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Sergeant At Arms at Work
Jay Powers, with the power invested in him, raised a few bucks for the Sergeant’s kitty. First, though, was a paean to March birthdays and Club anniversaries.
Celebrating March birthdays are:
Bob Moloney, March 5
Howard Johnson, March 7
Steve Waltar, March 15
 Scott Hildebrand, March 16
Will Einstein, March 27
Rob Lemmon, March 27
March is a busy month for Rotarians joining the BBRC. Fully, 13 members call March their anniversary month:
John Mix, 16 years
Howard Johnson, 15 years
Norm Johnson, 13 years
Jan Nestler, 12 years
Lynne Gauthier, 9 years
Mike Hyodo, 8 years
Sadru Kabani, 7 years
John Larry May, 7 years
Jenny Andrews, 5 years
Jane Kuechle, 5 years
Mary Truesdell, 5 years
Nancy Prior, 1 year
Milt Smith, 1 year
Kemper Freeman, Bellevue Rotary Club, was recognized as the new Chairman of the Overlake Hospital Board.
Nancy Prior was interviewed about her recent marriage and world-wide fling for a honeymoon. (See related story.)
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Judge Jenny & Jay Powers
Steve Lingenbrink, Judge Jenny & Jay Powers
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All of a sudden, Judge Jenny came on the scene to confront the Sergeant At Arms for some over-advertising received in the past two weeks. Seems Mr. Powers has acquired the venture capital arm of Coldstream. Of course, BBRC members learned about this through a broadcast email and then, a follow-up article in the Puget Sound Business Journal, featuring a nice picture and a shy full page of copy of the event.
Mr. Powers offered as his defense that “you can’t fine a sitting Sergeant At Arms.” Of course, Mr. Powers was standing at the time and Judge Jenny slapped him with a gross misdemeanor of “flagrant self-promotion.” Even Steve Lingenlawyer was called upon to reveal his research into heretofore “unknown non-existent laws that pinpoint flagrant self-promotion as a violation of state law with a fine no less than $100.” Judge Jenny decided to poll the
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Norm Johnson
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audience, which acted as the jury in this remarkable case. Jay was nervous as he asked for leniency, commenting, “I have my Rotary pin on!”
Norm Johnson rose as the foreperson of the jury, finding the defendant guilty as charged. Judge Jenny’s Judgment: “$100 to the BBRC Foundation.” So much for protection under the Eleventh Commandment.
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