It was Matthew Owen’s 14th meeting of the Rotary year. Ken Stodder led the flag salute and Nathan Nilsen gave the invocation. Carly Robbins then toasted Paula Patton’s involvement in Backpacks for Kids. Paula received the “Community Partner of the Year” award from Food For People. The Times-Standard gave them placements in the newspaper. Jerry Reece was then asked to do a craft talk. He used to own a McDonalds franchise in Eureka but he sold that and now he and his wife Becky have a travel agency. He informed us that there is a benefit cruise for St. Joseph and Redwood Memorial Hospital from July 29 thru August 5. They are going to Alaska ‘s inland passage. Cost is from $1,199 per person. Matthew reminded us that December 17th is the date of the Rotary Christmas Party. Elan Firpo was recognized because her partner Zach Zwerdling formed a firm of his own with his son. Dennis Hunter bought a trailer, and so did Nancy Dean. The beneficiary of all that was Jay Bahner. Everyone paid 200 dollar fines. Our speaker was Larry Ciecalone, General Manager of KEET TV. He said they were “changing their brand” because people found it confusing. The will now be PBS North Coast. He wants to build a new building. His concept is called The North Coast Innovation Center. He envisions it as a massive hub for just about everything. He wants to partner with KIEM, Lost Coast Outpost, Access Humboldt, KHSU and the Times-Standard. He also wants to partner with non-profits, the City of Eureka, the Fire Department. The building will be 150,000 square feet. Right now the need money for other things. They need 160,000 to achieve their 800,000 goal and stay on air. They are also looking for 160,000 for equipment to start a 5th channel that will be exclusively kids programming.. They recently got 1.1 million from PBS but they spent it. You can look forward to some pledge drives.
Staunchly submitted by Hank Ingham
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