July 31, 2006 Spokesman

Visiting Rotarians and Guests:  Wendy Allen visited us for the third time as Bill Wood's guest. Gary Redfern  introduced Elizabeth Kemmish's daughter Caitlen and her friend Ryan, both University of Santa Clara graduates.  Gary also took the opportunity to announce his marriage this past weekend to Elizabeth. Evan Perrollaz and Jason Brooks visited as guests of Ev Cox. Another visitor was Sheila Simpkins. Bob Auslander introduced his wife, Gayle.  Special guests were Don and Nancy O'Brian from SlidellLouisiana. Don thanked Kirkland Rotary for our generous contribution to help with the recovery of Slidell after Hurricane Katrina. The money was spent for food, job and housing assistance. Don also brought pennants from the Slidell and Slidell Northshore Rotary Clubs.  John dela Torre from New Zealand who first visited in 1999 paid a return visit. Kara Brown, Rotary Outbound Student from Lake WashingtonHigh School joined us before leaving on August 3^rd for Germany.

Special Recognition: President Steve presented Mike Hunter with a Distinguished Service Award for his work as Scholarship Chair. Fortunately, Mike has agreed to continue this work in 2006.

Michele Hnatowich (Sponsor Bret Johnson) having completed her Task List was presented with her Blue Badge. Her last task was her memorable Classification Talk given at the July 24^th meeting.

Announcements

• Katherine Kehrli announced that the first Service Project would be held on September 9^th from 9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. at Residence XII. Participants will be cleaning up the landscaping around the building. Brian Tucker will be the steward for the project.
• Gary Bruner reminded the group that the annual Kirkland Rotary Salmon Bake will be held on August 14^th at Bob Norman's home. He noted that the salmon will be exceptionally delicious troll caught Coho. So far 86 have signed up.
• Don Dicks announced that the KirklandPerformanceCenter's Auction Dinner will be held on September 24^th at the Redmond Marriott. Festivities will begin at 4:00 p.m. As a Prime Sponsor, our club will have two tables, preferred seating, logo and name recognition plus other goodies. More details to follow.
• John Overleese announced that the Quacker Backer Party will be held on September 9^th at Chateau Overleese. Stay tuned for more details.

Program: John Woodbery introduced John Cartmell who after working as a licensed massage therapists became a certified nutritionist earning a degree at BastyrUniversity.  He is currently finished a book on Fibromyalgia.  His topic for the evening was "Health, Nutrition and the Health Care System' Mr Cartmell focused his remarks on the relationship between nutrition and disease. He emphasized that the evaluation of diet should be the first step in diagnosing disease. Instead our medical system focuses on symptom management and crisis intervention depending on drugs both for the short and long term. As an example it was noted that while veterinarians most often begin their diagnosis with the question "What are you feeding your pet" the question of diet seldom is part of a medical doctor's diagnosis protocol.  Mr. Cartmell then went on to describe the impact of deficiencies or excesses of various components such as selenium, vitamin C, protein and calcium on one's health.  His remarks brought a new perspective to the issue of how health issues are assessed and treated.  More information can be found on Mr. Cartmell's website www.dietadvisor.com.

Honey Pot:  President Steve announced that all those with lucky numbers who do not draw the blue marble will have their names put in a 2^nd chance drawing later in the year. Kara Brown then drew the lucky number of Dianne Santeford. Although Diane drew the white marble and did not win the Honey Pot, her name will be put into the consolation drawing.

The meeting was adjourned at 7:40 p.m.