President Greg Lineberry called to order meeting #5430 of the Rotary Club of Everett; meeting #28 of his presidency.  He then led the club in the Pledge of Allegiance.

 

Kaye Phinney read 5 Martin Luther King Jr quotes to honor Martin Luther King Jr. Day. He died at the age of 39. Two quotes which relate to Rotary are “The time is always right to do the right thing.” and “Life’s most persistent and urgent question is, ‘What are you doing for others?’”

 

Guests attending the meeting were Braden Pence (Kari Petrasek’s guest), Karen Shearer (Rich Toyer’s guest) and Darren Crout (Tammy Dunn’s guest). Guests for the Students of the Month included Tricia Schuldt, Sequoia High School, Trish Roberts, Cascade High School, Briana Smith, Everett High School, Kristine Dirsiye, Laith Dirsiye’s mom, Chris & Laurie Hahn, Jacob Hahn’s parents, Tracy & Steve Jacoby, Isaak Jacoby’s parents, and Steve & Joyce Moon, Isaak Jacoby’s grandparents.

 

Tammy Dunn announced “Annual Fundraiser will kick off on February 1^st. We will be hooping it up, scoring some goals, hitting homeruns plus much more. Kelli, Kari and I are pinning some great prizes for you to score on.”

 

Kelli Thode announced the Everett Elks and Rotary Club of Everett’s Blood Drive. The blood drive will be March 4^th at the Everett Elks Lodge in downtown Everett. Save the Date! Sign up today at www.redcrossblood.org   or 1-800-RED-CROSS    sponsor code= EverettRotary (no spaces)

 

President Greg mentioned that a number of Rotarians including District Governor 5050 have been hacked. Please pay attention to the emails and who is sending them.

 

Kirby Duncan introduced Jacob Hahn, Cascade High School Student of the Month. Jacob plans to attend college and study business and engineering.

 

Kari Petrasek introduced Laith Dirsiye, Everett High School Student of the Month. Laith is enjoying his senior year and plans to attend college to study pre-med.

 

Heather Barnhart introduced Isaak Jacoby, Sequoia High School Student of the Month. Isaak will be graduating February 8^th and plans to attend Evergreen State College with a degree in Social Work.

 

Each Student of the Month will receive a Rotary pin. Congratulations!

 

Rose Goulet was $100 happy for her son’s contribution for an article about the stress on the hospitals from the pandemic in the Seattle Times.

 

Kelly Shepherd thanked Kyla McNulty, Ralph Quaas & wife and Heather Barnhart for being part of the Community Service with YMCA of Snohomish County.

 

President Greg is happy to see Zebb Cobb back at the meeting.

 

Zebb Cobb gave $100 thank you as he was in the hospital last week.

 

Kari Petrasek introduced Dirk Schulze-Makuch. Dirk received his PhD at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Currently he resides in Berlin, Germany.

 

Dirk presented a great topic on Habitable Planets, but what is habitable? Earth is habitable for Home sapiens, Great White Shark and Acidianus infernus.

 

Planetary Habitability Index includes (S) Stable substrate, (E) Available energy, (C) Appropriate chemistry and (L) liquid solvent.

 

Dirk explained each of the Planetary Habitability Index. He talked about Earth Similarity vs Planetary Habitability. He discussed “Could there be planets more habitable than Earth?”

 

Dirk described the G-Type star (Yellow Dwarf), K-Type star (Orange Dwarf) and M-Type star (Red Dwarf). He explained the advantages of the K star.

 

Additionally, he discussed the Cosmic Zoo Hypothesis. If stably habitable planets are common, life on those planets will develop complex forms.

 

There are three major paths toward innovation. They paths are Critical Path Model, Random Walk Model, and Many Paths Model.

 

His presentation was very informative and thought-provoking which the log reporter was listening intently rather than taking notes. A great program.

 

President Greg thanked Dirk and informed him that a donation was being made in his name to Domestic Violence Services of Snohomish County.

 

 

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