August 18, 2020
Bret called the meeting at KwaTaqNuk to order at 12:15 with 15 in attendance and 6 Zoomed in.
The usually reliable “Montana” was sung. Roger Grimes gave the inspirational prayer.
Megan won the Raffle and donated her winnings to the Boys and Girls Club. Rob Turner administered Justice with a trivia question on the year “1929” (don’t play trivia with Megan), and Hu was the Happy Bucket contributor.
Bret presented Rob Turner with a $ 1,000 check for the Polson Youth Soccer Association to repair their mangled goals. The funding came from the
Montana Coronavirus Relief Fund grant received by Rotary.
Devin Huntley, CEO of Providence St Joseph Medical Center was the speaker. He spoke of the effects of Covid 19 globally, nationally, and locally. Earlier on, there was a UW epidemiology study that predicted dire consequences for Lake County. However, a later study by UM, taking into account the local conditions and trends, reflected the results so far. There are currently patients in the Covid unit, but none on ventilators.
The big screen was used for Zoom. Participants could be seen on the screen if their video was turned on. The PowerPoint “shared” the screen with mixed results as it appeared washed-out for the Zoom participants. Hopefully, we will continue to make Zoom more efficient.