WEBVTT 00:00:00.770 --> 00:00:08.959 - Good afternoon. Welcome to the Bloomington Rotary Club's weekly celebration of service. I'm Steve Wicks 00:00:08.959 --> 00:00:17.306 - and I'm honored to serve as your president for another three months. Please silence. I haven't calculated 00:00:17.306 --> 00:00:25.574 - hours, no. Please silence your electronic devices. On this day in history, March 31st, 1943, the musical 00:00:25.574 --> 00:00:28.094 - Oklahoma premiered on Broadway. 00:00:28.706 --> 00:00:39.397 - It would go on to set a Broadway record of 2,212 performances. And you can enjoy Oklahoma at our Mac 00:00:39.397 --> 00:00:50.088 - during two weekends in April. Will not be the same cast. Tim Jessen will deliver today's reflection. 00:00:50.088 --> 00:00:58.238 - Thank you, Steve. It's not yet April Fool's Day, but tomorrow is the Paschal 00:00:58.370 --> 00:01:09.302 - You should look up and see it. And Passover. And this is Holy Week for Christians. The last time I reflected 00:01:09.302 --> 00:01:19.732 - here was on Lent and Ramadan, the Islamic holiday. And so this week on Passover and Easter, you'll have 00:01:19.732 --> 00:01:25.950 - to wait till two more holidays come together before I'm here. 00:01:26.370 --> 00:01:35.016 - So I had ideas. I thought I'd invite the great baritone singer who sings in our choir at the First Christian 00:01:35.016 --> 00:01:43.502 - Church and invite him to sing something for Passover. After all, we do have singing here. His grandparents 00:01:43.502 --> 00:01:51.910 - emigrated here from Russia, and he has relatives in Israel. But then he told me, I have a class conflict. 00:01:51.910 --> 00:01:54.686 - I can't come that time. Next idea. 00:01:54.882 --> 00:02:02.792 - do a new thing. I thought I'd converse with Joy Harder from here and she would be on Zoom. Our president 00:02:02.792 --> 00:02:10.401 - likes to do new things. I thought that's a new thing. But Joy is not available today. She and I grew 00:02:10.401 --> 00:02:18.236 - up in neighboring counties at the foot of the Catskill Mountains in New York State. We didn't know each 00:02:18.236 --> 00:02:22.078 - other very well, partially because she was Jewish. 00:02:22.658 --> 00:02:30.987 - And I was an evangelical Christian. She was going to tell stories of Passover Seder's that she enjoyed. 00:02:30.987 --> 00:02:39.236 - And I was going to talk about Easter. Now I will say that we didn't have egg hunts in the Hudson River 00:02:39.236 --> 00:02:47.324 - Valley. It was too cold. And we didn't have sunrise services for the same reason. But our family had 00:02:47.324 --> 00:02:49.086 - great Easter baskets. 00:02:50.050 --> 00:02:59.961 - Our mother fixed as carefully as she fixed the Christmas stockings. We didn't have Easter ham out of 00:02:59.961 --> 00:03:09.872 - respect for our Jewish neighbors. But Joy couldn't be here. So that possibility is out. But what can 00:03:09.872 --> 00:03:19.390 - we learn about these two great holidays and seasons of reflection? Others like Aaron Davis could 00:03:19.490 --> 00:03:27.988 - tell you far more, and I hope that he will. Elma and I were interrupted in our trip to Israel by the 00:03:27.988 --> 00:03:36.655 - present war that is still going on, and so we stayed in Egypt where stories of Moses' rescue are still 00:03:36.655 --> 00:03:45.069 - told. Both the stories of the rescue of the children of Israel out of Egypt and the crucifixion are 00:03:45.069 --> 00:03:48.350 - stories of redemption. Think about it. 00:03:48.898 --> 00:04:00.665 - Yes, that brings the holidays together. How can we possibly redeem these awful days that we're living 00:04:00.665 --> 00:04:12.201 - through? The stories of war, anti-Semitism, intense polarization. My suggestion is this. Keep doing 00:04:12.201 --> 00:04:17.854 - the things that you're doing. Food bank, beacon. 00:04:18.178 --> 00:04:29.261 - Refugees, Meals on Wheels, Scholarship for the Young, and all the good things that you Rotarians do. 00:04:29.261 --> 00:04:40.564 - That is how we can best redeem this difficult time. Turn off the TV. Social networking. Think how glad 00:04:40.564 --> 00:04:47.038 - we are that we are together on these auspicious occasions. 00:04:47.522 --> 00:04:57.843 - So happy Passover, happy Easter, happy spring. I think it was St. Francis that said, if you knew the 00:04:57.843 --> 00:05:08.880 - world was going to end tomorrow, plant a tree today. Go and do likewise. Celebrate new life and redemption, 00:05:08.880 --> 00:05:11.230 - my friends. Thank you. 00:05:21.282 --> 00:05:29.241 - Tim, thank you, and also thank you for answering my plea last week for a reflection speaker today. Katie 00:05:29.241 --> 00:05:37.049 - Cerniak in the back of the room will deliver today's reflection. Oh, not reflection, sorry. Katie will 00:05:37.049 --> 00:05:44.629 - introduce our guest today. And then she will also do our drawing for the charity of the quarter for 00:05:44.629 --> 00:05:48.798 - the next quarter. Wow. That's exciting. OK, thank you. 00:05:48.930 --> 00:05:58.461 - Hello, everyone. We have three guests today in person and we have guests online as well, it sounds like. 00:05:58.461 --> 00:06:08.173 - So when I say your name, please stand so that we can properly welcome you. We have Suzanne Bexter Fleming, 00:06:08.173 --> 00:06:17.886 - guest of Liz Fiddle. We have Brad Meyer, guest of Steve Engel. And Becky Wan, also a guest of Steve Engel. 00:06:22.818 --> 00:06:29.702 - And you say we have good guests online? We do not have any guests online. Thank you. OK. Great. Thanks, 00:06:29.702 --> 00:06:36.652 - Lori. OK. OK, now for the charity of the quarter. Most of you know that each quarter, we draw a charity, 00:06:36.652 --> 00:06:43.735 - name of a charity, out of a hat. And for a long time, we've been giving that charity $100 for the quarter. 00:06:43.735 --> 00:06:50.354 - Here lately, we've been doing $200. The charity this quarter has been Amethyst South. So what Katie 00:06:50.354 --> 00:06:51.678 - is going to draw is 00:06:52.002 --> 00:07:05.154 - the charity for the next quarter. So hand in, just pull out. And the charity is Wheeler Mission. Okay, 00:07:05.154 --> 00:07:18.306 - birthdays. We have lots of birthdays to celebrate. Today, our club treasure, John Zote, is celebrating 00:07:18.306 --> 00:07:19.838 - a birthday. 00:07:24.706 --> 00:07:34.001 - Tomorrow, Steve Moberly and Sandy Keller. On the second, past club president Sarah Laughlin, Jeff Bradley, 00:07:34.001 --> 00:07:42.689 - Patrick Smith. On the third, Tina Peterson and Leanna Powell. And on the fourth, club director Lynn 00:07:42.689 --> 00:07:51.549 - Schwartzberg. Lots of anniversaries as well. Anniversaries include tomorrow, April 1st, Tina Swanson, 00:07:51.549 --> 00:07:54.590 - 37 years, Monica Croner, 36 years, 00:07:55.106 --> 00:08:02.993 - Allen Boyd, two years. Don and Melinda Cedar, one year. Marcy Hibbard, Rebecca Thomas, one year. On 00:08:02.993 --> 00:08:11.038 - the second, Whitney Cordoba, two years. Also on the second, Sue Scambaleri, two stints with the club, 00:08:11.038 --> 00:08:19.319 - eight years total. So lots of birthdays and anniversaries. Announcements, please register for the Rotary 00:08:19.319 --> 00:08:24.446 - District Conference, May 8th and 9th, Galtz House in Louisville. 00:08:24.994 --> 00:08:33.341 - Lots of fun sessions Friday night. Lots of educational networking seminars on Saturday. Link will be 00:08:33.341 --> 00:08:41.689 - in the roundabout. You can register at rotaryallstars.com. Next Meals on Wheels service opportunity, 00:08:41.689 --> 00:08:50.284 - May 1st, 10 AM to noon. See Diana Hoffman if you'd like to volunteer or if you'd like more information. 00:08:50.284 --> 00:08:54.334 - Big upcoming club service project on April 18th. 00:08:54.786 --> 00:09:01.774 - 10 AM to 1230. We'll be working with the Lake Monroe Water Fund to plant native trees near Stillwater 00:09:01.774 --> 00:09:08.625 - Marsh, which is east of Bloomington. We need 20 volunteers. Sign up link will be in the roundabout. 00:09:08.625 --> 00:09:15.682 - So please up. And Michelle is holding up. Is that a hard copy that you can sign up on your tables? OK. 00:09:15.682 --> 00:09:19.998 - So you can complete that and then hand it in when you're done. 00:09:21.602 --> 00:09:27.964 - Next quarter of volunteer assignments, lots of meeting roles that need to be filled. You should have 00:09:27.964 --> 00:09:34.514 - received an email from Mandy asking you to sign up. You can also find this link in the roundabout. Most 00:09:34.514 --> 00:09:40.876 - immediate need is a Zoom host for next week. Laurie Garrity stepped up this week. We need someone to 00:09:40.876 --> 00:09:47.678 - do the same next week. Community Service Committee will meet next week immediately after this week meeting. 00:09:48.130 --> 00:09:54.793 - Please plan to attend if you're a community service committee member or if you're interested in joining 00:09:54.793 --> 00:10:01.391 - the committee. Much of next week's meeting will concern the next iteration of the district grant. Both 00:10:01.391 --> 00:10:07.350 - Dave Meyer, Michelle Cohen, and Sarah Laughlin, all three of whom are very involved in this, 00:10:07.350 --> 00:10:13.884 - are here today. Feel free to ask them questions. Rotary Book Group gathering is April 15th, 7 p.m. at 00:10:13.884 --> 00:10:15.678 - the home of Judy Schroeder. 00:10:16.034 --> 00:10:23.411 - Book this time is Audrey McCluskey's Girl Child. See Sally Gaskell or Judy Schroeder if you have questions. 00:10:23.411 --> 00:10:30.720 - My Sister's Closet, hosting an evening with Maya Angelou Dinner Theater, April 10th and 11th. They planned 00:10:30.720 --> 00:10:38.029 - an elegant event at the Bloomington Country Club. Proceeds will benefit the Bloomington Symphony Orchestra 00:10:38.029 --> 00:10:44.382 - and My Sister's Closet Relocation Fund. More information, see Sandy Keller or Marcy Hibbard. 00:10:44.834 --> 00:10:52.156 - or go to the My Sister's Closet website. I'll have a very long detailed announcement about our April 00:10:52.156 --> 00:10:59.623 - 14th meeting when I do my slides. And then also starting next week, as I did today, I'm going to start 00:10:59.623 --> 00:11:07.163 - at 12.02. We're trying to allow a little bit of extra time for our working members who are on a tighter 00:11:07.163 --> 00:11:13.470 - schedule to get in and get their meals, also members who are having a parking problem. 00:11:13.698 --> 00:11:23.452 - So just an extra couple of minutes before I start. And Tyler, let's go ahead and go with the PowerPoint. 00:11:23.452 --> 00:11:32.928 - So we'll start with a celebration of service. On Friday, a couple of us worked at Meals on Wheels. We 00:11:32.928 --> 00:11:36.830 - packed 100 meal kits for groceries to go. 00:11:37.282 --> 00:11:46.262 - Diana Hoffman was the brains of the operation, how she and I did the work. You can see a picture of 00:11:46.262 --> 00:11:55.422 - the three of us. And behind Diana is one of the refrigerator freezing units that our club, as part of 00:11:55.422 --> 00:12:04.402 - last year's district grant Meals on Wheels, purchased that. And it really has widened their ability 00:12:04.402 --> 00:12:07.006 - to meet community needs. OK. 00:12:07.426 --> 00:12:14.735 - So the membership quiz for today. One of these Rotarians did not grow up on the US East Coast. Your 00:12:14.735 --> 00:12:22.408 - choices are Gus Chakalas, Lynn Schwartzberg. I'm your third choice. Melinda Cedar is your fourth choice. 00:12:22.408 --> 00:12:29.863 - So when I call it out, raise your hands for the person you think is the person who did not grow up on 00:12:29.863 --> 00:12:35.710 - the US East Coast. Those of you on Zoom, please raise your hand electronically. 00:12:36.674 --> 00:12:46.118 - So how many votes do we have for Gus Chakalas? Raise your hand if you think that Gus grew up somewhere 00:12:46.118 --> 00:12:55.837 - other than the US East Coast. Oh. Boy, Gus, you didn't do very well. I'm sorry. All right, second choice, 00:12:55.837 --> 00:13:05.005 - Lynn Schwartzberg. Put up your hand if you think that Lynn grew up somewhere other than the US East 00:13:05.005 --> 00:13:06.014 - Coast. Oh. 00:13:07.266 --> 00:13:15.194 - Lynn and Gus, I hope you're doing better online than you're doing in the room. OK, your third choice. 00:13:15.194 --> 00:13:23.200 - If you think I am the person who did not grow up on the US East Coast, raise your hand. Aha. I finally 00:13:23.200 --> 00:13:31.128 - won something. But let's go all the way through. Your fourth choice, Melinda Cedar. Put up your hand. 00:13:31.128 --> 00:13:36.958 - Oh, Melinda, you're doing very well. OK. I'd say almost as many as I have. 00:13:38.754 --> 00:13:45.867 - So none of you voted for Gus. And boy, you were right on. Gus, born in Manhattan. He grew up in the 00:13:45.867 --> 00:13:53.264 - Bronx and Queens. He is as Big Apple as it gets. And here's a nice picture of Gus and Connie. Gus asked 00:13:53.264 --> 00:14:00.377 - me before the meeting, wanted to make sure that I picked an appropriate picture. And I think I did. 00:14:00.377 --> 00:14:05.214 - Those of you who voted for Lynn Schwartzberg, which is none of you, 00:14:05.762 --> 00:14:13.524 - Lynn was born in East Orange, New Jersey, grew up in Fairlawn, New Jersey. Here's a picture of Lynn 00:14:13.524 --> 00:14:21.442 - doing something with bar. I don't know what, but I imagine it's very difficult, and I can't do it. If 00:14:21.442 --> 00:14:29.436 - you voted for me, you're wrong. So I was born in Marstown, New Jersey. I grew up in Irony, New Jersey. 00:14:29.436 --> 00:14:31.998 - It's an area that supplied iron. 00:14:32.130 --> 00:14:41.493 - to the colonial army in the Revolutionary War, hence the name Ironia. And if you picked Melinda Cedar, 00:14:41.493 --> 00:14:50.856 - you were wrong. Terre Haute native, Melinda moved to California as a teenager. Oh, that's right, yeah. 00:14:50.856 --> 00:14:59.582 - OK, let me try this again. So Melinda moved to California. Luckily, with the case of all of us, 00:14:59.682 --> 00:15:07.212 - As is the case with many in the club, we have lots of members from somewhere else and they've all found 00:15:07.212 --> 00:15:15.032 - their way to Bloomington and hopefully all of us are making a difference. A reminder, Happy Dollar proceeds 00:15:15.032 --> 00:15:22.345 - in March and April will be given to the Bloomington Rotary Foundation. We don't have plans for Happy 00:15:22.345 --> 00:15:27.486 - Dollars today. Rotary's seven areas of focus, which I've shown before. 00:15:28.482 --> 00:15:35.038 - And we're finishing March, which has been water, sanitation, and hygiene month. Now, the involved 00:15:35.038 --> 00:15:41.794 - announcement. April 14th, two weeks from today, do not come to the union. Don't go here. Don't go to 00:15:41.794 --> 00:15:48.550 - the French Panier Room. Don't go to the Georgian Room. The union, our agreement with the union, they 00:15:48.550 --> 00:15:55.440 - have the right to ask us to not meet certain times during the year when they're especially busy. April 00:15:55.440 --> 00:15:57.246 - 14th is one of those days. 00:16:01.282 --> 00:16:08.894 - OK. And so we're going to be meeting that day at the Heading Home Regional Housing Summit. Be at the 00:16:08.894 --> 00:16:16.657 - Monroe County Convention Center. It's an all-day affair. Gosh, this thing is just kind of going on its 00:16:16.657 --> 00:16:24.344 - own. All-day affair, 8.30 to 5 PM. There will not be a Zoom option that day, so I apologize for that. 00:16:24.344 --> 00:16:28.414 - So some specifics. You can go online to Heading Home. 00:16:28.834 --> 00:16:35.845 - dot org and register, which will cost you $25. Or for the great price of $15.11, you can sign up through 00:16:35.845 --> 00:16:42.790 - the club. And we'll have an old-fashioned sign-up sheet outside. We'll be emailing you a sign-up genius 00:16:42.790 --> 00:16:49.600 - electronic link if you want to do it electronically. Club option, once again, is $15.11, includes the 00:16:49.600 --> 00:16:56.478 - program and lunch. And then you'll be invoiced at the end of the quarter as if it were a regular meal. 00:16:57.186 --> 00:17:05.842 - Sign up deadline is next week, April 7th. And once you register and we register with the event, even 00:17:05.842 --> 00:17:14.756 - if you can't make it, you'll be billed. Here's the agenda. And this is probably very hard to read. Lots 00:17:14.756 --> 00:17:23.583 - of breakout sessions. If you want to come for the whole day, that's great. But if you want to get your 00:17:23.583 --> 00:17:25.726 - lunch, lunch is at 1145. 00:17:26.082 --> 00:17:34.996 - And then there's a panel afterwards, and then the keynote speaker is speaking at 1.30. Theme of the 00:17:34.996 --> 00:17:44.624 - day, exploring innovative approaches to housing that can be implemented in South Central Indiana, resulting 00:17:44.624 --> 00:17:50.686 - in stable places to live for all residents. I have one club member. 00:17:51.042 --> 00:17:57.185 - who is a housing advocate on behalf of Bloomington Rotary for the event. So thank you very much for 00:17:57.185 --> 00:18:03.328 - that. Same club member is paying the difference so that members pay $15.11 for lunch instead of $25 00:18:03.328 --> 00:18:09.717 - for lunch. To the best of my knowledge, parking should be free behind the convention center. So we hope 00:18:09.717 --> 00:18:16.045 - you can make it. Once again, unlike a regular weekly meeting when you can kind of show up and we don't 00:18:16.045 --> 00:18:20.222 - need to know in advance, this will be one where you need to sign up 00:18:20.482 --> 00:18:28.318 - so that we can give a head count with names to heading home so that when you arrive there on the 14th, 00:18:28.318 --> 00:18:36.458 - you'll be on a list and you'll be able to get in free of charge. OK. We had a Paul Harris ceremony planned 00:18:36.458 --> 00:18:44.142 - for today. That isn't going to happen. We had some technical issues. So I think we're ready, Wilson, 00:18:44.142 --> 00:18:47.870 - if you want to introduce our speakers for today. 00:19:04.162 --> 00:19:13.125 - Good afternoon, my fellow Rotarians. It's truly my pleasure to introduce to us today two remarkable 00:19:13.125 --> 00:19:22.446 - individuals, Robert Fu and Yuan Carlos. Since first connecting with Robert and Yuan in early 2022, they 00:19:22.446 --> 00:19:31.588 - have become not only dear friends, but also very valued mentors. When I learned they would be joining 00:19:31.588 --> 00:19:33.470 - us today, I asked if 00:19:34.274 --> 00:19:42.707 - they might bring along some fresh produce from some promissor farm. And they graciously arrived with 00:19:42.707 --> 00:19:51.390 - spinach. I have a whole bag of spinach over there. Please see me privately. I could share some of that. 00:19:51.390 --> 00:19:58.654 - So thank you. Thank you so much, Robert and Yuan. I really appreciate your generosity. 00:19:59.010 --> 00:20:06.716 - Now, something interesting that Robert and Yuan have shared with me is that their journey into farming 00:20:06.716 --> 00:20:14.047 - did not begin in agriculture, but in a shared belief that land can transform lives and strengthen 00:20:14.047 --> 00:20:21.828 - communities. And so I invite you to stay tuned to learn more. So Robert and Yuan, we are truly grateful 00:20:21.828 --> 00:20:24.222 - to have you here with us today. 00:20:24.386 --> 00:20:34.379 - And now I would like to invite us to give our guest a warm rotary welcome, but in a Kenyan style. Okay. 00:20:34.379 --> 00:20:44.565 - In Kenya, when we receive important guests, we show our appreciation through rhythmic clapping and gentle 00:20:44.565 --> 00:20:54.366 - stamping. So this is how it goes. We clap one, two, three, and one, two, three, and welcome. Welcome. 00:20:55.490 --> 00:21:09.267 - Yuan, we love you. We appreciate you. Thank you for coming. Welcome. Stop. Please, you're welcome, our 00:21:09.267 --> 00:21:11.006 - good friend. 00:21:27.394 --> 00:21:36.629 - Good morning. Good afternoon. I'm going to try my best to stay right here because I understand there's 00:21:36.629 --> 00:21:45.775 - a limitation with the camera and it's not going to be moving. So are we both in a good position to be 00:21:45.775 --> 00:21:54.831 - seen by the Zoom crowd? Yes. So I don't need to worry so much about speaking close to this mic here, 00:21:54.831 --> 00:21:57.342 - do I, since I have this on? 00:21:58.050 --> 00:22:09.822 - It's very nice to be here. And I sense there's a lot of kindred spirits and just some of the stories 00:22:09.822 --> 00:22:22.527 - and things that were set up here after we had sat down. So it's always important to be a part of a community 00:22:22.527 --> 00:22:27.422 - and to play a role in the community also. 00:22:28.674 --> 00:22:37.569 - In the year 2002, we met someone very special from Bloomington. We met Lucille Bertuccio. And it was 00:22:37.569 --> 00:22:46.552 - through Lucille that we really started our journey being a part of Bloomington. And we were living in 00:22:46.552 --> 00:22:55.006 - Brown County at the time, but we had really a strong desire to meet more people in Bloomington. 00:22:55.170 --> 00:23:04.619 - and in a community that had been very welcoming and open to people from many places and many different 00:23:04.619 --> 00:23:14.069 - kinds of backgrounds. And so Lucille was a dynamic personality and someone that we clung to and stayed 00:23:14.069 --> 00:23:22.142 - under her wing for many, many years. We learned a lot about the care of the environment 00:23:22.530 --> 00:23:30.132 - and about native species and plants. And we created a huge garden in Brown County, focused on that. 00:23:30.132 --> 00:23:38.115 - We also became a part of the program that Lucille was leading through the Center for Sustainable Living, 00:23:38.115 --> 00:23:45.793 - which was through the National Wildlife Federation, was the backyard habitat program. And we learned 00:23:45.793 --> 00:23:48.606 - to become backyard habitat stewards. 00:23:50.018 --> 00:23:59.830 - We did several classes where we trained others to be a part of that program. We installed backyard habitats 00:23:59.830 --> 00:24:08.915 - in people's yards, in churches, businesses, not-for-profits, and schools and hospitals. And through 00:24:08.915 --> 00:24:18.091 - those years, we developed good relationships and long-lasting relationships with the people who were 00:24:18.091 --> 00:24:19.454 - stewards along 00:24:19.682 --> 00:24:29.532 - with us and we continued to laugh at a lot of the adventures that Lucille got herself into with the 00:24:29.532 --> 00:24:39.480 - city of Bloomington and trying to stay under the radar with how yards were cared for and what it was 00:24:39.480 --> 00:24:48.542 - to raise natives within the city. So in a few years after getting involved in that program, 00:24:48.898 --> 00:24:57.089 - We helped Bloomington become a citywide habitat community. It was only the 25th in the nation. And it 00:24:57.089 --> 00:25:05.280 - was a big accomplishment for us and for those who were working with us. So when this was all done and 00:25:05.280 --> 00:25:13.551 - we got our recognition from the mayor of Bloomington at the time, we looked at each other and we said, 00:25:13.551 --> 00:25:17.566 - what's next? And so we had a desire to grow food. 00:25:17.986 --> 00:25:26.280 - and move a little bit beyond only growing natives, although we wanted to keep that a part of what we 00:25:26.280 --> 00:25:34.738 - were doing. And we decided that the way to do that was to create a farm, to create a 21st century farm 00:25:34.738 --> 00:25:43.279 - with a piece of land that really was not in the best condition. And we wanted to bring it back to life. 00:25:43.279 --> 00:25:46.974 - And so in 2012, we founded Sobera Mesa Farm, 00:25:48.034 --> 00:25:57.179 - And the idea of the farm was that we would not just have a farm that was raising food for us, but we 00:25:57.179 --> 00:26:06.685 - wanted to share that farm with the community around us. So we created a structure of bringing in schools 00:26:06.685 --> 00:26:16.283 - and senior citizen groups. What else was it we brought? Tours for the community. Tours for the community. 00:26:16.283 --> 00:26:17.822 - And so we had to 00:26:17.954 --> 00:26:27.220 - start from the ground up with just a piece of land that had cattle on it and nothing else, and it did 00:26:27.220 --> 00:26:36.758 - not have access to water, to municipal water. And in Monroe County and Brown County both, very difficult 00:26:36.758 --> 00:26:46.750 - to be able to drill for a well. And so this land was in Monroe County. It was really close to Unionville. And 00:26:47.010 --> 00:26:55.357 - So we decided that we would try our best to get municipal water, and in the end, we finally did. We 00:26:55.357 --> 00:27:03.705 - also brought a barn from Fort Wayne area, and we had the barn reconstructed by a group of Amish. It 00:27:03.705 --> 00:27:12.303 - was a barn from 1850, and it was an English threshing barn. It was not the type of barn you would find 00:27:12.303 --> 00:27:16.894 - in southern Indiana. And then we brought a hoop house, 00:27:17.282 --> 00:27:28.546 - for growing food through help with the NRCS Natural Resource Conservation Service. And we created a 00:27:28.546 --> 00:27:40.262 - structure for tools and another barn was built by the Amish for the goats and the chickens. And finally 00:27:40.262 --> 00:27:44.542 - in the end in 2018, we built a house. 00:27:44.962 --> 00:27:54.118 - So it was really a six year journey of trying to create a barn from the bottom up and trying to grow 00:27:54.118 --> 00:28:03.274 - orchards and perennials and annuals and try to improve the way the land was, the resources that were 00:28:03.274 --> 00:28:12.430 - falling on the land we wanted to capture and that required utilizing permaculture principles. And we 00:28:12.430 --> 00:28:13.790 - dove into that 00:28:13.890 --> 00:28:23.900 - head on and didn't even have our certificate in permaculture yet after we'd already started the farm. 00:28:23.900 --> 00:28:33.909 - But we knew that was really a concept that we agreed with because it included natives and it included 00:28:33.909 --> 00:28:43.134 - animals. And so from that, we finished creating the farm and then finally in around, I think, 00:28:44.258 --> 00:28:53.006 - Somewhere in there between 2014 and 2016, we had a visit from the Washington Mandela Fellows. They came 00:28:53.006 --> 00:29:01.754 - to Bloomington. It was a program that was created under the Obama administration in 2014. And they were 00:29:01.754 --> 00:29:10.585 - a group of young professional Africans who came from various nations. And there was a group of thousands 00:29:10.585 --> 00:29:13.950 - of them that came to the United States. 00:29:14.050 --> 00:29:21.974 - They visited different cities. They were divided into groups of about 20 or 30 people and they came 00:29:21.974 --> 00:29:30.295 - to Bloomington. When we learned they were coming, we really wanted to welcome them and come to our farm. 00:29:30.295 --> 00:29:38.774 - And we learned so much from them in that one day. And we learned that, you know, this was really something 00:29:38.774 --> 00:29:41.310 - that was an inspiration for us. 00:29:41.602 --> 00:29:50.009 - and that we needed to make sure that we included other cultures in the sort of in the movement and in 00:29:50.009 --> 00:29:58.746 - the advancement of the farm. We reached out to Exodus refugees in actually they were only in Indianapolis 00:29:58.746 --> 00:30:06.988 - at that time. We did not have a program set up yet in Bloomington. And so we tried to get people to 00:30:06.988 --> 00:30:09.790 - come to work with us at the farm. 00:30:10.338 --> 00:30:18.680 - We knew that there were people who were refugees that came to Indiana that had a lot of experience in 00:30:18.680 --> 00:30:26.859 - growing food and would certainly have different ideas and different skills than what we had. And we 00:30:26.859 --> 00:30:35.365 - wanted to learn from them and we wanted to teach them. And so we were successful eventually in bringing 00:30:35.365 --> 00:30:40.190 - refugees to the farm and we were able to train six of them 00:30:40.770 --> 00:30:48.893 - over the course of the last few years. And we worked closely with Exodus in providing what we felt was 00:30:48.893 --> 00:30:56.858 - really a form of employment for people who didn't have a lot of great options in Bloomington. And we 00:30:56.858 --> 00:31:05.060 - knew that there was healing in the land. Putting your fingers into the soil is a way to heal the spirit 00:31:05.060 --> 00:31:09.950 - and the soul. And so that's very emotional for me, excuse me. 00:31:14.050 --> 00:31:20.850 - will continue. So yes, through the process, we saw the transformation when they go after, you know, 00:31:20.850 --> 00:31:27.718 - living with trauma and all the experiences, how slowly they were changing and really being part of a 00:31:27.718 --> 00:31:33.566 - community that we need were farmers here. So we decided from there to start teaching. 00:31:33.666 --> 00:31:40.829 - them how to grow on a seasonal environment because a lot of them come from the tropics like myself. 00:31:40.829 --> 00:31:47.993 - So they knew or they know how to grow food, especially summer crops, but not the ones from the cold 00:31:47.993 --> 00:31:55.442 - season. So then we decided the best way would be let's create a foundation because we need the support, 00:31:55.442 --> 00:32:00.958 - funds especially, to really put a program that we will be able to teach them 00:32:01.154 --> 00:32:09.356 - create like internship, they would be paid well and after that they could stay at the farm or the location 00:32:09.356 --> 00:32:17.021 - farming and create a micro business. They could learn how to do a CSA or sell a farm stand. Anyway, 00:32:17.021 --> 00:32:24.840 - so we, yeah, be integrated in the community even with the limitations of English, they still would be 00:32:24.840 --> 00:32:29.822 - a very, very important thing for us here. So that's what we did. 00:32:30.178 --> 00:32:39.581 - we create a foundation. And one of our board members used to be the director of IU Campus Farm. And 00:32:39.581 --> 00:32:49.267 - he told us IU doesn't want to do or continue with the program. And we started a relationship with the, 00:32:49.267 --> 00:32:57.918 - what is the name of the place? Sorry, the- Inkle Garden. Yes, thank you. So from there, we, 00:32:58.050 --> 00:33:07.323 - we got a grant and we were able to lease the land. So now the training farm, let's say that way, is 00:33:07.323 --> 00:33:16.595 - going to be here in town, which is much easier for them. They could walk, bike, or take a bus to go 00:33:16.595 --> 00:33:23.550 - to the place. And the idea, so we are going to start like a community farm 00:33:23.874 --> 00:33:32.480 - which all of them will farm together, share responsibilities, and share the produce to the community. 00:33:32.480 --> 00:33:41.760 - So in the excess or the abundance, we will be sent to a bank or food bank. And we already have a relationship 00:33:41.760 --> 00:33:50.366 - with a penalty 279. And so that's what we're going to do, something else. Part of the seed money that 00:33:50.850 --> 00:33:58.995 - came to help us support the project, came through Farm Aid. Probably many of you have heard of that. 00:33:58.995 --> 00:34:07.300 - A group of musicians started that in the early 1980s, and it's gone on to be really a nationwide event 00:34:07.300 --> 00:34:15.526 - hosted in various states. In 2023, it was hosted in Fishers, Indiana, and they invite us to be one of 00:34:15.526 --> 00:34:20.606 - the featured farms at the event. So through that relationship, 00:34:20.738 --> 00:34:30.770 - Um, we sort of, uh, asked for support. We got it. And we have tried to work with a grant writer since 00:34:30.770 --> 00:34:40.998 - then also. And that has been very challenging because as you know, grants are very limited now and more 00:34:40.998 --> 00:34:50.046 - people are trying to get the same grant as everyone else is. So it's extremely competitive. 00:34:50.498 --> 00:34:59.363 - And we have had minimal success with the grants, but we were not, we were not giving up our passion 00:34:59.363 --> 00:35:08.937 - to do this project and to do yet something else for the community of Bloomington, for refugees, immigrants, 00:35:08.937 --> 00:35:17.890 - and for other people also who wish to become a part of an emerging farmer training. So that's really 00:35:17.890 --> 00:35:19.486 - where we are now. 00:35:19.778 --> 00:35:28.322 - We've been hitting the apartment complexes, the housing areas all around what is now we're calling the 00:35:28.322 --> 00:35:36.866 - Daisy Garden Community Farm. And we've already gotten several people very interested and we're excited 00:35:36.866 --> 00:35:45.244 - to see what they bring, the energy they bring and to create something that is unique in Bloomington. 00:35:45.244 --> 00:35:48.894 - It's very different than a community garden 00:35:49.058 --> 00:35:56.389 - where people have small plots. The idea behind this is really focused on trying to bring people together 00:35:56.389 --> 00:36:03.510 - to create a farm, to work together, to take care of everybody's crops, and everybody gets to share in 00:36:03.510 --> 00:36:10.701 - the abundance, and we get to give back. And we give back to pantries where many of the same people are 00:36:10.701 --> 00:36:15.518 - already going and trying to feed their families from those pantries. 00:36:16.962 --> 00:36:28.656 - So we're going to start now with the slides. So as you can see here in this picture, it's a group of 00:36:28.656 --> 00:36:40.581 - people who look like they're at a workshop. And the gentleman on the right is Jairo Restrepo. He lives 00:36:40.581 --> 00:36:44.286 - in Colombia and was born there. 00:36:44.770 --> 00:36:54.421 - He has traveled around the world and we were very lucky to have him here in Bloomington twice so far. 00:36:54.421 --> 00:37:03.978 - Three times. Three times so far. He does a workshop and intensive training for four days on specific 00:37:03.978 --> 00:37:13.534 - type of regenerative agriculture, creating amendments and learning how to bring to the land what you 00:37:13.698 --> 00:37:23.307 - are produced at the land, which you already have there. This picture here is a part of the area where 00:37:23.307 --> 00:37:31.880 - we're growing food. We use a lot of companion planting, because if you recall, I mentioned 00:37:31.880 --> 00:37:42.526 - about permaculture. And this is the same type of concept that we want to use at the Daisy Garten community farm. 00:37:43.234 --> 00:37:50.676 - The produce that we're going to be growing, again, it's to help many of the participants to feed their 00:37:50.676 --> 00:37:57.973 - families and also to grow, we're going to be growing in abundance so that they can find other people 00:37:57.973 --> 00:38:05.631 - in their community, whether it's their church community or their language community, their friend network 00:38:05.631 --> 00:38:07.582 - who would be interested in 00:38:07.810 --> 00:38:18.162 - supporting them through this venture by purchasing a community-supported ag share. And the idea is that 00:38:18.162 --> 00:38:28.216 - they're going to be earning while they learn. So there'll be growing food and selling food and we'll 00:38:28.216 --> 00:38:34.686 - be acting sort of as the arm that's the market manager for them. 00:38:38.050 --> 00:38:55.189 - That's our mission statement. This young gentleman here is from Syria. His name is Wael and he's been 00:38:55.189 --> 00:39:04.766 - at our farm for almost three years. This talks about the 00:39:04.898 --> 00:39:14.578 - the foundation and how the farm was working closely with the foundation to provide some of the support 00:39:14.578 --> 00:39:24.258 - and partial infrastructure. And this is our team on the board right now. We are looking for more board 00:39:24.258 --> 00:39:33.374 - members. That's it. I think that's all. So we would love to hear from you if you have questions. 00:39:33.954 --> 00:39:43.743 - We would be happy to answer them. Where is your farm located? So the farm is close to Unionville on 00:39:43.743 --> 00:39:53.533 - Mount Gilead Road. It's probably from here, 20 minutes at the most, depending on the traffic. Yeah, 00:39:53.533 --> 00:40:03.518 - I see some bikers here that pass by. I just saw them. So it's a really friendly road for bikers, too. 00:40:05.538 --> 00:40:29.105 - Hi, I was wondering if you're going to have a farm stand as well as the CSA. Yes, we are. Yes. There 00:40:29.105 --> 00:40:34.238 - is one question here. 00:40:34.658 --> 00:40:44.993 - Really upright. I saw James Farmer's name there. And if I recall correctly, he was doing the IU garden. 00:40:44.993 --> 00:40:54.931 - And I think that is no more. And that space, are you using that space there? Right there on, we all 00:40:54.931 --> 00:41:02.782 - know where it is there, on 10th and Fee Lane. Right. So this is where you have 00:41:03.330 --> 00:41:15.400 - some of the training going on. Yes. Yes. Okay. So that people don't have to get out to Mount Gilead 00:41:15.400 --> 00:41:28.194 - Road. No, no, but if you want, you're welcome. Thank you. Thank you. I just wanted to get that clarified. 00:41:28.194 --> 00:41:33.022 - Yeah. I get you exercising. We were at, 00:41:33.698 --> 00:41:40.603 - Sober Mesa Farm a few years ago with the fourth grade or third grade visits. Our Rotary Club, it was 00:41:40.603 --> 00:41:47.713 - our district grant for that year. Maybe some of, I don't know, were any of you, any other of you there? 00:41:47.713 --> 00:41:54.823 - Yeah, Sally was there. But I'm wondering if that's still going on. Can they still do the farm to school 00:41:54.823 --> 00:42:02.206 - program? They will do that again in the fall. I believe September, October probably, yeah. We got an email. 00:42:02.562 --> 00:42:11.969 - from Stephanie, who is the person in charge coordinating the program at the beginning of March. 00:42:11.969 --> 00:42:21.965 - So in May, she said we will exchange more emails to find the dates for the schools to come. What part 00:42:21.965 --> 00:42:32.254 - of this are you doing at the Henkel farmhouse area? So mostly the training. So we will teach them how to 00:42:32.546 --> 00:42:41.054 - work through the seasons and use high tunnels or hoop houses to extend the season. So they could go 00:42:41.054 --> 00:42:49.647 - farther close to December or overwinter the crops. That way we will have food or they will have food 00:42:49.647 --> 00:42:51.774 - all year round. Welcome. 00:43:00.610 --> 00:43:07.859 - Thank you so much, Robert and Yuan, for your presentation. Mine is not a question, but just a word of 00:43:07.859 --> 00:43:15.464 - appreciation. I know I worked with you on Sobromesa Farm. When I met Robert and Yuan, I had been requested 00:43:15.464 --> 00:43:22.713 - by Exodus Refugees Immigration to go to the Sobromesa Farm to help with the translation, because they 00:43:22.713 --> 00:43:25.982 - were working with immigrants from East Africa 00:43:26.306 --> 00:43:33.978 - who actually had zero skills of English communication skills. And so they could only speak Swahili and 00:43:33.978 --> 00:43:41.800 - so they needed a translator. So I went there and worked with Robert and Yuan and they were doing amazing 00:43:41.800 --> 00:43:49.472 - job because their activity was transformational. They were getting these immigrants who came here with 00:43:49.472 --> 00:43:50.366 - zero skills 00:43:50.690 --> 00:43:57.370 - with no employment opportunity and started them off by offering them employment, nurturing them. And 00:43:57.370 --> 00:44:04.181 - it was just amazing to see the growth of those immigrants. And I just want to appreciate you and thank 00:44:04.181 --> 00:44:06.430 - you so much for that amazing job. 00:44:21.890 --> 00:44:30.443 - We're going to get two for one here. How do you decide which animals? I mean, the goats and chickens 00:44:30.443 --> 00:44:39.420 - are an interesting combination. And then about the vegetation that you're planting, what are you planting 00:44:39.420 --> 00:44:47.973 - this year? That's a very good question and a tricky one. So animals are a very important part of the 00:44:47.973 --> 00:44:51.614 - cycle when you try to create an ecosystem. 00:44:51.906 --> 00:44:59.342 - Like in the woods, there are so many creatures contributing to the fertilization of the woods. So we 00:44:59.342 --> 00:45:06.926 - are trying to do the same here. So we bring animals to help with the manure, help to the pest control, 00:45:06.926 --> 00:45:14.583 - and also to the enjoyment when you see those dogs, guinea fowl, and the goats running around. So that's 00:45:14.583 --> 00:45:16.350 - also good for our soul. 00:45:20.834 --> 00:45:30.098 - Thank you very much for this. Would you explain one more time, where is the farmer's market going to 00:45:30.098 --> 00:45:39.271 - be, the farm stand going to be? So the Hinkle Garden Farmstead, which is there across from IU, some 00:45:39.271 --> 00:45:49.086 - of the IU buildings, and it's really, the whole property is on the corner, basically, at Pete Ellis Drive. 00:45:49.346 --> 00:45:57.571 - and 10th Street or 45. And so a portion of that farm has been rented out previously to create the IU 00:45:57.571 --> 00:46:05.796 - campus farm. That's about eight acres. And so that section there is where we're going to be farming. 00:46:05.796 --> 00:46:13.940 - There are hoop houses there. There's a fence that was constructed. There's orchards. There are some 00:46:13.940 --> 00:46:19.070 - other perennial crops there as well. And there are bees there. 00:46:19.714 --> 00:46:27.844 - So we're excited to manage that. And we're going to allow part of that decision about what is going 00:46:27.844 --> 00:46:36.300 - to be grown as far as annual crops to the participants. Some of them may have very specific ideas about 00:46:36.300 --> 00:46:44.511 - types of crops they want to grow. And we'll have to try to help adapt that idea maybe to things that 00:46:44.511 --> 00:46:48.414 - will be more successful in the Indiana climate. 00:46:49.250 --> 00:46:58.592 - But certainly vegetables around the world share a lot of things in common. And so I think we can find 00:46:58.592 --> 00:47:08.209 - something that will work. We've been very fortunate. We got a lot of donations from companies for seeds. 00:47:08.209 --> 00:47:17.918 - We've tried really hard to get donations for tools. We're still working on that. And yeah. I was into it. 00:47:18.082 --> 00:47:29.090 - You probably all know the post office on 10th Street. It's just across from the post office. Any questions? 00:47:29.090 --> 00:47:39.384 - So what's the backstory? How did you guys get together? How did you decide to embark on this? What's 00:47:39.384 --> 00:47:47.742 - the origin story? Well, we both met here at IU. Juan Carlos was taking classes in 00:47:48.258 --> 00:47:57.326 - English? English. And I was here interpreting. I was interpreting in the program for a young lady who 00:47:57.326 --> 00:48:06.304 - was from Puerto Rico. And I was a trilingual interpreter, so I knew Spanish, American Sign Language, 00:48:06.304 --> 00:48:15.550 - and English. And so I was using all those three languages with her to help her move through the program 00:48:15.550 --> 00:48:17.150 - to learn English. 00:48:17.346 --> 00:48:24.979 - And we met in the hallway one day and also at the, what was that house called? The International House. 00:48:24.979 --> 00:48:32.685 - Yeah. And so every Thursday they would have like a coffee hour and it was like United Nations. Everybody 00:48:32.685 --> 00:48:40.538 - was supposed to be there practicing English, but that was not happening. Everybody was practicing culture, 00:48:40.538 --> 00:48:45.822 - their culture. And so they would all form into groups and they were all 00:48:46.274 --> 00:48:53.665 - speaking in their own language. And I was able to sort of navigate the Spanish department and help bring 00:48:53.665 --> 00:49:00.774 - this young lady into that and help her communicate with them. So that's where we met. And that's how 00:49:00.774 --> 00:49:08.025 - it all got started. Yeah. And for me, it was, I mean, I didn't know English then, so it was a good way 00:49:08.025 --> 00:49:15.134 - to connect to the community in town. And that's why we started volunteering with Lucille at the CSL. 00:49:17.794 --> 00:49:23.985 - I saw there was another question. I'll say I'll throw in one real quick one, too. So the reason they're 00:49:23.985 --> 00:49:30.177 - here today is that Liz Irwin said, I know this thing called the some rest of some remains of foundation 00:49:30.177 --> 00:49:36.130 - is run by a guy named Robert fruit. And I'm like, what? I know, Robert, how this I don't understand 00:49:36.130 --> 00:49:42.202 - the connection here. So I've known Robert for 10 years as an ASL interpreter. He's been supplying ASL 00:49:42.202 --> 00:49:46.846 - interpreters to me in the community for various programs that I run it at the 00:49:47.362 --> 00:49:54.225 - at the city. And so I was like, Oh, yeah, I'd love to connect up with them. But Wilson probably knows 00:49:54.225 --> 00:50:01.088 - them a lot better. So let's have them introduce them. So how does that come into play? I mean, you're 00:50:01.088 --> 00:50:07.952 - doing that full time, right, Robert? And you're doing this farming. So really, you know, farmers have 00:50:07.952 --> 00:50:14.949 - to juggle a lot of different things in today, particularly when you're not doing traditional crops like 00:50:14.949 --> 00:50:16.766 - corn, bean and, and wheat. 00:50:17.282 --> 00:50:26.797 - So we have to have all farm jobs. And both of us work as interpreters. And I had an interpreting agency. 00:50:26.797 --> 00:50:36.131 - I still do. I'm still using that to help support the farm and to help with all facets of it, including 00:50:36.131 --> 00:50:45.918 - working with the foundation. So that interpreting agency provides interpreters in many different languages. 00:50:46.018 --> 00:50:55.389 - We do some of that for IU, do it for the state of Indiana, and for a lot of doctor's offices. That's 00:50:55.389 --> 00:51:04.852 - really the core in hospitals throughout sort of the central and south central part of Indiana. And so 00:51:04.852 --> 00:51:14.408 - that's how that is sort of woven into the farm. And we might have a question online. Laurie, was there 00:51:14.408 --> 00:51:15.614 - anybody? No? 00:51:15.714 --> 00:51:25.268 - Okay. The thing that fascinated me the most when we were there was the idea that of climate change, 00:51:25.268 --> 00:51:34.822 - you know, agriculture, ahead of climate change, and you were growing things that that were right on 00:51:34.822 --> 00:51:43.230 - the northern possible most possible moment, you know, part of the country thinking that 00:51:43.778 --> 00:51:52.440 - things were going to be moving north. Could you talk about that a little bit? Do you want to mention? 00:51:52.440 --> 00:52:01.272 - Okay. So, you know, one of the things that attracted us originally to doing the farming was number one, 00:52:01.272 --> 00:52:09.764 - natives, and they're very resilient. And there are a lot of natives that provide food and sometimes 00:52:09.764 --> 00:52:11.038 - superfoods and 00:52:11.362 --> 00:52:20.160 - We also relied upon permaculture to help us in the selection of different cultivars that were coming 00:52:20.160 --> 00:52:29.218 - from Kentucky and in the hopes that as climate was changing here, things were warming up, that we would 00:52:29.218 --> 00:52:38.016 - be able to grow things, which when I grew up in, I'm from Kokomo originally, we were in zone five at 00:52:38.016 --> 00:52:38.974 - that time. 00:52:39.394 --> 00:52:48.761 - went to 5A, 5B, and really now we're sort of 6A. And so that transition is really accommodated a lot 00:52:48.761 --> 00:52:58.129 - through permaculture. And so we chose those cultivars that could deal with some of that weather. You 00:52:58.129 --> 00:53:07.774 - try to purchase trees, fruiting trees that are dwarf and semi-dwarf, that are considered late blooming. 00:53:08.866 --> 00:53:17.114 - And sometimes that was not possible. We ended up with a few early blooming things. And that has been 00:53:17.114 --> 00:53:26.015 - a challenge every year. We have them there for the beauty, for the bees, which is important, very important. 00:53:26.015 --> 00:53:33.854 - But we don't often get fruit from them because we now have so many changes in weather patterns. 00:53:34.018 --> 00:53:44.083 - And this year, for example, we will have very few pairs. If any, we will have no plums. Uh, 00:53:44.083 --> 00:53:55.024 - we will not have, possibly not have peaches. We'll see. Um, and apples we don't know yet. So that's 00:53:55.024 --> 00:53:59.838 - really the state of the affairs of farmers. 00:54:00.002 --> 00:54:08.451 - in Indiana and through this whole belt that runs through the Midwest. And it's a difficult journey for 00:54:08.451 --> 00:54:17.311 - all of us. Yeah, and I want to say too, so since we don't use any chemicals, so it's always experimentation 00:54:17.311 --> 00:54:26.334 - and learning how we're going to work with nature that benefits us with the special fruits that we're growing. 00:54:26.754 --> 00:54:35.936 - But yeah, it's a huge challenge for not only for us, for all the farmers in all the places here in North 00:54:35.936 --> 00:54:44.855 - America, Europe too. It's going to be tough. Can I just mention, since I'm online, that you can go to 00:54:44.855 --> 00:54:52.638 - their website and sign up for their newsletter and also to get information on their CSA? 00:54:56.898 --> 00:55:03.790 - Robert and Juan Carlos, thank you very much for most interesting presentation. I think you have a room 00:55:03.790 --> 00:55:10.548 - full of future customers here. So hopefully, the weather will cooperate. I want to thank you for the 00:55:10.548 --> 00:55:17.240 - presentation. In honor of your talk, a donation we made this quarter to Amethyst House, I'd like to 00:55:17.240 --> 00:55:23.998 - thank today's volunteers, Ruth Boschkopf, Katie Cerniak, Wilson Cetandi, Laurie Garrity, Kim Jessen, 00:55:24.578 --> 00:55:31.794 - Ashley Wesley, Michael Shermas, Jeff Richardson, Mike Baker. Our next regular meeting will be April 00:55:31.794 --> 00:55:39.083 - 7th, will be downstairs in the Georgian room. Club member Dr. Mark A. Winston will speak to us about 00:55:39.083 --> 00:55:46.516 - strong schools, strong community, strong future. Please join us. So Tyler, if you'd put up the graphic 00:55:46.516 --> 00:55:51.134 - for the four way test, please stand if you are able and join me 00:55:55.202 --> 00:56:02.992 - of the things we think, say, or do. First, is it the truth? Second, is it fair to all concern? Third, 00:56:02.992 --> 00:56:10.934 - will it build goodwill and better friendships? Fourth, will it be beneficial to all concern? And fifth, 00:56:10.934 --> 00:56:11.774 - is it fun?