LEE MARIS, accompanied by his lovely daughter (and mother to four of his grandchildren) Amber, greeted all who walked down the hall to the day’s meeting. STEVE SOELBERG did an excellent fill-in job as invocator after JULIUS GLOVER did his usual super job of leading us in song.

Julius thanked all who greeted the past three months and circulated a sign-up sheet for the coming three.

STEVE EMHOFF had three announcements:
1) Family Christmas Party this coming Tuesday, December 16th. Doors open at 5:30, dinner at 6:00 and Santa around 6:30 (depending on the weather). There will be no charge for members or guests.
2) Father Daughter Dance January 17th at the Clarion. It will cost $65 per couple, with $15 for each additional guest.
3) Rosters should be available by next Tuesday.

LORI CROW read a slightly different version of the Night before Christmas as meeting’s Sergeant, which got everyone laughing and paying. DAN FISHER called a game of Bingo without the Bingo balls no less, which was won by BOB BROWN. There was no 50/50 Raffle because last week’s grand prize winner, KARL CORPRON, didn’t seed the pot to get things going again.

TRESSA SHOCKLEY introduced Linnea Reid and Kate Sundquist, the two speakers from Junior League of Yakima. They are part of a women’s club with 77 active members and 175 sustaining members, which is part of a group of over 300 clubs throughout the USA, Canada, and Mexico.
Kate talked of Junior League’s past “focus projects” like the YMCA Aspire Mentoring Program and the Super Story-Time Saturdays and their current focus project the EPIC Crisis Nursery. These focus projects last for three years and provides Jr. League with the opportunity to work with a variety of community partners while providing financial and volunteer support. Jr. League members also participate in “Done-In-A-Day” projects, one’s that are completed in less than 24 hours. The League is always looking for new D-I-A-D projects.
Linnea then took over to explain the two primary Jr. League fundraising events, Case of the Blues and Cookbook sales. Most everyone had heard of Case of the Blues, the August Jazz and Blues event held every year in conjunction with the Yakima Greenway. Less well known was the sale of cookbooks. Every one of the over 300 Jr. League’s develops a cookbook showcasing recipes that have been tested extensively in ordinary test kitchens. The Yakima Valley version, which sells for $19.95, is called “Fresh From The Valley” and has been around for about five years. At the meeting, Kate and Linnea also had other cookbooks from other Leagues. These were also available for purchase at the back table. For anyone who missed the meeting, or had to leave in a hurry like this humble scribe, there is the world wide web. Until next Saturday, December 20th, a person can logon to cookbookmarketplace.com and search for a specific type of cookbook that might make a great gift. If that person enters the promotional code: ZJLYak08 on checkout, Jr. League of Yakima will receive 40% of the sale price in order to help them continue their good work in the Yakima Valley.

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