April 16, 2024 Meeting Notes

Our Tuesday, April 16, 2024, Rotary Club of Wenatchee Sunrise was called to order by President-Elect Rebecca Lyons. The Pledge of Allegiance was recited, a moment of silence followed, and "Say Howdy" followed with members greeting each other and our guests.

Our guests for this meeting were Dan Feil, soon-to-be new member, Chris (Emma Crowe's fiancé), Veronica Masuda (Taro's daughter) and our Youth Exchange student Laerke. The Apple Blossom Royalty and their chaperons were introduced as the meeting's speakers.

Announcements

Alan Walker Club Secretary, read the minutes of the Board Meeting, and reminded club members that the Board meeting is now being held on first Thursday of each month at 7 am in the basement of the Maple Street Cashmere Valley Bank.

    -A multi-year planning session is being planned. Board Member Allie Schank will send an online poll to those club members who volunteered to be part of this planning session. The poll will ask recipients the days in late April and early May when they would be able to meet. This planning session should be completed by mid-May.

    - Dan Feil's membership application was approved by the Board of Directors. We welcome Dan to our club. His induction into the club will be at a future meeting.

    -Club member Joel McDonald has resigned from the Rotary Club of Wenatchee Sunrise and has joined another area Rotary Club.

    -Due to an accounting error, the increase in District 5060 and Rotary International's dues was not paid. The club dues will increase by $40 per year and will show as a $10 increase on member's quarterly billing.

Alan also announced that he was still seeking volunteers for the Apple Blossom Youth Parade on Saturday, April 27, 2024, from 7:30 am to about 1 pm. Volunteers will be given keepsake Apple Blossom Festival T-shirts to keep. Duties included keeping vehicles off the parade route, and answering questions like "When is my son's Cub Scout group coming in the parade?" Sequence of parade groups and floats will be provided to volunteers on a handy clipboard! You also get to use a walkie-talkie radio, too. See Alan to volunteer or sign-up online. 

Julie and Joel Banken just returned from Youth Exchange events in Canada.

Wayne Massing announced that the Road Apple Roulette tickets sales has reached 2418, almost 48% of the 5,000 tickets that are available. The Cafe La Vie En tickets sales were good for the first shift, but not for the second one. Therefore, the Friday, April 19th tickets sales at Cafe La Vie En will just be from 8-10 am. Those who have signed up have been notified of the time changes. Also, the ticket sales at Firehouse Pets and Trek Bicycle were spotty, and not very productive. We will drop the plans to have sales at those 2 sites on Saturday, 20 April. At our April 23rd club meeting, we will have more information about our booth in the Food Court and have a sign-up list for volunteers wishing to sell tickets there. Youth Parade on Saturday and lots of people eating Funnel Cakes (just across from our Rotary ticket table)!!

Rebecca Lyons attended the Environmental event at Pybus over the weekend. Zero Waste at Apple Blossom is an achievable goal. Volunteers in the Food Court of Memorial Park will assist Apple Blossom attendees in separating garbage from recycled materials. Last year, the amount of garbage going to the landfill was reduced by 50%. An even greater amount of recycling is anticipated this year.

Jim Adamson reminded the club that the Fellowship Committee has put together a social event at a woodshop in Cashmere to drink wine and use power tools to make "Shark-cutery" boards on April 29th. More details later.

Kelly Walker reminded the club of a free Fraud Awareness workshop at Pybus Tues. April 16th at 7 pm. Learn how not to be scammed and your bank account compromised.

Youth Exchange Update

Our Inbound Youth Exchange student Laerke gave us an update on her YE activities. She spent 1 week in Hawaii, and got to surf. There were about 85 other Youth Exchange students there as well. After returning to the mainland, she flew to New York City and met up with 61 YE students there. After seeing the major sights of the Big Apple, they flew to Washington, DC where they toured the capital and other historic sights. An inbound orientation was just held in BC, Canada.

Brags and Confessions

Emma Crowe bragged about having just returned from Burundi, Africa, with her Sister Connection manager Craig Reese (and Rotary Club of Wenatchee Sunrise President). She slept on the flight home and was able to attend the 7 am club meeting. Craig was NOT able to sleep on the plane and took two days off work! Emma and Chris are looking for a wedding venue!

Alan Walker enjoyed spending a birthday for his 87-year-old mother in Ellensburg.

Sgt. at Arms

David Barshes was given an award for his work in a local theatre group. He previously agreed to pay a fine for overlooking this publication of his award.

Allie Schank came in late and paid a small Happy Buck fine to Earl, our treasurer.

Program Speakers

Jim Adamson introduced our speakers for today's program. Apple Blossom Festival Royalty and their chaperons. Queen Ella Stimmel (Eastmont High School), Princess Jennisa Hepton and Princess Lexie Fennell. Chaperons are Ceci Wood and Jan Crollard. Link for more royalty information: 2024 Royal Court — Washington State Apple Blossom Festival

Queen Ells detailed the Royalty selection process, and the scholarships that are available to the selected Queen and Princesses, plus other top 5 Royalty candidates.

Clothing was a big topic of discussion for the girls. Macy's provided the pink jackets (and matching pants). Other clothing was donated from different stores. There are different combinations of clothing and jewelry for each day, so a spreadsheet is used to let the Royalty how to dress for each occasion. Outfits are labeled A-M on the spreadsheet.

The Royalty sang a song that they composed. Very nice!

They will participate in other parades in Manson, Spokane, Seattle, Olympia, Penticton, Cashmere and Maysville.

A tour to Olympia to meet Washington Representative Brad Hawkins was a big deal for the Royalty! A song being sung there didn't go quite right, so they did a do-over!

Tuesday, April 16th, they were visiting Blossom Valley Assisted Living center to meet some of the residents there!

Wednesday, April 17th is the day that Royalty gets to see their Apple Blossom float for the first time! Exciting!

The Royalty offered the official Apple Blossom Festival pins for sale for $5.

Club President Rebecca presented each of the Royalty with a gift from our club!

Raffle

Kevin offered Queen Ella the chance to pick the winning raffle ticket, and she picked her own! She was not able to pick the magic marble to win the $100+ prize.

Joke

Mark VanHorne took off his crown for Dance King at the Wenatchee Wild hockey game to put on his Joker hat. "What do you can a paper airplane that doesn't fly? STATIONERY"

President Rebecca banged a gong and adjourned the meeting at 8 am.

April 9 Meeting Notes

The meeting was opened by Pres-elect Rebecca, who then introduced visiting Rotarian Dan Feil (E. Wen) and guests Jerrilea Crawford (E. Wenatchee Mayor), Veronica Masuda (Taro's daughter), and Isabell VanWeerdhuizen (Kaitlyn's new baby daughter).  Also attending were State Treasurer Mike Pellicciotti and his Chief of Staff, Anna Borris.

Announcements

Laerke was not here today, but just got back from a great trip to New York.  She will be joining Abby Prieto (our new outbound youth exchange student), Abby's parents, and Joel and Julie Banken in Penticton this weekend for the district YE outbound student orientation.

Road Apple Roulette - 2125 tickets sold so far.  KPQ and NCW Life will interview our club members about our RAR fundraiser.

Upcoming places to sell: 

• LaVie En - April 12  April 19 from 8:00-11:00
• Firehouse Pet Store - April 13 & 20 from 10:00-2:00
• Apple Blossom Memorial Park - April 27 and 28 - time to be determined
• All Service Club Luncheon - May 1 - 11:15-1:30

Thursday at 7:00pm will be an environmental movie at the museum sponsored by the area Rotary clubs.  They will even have some plant-based food to try.

Earth Day at Pybus is this Saturday.  They will have an e-waste recycling station for computers and other electronic gadget to recycle.

Watch your email for a poll to find out what date is most preferred for our Multi-year Planning session.  This will be led by a district facilitator, and will get us on the way to planning the next few years for our club.  It is important to get 10-15 members to participate.

Brags & Confessions

Taro just returned for chaperoning an 8th/9th grade field trip to New York and Washington DC.

Wayne reported that Mansour is now back from wintering in Phoenix, but fell and injured his hip.

Program 

 Washington State Treasurer, Mike Pellicciotti, gave a financial "state of the state" presentation.  Mike has been the Treasurer since 2020.  He discussed what the Office of the Treasury does, some of the issues involving finances, and left time for questions.

Basically, the office manages state and local investments ($180B), debt, bonds and financing, serves as the state bank (cash flow), and oversees the financial policies for the other state commissions.

Washington currently has the highest AAA credit rating.  The state has saved over $532M by refinancing state loans before the interest rates increased, so we have more to spend on state and local projects.

His office has made a push to get required financial education in the schools.  There are 70 people serving in the Treasury Office.  Mike indicated that the financial health of the state has improved and is in good shape.

After Notes

Kevin's raffle ticket was drawn and he went for the $138 marble pot - but failed to pick the right marble.

April 2 Meeting Notes

President-elect Rebecca opened the meeting.  She welcomed guests Dan Feil (E Wen), AG Mike Kintner, and District Governor Nominee-designate Jill Leonard.

Announcements

We haven't seen Laerke in awhile.  She got back from a trip to Hawaii, and is now in New York.

April 9 is our monthly evening social at Helbent Taproom - 5:00 - 7:00.

Apple Blossom youth Parade Service Opportunity:

Apple Blossom Festival Youth Parade

Parade Route Marshall Volunteers

Saturday, April 27

7:30am to Noon

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090C4DAFA72DA7F58-48442481-2024

More information call:  

Alan Walker

509.929.1083

Monday, April 29 is a charcuterie board making and wine social in Cashmere at Jennifer's husband's shop.  The cost is $125 per person, or $175 for a couple (making one board), and includes making the board, wine, and small bites.  There is room for just two more people.  Contact Carol if you want to participate.

April 16 Cashmere Valley Bank is hosting "anti-fraud training" open to the public.  7:00pm at Pybus.

Road Apple Roulette update - 2071 tickets sold - goal is 5000.  NCW Life will give us a spot to advertise.  Wayne M thanked Kathleen for getting great sponsors, Wayne S for helping with the tickets and database, Emma for helping with the database, Earl for dealing with the money account, and Allie for the shirts and ticket design/printing.

Upcoming places to sell:

• April 12 & 19 at LaVie En
• April 13 & 20 at Firehouse Pet Store

Assistant Governor Mike Kintner gave updates on area and district activities.

• Rotary Learning Institute in Yakima, April 27 (Zoom - register at rotarydistrict5060.com)
• District Conference at Penticton, BC, May 2-5 (register at rotarydistrict5060.com)
• Online general business meeting, June 13 (Zoom - register at rotarydistrict5060.com)
• District Governor Changeover, June 26, time and place TBA
• Rotary night at the Applesox, June 25

Mike also let us know that the East Wenatchee Rotary Club is now meeting at noon on Thursdays at Bob's Burgers and Brew (a change from their morning meeting). Other area events include:

• Confluence club is looking for volunteers to help man the "Net 0 Waste" program the week in the park during Apple Blossom.
• East Wenatchee will be doing the Pikeminnow Derby again.
• Chelan Rotary Club will host the Cycle Chelan ride June 24.
• Leavenworth Rotary has the Roaring 20's dinner and auction on May 26.
• Cashmere Rotary is doing a Pickleball tournament June 29-30.

Brags & Confessions

• Wayne M lost the lock to our Rotary cabinet, bought a new one, and then found the old one wrapped in our banner.  He was also filmed in the Community Action Council food bank ribbon cutting along with Jim, Alan, Kelly, & Milt, who he fined later.
• Alan (CDCAC Director) bragged about the food bank opening and ribbon cutting, and thanked all who were involved.

Program

Kathleen introduced Elizabeth Kirby (zooming in form North Carolina) who is with the District and Club Database (DACdb) group.  She walked us through the Ignite mobile app, which is our new communication tool.  This app works with the DACdb software you can install on your computers and mobile devices.  The Ignite app gives club members easy access to 7 areas  - members, calendar, messaging, service project hours, photos of service projects/fundraising/club activities, prospective members, and your Foundation achievements.

The information links directly to our club information in DACdb, and to our club social media person.  We hope everyone will install the Ignite and DACdb apps on their phones, and update their photo and personal information.

After Notes

Mark's raffle ticket was drawn (again - 3 in a row), but he failed to pull the right marble after opting for the $125 pot.

March 26 meeting notes

President Craig opened the meeting and welcomed guests Dan Feil (E. Wen Rotary), and Gary Looney (former Sunrise member now in Arizona).

Announcements

Here is the link for last week's program on environmental sustainability presented by Rotarian Kris Cameron, and the sign up link to work a recycle station in the food/craft park during Apple Blossom.

Program - Presentation PowerPoint:

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1nEaeuy7gmSBmnH_HxbNlGsK61TzzqD2XmfixKZMSi7Q/edit?usp=sharing

Apple Blossom Volunteer Sign-up Sheet:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1df6q_K01tPyPDT2a4eurWihrtoM5e-hv6z4e0dBAwv8/edit?usp=sharing

Wayne announced that we have sold over 2000 tickets so far.  Keep selling.

Our new communications and database software (DACdb) training coming up - Thursday at 7:00 for the Board (anyone can join however), and Tuesday, April 2 at our club meeting for everyone to see how to use DACdb and the Ignite app.  Instructions on how to log in below.  Try to do this before the training.

Kathleen has purchased tickets to the All Service Club Luncheon on May 1.  We can get a second table if needed.  Contact Kathleen and give her a 26 check (or cash).  The featured speaker is Jen Meuller, an Emmy award winning producer and sports broadcaster based in Seattle.  She currently serves as the Seattle Seahawks radio sideline reporter and is a member of the Mariners television broadcast team.  She is a business communications expert and has published three books.

Rebecca asked everyone to complete the online survey she sent out last week.  Contact her if you didn't get one.  This information will help plan our next couple years.  Rebecca also sent around a list of next year's committees so you can think about which you would like to sign up for.

Our strategic planning event was cancelled due to lack of participation.  We can try again for a weeknight in April. More info to come.  

Brags and Confessions

Milt connected with one of his former challenge scholarship mentees who is in his third year of med school at UW.  He will be doing 10 months of rotations at CVCH in Wenatchee.

Kelly spent time with grandkids in Disneyland.

Alan didn't go to Disneyland, but had a birthday March 16 and was interviewed by NCW Life TV.

Becky is going to Paris for a week with her husband's business trip.

Mark said the museum's 3-D printing class will be from April 16- June 6.  He will celebrate his birthday Friday by going to the Wild Hockey playoff game.

Kathleen is back from Phoenix where she attended 4 baseball games.

Eric met his 4th grandchild, sold his house, and bought a condo by the golf club in East Wenatchee.

Wayne M had a birthday March 1 (he donated his years plus a late fee).

Craig will be leaving for three weeks in Burundi with a group of 12 (including Emma).  Rebecca will take over leading the meetings.

Kathleen announced that Jennifer completed all her new member tasks and is now officially a full member.  She was the program today.

Sgt at Arms - Wayne M

Rebecca and Emma were fined for being late.  Craig fined Wayne for getting Emma's name wrong.

Program

New member Jennifer Moraski gave a great classification talk with a picture slide show.

Check out her presentation by clicking here.

After Notes

Mark won the raffle draw AGAIN, but didn;t pull the right marble.

Here are a few pictures of Laerke visiting area Rotary Clubs while Carol and Jim sold raffle tickets.

Exchanging banners with Cashmere President Mark Shorb.

Presenting to East Wenatchee President Charlie Brown.

Exchanging banners with Leavenworth President Mahala Murphy Martin.

Jim selling tickets to Past District Governor Karl Ruether.

Presenting the poop raffle to the Leavenworth Club.

March 12 Meeting Notes

President Craig opened the meeting today.  He welcomed visiting Rotarians Robin DeRock (Confluence) and Mark Shorb (Cashmere).

Announcements

Alan asked for volunteers to serve as parade marshalls for the Apple Blossom Youth Parade on April 27.  This is a fun service we've done for the past several years.  Go to this link https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090C4DAFA72DA7F58-48442481-2024 and sign up for the youth parade, and the first option (Youth Parade Route).  Enter your info and shirt size.

Road Apple Roulette tickets sold at 1400+ so far.  Some activities coming up where we can sell.  More on the dates and places later.

The club Board and members will be getting the new communications website (DACdb) and app (Ignite) training over the next few weeks.

President-elect Rebecca will be sending out a club survey soon.  This will help her in planning for next year.  Watch you email, and please fill out and submit (it will be online).

Julie talked about the conference she and Joel attended in Vancouver, BC.  The North American Youth Exchange Network attracted over 500 youth exchange leaders for around the world to discuss various issues related to the YE program.

Craig invited members interested in joining the Board for a strategic planning session facilitated by district leaders on March 23 (9:00 - 12:00).  It will be by Zoom, and people can connect at their homes.  Contact Jim Adamson if interested and he can get you the link.

Mark Shorb of the Cashmere Rotary Club announced the they are doing a pickleball tournament June 29-30 at their Founders Day event.  He is looking of business sponsors and players.  See Jim Adamson if you need a sponsor form.  Player sign ups will be later.

Brags & Confessions

Earl bragged about the UW beating the Cougs in basketball (an upset).

Carol bragged about Laerke doing such a great job when we visited the other clubs in the area, and bragged on Julie for the great work she is doing in the YE program.

Kevin had a birthday on Feb. 22.  He and Lynn were on a 17-day ski trip, but it was interrupted by Kevin's brother-in-law passing away.

Chris went to California for a wildfire mitigation conference related to power lines and utilities.

Rebecca bragged that she attended a women-only power tool workshop, but failed to recognize Jennifer's husband, John, who own the shop.

Wayne S. went to the Chelan club with his wife and Laerke to sell RAR tickets.

Alan bragged on Julie and Joel and their son Zach for the good work they for the YE program.  Alan also said his brother did some work on the family tree and got it back to Adam and Eve (is it the truth?).

Sgt. At Arms

Wayne gave Craig a chance to brag about his trip to Florida.  Craig attended the Echo Global Farming conference.  The EGF helps people from developing countries learn farming and nutrition methods.

Julie was fined for the nice photo of Cashmere that had in the Foothill magazine.

Wayne also mentioned that one of the Australian Group Study Exchange team members who visited the Wenatchee area several years ago has passed away following a long battle with cancer.

Program

Laerke (our Denmark YE student) gave her presentation today.  She had a great program with slides, and talked about Denmark.  She discussed their government, traditions, food, schools, sports, language, geography, economy, and history.

Laerke talked about her life before coming on the exchange,and the differences she has observed in the US.  She has been very involved in activities at WHS  and in our community.  She has visited many places around the state, and will be leaving for Hawaii for a week, and then New York and DC on YE tours.

After Notes

Mark's raffle ticket was drawn.  He opted for the marble pot but didn't draw the right marble.

March 5th Meeting Notes

Scroll down to read an update from Pearl!

Announcements

• Kathleen - April 2nd is a training for the ignite app, waiting for confirmation for 2 other dates
• Kelly - justice gala, membership meeting is at Cashmere Valley Bank on March 15th
• Alan - social is not tonight, next Tuesday night, tap room, 
• Laerka - busy week, joined tennis, joined theater, skiing, arcade, bowling, lunch with rotary counselor
• RAR - 1251 tickets sold, senior center article, sell tickets at senior center lunch time Wednesday the 20th, thank you Allie for the shirts, send Emma an email, first shirt free second one costs $20
• Rebecca - Made apple pecan bread

Brags

• Eric - 4th grand baby, spent 10 days in france with Joseph their exchange student skiing, met with son in Israel 
• Wayne - confession, hot steaming water, held it out the window
• John Schapman - school auction went well
• Jim - WSU cougar basketball team is finally ranked, cashmere club Wednesday, East Wenatchee club Thursday, Leavenworth Friday, confluence club Tuesday
• Alan - He put a dinner with him and Kelly up for auction 4 years ago, they finally had the dinner last week
• Rebecca - Astoria Oregon, fisher poets, caught a cold
• Wayne Steele - Chelan club today

Chad Holiday

• race car driver super oval
• 2-20 cars a day, always working on a race car
• Super Oval is 50 years old
• Racing since he was 15, won races and was hooked
• Upgraded facility
• Saturday nights
• Starting when you’re 7, like a little league
• Racing full size cars at 12
• Racing with no one in the stands, NCW Life broadcasted it
• $35,000 cars
• 11 cars in 2021
• 2022 had 20 cars in that class
• Currently have 23 cars in class, quickest building class in the northwest
• Racing is stupid expense, there should be AA for it
• Buy engine locally
• No electric race cars in his lifetime
• 4,800 square foot shop at his house
• Wife used to race
• He worked at McDonald’s to afford his first car
• More sponsors equal more work for the racer
• Most people have lots of sponsors
• Build car, sponsors to help run on a weekly basis
• Went to a lot of NASCAR races
• 3rd weekend of April is opening night

Raffle

Bill's ticket was pulled, he chose to spin the wheel and won $5. 

Mark's joke: A snail was having trouble racing, so he got rid of his shell. It made him more sluggish!

Update from Pearl:

Time is flying! I can't believe it's already March! Here is my recap of the month :) -

February was so fun, maybe one of my best months here yet! The first week of February here there is something called Chrysostomos. It’s the graduating class’s ‘big thing’ kind of like the senior prank in the US. They get to lock all the younger grades in the school courtyard and basically just chase everyone down and completely trash them for an hour. They all bring lipsticks, hair coloring spray, smoke bombs, whipped cream, and basically whatever they can think of. 

At the end of that, the two grades right below the graduating class are invited to a show the graduating class puts on where they make fun of a ton of different teachers and students who end up on their ‘blacklist’ and bring them on to stage to do funny challenges and get even more filthy. I got to go to that but the lower grades still have to go to class, although the classrooms are also all completely trashed. It was super fun. The one not so fun part was by the end of the day everything and everyone smelled absolutely awful from the whipped cream. 

After Chrysostomos there’s a short vacation. My host mom took her last host daughter and I to Spain together for almost the whole week. Spain was so beautiful. We visited Madrid, Valencia, and Barcelona. I think Madrid was my favorite city, but La Sagrada Familia in Barcelona was my favorite activity. It was so intricate and beautiful. 

The weekend after school started back up was carnival. The carnival in Flanders is a very unique carnival. The carnival ‘royals’ spend around 30k each on things to throw into the crowd during parades so I now have more candy and stuff than I know what to do with. There was so much color and fun music, it was a really unique experience. February was a great month! 

Me after Chrysostomos

February 27 meeting notes

 Announcements

Laerke gave her weekly report.  Kathleen took her and a friend to Seattle for the weekend.  Lots of food and fun.  She will be playing tennis and doing some theater this spring at the high school.  She leaves in a couple weeks for Hawaii, and then to New York shortly after getting back.

Earl reminded everyone to pay their quarterly dues.  Next quarter's dues will be emailed out in April.

RAR - Wayne reported that about 1200 tickets have been sold so far (3800 to go).  T-shirts will be made at Allie's home next Monday at 5:00.  Everyone is welcome to help.  Her address is 1400 Westpoint Pl, Wenatchee.     Wayne S and Chris will be going to the Chelan club to sell tickets.  Jim & Carol will be visiting Leavenworth (3/8), Cashmere (3/6), Wenatchee (13), and East Wenatchee (3/7).  Let them know if you'd like to join them.  Anyone want to do Confluence?

March 23 will be a non-profit day at Pybus for organizations to set up booths and talk to people about their groups.  We will have a booth to sell tickets and answer questions about Rotary (new members?).

Kathleen reported that we will soon be switching from ClubRunner to DacDB for our website.  There will be a training on the new web system on 3/19 or 3/26, and another on 4/9 to go over the new app we can use to access club and member info.

March 23 from 9-12 the Board will be doing a zoom meeting with district facilitators to work on strategic planning for the coming few years.

Brags and Confessions

Earl has a new grandbaby (Ethan and member Kaity VanWeerdhuizen) named Isabell.

Kelly got to have time with her grandbaby.

Allie spent 3 days skiing at Mission with a friend, but got run into on the first day, so is bruised up.

Wayne (Sgt. at Arms) had Julie come up and recognized her (and fined her $2) for the nice color picture in the paper.  She had an article as a Master Gardener.  He also recognized her for the great work she does in the district youth exchange program.

Program

Mark introduced Ruben Payan Jr. as our program speaker.  Ruben is a former Marine who has climbed the 8 major mountains in the world over the last 10 years.  He talked about how he transformed his life, and is now promoting positive thinking and motivation through his climbing.  Each climb is to honor taking on life's mountains, and inspiring others to reach their full potential and live beyond their limits.

Ruben does motivational speaking, and is a realtor in the Wenatchee area.

Ruben has written a book on his journey and has created a short film.  He is now writing a second book and making a longer film.  More info can be found on his website at www.powerfulhuman.com.

Wayne won the raffle draw.  We now have the option of trying to draw the marble for what is in the pot (now $65) or spinning the wheel to get anywhere between $2 and $30.  He chose the wheel and won $10.