May 24, 2010 Spokesman

Jim asked if anyone attended Ten Grands.  Wasn't that great? He said the three and one-half hours was the nicest evening with music he can remember.  He was very proud that there were 300 Rotarians in the audience.

Jim read a letter from John Overleese thanking Rotary members for all of their support.  Pat Swenson said John loves company. You can call in the morning to set up time for an afternoon visit.

Announcements:

Pat Dye: G.G. fell in the parking lot of JoMae Wood's memorial service and broke her ankle. She hopes to be back soon to Rotary.  If you can help out and drop by with a meal please call G.G.

Club surveys are due back no later than June 7^th. We need them for the Club Assemble on June 14^th

Annual Dues are to be paid by June 30^th.  Arrangements can be made if you need to spread out your payments period of months. Contact our treasurer Carl Boruck.

June 5^th is the District Assembly; this is open to all Rotarians and important for new board members to attend. It will be held at Lake Washington Technical College from 8am to noon.  Donuts and coffee will be served at 7:30am.

Rich Bergdahl, International Foundation Chair, thanked members for their donations to date and will be awarding two Paul Harris pins, one to Bill Woods and one to Rick Ostrander.

Brian Tucker, International Service Director 2010-2011: If you are interested in discussing, evaluating, and setting priorities for the Kirkland Rotary Club's support for International Projects for 2010-2011, please attend a meeting on Thursday May 27, 7pm-9pm (latest) at his home, 442 13^th Ave W, in Kirkland.  All are welcome!  You can RSVP Brian.  His email is in the members section.

Dave Aubry: Chuck Brockway asked me to announce that there will be no Miracle League this weekend due to the Holiday Weekend.

Kirkland Report is publishing a Rotary supplement and they need to find advertisers to fund the supplement. Save will email Club members with the advertising rates.

Reminder NO MEETING NEXT WEEK.  MEMORIAL DAY!

Visitors:

Bob Auslander introduced his wife Gail.

Program:

Brandon Honcoop, the Vocational Service Chair introduced the final project of the year for the Vocational Committee.  Kirkland Rotary Club has been recognizing outstanding teachers since 1989.  This was started by Dick Westin.

Kirkland Junior High

Principal Debbie McCarson introduced math teacher Amy Myhre.  Amy started her career as a teacher in a juvenile prison. This is her 20^th year in Lake Washington School District.  No on loves math more than Amy! Students that aren't even in her class come to her for help. She has three children, one in high school, one in junior high and one in elementary.  Her mother is here tonight visiting from Montana.  When Amy accepted her award she told us that she wanted to teach math since she was four years old!

Lake Washington High School

Principal Brad Malloy introduced Dave Chambers. This is his 35^th year of teaching and his 29^th with Lake Washington High School.  Dave coaches boys baseball and taken his team to playoffs and won many awards.  He teaches 10 PE classes a year that have 35 students, over the course of his teaching career he has impacted thousands of kids lives.  Dave has integrity and character you can't teach.  He is a quiet leader. Dave will retire at the end of this year and the baseball field at Lake Washington High School has been dedicated to Dave. His wife is his guest tonight and they have a son and four grandchildren. When Dave accepted his award he told us a story of one of his baseball players that has gone on the play on the Major Leagues and is now a catcher for the San Diego Padres.  Dave got to watch him play last weekend against the Mariners!

Raffle Drawing

The winning ticket was Dave Aubrey who had to name three people in the room are Norwegian!  He won naming Jim, Mrs. Chambers and Amy Myhre.