News and Views forMarch 6 Newsletter

20th Anniversary Charter Celebration - another night to shine!

Circle your calendar for March 27

Invitations to the big event have been sent out via snail and electronic mail. If you have not signed up, please contact Susan Webster and indicate a meal selection of either beef, salmon or vegetarian. We have yet to hear from 20 of our 54 members!

here for details and copy of invitation

Celebrating our club's 20th anniversary and the anniversaries of Little Bit Therapeutic Riding Center (30), Chateau Ste. Michelle in Woodinville (30) and Molbak's (50th year).

6 p.m. -- Chateau Ste. Michelle -- Tuesday, March 27

Briefs . . . a breakfast for Newer Members is scheduled for 7 a.m., March 27 at the Maltby Cafe and the Board will meet at 9 a.m. Tuesday, March 27 at the Banner Bank offices in Woodinville. It'll be a day filled with Rotary . . . provision is being made for a bottle of liquid refreshments from barley and hops to be served during the anniversary celebration . . . Steve Dolan admitted that his son Ryan, a one-time Rotary exchange student, is now a member of the Stanwood Rotary Club . . . Nikki is turning out for track at Falconville (that would be WHS) and needs a ride after 5 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays to her host family's home in case you are available . . . John Decker was a visiting Rotarian from Maui . . .Eric Greenwood intends to pay John a return visit this month . . . earning Rotary caps for their Feb. 25 efforts at Service Above Self "alternate" day at Rotary Community Park were Eric Greenwood, Kathy Kill, Al Marsh, Greg Gratz, Baaab Russell, Larry Leonardson and Jerry Cufley. . . President-elect-elect Crimson Chris Boland reported that his Wine'n Shine leadership group would settle upon a theme for the Oct. 6 annual fund raiser by March 20 . . . Daryl Eckland will again head up the committee planning the annual installation dinner June 26 (it's about this time of each president's year that the president makes sure that this task is handled) . . . Vicki Puckett's girl sports teams continue to rack up state titles, this one in gymnastics, thanks to an infusion of ninth graders to the Woodinville High School team (girls soccer also grabbed a state title). . . Al Marsh also paid dearly in reporting his daughter will be running on a SPU relay team in division 2 national competition in Boston . . . Centennial Citizen of Grace Erv DeSmet reported that he paid tribute to his mother on her 86th birthday . . . Karen Leonardson not only introduced guests from Kokanee but selected a winning raffle ticket . . . and Larry Leonardson has agreed to serve as Rotary Reporter for the next club Newsletter. . . to be followed by Al Marsh, Linda Hendrickson, and President-elect Rick Pisani (all sort of volunteered). Asked about attire for our anniversary celebration later this month, the reply was coats and ties for the guys.

Webster Words
A recap of our Feb. 27 meeting...

Nikita hits the slopes in Whistler
Auntie Elna gives private lesson on the Magic Chair
Now Nikita asks that fellow Rotarians..... take her up again. (Thanx to Elna for the photos.)

Classification Talk: Rorry Dunbar
Boring? I don't think so.
Rorry Dunbar say's he's led a boring life. I don't think so. You can tell by the buff physique that he's not doing too much sitting on the couch. When he's not running his ironworker company he's giving time to his family and social causes in South America. Rorry has been a club member since the 90's and is an invaluable member of our auction committee. We appreciate his depth of knowledge for the inner workings of our fundraising machine and dedicated service to our club.

Big Checks for go out for Kokanee Summer Reading Camp and Washington CASH Microlending.
President Whitsell felt the weight of some pretty heavy checks on Tuesday as he doll's out $10,000 for Kokanee Elementary Summer Reading Camp and $1,000 to Washington Cash. Angela Kerr, principal from Kokanee and Laura Ruderman (former WA State 45th District Representative) from WA CASH graciously accepted the checks as recipients of Rotary fundraising for 2006/07.
Kerr put it succinctly when she stated, "when kids need a little extra help with their reading, the summer camp makes extra time for the kids." Funds donated goes to helping teachers so that teachers can work with kids. Simple as that. The elementary teachers thanked the Woodinville Rotary Club for continued support of Kokanee Elementary Summer Literacy Program. A note from a young student, Carter says, "Reading makes me feel proud of myself!" Thank you Kokanee Elementary.

Woodinville Rotary Scholars from UW Bothell
Strut their academic stuff and demonstrate social consciousness.
Three bright, young scholarship recipients from UW Bothell joined us for breakfast Tuesday to thank the club for their Woodinville Rotary Scholarships. Joined by Chancellor Steve Olswang from UWB, and scholarship coordinator Keri Marino,
these bright, young men and women demonstrated well deserving scholarship from our club.

--- Susan Webster, Rotary Reporter

Principal Angela Kerr and summer reading camp staffers Cheryl and Carol gave a summary of a typical two-week session for Kokanee students needing a little help to be reading at the proper grade level. Community Service director Susan Webster presented a $10,000 check to help with the 2005 and 2006 camps. The program is in its 14th year.

In this array of Snappy-like photos, from above clockwise right, Nursing scholarship recipient Sarah Bates with one-year-old daughter Jessa, Arts and Sciences recipient Autumn Allen, and recipient Bernie Schultz of the Jerry Wilmot Masters of Business scholarship at UW Bothell -- posed with Vocational Director Roy Williams ... Prez Whitsell presented even more Rotary International info to Julian Denes, Kathy Kill and Jerry Cufley ... Nikki agreed that Steve Dolan was not color blind and had drawn a green marble....humble Rorry Dunbar acknowledged his years at Washington State University were life changing.