Past President Mark Valentine (Who is a part of today’s music program) told me before the meeting that he got here 30 minutes early so he could tune his 12 string Rickenbacker electric guitar.  That sounded complicated so when I was writing the LOG I looked up on the internet how to tune a 12 string Rickenbacker and here is what I found.  The lowest 3 strings are tuned an octave apart, and the thinnest 3 are tuned to the same pitch.  If you tune the lowest string of each pair the same way you would tune a 6 string, as described above, you are good to go. Yikes!

 

El Paraiso Mexican Grill catered the lunch which was enjoyed by the Students of the Month and their parents, other guests, and Rotarians.  32 people were in person and at least another dozen joined us on the ZOOM screen.

 

The 24^th meeting or our Rotary year and the 5,476^th meeting of the Rotary Club of Everett started a little bit after the noon hour.  President Tammy Dunn thanked all who stepped up to help run the meetings while she was out and recuperating from a bout with COVID she then led us in the Pledge of Allegiance and into the rest of the meeting.

 

President Tammy gave us three quotes to think about during this holiday season.

-  “Winter, a lingering season, is a time to gather golden moments, embark upon a sentimental journey and enjoy idle hour.” - John Boswell

 

-  “May the Spirit of the Holidays be with you throughout the New Year.” - Unknown

 

-  “Christmas gives us the opportunity to pause and reflect on the important things

    around us.” - David Cameron

 

President Elect Neil Angst introduced Jose “Neaners” Garcia and his wife Tairyn. Neaners is with the Mount Vernon Rotary Club.  He and Tariyn run Hope for Homies.

 

Vice President Michael Kvisted introduced the new manager of Anthony’s Wood Fire Grill, Ser Jay De Los Angeles.

 

Kelly Shepherd introduced the parents of the Everett High School’s student of the month,

Mike and Stacy Millar along with the school’s Career Specialist Jen Selders.

 

Russ Kimball introduced the parents of the Sequoia High School’s student of the month,

Nelson and Kathrine Vander Vate.

 

President Elect Neil introduced Ashley Bolden, Realtor. (FYI - She has a great attendance record)

   

Kelli Thode told us about the successful Blood Drive that took occurred last Friday (12-9-22) at the Everett Elks Club.  30 donors filed all the available slots.  Thank you to all who volunteered to help on this drive.  The next scheduled Blood Drive is in March.

 

Brian Hollingshead reported on the last social hour they had at the Marriot Hotel in Downtown Everett.  Fewer people were able to show up at this event than they did in November, but for those who were there, it was a good time.

 

Eric Samuelson, who has been the catalyst for the Rotaract Club of Snohomish County, said that they are having a fundraising activity on New Year’s day at Lundeen Park at Lake Stevens.  For a $30.00 donation you can run through the chilly air and into the even chillier water as a participant in the Polar Plunge, or you can donate $30.00 to stay warm and dry on shore.  Eric is also helping to reestablish the Interact Club at Everett High School along with EHS’s Career Specialist Jen Selders

 

President Tammy had the following list of announcements.

-  At our next meeting on the 20^th, it will be an all-in person meeting with a catered lunch. We will be entertained with a performance by the EHS Choir.

-  The Board of Directors will meet at 7:30 am on Friday the 16^th at President Elect Neil’s

   office on Evergreen Way.

-  Since the property Hensen Hall is located on has been sold we will be moving our meeting location in January, the details are being worked out and will discussed at Friday’s Board meeting.

-  We will not be having a meeting on Tuesday December 27^th.

 

Kaye Phinney was $25.00 happy to announce her retirement.  She was one of the first nine people hired by Coastal.  She is going to miss her clients and office comradery, but she is looking forward to traveling and being able to spend more time with her family and grandchildren.

 

President Tammy was $20.00 thankful for the help Vice President Michael, President Elect Neil and the rest of the staff gave for running the meetings while she recouped from COVID.

 

President Elect Neil gave $20.00 for an article in the Herald that started on page 1 but by the time they mentioned his name it was on page 3 and when they did mention his name they wrote it as Angst with no mention of a Neil.  To spare everyone from hearing it twice I didn’t write down the joke President Elect Neil shared with us.

           

1.  Past President Henry Newton won red wine and chocolates.

 

2.  Our visiting Rotarian from Mount Vernon, Jose “Neaners” Garcia, won red wine and a gift card.

 

3.  Brian Hollingshead won a bottle of red wine and candy.

 

Russ Kimball introduce Jacob Vander Vate, the student of the month from Sequoia High School.  Jacob is a quiet, motivated student who plans to be an electrician.  He enjoys running in his free time and works with the janitorial team at his church, Northshore Christian.  He’s been part of the AWANA program since age three and is grateful as it’s allowed him to memorize 800+ biblical verses and summarize each book of the bible.  He also serves as a leader of a middle school youth group that each year delivers “Thanksgiving Baskets of Hope” to families in need.

 

Kelly Shepherd introduced Taylor Millar, the student of the month from Everett High School.  In addition to excelling in the classroom, Taylor is active in the community and received honors in varsity volleyball and softball. She helped plan Everett High’s successful Thanksgiving Food Drive and magical Winter Wonderland event. A staff member said, “she just enjoys making people happy.  Taylor leads with love and gives her entire heart to everything she does.”  Taylor has made a lasting impact on Everett High School and will be immensely missed next year when she moves on to college to spread her joy and share her magic.

 

President Tammy introduced Past President Mark Valentine, Eric Samuelson, and Walt Greenwood who each gave us a wonderful Rotary Musical Performance.

 

Past President Mark, gave us a little background about his freshly tuned 12 string Rickenbacker electric guitar.  George Harrison played this same model on it’s a Hard Day’s Night.  Jim (later Roger) McGuinn of the Byrd’s liked what he heard and used the 12 string Rickenbacker when the Byrd’s famously played Mr. Tambourine Man.  Here are the songs that Past President Mark played for us.

-  As Tears Go By, by the Rolling Stones

-  Mr. Tambourine Man, by the Byrds, written by Bob Dylan.

-  8 Miles High, by the Byrds.

 

Eric Samuelson, donning a Santa’s hat and his ukulele told the students of the month that he too had been a student of the month and he assured them that this was not a typical Rotary program and to please look past this as you aspire to be a leader in your community.  Here are the songs Eric played.

-  Mele Kalikimaka, by R. Alex Anderson

-  Joy to the World, by Isaac Watts - Joy to The World, by Three Dog Night - Joy to

   The World by, Isaac Watts - Joy to The World by, Three Dog Night - Joy to The World,

   by Isaac Watts - Joy to the World, by Three Dog Night.  It was a creative flowing song that Eric created by mixing the lyrics back and forth.

 

Walt Greenwood also wore a Santa’s hat and had his acoustical guitar accompany him on the following songs.

  -  Santa Claus is Coming To Town, by J. Fred Coots and Haven Gillespie

  -  Blue Christmas, by Billy Hayes and Jay W. Johnson

  -  Turning of The Year, by J.B. Goodenough, music by Gordon Bok

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President Tammy thanked all three for their musical talents that we all got to enjoy.

 

Everett High School Choir

 

President Tammy adjourned the meeting a little bit after 1:00 PM.

 

Respectfully Submitted,

 

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