News for Members and Friends
of Greater Woodinville Rotary Club
 

Tuesday, Feb. 8 meeting

   NO MEETING AT THE GRANGE

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Feb. 8 morning meeting: The club will meet at the Secondary Academy for Success new facilities in north Bothell for our regular meeting of February 8. Our caterer will be on duty. We'll learn about the Music Academics Youth Foundation (MAY), hear about how the new school design came about through student input, get a tour of the facility and be able to honor principal Holly Call who is retiring at the end of the school year. Holly, Jim Geiszler, Bernadette Bascom and many others were responsible for launching the jazz performance and music program at SAS as a popular extra-curricular activity at the alternative secondary school. The SAS building is located in the Canyon Park Industrial-Office complex northeast of Bothell-Everett Highway and Interstate 405, next to the school district support services facility. The address for mapquesters is 22107 23rd Drive SE,  Bothell 98021 and (425) 408-6600 for detailed directions. When heading north on SR 526 (Bothell-Everett Highway), turn right past the Canyons Restaurant and head east. Our advance scout, John Creason, is available for assisting members locate the school.

Elected: Eric Greenwood has been elected vice president of the Northshore Scholarship Foundation succeeding Paul Sabado of Northshore Rotary Club. Eric will serve a one-year term. The Woodinville Rotary is also represented on the Foundation by Steve Dolan (treasurer) and trustees Tana Baumler, Becky Clark and Larry Leonardson.

 Auction-Charity Event Steering Committee: Club Fund Raising Director Steve Dolan has called an organizing meeting for Tuesday, Feb. 8, at 5:30 p.m. at the mustache-free corporate offices of senor Rorry Dunbar. The 21st annual charity event is October 8, 2011.

Reporter sought: The Newsletter staff is in need of another Reporter to assist in the chronicling of the club's meetings. Please advise the president or Hugo if you would be willing to give it a try. The Reporters presently include John Abbott, Becky Clark, Jorge Gonzalez, Eric Greenwood, Larry Leonardson, Al Marsh, Cherry Tinker (on leave of absence) and Susan Webster.

Golden Opportunity to Publicize Rotary: Interested in becoming a member of the Woodinville Rotary "Drill" Team? Check it out with Al "Warbler" Marsh. The team will represent the club in the annual Woodinville Fool's Day Parade on March 26. Being a fool, related to a fool, or knowing a fool are not requirements. Having an access to a cordless power drill, however, would be essential.

Dictionaries in February: Fred Kempe and the club are indebted to the following members who stepped up as Dictionary Captains for the 2011 distribution of new, illustrated dictionaries to third graders in Woodinville area elementary schools. The schools receiving dictionaries and the distribution captains are:
     Bear Creek, Gary Whitsell; Canyon Creek, Erv DeSmet; Cottage Lake, Cherry Tinker; Eastridge, Alex Racz; Woodin, Rorry Dunbar; Hollywood, Todd Banks; Kokanee, Gordy Green; Wellington, Al Marsh and Pam Johnstone; Woodmoor, Larry Duffield. Each captain is arranging the date and time for distribution and will need members to help out.

 

Presidential Recap Posted January 22      Consider, please, joining other Woodinville Rotarians at the annual District conference in Portland later this spring -- April 29, 30 and May 1 to be exact.