Greeters were Sonya Kraski & Kaye Phinney. 
 
Meeting of October 30th, 2018 #18 (5276)P was called to order by President, Amy Norman.                                                                                 
 
 
            
 
 
  
 
Many members were in costume and the Canadian Flag was displayed in honor of our 5050 district governor’s visit.
 
The Pledge of Allegiance was led by Amy Norman.
 
President Amy’s mother “Jane Jones” delivered the thought of the day by leading Pres Amy, Bob Beil and Ralph Quaas, all dressed as Rotary Cheerleaders, in a cheer of the 5 Way Test (adding “Is it Fun?” to the 4 Way Test)
 
Visiting Rotarians and Guests were introduced by Jennifer Langbehn.  They included Bill Murray, spouse of DG Murray, Asst District Gov Shawn O’Donnell (no relation to Larry but related to Howie Bargreen), David Chan last intro as a non-member, Kay Quaas, wife of Cheerleader Ralph, she came to see him in a dress. Jane Jones, Pres. Amy’s mom, call her “Jane Jones”, she will be back to introduce our program on Nov. 20th.
 
Program: “Linda Murray, Rotary District Governor introduced by ADG Shawn O’Donnell
DG Linda welcomed us and thanked our club for all of our good works and our great website and web presence, she said that we are doing a great job.  She warned against attrition, asked us to use “My Rotary” and “Club Runner” apps more (editor note: ask Don Steward here if you need help with this).  She said the district is here to support our goals and she reviewed all of the resources available to our club including training, workshops and strategic planning help. She reminded us to be open to new ideas; to share our Rotary moments and use action pictures; and wear our Rotarian @ Work shirts (we should look into these before our Park Clean up).  We are part of 2,000,000 Rotarians world-wide.  She reviewed the structure of Rotary and the work of the Rotary Foundation. Every Rotarian-Every Year, committed to the Foundation work. She recommended we look at the 5050 website and see all of the district events that all Rotarians can attend.
 
 
Induction of David Chan proposed by Deborah Wright, Classification – Financial Analyst.
Our club was honored by the DG inducting David Chan back into our club. Welcome back David. 
 
Joe Claeys was presented his second Paul Harris by DG Linda Murray, Congratulations Joe
 
Announcements:
  1. Happy Hour November 8th at Marriott on Colby – Brian Hollingshead
  2. EBM Fellowship, Nov. 15thDave Schlosser
 
Happy Dollars/Birthday Bucks
Tom Rainville donated $100 for birthdays and happy dollars.  David Chan was $100.00 happy about his costume.
 
Raffle: Shawn O’Donnell, Larry O’Donnell and ? won the raffle. 
 
Costume Contest – Judi Edwards
 
Dean Minor won 3rd place as Raggedy Andy,
 
The Cheerleaders anchored by Ralph Quaas and Bob Beil won 2nd place
 
and 1st place went to a very authentic Pirate Wick and his dog Leo.
 
Next Program:   “PolioPlus Eradication” presented by Dr. Lee Harman introduced by Mark Valentine
Pres Amy reminded us to WEAR YOUR PAUL HARRIS MEDALLIONS TO THE NOVEMBER MEETINGS!
 
 
Closing Remarks  Pres Amy thanked all Rotarians for being her inspiration and for continuing to support the fellowships, firesides, service opportunities and committee works.
It is easy to find Inspiration in this club.
 
This week's crew:
Reporter:                      Administrative Team 
Photographers:              Tara Eckstrom and 
                                           Walt Greenwood