Bellevue Rotary Club, Bellevue, WA
WEEKLY BULLETIN
JANUARY 30, 2006
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IN THIS ISSUE:
Bellevue Mayor Grant Degginger & Redmond City Councilmember John Marchione, "Cascade Water Alliance" | Register Today for the 2007 District Conference! | Special Olympics Ski Competition at Snoqualmie Pass | Enjoy a Wine Tour on the Way to the 2007 District 5030 Conference! | New Orleans Reconstruction Project | Bellevue Rotary Forest Explorers Program, Lake Hills Elementary 2nd Graders
THIS WEEK AT THE BRC
GREETERS
David Myaskovsky
David Foster
BACK TABLE DUTY
Pete Swindley
Andy Barlass
NEWEST RED BADGE
MEMBER(S)
Keith Folz
Ev Stitz
Paul Dressel
Craig Hendrickson
CLUB MAILING ADDRESS:
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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Bill McCaughey, 01/03
Troy Roper, 01/05
Andy Barlass, 01/06
Grant Ringel, 01/09
Debbie Acton, 01/11
Mike Schaefer, 01/18
Jim Montgomery, 01/21
Phyllis Foro, 01/23
Geri Lucks, 01/23
Pete Swindley, 01/25
Roxanne Shepherd, 01/28
Steve Hopp, 01/30
Classification Report: “Banking” and "Financial Services" classifications are currently full.
Bellevue Mayor Grant Degginger &
Redmond City Councilmember John Marchione
"Cascade Water Alliance"
Grant Degginger
Grant Degginger is the Mayor of the City of Bellevue. He has served as a member of the Bellevue City Council since November 1999, including one term as Deputy Mayor. Prior to his election to the City Council, he served for over six years on the Bellevue Planning Commission.
Grant has assumed key leadership position in regional infrastructure and growth planning. He is the Chair of the Cascade Water Alliance, a consortium of eight East and South King County cities and water districts that supply water to over 300,000 residents and 22,000 businesses. He serves on the King County Growth Management Planning Council and the PSRC Growth Management Policy Board. As chair of the City of Bellevue's Construction Codes Advisory Committee, Grant worked hard to streamline the permitting process, improve delivery of inspections and other development services.
Grant is a shareholder in the Lane Powell PC law firm where he chairs the firm's construction and real estate litigation practice group. He and his wife Kathy have lived in Bellevue since 1982 and have two teenage sons.
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John Marchione
Redmond City Council – 2003 to present
Council Committees – Public Admin & Finance (Chair), Planning & Public Works
Cascade Water Alliance Board Member – 2003 to present
Committees – Public Affairs (Chair), and Finance
Community Involvement
A founding member of the Lake Washington Schools Foundation, 2005 to present
Treasurer – 2005 to presentManager/Coach/Umpire, Redmond West Little League 1997-2002
Coach, Lake Washington Youth Soccer Association, 1997 to Present
Engaged Encounter of Seattle (Marriage Preparation Organization) 1995 to Present
Presenter 1995-2001
Seattle Coordinator/Leadership Board 1997-1999
Treasurer 2004-2005
Occupation
Director of Finance and Human Resources, August 1997 to Present
Bellevue Convention Center Authority (Meydenbauer Center), Bellevue, Washington
Education
Master of Public Administration, University of Washington, June 1987
Bachelor of Arts in Humanities, Seattle University, June 1985
Register Today for the 2007 District Conference!
Sarah Langton
District 5030 is pleased to announce that the 2007 District Conference will be held at The Coeur d'Alene Resort in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, from 2:00 p.m. on Friday, April 20, to 12:00 p.m. on Sunday, April 22, 2007. Join us for a celebration of the accomplishments of District 5030 clubs during 2006-2007, and enjoy the true spirit of Rotary fellowship.
To register for the conference, please go to the Rotary District 5030 website, and look for information on the District Conference and the registration forms. Fill out the form and mail it in to the District Office. Please note that hotel reservations are made separately (information is on the registration form). We encourage you to book your hotel rooms early, as the resort will likely fill due to the conference.
We would love to have a strong Bellevue Rotary showing at the conference. Hope to see you in beautiful Coeur d’Alene in April!
Special Olympics Ski Competition at Snoqualmie Pass
Tom Eckhart
This year's annual Special Olympics Ski Competition will be held February 10 at Snoqualmie Pass. Please mark this date on your calendars. We have had great support for this event in the past, and I hope you can come this year. More information will be forthcoming. If you have questions, please
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Enjoy a Wine Tour on the Way to the 2007 District 5030 Conference!
Northgate Transit Center, 8:00AM
OR
Issaquah Park and Ride, 9:00AM
Arrive The Coeur d'Alene Resort, 6:00PM
Return departure from Coeur d'Alene at 1:00PM on April 22
Arrive Issaquah Park and Ride, 7:00PM
OR
Northgate Transit Center, 8:00PM
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Tour price includes:
* Round trip Deluxe Motorcoach Transportation
* Wine Country Concierge Service
* Tour of 2 Wineries
* Expertise of Washington Wine Tour Guide
* Maps and other visuals
* Lunch and Snacks in route to Coeur d'Alene
* Fun and Fellowship with other Rotarians!
$135.00 Per person
Limited space! Reserve your seat by downloading this registration form and sending it in to the District Office today!
New Orleans Reconstruction Project
April 14-22, 2007
Peter Kalunian
You are invited to be a member of a medical and construction team to assist in the reconstruction of New Orleans. Participants will stay at the St. Paul’s Homecoming Center, New Orleans, which can house 25 volunteers and includes a full kitchen. The construction team will meet daily at a central location and will be divided into work crews.
Each crew will be under the direction of a local crew chief. The medical team (R.N., M.D., APRN) will be part of the St. Anna’s Mobile Medical Mission and will provide basic medical examinations and care. One person also is needed to be head cook. The remaining members of the team will assist in setting up and cleaning after meals.
Cost per person: air fare ($300+), food needed for meals (approx. $100) and rental vehicles and gas for ground transportation ($75). Lodging is free but a donation will be appreciated. More information is available at www.edola.org, click on “volunteer resources.” If interested, or if you need more information, please contact
(Ph 206-854-0612). The team will be limited to the first 25 people who apply.
Bellevue Rotary Forest Explorers Program
Lake Hills Elementary 2nd Graders
Peter Wang, Chairman, Community Grants Committee
Four classes of the 2nd Graders from Lake Hills Elementary School, BSD, attended the Forest Explorers program at the Woodland Park Zoo this fall, courtesy of Bellevue Rotary Community Grants. The Forest Explorers program presents the students an opportunity to experience first-hand the differences between tropic and temperate rain forests and the effect that they have on our environment.
The students and teachers from these classes have expressed their appreciation by sending us 79 original masterpieces of thank-you pictures and drawings. These wonderfully drawn thank you pictures are being displayed with Club Administrator for all to enjoy.
Here are some of the many wonderful comments from Mrs. McClanahan, Ms. Okawa, Ms. Tzucker’s classes and the fabulous writers of Room 111:
Amazing hands-on experience …
My favorite is a gorilla because the gorilla was picking it’s nose.
I saw a funny looking squirrel, a jaguar and a fat white owl …
I learned about the temperate rain fores t…
The live jaguar — that is our school mascot.
We learned the four layers of the forest …
Amazing … so cool … thank you …
Really appreciated that you let us go …
Great learning experience and appreciate your wonderful gift to us!
It was a real live jaguar! I love zoos.
And the penguins and peacock too.
I learned that the forest floor has bugs that eat the leaves and poop the soil out.
I love going to the zoo. I never been to zoo.
The bats make me scream, I jumped …
I learned about the monkeys, the ones with the beards.