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This Week's Meeting
Our online meetings will start at 7:30. You will be able to join the meetings starting at about 7:20. We are using the Zoom online meeting platform. Click this link to join the meeting. Guests are always welcome.
 
At this week's meeting, the program will include a presentation by Leslie Elsmore of the Lake Stevens Education Foundation. Leslie is currently on the Board of Directors and will provide an update on the Foundation. They have been instrumental in providing educational assistance to teachers throughout the School District  as well as scholarships to graduating high school seniors like we do. Leslie has visited our Club in the past.
 
Continue to live by and exemplify the Rotary Four Way Test-
 
Is it the Truth?
Is it Fair to All Concerned?
Will it Build Goodwill and Better Friendships?
Will it Be Beneficial to all Concerned?
 
PHOTO CONTEST: You are encouraged to participate in this. Be the first person to correctly identify from where the photo at the top of this bulletin and at the top of our website was taken from by 7:30 am Friday, November 6th. Look carefully! Send your guess to the Editor.

Tom Clendening-KSER Radio
Tom Clendening, General Manager, KSER, joined the station in 2012 with 30 years of professional broadcast experience in management, programming, sales and marketing. James Monroe introduced Tom and told the story of the beginning of communication with Alexander Graham Bell's famous "Mr. Watson, Come here I need you" in 1876. Wireless communications was developed around the turn of the 19th to 20th Centuries by among others, Gugliemo Marconi. In 1916 an electrical engineer employed by Westinghouse began broadcasting from his garage. The station was later moved to a Westinghouse factory and relaunched in November 1920 becoming the first commercial licensed station in America. Since that beginning, radio stations are found just about everywhere. 
 
Nearly 20 years ago, a group of local citizens succeeded in bringing non-commercial, public radio to Snohomish County. There were no public radio stations in the North Puget Sound area. Routed in the community, most of the voices on air were all volunteers. KSER has a wide variety of programs such as the Hawaii public radio program and is unique serving Everett and other communities in Snohomish County and north Puget Sound. The station has 13,000 weekly listeners and 1,000 financial providers. KSER has a transmitter in Lake Stevens on Soper Hill.
 
 
 
Tom has spoken to numerous Rotary Clubs in our area but this was the first time he has spoken to our Club. Everything is always free. The website hasn't changed much and that is part of the business model. Pledge drive occurs each year. In the United States, three companies own about 80% of the radio stations in the United States.
 
KSER's budget is around $400,000 per year. $35 dollars is the cost a becoming a member. Bigger public radio stations have budgets that are close to $7-10 million. Seattle station KIRO is close to $28 million but the cost of running the Seahawks, Sounders and Mariners takes a big portion of that income. The pandemic has caused a great deal of problems for all broadcasting stations. It's been a bit of a challenge without the volunteers in the station. Tom spoke about KXIR which is their second station with the tower on Whidbey Island so that they can broadcast to the people of that area.
 
Our speaker next week will be Leslie Elsemore updating the Club on the Lake Stevens Education Foundation.
Quote of the Week - Who Said It?

“Everything we do opens another opportunity for someone, somewhere.”

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Thought of the Week - Who Said It?
"In times of change, learners inherit the earth, while the learned find themselves beautifully equiped to deal with a world that no longer exists."
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Mark Your Calendars!
Board Meeting
12 November 2020

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The November 6th Meeting will be online. Our regular Rotary Club Meetings are at the Lake Stevens School District Educational Service Center lower level Community Room located at 12309 22nd St NE. We start at 7:30 am. There is a robust continental breakfast available beforehand. Visitors are always welcome.
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Rotary Foundation Update
Nov 20, 2020
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Rotary Board Meeting
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Nov 12, 2020
5:30 PM – 7:00 PM
 
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