Invocation by Phil X Hageman 

Visiting Rotarians:  Ann Jones and Patty Leach from the Big Club 

Guests: Jill Reid (Bellingham branch of B&G Club) 

Announcements

  • Steve says tickets for Brewers by the Bay will go on sale next week, 12 tickets are required per member, 35 or so breweries expected;  
  • 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! 
  • Scotty introduced the Student of the Month, Daniel Libertini and his mom Linda. Scotty says that under the new procedure, the student receives $100 stipend plus $100 that he/she can donate to charity of their choice. Steve Wiley, student counselor at Squalicum, interviewed Daniel. Daniel plays cello at honors orchestra, 3.9 grade average, he takes many advanced level classes, he is part time in "running start", working as a barista at Starbucks, volunteers at St. Joseph Hospital (300+ hours), he plans to go to WCC and then transfer to 4-year university, perhaps go into in the medical field as a physician's assistant.  
  • NO MEETING June 11 will be our GOLF FELLOWSHIP event at Lake Padden! Lunch will be there, then golf for willing golfers. 
  • NO MEETING June 18th, we will have our "Changing of the Guard Celebration" that evening, 5:30pm at the Squalicum Boathouse, Flo Simon doing BBQ, lots of fun! 

 

 

Bucks in the Bay 

  • Lance Calloway's wife's team finished second in women's division Ski to Sea race! 
  • Mimi Ferlin had a Mike Hammes siting, he is still doing his good works!  
  • Bob Moles says he and Mike Hammes going back to Honduras in November, Green Aches Park had great turnout for memorial day;  
  • Donna Edquist sat on jury for the puppy mill farm guy, also she lost a family member last week;
  • Curtis Dye daughter back from 2nd yr at college, watched parade, fun weekend; 
  • Barry Kramer claims he is taller than Dannon Traxler; 
  • Bill Gorman interim director of Chamber of Commerce, thanks to Brent Walker's work on Foundation;  
  • Christine Palmerton plug for the Human Race: BBRC has a team but we need a few more members;  
  • Terry Brown went up to Tofino this weekend, surfing, granddaughter first birthday this week! 
  • Glen Groenig granddaughter graduating high school this weekend;  
  • Dean Fulton says three corporate sponsors so far for the Brewers event (McEvoy, Imhof, Moles), encourages the rest of us to sponsor too! 
  • Steve Kimberly returned from month in Spain mountanbiking El Camino Santiago;
  • Bill Boyd missed meetings traveling for work, on board for Red Cross and very proud of their response at the bridge collapse, also a plug for the Red Cross golf tourney June 28th; 

 

Sergeant at Arms by Mike Kirkland 
Fines for Doug Wight, fines for non S2S participants, Fairhaven beer revelers, Bob Moles, Scotty, Dean and everyone. 

Program 

Bob Moles introduced Dr. Justin Guillory, President of NW Indian College. 11 years experience higher education, 10 years of which with Northwest Indian College. College football at Easter WA University, masters and PHD from WSU. Justin's wife is College's financial literacy coordinator. Justin just joined the Bellingham Rotary (Monday) club last month. He says the story of Native Americans in higher education is ofter written from negative perspective, disappointment. The history of education for Native Americans is messy at best, was often with the aim of "assimilation"; Justin tried to get his students to focus on the positive, not victimhood or blame. The college at Lummi was started/chartered in 1973, became "Northwest Indian College" in 1989, and now has five campuses in the Northwest, students coming from 125 tribal groups. The Lummi campus is finishing a $44M capital campaign, with four new buildings. Demographics: 1400 students, 68% female, ave age 30-39, many single mothers. NWIC trying to make students feel connected and have financial resources so they don't drop out. Majority of faculty is caucasian; so they are trying to build faculty capacity so they can relate to the students and understand Native American culture. Sequestration has affected the college and federal funding, but they are using it to become more efficient and better because of the funding crisis. Students are 80% tribal, 20% non tribal. 

Raffle won by Frank Chmelik! 

Respectfully submitted, 
Stowe Talbot