Guest Speaker: District Governor, Jennifer Strong Topic: Time is the only commodity that once we spend it, we can't get it back. How do we make Service Feed Self. She spoke about the difference of being a Rotarian and why we are Rotarians. She shared her "why" and asked President Elect, Annalise von Borstel to share her story as
The meeting was presided over by Past President Carly Robbins Thought of the Day: Chuck Ellsworth elicited chuckles with a funny anecdote about his grandson. The lesson was, “Be careful what you wish for!” Guests: We welcomed a number of guests today, including former Rotaract Christine Tyson, our outbound exchange students, and Amanda Moxon, the
Past President Mindy Sehon was acting President, stepping in for President Jerry Reece who is recovering from an illness and hopes to be back in the near future. The theme for this Rotary year is Imagine Rotary. The Flag Salute was led by Nancy Dean. Ziggy was recognized on the 71st Anniversary of his 21st
Club President Klark Swan presided over the beginning of the meeting before she was debunked. Flag Salute- Past District Governor, Michael Juric led the flag salute Thought of the day: Carly Robbins talked about leadership. Guests: There were so many guests today. Including but not limited to President Klark’s mother and husband. A number of
Club President Klark Swan presided over the meeting. Thought of the day: With summer solstice nearly upon us, President Klark sang the praises of summertime for our thought of the day. Guests: Many guests joined us today, including Kelsie of Lost Coast Rotaract, Molly of Arcata Main Street, Domingo, an exchange student, and former member
Club President Klark Swan presided over the meeting. Flag Salute: By our newest member, James “Danny” White. Thought of the day: Greg Williston. Greg talked about the rewards of getting involved in Rotary such as becoming a host family. He just went to the wedding of a former student he hosted and was introduced as
Club President Klark Swan presided over the meeting. Flag Salute: Wayne Wilson Thought of the day: Kate Witthaus “One small positive thought in the morning can change your whole day.” Guests: Jeremy Campbell, Executive Director of Waterfront Recovery and James Danny White were introduced. They have both recently applied for membership. Kate Witthaus introduced guest,
President Klark Swan presided over the meeting. BUSINESS The club meeting location for the next several weeks will be at the Inn @ 2nd & C Streets in Eureka. 113 turkeys were given to the Eureka Rescue Mission this year. Thanks to all who helped out. Kim Bauriedel brought a guest all the way from
Club President Klark Swan presided over the meeting. Thought of the day: Tom Schallert shared a quote from Rotary founder Paul Harris: “It has been the way of Rotary to focus thought upon matters in which members are in agreement, rather than upon matters in which they are in disagreement.” Remembering Rotarians: Kim Bauriedel thanked
Club President Klark Swan presided over the meeting. Thought of the day: In celebration of the changing seasons, Annalise Von Borstel shared a poem about the transition from winter to spring. Visitors: Mike, who works with our local Grocery Outlet, was a visitor today. Mike is evaluating local Rotary clubs as he looks for meaningful
Club Past President Mindy Sehon presided over the meeting. Dave Dillon: Mindy shared the news that long time club member Dave Dillon recently passed away. Mindy shared the story of Dave’s life, his journey to Rotary, and his many contributions to our local club and regional Rotary District. To honor Dave’s friendship and everything he
Club President Klark Swan presided over the meeting. Thought of the Day: Kate Witthaus provided the Thought of the Day, which focused on the power and potential of young people. Kate reminded us that “Everyone you admire was once a beginner”. Visitors: John Fullerton, former club member, was a welcome visitor today. Wings for a
March 7, 2022 There were no minutes for today’s meeting. There is however, a photo taken by Klark Swan of the meeting held at the Inn at 2nd and C in Eureka.
The meeting was opened at 12:05pm on Zoom by President Klark Swan. Darus Trutna led the pledge of Allegiance. Klark provided the thought of the day- “There’s a lot going on in the world right now, I am proud that Rotary continues the good work that they do. Unfortunately, 8 frontline workers on the Afghan
The meeting was opened at 12:00pm on Zoom by President Klark Swan. Happy Valentine’s Day! Mike Martin led the pledge of Allegiance. Jerry Reece provided the thought of the day. Carly Robbins – Past District Governor Kenneth Moulton passed away recently. He was an amazing Rotarian and friend. Donations to the Ken Moulton Educational Fund
The meeting was opened at 12:06pm on Zoom by President Klark Swan. Steve Lafferty led the pledge of Allegiance. Linda Wise provided the thought of the day. Arny King provided an update on the Centennial Committee. 2023 will mark the 100th anniversary of Rotary Club of Eureka. He is looking for committee members who are
The meeting was opened at 12:05pm on Zoom by incoming President Jerry Reece who was filling in for President Klark Swan. Steve Lafferty led the pledge of Allegiance. Lynn Dugaw provided the thought of the day. Jerry noted that the Super Bowl will be Cincinnati Bengals vs Los Angeles Rams on 2/13/22. There are a
The meeting was opened at 12:10 on Zoom by President Klark Swan. Klark talked about the need for patience as we navigate COVID needs and are now back on Zoom. Fred Van Vleck led the pledge of Allegiance. Chuck Ellsworth provided the thought of the day. John Winzler recently passed away. There will be a
The meeting was opened at noon on Zoom by President Klark Swan. Jay Reed led the pledge of Allegiance. Thought of the day was provided by Jay Reed as well. CLUB BUSINESS: Register for the Foundation Dinner now if you are going. Annalise von Borstel – Real Estate update. Average list prices are up 20%
The meeting was opened at noon on Zoom by President Klark Swan. Alicia Cox led the pledge of Allegiance. Thought of the day was provided by Greg Williston who talked about as a Rotarian being open to providing mentorships to others is a good thing. CLUB BUSINESS: Reminder that the Rotary Foundation Dinner is November
The meeting was opened at noon on Zoom by President Klark Swan. Scott Thompson led the pledge of Allegiance. Thought of the day was provided by Darus Trutna. CLUB BUSINESS: The Rotary Foundation dinner - November 7th 7-8:15pm. This is virtual. You provide your own dinner and drinks, they’ll provide the entertainment. Check your email
The meeting was opened at noon on Zoom by President Klark Swan. Thought of the day was provided by Phil Nicklas. Phil reminded us to be grateful for all the good in our lives. Dave Dillon is in Timber Ridge, Renaissance Unit, McKinleyville and feeling lonely. He would love some guests. Please bring proof of
The meeting was opened at noon on Zoom by President Klark Swan. Thought of the day was provided by Steve Allen who reminded us to slow down and appreciate our lives and friends. Phillip Nicklas led the pledge of allegiance. CLUB BUSINESS Board of Directors Strategic Planning is coming up. Please reach out to Klark
The meeting was opened at noon on Zoom by President Klark Swan. Thought of the day was provided by Lynn Dugaw. Colby Smart led the pledge of allegiance. Rotary Blood Drive – Sept 25th 8am – 3pm. Call ahead and make appointments. Please sign up. You might win a basket of goodies in addition to
The meeting was opened at noon on Zoom by President Klark Swan. Thought of the day was provided by Fred Van Vleck. Mark Fazzone led the pledge of allegiance. Happy birthday to all those with August birthdays. On Saturday, September 25th there will be a Blood Drive from 8am to 3pm. There will be prizes.
The meeting was opened at noon on Zoom by President Klark Swan. Thought of the day was provided by Jerry Reece who discussed service above self. Lynn Dugaw led the pledge of allegiance. Happy birthday to all those with August birthdays. President Klark has noticed that birthday people are not posting as much on Facebook.
Klark Swan opened the meeting at noon via Zoom with 26 people in attendance. Brad Mettam talked about thinking about adding a Rotary background to your Zoom window and how that can also sell Rotary when you are in other meetings. Klark said we will continue to meet virtually for now but hopefully can meet
Klark Swan called the meeting to order virtually at 12:06pm. Thought of the day was provided by Chuck Ellsworth. Chuck said in Quaker tradition he wanted us all to offer a silent prayer for anyone in your life that needs it. Brad Mettam – Pledge of Allegiance Birthdays in August – Debbie Storre was on
The Rotary Club of Eureka meeting was called to order by President Klark Swan at 12:22pm. After the pledge of allegiance Annalise Von Borstel provided a thought for the day. GUESTS OF ROTARIANS: Linda Wise introduced Donna Wright, CEO of Eureka Chamber of Commerce. The president of Lost Coast Rotaract was visiting. Carly also noted
The Rotary Club of Eureka meeting was called to order by President Klark Swan at 12:18pm. The flag salute was led by Klark Swan Thought of the day was led by Arny King Guests of Rotarians: Mark (Linda Wise); Eric Smith (speaker). Cindy Denbo (South West, Eureka) BIRTHDAYS Tom Schallert’s birthday is today! Klark recognized
The Rotary Club of Eureka meeting was called to order by President Klark Swan at 12:25pm. Rick Littlefield led the Pledge of Allegiance. Blane O’Shaughnessy provided the inspirational thought of the day. Prayers were said for Ken Stoddard and his family. Ken’s wife’s daughter passed away. Blaine read an inspirational thought entitled, “It’s really all
The first meeting of the 2021_2022 year was called to order by President Klark Swan at 12:20pm. This was a hybrid meeting – both in-person and on zoom. Nancy Dean provided the thought of the day. Klark noted July Birthdays and asked for any birthday stories but nobody apparently had any fun on their birthday
President Mindy Sehon opened her last meeting of the year at 12:35pm in person at the Inn at 2nd and C in Eureka! The invocation was provided by Anthony Stubbs who gave a heartfelt thank you to Mindy for her leadership and provided an inspirational quote about leadership. Mindy acknowledged the four outgoing board members-
Mindy Sehon opened the meeting at 12:25pm. The flag salute was given. Jera Newland gave the inspirational minute and provided a quote by Robert Kennedy. Mindy talked about the Fallen firefighter memorial at Clarks Plaza and Rotary Club of Eureka’s contribution. Klark Swan was recently in the news regarding her upcoming presidency. Birthdays: Bruce Rupp
The meeting was called to order at 12:25pm by President Mindy Sehon. This was a hybrid meeting. Participants were in – person at the Elks Lodge and attending via Zoom. Flag salute was led by: Jera Newland Inspirational moment was led by: Klark Swan Dr. Kim Bauriedel talked about our newest Paul Harris Fellow. He
The Rotary Club of Eureka meeting was called to order by President Mindy Sehon at noon. This is the first hybrid meeting of the club since we started meeting online because of COVID-19 concerns. Attendees now have the option of meeting in-person or online. There were 4 people attending online and approximately 30 in person.
The meeting was opened at noon by President Mindy Sehon via Zoom with 29 members in attendance. We heard from some of our winners for the Hegy and Wolford Scholarships. Blaine O’Shaughnessy gave a presentation on founding member, John Albert Wagner. There wasn’t a lot of information available so Blaine had to search census reports
President Mindy Sehon called the meeting to order at noon, via Zoom, with 28 people in attendance. We broke into small groups for table talk. The inspirational thought was provided by Bruce Rupp. Natalie from Lost Coast Rotaract said they just had their first face to face meeting. India is currently having another waive of
President Mindy Sehon called the meeting to order at noon, via Zoom, with 23 people in attendance. We broke into small groups for table talk. Birthdays this week: Dale Warmuth & Carlton Nielsen. Lane Strope and Kurt Bartel have anniversaries this week.. Dr. Kim Bauriedel talked about our three latest Paul Harris Fellows. Ritchie Woods,
President Mindy Sehon is out of town so president-elect Klark Swan led the meeting. Klark Swan called the meeting to order at noon via noon with 20 people in attendance. We broke into small groups for table talk. Greg Williston provided the thought of the day: May first was May Day. It has been celebrated
President Mindy Sehon called the meeting to order at noon, via Zoom, with 26 people in attendance. Inspirational moment- Carly Robbins. Today is national story day. Carly read this thought, “The courage to share your story might be the very thing someone needs to have hope.” Carly encouraged everyone to share their story. The scholarship
The meeting was opened at noon by President Mindy Sehon via Zoom with 17 people in attendance. We broke into small groups for table talk. Inspirational moment: Jera Newland. The world is changed by your example, not by your opinion. Paulo Coelho. Dennis Hunter presented our newest founding member Paul Harris fellow, William A. Vietor.
The meeting was called to order by President Mindy Sehon at noon via Zoom with 24 members in attendance. Today is National grilled cheese day. We broke into small groups with the assignment to discuss… What’s your favorite way to eat grilled cheese? Inspirational moment: Kate Witthaus. Kim Bauriedel said that Tom Hannah, a former
President Mindy Sehon opened the meeting at noon via Zoom with 24 people in attendance. Annalise gave an informative presentation about our newest Paul Harris Fellow of a charter member of the Rotary Club of Eureka - Louis F. Perske. Perske came to Eureka in 1919 as the owner operator Eureka garage, located where the
The Rotary Club of Eureka meeting was opened at noon by President Mindy Sehon via Zoom. There were 33 people in attendance. Linda Wise provided the inspirational thought. Linda talked about how important it is to practice gratitude. Klark Swan said if you know of any non-profits, schools, etc. working on projects that they need
The meeting was opened via Zoom at noon by President Mindy Sehon. We moved into breakout rooms for a little “table talk”. There were 27 members in attendance. Our inspirational moment was provided by Klark Swan who provided a quote by Van Gogh. ”Whoever loves much, performs much, and can accomplish much, and what is
President Mindy Sehon called the meeting to order at noon with 20 participants in attendance. Carly Robbins provided the inspirational moment. This same meeting one year ago was our first meeting that we were not able to attend because of COVID. A year later we are all experts at Zoom and made a number of
President Mindy Sehon opened the meeting at noon Southwest Rotarian, Cindy Denbo talked about a program Rotary District 5130 is holding called Northcoast Ethics in business awards. Ethics in Business honors those organizations and individuals who have demonstrated ethical business practice in the workplace, the marketplace, the environment, and the community. There will be 4
President Mindy Sehon opened the meeting at noon with 22 members in attendance. Colby Smart gave the inspirational moment. Today President Mindy is giving the State of the Club address today. There will be no guest speaker. Youth Exchange – we will be hosting an inbound student and need host families. Please reach out to
President Mindy Sehon opened the meeting at noon with 28 members in attendance. Our guest speaker is Keith Snow-Flamer, President of College of the Redwoods. We moved into breakout rooms. Anthony Stubbs provided the inspirational moment. Blane O’Shaughnessy gave the founding Rotary member moment. Our founding Rotary member today is Hans Christian Nelson. Han’s father
President Mindy Sehon opened the meeting at noon with 32 members in attendance. Our guest speaker was Dr. Ian Hoffman, Humboldt County Health Officer. Due to time constrictions with his schedule we opened the meeting with Dr. Hoffman and will finish the meeting in reverse order. Dr. Ian Hoffman said that we’ve all learned a
The meeting was called to order by President Mindy Sehon at noon with 25 people in attendance. We broke into small groups for “table talk” and discussed National dark chocolate day…. Which is today. Our inspirational moment was provided by Kate Witthaus. Kate read a quote attributed to Abraham Lincoln. “I don’t like that man,
President Mindy called the meeting to order at noon and we broke into small groups for some table talk time. 26 members were in attendance. Klark Swan gave the inspirational moment. “No one has ever become poor by giving.” Quote from Ann Frank. Klark talked about what that meant to her. President Mindy introduced our
President Mindy Sehon opened the meeting at noon with 23 participants. We first split into small groups. After returning from our break out groups Dr. Kim Bauriedel spoke about Felix Tarasenko from Siberia and Kim’s experience meeting with Felix. Kim said Felix was very helpful in opening doors and helping things to happen during Kim’s
The meeting was opened at noon by President Mindy Sehon. 29 people were in attendance. A presentation was given by Arny King on founding Rotary Club of Eureka member, Burr McConnaha. Burr is our newest Paul Harris founding member person. Klark Swan- announced that the Board of Directors for 2021-2022 will be: Past President Mindy
The meeting was opened at noon by President Mindy Sehon. 30 people were in attendance. Our thought of the day was provided by Jennifer Budwig who read a poem entitled attitude and talked about how YOU have the ability to determine how your day is going to go. We broke into small groups to discuss
The meeting was opened at noon by President Mindy Sehon. 32 people were in attendance. After our thought of the day we broke into small groups to discuss Pearl Harbor. President Mindy announced that she is holding a Club Contest: take a picture of yourself or have a friend take a picture of you donating
President Mindy Sehon opened the meeting at noon with 30 participants. After breaking into small groups the meeting was turned over to our guest who was in Maine and Nordic’s local representative, Lynette Mullen. Our speaker was Humboldt County Community Liaison, Marianne Naess from Nordic Aqua Farms. Her husband founded the company. Thanks to technology
President Mindy Sehon opened the meeting at noon with 31 participants. Darus Trutna - provided our inspirational thought of the day. The share of world living in extreme povery is decreasing. Same with violence. Many indicators of a bright future. No program today, we will break into small groups today. National fast food day is
President Mindy Sehon opened the meeting at noon with 30 participants. We first broke into small groups for table talk time- Discussion of the day… stories of veterans in your life Brian Hall Eureka Rescue Mission will be our speaker. Jay Reed – provided our inspirational thought of the day. ANNOUNCEMENTS A certificate was received
President Mindy Sehon opened the meeting at noon. We first broke into small groups for table talk time- Question of the day… what are your Day of the Dead traditions? Larry Oetker from the Humboldt Bay Harbor District will be our speaker. Brad Mettam – provided our inspirational thought of the day. Annalise von Borstel
President Mindy Sehon opened the meeting at noon. We first broke out into small groups for table talk time which worked pretty well so we will continue with this. Chris Dart- DANCO Group is our speaker today. Tom Schallert was our inspirational speaker. Rotarian Richard Borough passed away in his sleep last week. He will
