MEETING RECAP
Saturday, September 3, 2022
By: Gregory J. RediskePunishing Puns!
THE LAKEWOOD KEY
A physician, an engineer, and a lawyer were discussing which of their respective professions was the oldest.
The physician said: “Remember that, on the sixth day, God took a rib from Adam and fashioned Eve, making Him/Her the first surgeon. Therefore, medicine is the oldest profession.”
The engineer replied: “But, before that, God created the heavens and earth from chaos and confusion, and thus Her/Him was the first engineer. Therefore, engineering is older than medicine.”
Then, the lawyer spoke up: “Yes, but who do you think created all of the chaos and confusion?”
And then came the blowing of the conch shell by our esteemed President-and-lawyer-on-the-side to spread confusion and puns throughout the Lakewood Rotary kingdom. Attempting in vain to maintain order were these fine folks:
Eric Warn, Paul Harris collection
Rick Selden/Terry Roarke, raffle ticket sales and Sgt at Arms
Walt Richardson, picture taking
Scott Buser, Invocation
Ed Shannon, Pledge to the flag
Yorleny Clapper, in proud possession of the Puffin
There was a great deal of scuttlebutt on social media that President Whalen would be littering the meeting with bad puns and jokes, resulting in exactly zero guests or visiting Rotarians.
Jason decided to pun-ish the members anyway.
Wellness: Eric Warn noted the reappearance of Bob Hammar after weeks of nursing duty for wife Mary, all with good results. Duncan Cook broke his hip in a fall and is currently in the hospital with that and other health issues. Joan requested a resignation for Duncan because of this situation, while many of us signed cards to Duncan. Duncan was an amazing Rotarian. He seemed to shrink from the spotlight but was everywhere where help was needed in his 22 years in Lakewood Rotary. He will be missed, though the example he set is fresh in many of us. Thank you, Duncan!!
Paul Harris Presentations, Steve Enquist:
--Jan Gee, #5
--Jim Weinand, #7
--Greg Rediske, #9
Above: Steve Saalfeld, our Courageous Rider
The Courage ride, Steve Saalfeld:
Steve raised $45K out of the $320K raised in total: amazing work, Steve. He thanked many Rotarians by name, while calling out Bud Montgomery’s feat (fete? feet?) of 19 Courage rides. If you’d still like to donate to Steve and help ease the continuing pain in his gluteus maximus, go to:
www.tinyurl.com/saalfeldcourage Also thanks to Phil Eng, Donn Irwin, Steve Mazoff, and Rick Selden, who manned the rest stop. (I think their supportive spouses were all there too, so I’m changing that to “staffed” the rest stop or stops.) Happy wife, happy life.
Greg Horn promoted the speaker for September 30, Amanda DuBois. She is a nurse who became a lawyer at Seattle U Law School, and Anne Enquist has signed her up to speak about her book, a thriller called THE COMPLICATION. Greg raved that it is indeed “exciting”. All proceeds benefit numerous charities, especially scholarships at Seattle U. Buy it on Amazon Smile.
Barb Spriggs, American Lake Kayak Auction Item
20 brave souls took part in the kayak poker run on American Lake, culminating in a celebration at John and Lisa Korsmo’s. Jim Sharp preached safety, while Barb’s family along with Jan Gee, John Lowney, Carl and Veronica Bronkema and perhaps others helped make the event a success. Anne Enquist won the grand prize of a new kayak from Cabelas, but switched with the second place winner, Barb’s son, whose wish for his birthday present (the following day) was a new kayak. Granted! And Anne took the $100 second place prize. David Swindale came in third, while another $70 was donated the day of the event.
Golf, golf, golf. Joe Quinn
Will Rogers once said, “I guess there is nothing that will get your mind off everything like golf. I have never been depressed enough to take up the game, but they say you get so sore at yourself you forget to hate your enemies.” Golf serves a purpose in this world. There were 22 at the after-golf party, 15 golfers, and one low gross winner: Kris Peterson (82). Coming in second with an 83, Carl Bronkema. I don’t think those two do enough bad golfing to be sore at themselves, and probably don’t forget to hate their enemies enough. My golf game doesn’t allow for enemies to come to mind at all. “Give me golf clubs, fresh air and a beautiful partner, and you can keep the clubs and the fresh air.” Jack Benny’s classic
Announcements, Punster Whalen:
September 8: Presentation by Partners for Parks on the H-Barn project, 3:30 at the Pavilion.
September 9: 9-11 Memorial Service at City Hall, 2 pm. Jim Sharp, Mike Zaro and Jason Whalen are speakers.
“Embracing Philanthropy”, aka Jason’s fine time:
Anne Enquist: $20 to thank Barb for the terrific kayak project
Rick Selden: $5 in honor of Terry Roarke’s cow socks, which Jason called an “udder disaster”. There were more like this, but I couldn’t bring myself to write them down. You’re welcome.
Bob Zawilski: $100 for an upcoming birthday and an anniversary, which will mark 72% of his entire lifespan.
Jan Gee: $20 to welcome back Bob Hammar, a friend of 50 years, and for single-handedly “curing” Mary Hammar after her stroke.
Rob Erb, Mark Edgecomb, Tom George: All donated $20 each for the magnificent long drive of Past Past President Edgecomb on #18. It sailed harmlessly but scarily over the head of Veronica Bronkema to land about 300 yards from the tee: a magnificent drive resulting in a birdie for Mark. Rob teed the ball up for Mark to find eventually (Mark’s group was looking for the ball 50 yards back from there, not realizing his amazing power!).
Above: Our own Rose Stevens
The Program: Rose Stevens “Bring Children Back to School”
Rose has been helping the Nepalese people for years with multiple projects, trying to ensure continuity and lasting results. During Covid, the entire country shut down completely. Kids were assigned the task of getting food and other necessities, so there was no school. This project of ours (with partners and matching grants from Rotary) helped 1430 children with the $9000. There were winter caps for 500 kids; online schooling options; three teachers were added; counseling was available; school bags for 600 students; and more. Another project is in a stage of completion, $64K for a water project to supply 480 homes. Currently, it is a ½ hour walk one way to get the water at a spring. This project will pump the potable water to a holding tank in the village, while another part of the project will bring biogas for cooking safely. The Honolulu Rotary club is intimately involved here, too. Farming and marketing of excess goods will be included, lifting up the entire village in multiple ways. Project replication in other sites is the long-term goal. Anyone interested in going to an upcoming Nepalese project, contact Rose.
Drawing: #2872 was owned by Lowell Johnson, and he was fortunate enough to get $5.00 as a result. Sadly, not fortunate enough to draw a red chip and get $250.
Golf is so popular simply because it is the best game in the world at which to be bad.
Eric Warn, Paul Harris collection
Rick Selden/Terry Roarke, raffle ticket sales and Sgt at Arms
Walt Richardson, picture taking
Scott Buser, Invocation
Ed Shannon, Pledge to the flag
Yorleny Clapper, in proud possession of the Puffin
There was a great deal of scuttlebutt on social media that President Whalen would be littering the meeting with bad puns and jokes, resulting in exactly zero guests or visiting Rotarians.
Jason decided to pun-ish the members anyway.
Wellness: Eric Warn noted the reappearance of Bob Hammar after weeks of nursing duty for wife Mary, all with good results. Duncan Cook broke his hip in a fall and is currently in the hospital with that and other health issues. Joan requested a resignation for Duncan because of this situation, while many of us signed cards to Duncan. Duncan was an amazing Rotarian. He seemed to shrink from the spotlight but was everywhere where help was needed in his 22 years in Lakewood Rotary. He will be missed, though the example he set is fresh in many of us. Thank you, Duncan!!
Paul Harris Presentations, Steve Enquist:
--Jan Gee, #5
--Jim Weinand, #7
--Greg Rediske, #9
Above: Steve Saalfeld, our Courageous Rider
The Courage ride, Steve Saalfeld:
Steve raised $45K out of the $320K raised in total: amazing work, Steve. He thanked many Rotarians by name, while calling out Bud Montgomery’s feat (fete? feet?) of 19 Courage rides. If you’d still like to donate to Steve and help ease the continuing pain in his gluteus maximus, go to:
www.tinyurl.com/saalfeldcourage Also thanks to Phil Eng, Donn Irwin, Steve Mazoff, and Rick Selden, who manned the rest stop. (I think their supportive spouses were all there too, so I’m changing that to “staffed” the rest stop or stops.) Happy wife, happy life.
Greg Horn promoted the speaker for September 30, Amanda DuBois. She is a nurse who became a lawyer at Seattle U Law School, and Anne Enquist has signed her up to speak about her book, a thriller called THE COMPLICATION. Greg raved that it is indeed “exciting”. All proceeds benefit numerous charities, especially scholarships at Seattle U. Buy it on Amazon Smile.
Barb Spriggs, American Lake Kayak Auction Item
20 brave souls took part in the kayak poker run on American Lake, culminating in a celebration at John and Lisa Korsmo’s. Jim Sharp preached safety, while Barb’s family along with Jan Gee, John Lowney, Carl and Veronica Bronkema and perhaps others helped make the event a success. Anne Enquist won the grand prize of a new kayak from Cabelas, but switched with the second place winner, Barb’s son, whose wish for his birthday present (the following day) was a new kayak. Granted! And Anne took the $100 second place prize. David Swindale came in third, while another $70 was donated the day of the event.
Golf, golf, golf. Joe Quinn
Will Rogers once said, “I guess there is nothing that will get your mind off everything like golf. I have never been depressed enough to take up the game, but they say you get so sore at yourself you forget to hate your enemies.” Golf serves a purpose in this world. There were 22 at the after-golf party, 15 golfers, and one low gross winner: Kris Peterson (82). Coming in second with an 83, Carl Bronkema. I don’t think those two do enough bad golfing to be sore at themselves, and probably don’t forget to hate their enemies enough. My golf game doesn’t allow for enemies to come to mind at all. “Give me golf clubs, fresh air and a beautiful partner, and you can keep the clubs and the fresh air.” Jack Benny’s classic
Announcements, Punster Whalen:
September 8: Presentation by Partners for Parks on the H-Barn project, 3:30 at the Pavilion.
September 9: 9-11 Memorial Service at City Hall, 2 pm. Jim Sharp, Mike Zaro and Jason Whalen are speakers.
“Embracing Philanthropy”, aka Jason’s fine time:
Anne Enquist: $20 to thank Barb for the terrific kayak project
Rick Selden: $5 in honor of Terry Roarke’s cow socks, which Jason called an “udder disaster”. There were more like this, but I couldn’t bring myself to write them down. You’re welcome.
Bob Zawilski: $100 for an upcoming birthday and an anniversary, which will mark 72% of his entire lifespan.
Jan Gee: $20 to welcome back Bob Hammar, a friend of 50 years, and for single-handedly “curing” Mary Hammar after her stroke.
Rob Erb, Mark Edgecomb, Tom George: All donated $20 each for the magnificent long drive of Past Past President Edgecomb on #18. It sailed harmlessly but scarily over the head of Veronica Bronkema to land about 300 yards from the tee: a magnificent drive resulting in a birdie for Mark. Rob teed the ball up for Mark to find eventually (Mark’s group was looking for the ball 50 yards back from there, not realizing his amazing power!).
Above: Our own Rose Stevens
The Program: Rose Stevens “Bring Children Back to School”
Rose has been helping the Nepalese people for years with multiple projects, trying to ensure continuity and lasting results. During Covid, the entire country shut down completely. Kids were assigned the task of getting food and other necessities, so there was no school. This project of ours (with partners and matching grants from Rotary) helped 1430 children with the $9000. There were winter caps for 500 kids; online schooling options; three teachers were added; counseling was available; school bags for 600 students; and more. Another project is in a stage of completion, $64K for a water project to supply 480 homes. Currently, it is a ½ hour walk one way to get the water at a spring. This project will pump the potable water to a holding tank in the village, while another part of the project will bring biogas for cooking safely. The Honolulu Rotary club is intimately involved here, too. Farming and marketing of excess goods will be included, lifting up the entire village in multiple ways. Project replication in other sites is the long-term goal. Anyone interested in going to an upcoming Nepalese project, contact Rose.
Drawing: #2872 was owned by Lowell Johnson, and he was fortunate enough to get $5.00 as a result. Sadly, not fortunate enough to draw a red chip and get $250.
Golf is so popular simply because it is the best game in the world at which to be bad.
Upcoming LR events: 9/11-13 Reeder Rotary Roadster Romp to Sun Mountain 10/22 “Make a Difference Day”- Playground Fix Work at Fort Steilacoom Park 12/16 Tom and Jerry Party and President’s Roast |
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