Minutes From 2/19/14

Pledge – Bill Sawyer

Invocation – Margaret Burns

Guests – Jerry Rogge, guest of Rusty,  Mark Porter, guest of Margo Belden

We started our meeting with the Pledge of Allegiance by Bill Sawyer and an invocation by Margaret Burns.  Guests were introduced by Curt - Jerry Rogge, guest of Rusty,  Mark Porter, guest of Margo Belden and our speaker/s, Mary Sexton from the Crown of the Continent Round-Table as well as Justine Flynn a certified musical thanatologist.

Happy Bucks included Anne Guest thanking the snow heavens for opening up and dumping 20 inches of new snow on Lookout and the ski-lift operator for opening 45 minutes early.  Dick King was happy to share some information on MCT and the possibility of exploring an RI Global Grant with the group. Matt Doucette was happy for a ski/snowboard day at Discovery. Jennifer Straughan was happy to see the Hellgate swim team take state in Butte, America. Margo Belden was happy to be in Hawaii while Montana was a frosty 30 degrees.

Announcements started with Glenn Marangelo telling the club about finding a (new) home for the bugs that reside in his home. To help in the funding, a carpenter from Merrill Bradshaw Carpentry in Arlee built a coffee table and the Missoula Insectarium group decided to auction the table off. Tickets are $50, 40 tickets are available and only about 20 were sold as of Wednesday. Contact Glenn for further info.

Carl introduced Mary Sexton from the Crown of the Continent Roundtable. Mary let us know about the Round Table and how the Crown of the Continent encompassed 18MM acres from Waterton (Glacier) to the Blackfoot Valley.  The Roundtable gathers to connect people with a focus on enhancing culture, community and conservation. Mary will be back at our club in the next couple of months to explain the Roundtable in more details. For more info visit http://crownroundtable.org.

Induction – We are happy to announce, Gayle Gifford, CEO of the Montana Food Bank Network, has been inducted as of Wednesday. Please welcome and extend the hand of Rotary to our newest Missoula Sunrise member!! Congratulations Gayle!
 

Our Speaker for the morning was Justine Flynn, a musical thanatologist with Partners Hospice. Justine provided a sample of her “prescriptive music” which helps grief, loss, chronic pain, anxiety, depression and other various symptoms of life. She explained what prescriptive music is, from analyzing breathing and creating melodies that match rhythmic breathing, to soothing pain. She told us she is not a musical therapist, as a musical therapist brings in music and tunes to help revive memories of life events. Music Thanatology is more creating music to help individuals cope with medical crisis and/or families grief over the death of a loved one. If you want to learn more about musical thanatology, there is a book by Jennifer Hollis, “Music at the End of Life, Easing the Pain and Preparing the Passage”.

Meeting ended with the 4-way test.