Fitz covers WHS renovation June 3

Laura gave us an update on her activities. She has been busy with tests and projects. She enjoyed the Rotary District Meeting. And she was sad to miss her Prom and Homecoming due to Rotary functions in Wenatchee.

Vickie Puckett introduced the speakers who explained the Woodinville High School renovation project in detail. The entire project is broken into two phases and will likely top $100,000 million. The first phase is funded and about to start construction. The second phase will be on the ballot as a bond issue in 2010. The project has obviously included a lot of thought and planning and the proposed results look very good.

There were lots of questions.

Susan Webster and Joe Truglio presented a check for $2000 to Campfire. They reported that this will put them at $1.8 million in their capital drive. They expect to hit $2 million by the end of this month. Their goal is $2.7 million. Camp Killoquah serves 12 thousand kids per year. It served 67 other organizations (besides Campfire) last year, including 37 schools.

Duffield reported that we have an exchange student coming from Bolivia and we are looking for host families.

On September 21 the Rotary exchange students will be going on an Argosy cruise. Anyone wanting to donate time, money, music, snacks, etc. should contact Chris.

Susan said we will distribute the last 100 dictionaries at Woodin Elementary at 11:30 on Friday. Show up if you can.

Max missed the marble, in fact wasn’t even close. It was almost black! Laura did not hesitate and took the Cold Stone ice cream certificate. Ken grabbed the IOU for $100 from Jay Fiske.

Susan Webster gave a very interesting classification talk. She was born in Ohio, moved to Lexington, Kentucky and graduated from high school in Stanford, Connecticut. After short periods of college in New Jersey, and Colorado State, she went to Estes Park as a tour guide, Breckenridge as a ski bum, and polished her skiing skills for five years. Then she got serious and went to Boulder and graduated from that stellar school, The University of Colorado (your Rotary Reporter’s school too, of course), in nursing.

She married and moved to Virginia where she worked for the Jones Institute in reproductive medicine, and, coincidentally had two daughters. Following that she moved to Woodinville where she established herself in the community, started a business (the Gathering Fabrics Quilt Shop), became involved in the Chamber of Commerce, and practically runs the City government (RR’s comment). She received great assistance and advice from Rotarian Jan Runkel and joined Rotary in 2004.

Aren’t we lucky to have her?!

Sergeant Baaab fined Bob Rosso for shooting spotted owls in Rotary Park, Rick Helberg for some kind of obscene dancing in the parlor, and Jan Runkel because it was his last chance. There were several happy bucks.

Don’t forget installation dinner on June 24^th.

Respectfully submitted, Chief Fitz