MEETING RECAP
Rotary's Ansel Adams
By Paula T. OlsonSunday, April 16, 2023
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Lakewood Rotary’s Ansel Adams
(Walt Richardson)
THE LAKEWOOD KEY
The crowd was atwitter as President Elect Mary Horn appeared to be hovering around the podium where we usually see President Jason Whalen. Would it? Could it be Mary’s first meeting as almost President? Yes, it was! And who to blow the conch shell horn better than even Jason could but James Osundwa and Mary was off and running. Pres. Jason was supervising on zoom from Hawaii with some lame excuse about having to be there for some reason or another.
PE Mary called on Yorleny Clapper for the invocation and Dave Reames to lead us in the Pledge of Allegiance. PE Mary called out the setup crew so fast that this scribe’s pen and brain was on overload. I got Rob, Wynn, Bob, James and some others. Rick Selden was at the raffle table and Connie Coleman-Lacadie at the Foundation desk. Joe Quinn was the official photographer with Linda Disney operating a great back up camera. PE Mary called on them to find her good side because she’s going to need to know that for her presidential year.
Guests of Rotarians included our exchange student Hans, and Puffin Tyler Parker brought his wife Lori and two month old son, Lincoln. Troy Wilcox brought his wife and Partner President, Stephanie, Jan Gee brought Susanna Keilman, John Magnuson brought wife, Bonnie and her friend Sharon Rediske, John Lowney brought his wife, Pam and Eric introduced his mom, Kirsten Quinn. Eric Warn reported that no news was good news in the Health and Wellness report.
On Saturday evening, we were all notified by Secretary Greg Rediske that Ed Shannon passed away. A memorial service will be scheduled soon. We scrambled to find some pictures of Ed Shannon and guess who had some on file—Walt Richardson. Here is our favorite of US Army Colonel and loyal Rotarian Ed Shannon:
Eric Warn introduced our Student of the Month from Clover Park School District’s Open Doors Reengagement Program – Tyriq Robinson. Supporting Tyriq were Sheila Hunt, his grandmother, Ron Banner, Clover Park School District Superintendent, and Principal Venetia Willis-Holbrook. Tyriq is a senior in the Open Doors program. He is self-motivated and goal oriented. He has completed 16 course credits since September and has a 3.4 GPA. He is excellent at advocating for himself and has a strong work ethic. His teachers and peers say Tyriq has one of the most positive attitudes. He enjoys being a role model to his younger siblings. Along with school, he has a part=time job. Tyriq thanked us for the recognition and wanted us to know that Open Doors is helping him graduate from high school. Congratulations, Tyriq!
Above: Tyriq Robinson, Student of the Month
PE Mary called up the Partners to present them with a whopping $10,783, their loot from the Dessert Dash at the Wine and Beer Festival. Mary congratulated them for their hard work and success as they are truly the worker bees of the club. Thank you from all of us! Greg Rediske asked for a motion to approve spending $3,000 on the new video at our web site. Moved, seconded and unanimously approved.
Anne Enquist got up and posed this question to the men: How many of you have a special woman in your life? Or several? Oddly, not very many hands went up and those that did were a bit timid. Then she asked if they wanted to be a hero to those women. A low murmur could sorta be heard. Here’s an easy way to do that, Anne said: buy them all a ticket to Ladies Night Out on May 5th at Farm 12! An early Mother’s Day present or just an “atta girl” prize. Anne said Steve Mazoff already bought five tickets for five special women in his life. It’s going to be great with music, tacos, drinks, chocolate, a photo booth, a raffle, chocolate, and shopping. Lots of shopping for things like pottery, cosmetics, jewelry, lotions, bath products, hand-made earrings, magnetic eyelashes, clothing, purses, vases and other glass pieces, things from Nepal, scarves and other art from the Asian Pacific group and much more. Just register in the Lakewoodrotary.com site where it says “Ladies Night Out.” If you are a guy and feeling left out, join Steve Enquist at the restaurant where he will be eating and waiting for an opportunity to assist the ladies. PE Mary said there might be a costume contest. All of this is to benefit Step by Step the nonprofit that helps needy women and children in this region (see recent LR program).
Steve Enquist told everyone to nominate a Rotarian of the Year and a Non-Rotarian of the Year and send him the info. Bill Potter observed that Lincoln Parker was sleeping like a log. Hahaha, not bad for a banker. Anyway, as chair of the Dolly Parton Imagination Library effort here at Lakewood Rotary, he announced that instead of a $50,000 request to the Lakewood City Council, he was going to propose $77,000, and that is way more than $50,000 in case we couldn’t add that fast. So come and support him in his request on Monday at 7:00 pm dressed in your best Rotary gear. Tyler Parker told everyone to come to one of his next estate sales – one in Lakewood and one in Auburn with a lot of cool stuff. He is going to donate the leftovers on Monday. He kicked in $5.00 Aloha bucks for the ad. You can check out his Facebook page at Epic Estate Sales and Cleanout for the details.
Bill Potter again grabbed the mic (or was it Greg Rediske?) and announced opening day for the Lakewood Baseball Club on Saturday, April 15th. Our club sponsors three teams so come and cheer them on. Opening day ceremony at 9:00 am at Field #1. Jan Gee asked when was the installation dinner. PE Mary was hesitant to advertise in case a bunch of people would want to come. Are you kidding? We are delighted to go-- out with the old (Jason) and in with the new (Mary). And no more of that freaking shell. It is on Friday, June 23rd at the club and Mary wants to celebrate all of the volunteers who make our club so successful and fun. There will be a surprise for Jason but don’t tell him so he’ll be surprised. Earth Day is on April 22nd starting at 9:00 am at Fort Steilacoom reported the mic hog, Bill Potter. Come and repair swing sets, clean, refresh and other stuff to make the park sparkle for the spring and summer.
Phil Eng, Fellowship Chair, said on Zoom that we are planning a night at the Tacoma Rainiers some time in August. Details to follow.
Generous Giving:
Aloha bucks came from Scott Buser for his trip to spring training, then Long Beach, CA to see his granddaughter and on to welcome a new granddaughter for which he paid $100. Rob Erb was sorry he missed telling us about his 46th wedding anniversary and he thought he’d mention but not brag about his hole-in-one. $70 from Rob and congrats on getting closer to 50 years of marriage. While this was going on, Greg Horn was jumping up and down waving a bill in his hand. Finally getting the mic, he said he really wanted to be the first to pay a fine on his wife’s first meeting but these other guys beat him to it. Greg proudly proclaimed his love for Mary and paid $20. Sorry Greg, but Jason still gets credit for it. Bob Martin’s son is working in Vietnam with shrimp aquaculture and proud papa paid $20. Mark Blanchard shared that Puffin Tyler found a coffee mug with a puffin on it and he’s donating it to the club. Good job, Tyler, way to suck up and get some puffin points. Tyler had four other Puffins in attendance with him.
The Program:
Above: Walt Richardson, our Speaker today
Next we turned to the program. Joe Quinn introduced our very own Walt Richardson. Joe reported that when he asked Walt for some kind of bio, he got enough info to fit on a postage stamp but as Joe went on, clearly Walt is not one to thump his chest. Walt has been in Lakewood since 1956 arriving with his family as an Army brat. He graduated from UHK (University of Hard Knocks) otherwise known as Poison Ivy League. He spent 16 years at KLAY, served in the Naval Reserves from 1968 beginning in the 11th grade and in the Navy became a broadcast journalist taking pictures on behalf of the Admiral of the 7th Fleet during the Vietnam War. After the Navy, he worked at radio stations in advertising sales and opened his own ad agency in 1975. He joined Rotary in 1984 and also operated a training companu for 25 years with information on how to train for anything you could think of. He worked much of his time from home. Walt retired in 2015 and returned to his first love of photography along with hiking, boating and cycling.
Above: More Walt pictures
Walt said this was his first time at Rotary with the microphone so he was a little nervous. That lasted a hot second and Walt led us on a wonderful journey of time with his incredible photographs. He got into photography when he was 12 years and other than the Navy, he quit to work at his jobs as it was time consuming. He said that coming back after being gone for 20 years, he was amazed at how much photography had changed mostly because it was now digital. He said he was still learning but you sure couldn’t tell to look at his pictures. If you missed the meeting, there is no way to describe the photos here. You’ll just have to beg Walt to share them with you on his own.
No wait: Walt was kind enough to share his whole presentation with us so we show here more pictures than the Lakewood Key has ever published. We can vote next week on your favorite.
Interspersed with nature pictures were some classic pictures of Lakewood Rotarians doing what they do best - smile and have fun. Walt showed pictures of airplanes, a sunset in Dupont, and described what a HDR (high dynamic range) picture was. That is three pictures combined on the computer to give better detail. Walt had pictures of the Nisqually wetlands and focused stacked some. That means seven pictures combined with a long exposure. He had pictures of Mount Rainier and Myrtle Falls stacked with nine photos. He even took the mosquitoes out of the picture. He used a projection flash that goes to 40 feet to get the unhappy monkeys and other animals in Costa Rica. There were pictures of Sequoia National Park and General Sherman the second oldest tree in America. He couldn’t get close to the oldest tree – General Grant-- but he shot some amazing pictures with people in them to show how big these trees really are.
Walt went to Glacier National Park and shot a panorama picture, which is three pictures combined. He went to the Prosser Balloon Festival, took pics of the dahlias at Point Defiance Park and jelly fish at the Aquarium. He had pictures of eagles at Big Beef Creek, animals at Northwest Trek and some with layering making the picture appear three dimensional. There were several pictures of Yosemite National Park, including Half Dome and Three Brothers that were astonishing. Walt likes to go to photo workshops and had some pictures of his fellow photogs in New Mexico. Greg Horn asked him how long he spent on developing a picture and Walt answered between five minutes to an hour. Wife Tanya had a more accurate answer: sometimes he takes hours! Walt doesn’t sell his pictures and he talked about how the light is different in the morning and evening making the pictures clearer. Thank you, Walt for sharing your wonderful pictures!
Steve Mazoff won the raffle but guess what….five dollars.
(Walt Richardson)
THE LAKEWOOD KEY
The crowd was atwitter as President Elect Mary Horn appeared to be hovering around the podium where we usually see President Jason Whalen. Would it? Could it be Mary’s first meeting as almost President? Yes, it was! And who to blow the conch shell horn better than even Jason could but James Osundwa and Mary was off and running. Pres. Jason was supervising on zoom from Hawaii with some lame excuse about having to be there for some reason or another.
PE Mary called on Yorleny Clapper for the invocation and Dave Reames to lead us in the Pledge of Allegiance. PE Mary called out the setup crew so fast that this scribe’s pen and brain was on overload. I got Rob, Wynn, Bob, James and some others. Rick Selden was at the raffle table and Connie Coleman-Lacadie at the Foundation desk. Joe Quinn was the official photographer with Linda Disney operating a great back up camera. PE Mary called on them to find her good side because she’s going to need to know that for her presidential year.
Guests of Rotarians included our exchange student Hans, and Puffin Tyler Parker brought his wife Lori and two month old son, Lincoln. Troy Wilcox brought his wife and Partner President, Stephanie, Jan Gee brought Susanna Keilman, John Magnuson brought wife, Bonnie and her friend Sharon Rediske, John Lowney brought his wife, Pam and Eric introduced his mom, Kirsten Quinn. Eric Warn reported that no news was good news in the Health and Wellness report.
On Saturday evening, we were all notified by Secretary Greg Rediske that Ed Shannon passed away. A memorial service will be scheduled soon. We scrambled to find some pictures of Ed Shannon and guess who had some on file—Walt Richardson. Here is our favorite of US Army Colonel and loyal Rotarian Ed Shannon:
Eric Warn introduced our Student of the Month from Clover Park School District’s Open Doors Reengagement Program – Tyriq Robinson. Supporting Tyriq were Sheila Hunt, his grandmother, Ron Banner, Clover Park School District Superintendent, and Principal Venetia Willis-Holbrook. Tyriq is a senior in the Open Doors program. He is self-motivated and goal oriented. He has completed 16 course credits since September and has a 3.4 GPA. He is excellent at advocating for himself and has a strong work ethic. His teachers and peers say Tyriq has one of the most positive attitudes. He enjoys being a role model to his younger siblings. Along with school, he has a part=time job. Tyriq thanked us for the recognition and wanted us to know that Open Doors is helping him graduate from high school. Congratulations, Tyriq!
Above: Tyriq Robinson, Student of the Month
PE Mary called up the Partners to present them with a whopping $10,783, their loot from the Dessert Dash at the Wine and Beer Festival. Mary congratulated them for their hard work and success as they are truly the worker bees of the club. Thank you from all of us! Greg Rediske asked for a motion to approve spending $3,000 on the new video at our web site. Moved, seconded and unanimously approved.
Anne Enquist got up and posed this question to the men: How many of you have a special woman in your life? Or several? Oddly, not very many hands went up and those that did were a bit timid. Then she asked if they wanted to be a hero to those women. A low murmur could sorta be heard. Here’s an easy way to do that, Anne said: buy them all a ticket to Ladies Night Out on May 5th at Farm 12! An early Mother’s Day present or just an “atta girl” prize. Anne said Steve Mazoff already bought five tickets for five special women in his life. It’s going to be great with music, tacos, drinks, chocolate, a photo booth, a raffle, chocolate, and shopping. Lots of shopping for things like pottery, cosmetics, jewelry, lotions, bath products, hand-made earrings, magnetic eyelashes, clothing, purses, vases and other glass pieces, things from Nepal, scarves and other art from the Asian Pacific group and much more. Just register in the Lakewoodrotary.com site where it says “Ladies Night Out.” If you are a guy and feeling left out, join Steve Enquist at the restaurant where he will be eating and waiting for an opportunity to assist the ladies. PE Mary said there might be a costume contest. All of this is to benefit Step by Step the nonprofit that helps needy women and children in this region (see recent LR program).
Steve Enquist told everyone to nominate a Rotarian of the Year and a Non-Rotarian of the Year and send him the info. Bill Potter observed that Lincoln Parker was sleeping like a log. Hahaha, not bad for a banker. Anyway, as chair of the Dolly Parton Imagination Library effort here at Lakewood Rotary, he announced that instead of a $50,000 request to the Lakewood City Council, he was going to propose $77,000, and that is way more than $50,000 in case we couldn’t add that fast. So come and support him in his request on Monday at 7:00 pm dressed in your best Rotary gear. Tyler Parker told everyone to come to one of his next estate sales – one in Lakewood and one in Auburn with a lot of cool stuff. He is going to donate the leftovers on Monday. He kicked in $5.00 Aloha bucks for the ad. You can check out his Facebook page at Epic Estate Sales and Cleanout for the details.
Bill Potter again grabbed the mic (or was it Greg Rediske?) and announced opening day for the Lakewood Baseball Club on Saturday, April 15th. Our club sponsors three teams so come and cheer them on. Opening day ceremony at 9:00 am at Field #1. Jan Gee asked when was the installation dinner. PE Mary was hesitant to advertise in case a bunch of people would want to come. Are you kidding? We are delighted to go-- out with the old (Jason) and in with the new (Mary). And no more of that freaking shell. It is on Friday, June 23rd at the club and Mary wants to celebrate all of the volunteers who make our club so successful and fun. There will be a surprise for Jason but don’t tell him so he’ll be surprised. Earth Day is on April 22nd starting at 9:00 am at Fort Steilacoom reported the mic hog, Bill Potter. Come and repair swing sets, clean, refresh and other stuff to make the park sparkle for the spring and summer.
Phil Eng, Fellowship Chair, said on Zoom that we are planning a night at the Tacoma Rainiers some time in August. Details to follow.
Generous Giving:
Aloha bucks came from Scott Buser for his trip to spring training, then Long Beach, CA to see his granddaughter and on to welcome a new granddaughter for which he paid $100. Rob Erb was sorry he missed telling us about his 46th wedding anniversary and he thought he’d mention but not brag about his hole-in-one. $70 from Rob and congrats on getting closer to 50 years of marriage. While this was going on, Greg Horn was jumping up and down waving a bill in his hand. Finally getting the mic, he said he really wanted to be the first to pay a fine on his wife’s first meeting but these other guys beat him to it. Greg proudly proclaimed his love for Mary and paid $20. Sorry Greg, but Jason still gets credit for it. Bob Martin’s son is working in Vietnam with shrimp aquaculture and proud papa paid $20. Mark Blanchard shared that Puffin Tyler found a coffee mug with a puffin on it and he’s donating it to the club. Good job, Tyler, way to suck up and get some puffin points. Tyler had four other Puffins in attendance with him.
The Program:
Above: Walt Richardson, our Speaker today
Next we turned to the program. Joe Quinn introduced our very own Walt Richardson. Joe reported that when he asked Walt for some kind of bio, he got enough info to fit on a postage stamp but as Joe went on, clearly Walt is not one to thump his chest. Walt has been in Lakewood since 1956 arriving with his family as an Army brat. He graduated from UHK (University of Hard Knocks) otherwise known as Poison Ivy League. He spent 16 years at KLAY, served in the Naval Reserves from 1968 beginning in the 11th grade and in the Navy became a broadcast journalist taking pictures on behalf of the Admiral of the 7th Fleet during the Vietnam War. After the Navy, he worked at radio stations in advertising sales and opened his own ad agency in 1975. He joined Rotary in 1984 and also operated a training companu for 25 years with information on how to train for anything you could think of. He worked much of his time from home. Walt retired in 2015 and returned to his first love of photography along with hiking, boating and cycling.
Above: More Walt pictures
Walt said this was his first time at Rotary with the microphone so he was a little nervous. That lasted a hot second and Walt led us on a wonderful journey of time with his incredible photographs. He got into photography when he was 12 years and other than the Navy, he quit to work at his jobs as it was time consuming. He said that coming back after being gone for 20 years, he was amazed at how much photography had changed mostly because it was now digital. He said he was still learning but you sure couldn’t tell to look at his pictures. If you missed the meeting, there is no way to describe the photos here. You’ll just have to beg Walt to share them with you on his own.
No wait: Walt was kind enough to share his whole presentation with us so we show here more pictures than the Lakewood Key has ever published. We can vote next week on your favorite.
Interspersed with nature pictures were some classic pictures of Lakewood Rotarians doing what they do best - smile and have fun. Walt showed pictures of airplanes, a sunset in Dupont, and described what a HDR (high dynamic range) picture was. That is three pictures combined on the computer to give better detail. Walt had pictures of the Nisqually wetlands and focused stacked some. That means seven pictures combined with a long exposure. He had pictures of Mount Rainier and Myrtle Falls stacked with nine photos. He even took the mosquitoes out of the picture. He used a projection flash that goes to 40 feet to get the unhappy monkeys and other animals in Costa Rica. There were pictures of Sequoia National Park and General Sherman the second oldest tree in America. He couldn’t get close to the oldest tree – General Grant-- but he shot some amazing pictures with people in them to show how big these trees really are.
Walt went to Glacier National Park and shot a panorama picture, which is three pictures combined. He went to the Prosser Balloon Festival, took pics of the dahlias at Point Defiance Park and jelly fish at the Aquarium. He had pictures of eagles at Big Beef Creek, animals at Northwest Trek and some with layering making the picture appear three dimensional. There were several pictures of Yosemite National Park, including Half Dome and Three Brothers that were astonishing. Walt likes to go to photo workshops and had some pictures of his fellow photogs in New Mexico. Greg Horn asked him how long he spent on developing a picture and Walt answered between five minutes to an hour. Wife Tanya had a more accurate answer: sometimes he takes hours! Walt doesn’t sell his pictures and he talked about how the light is different in the morning and evening making the pictures clearer. Thank you, Walt for sharing your wonderful pictures!
Steve Mazoff won the raffle but guess what….five dollars.
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