come!
  • Dick Stark for Interfaith, Alaska memories;
  • Gordon Blume proud dad bucks for daughter (Tamsen) the "super lawyer";
  • Mimi went to a very loud Kenny Chesney concert, life is good on a sunny day;
  • Orphalee Smith went to District Conference in BC with Bob Moles, we and all local clubs awarded presidential citation award;
  • Kendall says the Rotary club on Bainbridge has annual rummage sale, sisiter graduating UW as accountant;
  • Leena UW softball 3rd place in world series;
  • Eddie with parents and kids was in Cabo, wife's back a little better, life is good;
  • Mark Turner will have another magazine cover.

Sergeant at Arms by Mark Turner 
Fines for no pins, New Years resolutions, history trivia this date in history (Battle of Midway, Ford's quadricycle), convertibles, Tianamen Square, flash mob, Lisbon Portugal, Rotary in BC is 100 years, D-Day, graduation day.

Program 
Steve Swan introduced Christopher Sands, the Ross Professor of Canada-US Relations at WWU.  US & Canada are the largest trading partners in the world.
Chris grew up in Detroit, early interest in Canada.  A border town like Bellingham needs to re-imagine themselves from being a frontier terminus, to being a hub & center of commerce and trade.  Importance of opening up to the rest of the world.  Importance of WWU to our community.  Canadians in BC are a part of our community too.  

Raffle won by Susie Betts!

 

Respectfully submitted,
Stowe Talbot