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OCTOBER 14, 2008
PUBLISHING ITEMS IN THE BULLETIN
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IN THIS ISSUE:
Michael J. Parks, Editor & Publisher of Marple's Letter, "State of the Economy" | Rotary 5030 Distict Conference 2009 | Dinner & Theater Fellowship:
"Beauty and the Beast" | Camp Corey Fellowship Event | Summer Youth Exchange is looking for Students! | Bequests to the Bellevue Rotary Foundation | Nepal Trip | Bellevue Rotary Introduces New "Pathfinders" Program |2008-09 Bellevue Rotary Community Grants
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Bob Bishop, 10/13
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Michael J. Parks
Editor & Publisher of Marple's Letter
"State of the Economy"
Michael J. Parks has been studying, writing about and speaking about the economy and companies of the Pacific Northwest for more than 30 years.
Parks joined The Seattle Times in 1967. He became the newspaper’s financial editor in the early 1970s. He moved to Marple's Letter in 1977. Parks has been owner, editor and publisher of Marple's Letter since 1980.
The newsletter is named for its founder, the late Elliot Marple, who pioneered serious business journalism in the Pacific Northwest. Parks, a native of Spokane, Washington, is a journalism graduate of Seattle University, and an alumnus of the University of Washington’s School of Communications. He is an amateur economist, self-taught.
Parks speaks frequently on the outlook for the Pacific Northwest economy for a wide variety of financial, business, professional and service groups, as well as in the classroom. Some material from recent presentations can be found here.
Marple’s Pacific Northwest Letter provides intelligence on economic and company trends in the Pacific Northwest and Alaska for individual and company subscribers in the Pacific Northwest and nationally. The newsletter has been published alternate Wednesdays for more than half a century, since April 1949.
Parks is a former Business Week stringer (non-employee correspondent) in Seattle. In his spare time, he enjoys power walking, attending opera and world travel.
Rotary 5030 Distict Conference 2009
The Rotary District 5030 2009 District Conference is being held May 1-3, 2009, in Victoria, BC. We would like as many as possible to attend. Besides being informative, it is great fun, with dinner, tours, golf tournament, pub crawl, etc. Spouses are encouraged to attend. There will be something for everyone to enjoy.
The price is $275.00 per person until November 30, 2008, plus lodging. After that date, the price is $325.00 per person, plus lodging. Sign up early! Hotels book up early, so choose your hotel soon.
The registration website is: www.district5030conference2009.org
If you have questions, contact Gail Ryder (425-455-1234).
Dinner & Theater Fellowship: "Beauty and the Beast"
A fellowship event has been scheduled on November 18, at the Issaquah Village Theatre, to see "Beauty and the Beast." Prior to the 7:30 curtain time, there will be a dinner from 5:00-7:15 pm, at the Pogacha Restaurant, in the large back room. The restaurant is located at 120 NW Gilman Blvd., Issaquah, and there is additional parking behind restaurant.
The Issaquah Village Theatre (Francis J. Gaudette Theatre) is located at 303 Front Street North, and it is a long walk from the restaurant so carpooling to the theatre from the restaurant is suggested, or plan to leave early enough to find parking closer to the theatre.
Cost for this event is $70 per ticket (includes dinner and no-host bar), and it is imited to the first 70 people total. To sign up, email John Strathy with your total ticket count by November 4th. Members will be billed on their Rotary accounts, and tickets will be distributed at the November 11th Rotary luncheon or at Pogacha Restaurant the night of the event.
Camp Corey Fellowship Event
TJ Woosley
Camp Korey at Carnation Farm was the venue for our barbecue event on Saturday, October 5. We had about 70 people of all ages who got to enjoy the incredible grounds, views, museum, delicious barbecue meal, and fellowship. It was the beginning of what looks to be a long and prosperous relationship between Bellevue Rotary and Camp Korey.
A special thanks to Jim Hebert and the staff at Camp Korey for making this wonderul event possible.
Photos courtesy of Rob Rose. Mouse over images to control slideshow.
Summer Youth Exchange is looking for Students!
Elaine Heller
Do your kids, your grandkids, neighbors or a family friends have an interest in foreign travel next summer?
Each year, local Rotary districts and clubs worldwide arrange thousands of international Youth Exchanges for high school-aged students. A primary goal of the program is to foster world understanding by way of intercultural exchanges.
Students are matched with students of similar age, interests and gender in a country of their choice and spend 3-4 weeks living with that student’s host family. The student and his/her family then hosts the matched student for a similar length of time. The exchanges take place when school is not in session. Every year approximately 7,000 students ages 15 to 19 go abroad under the auspices of the Rotary Youth Exchange program.
If you know of a child ready for the challenge and the rewards of living in another land as an exchange student, talk to them about the Rotary’s Youth Exchange program. Some of the countries where we have matched students include Germany, France, Holland, Italy, Spain, Belgium, Japan, Sweden, Switzerland, Austria, Greece, Mexico, and Denmark.
If you know of a student, neighbor, child, niece, nephew, or grandchild interested in becoming a Rotary Youth Exchange Summer Student for next summer, please contact Elaine Heller.
Bequests to the Bellevue Rotary Foundation
Rich Herzberg
For years, Rotarians have had the opportunity to leave a legacy by making specific bequests to Rotary International in their estate plans. This has allowed Rotarians to support international service. Bellevue Rotary is now providing a new estate planning option by allowing specific bequests to the “Bellevue Rotary Foundation Community Service Endowment Fund” to support community service. If you’d like to leave a legacy that supports your local community through Bellevue Rotary, please consider updating your estate plan. If you have any questions please contact President-Elect Rich Herzberg.
Rob Rose is finalizing the arrangements for the Rotary trip in February to Nepal. Having enough volunteer travelers will mean being able to bring much-needed clothes, school supplies and laptop computers for Nepali kids. Please contact Rob if you are interested in going on the trip by the end of October.
2008-09 Bellevue Rotary Community Grants
Peter Wang
The 2008-09 Bellevue Rotary Community Grants Bellevue Rotary is soliciting applications for community service grants until October 15, 2008.
The following are some of the guidelines, not limiting to:
1. The funds must be community service oriented, beneficial primarily to the residents of the City of Bellevue and secondarily to residents of the neighboring Eastside cities.
2. Funds will be granted for capital investments in service projects and not for general operating expenses such as overhead and salary, etc.
3. The maximum grant per organization is $5,000.
4. A simple Letter of Inquiry must be filled out and received by October 15, 2008.
- The Letter of Inquiry should provide the following information:
- Organization information (name of organization, contact person, address, & telephone number).
- Single summary sentence of service project.
- Population & number of people benefiting from project.
- Total estimated budget of proposed project.
- Grant proposal and how the grant money will be utilized.
Upon favorable review, a Full Request may then be requested by a Bellevue Rotarian of the Community Grants Committee for final review.
The Community Grants Committee will then select the final list of grant proposals for approval by the Bellevue Rotary Executive Board.
Please send all Letters of Inquiry on or before October 15, 2008 to:
Bellevue Rotary
Attn: Community Grants
P.O. Box 523
Bellevue, WA 98009
For further questions, contact Peter C. Wang, Chair, Bellevue Rotary Community Grants Committee (Ph 425-241–0110), or Phil Noble, Vice Chair (Ph 206-689-2129.
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