|
|
Rotary News and Views Newsletter for May 8, 2007 |
|
|
Rotary News and Views Newsletter for May 8, 2007 |
|
Developments of interest to Woodinville Rotarians and friends |
|
Coming
Soon! Have
you a theme idea? Got
Questions?
2006-07
|
Rotaryville of
Woodinville was once again the place to be on Tuesday morning, May 1,
2007. Julian Denes, dressed to hang a jury or a judge, was the official
greeter and Evan McAllister was the unofficial greeter, to the relief of
the former. Ken Kirkpatrick was responsible for “enrolling” the
guests on the tour of Rotaryville and Christine Howeiler was in charge
of the raffle. Doc
Marsh provided a song that would have been true for the day before and
maybe for tomorrow, but not today: the sunny side of the street. The
day’s guests included: Finally,
fellow Woodinville Resident and business owner Alex Hopkins, the
president of the Edmond Rotary Club came for breakfast. Nikita’s
Presentation – With the gracious help of money contributed from
Rotaryville last week, Nikita went shopping for prom stuff during the
weekend. She had a personal best by 5 inches at the track meet last
week. Her final meet of the season is on Tuesday at 3:30 PM at
Woodinville High School. The President has asked that a cheer squad from
Rotary attend. The program this week came before the announcements. So, without further ado…
Teen
Northshore was the program for the day. Steve Dahl, the executive
director and Nathan Dalton, a participant gave a presentation. Teen
Northshore was started in 1988 as a teen advocacy group by Carol
Edwards. This group provides meaningful service projects, which allow
teens to participate in making changes in their communities. One such
program was producing commercials for Bothell High School which aired on
the local television channel. Teen Northshore partners with
organizations like the YMCA and Boys and Girls Clubs.
Nathan Dalton is a student at SAS (Secondary Academy for Success)
in Bothell, is an Eagle Scout of distinction, and recently received an
award on behalf of the Green Team at Secondary Academy for Success. The
team won an Earth Hero award from King County Executive Ron Sims for
distinguished community service. Nathan has served an average of 356
hours of community service over the past few years, specifically
focusing on projects at 21 Acres in Woodinville. President Whitsell
congratulated Nathan for his “service above self” and stated that he
already had the words “future Rotarian” written on his chest.
Next on the program was a surprise from Marty Dennis. Marty
introduced the Next Stage Dance Theater, of which she president and is
on the board of directors. Next Stage is made up of “mature” dancers
who want to inspire people to recognize creativity in life through
dance. Marty herself is part of the dance ensemble and will be appearing
in “The Curtain” at the Broadway Performance Hall in Seattle on May
4 &5 at 8 PM and on May 6th at 2 PM. After a viewing a video
presentation about Next Stage Dance Theater, (and listening to some
classical music on Doc Marsh’s telephone), Dominique Gabella, the
artistic director of Next Stage, gave an explanation of The Curtain. Ms.
Gabella used poetry, dance and music in only the way a person of her
talent, experience, and dancing ability can to hold the crowd in a
trance during her “explanation.”
After
Ms. Gabella’s presentation the business end of Rotary began. On
Saturday, May 19th the District Assembly will be held at Sammamish High
School at 7:30 AM. President-Elect Pisani has urged members to
participate. Details will follow via email. On May 22nd there will be a
leadership meeting (both the current and the new leadership teams) at
the Grange at 7:00 AM. There will be no general meeting
May 22 due to the scholarship breakfast event the next day. We were
reminded by President Whitsell that on May 15th Rotary Ambassador
Scholar Nicole Bowman will be speaking. All are encouraged to attend as
these scholars have achieved so much. After
enduring countless weeks of anticipation wearing their red badges of
courage, and getting the signatures of all of the members, Kathy Kill
and Jerry Cufley received their blue badges and recited the Four Way
Test. Birthdays: Tana
Baumler’s birthday was last week and she spent a day at the spa. Tana
celebrated her 29th wedding anniversary, her 19th in business at the
Maltby Café, and the birth of a granddaughter, Taylin, who is 7 months
old and always happy to see her grandmother.
Respectfully submitted --- Julian Denes, still pushing 30
|
||||||
Hugo Briefs
. . .
The
annual Rotary Citizen of the Year project will be conducted later than
in past years with the selection announced this year on October 6 at
Rotary Wine'n Shine. We'll again be working with the Woodinville Weekly
in seeking nominations. The recipient will designate $2,000 in
charitable giving or his or her choice . . . "Get
well" is certainly extended
to David Landau whose spouse Mary
Jane reports that he is really bugging her lately. David broke an ankle
in three locations not long ago, had it surgically repaired, and hopes
to have a cast on and be a bit more mobile by the end of the week (and
out from under foot at home) . . . Rotary
Reporter Jorge Gonzalez drew raves from Newsletter management
with his sparkling, detailed commentary of the April 24 meeting and has
been nominated for a repeat assignment in the new Pisani era! . . .
Expect Crimson Chris
Boland to show up bronzed from a trip south of the walled border . . . Tana
Baumler will put out the call this week for members to
"volunteer" to serve at the Northshore Scholarship Foundation
annual recognition breakfast May 23. The event will be at the Northshore
Senior Center in Bothell again and the Foundation's three service club
sponsors are in charge of putting on the breakfast. Woodinville
Volunteers are asked to show up no later than 5:30 a.m. to help get food
and beverages on the tables and to help out throughout the meal. Kiwanis
will handle clean up and Northshore Rotary will handle the Tuesday set
up and the Wednesday morning check in. The Foundation and clubs will
award 88 scholarships this spring totaling $145,910.
|
|||||||||||
