During lunch, prior to the meeting, Rotarians and guests enjoyed listening to a variety of holiday music performed by the Rotary Brass, composed of John Dunne, Brad Burdick, Jack Louws, Greg Baker, Del VandeKerk, and Don Anderson.
President Chuck opened the meeting welcoming visitors, guests and members. The Rotary Brass accompanied the members in singing "America the Beautiful." Joe Coons gave the invocation.
Announcements:
Youth Adventures in Leadership (YAIL)-Help Send a Student to YAIL!
Do you know a student attending one of the four Bellingham high schools who has leadership potential? I could be your child, grandchild or another young person between the ages of 15 and 17 that you know. If so, please encourage them to visit www.YAIL.org to learn more about this valuable camp-style opportunity to meet others their age from District 5050 and develop their leadership skills. The camp is held outside White Rock, B.C. from January 22-24, 2016. Our Club sponsors three students each year; there is no cost to the student. Andrew Evans reminded Rotarians that Applications are due by Wednesday, December 30th. Interested students should send a short paragraph about why they would like to attend to Katherine Deets at kdeets@chmelik.com.Nathan Twining shared that the club is looking to nominate three youth. For more information contact yail.org , Nathan, Mauri Ingram. Or Katherine.
Langley Ukulele Ensemble Event:
Brian Griffin shared that RCOB’s community event will be held on Sunday April 24, 2016 at Bellingham High School theater at 2:30 pm. Brian told the audience about the April 24, 2016 concert by the Langley Ukulele Ensemble that is backed by Joe Coons, Chip Lauckhardt, and him. You can read about the event, hear the entertainers, and order tickets at rcob.brownpapertickets.com. The three Rotarians are taking the risk (not the Club) for the event which should net about $8,000 profit for Club projects if it sells out! Buy them here for Christmas and save the handling charges (they take credit cards). Also for sale are 5 program ads for $200 each including 5 tickets.
Election of Officers and Board Members:
President Chuck announced the results of the election of officers and board members for the 2015-16 Rotary year as follows: President:Del VandeKerk; President-elect: Teri Treat; Vice-President and Program Chairman: Sandy McIntire; New Board Members: Arlie Norman and Nathan Twining.
A letter of resignation from Dave Bradley was accepted with regret due to conflicts in attending; Tim Fisher presented plans and they were approved by the Board for a Spring 2016 Environment Committee project and he will share it with the membership shortly and Mark Knittel is working on mapping past Rotary Major Projects and has installed a sample on the home page of our website at bellinghamrotary.org.
Guest of Rotarians:
Students of the Month: Visual Arts
Bruce MacCormack intoduced Jazminn Triplett from Bellingham High School and her mom, Misty.
Yvonne Cartwright introduced John Dye from Squalicum High School with his parents Curt & Felicity Dye and their foreign exchange student Giovanni.
Greg Baker's student, Stella Christoforou from Sehome High School was unable to attend.
John Dunne brought his son Dan Dunne with CAZ Energy
Margaret Curtis introduced Joe Nagel with Pioneer Human Services
Del VandeKerk introduced Whatcom County Executive, Jack Louws
Teri Treat introduced our speaker, Brian Bressler with PACCAR Technical Center. Brian is the son of Rotarian Harte Bressler
Rick Kaiser brought his wife, Ann
Tim Farris introduced Dr. Steve Ban
Presentations:
President Chuck recognized Jim Cunningham for bringing in a new member to our Club.
Cathy Buckley presented a Paul Harris Award to Greg Baker in recognition of his outstanding commitment to education in our community.
Bruce MacCormack and Yvonne Cartwright presented the Students of the Month in the area of Visual Arts.
Following is a brief summary regarding each student:
Jazmin Triplett - Visual Arts Student of the Month from Bellingham High School: Jazmin's focus is in Fine Arts utilizing charcoal, graphite, acrylics, watercolors, and most recently oils. She displayed two of her art pieces, a watercolor and a white chalk on black paper. Both were very impressive. She hopes to attend the Cornish College of Arts in Seattle. Her career goal is to be an independent artist.
John Dye - Visual Arts Student of the Month from Squalicum High School: John's focus is ceramics, particularly functional-ware such as bowls, cups, and, most recently, "moonshine jugs." His career goal is in the area of architecture. He plans to attend either the University of Idaho or Roger and Williams University in Rhode Island.
Program:
Vice-President and Program Chair Teri Treat introduced Brian Bressler, Regulatory Engineering Manager, PACCAR, Inc. Technical Center.
PACCAR has 24,000 employees world-wide, with about 300 of those based at the Skagit County Test Facility. Initially manufacturing rail cars, beginning in 1905, PACCAR moved from rail cars into the truck manufacturing and parts business. Kenworth, Peterbilt and DAF are the three main brands of trucks they manufacture. In addition, PACCAR is now producing heavy duty engines, and is involved in a variety of other goods and services. PACCAR trucks and engines are designed to last one million miles.
They use computer models to test parts in simulation before building prototypes. They test their trucks for extreme conditions: severe summer heat, bitter winter cold, high winds, heavy rains, and high altitudes. They do this by utilizing cold chambers, heat chambers, a wind tunnel, and an extreme rain chamber, among other testing conditions (as well as lots of time on the road in various locations and conditions).
PACCAR continues to exceed Global Truck Emission Standards, and manufactures trucks that are fuel efficient in addition to exceeding required emission standards.
They have a remarkable record of being profitable every quarter for the last 75 years.
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