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Prez-elect Pisani, substituting for Prez Whitsell,
provided the meeting’s invocation with a personal
prayer to complete the meeting on time. It was a
fortuitous appeal given the number of presentations that
were in store for the Tuesday, June 12, 2007.
Song leader Vicki Puckett and her choral
assistants: Julian Denes, Jorge Gonzalez, Terry Jarvis,
Nikita Sugandh, and Doc Maynard; led a rousing rendition
of “Happy Days Are Here Again” to begin the
proceedings.
Heidi
Workman and Rick Schwartz
The “Cruisin’ With Marv Workman” sailing to Alaska
on August 24-31, 2008 was introduced by Joe Truglio who
described the cruise as fun cruise as well as a fund
raiser to help establish the perpetual Marv Workman
Business Scholarship.
Rick Schwartz from Princess Cruise Line reviewed
the cruise itinerary and highlighted the Princess Cruise
program in Alaska.
Arrangements for the voyage are being
provided by Heidi Workman of R&D Cruises, who
can be contacted at 1-800-988-9282.
Nikita
reported on the whirlwind celebrations associated with
the end of the school year.
She has just two more meetings with the Club
before returning home to India.
June Birthday
Kathy
Kill recapped her Birthday year which included the
celebration of her one year anniversary, joining
Woodinville Rotary, and her daughter’s recent
graduation with a degree in fitness and nutrition.
Max
Zellweger introduced Tasneem Bandukwala, a Rotarian from
Pakistan, who he first met in 1996 when he and Doc
Maynard went to Pakistan for the “Instruments for Eye
Camps” matching grant.
Additionally, Woodinville Rotary participated in
a second matching grant program for a Vocational Center
for Women. Tasneem
is now the chairperson for a “Friendship and Family
Exchange to Pakistan in 2008.”
The goal of the program is to enable
person-to-person contact to “generate friendship,
trust, justice, and international peace.”
Updates Operation Warm
Jay
Fiske, who brought the Operation Warm project to
Woodinville Rotary, introduced Kim Dornado, the
Executive Director.
She reported that there are now nine NW clubs
involved with Operation Warm and the 2008 goal is to
distribute 5,000 coats in the NW. Operation Warm has
need for 1,500-2,000 square feet of donated warehouse
space for October and November 2007 to house the NW
coats prior to distribution.
Despite
just three remaining marbles, Bob Rosso was not able to
select the white marble (rumored to be out of town with
Prez Whitsell) and win the $700 prize.
Abandoning his chicken suit for new work as a
Spiritual Advisor, Eveready Erv DeSmet’s was also not
able to secure any prizes for his spiritually deprived
client, Terry Jarvis, despite Terry’s purchase of
nearly four feet of raffle tickets.
With
his prayers answered, Prez-Elect Pisani was able to
conclude the meeting on time.
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submitted by Eric Greenwood, Rotary Reporter |
