Dinner Meeting Experience Continues
We had a fun time at our second dinner meeting experiment. Here are some highlights:
Madyke with Her Mom and Dad
Madyke, Karin Fennema, and Harry de Groot
We met our exchange student's parents, who are visiting Madyke from their home in Nunspeet, Netherlands. They will spend two weeks in the area, including venturing up to British Columbia. There was no shortage of shared glowing messages from those who have helped Madyke fulfill items on her "bucket list", an idea that originated from Peggy Rae. Scott Baldwin, at the end of his classification talk, presented them with playoff tickets for the Everett Silvertips.
Lyanne Gronning
A former club member, Lyanne Gronning, now a member of the Rotary Club of La Conner, visited us to sell tulips. Each spring, her new club sells tulips as its primary fundraiser. Another former club member, Doug Jones, who is now deceased, was the annual visitor for many years. Lyanne reports that she sold 72 bunches of tulips. Members of the La Conner club are always generous when we visit their meeting at the Farmhouse to sell Duck Dash tickets.
Because the purple tulips were not selling, it was suggested that members should buy them and take them to Gene Chase, an avid Husky, who had just gotten out of the hospital. Some Cougs delivered:
Thanks to Carol, Marianne, and Dave
Scott Baldwin
Scott shared his background with a classification talk. He is the General Manager at Dwayne Lanes Arlington Chevrolet and has been a club member since October 2023. Dwayne Lane's and Lee Johnson's Auto Families have merged, bringing the total dealerships to 15.
Originally from Oklahoma, Scott has worked in some aspects of automobile sales and service for most of his working life. He started my auto career in 1984, was a tech for 6 months, then moved to car sales, then F & I manager, went back to service as an advisor, progressed to service manager, then moved to sales manager, and was promoted to General Manager. He has only worked at four places his entire career. In Nov 2019, he moved to Washington to start as GM at Dwayne Lane’s Arlington Chevrolet, following their kids who had moved here.
Scott married his high school sweetheart, Marylynn, whom he met at a Speed skating team competition. He was at a mixed relay event when his partner got sick and couldn’t compete, so Marylynn got added to his team. Each had to do 100 laps of roller skating. Scott went first and had to push her to start her 100 laps. They took third place, and the rest is history. They've been married now for 41 years.
They have three children, Jennifer, Jalyn, Jacob, and two grandkids, Emma and Sawyer. His son-in-law Jimmy, is an orthopedic sports medicine surgeon at Skagit Hospital. He and his wife live in Burlington. As a Masonic Lodge and Shriners member, he was drawn to Rotary for service.
Athletics has played a big part in Scott's life. He was a three time high school state wrestling champion who went on to wrestle in college. Although an avid Oklahoma fan, he seems to have transplanted some of his allegiance to the Huskies. Scott referees football, including some small college games. He loves to barbeque competitively, Oklahoma style, and hunt birds. We must try his award-winning barbequed bologna (it sounds like a fireside!).
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