Greeters:  Tammy Dunn and Clayton Browse

 

 

President Steve Miller rang the bell at 12:00 noon to begin meeting #11 of his term and meeting #5317 of the Rotary Club of Everett.

 

Mark Valentine brought us the Thought of the Day with some humorous observations from Will Rogers.

 

Walt Greenwood entertained the club playing an old song from the 1870s – Jimmy Brown.

 

Tammy Dunn led with the introduction of visiting Rotarians and guests.

 

Past President Larry Hanson was visiting the club.

 

Kelli Thode introduced her coworker, Karen Miller.

 

Sonya Kraski introduced her successor, Heidi Percy.

 

 

Barbara George gave a reclassification talk. She spent 34 years as an accountant for the Little Red School House. Barb worked writing grants for Campfire USA for 6 years. She is now the Executive Director/Administrator of the Everett Museum. 

 

 

Corey Margolis gave his classification talk. Corey is employed by Spectra Management, who manages the operation of the Angel of the Winds Arena. He and his fiancé live in Bellingham. Corey thanked George Bowden and Roy Yates for inviting him to join our club. He and his fiancé live in Bellingham.

 

 

Sean George announced the happy hour social on Thursday, September 12^th at the Courtyard by Marriot Everett.

President Steve showed the club a clip of entertainer Roy Firestone, and discussed a fundraiser on November 19^th at Everett High School.

Judi Edwards announced a volunteer opportunity at the VOA food bank on September 26^th.

President Steve announced the Rotary district conference April 30^th through May 3^rd, 2020. He also mentioned the celebration of life for Karen McMahan on September 14^th.

 

President Steve led off happy dollars with $20 to thank Joe Gaffney for having his daughter as an intern this summer.

 

Judi Edwards was back from South Carolina, where they purchased some property.

 

Allison Warren-Barbour was happy about the United Way Core Perspectives concert on September 20^th.

 

Garth Fell was $50 happy about putting signs up all around the county.

 

Will McMahan showed support for our Rotarian candidates.

 

Joe Gaffney was happy that President Steve’s daughter has a good time as an intern at Gaffney Construction.

Larry Hanson was happy about today’s program.

Kelli Thode was happy to see a NASCAR race and her 25^th wedding anniversary. 

 

Ed Petersen had $150 birthday/anniversary bucks. 

 

Josh O’Connor was happy to be presenting today.

 

 

Guest Karen Miller chose box #3 and won wine, chocolates and a stud finder. She won again, and chose box #1, winning peanut butter cups and a golf poster.

Gail Larson took box #2, and won some wine and pretzels.

 

 

Henry Newton introduced todays program Are Newspapers Dying?” presented by Josh O’Connor and Phil O’Connor – No relation.

 

Josh thanked Larry Hanson for 45 years in his professional career. He spoke about the advent of digital technology and what the transformation would look like. The community still supports printed newspapers. The Herald has 800,000 digital subscribers, more than the population of Snohomish County. More and more residents will realize digital subscriptions. The Herald will focus on local, community journalism.

 

Phil O’Connor has been in the industry for a long time. He stated that people like the Herald. There are a lot of challenges in the business right now. The community still relies on the herald for information. Today’s journalists are digital natives, using podcasts and social media. The Herald will need subscribers to survive. Local information is what Herald readers want.

 

President Steve thanked our speakers, bell ringers and guests. Next week’s program is State Audits presented by Pat McCarthy, introduced by Garth Fell.

President Steve adjourned the meeting, proclaiming Rotary Connects the World.      

Respectfully submitted,

 

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