February 13, 2006 Spokesman
Guests: In addition to all the beautiful ladies and handsome men accompanying our fellow Rotarians tonight for Sweethearts Night, of special note were the following:
Maximillian Kyllonen, Button Box musician brought to us by Deedee Rusnak.
Alisha Ells and Ashley Johnson of
Jim Feek introduced his guests, Dr. Tom Gant, retired surgeon, and his fiancée Lynne Archer.
John Overleese introduced his guests, Charlie and Linda Holman.
Scott Becker introduced his guest Michael Marquest of the new Caribbean Casino in the Kingsgate area .
Announcements.
- Scholarship Chair, Mike Hunter let us know that all the student interviews are complete, and thanked those who made it all possible. Our special recognition dinner will be held this year on March 6th.
- Jeanne McRae, 4th of July Picnic Chair, informed us that there will be a meeting of this committee on Tuesday, February 14th at City Hall.
- Joanne Primavera reminded everyone of our annual Foundation Auction / Bruner Spaghetti feed scheduled for April 2nd, and asked that we all get our donation items identified shortly.
- The Rotary District Conference is scheduled for April 21 to 23 in Whistler, B.C. If we want to protect the great hotel rate of $189 Cdn. per night, we must call and book by not later than March 1st!
- President Joanne announced, with regret, that our International Student, Vlad Koposov, had to be sent home last Friday due to breaches in his code of conduct.
- Gary Bruner, Club and District Secretary, thanked the club for sponsoring him in having his name stand for District Governor for the 2008-2009 term. Jesse Tam was elected.
- Bob and Gail Auslander (along with Pat Swenson) once again invited everyone to attend their Bosanova night at their home on March 18! They have a 5 piece band on the ticket, and Joanne P. has arranged for dance instruction! Dancing is NOT mandatory, but should be a lot of fun. The night is to be in a "St. Patrick's theme", so wear some green! Pat did encourage us to bring a bottle of wine along for our great hosts.
- Craig Neal, Club Service Director, asked that we pencil in and sign up for the following fun nights;
a) Friday, Feb. 24 - Ski Night to Stevens Pass. The bus is booked again, and
will be leaving from the
so if you just want to hang out and have some fun, you are certainly welcome.
b) Saturday, Feb. 25 - Hockey Night at the
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Program.
Dennis Newell helped to organize a great Valentine's spousal night with all this wonderful talent right in our own club. Dennis, Jim Feek, Patty Sims, and Don Dycks had a blast, as did we all. Unfortunately Chuck Morgan and Steve Brown were not able to join in the fun, but we were not shortchanged. Pat Swenson is always such a great sport.