Rotary Reporter Art Haines

TUESDAY, May 29 -- The Woodinville Rotary convened on a beautiful late spring morning after the Memorial Day weekend. If the low attendance for our meeting was any indication, our members seemed to have enjoyed, perhaps to excess, the weekend.

President Gary opened the meeting with a hearty “Good Morning” and led us in the flag salute. Chris Boland risked the deity’s wrath when he found a way to mix the invocation with what some might call gratuitous promotion of his alma mater to the east. We will return to Mr. Boland later in this report.

Gary and Al led us in a rousing version of “Blue Skies”, the first time in ages that this song reflected the meteorological reality outside.

Nikki reported on a long weekend that included more activity than most humans pack into a month. Friday night she and a small but hearty band of Rotarians celebrated with an Indian dinner in Woodinville. Saturday was enough of a breather to get some rest and do homework. Sunday and Monday was spent in Seattle at the Folk Life Festival, Pike Place Market, Seattle Center and what added up to about 20 miles of walking.

Gary, in his ongoing effort to keep the club guessing what will be next on the agenda, introduced our speaker DUI Joe (Joseph Breidenbach) at 7:45. Joe is a lawyer specializing in DUI cases. Located in Burien, Joe decided that Woodinville was so far out in the provinces that he had to break up the journey and stay in Kirkland for the night. Fortunately he made the last arduous miles between Kirkland and Woodinville in plenty of time for his presentation.

Our Prez appeared dizzy from a barrage of data the club was asked to absorb from DUI Joe

DUI Joe used a quiz show format to give us many interesting facts about DUI and related laws. Among the scores of factoids we learned, here are the ones that seemed to be most significant:

· Chris Boland knows almost as much about DUI law as does DUI Joe. (Time did not allow us to explore the possible reasons for this phenomenon.)

· Women Rotarians seem to be much more concerned about getting the right answers to obscure questions than Men Rotarians. (Of course the women also “won” the “quiz show”.)

· Under DUI law we have many rights and a lot of technology. The problem is that if we exercise those rights, our driver’s license is suspended and the technology often does not work.

· Women have higher alcohol tolerance than men because men don’t have enough water in their bodies. (Is that because they drink too much?)

· Never drive after more than one drink – especially if you are a DUI lawyer.

After several pointed questions from the Grace Wine Lovers Association, President Gary thanked DUI Joe.

Ever present Chris Boland served as Sergeant at Arms with grace and good humor. His only fines were for those Rotarians who did not arise with the Bothell Landing chickens to set up for the May 23 Scholarship Breakfast. Your faithful reporter also reported on his trips to Zion National Park and Vancouver BC with appropriate donations to the raffle table. Bill Schink gave five happy dollars commemorating the Maltby Food Bank’s Mortgage Burning Party on May 8. Way to go Maltby Food Bank.

Expectations were high for the marble box with only five marbles and a $653.00 kitty. Terry Jarvis baldly predicted that a Grace official would win the prize again but was unable to pull the white marble when he had the opportunity.

President Gary reminded us that next week’s meeting would be the Fifth Tuesday social at Terry Jarvis’ home “within three minutes of the Grange Hall.” Sometime before Tuesday night we should receive more explicit directions(?).

Gary closed the meeting with a fine quote that this reporter was not able to record or remember. But it was really good!
--- Respectfully submitted, Art Haines

Check out details on how
Jorge Gonzalez plans pedal the
Sonoma Wine Country
June 23 in search of a cure
for diabetes. You can contribute
toward Jorge's goal to raise
$4000 from his supporters.

White marble eludes a disappointed Snappy

Fortunately, Nikki ordered the Indian cuisine for this group of Rotarians who dined out in Woodinville. From left around the table, Hugo, Nan Hughes, John Abbott, Princess of Grace, Cherry Jarvis,
Susan Webster, Betsy Hughes, Snappy and Cathi Abbott.

Hugo Briefs . . . The leadership team with Chris Boland and Greg Riggs at the helm has settled on the theme "Celebrate Literacy" for the 2007 Wine'n Shine charity event in October. Attendees will be encouraged to arrive costumed as their favorite literary character. A dozen members met this week to organize the chores of procuring, promoting and presenting our 17th annual fund raiser. . . Susan Webster, Jorge Gonzalez, President-elect Rick Pisani, John Hughes and Bill Schink spent the middle of their day Wednesday visiting the UW Bothell campus to learn more about service-learning programs tied to the work of Village Volunteers in Kenya and Ghana. Class members presented a variety of projects designed to relieve human suffering in the rural villages of Africa. The club has pledged $1,000 to the students' efforts to send a team of potters to African villages to help women start businesses to make and sell ceramic water filtration pots to families in their own villages as well as those of their neighbors. . . the final barrel tasting of the Reckonyard Gold sharing wine produced through Grace Town Vineyards will be conducted Friday. This will determine the bottling schedule of the sold out 2005 vintage. . . a number of potential members have been invited as guests to the 5th Tuesday social this next meeting . . . missing the social will be two of our more frequent flyers, John Abbott bound for China and Jon Bylin in Taiwan. . . the city of Woodinville received a top award recently for its development of Rotary Community Park. Check out the press notice below left. . .Joe Truglio managed to have a good time at the Memorial Day Weekend staging of Washington Wine Highway . . . and Leslie Williams happily provided photo proof that Roy Williams made it through the Panama Canal.

Rotary Community Park
Receives Statewide Honor

The City of Woodinville Parks and Recreation Department received a Certificate of Merit in the Park Category for Rotary Community Park at the Washington Recreation & Park Association Annual Conference.

Park and Recreation facilities and parks from throughout Washington State were recognized with 2007 Professional & Spotlight Awards from Washington Recreation & Park Association (WRPA) honoring public agencies and individuals for outstanding and unique achievements. The Spotlight Awards ceremony took place at the recent WRPA Annual Conference in Blaine, WA.

Spotlight awards are a coveted honor for the individuals and organizations singled out for their contributions to parks and recreation. The City of Woodinville received a Certificate of Merit in the Park Category for Rotary Community Park’s unique design and construction. The park, located at 19518 136^th Avenue in Woodinville, has a broad appeal to park users, features extensive use of recycled products in its construction, and has been partially constructed by volunteers and community groups.

“It’s great that our park has been recognized by the entire state, says Woodinville Mayor Cathy VonWald, “It’s one of Woodinville’s treasures and we get lots of positive feedback from visitors”. The Woodinville Rotary Club and other community volunteer groups and individuals have been instrumental in funding and constructing the park which features a skate/BMX facility, climbing boulder, children’s playground, and woodland trail system.

Installation Dinner . . .
Repeating Sign Up Details

It's not too early to be making your plans to attend the
June 26 installation dinner at Willows Lodge, so says Daryl Eckland. Daryl is asking that you email the names of those attending and whether they prefer meat or fish as their entree. The info will be collected by President Gary Whitsell.

Further, he asks that you select "a wine you would be proud of serving to your friends" and bring the bottle to a meeting either June 12 or 19. These wines will be served during the 5:30 p.m. social hour.

Make your reservation and meal selections with an email to the Prez at:

Rotary in Review - Spring '07
May 23 Scholarship Event		SAS Students at 21 Acres
March 13 Rhone Blend Tasting for Scholarships	Service Above Self Work Party at Rotary Community Park	Central Bolivia Humanitarian Project in Detail by Engineers
A 20-year Perspective for Rotary	Nikita carries Fools day as the Princess of Grace	A gallery of photos for Spring