News for Members and Friends
of Greater Woodinville Rotary Club

Coming events at
Woodinville Rotary

Tuesday - May 24 - meeting at Grange features
"the fishing Rotarians"

May 21-25 - Rotary Int'l Convention in New Orleans

Tuesday - May 31 - No Meeting...have safe Memorial Day

June 4 - District 5030 Assembly

June 7 - At the Grange, President Erv reviews the past year
Meet Scholarship recipient Mike Merritt

June 7 - Evening meeting of incoming-outgoing Boards

June 8 - Oktoberfest Committee Meeting

Woodinville grads receive scholarships

     Five graduating seniors at Woodinville High School were among the 79 honored May 17 at the 27^th annual scholarship recognition breakfast sponsored by the Northshore Scholarship Foundation and held at the Northshore Senior Center in Bothell. Recipients of Woodinville Rotary Club-sponsored scholarships were, from left, Muna Habib, leadership and community service; Krishnan Balasubramanian and Kelsey Jamison, scholastic achievement; Dan Clark, Pop Keeney Athletic Award; Sienna Burnett, recipient of the Peg Phillips Theater Arts Scholarship. Also pictured were WHS Principal Vicki Puckett and Career Counselor Danielle Yamada. The Foundation awarded new and renewal scholarships valued at $164,350. Since its inception, the Foundation has provided scholarships to nearly 1,500 graduates and it is sponsored by the Rotary clubs of Woodinville and Northshore and by Kiwanis Club of Northshore – Jon Adams photo.

NAMI Walk 2011 Update-May 19

Rotarians Joe Truglio, Donna (1st Babe) Whitsell and Brian Johnstone
led off for Team Betsey and Team Woodinville Rotary at Saturday's NAMI Washington
Walk for Mental Health Awareness. 1,487 walked in Kirkland, basking under usually warm, sunny weather over the three-mile course. The event as of Thursday morning has
raised $247,500 -- beating NAMI's goal of $220,000.

Joe and Suzie Truglio headed our Rotary walk team. The Captain of Team Betsey, walking in  memory of his aunt, was Bobby Skinner, 14-year-old grandson of the Hughes family. Team Rotary ($1,455), Team Betsey ($6,292), Team Seattle
Children's Hospital captained by Tricia Hughes Skinner ($2,109) and Team
Remington ($5,825) walking for Marv's grandson accounted for more than $15,000
in donations and pledges. There is still time to contribute to Team Woodinville Rotary. Donations will be taken online through June 30 if you have friends or family who would like to help NAMI help the one in four families living with mental illness.
Go to this link to donate, click on "Sponsor Me". NAMI is a vital instrument of
hope in this medical illness.

http://www.nami.org/namiwalks11/sea/joeandsuzie

Team Rotary and Team Remington led the way, above. At left, among the youngest on the course, Holden Hughes, 11 months.

Hugo and family say thanks for Rotary's marvelous support of the work of NAMI -- drawing attention to the silent epidemic of mental illness.      To Doc Stark and the ERs for their contribution....to Gaylen Sauve who not only brought the sound but pinch hit for the ill Patti Payne as emcee....to Joe and Suzie for taking on the cause in a really big way....to Steve Dolan for all the tables and most of the tents....Anel Mercado and her volunteers from Molina Healthcare who handled the registration of 1500 walkers (without a glitch)....Charlie Russell for transportation....early morning roustabouts Roger Martindill, Terry Jarvis, Tana Baumler and Steve...and everyone who walked and donated.

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Erv's Presidential Recap Frequently Posted by Our Leader for His Worthy Subjects  Today's guest posting by Rotary Reporter Susan Webster covers May 10 meeting President Erv,  You start us out with a bang each Tuesday morning.   I am your loyal subject and I shall report on our meeting of May 10th.   Thank you Mayor Jarvis for the invocation and recital of the Grace 3 Way Test.   I think it did raise some eyebrows.   What a pleasure to see the checks go out from our charitable fundraising efforts.   This time, to Summer Reading Camps at Kokanee and Woodmoor Elementary School.  This money will be used to enhance reading skills to young students needing that extra boost to get them up to grade level reading.  Along with our dictionaries, the reading camps do so much to support literacy, one of our primary avenues of service.   Miro the Magnificant reported on his week having seen a Mariners Game with Steve Dolan and a weekend in Seattle.   Mark your calendars for WHS Pops Concert on May 26th featuring Miro and other students from the Music program at WHS.   Scholarship Breakfast next Tuesday at the Northshore Senior Center.  We'll be there bright and early to greet our worthy students and their families.  This is one personal highlight of the year for me.  I am bursting with pride to see these students walk across the stage to receive their scholarships and begin their journey into higher education.   Our speaker today, from the Washington Policy Center, educating us on our state house budget crisis and current financial state of affairs. Talking numbers in the billions and deficits in the tens of millions, citing ways legislators, currently in Special Session, are proposing to cut spending and bridge the gap of in this biennial funding cycle.  Possible ideas:  25 months of revenue in, and 24 months of spending out; raising bonds, decreasing tax loop holes; cutting expenses by redefining entitlement.  Glad to know there are private people out there watching over public money at the state level.  Thank you for a very informative talk.   And Max, once again, the winning ticket and the winning marble.  This time to Rotary Foundation.  Is it luck or is it fate?  You are a winner! Respectfully submitted.  Susan Webster