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Sri Lanka Relief Efforts
Check this link for an entire list of donors, including Bellevue Rotary.

Click here to read Rob Rose’s Foundation article in the March 2005 monthly newsletter of The Rotary Foundation.

Check out the list of the best books of 2004!

Vietnam Water Project

Nepal Projects Log

WCS Projects Approved by Committee

WEEKLY BULLETIN

FEATURED APRIL 26, 2005

Susan L. Rahr
King County Sheriff

Sue was born in Laramie, Wyoming in 1956, the third of seven children, the only girl. As the middle child, and, at 5’8”, the shrimp of the family, Sue learned to use brains and strategy to accomplish her goals.

Her family moved to Bellevue in 1962 where her father started his 30-year career as a Boeing engineer and her mother traded her career in nursing for the role of full-time mother of seven children.

Sue graduated from Newport High School in 1975 and then put herself through Washington State University where she graduated Cum Laude with a BA in Criminal Justice and a minor in Sociology. Her goal was to go to law school.

Unfortunately, (or perhaps fortunately) Sue ran out of money. She decided to work for a few years to save the money for Law School and figured being a cop would be good experience for a future prosecutor. She was told by one of her first field-training officers, “If you stay in police work more than a year you’ll never leave.” She soon found that he was right.

One of the first women hired to work as a regular patrol officer, Sue jumped in with both feet. She started working in 1979 in a single-officer patrol car where the closest back up was 15 minutes away. In her first month alone she fought a belligerent, intoxicated man into custody with no assistance. Her bruised bloody hands proved to her and her peers that she could carry her own weight.

Now, after a 25-year career rising through the ranks of the King County Sheriff’s Office, Sue is the first woman Sheriff in King County history.

In the midst of all her career activity in law enforcement, Sue is also a wife and mother! She’s been married to her high school sweetheart, Bill Rahr, a local high school teacher, for 25 years. They have two sons, Billy (20) and Peter (17).

Known for her sense of humor and propensity for playing practical jokes, Sue smiles at the fact that her long-time nickname “Sheriff Sue” is finally true.

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Grants Approved by Board
Phil Bevan

The Board has approved the second and final round of grants for this year. They are:

Bellevue Rotacare Clinic, $5,000
for general funds, primarily prescriptions

Camp Goodtimes, $2,500
rental of carnival equipment

Congregation for Kids, $1,500
backpacks and school supplies for needy children in Eastside schools

Eastside Legal Assistance, $2,000
Russian and Spanish interpretation services

Olive Crest, $2,000
Summer camp for foster children

Public Safety Support, $2,000
Chaplains and support services for Eastside police/fire/ and citizens

Puget Sound Blood Center, $2,500
High School campaign for blood donors

Washington Community Alliance for Self-Help, $1,000
Training for startup businesses

YMCA, $1,750
Improvements for Camp Terry

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BRC Scholarship Opportunities

The Bellevue Rotary Club is making available tuition scholarships for graduating Bellevue area high school students.

Applications must be mailed by the
submission deadline of May 6.

Click here for more information on this program.

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Come to Camp Goodtimes this year on Wednesday, June 22. Plan to spend the day on Vashon Island. Bellevue Rotary members will once again put on a rip roaring, way cool, action packed carnival garnished at the end with lots of whipped cream. Sign up anytime with Charlotte Ellis, or check out the table flyers in late May/early June. Spouses and teens can help too.

Help us out! 

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Next Meeting
April 26, 2005

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GREETERS
Bill Grimes
Dick Foreman

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APRIL BIRTHDAYS

Chris Porter, 04/01

Rob Petersen, 04/04

Gary Neumann, 04/09

Lisa Carroll, 04/12

Gregg Jordshaugen, 04/13

Mike Evered, 04/16

Rob Rose, 04/17

Dick Foreman, 04/20

Lee Graeve, 04/20

Kim Wold, 04/20

Cy Oskoui, 04/21

Stan Winter, 04/21

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Award Winning!
BELLEVUE COMMUNITY COLLEGE ROTARACT CLUB
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The permanent mailing address for Bellevue Rotary is:

Laurie Larson
Club Administrator
P.O. Box 523
Bellevue, WA 98009
bellevuerotary@seanet.com
Ph 425 451-3819
Fax 425 451-8025

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