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Friday Program
President Jim opened the meeting with important historical news involving June 8. On that date, in 1959, U.S. Navy submarine USS Barbero assisted the Post Office Department, the predecessor of the current United States Postal Service (USPS) in its search for faster, more efficient forms of mail transportation with the first and only delivery of "Missile Mail". Shortly before noon on 8 June 1959, Barbero fired a Regulus cruise missile — its nuclear warhead having earlier been replaced by two official Post Office Department mail containers — at the Naval Auxiliary Air Station in Mayport, Florida. Twenty-two minutes later, the missile struck its target.
Bill Brooks did the invocation and pledge. For the invocation, Bill cited a portion of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s prayer to the nation on June 6, 1944. The entire text of Roosevelt’s prayer is below:
Jim Gordon handled the introduction of visiting Rotarians and guests. Visiting Rotarians were asked to name their favorite vacation. One involved sitting on a Mexican beach and timing how long it took the sun to set into the sea. The answer: 90 seconds.
Tom Smith introduced our scholarship winners, their parents and school officials. Those receiving Rotary scholarships included: Heather Lubahn, Martina Miteva, Ioana Nitulescu, Joshua Rao, Sergie De Santiago and Marta Campo. Drew Archer, another scholarship winner, was not able to attend.
“There’s no more enduring change to a person’s life than a scholarship,” Tom told the students. Scholarships ranged from $1,800 to $5,000, for a total of $22,500. Tom told the students that the scholarships were renewable and that we want to see them back again. He also encouraged the students to stay in touch with the Bellevue Breakfast Rotary Club during the year and eventually consider joining the BBRC or some other Rotary Club. Also in attendance were Heather’s stepdad, David; Martina’s dad, Valentin; Ioana’s parents, Christian and Cristina; Joshua’s parents, Daya and Jay; and school officials Erica Mallin and Carole Chomik.
David Bolson introduced the members of the Vocation Service committees and led them in a spirited rendition of Kumbaya. His effort to get other Rotarians to join was, shall we say, less successful. Committee Chair Evelyn Cogswell reported on the Career Development Committee; Mark Hough updated members on the Vocational Awareness Committee; and Tim Leahy discussed the Vocational Service Committee.
The Friday Program:
Since joining Starbucks Entertainment as president three years ago, Lombard has presided over an astonishing slate of achievements in music, film and literature, fulfilling the Starbucks mission of becoming the “third place,” as well as establishing the brand as an innovative channel for the promotion and distribution of entertainment.
Lombard also spearheaded the national launch of the Starbucks Hear Music Coffeehouses, featuring Hear Music. One of those is at Bellevue Square and likely will be the prototype of other such outlets. Another effort, the co-marketed and co-released DC, Ray Charles’ “Genius Loves Company,” won eight GRAMMY Awards including Record of the Year.
Under Lombard, the entertainment division has grown from 18 employees to 62. The division’s goal is to be “an extraordinary company within an extraordinary company,” Ken said.
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Bob Holert introduced Ken Lombard, President of Starbucks Entertainment, noting Lombard was a former UW Husky basketball player under coach Marv Harshman. (Well, my email is ‘huskybob,’ Bob told Ken, in explanation.)
Preliminaries 
Upon witnessing the missile's landing, Postmaster General Arthur Summerfield stated, "This peacetime employment of a guided missile for the important and practical purpose of carrying mail, is the first known official use of missiles by any Post Office Department of any nation." Summerfield proclaimed the event to be "of historic significance to the peoples of the entire world", and predicted that "before man reaches the moon, mail will be delivered within hours from New York to California, to Britain, to India or Australia by guided missiles. We stand on the threshold of rocket mail."
My Fellow Americans:
Bob Holert introduced Ken Lombard, President of Starbucks Entertainment, noting Lombard was a former UW Husky basketball player under coach Marv Harshman. (Well, my email is ‘huskybob,’ Bob told Ken, in explanation.)
In March 2007, Lombard led the charge for Starbucks innovative partnership with Concord Music Group in the formation of Hear Music, a new music label. He also was instrumental in landing Paul McCartney as the first artist to appear on the Hear Music Label.
In film, Lombard led the Starbucks partnership with Lionsgate to market and distribute “Akeelah and the Bee.” In literature, Lombard championed Starbucks first foray into book sales by offering Mitch Albom’s national best-seller, “For One More Day.”
Family, friends and colleagues of Carol Hoeft are invited to a luncheon celebrating her life on June 14th at the Mercer Island Community Center.
