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Welcome, Boisetarians!
President Sean Wall opened the meeting with 30 seconds of silent gratitude reflection followed by members singing My Country ‘Tis of Thee and the Idaho State Song, and then reciting the Pledge of Allegiance
Aug. 27: Travis Palmer, President, Caldwell Chamber of Commerce
Oct. 3 (11:00 AM, arrive no later than 10:30): Fall Flight at The World Center for Birds of Prey. Guests are welcome. Tickets must be purchased in advance, and we suggest buying now, as some of their Saturday events sell out early. They are offering us 10% off using the code RotaryBoise (our club only please per their request). This is a great activity for kids and grandkids, and we'll likely go to lunch afterwards. For more information on this fun event and to purchase tickets: https://peregrinefund.org/fall-flights. If questions, please contact Allison Gilbreath or Kevin Learned.
Nov. 5th: The World Center for Birds of Prey will be speaking.
Red Badge & Blue Badge Award
No new red or blue badges this week, but several guest prospects
New Member Introduction & Guests
Gary Carlson was the guest of Bob McQuade.
Grant Van Nostrand was the guest of Diane Shepherd. Rob Onnen’s wife Dianne Onnen was attending.
Kevin Vitulli was a visiting Rotarian from Wenatchee Confluence.
Lorrie Apel was a visiting Rotarian from Roanoke, VA
Member Spotlight
Vern Gentry interviewed Chuck Clark who has been a member of our club for 35 years. Chuck was raised on an Eastern Pennsylvania farm, where his father taught him to fix everything. He attended Bates College in Maine and met his wife. After college, he enlisted in the Navy during the time of the Vietnam war and was stationed on a nuclear powered aircraft carrier. The Rotary Youth Exchange Program gave his daughter the opportunity to go to Brazil. Chuck went there and enjoyed the country. His second daughter went to Germany and now speaks 4 languages.
Rotary Minute
This week’s Rotary Minute was information on Rotary Action Groups, which are autonomous, global networks of Rotary members, family members, Rotaractors, and non-Rotary experts who share expertise and passion for specific humanitarian causes. They assist local Rotary clubs and districts in planning, funding, and implementing large-scale, sustainable service projects around the world. They are organized under Rotary International’s Core areas of focus: Promoting Peace, Clean Water and Sanitation, Fighting Disease, Mother and Children,
Education, Economic Development, Environment, and Multi-Focus.
Happy Dollars
Glenn Harris was happy having just returned with his wife from a vacation in London.
Jeff Leedy was happy that he has two new dog commissions.
Ken Howell was happy that after a lengthy remodel, they now have 4 operable sinks
and a dishwasher in their house.
Casey Blair was happy that the Spokane fires stopped about 5 miles from the homestead that he grew up on.
Chuck Hosack was happy that his friend was able to enjoy the beaches around Florence, Oregon which reminded him of an earlier time when he also enjoyed them.
Sean Wall was happy that his son John was married last weekend and because his wife Melisa was interviewed by the Wall Street Journal due to her being an expert on opportunity zones.
Betty Munis donated because she was empathic to those who do not have water, and also because her farmland in Indiana has way too much water.
Todd Fischer was 100 dimes happy because the March of Dimes is raising funds for
Polio eradication.
Paul Schmidt made a donation in great expectation and hope that Ken Howell will have us over for an open house of his newly remodeled home.
Speakers!
This Week's Speaker
Rob Onnen who spoke to us about collecting US coins and the history of the USA currency. Rob started collecting coins in 1960. In the 1960s there were still silver coins available in circulation. When Rob was a boy, he used to receive $5 for mowing
a lawn and then go to the bank and exchange it for a roll of dimes. In a short time he was able to fill the Roosevelt dimes coin album. The mercury dimes were more challenging. Eventually, Rob found all of them except the rare 1916 Denver dime, which he was able to acquire doing a coin exchange.
Alexander Hamilton was the architect of the US currency system which based everything on the
dollar and cents which are 1/100 of a dollar. Rob displayed images of several rare coins in his
collection including half pennies, and two and three cent coins. The largest cent coins were about the size of a half dollar. Rob discussed which coins were made out of silver and gold and the percentage of these metals that were used. During the civil war, coins made of paper were used and Rob showed us some examples. You could say that it was a very interesting and enjoyable presentation that really made “cents.”
Next Week's Speaker
Travis Palmer, President, Caldwell Chamber of Commerce. A passionate team builder, Travis works with hundreds of local businesses as well as other organizations like the Live Foundation, Polaris Foundation, Caldwell Night Rodeo, College of Idaho, Canyon County Fair, Destination Caldwell, Envision Caldwell, Nampa and other Chambers of Commerce, Government Affairs committees, State and local elected officials, city staff, and the list goes on.
