Featured Wine'n Shine Item of the Week An example of the many silent auction items that will make our 2009 Puttin' on the Ritz Charity Event another success for the community. We can use more donations for the silent auction tables.

Private tour of
Seattle's Japanese Gardens

Enjoy a mid-week, guided tour of the majestic Japanese Gardens at the Seattle Arboretum led by Elizabeth Moses, former chairman of the Arboretum Board and a leading supporter of the renovation of the Gardens' gateway. The tour includes lunch for five at the nearby Café Flora. Elizabeth enjoys sharing her vast knowledge of horticulture, specifically the detailed, historical significance of the landscape provided in this restful treasure. Subject to a mutually agreed upon date and time, mid-week. 

Donated by Elizabeth and Allen Moses

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Club will help team's work in Peru: The Board has voted a $2,500 donation to Willamette Medical Teams to cover a shortfall in medicine supplies for its November trip to rural outposts in Peru. Rorry Dunbar brought the need to the club and the board will use a portion of unallocated international budget funds that are part of the 2009 charitable giving plan. The plan is based on the results of our 2008 Wine'n Shine fund-raiser. The team of 15 provides medical assistance to impoverished communities in Latin America and the fifth year's trip will be to Cusco, Peru. The 5-day clinic involves three doctors, four nurses and a  host of interested volunteers. The club's financial help will again make it possible for the team to take a full pharmacy of medicines into the country to be dispensed during the clinic's work or donated to the Red Cross in Cusco.

More dollars for Village Volunteers : The Board also voted international funds for the Village Volunteers water filter project in Kiminini, Kenya. A  well was dug recently on the grounds where Village Volunteers will construct a water filter manufacturing and assembling plan. Woodinville Rotary will donate $2,000 to provide running water to the plant where the ceramic pottery work will be done. The Volunteers had planned to rely on ground water being collected and delivered in buckets via bicycles. An additional $1,500 was needed to enclose a corner of the building for a lab and office space that can be isolated from the dusty conditions of the pottery operation. Project coordinator Bill Austin plans to travel to Kenya near the end of the year to oversee the startup of production and the development of a sales and distribution program for the $15, life-saving ceramic filter systems.

Scholarship winner : The recipient of the 2009-2010 Jerry Wilmot Masters of Business scholarship at UW Bothell has been selected. He is Randy Eastwood, a resident of Kenmore who served the city of Kenmore as its mayor the past two years. Randy will enter the leadership program. One of six siblings and the father of four children, Randy has the opportunity to become the first in the family to earn a degree above that of associate degree. Jerry Wilmot was a charter member and past president of our club who was active in the Woodinville community's planning and incorporation efforts. At the time of his death from Lou Gehrig's disease, Jerry was president of Molbak's. Participating in the selection process was Egon Molbak, retired founder of the company.

Public office seekers : Two Club members are candidates for public offices in the upcoming November 3 non-partisan general election. In King County this November, the election will be carried out entirely by mail ballot. Todd Banks is a candidate for Northshore School Board and Becky Clark is a candidate for position 5 of the Woodinville Fire and Life Safety District board of commissioners.