July 9, 2019
President Hu Beaver called the meeting to order at 12:15pm. The meeting was held at The Kwataqnuk Resort. Bret Richardson led us in song. Roger Grimes gave the invocation.
Announcements are as follows:
“Happy bucket”: Larry P/Hu/Bret/Ray/Dave/ Dick
Visiting Rotarians: Sheriane Eckenrod, Phil Barney, George Gerard
Guest: Linda Gerard.
Bret Richardson gave a Festival for Youth Update. Polson Rotarians are needed to help sell tickets at the Main Street Cherry Festival Saturday and Sunday, July 20-21. Contact Bret if you’d like to help. 9 chili cook-off teams have entered. Larry said to check your email to see the number of tickets that have been sold. Many more need to be sold!!!! If you need more tickets contact Larry.
Boyd Foster won the drawing and gave the money to the Martini Fund.
Hu presented Janet Mulroy with a $500 check for the Healthy Kids Programs.
The program this week was introduced by Hu Beaver. The speaker was Terry Smiley of the Kalispell Noon Club. She has been a Rotarian since 1996 and currently is retired living in Columbia Falls. She spoke about the Western Montana Rotary Sustainable Coalition Guatemala Water Project. She explained there are three projects:
· The El Progresso water tank project that is complete at a cost of $67,000
· The Pasac project is currently seeking Rotary approval at the cost of $90,000
· And the LaVega project designed to create a well and water distribution system for the 1400 residents in the small town. The cost is $300,000 and this is the project that the coalition is currently fund raising for. Bottled water is being sold for $1 each to help support the project. A Field visit is planned to Guatemala in January 2020. If you are interested in participating contact Hu or Larry. Polson Rotary is a member of the Western Montana Coalition.
The next Polson Rotary meeting will be Tuesday, July 16, 2019 at 12:15pm at the Kawtaqnuk Resort. Birthday talks are planned.
July Programs:
July 23 Larry Peltz/Amy Grout
July 30 Gayle Siemers/Andrew Lau
July Assignments:
Invocation: Roger Grimes
Justice: Wayne Schile
Song Leader: Keith Urbach
Sergeant at Arms: Rob Turner