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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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This Week, November 7:
Veteran's Day Program
Colonel Ralph Jenkins (USAF-RET)
"The Role of the P-46 in the Normandy Invasion & the Battle For France"

Col. Jenkins retired from the United States Air Force on 1 August 1968 after 28 years of service, including 20 years in Strategic Air Command. He was born in Victoria, BC, Canada, on May 14, 1919, and attended elementary and high schools in Seattle. He then completed 96 hours in the College of Forestry at the University of Washington, where he was on the Dean’s List several times.

Col. Jenkins entered military service in 1940 with the Federalized Washington National Guard. In 1941-1942 he was a flying cadet at West Coast schools, became a rated pilot, and was commissioned in March 1942. From 1942-1943 he was an instructor of fighter pilots in P-39, P-40, and P-47 aircraft. In 1944-1945 he was a fighter squadron commander, European Theater of Operations where he flew 129 sorties. He shot down 4 German aircraft and was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel by age 25.

Col. Jenkins returned from Europe to become Base Commander at what is now Wurtsmith AFB, Michigan. In 1948 he was assigned to the newly formed Strategic Air Command as Chief Materiel Inspector and played a key role in implementation of specialized aircraft maintenance systems, which was later adopted Air Force-wide. He was promoted to Colonel at age 32.

Colonel Jenkins went on to serve in a variety of Command and staff assignments in Strategic Air Command. His final assignment was Chief of Staff, Fifteen Air Force, March Air Force Base, California. There he coordinated the efforts of a staff of 1000 in the administration of a complex of missile and bomber bases in the Western US with 60,000 assigned personnel. He is a command pilot with 6000 hours including B-47, B-52, and KC-135 aircraft.

Colonel Jenkins was awarded the Silver Star, Legion of Merit (three times), Distinguished Flying Cross (twice), Air Medal (twenty four times), Soldier’s Medal, and Cruix de Guerre (France). He and his wife live in Seattle and have 5 grown children.

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A Message From the Facilities Committee

What would you like for lunch?
A salad? A hot meal?
The choice depends on YOU!

Your Facilities Committee has been conspiring to keep costs down. Last year our club was guaranteeing the Harbor Club 140 meals at each luncheon. After some very careful counting, it was determined we were only serving 118 meals per lunch. Therefore, this year we contracted for 120 meals per lunch. Attendance has remained roughly the same. However, at times we have run out of hot meals or salads. At every lunch there are only so many meals made of each type.

What does all this mean to you?
Come early to lunch and eat what you want. Come late and eat what you get!

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Club Environment Project: Adopt-A-Stream

On Saturday, December 2, for anyone and everyone who is interested in doing some manual labor for 2-3 hours, the BRC will begin its "Adopt-A-Stream" project. This is a great service project for red badgers, blue badgers, college students, high school students, scouts, etc., and will continue for at least the next two years.

The stream being adopted is Valley Creek, winding through Highland Park, near 140th and Northup Way. Activities for the day will include clean-up/removal of over overgrown blackberries and other vegetation and, depending on how much area has been cleared and if money is available to purchase plants, replanting the area with native shrubs and plants.

The Saturday project is sheduled to run from 9:00am till noon at Highland Park, on 140th, across the street from the Safeway. Parking is near the baseball diamonds by the YMCA or in the Safeway parking lot.

Please contact BJ Rasmussen if you have questions or to sign-up.

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BRC Ski 2007
Scott East

All hosts have confirmed event dates, so block calendars now for the following fantastic fellowship functions:

Sun Valley, February 1-5, 2007
Arriving on Thursday and departing on Monday, surrounding the first weekend of February, open to BRC members and their partners.

Crystal Mountain overnight, March 6 & 7, 2007
Beginning late afternoon on that first Tuesday of March, and skiing on Wednesday, open to BRC members only.

Prior to sign-ups, information on event registration fees and other details will be posted. Please protect the time and stay tuned!

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Regional PolioPlus Dinner

Rotarians from across Western Canada and the Pacific Northwest of the USA will attend a PolioPlus Celebration Dinner on Friday, January 19, 2007, at the Delta Vancouver Airport Hotel, 3500 Cessna Drive, Richmond, BC. There will be a no-host bar at 6:00 pm and dinner at 7:00 pm. Registration is $80.00 per person, all proceeds from this gala event will be in support of Rotary’s PolioPlus Partners initiative.

For more than 20 years Rotary has been the driving force of the coalition of organizations that are committed to the eradication of polio. The world is NOT polio free - however the end is near. There are only four polio endemic countries. More than 99% of the world’s children are not at risk of contracting polio.

On January 19, we will celebrate our success to date and recommit to the promise Rotarians made to the children of the world: “they will grow up in a polio free world.”

This very special evening will feature as a keynote speaker, Dr. Bob Scott, Past Vice President of Rotary International, Rotary Foundation Trustee and chair of Rotary’s PolioPlus Committee. Bob Scott spearheaded the three year Polio Eradication Fundraising campaign that raised more than US$180 million from Rotarians worldwide.

Bob Scott, born and raised in Edinburgh, Scotland, graduated in medicine from Edinburgh University in 1957 with distinction in dermatology and chest diseases. Following his military service, he began thirty-four years of general practice first in North Wales and then in Ontario, Canada. A member of the Rotary Club of Cobourg since 1971. Bob has been a member of many International Committees and Task Forces. He has taken part in National Immunization Days in India, Pakistan, Nigeria and Egypt.

HOTEL ROOMS
Rooms are available at a preferred rate for this seminar of C$99.00 plus tax. The rate includes complementary parking and airport shuttle. For reservations phone 1-800-268-1133 or directly at 604-278-1241 and quote “Rotary International.” This rate is only available until December 20, 2006.

It is fully expected that this event will sell out well in advance; therefore there will be no tickets sold at the door. Please download the pre-registration form here.

For information contact or .

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Regional Rotary Foundation Seminar

A Zone Regional Rotary Foundation Seminar will be held in Vancouver (Richmond) on January 20, 2007. This seminar is for districts and clubs in western Canada, Alaska and the Pacific Northwest of the USA, and it is a unique opportunity for Rotarians to attend a regional seminar with a variety of presenters from across Canada and the US and to share ideas on how we can grow our Foundation use our Foundation resources for peace and goodwill around the world.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

* District TRF Chair
* DG, DGE, DGN
* Dist. TRF Committee Members
* Club TRF Chair
* Club President
* Club President Elect
* ALL INTERESTED ROTARIANS

AGENDA

* Update on TRF Grant Policies
* How to increase Club & District Donations to The Foundation
* EREY - Every Rotarian Every Year
* Status of Polio eradication
* Humanitarian & Education Programs update
* Changes to Ambassadorial Scholarships
* TRF Resources- where to find them
* Donor Recognition
* Volunteer Grants
* Foundation Alumni

KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Keynote speaker is Past RI Vice President Bob Scott, Trustee of the Rotary Foundation and Chairperson of the Rotary Foundation-Canada. Bob Scott spearheaded the 3-year polio eradication fundraising campaign that raised more than $180 million worldwide. He is also the Chairperson of Rotary's PolioPlus Committee.

HOTEL ROOMS

Rooms are available at a preferred rate for this seminar of C$99.00 (approx. US$90.00) plus tax. The rate includes parking and airport shuttle. For reservations phone 1-800-315-1515 and quote "Rotary Internationa." This rate is only available until December 20, 2006. Hotel website.

COST

The seminar registration fee is C$40.00. This includes: parking, coffee breaks, lunch and all resource materials. Please pick up complimentary parking pass from the Rotary Registration desk on the day of the seminar.

For registration and information contact RRFC (PDG) (Ph 604-263-0033) or PDG (Ph 604-940-9365). You can also visit the District 5040 website for more information.

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