MEETING RECAP
The Lull Before the Storm
Saturday, December 11, 2021
By: Mary MarlinThe Lull Before the Storm.
THE LAKEWOOD KEY
Today it is… the Friday before the Tom and Jerry hydration opportunity, which arrives next week! Yes, the lull before the storm! Yes, one more week for President Jim Rooks to celebrate leading the team to victory in 2021. Simply being able to show up healthy is a mega-step in the right direction! Next week with the Puffin Roast, much will be celebrated!
Today we stood happily as the chime caught our attention. Tom George led the invocation and expressed appreciation for our individual differences that when joined together lead to our opportunities to assist others toward our common goals. President Jim admitted he forgot to ask a member to lead us in the Pledge, so he generously and thoughtfully did it himself.
Those assisting today were Rob Erb, James Osundwa, Tom George, Rick Selden and Gayle Selden with the set up. John Lowney smiled as he was designated the fine collector. Mary Marlin and Phil Eng were the Bulletin writer and photographer, respectively. Terry Roarke was the Sergeant at Arms. Bill Allen documented Foundation donations ($375 collected today) and Greg Rediske was officially in charge of monitoring the President's unlikely gaffes.
President Rooks then asked if there were any visitors. Ed Shannon introduced his wife, Jayne. Duke Paulson was introduced by Angela Connelly who would like to encourage Duke to join. Jason Whalen introduced Dwight Williams, who is considering Rotary. Those at his table could be heard encouraging him to join. Maria Tobin, who works with our speaker, was acknowledged and appreciated. Ellen Mazoff and Carole Wier were given kudos for zooming with us today. Puffins Wendy McGowan, Angela Connelly, Andy Phillips, James Osundwa, Bob Martin, Carl Bronkema, Connie Coleman-Lacadie, Rachel Mazoff, Steve Saalfeld, Jamie Simons and Anthony Veliz were applauded for their efforts as Puffins. We'll know more of their talents next Friday at the Puffin Roast of President Rooks.
CLUB BUSINESS: Rob Erb mentioned a $2500 grant from the Military Appreciation Appreciation committee, which was approved by unanimous consent, as required for all grants of $2000 or more, according to our Bylaws.
HEALTHE AND WELLNESS (formerly Sunshine): Eric Warn was asked about members’ health and wellness. Unfortunately, Bill Price is now home but still not well and cannot see a specialist for nearly two to three months. Eric mentioned that he would also like good news about the health of our members as well as those who may need our kind thoughts.
LITTLE FREE PANTRIES: Bob Zawilski and John Lowney then gave information about the Little Free Pantries and the club’s financing of the eight pantries. To date $3,540 has been donated by members and a $10, 000 grant was received from the Greater Tacoma Community Foundation. $4400 has been spent so far to build the pantries and to provide food. The balance in that LFP “account” is now $9050. John was given kudos for building some pantries and when asked, John said that it may cost from $250 to $330 just for the materials to build a pantry and could take approximately 8 hours to complete. He thanked Mark Blanchard for setting the posts on which the LFPs are built. Shortages of lumber can also be a concern. All in all, pantries are getting done and staying stocked. Several clubs have helped with repairs and painting. Suggestions for helping include giving protein items, telling others about how they can help, holding food drives and also helping stock the pantries with hygiene supplies.
SUPPORT A FAMILY: Mary Horn and Rose Stevens have been assisting a family of 6 for a few years now. They admit this is not a Rotary club charity, but a personal one. Check Mary's email for specific donations for the children in the family and for monetary donations that will help beyond the holidays.
BREAK BAGS: Bill Potter encouraged members to help with Break Bags on Dec. 18th as well as with the bike deliveries, especially on base the same day.
NEW OFFICERS: Bill also mentioned as head of the nominating committee for next year that the slate of new officers is set. David Swindale, Tom George and Barlow Buescher will be incoming board members. John Lowney will be Treasurer. Greg Rediske will continue as Secretary and Mary Horn will be President Elect-Elect, and taking the office of President in July 2023. Welcome all!! Congratulations or condolences?
BIRTHDAYS AND ANNIVERSARIES: Greg Horn then reminded us of Birthdays and Anniversaries. Here are the birthdays: Scott Buser, Dec. 16/John Forkenbrock, Dec. 25!/Chuck Hellar, Dec. 18...best gift was going to Istanbul and Athens on a cruise/Bob Peterson, Dec. 4/Jim Sharp, Dec. 28/Paul Wulfestieg, Dec. 31/ and Anthony Veliz, Dec. 8! Partner Birthdays: Nicola Edgecomb on Dec. 24, Sue Hellar on Dec. 30 and Jayne Shannon on Dec 27th. Here are the years that our members have been in the club: Mary Horn-5, Paula Olson-5, Peter Marsh-6, Wynn Hoffman-13, Sally Smith-14, Andrew Neiditz-16, Terry Roarke-20, John Korsmo-31, Jerry Williams-32, David Covey-38, Bob Lordahl-47, and John Warner wins with 49 years in the club! Wedding Anniversaries include: Clint Johnson with Sharlynn for 2 years, Eric Quinn and Johanah for 4 years, James Osundwa and Shiru for 6 years, Carl Bronkema and Veronica for 18 years, David Swindale and Mary for 29 years and Vaughn Hoffman and his wife Connie have been married for 55 years! Congratulations to all!!
GENEROUS GIVING: Then came the opportunity for Generous Giving, i.e. Fines! David Swindale gave Bill Potter a colorful rugby shirt Bill had admired when he was President. Go New Zealand!!Chuck Hellar gave a thank you and shout out to John Lowney for fixing a Little Free Pantry at a moment's notice. Wendy McGowan donated $100 for the special news that her daughter is now the managing director of Goldman Sachs in Los Angeles! She's also been traveling to Chicago and Los Angeles. Barlow Buescher donated $100 as a thank you to John Lowney and a tribute to his new pup...Lumpy? (not yet named) and to Barb Spriggs for the auction item of Donatello's in San Francisco, which Barlow and his wife enjoyed greatly.
THE PROGRAM:
And now for our speaker of the day, Colonel Bill Adamson of the South Sound Military and Communities Partnership! John Caulfield, by Zoom, then introduced Colonel Adamson by mentioning that he is a highly decorated officer....combat officer...that recently completed his duties at the Pentagon. He was a lead on developing armaments that would protect troops and vehicles from IED attacks in Iraq and Afghanistan. His current job is to promote relationships on both sides of the fence between military facilities and communities. He actually taught high school, played on the Montreal Expos baseball team and theirTriple A baseball team in Colorado. With that, the applause resounded.
Colonel Adamson then told us of his job with the South Sound Military and Communities Partnership. Here are the facts. The intent of SSMCP is to improve and formalize collaboration between the military and the community leaders. There are legislative priorities and policy decisions. The value of having this Partnership is that there is a Great American Defense Community. Benefits are marketing opportunities, advocating shared legislative agenda, improving awareness for all, connecting networks of elected officials and military professionals. A focus on a Growth Coordination Plan to especially address health care, transportation and how the foundation will better build collaboration between the military and local communities is essential. Land use is a big factor in conversations and decision making. JBLM's economic impact is 34, 000 jobs statewide and 25,500 in just the South Sound. Ft. Lewis and McChord are rapidly growing, therefore, the need is to better coordinate Dept. of Defense and local government decisions. One particular concern is the I-5 corridor as it traverses the Nisqually River Delta. Environmental studies are essential to determine the impact of climate change and the variables that will affect salmon habitat and Nisqually tribal fishing. The facts are that the tribe used to fish 8 months a year. Now they can only fish 8 days a year because of weather issues and climate change. Sea levels are rising, storms are more devastating, and commerce is suffering. If I-5 is impacted severely, as it will be reported to be even more in the next several years, transportation will be greatly affected as dire as the recent train derailment north of Nisqually. Road changes need to be made to be back up systems when commerce will be affected. Money, collaboration, information, deliberation, habitat, history and potential crises all need to be brought to the table and discussed.
Just north of the landing zone at McChord, currently 21 active businesses are in a North Clear Zone which is supposed to have no people in it. Property needs to be cleared. Thirty two acquisition projects are now critical to success. Nine thousand people come and go at Joint Base Lewis McChord year to year. How do we make this all work??? A good question! And thank you ,Colonel Adamson, for working toward solutions with legislators and community leaders and sharing your successes and concerns. We hope to hear more in the future!
With that, President Jim thanked our speaker, dinged the bell and offered a possibility of winning the raffle to Ed Shannon. Okay, next time, Ed! Five dollars will have to do And the meeting was adjourned!
Yours truly, Mary Marlin
President Rooks then asked if there were any visitors. Ed Shannon introduced his wife, Jayne. Duke Paulson was introduced by Angela Connelly who would like to encourage Duke to join. Jason Whalen introduced Dwight Williams, who is considering Rotary. Those at his table could be heard encouraging him to join. Maria Tobin, who works with our speaker, was acknowledged and appreciated. Ellen Mazoff and Carole Wier were given kudos for zooming with us today. Puffins Wendy McGowan, Angela Connelly, Andy Phillips, James Osundwa, Bob Martin, Carl Bronkema, Connie Coleman-Lacadie, Rachel Mazoff, Steve Saalfeld, Jamie Simons and Anthony Veliz were applauded for their efforts as Puffins. We'll know more of their talents next Friday at the Puffin Roast of President Rooks.
CLUB BUSINESS: Rob Erb mentioned a $2500 grant from the Military Appreciation Appreciation committee, which was approved by unanimous consent, as required for all grants of $2000 or more, according to our Bylaws.
HEALTHE AND WELLNESS (formerly Sunshine): Eric Warn was asked about members’ health and wellness. Unfortunately, Bill Price is now home but still not well and cannot see a specialist for nearly two to three months. Eric mentioned that he would also like good news about the health of our members as well as those who may need our kind thoughts.
LITTLE FREE PANTRIES: Bob Zawilski and John Lowney then gave information about the Little Free Pantries and the club’s financing of the eight pantries. To date $3,540 has been donated by members and a $10, 000 grant was received from the Greater Tacoma Community Foundation. $4400 has been spent so far to build the pantries and to provide food. The balance in that LFP “account” is now $9050. John was given kudos for building some pantries and when asked, John said that it may cost from $250 to $330 just for the materials to build a pantry and could take approximately 8 hours to complete. He thanked Mark Blanchard for setting the posts on which the LFPs are built. Shortages of lumber can also be a concern. All in all, pantries are getting done and staying stocked. Several clubs have helped with repairs and painting. Suggestions for helping include giving protein items, telling others about how they can help, holding food drives and also helping stock the pantries with hygiene supplies.
SUPPORT A FAMILY: Mary Horn and Rose Stevens have been assisting a family of 6 for a few years now. They admit this is not a Rotary club charity, but a personal one. Check Mary's email for specific donations for the children in the family and for monetary donations that will help beyond the holidays.
BREAK BAGS: Bill Potter encouraged members to help with Break Bags on Dec. 18th as well as with the bike deliveries, especially on base the same day.
NEW OFFICERS: Bill also mentioned as head of the nominating committee for next year that the slate of new officers is set. David Swindale, Tom George and Barlow Buescher will be incoming board members. John Lowney will be Treasurer. Greg Rediske will continue as Secretary and Mary Horn will be President Elect-Elect, and taking the office of President in July 2023. Welcome all!! Congratulations or condolences?
BIRTHDAYS AND ANNIVERSARIES: Greg Horn then reminded us of Birthdays and Anniversaries. Here are the birthdays: Scott Buser, Dec. 16/John Forkenbrock, Dec. 25!/Chuck Hellar, Dec. 18...best gift was going to Istanbul and Athens on a cruise/Bob Peterson, Dec. 4/Jim Sharp, Dec. 28/Paul Wulfestieg, Dec. 31/ and Anthony Veliz, Dec. 8! Partner Birthdays: Nicola Edgecomb on Dec. 24, Sue Hellar on Dec. 30 and Jayne Shannon on Dec 27th. Here are the years that our members have been in the club: Mary Horn-5, Paula Olson-5, Peter Marsh-6, Wynn Hoffman-13, Sally Smith-14, Andrew Neiditz-16, Terry Roarke-20, John Korsmo-31, Jerry Williams-32, David Covey-38, Bob Lordahl-47, and John Warner wins with 49 years in the club! Wedding Anniversaries include: Clint Johnson with Sharlynn for 2 years, Eric Quinn and Johanah for 4 years, James Osundwa and Shiru for 6 years, Carl Bronkema and Veronica for 18 years, David Swindale and Mary for 29 years and Vaughn Hoffman and his wife Connie have been married for 55 years! Congratulations to all!!
GENEROUS GIVING: Then came the opportunity for Generous Giving, i.e. Fines! David Swindale gave Bill Potter a colorful rugby shirt Bill had admired when he was President. Go New Zealand!!Chuck Hellar gave a thank you and shout out to John Lowney for fixing a Little Free Pantry at a moment's notice. Wendy McGowan donated $100 for the special news that her daughter is now the managing director of Goldman Sachs in Los Angeles! She's also been traveling to Chicago and Los Angeles. Barlow Buescher donated $100 as a thank you to John Lowney and a tribute to his new pup...Lumpy? (not yet named) and to Barb Spriggs for the auction item of Donatello's in San Francisco, which Barlow and his wife enjoyed greatly.
THE PROGRAM:
And now for our speaker of the day, Colonel Bill Adamson of the South Sound Military and Communities Partnership! John Caulfield, by Zoom, then introduced Colonel Adamson by mentioning that he is a highly decorated officer....combat officer...that recently completed his duties at the Pentagon. He was a lead on developing armaments that would protect troops and vehicles from IED attacks in Iraq and Afghanistan. His current job is to promote relationships on both sides of the fence between military facilities and communities. He actually taught high school, played on the Montreal Expos baseball team and theirTriple A baseball team in Colorado. With that, the applause resounded.
Colonel Adamson then told us of his job with the South Sound Military and Communities Partnership. Here are the facts. The intent of SSMCP is to improve and formalize collaboration between the military and the community leaders. There are legislative priorities and policy decisions. The value of having this Partnership is that there is a Great American Defense Community. Benefits are marketing opportunities, advocating shared legislative agenda, improving awareness for all, connecting networks of elected officials and military professionals. A focus on a Growth Coordination Plan to especially address health care, transportation and how the foundation will better build collaboration between the military and local communities is essential. Land use is a big factor in conversations and decision making. JBLM's economic impact is 34, 000 jobs statewide and 25,500 in just the South Sound. Ft. Lewis and McChord are rapidly growing, therefore, the need is to better coordinate Dept. of Defense and local government decisions. One particular concern is the I-5 corridor as it traverses the Nisqually River Delta. Environmental studies are essential to determine the impact of climate change and the variables that will affect salmon habitat and Nisqually tribal fishing. The facts are that the tribe used to fish 8 months a year. Now they can only fish 8 days a year because of weather issues and climate change. Sea levels are rising, storms are more devastating, and commerce is suffering. If I-5 is impacted severely, as it will be reported to be even more in the next several years, transportation will be greatly affected as dire as the recent train derailment north of Nisqually. Road changes need to be made to be back up systems when commerce will be affected. Money, collaboration, information, deliberation, habitat, history and potential crises all need to be brought to the table and discussed.
Just north of the landing zone at McChord, currently 21 active businesses are in a North Clear Zone which is supposed to have no people in it. Property needs to be cleared. Thirty two acquisition projects are now critical to success. Nine thousand people come and go at Joint Base Lewis McChord year to year. How do we make this all work??? A good question! And thank you ,Colonel Adamson, for working toward solutions with legislators and community leaders and sharing your successes and concerns. We hope to hear more in the future!
With that, President Jim thanked our speaker, dinged the bell and offered a possibility of winning the raffle to Ed Shannon. Okay, next time, Ed! Five dollars will have to do And the meeting was adjourned!
Yours truly, Mary Marlin
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