News and Views for Feb.13 Newsletter

20th Anniversary Charter Celebration - another night to shine!

Circle your calendar for March 27

Help find addresses for 11 charter members we hope to invite to this 20th anniversary event.

If you have contact information for the following charter members, please e-mail that information to committee member Susan Webster. Here's the names of those we need information for the invites:

Stephen Case, Sam Furgason, Jack Grady, Gene Graff, Merle Hill, David Hizer, Bob Knuckey, Max Pope, Joe Rees, Joe Voutour, Don Webber Jr. We have current addresses for the other 22.

Past Presidents not presently active with the club and charter members of our club will also be invited.

Look for sign-up sheets for the event at this week's meeting.

Briefs . . .
Wine Tasting for scholarships, look for a sign up sheet again at the Feb. 13 meeting for those planning to attend the wine tasting event March 13 at Monte Villa Farmhouse. A selection of five Rhone-blend reds will be featured. $200 per couple, $100 per person. Limited seating.

We're asking for some Newsletter "reporters" to contribute an article or item for the weekly News and Views section of this Newsletter. In advance, thanks to old-hands-at-this Alan Nelson, Susan Webster and Al Marsh for volunteering to help during February! Snappy is being enlisted for the March 6 assignment and your editor learned only this past week that Larry C. Leonardson (LCL) served a sentence as Bulletin editor prior to the turn of this century!

On to Coeur d'Alene chair Joe Truglio reports 10 members are registered for the April 20-22 district conference, including Gary and Donna Whitsell, Steve and Janet Dolan, Rick and Carol Pisani, Eric and Dottie Greenwood, Larry and Elna Duffield, John and Nan Hughes, Daryl and Stacie Eckland, Joe and Suzie Truglio, Jorge and Rosario Gonzalez and Terry and Cherry Jarvis.

Nikki cheered the Husky basketball team to victory last week against Cal . . . attending with Susan Webster, winner of a pair of ducats at last week's raffle provided by Linda Hendrickson. Nan and John Hughes joined them for dinner at an Indian restaurant in downtown Bothell and the foursome motored to the game.

New member proposal

The Board has voted to extend invitations of membership to a former Woodinville Rotarian Burke Barker. Burke has been a recent visitor at our meetings. As a previous member, Burke was active in membership development. He is president of Empire Home Remodeling in Woodinville. His sponsor is Bob Rosso.

The club will welcome Jerry Cufley and Burke Barker with red badges at this week's meeting. Both have endured membership indoctrination over breakfast at the Maltby Cafe. Both declined the famous cafe cinnamon roll, however. Our active membership presently is 54.

Alan's Angle
A recap of our Feb. 6 meeting... Tuesday morning could have dawned with gale force winds, inches and inches of snow and ice and it would have been a wonderful day for this writer. The Indianapolis Colts are the Super Bowl champions and yours truly was sporting the appropriate article of clothing (the other article of clothing is only worn on game days!!). This writer was very proud to add a happy dollar to the happy $5 that was put in for just getting to the Super Bowl. To all Seahawks fans, when the Seahawks win their Super Bowl, it will be a wonderful feeling that can be savored for six months.

Anyway, it is wonderful to be back in these pages and to be able to bring this column to you. Tuesday did dawn a clear and cool day, which is a marked improvement on what we’ve had in the past few weeks. Many, many Rotarians came out for a wonderful breakfast, which made for a busy morning.

Preliminary planning has begun on the 2007 charitable event, with Wine & Shine remaining as an overall theme, but word was put out for suggestions on a theme. Any suggestions should be forwarded to Crimson Chris Boland. We are all looking forward to this event being the best charitable event ever!

St. Valentine’s Day was certainly in the “air” with Vickie P. leading us all in a rousing rendition of Let Me Call You Sweetheart. Though her “choir” gave it a valiant effort, we should all keep our day jobs!! Gary W. recognized all scouts (girl and boy) before recognizing Greg Riggs. with a donation of $2,000 in support of local Northlakes District Scouting. Greg R. also informed everyone of the 5^th Annual Bear Creek Friends of Scouting Breakfast on March 23^rd. For more information, contact Greg R.

It was then on to our special and unique morning program. Dr. Bob M. & Dr. Al M. (Paradox?). Dr. Bob ‘serenaded’ us with original lyrics and melodies, while Dr. Al accompanied him with his acoustic guitar and vocals. This duet came about when Dr. Bob requested some help for songs that he and wife Priscilla had written. Dr. Al stepped up to the “plate” and together they are certainly hitting “home runs”. They have played at one church and three assisted living facilities, so far. The Woodinville Rotary was their fifth appearance.

Our Rotary is such a great group of people that two people with diverse backgrounds can come together and make such ‘sweet music’.

--- Alan Nelson, Newsletter reporter


Colts and Eagles are flying high


Snappy charged, Kathy welcomed Grace pro-tem prosecutor Erv DeSmet read charges of an incarcerated Snappy Jarvis, above left, at last week's meeting. Sgt. at Harm Greenwood an uncovered Snappy's refusal to pay an "excess grape consumption" line item on his recent club quarterly invoice. Police Chief Don Fitz Jr. administered the manacles. The matter remains in dispute and under surveillance at the breakfast buffet line. Above right, sponsor Al Marsh looks on as Prez Whitsell welcomed Kathy Kill as our newest member. Make sure you greet Kathy and sign her roster. Kathy is manager of the Banner Bank branch in Woodinville. To read more about the "singing docs" . . . check out this Northshore Citizen column.