NEWEST RED BADGE MEMBER(S)
Putter Bert
Tom Bohman

GREETERS
Don Davidson
Ken Reid

BACK TABLE DUTY
Kirk Adams
Pat Naselow

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The mailing address for the
Bellevue Rotary Club 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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Phil Noble, 08/01
Don Davidson, 08/02
Andy Mirkovich, 08/02
Foster Radford, 08/04
Gary Sergeant, 08/06
Stu Vander Hoek, 08/11
John Baldwin, 08/12
Alex Smith, 08/12
Charlie Gardner, 08/14
Bill Jeude, 08/14
Alan Fulp, 08/16
Kathy Korth, 08/16
Chris Britton, 08/21
Bill Ptacek, 08/24
Katherine Thompson, 08/26

REMINDER:
BRC members now update their own Directory information online. Log into the Member Directory to make sure your directory information is current. If it is not, you can make an immediate update while you’re there.

This Week, August 1:
Grant Degginger
Mayor of Bellevue
"The Future of Bellevue"

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.

KEN GRAHAM MOVES ON
John Baldwin

Bellevue Rotary said good-bye to Ken Graham at the meeting of July 25. Ken has been an active member of Bellevue Rotary for the past 12 years. He was responsible for starting the Rotacare Free Clinic in Bellevue and for initiating Rotacare Puget Sound which now consists of 3 free clinics in the Seattle area.

Ken has been the CEO of Overlake Hospital and is leaving to take a similar position El Camino Hospital in his hometown of Mountain View, CA.

Thank You for RYLA

The following note was received from LiseMarie Curda, daughter of BRC member Glen Curda, regarding her time at the RYLA International Conference.

Dear Rotarians of District 5030,

I would like to express my thanks to Rotary District 5030 for sending me to the RYLA International Conference in Helsingborg, Sweden. RYLA International was an incredible experience, and the friendships I made created connections from Texas to Turkey, from Sydney to Sri Lanka. My peers inspired me to continue to be a service-minded individual as I leave for college in the fall and to make a positive impact on my new community in Providence, Rhode Island.

Attending the Rotary International Convention in Copenhagen allowed me to discover how much good Rotary does all over the world, and I was very proud to be a part of the Rotary family!

RYLA is a fabulous program, and I am available until the end of August if any Rotary Club would like me to relate my experiences.

Many thanks from a future Rotarian,

LiseMarie Curda

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100% ROTARY ATTENDANCE
Photos courtesy of Rob Rose

At the end of 2005-06 Rotary year (ending June 30, 2006), 39 BRC members had chalked up perfect 100% attendance. Pictured below are 21 of those members who were in attendance at Tuesday’s meeting.