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Vol. 18, No. 50, JUNE 12, 2006 |
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The Friday Program: Giving Back To Rotary (David Staley) | Friday Potpourri | Scholarships Awarded to SHS Students | Passages | Washington Business Week Opens Summer Run | A Golfing We Will Go | BBRC Walk-A-Thon Takes Shape | Rotating the Wheels | Rotary First Harvest Update | Career Day at Sammamish High | A Report From Carol | Rotary Membership Moment – Continue to Think Membership | New Member Application Approved for Publication: Candy Barroga | Ernie Hayden Seeks Re-Instatement, Board Approves | Joint Board Meeting | Web Fun |
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The Friday Program:
David spent the last year as a cultural and ambassadorial scholar in Spain and in other parts of Europe. “Up to this point, my most invaluable educational experience came out of the classroom,” said David. “But then I met Don Gregory, who’ll be Governor-Elect for District 5030 next year. Don told me all about the Ambassadorial Scholar program and I am determined to apply and hopefully be selected.” That’s what happened. David spent the 2004-2005 year — along with a thousand other Ambassadorial Scholars — attending classes, learning a language, meeting new people around the world. During his year abroad, he studied economics, political science and classical guitar at the University of Salamanca in Spain. Starting ten minutes early, President Lingenbrink cautioned members that this would be a busy morning, what with scholarship presentations, et al. So, he introduced et and al to get the meeting underway. Bob Vallat, gave the invocation and led the pledge to the flag. Following is Bob’s invocation, entitled "The True Gentleman":
Chris Monger handled the Greeter chores. A half-dozen visiting Rotarians rose to be greeted, plus many other guests. Doug Cameron returned from three weeks in Italy, ostensibly at an Italian cooking school. He attended a Rotary meeting nearby and returned with their flag. Boy, that was different! Scholarships Awarded to SHS Students Four Sammamish High School students were honored with scholarships for continued studies as the result of research and interviews on applicants by the Youth Services Committee. Chair Pro-Tem Tom Smith introduced “14 special guests ... faculty, staff and parents supporting these fine young people.” Retiring SHS Principal Spencer Welch led a group of staff, including Laura Knudsen, accepting the task as new principal, and Carol Chornik, Hailey O’Reilly and Deborah Bernstein of the counseling staff.”
A special thanks goes to Carlene Buty and her Vocational Service Committee for being able to release surplus funds to this Scholarship effort, which has made it possible for the BBRC to exceed our previous record of scholarship funds. Smith gave a brief resume for each recipient: Stephanie Gustafson, a member of the Yearbook Staff, completed mission trips to Miami and Mexico, teaches cheerleading at the Boys and Girls Club, is Drill Team captain, and is involved in Student Ministries. Stephanie said she would attend Seattle University in the fall and major in business marketing. Nick Cavanaugh, Honor Society President, is involved with community service food drives, camp counseling, serves as a tutor for Special Olympics, is a Soccer Snowboarder and a member of the Knowledge Bowl team. Nick will attend the University of Pennsylvania and Wharton School. Drew Archer, Associated Student Body President, served as ASB Secretary and Treasurer, is a member of the Washington State Student Advisory Council formed by the Legislature, is both a baseball and basketball coach as a camp counselor, is also a lifeguard, a member of the Water Polo team and the Knowledge Bowl team. Drew has a scholarship to George Washington University. Henry Bi was born in China and completes his high school experience with amazing accomplishments. Henry was a starter on the football team, helped form a school Christian club, is a member of the jazz band and choir, and in order to afford all this, has worked 30-40 hours a week throughout his 4-year high school career. He will attend the University of Washington and major in International Business. Each of the students thanked the BBRC for its generosity, thanked the faculty and staff and their parents for support and made such comments a,s “All this hard work as paid off,” “This makes it all happen for me,” and other such glowing comments. The Youth Services Committee has worked throughout the year on several projects, all culminating with the awarding of scholarships. Committee members include Carlos Aragon, Jenny Andrews, Roger Allington, Alan Bohling, Curtis Cummings, Lynne Gauthier, Bob Holert, Sayoko Kuwahara, Shelley Noble, Kelly Nolan, Terry Peterson, Mike Ralph, Alex Rule, Scott Sadler, John Sheeran, Tom Smith and Jeanne Thorsen. The Scholarship subcommittee conducting interviews included Aragon, Andrews, Allington, Noble and Smith. Chairman Smith said that $10,000 was disbursed Friday morning, with the balance of $11,000 going to students who’ve earned continuing scholarships ($6,000) and $5,000 going to RYLA scholars. Don’t miss these ceremonies this coming week. Tom closed out the awards by saying, “It’s an honor for us to award these scholarships to you students. We cherish the honor to meet all of the applicants up close and personal. This is a wonderful project for the BBRC. Thanks to the committee.” Wendi Fischer and Jim Carney brought their Gatorade glasses to emphasize all the good exercise all the golfers will have when the BBRC Charity Golf Classic opens Monday afternoon on July 17. Check-in is 12:00 noon, Scramble format, with a shotgun start at 1:00 p.m on the Willows Run Coyote Creek Course. The tab is $175 per golfer. Included are green fees, power cart, range balls, box lunch, a FREE golf club, a Cutter & Buck shirt, and hors d’oeuvres. It’s suggested that members get foursomes together and register right away by contacting Dick Brown. There is a raft of prizes for the golfers. One hole-in-one prize is a BMW Roadster. There are also three other golf vacation packages for two with airfare and lodging included at either Reno, PGA Village or Cabo San Lucas. Lowest score gets a Wolf Pack membership to the Woodland Park Zoo and Seattle Aquarium, an annual family pass. A private golf lesson from the Willows Run golf pro is a prize for someone who might need a brush-up. Cash prizes are offered for holes-in-one on the 9th and 18th holes, plus other cash bonuses. A new feature on the Willows Run course will be a Putt-Putt Tournament, $20 for kids, $30 for adults. After the links activities, the group will adjourn for awards and a lifestyle auction. A sample auction item is a mountain lodge at Whistler, B.C., that would handle up to four couples or two families for a week-long stay between now and mid-November. The property is owned jointly by Rotarian Alex Rule and a couple of friends. They will donate this prize to the highest bidder.
Other members of the Corporate Sponsor Team include Barnes, Robin Callan, Howard Johnson, Rick Klobucher, Cary Kopczynski, Bob McKorkle, Rick McManus, Corr Pearce, and John Sheeran. Contact any of these fine Rotarians for details on how you can benefit from a corporate sponsorship, or if you have a potential corporate sponsor interested in the Golf Classic. Just visiting the BBRC website is as entertaining as you’d expect, now that the Rotating the Wheels Registration page is up and working. You even get to see President Lingenbrink blowing the smoke out of his Harley! Remember, visit the sign-up page today and let the Fellowship Committee know whether you’ll say “Yes – I’ll be there" or “No – can’t make it."
With the theme Bikes, Leather & Chains, the sponsors are expecting us to wear our leathers, drape our chains and roll up in our Vespas for this annual Rotary ritual. Here’s where the present Administration receives the plaudits of the crowd, while the new bunch gets introduced and becomes a part of the weekly spotlight. Don’t disappoint! Come casual with your spouse or friend and enjoy a great Glendale meal in our familiar surroundings. 6:00 p.m., June 30, Glendale Country Club. Another presentation of Party Animal Productions. A program established in 1982 and later adopted as a District 5030-supported program has been a favorite of the Bellevue Breakfast Rotary club since 1986. That’s when the “Fasting for First Harvest” badges were introduced at the BBRC, allowing members who’d rather fast than consume breakfast, knowing that the proceeds for this act would be translated into dollars to First Harvest. Since that time, the BBRC has been one of the steady financial supporters of RFH, not only from the club budget, but from individual gifts by members. The club has long participated in the monthly, second-Saturday work party at Northwest Harvest’s warehouse near Pier 91. To this end, RFH coordinator Howard Johnson mounted a campaign to enlist the aid of every BBRC member this past year in at least one work party. He was partially successful. Nearly 1/3 of the membership helped to prepare food for distribution to food banks. The BBRC budget has put aside $3,000 to support the general fund of RFH. In addition, a special matching exercise resulted in another $1,182 donated to First Harvest. David Bobanick, RFH Executive Director, thanked the club for these recent contributions, noting that “since 1982, this service has collected more than 100 million pounds of produce for distribution to hungry families. In doing so, RFH has kept our administrative and fundraising overhead below 1% in an effort to make your donated funds stretch as far as possible.” Rotary First Harvest has spread to other parts of the country as other cities and states try to help their hungry citizens. A team of five Rotarians helped sort foodstuffs at Northwest Harvest’s warehouse at Pier 91 Saturday morning. Chuck Barnes coordinated the BBRC effort and marked David Bolson, Ron Healey, Wayne McCaulley and Steve Peters present. Steve brought along his son Nick for some community service time. A Report From Carol (Carol Hoeft is currently on leave as she continues treatment for cancer. She has an added challenge since her husband K.C. fell and broke his hip. Here’s an update from this courageous lady.)
New Member Application Approved Candace “Candy” Barroga has had her application approved by the Board of Directors. Candy is a 3-year member of the Rotary Club of Fremont, where she has served as Treasurer. Her classification is “Mortgage Investment.” Her sponsor is Steve Lingenbrink. Candy is married to Bob Igou and they live in Seattle. Her employer is Cedar River Mortgage, LLC, at the Bellevue office, a firm that specializes in Reverse Mortgages. Candace has served as Treasurer and Board Member of the Wallingford Community Senior Center. She is serving as president of Literacy Source during 2006-2007, and she is a member of the National Reverse Mortgage Lenders Association. Candy likes to sing, enjoys caring for house plants, and walking. She is also a member of the Ballard Speakeasy Toastmasters. Questions or comments regarding this proposed member should be directed to Tom Smith (Ph 425-451-8036) no later than Thursday, June 15, at 3:00 p.m. According to club officials, the induction of four members will take place on Friday, June 23, 2006. The four include Ron Black, John Armenia, Ernie Hayden, and Candace Barroga. Armenia, Hayden and Barroga have previous Rotary membership. Ernie Hayden Seeks Re-Instatement, Board Approves
Ernie’s on the mend now, and as he said, “When you go down like I did, you quickly learn what’s really important to you. My family and my friends who rallied around became the most important things in my life. That’s why I want to resume my activity in the BBRC.” According to data on Hayden in the BBRC database, he’s got 6 years and 6 months in Rotary, having belonged to the Bellevue club from 1999 to 2002 and joining the BBRC on March 8, 2002. He resigned on September 30 last year. The Board of Directors approved Ernie’s request for re-instatement. He will be inducted on June 23. Ernie's sponsor is John Mix, and his classification is unchanged: “Homeland Security Specialist.” Ernie is married to Ginny and they have one daughter, Karina, who is 16. The Haydens live in North Bend. Ernie works as a manager for the Port of Seattle as Chief of Information Security. During his first go-round at the BBRC, Ernie performed as club photographer and assisted on projects such as compiling the committee roster. Ernie served as a board member for Mountains to Sound Greenway from 1999 to 2004, and he is Vice President of Administration for the National Management Association. He is a member of various information security organizations too secret to mention — or he'd have to kill us. Ernie's hobbies are photography, computers and reading, and he works hard at weight-lifting and biking. This serves as the first publication of Ernie Hayden’s application. Any comments or questions should be directed to Club Service II Director Tom Smith (Ph 425-451-8036) no later than Thursday, June 22, 3:00 p.m. An annual ritual took place Tuesday afternoon, June 6, as the BBRC Board of Directors welcomed new board members and past presidents to a “changing of the guard” gathering. President Steve Lingenbrink presided over his last board meeting and jointly shared duties with President-Elect Jim Zidar.
Club Service II Director Tom Smith gave an excellent recap of the Mission, Values and Vision Strategic Plan. The MVV process has been ongoing since the April 1 Retreat, when club members determined that the club lacked articulation to the questions “Who are we?” “What do we do and how do we do it?” and “Who do we want to be?” Smith, who has directed similar exercises during his career in the Air Force, was just the facilitator the club was looking for to complete such a task in record time. Tom thanked Jim Zidar, who chaired the MVV Committee, and the committee membership, who toiled mightily during the past two months. The committee included Jenny Andrews, Chuck Barnes, Scott Sadler, Shelley Noble, Rick Klobucher, Jane Kuechle, Will Einstein, Jan Nestler, Jim Owens, John Sheeran, Paul Martin, Steve Szirmai, Phil Salvatori, Zidar and Smith. In response to Smith’s presentation, the Board voted unanimously to adopt the report and publicize its contents to the membership. A facsimile of the PowerPoint presentation will be posted on the club website. CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE MVV PRESENTATION (PDF) Wendi Fischer, Club Service I Director, announced that John Martinka has agreed to chair the Public Relations Committee, taking over from Jenny Andrews, who breathed new life into this important community effort this past year. Community Service Director Shelley Noble gave a brief presentation on a Bike Safety Fair that is proposed for Bellevue and looking for a local sponsor. Treasurer Steve Szirmai shrugged off charges that the club was broke, pointing out there would be a slight surplus at the end of June in the club operations account and nearly a $200,000 balance in the BBRC Endowment account. In negotiations with Glendale, the BBRC agreed to add $1.00 to each meal each week beginning July 1. This is the only increase in the meal contract since arriving at Glendale in 1998. The Friday Program:
David spent the last year as a cultural and ambassadorial scholar in Spain and in other parts of Europe. “Up to this point, my most invaluable educational experience came out of the classroom,” said David. “But then I met Don Gregory, who’ll be Governor-Elect for District 5030 next year. Don told me all about the Ambassadorial Scholar program and I am determined to apply and hopefully be selected.” That’s what happened. David spent the 2004-2005 year — along with a thousand other Ambassadorial Scholars — attending classes, learning a language, meeting new people around the world. During his year abroad, he studied economics, political science and classical guitar at the University of Salamanca in Spain.
David was lodged by Spanish families. “I was asked what was my favorite opera? I was expected to have a favorite. They treated me like family. I celebrated their holidays and enjoyed the diversity and lifestyle of my Spanish hosts.” He noted that Spain is a country that has four major languages, where a visitor soon finds out that the south part of the country is completely different from the north. “It seemed to me that every day started a little bit later, and that the day went a little bit longer. A breakfast meeting is out of the question! During my year, I visited seven Rotary clubs ... from four to 40 members.”
The Rotary Story is that lives do change because of Rotary. Small programs in a community to an ambassadorial scholarship, each making their difference the world over. David has been a member of Rotaract, an Ambassadorial Scholar and how a member of the Rotary Club of Sea-Tac. David then asked if he could play his classical guitar from one of the Spanish composers he was privileged to study. “Nine years ago, I took up the classical guitar and this experience to receive special lessons was really great.” He recorded a CD with his repertoire which he offered for $10. “I am selling the CD’s for $10, with $8 of the proceeds going to the Rotary Foundation. I hope you’ll enjoy the music and my song I’ll play for you.”
When asked how he mastered the language so quickly, he said that he became fluent by “isolating myself from English speakers. After 5 months, I could pretty well converse.” He explained that the University system in Spain is based on one big exam at the end of the course. There are no "pop quizzes" during the year. “That exam was the most difficult exam I’ve ever taken.” Most European countries have many fine universities, but he saw no evidence of vocational or community-type colleges during his stay. When asked if he’d "run with the bulls," he admitted he’d done so — “twice. If you check out the route ahead of time, you don’t have much to worry about. I wasn’t about to get run over by a bull ... think what that would do to the Ambassadorial Scholar program!”
For his entertaining talk and classical guitar music, David Staley received a hearty round of applause. The Ambassadorial Scholar program is alive and well at Rotary International. David accepted the certificate donating a book to the King County Library System in recognition of Rotary’s commitment to worldwide literacy programs. Thanks to Jim and Katie Owens for meeting the needs of the speaker and for Jim’s introduction. Top Ten Caddy Comebacks |
Friday Potpourri
