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Future
Programs
Speakers, subjects
through April, 2009
Have a suggestion for a program
for
a Rotary meeting?
Contact
Kathy Kill
Program chair for 2008-09
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News
of
Vast Import and Interest to Woodinville Rotarians
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Monday
fireside:
Scheduled to gather at Brittany Park Monday evening for the
last of the five firesides will be Julian Denes, Art Haines,
Al Marsh, Bob Rosso, Bill Schink, Joe Truglio, Gary Whitsell
and Max Zellweger. More
info.
FYI
- 30 of our membership of
54 have joined
Woodinville Rotary since the club last held fireside
gatherings in 2002 prior to making a commitment to raise
$90,000 in support of Rotary Community Park. Mission
accomplished.
News
on Polio Plus Front --The Bill
& Melinda Gates Foundation said it will award a
$255 million challenge grant to Rotary
International in an effort to fight polio.
As
part of the deal, the Evanston Ill.-based Rotary group
will raise $100 million from its members over the next
three years.
Also,
the governments of the United Kingdom and Germany are
giving another $280 million to the Global Polio
Eradication Initiative over the next five years.
“Rotarians,
government leaders, and health professionals have made a
phenomenal commitment so polio afflicts only a small
number of the world’s children,” said Bill Gates,
co-chair of the Gates Foundation, in a statement.
In
November 2007, the Seattle-based Gates Foundation and
Rotary made a similar grant, when Rotary agreed to
match a $100 million foundation grant dollar-for-dollar. --
Puget Sound Business Journal.
Memberships
Proposed:
The
Board has voted to extend invitations of membership to Cherry
Tinker and to Fred Kempe. Both have been members
of Rotary at Sumner and at University respectively. Cherry
is affiliated with Evergreen Hospice and Fred is with
Insurance Service Group with office in Woodinville. This is
the second of two required postings of proposed membership. Persons with
inquiries or concerns about these invitations should contact
the president, secretary or membership director.
2010
Rotary Caribbean Cruise: Here
are links to the cruise. The deposit is now $350 per person.
Deposit
Booking form
Information
Brochure
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Woodinville
Sports
Fields
Update
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During the firesides, a number of members have
inquired about the status of the proposed Woodinville Sports
Fields project and the club's position in providing
financial support. For those who do not receive or
frequently find copies of the Woodinville Weekly,
below is an excerpt from an article in the January 19
edition covering the city manager's "state of the
city".
(City Manager Richard) Leahy cited the issue of the proposed
sports fields adjacent to City Hall, a project the Council
will focus on beginning in February, to determine whether or
not its construction is feasible at this time.
"The budget we presented to
them indicated we would have insufficient capital to build
it," he said. "If current conditions improve, we
may be able to do it, but if they stay bad for a prolonged
period we won't be able to build the field and operate it
within the two-year budget."
"It's an issue that our
elected leadership is struggling with," he said.
"Part of the problem is what we'd have to do with our
Public Works operation, which is right next door while the
thing is being built. Will our big rigs be able to come and
go to do their jobs? Right now we don't know."
The project, he said, will cost
about $7 million and presently faces a $2 million shortfall,
excluding operation costs once the facility is up and
running.
"We're giving them some
options," Leahy said. "maybe we go from the
high-end artificial turf to the second or third level turf.
Maybe we put lights through in another budget phase. Maybe
they take funds from another project -- it's up to them (the
Council). And then there's the cost of operating it."
Through King County's budget, he
said, the Northshore Youth Soccer Association will kick in a
half million dollars in support, with another half million
promised to arrive from private contributors, and more
dollars will come from park impact fees.
"But we have a shortfall and
we're trying to figure out how to make up that
balance," he said.
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SAVE
THE DATE!
Thursday,
March 5, 2009
Rotary
Club of Seattle
Centennial
Celebration Dinner
with
special guest speaker Bill Gates III
WA
State Convention & Trade Center
6:00 p.m. Reception
7:00 p.m. Dinner
Seattle
#4 Rotarians $60 Guests $90
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Snappy's
Foto Gallery
Entries
for January
2009
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Firesides
have been a big hit!
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Rotary
Reporters
January
20 meeting
Larry Leonardson
January
13 meeting
Al Marsh
January
6 meeting
Susan Webster
2008-09
Club Leadership
Greetings
from Nikki
in India
Wine'n
Shine 2008
Photo Highlights
Club
Celebrates Literacy, Scholarships, Education
Wine'n
Shine 2007
Photo Highlights
* Club
Celebrates Literacy
Snappy's
Foto
Gallery
for
2007-08
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