News for Members and Friends
of the Rotary Club of Greater Woodinville

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Tuesday's Program-September 20

Environmental Education and Community Center at Brightwater

Members get a preview of the new facilities
before Saturday's public open house.

     No meeting at the Grange this week.

           Brightwater address: 22505 State Route 9 SE, Woodinville 98072-6010

Look for our Rotary of Woodinville A-Frame Sign at the Entrance

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____ 19 Days,  so we better up the momentum ___

Remember the Date October 8 5:30 p.m. Meydenbauer Center Bellevue 21st Annual Woodinville Rotary Charity Fundraising Event For Kids and Education John Curley Emcee/Auctioneer Music by the Bonnie Birch Bavarian Trio Charity Event.  19 days to go until Oktoberfest. Have you procured an auction item or two or three? Do you have commitments from at least four guests to join you? Have you registered online? Focus on Kids and Education.                     Deadline for Auction Items is Tuesday, Sept. 27.   Auction steering committee will meet at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 20, at Rorry's conference room.   Auction Breaking News: Hot auction items recently posted -- four hours handyman services from Westhill, Inc.....paella dinner for eight.....glass blowing art experience for five...."First Citizen of Grace" appointment with your name and photo in headlines....wine cooler stocked with 12 fine wines! Need ideas? Check with Rorry or Pam. Meeting Report - Sept. 13 -- Jorge reports in great detail, with whimsy and to praise the many happenings and presentations at the most recent Rotary meeting.     Board Meeting -- Officers and Directors have set November 29 for the annual holiday party -- a Fifth Tuesday. There will be no morning meeting that date.   Membership Proposed --  The club officers and directors have voted to extend an invitation of membership to Bob Platte, a guest the past two meetings, who is taking over a Farmers Insurance office in Woodinville. This is the second of two postings of this membership proposal. His sponsors are Tana Baumler and Pam Johnstone. Inquiries as to this proposal should be directed to the club secretary.   Sept. 20 at Brightwater -- On Tuesday, Sept. 20 we will meet at the Environmental Education and Community Center at Brightwater for a preview of this new facility. There will be NO meeting at the Grange Tuesday morning. We will be guests of King County and the Friends of the Hidden River. We will learn a bit about the plans for the Center and have time for a tour of the facilities, including the two science labs. The official grand opening of the facility is a daylong happening from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 24.  ___________________________________   Register Yourself and Guests for Oktoberfest Our audience development team encourages you to follow these easy-to-do steps http://wrc.maestroweb.com When you open this webpage, note the "RSVP instructions", then look at the top for "RSVP" and click on this link. The link takes you to the registration form. Enter meal requests, names, e-mail info etc. Under Payment Method, answer "Prepaid Rotarian". The cost of the evening is $125 per person. http://wrc.maestroweb.com     SAVE the DATE We have provided an electronic SAVE the DATE document for members to forward or send to their invitees. Printed copies are available at Tuesday meetings. The plan is for all registrations to be done electronically this year. Members will be responsible for seeing that their guests are registered.   to open the Save the Date card ______________________________________ For each procured auction item turned in at all future meetings through Oct. 4, the member bringing in either a silent or live auction item will receive a ticket or tickets for the marble box drawing!