Flag Salute & Invocation by Tim Krell
Visiting Rotarians: None
Guests: Eddie's guest Jim from Bellingham Marine Inc. Mike’s wife Diane.
Announcements
Last weekend's volunteer work party at VFW: There was a good turnout thanks to Sean, Inga, Tim, Martin, Curtis, Michael Tilly, Tony Freeland, several others, and their wives!
Bellingham’s three Rotary clubs will gathering for a joint fellowship event on Thursday October 17th, 4:30 - 6:30pm, at Twin Sisters Brewery, with catered food.
Wines by the Water - October 19th at the Hotel Bellwether. Special “Rotary” tickets available for early entry at 4 pm. General admission to the public starts at 5:30. The event runs until 8pm. The special Rotary ticket includes entry into a door prize drawing which will be held at 5:30 before GA admission. Each Rotarian is being asked by the board to purchase two tickets at $95 each. See Christine Palmerton (cpalmerton@msn.com) for tickets now, or via Eventbrite (https://www.eventbrite.com/e/grape-and-gourmet-presents-wines-by-the-water-tickets-66490381521?aff=eac2). Special thanks Jim from Bellwether and Donna
Special Olympics Bowling Event (Oct. 26th): Our Community Service Committee and the Special Olympics Washington Bellingham have organized a great opportunity for us to serve our community by supporting a bowling competition at Park Bowl, on October 26th. We have volunteer shifts available from 8-12pm, 12-4pm, or 8am-4pm, contact Tony if interested: tfreeland@freelandengineering.com.
October 29th NO MEETING. Instead there will be a BBRC fellowship event at at Thousand Acres Cider House - 4:30pm on October 29th - stay tuned for more details.
Business Bucket by John Bosche was in NYC delivering report to bankers and investors on solar. Attended the Harvard Club - in a tee shirt!
