Rotary Club of La Conner, La Conner, WA (2026)

10/29/2026

Taxes in Retirement 2026
At out Oct. 26 Club Meeting
Induction : Ollie Iversen, who is Holly’s sponsor and will also be her Rotary Mentor, introduced: HOLLY REDELL WITTE

Holly Redell Witte has been telling stories for decades. She grew up in Brooklyn, before it was cool.
She attended the same schools as her mother with some of the same teachers; it was a stable life. She went off to college where she achieved a double major BA in Theatre and English, and a Fellowship leading to a MA in Communications.
And then off to work, which after twisting and turning she settled on a career in Development, leading to fundraising and public relations teams in New York and Seattle over her many-year career, yes, she is a perfect fit for our Rotary. She was involved in a nationwide early immunization campaign with Roselyn Carter. She was also a freelance journalist for New York newspapers and magazines writing about neighborhoods and quirky people. She still works in those fields along with local interviews on KSVR radio for Skagit Talks.
Her knack for telling stories, which she brought to each job, helped her educate people about giving their time and money to support solutions to help solve problems. She is a keeper.
During that time, she married and had a son, who is now in his fifties, and she says it is still the best thing she ever did. The love of her life and father of the child passed away, and you can imagine how this changed her life. Eventually, 26 years later she married Jim, who was a
friend of theirs, and the two of them went off to the Willamette Valley to start a vineyard grow grapes and make a very lovely Pinot Noir. And of course, with her storytelling background she convinced visitors to buy and enjoy their w**e. Jim passed in 2021 and she moved back to Washington.
Finally, she sat down to write fiction, and somehow the Yale Writers Workshop has seen fit to accept her work three times. Also, somehow literary journals and anthologies have seen fit to publish some of her work. Oh, and there have been plenty of rejections also.
You know her in La Conner as the Chair of the Arts Commission and the person who wears cute shoes with pom poms on them. She has them in nine colors. Please join me in accepting Holly Witte into the Rotary Club of La Conner.

Following this introduction, President Lori Buher inducted Holly into the club.

Inspiration
As Rotarians, we are inherently dreamers—we dream of a world without polio, a community where everyone has clean water, and a future built on peace. Langston Hughes reminds us to hold fast to those dreams, because our collective vision is what gives our service wings and keeps our community thriving."

Dreams By Langston Hughes
Hold fast to dreams
For if dreams die
Life is a broken-winged bird
That cannot fly.
Hold fast to dreams
For when dreams go
Life is a barren field
Frozen with snow.

Speaker
David Granger, Certified Financial Planner, is originally from Sandpoint, Idaho and relocated to Washington in 2009 when his family moved closer to relatives. He earned a bachelor's degree in economics from Western Washington University. After graduating, he joined a finance firm in Bellingham where he developed a client-focused approach to financial planning.
In his personal life, David is engaged to be married in June 2027. He enjoys movies and spending time with his two cats. He also loves challenges, whether diving into complex tabletop games with friends or experimenting with video game development as he learns to code.

Tax and Retirement Guidance

* IRMA (Income Related Monthly Adjustment Amount): Medicare premiums can increase if income exceeds certain tiers; this is based on a two-year look-back period.
* Social Security Taxation: Up to 85% of Social Security benefits can be subject to income tax based on provisional income.
* RMDs (Required Minimum Distributions):
- Start at age 73 (born before 1960) or 75 (born after 1960).
- Failure to take RMDs by the end of the year can result in penalties.
- Inherited IRAs after 2020 generally must be emptied by the end of the 10th year.
* Roth Conversions: Paying taxes now to move funds into a Roth IRA can reduce future RMDs and provide tax-free growth, but over-converting into the maximum tax bracket can be counterproductive.
* Qualified Charitable Distributions (QCD): Approximately $107,000 can be donated tax-free from an IRA to a qualified charity, which also satisfies RMD requirements.
* Washington Estate Tax:
- Applies to estates above $3 million.
- The maximum tax rate was recently lowered from approximately 35% to 20%.
* Gifting Strategy: The IRS allows gifting up to $19,000 per person per year without reporting; 529 plans can now allow unused balances to roll into a Roth IRA for grandchildren.
* Trusts:
- Revocable (Living) Trusts avoid probate and allow control over asset distribution.
- Irrevocable Trusts can remove assets from the taxable estate but cannot be revoked once funded.

Announcements
* La Conner Elementary: The club's support for the Pacific Science Center traveling van was acknowledged; the van is scheduled to visit on a Friday in February.
* Peace Pole: The design is approved and materials are at the sign maker shop; a ceremony will be arranged with the cultural director at the tribe.
* District 5050 Foundation Dinner: Scheduled for November 7th at 5-9 PM in Surrey at White Rock Community Center; registration is available at whiterockrotary.org.
https://rotarydistrict5050.org/events/rotary-district-5050-foundation-dinner/

Calendar
* Thursday, October 29: Kiwanis Blood Drive at La Conner High School Gym. Make your appointment online. https://donate.bloodworksnw.org/donor/schedules/geo/
* Saturday, December 5: Santa Breakfast
* Wednesday, January 27, 3-6pm: CPR at La Conner High School Library

10/21/2026

Experiences in Iran
At our Oct. 19 Club Meeting, Pam gave the inspiration by sharing some of our International President Francesco Arezzo’s words on Economic Development:

October is Rotary’s Community Economic Development Month, a time to spotlight our efforts to help communities build thriving, sustainable future. This month’s observance aligns perfectly with the Rotary core value of leadership.
Leadership means empowering people to guide their own progress. That is precisely what Rotary’s economic development projects aim to achieve.
Leadership is not always about being visible. Sometimes it means listening, working collaboratively, and amplifying the voices of others. That approach lies at the heart of Rotary’s philosophy and our lasting impact on economic development.
By building capacity – whether through microcredit groups, vocational training workshops, or entrepreneurship programs – we enable communities to lead their own transformation. When people take ownership of their progress, change becomes sustainable.
Let us lead with good intention and provide support with heart. By nurturing local leadership, we can create opportunities that ripple through communities, empower individuals, families and societies.
Together, we can support economies that work for everyone and enact community development projects that last.

Our Speaker, Michael Boss has a podcast called Tales of the Magic Skagit. He and his wife, Carol were with us to talk about their Iran experiences .

Michael Boss is writing a memoir titled: Our Time in Iran. He read part of it to us and then gave us a how much he and Carol liked living in Iran and the history that led to their 1978 escape.

What began in 1975 as a brief stopover on an overland journey to India turned into a four-year stay. Mike taught English for the Imperial Iranian Air Force and Carol worked as a school librarian. They built a deep connection with their neighbors, learning Farsi and sharing holidays like Thanksgiving and Christmas.
During the time Mike and Carol lived in Iran, all religions were tolerated and lived in harmony.
They fell in love with Esfahan ("half the world") and lived in its historic Armenian quarter, Jolfa. Mike and Carol traveled extensively, camping with nomadic tribes like the Bakhtiari and exploring neighboring Afghanistan just before major geopolitical shifts.
In 1978, a peaceful lunch at an Indian restaurant near the U.S. Embassy in Tehran was interrupted when a waiter warned Mike, his pregnant wife Carol, his mother-in-law Velma, and a coworker to flee. A mob shattered the hotel windows, forcing them to navigate the chaotic streets of the Iranian Revolution to find safety at a friend’s house before eventually escaping the country via a Pan Am flight.
Their story unfolded against decades of rising tension, rooted in the 1953 CIA-backed coup that ousted Prime Minister Mossadegh and reinstated the Shah. While the Shah introduced westernizing socio-economic reforms, his authoritarian rule, the heavy-handed presence of his secret police (SAVAK), and lavish displays of wealth fueled the popular and religious resentment that fueled Ayatollah Khomeini's rise.

Duane Holmes, whom we honored at our August Auction, was a guest.

Thank You Notes from North Cascades Institute and ELC, LC Elementary (Pacific Science Center) and
Britan thanked us for supporting his Eagle Scout Project of building Adirondack chairs for the North Cascades Institute

YES Work Party at Camp Kirby had 10 YES students and another 40 people worked at Camp Kirby this weekend.

Calendar

* Thursday, October 29: Kiwanis Blood Drive at La Conner High School Gym. Make your appointment online. https://donate.bloodworksnw.org/donor/schedules/geo/
* Saturday, November 7, 5-9pm: District 5050 Foundation Dinner at White Rock Community Center.
* Tuesday, November 10, 10am-12pm: Helping Hands Food Bank Volunteering
* Thursday, November 12, Club Social, Place to be announced
* Friday, December 4, 3-6pm: Set up for Santa Breakfast at Maple Hall
* Saturday, December 5: Santa Breakfast
* Monday, December 14, 5:30: La Conner Rotary Christmas Party at Moltobello Restaurante

10/13/2026

Free Native Plants 2026
At our Oct. 5 Rotary meeting, Keith gave the inspiration focused on Economic and Community Development. See end for full text.

Our Speaker was Bryan Hennessey from the Ferndale Rotary Club, the 2026 Volunteer of the Year for the Whatcom Land Trust, who gave a fascinating talk:

Free Native Plants 2026

He started with the question: What if native plants were free to everyone? Bryan founded the Free Native Plants Initiative in Whatcom County. He is an active member of the Rotary Environmental Sustainability Action Group. Bryan got into Native plants because of the rate at which Co2 is going up in the atmosphere.

Native plants, according to Bryan, are plants that have evolved to work in our ecosystem. Native plants are beneficial to all concerned.

The simple benefits of more native plants:

* Photosynthesis, storing carbon and releasing oxygen, all while making food that keep us alive.
* Respiration and photosynthesis are opposite chemical reactions!
* Soil health, stabilize the topsoil, exchange nutrients with the soil, and add organic matter/carbon to the soil.
* Feed the insects that feed the ecosystem and animals.
* Attract and feed all pollinators: bees, butterflies, hummingbirds, and more
Bryan and the Ferndale Rotary hold free planting sessions with kids. The kids fill a paper container with soil and then put in a big leaf lupine seed or two and water. Then they take the plant home and watch the seed sprout. Later they can plant the lupine outside.

Then, Bryan started giving potted plants to adults. In fact, he brought trees in pots to give to members of our club.

Because of his work, a nursery gave Bryan 2,000 shrub plants which he and others gave away.

Why Free Native Plants
* People love plants, and people will put them in the ground.
* The benefits of native plants are proven and extensive.
* There is NO NEGATIVE to putting native plants in the ground.
* There are no plants without soil, and without plants topsoil washes away.
* Meadowscape your lawn, also called regreening, or Kill Your Lawn movement, requires native plants so they should be free.
This link will take you to a site where you can put in a zip code and find native plants and butterflies for your area:
https://nativeplantfinder.nwf.org/

There are many websites and even Facebook sites for native plants. Just put “native plants by zip code” in your search engine

Other Notes

Holly Witte, a lapsed Rotarian from Seattle 4, who now resides in La Conner and is part of the Arts Commission and was announced for a final time and will become a member in our club and a guest no longer.

Past president Marty was belatedly given a gift from president Lori.

Stan Socha, an active Rotarian from Brunswick, Ohio, was a guest.

Calendar
Saturday, October 17, 10am: Work party at Camp Kirby with the YES kids.
Saturday, October 17, 5:30m Skagit County Humane Society Auction, Swinomish Casino.
Saturday, October 24: World Polio Day
Tuesday, October 27: Blood drive at La Conner High School Gym
Saturday, December 5: Santa Breakfast

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This month, Rotary focuses on Economic and Community Development. It's easy to think of infrastructure and microloans. But behind all of those is something more fundamental: people, and the values that let communities thrive.
Three of those values are gratitude, kindness, and empathy.
We start with gratitude. Our community succeeds because of an invisible scaffolding of volunteers, mentors, teachers, and leaders who give their time to lift others up.
Then we put kindness and empathy into action. True development is simply empathy with a blueprint.
For our club, we build that foundation when we help at Helping Hands Food Bank, making sure that no family has to face economic hardship on an empty stomach. We build it when we support early literacy through Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library, giving children a foundation for learning before they ever enter a classroom. And we build it when we put dictionaries into the hands of third graders—literally placing tools for future academic and economic success into their hands.
These may seem like small acts. But community development rarely begins with something grand. It begins when people decide that someone else’s future matters—and then do something about it.

10/02/2026

Leavenworth Sheriff Dude
At our Sept. 28 Rotary meeting, we had three guests for the evening: Linda Kurth Moore, our speaker, and her husband Bill Kringe.

Holly Witte has submitted a membership application which was approved by the board and announced this evening.

Linda is an author of historical books. She spoke to us tonight about Leavenworth Sheriff Dude.

She had been visiting the Leavenworth museum and saw a picture of Dude and was intrigued. She told us a history of Leavenworth and Dude Brown. He became the town marshal in 1918, started an outfitters ranch in 1927 and was a member of the House of Representatives in 1937. He died of tuberculosis in 1942. The town was dying so Rogers and Price bought a hotel and remodeled it in the Bavarian theme in the 1960s. The idea stuck and that is why the whole town is in a Bavarian theme.

Lori and Keith attended the stewardship weekend at North Cascades Institute and Brian Hennesey is leading the efforts to create an environmental committee and two meetings were held to start that process.
Lori and Marty met with Annie Steward to discuss steps to start an Interact club in La Conner.

Alas no one drew the yellow marble.

Announcements:

The Vandersadens donated $4000 toward the Don Bakkan scholarship.

CPR class is Wednesday October 7th 3-5PM at the high school library. Sign up via the link on our website. Lori will get an announcement out into the paper.

Next Helping Hands is Oct 13th.

Seahawks social at Lyanne's Thursday Oct 15th. She is providing drinks and a hot dog bar. Bring anything to contribute to that. The game starts at 5:15.

Camp Kirby Rotary work party Saturday 10/17 9-12.

The service for Jerry is Sunday 10/25 at 2PM at the Christiansen's Vinery. Those who have signed up to help should get there around noon.

Kiwanis blood drive is 10/29, sign up via Bloodworks.

09/24/2026

AI update 2026
At our Sept. 21 Rotary Meeting, the inspiration was provided by Mike:
In any amount, this little bit of inspiration comes from a Chinese philosopher that I have become familiar with over the years, and Lao Tzu was born in 531 BC, so that's 3,000 years ago. This has to do with gratitude. And I don't think we can talk about gratitude often enough.
Be content. With what you have. Rejoice in the way that these are. When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you."

Our guest this evening: Holly Witte, a lapsed Rotarian from Seattle 4, who now resides in La Conner and is part of the Arts Commission and is now moving toward membership in our club.

The originally scheduled speaker never showed. Keith gave an impromptu follow-up/second talk on AI, referencing his January session with the club.

· Free vs. paid chatbots
· Customizing chatbot output (ASD-STE100 example)
· Why AIs hallucinate
· How to reduce made-up info (domain restriction, mandatory citations, avoiding reliance on trained "memory")
· Personal anecdotes on AI being wrong (Copilot drip pan pump; Claude price guess)
· Crafting with AI example (Silhouette Cameo/diaper cake)
· Using AI to improve Room décor
· How LLMs work (brief, simplified)
· AI Agents (capabilities and risks)

Keith recommended everyone try: https://beta.dol.gov/ai-ready This will text message you daily for about 7 days and you interact and learn in about 10 minutes each day.

The slide deck presented which has links to many other items is at: https://tinyurl.com/usingAIv2-pptx
Note: Google does NOT properly display the PowerPoint.
You must download and use a PowerPoint viewer to properly see it.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1wSWVU6D-ou9D7jCZ-euRQWMlNbXO0aZJ/view PDF of the slides along with presentation notes.

Calendar

Friday, September 25, 6pm: Camp Kirby Camptoberfest: B**r, c***r, dinner, games, raffle
21+ starting at 6:00 PM, $20 suggested donation.

Wednesday, October 7, 3pm-5pm: Rotary Sponsored Free CPR Class at La Conner High School Library. Sign up on our website.
Tuesday, October 13, 10am-12pm Helping Hands Food Bank Volunteering

Thursday, October 15: Rotary Social Seahawk Party at the home of Lyanne and Travis
starting at 5:15 PM, featuring the Seahawks game (vs the Broncos) and a hot dog bar.

Saturday, October 17 9am-12pm: Work Party at Camp Purdy involving the YES students and Skagit and Whatcom clubs

Saturday, October 17: Skagit Humane Auction at the Swinomish Casino, 5:30 PM, organized by Kathleen Oldnar

Sunday, October 25, 2pm: A Gathering to honor Jerry Willins at Christianson’s Vinery (Note the time change)

Monday December 14: Rotary Club of La Conner Holiday Celebration at Moltobello

09/22/2026

Club update Sept. 2026
At our Sept. 14 Rotary Meeting

Tara Pasternak came to pick up the eyeglasses that she and Randy will take to Bolivia for the Etta Project.

Holly Witte, a lapsed Rotarian from Seattle, who now resides in La Conner and is part of the La Conner Arts Commission, thanked our Rotary for sponsoring the USA 250 coloring book. The Arts Commission is now requesting support to have the creation story panels created by Kevin Paul and Camus Logue translated into Lushootseed. The panels hang on the Historical Museum and have an English description. The Arts Commission has submitted a grant to our Foundation.

Connie provided the inspiration from a Facebook post by her cousin.

LIVE THE LIFE YOU'VE ALWAYS DREAMED OF.
BE FEARLESS IN THE FACE OF ADVERSITY.
NEVER STOP LEARNING.
USE YOUR IMAGINATION WHENEVER POSSIBLE.
RECOGNIZE THE BEAUTY THAT SURROUNDS YOU.
REMEMBER WHERE YOU CAME FROM,
BUT NEVER LOSE SIGHT OF WHERE YOU ARE GOING.

Club Business:

Paul Harris:
Bruce received his Paul Harris plus 2 pin for his contributions to The Rotary Foundation. Congratulations Bruce!

Auction:
Audrey read us the Auctioneer’s Report and discussed some of the things that went well and others that require improvement. If we start now, we can have an even more successful auction in 2027.

Our next Auction: Saturday, August 28th!

North Cascades Institute
Lori and Keith will be attending a planning meeting to discuss forming an US Environmental Action Group.

Calendar
* Friday, September 25, 6pm: Camp Kirby Camptoberfest: B**r, c***r, dinner, games, raffle
* Wednesday, October 7, 3pm-5pm: Rotary Sponsored Free CPR Class at La Conner High School Library. Sign up on our website.
* Tuesday, October 13, 10am-12pm Helping Hands Food Bank Volunteering
* Thursday, October 15: Rotary Social Seahawk Party at the home of Lyanne and Travis
* Saturday, October 17 9am-12pm: Work Party involving the YES students and Skagit and Whatcom clubs
* Saturday, October 17: Skagit Humane Auction
* Sunday, October 25, 2pm: A Gathering to honor Jerry Willins at Christianson’s Vinery (Note the time change)
* Monday December 14: Rotary Club of La Conner Holiday Celebration at Moltobello

09/06/2026

Let the Good Times Roll Auction
La Conner Community new article by Bill Reynolds titled “Homes honored for helping secure food bank’s future”, covered much of our 2026 annual Harvesting Hope Auction.
https://laconnercommunitynews.org/2026/09/05/holmes-honored-for-helping-secure-food-banks-future/

08/31/2026

Aug 2026 business
At our 8/17 Rotary business meeting and our 8/24 meeting:

Aug 17, Connie presented the inspiration:
The DNA OF A Rotarian
A Rotarian is not recognized by what they say.
They are recognized by what they do.
By worn hands rather than perfect speeches.
By gratitude that is born of action.
Because true Rotary is not learnt by heart.
It is not invented.
It is not improvised.
It is carried in the DNA.
A DNA that moves words aside because it is nourished by deeds,
that refuses to stand still and simply watch.
A DNA that does not ask “What’s in it for me?”
But instead asks, “What is needed?”
No offense meant, but you are not a good person because you are a Rotarian.
You are a Rotarian because goodness was already in your DNA.
The kind you carry as a birthmark,
spoken through the heart.That is why a Rotarian
D elivers…they do not promise.
N urtures “we” and never “I”
A cts…they do not boast
Rotary does not change you.
It reveals you.
It takes what is already within you – that restlessness, that commitment, that
heartbeat—
and opens the path to impact.
Through projects.
Through genuine service.
And through teamwork – remember the word ALL.
Ant that life resume…let me say it again: it is not improvised.
It is a genetic code.
It is the DNA of a Rotarian.
And yes…once it lives inside you,
Rotary finds you.

by Vaness VaVe from the Rotary Club of San Pedro Alcantara

Lori’s Club Goals for 2026/27
Membership 30 members
Service Participation 24 people
Annual Fund Contribution $5,000
Polio Plus Contribution $3,000
Social Activities 10
New Member Sponsors 3
Rotary Action Group 1
Leadership Development 4 people
Interact Club 1
RYLA 2 attendees
(Rotary Youth Leadership Awards)
Media Stories 4
District Training people 6

Announcements:
We’re collecting eyeglasses for the Etta Project.
We are sponsoring the La Conner Swinomish Library Festival of Tiny Trees which will take place on November 21st at 4pm.

Calendar
Tuesday, September 8, 10am-12pm: Helping Hands Food Bank Volunteering
La Conner Rotary Social: September 10, 5:30 at COA
September 25-27: Fall Stewardship Weekend at the North Cascades Institute (Lori has more details)
Tuesday, October 13, 10am-12pm: Helping Hands Food Bank Volunteering

At our Aug. 24 Rotary Meeting
The Rotary Club of La Conner was chartered on August 27, 1945.

Inspiration by Marty who discussed the ripple effect in her inspiration, reminding us all that kindness and positivity with others has a ripple effect that keeps spreading.

When we look around today at the problems that individuals, communities, countries, the world and the planet are having, it is really easy to get overwhelmed. and you might ask yourself. What can I do? Individual me? What can I do to make a difference? I believe in the ripple effect and that is how I cope. So I try to be positive in my life to do good, to be kind to other people and in that process make them feel better and then they might be kind to someone else and you have the ripple effect. The ripple effect isn’t very loud, but I think it can be really powerful and very effective. One of the things I love about our club is that we have 27 individuals who come together who care a lot about the world and about their lives and the ripple effect from those 27 people is magnified a hundredfold so let’s continue to do good.

Birthdays We sang happy birthday to Roy and Patsy!

Memorial Jerry Willins will be remembered on October 25th at 3pm at the vinery at Christianson’s Nursery.

More Inspiration

Lori shared a bumper sticker: When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace.

Audrey related her airport experience of getting a wheelchair for a man who looked like he was having trouble standing. It was appreciated by the man and his family and points out that noticing those around us who could use assistance and then acting on it is part of the 4-way test.

The La Conner Library Foundation has an opening for a new director.

08/22/2026

The value of companion animals
At our Aug. 10 Rotary Meeting as Inspiration
Dennis played a YouTube video of “The Peace Arch Song” performed by Terry Kelly. Terry, a blind musician, performed the song in public for the first time at the Hands Across the Border this past Saturday. You can see the video at this link: https://youtu.be/jGCqjLnOgbs?is=Z8woQLS0ZVMZId8M
Dennis and Audrey announced awards our club received at Hands Across the Border:

3rd highest per capita giving to the Rotary Foundation Annual Fund
Club Excellence Award
Full retention of Membership

Our Speaker was Dr. Christina Chambreau on the Topic: The value of companion animals
Dr. Christina is a homeopathic veterinarian, author, and speaker who lives in Florida, but spends July and August in Anacortes every year. She asked us to take care of our animals, our children, and ourselves with a more holistic approach that will also decrease stress and, at the same time, make a difference for our planet.

Decrease the environmental cost of buying bags of dog food that have been processed and shipped from all over and instead feed your dog locally sourced meat, fish, vegetables, etc. that you can prepare with your own food. Make sure to get organ meat as well, even if you don’t eat it. Cook and puree the vegetables. The Magic Skagit has everything you need. Just something to consider.
Animals don’t need vaccinations every year or year-round flea medications. It costs lots of money and you want to be careful about the toxins you are giving your pets.
They must have rabies vaccinations every 3 years.
Christina started working in vet clinics when she was 11 and living in Japan. Dogs then often lived into their mid 20s. Cats to 25 or 30. She said, “And holistically treated animals, I see that in all the time.”
Too many people are bit by dogs every year. Read the book: Ask the Dog by Steve Dale. See the Resource list.
Change the idea of Net Zero by 2050 to Climate Restoration. “So, as we think about the environment, we want to think about our footprint. Every time we make a choice for anything, we want to think, how is it affecting the environment?” This is also in line with the Rotary Environmental Committee.
See the Resource list at the end.

Thank you to the VanderSandens for the Rotary Picnic.
The Bakken/Jones scholarship was given to a graduating high school female going into a STEM field.
Rotary Joining anniversary: Martin Howard has been a Rotarian for 19 years as of August 7th!
Car and Boat Show: Patsy thanked our volunteers. LC Kiwanis did their part too. 🙂
Reading Glasses: We’re collecting for the ETTA Project.
CPR Class
Our first CPR class was August 6th for 21 La Conner School District staff members. Chief Woods and newly trained instructor Cole were great! Lori put in a plug for the Rotary’s involvement in this one and in 3 more over the next several months.
Calendar

Saturday, August 29, 5pm: La Conner Rotary’s “Let the Good Times Roll” Auction Doors open at 5:30.

08/17/2026

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