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Glendale in snow.
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Color-coordinated greeters and greetees. |
Friday Potpourri
OH, NO! WE HAD SNOW! CARS WON’T GO! WHOA!
The first good snow of the year dampened attendance, but not enthusiasm. President Steve Goldfarb called the meeting to order. Ken Perine gave the invocation and the pledge. Polly Stansell greeted the two visiting Rotarians and the two guests. Remarkably, six full tables of members were present and accounted for.
Among the absentees was the Sergeant at Arms, and President Goldfarb scrambled to fill up the schedule.
As it turned out, however, he needn’t have worried. New member Polly Stansell delivered a superb ad hoc classification talk and other stalwarts such as Cary Kopczynski and Norm Johnson easily and painlessly filled up the agenda.
President Goldfarb took special pains to compliment Janelle Jirak, the only member of the Glendale Country Club kitchen staff/servers to show up in the “Big Snow.” Janelle not only prepared the breakfast, but she single-handedly served it and cleaned up the tables as well. And, just where was Janelle imbued with this outstanding sense of dedication and service?
Is this just too strange to be true, or what? Janelle is a graduate of Quincy High School. That’s right, Quincy, the home of the Jack Rabbits and Don Deasy. Janelle honed her skills at Martha’s Inn in Martha, Washington, before coming to the Glendale Country Club.
Following Richard Tait’s presentation on Cranium and his pitch on the Sonics Professional Speaker Series, Chris Fryar was introduced and brought with him two tickets for courtside seats to a Sonics-Jazz game, which included a courtside dinner. After an abortive attempt to give the tickets away based on the BBRC membership number, the tickets were put up for auction. After a spirited bout of bidding, Mary Truesdell snagged the tickets for $500, which will be donated to Rotary First Harvest through the BBRC Foundation.
Speaking of Rotary First Harvest, Earl Falk put out a call for volunteers to help sort and package food items from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon at the monthly Rotary First Harvest Work Party, Pier 91, Seattle. This work party is held every second Saturday and is a perfect family project!
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