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Buzz L. offered our invocation. Past Past President Ken H. called us to order in the absence of President Katie. A Rotary Minute Plus Quiz was administered by this writer based on the July Rotary magazine, with one of three questions answered correctly. Thank you notes from Jackson Luke, our Wes Waage Rotary Scholarship recipient, and for contributions to our Splash Pad were circulated. Jamie L. reminded us to get as many peaches sold as possible before our meeting tomorrow so sheets can be turned in for use at the truck next Monday. We also learned some group was distributing peaches at a price of $60 a lug the week of our meeting and the Rotary Club in Pelican Rapids was getting their peaches this very week, which put a scare into Jamie when the trucker called thinking they were coming to us. Ken acknowledged the birthdays of Scott S. on July 29th and of Deb M. on July 30th. We also were told that as of last Thursday, August 1, Kathy A. was celebrating her 20th anniversary in Rotary, serving 10 of those years as are capable secretary. Kathy A. then assed around a sheet for members to update their information for purposes of having a club roster for distribution. Those assembled also had an opportunity to decide if the Rotary Minute Quiz for tomorrow's meeting will be based on fascinating facts for Fergus Fall's favorite, finaminal (spelled phonetically) fuzzy fruit or the bio of our District Governor printed in these Rounds. The latter won out. Tim H. was quick to offer a brag about a dinner he and Desta had at Steve A. and Mung's house where they were taught to make real Chinese dumplings (which are different than pot stickers). They also had a chance to imbibe in some Scott Steve brought back from a Rotary International Convention some years ago and ate a delicious dish of spicey eggplant and pork Steve prepared. Tim's brag was followed by Steve L., who told us he took an enjoyable trip with his wife, son-in-law and grandson to Lake Erie to visit another grandson who bought a house in Erie Pennsylvania; they caught 42 walleyes, visited the Pro Football Hall of Fame and took a boat underneath Niagra Falls during the visit. Kathy A. then told us that her brother and sister-in-law from Pennsylvania came to visit Steve and her for the first time in 14 years and they went to Stillwater and spent a wonderful two hours on a river boat enjoying the St. Croix River. Ryan W. said he will be gone this week seeing his son graduating from basic training at Fort Jackson in South Carolina; the graduate has made it clear he will never voluntarily live in South Carolina again. Holly W. bragged about a son (and his girlfriend?) running a marathon, and then Brian T. fined himself for having to leave early to bring a conclusion to our brags and fines. Our program was Wally C. offering an updated classification talk. Wally joined our club in 1972, proposed for membership by Wally Larson. He has been in our club ever since save for six months starting in 2005 when he went to Virginia but decided it wasn't for him and returned to Fergus Falls, rejoining the club. Wally described himself as having trouble with people telling him what to do, which was at the heart of the Virginia experiment not working out. Specifically, he was to be an independent chiropractic doctor, but all appointments were made through central scheduling and they only allowed 15 minutes for meeting with patients, not nearly enough time to deal with a patient's individual needs. Wally grew up in Hibbing where his father practiced chiropractic medicine, His dad would talk at the dinner table about the profession. It became Wally's chosen career path in eighth grade, but his father first recommended a stint in the military, so Wally joined the Navy. He enlisted in October of 1957 and became a hospital corpsman; in that role we were told he and a nurse delivered a baby on their own. When he left the Navy, Wally's father encouraged him to go to college for a couple years, so he went to Hamline and then the University of Minnesota night school, meeting his wife at the latter. He then went to the National College of Chiropractic and has been a chiropractic doctor since 1968. He came to Fergus Falls first as an associate of Roger Nelson but after three years went into solo practice. In 1986 Wally bought out Ralph Christianson and moved to his current location at 109 North Mill St. Son-in-law Zack S. first came to his office in January 2018 as an intern. One change since Wally started is that now people need a four-year degree before pursuing a degree in chiropractic medicine. Wally has always loved his job, which he described as helping people get back into balance and alignment without using drugs. |
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