May 4, 2015 Spokesman

Posted by Joanne Primavera 
on May 05, 2015
 
The Kirkland Rotary Club meeting of May 4, 2015 began at 6:30 p.m. and was led by President, John Pruitt   Bob Webb led the pledge.
 
Rotary Minute: 
Ernie Norehad asked club members to identify the location of the headquarters for Rotary International.  After many fumbles, the correct city and state were identified: Evanston, Illinois.  He asked the address:  1560 Sherman Ave. (named after General Sherman).  Ernie said he used to drive by the Rotary International Headquarters on his way to church (long before he became a Rotarian) and always thought the three story Rotary headquarters building was very impressive.
 
Guests: 
Gail Brilling, the wife of our speaker, Steve Brilling (and a former Rotarian, herself). 
Herb and JoAnn (Jo) Stier – this was Herb’s last night as a guest.  Jo brought her very well behaved little dog, Missy.
Nan Bergdahl
Judy Kuntz, a guest of Scott Becker (who wasn’t there) to look over our club.
 
Student of the Month: 
Tor Jensen, student of the month from Lake Washington High School.  Tor is going to Hawaii Pacific next year, majoring in International Business and Baseball.  Tor chose Hawaii Pacific because his grandparents have a place there, they have a terrific baseball team, and he is interested in going into business.  Tor plays in the outfield for LWHS.
 
Announcements:
            In March 1965, fifty years ago, Bill Woods joined Rotary.
            Anne Hamilton said May 5 is “Give Big” sponsored by the Seattle Foundation and the Foundation will match any donations.  She wishes the donations to go to the Nourishing Network Central.  Linda Benson from the Nourishing Network will be speaking at the District 5030 Conference next week.
            Joanne Primavera said the Kirkland Rotary Foundation Auction will be May 31 at 6:00 p.m. at the Kirkland Women’s Club.  She encouraged members to think of items to donate.  Gary and Ingrid will be serving their fabulous spaghetti and beer and wine will be served.  Also, we will need five desserts to auction – so if someone has a fabulous dessert, they need to contact Joanne.
            Patti Smith informed the club that the Waverly Park pavilion plans will be finished this week so we will know exactly how much the pavilion will cost.  The Kirkland Parks Foundation is going to neighborhood meetings to tell about their new foundation and about their kickstarter program on the web:  https://www.kirklandparksfoundation.org/  As of this morning, $11,620 has been pledged toward their $50,000 goal for the picnic shelter, with 56 days left in this campaign.
 
Pat Swenson announced that the Reading Buddies party at John Muir will be at 12:30 p.m. on Thursday, May 28.  If you wish to attend, bring twelve cupcakes.  The cupcakes can be homemade, but should not contain nuts.
 
Rich Bergdahl thanks the Rotarians who attended the District Assembly on Saturday.  Members Rick Walter, Bob Webb, Ben Premack, Joanne Primavera, and Rich were there.  Afterwards, John Pruitt joined them for lunch at the Roanoke Tavern.
 
Patty Sims reminded members to go to Miracle League on Saturday.  Although the UW fraternity members will be in attendance that morning, Rotarians are welcome.  Harry said he only hit about six kids this time.  His pitching is improving.
 
John Pruit asked us to give a warm round of applause to the Scholarship Committee:  Anne Hamilton, Brandon Honcoop, James Nevers, Eric Olsen, and Jason Overlesse.  Last week’s program was the best ever.
 
Program:
            Rotarian Steve Brilling talked about Getting Ready for the Inevitable, How to plan for succession for businesses.  He said planning should start early.  Many businesses fail after succession because they haven’t planned enough and asked the right questions.
 
Rick Walter successfully bought the lucky ticket for the joker pool but  did not win.  There are seven cards left in the deck for next week. 
The meeting was adjourned at 7:40 P.M.,
 
Joanne Primavera
Scribe