PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY THE ROTARY CLUB OF YAKIMA P. O. BOX 464, YAKIMA, WASHINGTON 98907-0464 OFFICE: 1104 LARSON BUILDING, TELEPHONE 452-8332 President. Charlie Eglin Building Directors: John Baule Nancy Leahy Vice President . .Craig Mendenhall Communities Dana Dwinell Doug Rich President-Elect . .Bill Rich Gretchen Eickmeyer Jim Russi Secretary/Treasurer . James DeGrasse Bridging Kurt Labberton Clark Satre Executive Director . .Carolyn Flory Continents email: [email protected] website: www.yakimarotary.org Volume 2010-2011, No. 4 July 23, 2010 THURSDAY, JULY 29, 2010 YAKIMA CONVENTION CENTER WILLIAM H. GATES SR. THE CASE FOR INITIATIVE 1098 FUTURE PROGRAMS August 5th – Monica Ramsey, 50th Anniversary of Seattle’s Bill Gates Senior is a prominent lawyer, World Fair civil activist, philanthropist, husband, August 12th – Bill Bryant, Port of Seattle father, and grandfather, not necessarily in August 19th – Scott Jarvis, How Safe is Your Bank? that order. He currently serves as Co-Chair August 26th – Lt. Col. Mike Daniels, Yakima Training Center of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Bill earned his bachelor’s and law degrees SOUTHWEST FUTURE PROGRAMS from the University of Washington, July 27th – Doug Lewis, Living Waters following three years of U.S. Army service in World War II. He August 3rd – Lawrence Golan, Yakima Symphony Orchestra became a partner in the law fi rm of Shidler McBroom Gates & Lucas in 1964, guiding it through growth and mergers that would ROVING ROTARIANS eventually establish Preston Gates & Ellis, today known as K&L At Southwest, July 6th, Darrell Blue, Mike Broadhead, Soni Gates. Chase, Mina Worthington A successful and prominent attorney, Bill has served as At Sunrise, July 7th, Darrell Blue president of both the Seattle/King County Bar Association and At Southwest, July 13th, Jennifer Bliesner the Washington State Bar Association. His many other leadership At Sunrise, July 14th, Charlie Eglin, Diane Patterson, David positions include past chairmanship of the Washington Courts Kearby, Craig Hooper 2000 Committee and the American Bar Association House of At Newport, OR, July 15th, George Brown Delegates. His awards and honors include the 2009 American At Prosser, July 22nd, Rich Ausink Bar Association Medal, the 2009 William O. Douglas Award, the 1992 American Judicature Society Herbert Harley Award, and COMMITTEE MEETINGS being named the 1991 University of Washington Law School There will be meetings of the Group Study & Friendship Distinguished Alumnus. Exchange and Operation Harvest this coming Thursday, July Bill has served as trustee, offi cer and volunteer for more than 29th immediately following Rotary. If you are on either of these two dozen Northwest organizations, including the Greater Seattle committees please mark your calendar and plan to attend. Chamber of Commerce and King County United Way. In 1995, he founded the Technology Alliance, a cooperative regional effort to GSE Committee Members: Chair Robert Hall, Vice Chair expand technology-based employment in Washington. He also Mark Snyder, Past Chair Scott Beyer, Dana Dwinell, Jim Fitch, has been a strong advocate for education for many years, chairing Ron Gamache, Joe Kauzlarich, Jan Lange, Mike Maples and Ken the Seattle Public School Levy Campaign in 1971 and serving as Smith. a member of the University of Washington’s Board of Regents since 1997. He serves on the board of Thrive by Five Washington, Operation Harvest Committee Members: Chair Matt the state’s public-private partnership for early learning, and was Martinkus, Vice Chair Anne Berg, Past Chair Andy Martinkus, its co-chair from 2006 until 2009. Lorenzo Alvarado, Craig Anderson, Peter Ansingh, Aaron Arndt, Bill is also a co-founder of the Initiative for Global Doug Barduhn, Lois Betzing, Bret Bohoskey, Lance Braden, Al Development, a national alliance of business leaders that works Brown, Sunny Cameron, Dale Carpenter, Kobus de Wet, Diane to reduce global poverty by advocating for effective U.S. policies Eilmes, Larry Fuchs, Larry Hull, Jacob Johnson, Russ Leonard, and advancing innovative private sector solutions to expand Stan Martinkus, Gary Miller, Michael Moen, Bill Moultray, Joe economic development in poor countries. Park, Howard Prentice, Eric Rasmussen, Randy Searl, Chris Bill and his late wife, Mary Maxwell Gates, raised three children: Sentz, Tom Stokes, Marv Sundquist, Jeanie Tolcacher, Gary Kristianne, Bill, and Libby. Now married to Mimi Gardner Gates, Trepanier, Charlene Upton, Vickie Visculgia, Lyle Von Essen, he resides in Seattle, Washington where he continues his lifelong Don Whitehouse, Gail Wright, Dave Zabell commitment to many civic programs, cultural organizations, and business initiatives. FOR THURSDAY’S MEETING THE 2010-2010 ROSTERS ARE AVAILABLE NOW. PICK Greeters – Stefanie Durand, Mina Worthington YOURS UP AT ROTARY THIS WEEK OR COME BY THE Registration Desk – Tom Froula ROTARY OFFICE. If you come by the offi ce please call or Music – Bob DiPietro, Bob Hamilton e-mail beforehand to make sure Carolyn is there. Invocation – John Adkison Sergeant-at-Arms – Darrell Blue Program – Helen Marieskind GSE TEAM LEADER AND MEMBERS SOUGHT Applications are now being sought for a Team Leader and Team Members for the 2011 GSE Exchange from our District 5060 to District 3280 in Bangladesh from January 25 to February 28, 2011. This is a cultural and vocational exchange which is designed to foster international understanding and goodwill. All travel, accommodation and meal costs are paid by Rotary. The fi ve member team will tour Bangladesh, stay with Rotarians, share knowledge with professional counterparts, and make presentations about their countries and culture to Rotary clubs and other groups. Applicants for Team Leader must be Rotarians, ideally 65 years of age or younger and in good physical health. Ideal team members will be between the ages of 25 and 40; currently employed for at least two years in any recognized business or profession on a fulltime basis; a citizen of the country in which they reside; in good health; neat in appearance and able to express themselves clearly and logically; comfortable working as part of a team with a schedule that is physically and emotionally demanding; and be available for the duration of the exchange as well as four week-end orientation sessions. Team members may not be Rotarians a Rotarian spouse, or a lineal descendent of a Rotarian. Bangladesh has 160 Rotary clubs with more than 4,300 Rotarians plus their families. It borders India on all sides except for a small border with Burma to the far southeast and by the Bay of Bengal to the south. Together with the Indian state of West Bengal, it makes up the ethno- linguistic region of Bengal. The deadline for Team Leader applications is August 18th. The deadline for Team Members is September 15th. Interviews for Team Leader are August 28 and 29 in Omak. Interviews for Team Members are September 25 and 26. For applications and more information you can contact the Rotary offi ce or GSE Committee Chair Bob Hall. -Rotary Picnic 2010- THE TOOTER (UPS 579650) is published weekly for $10 per year by the Yakima Rotary Club, 6 South 2nd Street, Suite 1104, Yakima, WA 98901. Periodical postage paid at Yakima, WA. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Yakima Rotary Club, P. O. 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