President Tammy Dunn rang the bell at 12 noon, calling to order meeting #5497 of the Rotary Club of Everett and meeting #45 of Tammy’s presidency. She then led us in the Pledge of Allegiance. Tammy presented the Thought of the Day, thanking everyone involved in making for a wonderful scholarship night.

 

Tom Kozaczynski introduced visiting Rotarian Jeff Paterson from the Lynnwood Rotary Club.

 

Kari Quaas announced that she needs 7 more volunteers for the upcoming student shopping sprees on May 31^st and June 7th.

 

Kelli Thode announced the blood drive on June 30^th, 10am-3pm at the Elks lodge. Volunteers needed.

 

Anna Marie Laurence had $20 for a fantastic scholarship awards ceremony last night. A huge thank you to co-chair Russ Kimball for putting together the programs and winner list and all the work he did for organizing the student interviews in April. Many thanks to our host Dr Ian Saltzman for our event space at the civic auditorium and for his welcoming remarks last night as well as being a presenter. John Olson, our MC extraordinaire, as usual did an outstanding job of making the event fun, light-hearted and on track. Thank you, President Tammy, for your opening remarks regarding the history of our scholarship program and for being a presenter. Sean George, you did a superb job on the slide show last night. We appreciate your attention to detail and aesthetics. Thank you for also being a presenter. Greg Lineberry for our Rotary logos that we were able to project on the side walls of the auditorium. Walt Greenwood – you knocked it out of the park with your thorough and careful marketing of the event. Thank you for writing up the press release, contacting the Herald for a story, working with counselors to find the right student to interview, putting together our Rotary ad and being our skillful photographer last night. A big thank you to all of our Rotary presenters: Neil Angst, Ryan Willis, Henry Newton, Cat Wilson, Kari Quaas, Brian Evans, Andy Hall, Ed Petersen, Steve Miller, Russ Hermes, Mike Holcomb, Paul Pitre, Kelli Thode and Brian Hollingshead. Sandy Oettel, thank you for putting all the certificates in folders and having them ready last night for the presenters. You made things run smoothly and efficiently. And in closing, we are grateful for all of our generous donors who make these scholarships possible. Thank you!

 

Krissy Davis was happy for an amazing Campfire auction, over $100000 was raised.

 

President Tammy had $100 for a successful scholarship night and for her travels to Kansas City, Dallas and Phoenix.

 

Judi Edwards had $100 birthday bucks.

Walt Greenwood thanked Anna Marie Laurence, Russ Kimball and the school staff for making scholarship night a success.

 

Ralph Quaas clarified the spelling of his last name: 2 A’s – 1 S.

 

Ed Petersen stated that Ralph Quaas will have 60 years perfect attendance in 2024. He also thanked John Olson for his MC skills.

 

Kelli Thode ran today’s raffle. Winners were:

 

Steve Juntwait won free lunch.

 

Jerry Tucker won red wine and coffee.

 

Visiting Rotarian Jeff Paterson won white wine.

 

Megan Dunn grew up in upstate New York. She was on the crew team for four years at the University of Rochester, where she was able to get the college power plant to comply with environmental laws. She met her husband in California. She moved to Everett 17 years ago and was elected to the Snohomish County Council in 2019.

 

President Tammy introduced today’s speaker, Joshua Marcy, or “Marcy” as he likes to be called. Marcy grew up in Memphis, TN. He moved to the Seattle area because he loves aviation!

 

Paine Field was named after Lieutenant Paine, who pioneered air mail service. Construction of Paine Field began in 1936 and has operated continuously since 1939. Boeing has a big impact on the airport. Paine Field is operated by Propeller Airports. A FedEx facility will be operational in 2024. For passenger service, the terminal has a fancy hotel style feel. The Museum of Flight, Future of Flight and the Flying Heritage Museum are all located at Paine Field. The airport has a $60 Billion economic impact on the region, creating 150 jobs.

Marcy then entertained questions from the membership.

 

President Tammy thanked our speaker with a donation in his name to the Snohomish County YMCA. She also thanked our visiting Rotarian, Jeff and our bell ringers.

 

Meeting adjourned.

 

 

Respectfully Submitted,

 

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