Meeting of June 11, 2025

 
Hilo Bay Rotary Club Newsletter for the week of June 15  2025
Steven Sylvester, President
 
From the meeting of June 11,  2025
 
 President Steven Sylvester  convened the meeting at 7 am.
 
Pledge of Allegiance:  Kaitlin Balmoja
 
Inspiration: President Steven offered King Solomon’s words of wisdom: :This too shall pass.”
 
Guests:   Susie Osborn, DGE Nancy Cabral, ADG Beverly Heikes/
 
Birthdays, Anniversaries, Inductions:  None..
 
Announcements:
  1. Steven reminded the members that the dues are due now!
  2. July 3rd is Tim Hanson’s installation and we will be dark on July 2nd.
  3. Richard Cunningham announced that HBRC is very close to meeting its goal of $5K for HRYF and close to the $10K required for the named U. of H. scholarship. He will be doing a drawing for his incentive award on Wednesday, July 18th. To enhance your position, kindly provide a check by Wednesday morning.
  4. June 19th will be an opportunity to volunteer with the ESL program Hilo Community College. Meet Steve Jacunski at the flagpole at 8:30.
  5. July 13 is the installation of Nancy Cabral as the new D5000 DG. Nancy is replacing the Honolulu cocktail installation in Honolulu with a a family event at the Equestrian Center from noon until 3 pm. Children and potential Rotarians are invited. For more information, see the calendar on the D 5000 website.
  6. July 12 is the annual Brewfest sponsored by the Hilo Rotary Club. Tickets can be purchased on their website.
 
Happy Dollars: Brian Lindsey was happy that he and his partner did not finish last in the Contractors’ golf tournament as was Steve Sylvester. $20 each
Alan Okinak was $5 happy.
Nancy Cabral was $50 for our club and donated it to HRYF
 
Guest Speaker:  Susie Osborne, Volcano Rotary Club, took us through Alberta, Canade to Montana, USA to introduce us to the International Peace Park in Alberta and Montana. Besides pictures of natural grandeur, Susie interviewed a retired NPS Ranger who provided the history of the park which was created in 1936 during the middle of the depression by two close allies--Rotary Clubs from Alberta and Rotary Clubs from Montana.
 
Now, we have a couple of examples of what happens when groups of Rotarians get together and dream big ideas. You get polio eradication in the 1980s and the creation of the UN humanitarian programs in the late 1940s but try to consider a Peace Park being formed in the mid 1930s! The Great War was over for 18 years and totalitarian is were ruising in Italy, Japan and Germany while the depression dragged on at home. Today, you can travel and share the work of these visionaries and attend meeting of the 4 districts that comprise the Waterton Glacier International Peace Park Assc.
 
Door Prize Winner: There was one!  
 
4 Way Test:  Susie Osborne
 
 
Meeting invocations and door prize responsibility for June:
June 18th
 
 
Speakers for June                                                                     
 
6/18 Geoli Ng