Bellevue Rotary Club, Bellevue, WA
WEEKLY BULLETIN
FEBRUARY 13, 2006
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IN THIS ISSUE:
Lorraine McConaghy, Historian, "Museum of History & Industry" | Camelot at the Fifth Avenue Theater | Spring Golf Outing | Register Today for the 2007 District Conference! | 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
Jack Chantrey
David Miniken
BACK TABLE DUTY
Steve Hopp
Ev Stitz
NEWEST RED BADGE
MEMBER(S)
Paul Dressel
Craig Hendrickson
Neily Bissett
CLUB MAILING ADDRESS:
Laurie Larson
Club Administrator
P.O. Box 523
Bellevue, WA 98009
bellevuerotary@seanet.com
Ph 425 451-3819
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Byron Piro, 02/03
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Scott East, 02/10
Conrad Lee, 02/10
Steve Sarkozy, 02/16
SanDee Olson-Meyer, 02/21
Jennifer Pineda, 02/21
Mike Creighton, 02/22
Cecille Schuman, 02/23
Leslie Lloyd, 02/25
Frank Young, 02/26
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Lorraine McConaghy, Historian
Museum of History & Industry
Lorraine McConaghy is the historian at the Museum of History and Industry, in Seattle. She completed her doctorate in United States urban history at the University of Washington in 1993 and has published and taught Pacific Northwest history ever since. Her "Raise Hell and Sell Newspapers," with Sherry Boswell, is a biography of Washington State's most powerful publisher, Alden Blethen, and "The Seattle Times Centennial Series" is a reprint of historical articles published in the newspaper that explore the city's history from 1896 to the present. In 1999, Lorraine received the Charles Gates Research Award for her article in Pacific Northwest Quarterly, "Cold War Pulitzer Prize: The Albert Canwell Committee Hearings."
Lorraine has taught at the University of Washington and joined the museum's staff in 1997. As museum historian, her primary responsibilities involve research and writing, but she continues to teach through a variety of museum programs and at the University of Washington. She is interested in local and family history, and teaches with Sarah Little in the University of Washington's Genealogy and Family History program.
Lorrraine is the executive editor of a forthcoming interpretive on-line anthology of the historical collections of Seattle and King County: structures, oral histories, artifacts, photographs, maps, diaries and correspondence. She is also working on a book and a series of articles, based on her research on the Pacific Squadron cruise of the U.S. Sloop-of-War DECATUR, 1854-1859. In 2005, Lorraine received the Governor's Award for Excellence in Teaching History, the DAR National Heritage Medal, the AKCHO Charles Payton Award, and a research fellowship from the U.S. Naval History Center. In 2006, she received the Annual History Award, from the Pacific Northwest Historians Guild.
Camelot at the Fifth Avenue Theater
David Laub
Bellevue Rotary has scheduled a night at the Fifth Avenue Theater to see Camelot, staring Michael York. The show is on Thursday, April 5, at 8:00 pm. There will be a wine tasting event before the show in a Bellevue Rotarian’s downtown Seattle office. Finger food will be available to make a light dinner. Children are welcome.
The tickets are for the Grand tier (balcony), and we have one of the front sections on the balcony.
If you are interested in attending, please contact
with the number of tickets you need.
We have confirmed the date for the Spring Golf Outing: Thursday, June 14, at Trilogy Golf and Country Club, Redmond Ridge. We will be playing a scramble format and have reserved 32 spots on a first come, first served basis. Our first starting time is at 1:30, and the cost will be $95 for golf, balls, 1/2 cart and food. A no-host bar will be available after the event. Please hold the date and contact
(Ph 425-417-6794) if you are interested in participating this year.
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!
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.