Richland July 14, 2020 R TARY REACTOR

Editor: Jim Bauer PO Box 37 • Richland, WA 99352 Publisher: Jan Jackson Meetings every Tuesday at 12:10 p.m. Editor Emeritus: Hal Ellner 451 Hills Street, North Richland Web Site: www.richlandrotaryclub.org Charter 7390 • District 5080 • Club ID #262 Facebook: https://m.facebook.com/RichlandRotaryClubWA/

July Meetings We did 21st – Dr Mary Cullinan, President Eastern introductions which Washington University included: Colleen Hinman, Assistant Governor The meeting was called to order at 12:10 by from Pullman area; President Jim. We had 24 attendees. Bill Crowe who just moved to Benton This week we started the meeting off with the City and has applied video clip of James Cagney singingI'm A to transfer into our Yankee Doodle Dandy. It was supposed to club from his prior have been played last week in honor of the 4th club in Leawood, of July, but due to technical difficulties it was Kansas; Justin delayed to this week. If you have a video of a Raffa, a former favorite song, send Jim the link and it will be member of Richland Rotary who applied to be played at a future meeting. reinstated, and is now our newest member; and Bev Reed who is our past District We all stood and did the Pledge of Allegiance Governor and our speaker for this week. in our individual cadences. Linda Bauer held the flag in front of the camera for all to see. President Jim had a number of We followed the Pledge with a moment of announcements: silence. Then we all did our virtual Meet and 1.Justin is our newest member, welcome Greet with elbow touches and hands to the back. camera' 2. Sandpoint Idaho Rotary is hosting a golf tournamentattheendofAugustatthe

Paul Harris Fellows Officers President ...... Jim Bauer Judy Addis (3S)(B) Phillip Koech Bob Tibbatts (2S) Steve Arneson (1R) Dave Larkin (D) Cynthia Vaughn President Elect...... Roy Keck Jeremy Asmus (2S) Pamela Larsen (4S)(B) Sam R. Volpentest (2R)(B) Secretary...... Jeanne Dillner Jim Bauer (4MD)(B) Bob D. Larson (4S)(B) Ken Williams (6S) Linda Bauer (4MD)(B) Phil Lemley (2S) Hal Williamson (4MD)(B) Treasurer...... Dick Richter Bob Best (2S)(B) Tim Lewis (3S) Foundation Treasurer...... Steve Arneson Tom Bock (1R)(B) Eric Livesay (1S) Blaine Carr (6S) Jerry J. McGuire (2S)(B) (B) Benefactor Past President...... Julie Funfar Thomas A. Cowan (4S)(B) Kathy Miller (5S) (D) Diamond PHF Bob De Lorenzo (D)(B) Greg Oberg (4S) (B) (DD) Dbl. Diamond PHF Directors Jeanne Dillner (2S) Thomas M. O’Brien (2S) (R) Ruby Community Service...... Mike Sinclair Barbara French (D) Cindy Reents (1S) (#R) Multiple Ruby Fellowship & Fund Raising...... Andrew Cook Julie Funfar Dick Richter (2S) (S) Sapphire Linda Gilmore (2S) Robert Rivera (MD) Major Donor International Service...... Mike Winegardner Jan Griffin (1S) Gary Scofield (4S)(B) Meeting Service...... Tom O’Brien Diahann Howard Anjan K. Sen (1S) Jan Jackson (2S) Chris Senske (6R) Membership...... Teri LeBlanc Larry D. Jecha Rick Schulte New Generations...... Joan Wright Darrel Johnsen (3S) Mike Sinclair Roy Keck Mark Smith (6S)(B) Public Relations...... Jeremy Asmus Idaho Golf Club. Tournament is limited to 18 teams and costs $125 per person which includes golf, meal, range balls, and golf cart. The Idaho Golf Club is donating all proceeds to Rotary. Contact Jim for more information if you are interested. 3. Duck Race is officially cancelled for this year. A press release has been sent out to local media. Now is the time to contact past Quacker Backers and other purchasers and see if they want to donate directly to Richland Rotary this year. Jim will send a draft message that can be used to contact your steady Duck Race customers. The Duck Race Board has made a downpayment to reserve the Ducks for next year. 4. The board is noodling a revision to our committee structure and hope to complete the revision and send out a draft to the club in the next month. We have several committee chair positions that are open and we are looking for volunteers: Rotaract; Scholarship; Rotary Funded Community Grants; Recruitment; Games; and Meeting Programs. Contact Jim if you want more information on any committee. 5. Linda and Steve wired a check to Belize for over $3000 to purchase whiteboards and paint for a new classroom at St. Matthews school. Way to go Rotarians! We did not have a judge for this week, so Jim fined everyone in attendance $5. All those who did not attend the meeting are fined $10. Please send checks or money to Richland Rotary, PO Box 37, Richland WA 99352. President Elect Roy Keck filled his check out immediately and showed everyone his envelope. A good example for all. The judging system helps raise money for our Foundation so we can continue with our normal philanthropy. Our Program this week was provided by our Past District Governor, Bev Reed. Bev's talk was entitledRotary Life Beyond Your Local Club. Bev moved to Spokane as a senior executive in the YMCA Club of Spokane. She joined Rotary at the suggestion of her boss, but became a Rotarian during the Christmas season when she helped hand out food baskets to needy families. She found the Rotary motto "Service Above Self" to be very rewarding. Bev stayed in her club and eventually became President and then Assistant Governor. Then she was asked to become Governor of our Rotary District, which she eventually accepted. She ended her Governor year with a joint District conference with the Seattle District. It was a very successful conference with over 800 attendees and was topped off with Bill Gates as the keynote speaker. Bev thought her Rotary life had reached its pinnacle, but Rotary International has come calling and she is now involved in the Rotary Zone Institute, Presidents Elect Training and many other activities with Rotary International. Along her Rotary journey she has met many wonderful people, developed strong friendships and made Rotary a foundation of her life. All through her journey she has been guided by 3 questions: 1. Why are you doing it (Rotary)? 2. Are you listening to others? 3. Does this help you serve? Answering these questions has helped her decide what is truly important, how to improve, and make sure we are heading in the right direction. She has gotten a lot out of Rotary beyond her local club. She is always careful and thoughtful when asked to do something, answers her 3 questions and then says yes. We tried to tape the presentation, but our technical difficulties resurrected its head and we did not. Jim will try to do better in the future. Bev offered to do the presentation again and have it taped, so it may be available in the future. After the presentation, Jim thanked all the attendees and especially our guests and our newest member, Justin. The meeting concluded at 1:10. If you would like a part of our club fundraising in a pandemic world our fundraising committee is meeting tonight at 6:30 in Jim’s backyard. Socially distant!

Next week's speaker is Dr Mary Cullinan, President of Eastern Washington University. Julie Funfar will conduct the meeting, as Jim gets a new hip on Monday.

Here’s an article published in the Richland Rotary Reactor on September 19, 2006. The editor of this edition of the Reactor was Dr. Hal Ellner (Editor Emeritus). The speaker is our Richland Rotary member, Dr. Larry Jecha. If you think Bill Gates nailed the Corona Virus in his TED talk five years ago, you’ll need to read what Larry said fourteen years ago: Be afraid. Be very afraid. Or at least recognize what an influenza pandemic entails and how to prepare for the event. So advised Dr. Larry Jecha, in the capacity of County Health Officer, to his fellow Rotarians. He added that even in the happy event that it does not come to pass, it will give us good habits and some idea as to what to do in the future. Influenza is a disease of humans, pigs, and birds. It is transmitted by respiratory droplets and incubates in 1-4 days. Therefore, a person is infectious to others before being symptomatic. For each new strain of flu, a new vaccine is needed. The main causes of death are pneumonia and encephalitis. Deaths per year in the US are 36,000. Avian flu, a disease more of domesticated than of wild birds (who are usually asymptomatic), consists of a mild and a deadly type. As of now, there is no easy spread of the disease from bird to human, save those who have close contact with birds, i.e., poultry handlers. Birds still are safe to

Richland Rotary Members Honorary Members Judy Addis (7/89) Phil Lemley (6/06) Bob DeLorenzo Tom Cowan & Eric Andrews (9/18) Tim Lewis (10/03) General James Mattis Steve Arneson (3/02) Eric Livesay (2/18) Jeremy Asmus (10/07) Patrick McBurney (6/09) Jim Bauer (3/19) Grant McCallum (4/19) Linda Bauer (3/19) Jerry McGuire (3/95) Bob Best (4/90) Chris Meiers (12/15) Current Members: Tom Bock (3/76) Ian Napier (11/08) Fred Brink (6/18) Greg Oberg (1/88) Blaine Carr (12/09) Tom O’Brien (11/98) 64 David Chevey-Reynaud (4/17) Cynthia Reents (6/09) Travis Clifton (10/16) Dick Richter (6/08) Andrew Cook (3/19) Robert Rivera (7/09) Claire Cox (6/19) George Sanders (8/18) Jeanne Dillner (8/01) Kristy Sandidge-Fargher (7/18) Richard Evans (11/18) Rick Schulte (6/14) Bob Ferguson (3/18) Jay Scott (10/19) Barbara French (11/98) Chris Senske (1/80) Julie Funfar (7/13) Mike Sinclair (1/11) Jan Griffin (9/00) Roscoe Slade (1/20) Linda Gustafson (3/08) Chris Smith (8/10) Diahann Howard (4/08) Mark Smith (3/01) Tom Huntington (5/16) Rebecca Thornton (9/18) Jan Jackson (6/00) Bob Tibbatts (6/03) Larry Jecha (8/97) Cynthia Vaughn (12/14 Darrel Johnsen (8/97) Sam Volpentest (1/95) Roy Keck (10/04) Ken Williams (12/00) Phillip Koech (8/13) Hal Williamson (4/88) Dave Larkin (4/04) Rick Wilson (6/19) Pam Larsen (2/95) Mike Winegardner (11/09) Bob Larson (6/90) Jacqui Wright (12/13) Teri LeBlanc (6/18) Joan Wright (3/18) eat, in that cooking kills the virus. With mutation of the virus, bird-to-human spread on a large scale is a lurking possibility. This was the case in 1918. Although it began in Kansas, it became widespread. With present-day transportation considerations, it could become all-enveloping in a short time. Furthermore, there is no immunity.A bit of paradox exists in that it is most lethal to young adults, the explanation being that their efficient immune systems overreact and attack normal body components. infants and the feeble elderly have their own types of vulnerability 20 million died worldwide in 1918, 5 million in the US. The impact of a pandemic, with such a large world population in close proximity, would be calamitous. The economic considerations, let alone the mortality, would be huge. Presently we are not ready for it. The vaccine supply is limited and its technology outdated. Should we be faced with such an epidemic certain measures would be needed: • Isolation and quarantine. Once it is afoot in the community, this would be too late. • Social distancing. Closure of schools, businesses, public (i.e., sports) events, movies, social gatherings. These would be mandatory, albeit devastating tc the local economy. • Infection control. Frequent hand-washing and wearing of masks when appropriate, are good protective moves even without an epidemic in progress. • Flu inoculations. One would not fare well having ordinary flu superimposed on the epidemic variety. We are in Phase 3, humans just beginning to contract it, in the succession toward the pandemic state. Noteworthy: If you see multiple dead birds, call the Dept of Fish and Wildlife. On another topic, Larry cautioned against the use of packaged spinach due to the current E-coli tainting. The home-grown variety is ok.

Be Involved Next Tuesday be sure to tune into the Rotary meeting at noon on Zoom. Dr Mary Cullinan, President of Eastern Attendance, A Rotary Commitment Washington University will be our Meeting Dates of Local Clubs speaker. Richland Riverside...... Monday, Noon Anthony’s Columbia Pt Richland Richland Tuesday,Noon Richland Red Lion Pasco/Kennewick Wednesday,Noon Clover Island Inn Kennewick Columbia Valley Daybreak Thursday, 7 am: CG Public House Kennewick ColumbiaCenter Thursday,Noon: Bingo Boulevard Kennewick Tri-CitiesSunrise Friday,7am: Pasco Red Lion