January 11, 2010 Spokesman
Rotary Minutes for January 11, 2010
By Scribe: Pat Swenson
The meeting was called to order by President Jim Feek at 6:20 p.m. The flag salute was lead by Ernie Norehad and our Greeter for the evening was Makaylaa Powers. President Jim asked for volunteers for an Inspirational Moment---having no volunteers, President Jim provided a Norwegian joke.
Visiting Rotarians and Guests were introduced: Greg Contreras, the new owner of The Pub in Kirkland Park Place and a sponsor of the upcoming Duck Dash, was introduced by Dan Bartel; Jerry and Camelia Lucas, another Duck Dash sponsor, was introduced by John Overleese; new Kirkland Councilwoman Amy Walen and her husband, Jim Walen were introduced along with Alex Parker and his parents, Rick and Joan Parker were all introduced by Bill Woods. Judith Hanson a former Rotarian from
President Jim also mentioned those Rotarians that were recently in the Kirkland Reporter: Don Dicks (and Merrilee Dicks) for the Arts; Steve Brown for his announcement of his new job in
President Jim also talked about his recent trip to
Announcements:
John Overleese reminded everyone about the upcoming Scotch Tasting at the Kirkland Women's Center on January 16th at 6:00 p.m. Cost $15 per person.
Pat Dye discussed the 5030 District Conference in
Dan Bartel thanked everyone that participated in last Saturday's Northwest Harvest for the Food Bank.
Steve Shinston requested sign-ups for Scribe and Greeters. He also thanked Sarah Brooks for signing up for one meeting a month for one full year. Steve is hoping this will inspire more Rotarians to do the same.
Brandon Honcoop announced the applications for scholarships are now out and in the high schools and that interviews for recipients will begin in March. Also, DECA judging will be March 5th with two sessions. The morning session will be from 7:00 a.m. to 12:00 and the afternoon session will be from 12:30 to 5:00. Judges are needed. See
Bill Woods thanked everyone for their visits with JoMae. He contributed to the Food Donation fund, since he will be gone to the desert until April 1st. He also gave the Club a parting joke---he had to be there.
Elizabeth Rusnak announced the sorting of the name badges and assignment of numbers to each badge, so replace your badge in your numbered slot. If you have a missing badge or a missing Rotary pin, please see
New Member Induction:
Jim Going was introduced by Pat Dye. Jim's sponsor is Pat Dye and his mentor is Joanne Primavera. Jim was a previous member of the Paradise Valley Club in Scottsdale/Phoenix area. Jim was a past President of his prior Club as well as holding several other offices in that Club. He was the recipient of the Outstanding Rotarian award as well as other Service Above Self awards. Jim requested the opportunity to go from Red to Blue badge in order to know our Club better. Welcome Jim!
Special Guest Speaker:
Alex Parker
was a requested guest speaker because he was our 2003 Charles O. Morgan scholarship winner. He wanted to thank the Club because we showed confidence in him and his ability to attend college by awarding him the scholarship. He graduated from the
PROGRAM:
Patti Smith (out of her handcuffs) introduced Chief Eric Olsen who in turn introduced two of his team leaders for the SWAT or SRT special forces team; Officer David Quiggle and Officer Todd Aksdal.
The primary purpose of the SRT team is to Save Lives. The members of the team are all volunteers; they all have other regular police duties and do not receive any extra pay for the additional work. All members receive special training in addition to their regular training. The selection process for the SRT team is very rigorous. There are five (5) phases: Physical Fitness Test, Firearms Test, Scenario Test, Written Exercise Test and Oral Interviews. All candidates must receive a minimum of 80% to pass. The top three candidates go to the Chief and he picks the final selection. Officer Todd also demonstrated the equipment that the members must wear or carry with them. About 55 to 75 additional pounds!
Chief Olsen announced the start of the next
Special Announcement:
The lucky ticket was drawn by Amy Walen and she picked the lucky Duck (#3). Amy donated the money back to the pot.
Meeting adjourned at 8:00 p.m. with closing joke by President Jim.