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WEEKLY BULLETIN FEATURED SPEAKER FOR NOVEMBER 30, 2004
Rosemary Barker Aragon
Rosemary, her husband Luis, and sons Carlos and Luis are Paul Harris Fellows. Rosemary and her husband are members of the Foundation Bequest Society. Rosemary is a member of the District 5030 Paul Harris Society, giving $1,000 annually to the Rotary Foundation. Rosemary is a graduate of the University of Washington, holding a BA in History, with honors. She holds a Masters of Public Administration from the Daniel J. Evans Graduate School of Public Affairs (UW). She is the Executive Director of the Pacific Hospital Preservation & Development Authority, whose mission is charity healthcare. At the District level, she was the International Services Chair from 1998-2002. She continues her commitment to international service, with a particular focus on women and children. She is an expert in Rotary Matching Grants. She has traveled to Rotary projects in Mexico and Guatemala. In 2002, Rosemary and a fellow University Rotarian led over 80 Rotarians to Ethiopia, to participate in a Polio National Immunization Day (NID). As a result of this effort and the district’s commitment to the Rotary Foundation, District 5030 raised over $1 Million in 2002-3. She has an additional interest in landmine action, which began with her co-sponsorship of the Landmine Action Conference in Seattle, Washington (October 2002). In that field, she is the vice president of the International Fellowship of Rotarians for Mine Action. Currently, she has several assignments from Rotary International. In 2004-5, she is the Zone 23 Task Force Chair for Health (one of Centennial President Glenn Estes’ four priority areas). She is involved in training future leaders: she is part of the team training Governors’ Elect for zones 23/24 and will serve as a Training Leader at the International Assembly in 2005 (at which all incoming Governors worldwide are trained). At the District level, she is serving Governor Kathy Johnson as the District 5030 Chair for the Bequest Society and as the first President of the District 5030 Service Fund. She is Vice President of the Computers-for-the-World (C4W) Board. Community Service Opportunitiy Help set up and serve seniors at the North Bellevue Senior Center's annual holiday luncheon on Wednesday, December 15, 2004. Sign up with Doug Whalen. Experience of a Foreign Rotary Club While in Seoul Korea, I decided to visit a local Rotary Club for my make-up meeting. I visited the Hamseoul (South Seoul) Club in the Lotte Hotel, and what dissimilarity compared to Bellevue! Both clubs meet on Tuesday for lunch and everyone is wearing their Rotary pin. After that, everything was very different. Lunch was a six course meal served by waiters. Every table had only five seats, with its own individual wait staff. In fact, after the meal was served, the wait staff kept the coffee flowing and delivered a toothpick to each person at the table. Of course, with all this food and service, the cost for lunch was high and was approximately $42.00 per guest. I guess I should stop complaining about Bellevue’s $20 lunch. The meeting opened with a salute to the Korean flag and then singing of the Korean national anthem. At each place setting was a song book titled, “Sing, Rotarians, Sing.” The club had hired a person to play the piano. The club then sang two songs from the song book. I was introduced by the chair of the meeting from the podium. I was asked to come to the front of the room and accept the club flag. Of course, I did not remember to bring a flag from our club. In my honor, they sang a special “Welcome Rotarian” song. Since all the songs were in Korean and I was unable to participate, they decided to sing “Happy Birthday” in English so I could join them. The speaker for the meeting was a Professor of Sociology from the Seokyeong University. He spoke on the conflict between conservatives and liberals in Korean society. I did not understand a word. Namseoul club has approximately 100 members with about 50 attending this meeting. The club was started in 1948 and I was told most of the early members were still active. The average age of the club was well north of 65. It was interesting to note that while I was in Korea where everyone eats with metal chopsticks, there were no chopsticks at this meal, only western flatware. There were no women members present, if they had any. The president of the club did not speak often and did not lead the meeting. The meeting was 1 hour and 15 minutes and ended right on time. Vietnam Water Project
Care to Help Project Director Scott Mantz will be providing photos and progress reports throughout the duration of this project. Latest News From Scott Mantz ... I am happy to announce that the Bellevue Rotary sponsored well project at B'Co village in Vietnam has been completed and is in operation! The crew completed the project on November 12, and the opening ceremonies were held on November 15. B'Co village is next to B'Dor where we first started drilling, but had no success. The villagers of B'Dor are welcome to come to B'Co to collect clean water, which is a lot easier than walking to where they had been collecting water, not to mention that this is safe water for consumption. Between the two villages, this well will provide safe water to well over 1,000 people. The villagers have asked me to tell the Bellevue Rotary how much they appreciate what you have given them. They thank you very much. This well will make their lives so much easier. Click here to read all the progress reports on this project. |
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Next Meeting * * * GREETERS * * * NOVEMBER Barbara Johannessen, 11/03 Craig Shrontz, 11/03 Ken Story, 11/04 Bob Ward, 11/06 Janine Florence, 11/11 T.J. Woosley, 11/12 Jack Hanover, 11/18 Jim Black, 11/21 Kirk Adams, 11/24 John Walsh, 11/24 Mick Larkin, 11/25 Terry Lukens, 11/28
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