February 8, 2009 Spokesman
REMINDER NO MEETING NEXT WEEK!
Rotary Minutes for February 8, 2010 The meeting was called to order by President, Jim Feek at 6:35 p.m. The flag salute was lead by Chief Eric Olsen. The Inspirational Moment was given by President Jim: "leave a little extra for the person serving you".
Introduction of Visiting Guests and Visiting Rotarians: too numerous to list (many spouses of members and many important people from the community). A special welcome back to Brett Johnson after a long absence (you have been missed) and to Jackson Phillips, Student of the Month.
Announcements and Committee Reports:
Community Service by Mary-Alyce Burdick: Upcoming Events: Eastside Baby Corner; Habitat for Homes project; Miracle League. Next year, a project with Green Kirkland Program.
Vocational Services by Brandon Honcoop: The Scholarship Committees will be formed in the next weeks with interviews in March of High School Seniors; $13,000 is allocated for 2010. March 5th will be the state DECA contest judging. If you wish to participate as a judge, please let Brandon know right away at: brandon.honcoop@rbc.com ½ day judging from 8:00 to 12:00 and 12:30 to 5:00 at Meydenbauer Bay in Bellevue.
International Service by Patty Sims: Host families for our 2010/2011 Exchange Student are needed. If you or someone you know, wishes to be a host family, please contact Dan Bartel at: barteldan@comcast.net . Host families begin in August and rotate throughout the school year. The exchange student resides with the Host Family for approximately 3 months, then moves to the next Host Family.
Club Service by John Overleese : Upcoming events: Kirkland Bowling organized by Wilson Anhar. Date will be announced at next meeting. Wine Tasting organized by Dave Aubry, date in April to be announced. Also, in April will be our annual Auction held at the Kirkland Women's Center, date in April to be announced. June 5th will be a "Duck Bake" party hosted at Rich and Nan Bergdahl's home.
President Jim then turned the podium over to Patti Smith. Patti announced the speaker for the night would not be Pat Swenson, as published in the Club Runner. Instead, the program would be a special Roast and Toast of our distinguished member, Steve Brown. As you all know, Steve will be leaving our Club (and the area) at the end of the month. In order to surprise him, a conspiracy was necessary.
The Speakers for the evening (honoring and skewering Steve):
Jim Feek; Penny Sweet representing Joan McBride the Mayor of Kirkland who was unable to attend; Jane Hague representing the County and District; Ben Yendacuda (hope I got that right) past Evergreen Hospital Vice President; Dave Aubry listing the ten possible "real reasons" Steve was leaving the area; Doug Wozeniak, Executive Director of the Boys and Girls Club; DaveRamsey, representing the past City Council; G.G. Getz representing the Kirkland Performance Center; Bill Vadino, representing Kirkland Chamber of Commerce; Walter Yeager representing Cascadia Foundation; Pat Dye representing fellow Kirkland Rotarians. They all had wonderful stories to tell about Steve and a few "skewers" to relate.
The entire evening was taped and recorded by Dave DeBois . If you missed this evening's performances, please contact Dave for a copy of the CD or if you wish to give Steve a "good-bye" message. Dave can be reached at: ddebois@bannerbank.com
We will miss you Steve.
Scribe for the evening: Pat Swenson