March 6, 2006 Spokesman

Visiting Guests (except students and parents) were introduced.  They included Ellie Nash, the fabulous pianist from Sweetheart Night, Dave Honeycutt from Honeycutt & Associates, George Rivera (Student of the Month from BEST High School with a part-time job at Lee Johnson Chevrolet) and George McKinney, visiting Rotarian from Seattle Four.

 
Announcements:
Bob Auslander reminded us about NW Harvest Saturday, which is this Saturday, March 11^th .  We are to meet at the Houghton Place Park & Ride in Kirkland at 8:00 a.m. (the north end of the parking lot)  to car pool to NW Harvest building. 

Bob Auslander also reminded all Rotarians that a St. Patrick's themed Bosanova Party will be at his home on March 18^th, starting at 7:00 p.m.  There will be a live band providing the music, lots of food and the wearing of the green.  Please bring your favorite wine to contribute to the celebration.  Reminder to the decorating and set-up committee  to be at Bob & Gayle's by 5:45 p.m. 

Joanne acknowledged our Spelling Bee participants.  The team members were Alice Volpe, Dave Aubry and John Woodbery who placed 4^th in the first annual Spelling Bee contest held at the Kirkland Performance Center.  All funds raised were for the Kirkland Library literacy fund.  Don Saul was one of the judges and told us our team was incorrectly eliminated by a mispronounced word, but the word was not challenged by our team, so the judges could not rule in their favor.  This team did an excellent job in representing the Kirkland Rotary with their amazing abilities.

New Member Inductions by Steve Brown:

Two new members were inducted into our Club, both individuals were current members of other Washington clubs, but moved into our area and found Kirkland dinner to be more convenient.

Debra Wakefield is joining the Club from Columbia Tower, Seattle.  Her mentor will be G.G. Getz.  Debra is an insurance and financial planner.

John Spangenberg is joining the Club from Redmond noon.  His mentor will be John Overleese.  John is in Real Estate and Planning Consultant.

Both Debra and John were sponsored by Dave Aubry.

Other Announcements:

Craig Neil reminded the Club members of the upcoming Rotary Auction on April 2^nd , starting at 5:30 p.m. in Kirkland at the Women's Club.  The fabulous Bruner spaghetti dinner will be served.  There will be a live and silent auction.  Please let Craig know if you have items to donate as soon as possible.  In support of the auction, the Mexican 10 were represented by Bill Taylor, Gary Bruner, Gary Shuster, Gary Redfern,  and Elizabeth Kemmish, all wearing their "What Happens in Mexico, Stays In Mexico" t-shirts.  They were the fortunate bidders on last year's auction item for condos in Mexico.

There is quite a story to go with their trip and will be shared with those that want to have further details.  This Scribe will allow each of the Mexican 10 to give their own version of events.

PROGRAM---SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS:

Mike Hunter, Chairperson of the Scholarship Awards Committee organized this evening event.  He thanked each of the Chairs that lead the Interview Committees for each of the 7 schools and the special committee (Brian Tucker) that interviewed all the DECA applicants and Charles O. Morgan applicants.  Mike arranged for decorations with balloons furnished by Brett Johnson of Lee Johnson Chevrolet.  Mike provided each student and their parents or guests, along with the school counselors/advisors seating among the Rotarians.  This allowed each table to "host" a student.  Mike also had special certificates printed with the recipient's name and their award.

The following are the recipients and their school:

Rebecca Berry, BEST High School, guests:  Adrienne Martin Anderson and Elizabeth Martin Anderson.  Representing BEST:  Tracy Bumgarner  

Award presented by Rotarian:  Val Gurin.

Jenny Serrato, Juanita High School, guests:  Beatriz Serrato.  Representing Juanita High School:  Linda McGrath.

Award presented by Rotarian:  Patrick Fitzgerald.

Walter Busch, International Community School, guests:  Susan & Ralph Busch.  Resprenting International:  Kathy Comeau

Award presented by Rotarian:  Vernell Sutherland.

Julia Kuehn, Lake Washington High School, guests:  Ann Kuehn  Representing Lake Washington:  Julie Madsen.

Award presented by Rotarian:  Pat Swenson

Tatyana Korottseva, Lake Washington Technical Academy, guests:  Lidiya Korottseva and Julia Korottseva.  Representing LW Tech:  Michelle Kennedy.

Award presented by Rotarian :  Alice Volpe.

Edgar Vargas, Lake Washington Technical College.  Representing LW Tech College:  Cherie Bonnington

Award presented by Rotarian:  Rich Bergdahl

DECA Scholarship:

Lake Washington High School:  Janel Charlton  guests:  Lori Jacobs

Award presented by Rotarian:  Brian Tucker

Two Charles O. Morgan Scholarships were presented this year:

Juanita High School:  Guy Keltner, guests:  Terri & Rick Keltner

Award presented by Rotarian:  Sinclair Jones

Cascadia Community College:  Victoria Koch, guests:  Ben & Gail Gilmer

Award presented by:  G.G. Getz

Mike Hunter closed the program by thanking all the school counselors and advisors for their help in arranging the interviews and supporting the Rotary scholarship program.

Group pictures were then taken by Bob Gasson.

Joanne closed the meeting with our drawing for the Honey Pot.  Lucky number and lucky winner was our student from Juanita High School, Guy Keltner.  Meeting adjourned at 7:45 p.m.

Respectfully submitted,

Scribe:  Pat Swenson