August 13

AUGUST - MEMBERSHIP AND EXTENSION MONTH

20
Stacy Stack - Generations

27
Amy Woodard - RYLA

OPENING

Lynda Phillippi and Araceli Ortiz greeted warmly. Vice President Lee Means stepped in for President Bruce, who was out getting educated. She gave thanks to our greeters, and to the set-up team of Steve Battaglia, Ray Fields, Art Bradley and Ken Till, who were all needed to fill the role Johannes Goddik used to do by himself! Chuck Pattishal offered the inspirational message by reading a thought-provoking story about what might happen if God went on strike. Bob Rhoads led the club in the flag salute.

INTRODUCTION OF VISITING ROTARIANS AND GUESTS

Ray Fields introduced rebound exchange student CHEYENNE WHISENHUNT, who just returned from Brazil, and her mother LESLIE WHISENHUNT. He also introduced outbound student MELANIE PURVIS.

Rich Schieber introduced his lovely wife CAROL.

Ken Till introduced LARRY WOOD, Executive Director of the Evergreen Aviation and Space Museum and our guest speaker for today's program.

Lynda Phillippi introduced her husband ROSS PHILLIPPI. He reminded everyone what a wonderful wife he has. Awwwwww!!

Jeff Peterson introduced GRETCHEN PHELPS, new Executive Director of Habitat for Humanity of McMinnville.

Bruce Wyatt introduced AMY WOODARD, a recent Linfield graduate and new employee at Headwater Investments, Rotarian Scott Chambers' firm.

Paul Elias introduced SCOTT SINGLEY, visiting Rotarian from Concord, California.

MEMBER RECOGNITION

Chuck Pattishall stood in for Derrick Price as host, welcomed by the usual tepid applause.

Ken Dunn was acknowledged for his 32nd anniversary again this week, as he was also recognized last week. He's not paying again, however.

Brandon Malloy was recognized for his 27th birthday (young whipper snapper!).

Walt Haight celebrates his 26th anniversary to his lovely wife Dawn. Not surprisingly, they met at a pub in Corvallis.

Ray Fields called out CHEYENNE WISENHUNT for her birthday on August 9th, and the entire club sang "Happy Birthday" to her. She responded by singing a verse of the song in Portuguese, the principal language of Brazil.

BRAGS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

Beth Faylor put the word out to her Brookdale Senior Living residents about Operation Backpack, a program to prepare school supplies for needy children, and she got back three backpacks full of supplies.

LV Van Blaricom reminded the club about Operation Backpack, sponsored by OnPoint Community Credit Union, and mentioned that they are short on lots of supplies, including scissors, glue and more. Whatever you can provide would be helpful.

Bob Mason again beamed about the academic might of his alma mater, Columbia University, as their alumni recently claimed five Pulitzer Prizes, two Peabody Awards, a graduating senior was just honored as a Rhodes and Marshall Scholar, and more.

Chuck concluded by keeping the lame joke of the day tradition alive and well, as his joke was so lame that it cannot be repeated.

Vice-President Lee read a couple of thank you notes from kids who sold hogs at the recent Yamhill County Fair, two of which were purchased by Rotary and donated to the YCAP Food Bank. A total of 15 hogs were purchased and donated to YCAP this year, up from 10 last year. This provides much-needed protein for the food bank. Speaking of hogs, Vice-President Lee also reminded everyone to feed the pig on the table to fight polio. She also noted a letter recently received from a 92-year-old recent visitor to Rotary Discovery Park. He mentioned how much he appreciated the park, but that there is also a dangerous sprinkler head sticking up near a path. Sounds like a repair opportunity for someone!

MAIN EVENT

Ken Till introduced our speaker for the day, LARRY WOOD, Executive Director of the Evergreen Aviation and Space Museum, to update us on the development of the water park

LARRY, like many of the Evergreen staff and volunteers, is a former Air Force pilot. He was a volunteer for Evergreen before being hired on full-time.

He detailed the progress and features of the water park, which is slated for opening on June 6, 2011, the tenth anniversary of the museum complex. The 747 on top of the building was lifted one early morning by two massive cranes. A video of the maneuver can be found on YouTube. It had to be done in the morning to minimize the amount of wind that would impact the lift.

The park will feature four slides that will wind out of the 747 and drop 61 feet into the main building below. The main slides are all rated a 4.5-5 on a 1-5 scale, so they will be exciting!The building design is very open; the slides will come down in one corner. The center will be dominated by a long wave pool. There will also be a demo of planes dropping water to fight forest fires. There will be plenty of opportunities to get wet! And of course, there will be a giant video screen above the wave pool.

For the parents, there will be a restaurant on the second floor. There is also an educational wing, which will provide opportunities for a quieter experience. Evergreen founder Del Smith insisted that the park, like the entire museum complex, be focused on education as well as entertainment. This will include classrooms, a small-scale model of the Columbia River dam system, a miniature submarine, lessons on engineering with water, an exhibit on how a toilet works, and more. Most programs will be targets for kids in 6th grade and under.

The exterior of the building is essentially done, with work now focused on the interior. Hoffman Construction is leading the project, and garnered high praise from LARRY. A surfing pool and a log ride are under consideration and may be added later, but are not part of the initial plans. Staff will mostly be paid, with a few volunteers. As many as 25 trained lifeguards will be needed at full capacity.

The price is expected to be $20 for adults for a full-day pass, and $14 for half-day. There will also be observer passes, and discounted rates for school outings and local residents.

Other museum complex developments include:

The lodge is expected to begin construction next year, and will be a high-quality facility based on the classic WPA designs. It will include 85 rooms.

Because of overcrowding in the Aviation Museum, it is being adapted to feature the first 55 years of flight and the Space Museum into the latest 55 years. With that, helicopters and more modern vehicles are being moved over to the Space Museum.

Future plans for the complex include an additional building for more airplanes (they have over 120), a viewing area for the plane restoration operations, and a space for the vast "collections" (flight suits, memorabilia, etc.).

CLOSING ANNOUNCEMENTS

Vice-President Lee asked LARRY to sign the traditional Early Reader Program book and gave him a new canvas Rotary bag as he received a warm round of applause.

Next week's program welcomes Stacy Stack, who will talk to the club about the distinctions between generations.

Photographs by LV Van Blaricom | Captions by Jeff Sargent | Edited for the web by Ray Fields

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