Guests: David Carlson – guest of Greg Riggs, Heather Schidler – Redmond Rotary

Thought for the Day: Ken Kirkpatrick quoted Thomas Jefferson: Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.

Program: Woodinville Rotary donation presentations for Literacy

      Gene Leonardson, Board chair of Page Ahead accepted our check for $1,500 and brought the club up to speed on its operations.  Page Ahead operates on one simple and astounding fact: being read to as a youngster is the foremost predictor of academic success in childhood. If a child can read at grade level by 3rd grade, she will continue to read at grade level throughout her academic career. A child who succeeds in school will remain there, earning a chance at a better job and a better life in the years ahead. A child who lacks early exposure to reading often suffers from low self-esteem, struggles academically, and is at higher risk for substance abuse, teen pregnancy, and delinquency. Succeeding begins with reading.  Page Ahead’s fifth annual event will take place on Wednesday, April 9, at the Bell Harbor International Conference Center on Seattle’s Waterfront. A complimentary lunch will be served at 11:30 am, followed by the program at noon, concluding promptly at 1 pm. A donation will be requested during the program, and reservations must be made in advance.

For more information about A Taste for Reading, to serve as a table captain, or to save your seat, send an email or call 206.461.0123. 

        Listen & Talk’s Barbara Bandoli, Suzanne Quigley and Sarah White were on hand for its Rotary donation of $2,500.

Listen and Talk helps deaf youngsters who have cochlear implants how to read without the use of sign language.  The goal is to have them reading at grade level by the time they reach elementary school.  Only 50% of costs are covered by insurance.  The rest is from private donations.

     Dave Carlson with the Boy Scouts received $2,000 for our contribution to its March 28^th Fundraising Breakfast at Bear Creek CC.  Mark Wilson, formerly of the LA Raiders and winner of two Super Bowl rings, will be the keynote speaker.  See Greg Riggs about reservations.

Wine'n Shine Procurement

     Eric Greenwood says we have early items for our auction.  They include dinner for 10 at the Harbor Club with wine tasting and a tea party for 12 at the Doll Museum in Bellevue.

Classification Talks

Vicki Puckett was born in Korea, but grew up in Southern CA through Jr Hi.    She ultimately graduated from Bremerton High School, wanting to be a doctor. 

She made the switch to education and has taught not only 2^nd grade, but on an island in Alaska for students with ‘juvenile history’, as well as for the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction.  She has been principal of Woodinville High for the past 10 years.

She married Blake and has two kids ages 32 & 30.  She teaches the high school side at church, loves to ski, hike and ride her motorcycle.

John Creason had a modest family upbringing.  While originally starting out in chemistry he ended up working with computers.  He was one of 12 original employees of an accounting software firm which now has 850 employees.

Since then he has help start 3 other companies which has sold and is with Smartsheet.com which is a project management systems company.  The company is growing internationally with clients in Russia and China.

John is a single dad 4 days a week to 12 year old Timothy who is a hot shot competitive skier.  John likes to hike, snow ski, water ski and go mountain biking.

Baaab Russell