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Service Above Self
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Welcome to the Rotary Club of Lakewood!
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Friday at 12:00 PM |
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Tacoma Country & Golf Club
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Lakewood, WA 98496 |
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Editor: Judy Hosea
Date: Oct 29 2009
Friday – October 30, 2009 All Hallows Eve-Eve
(I know it will all be history when you read this…but this scribe is in the moment!)
One witch told another witch, "I want one of those new computers that
has a spell checker."
The air horn is back….and President Greg with
it! (Were you gone?)
Dan Livingston led the club in a moment of silence in honor of the
fallen soldiers killed in Iraq and Afghanistan. We were guided in the
pledge to our flag by Duncan Cook.
Other Rotarians helping out were Ron Irwin on Fall Raffle Tickets, Bill
Young as Sergeant at Arms and the Weekly Raffle, and Mick Johnson at
the Paul Harris table …. thanks, guys!
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Editor: Ron Adkins
Date: Oct 23 2009
We opened in an irregular manner. President
Greg Horn was off somewhere, and PP Rick Selden was standing in. Terry
Fung, however, recruited Morris Northcutt to enliven things a bit, and
PP Rick was sent to the back of the room. The magic hour of 12:30 was
nigh, and in the nick of time interloper Fung gaveled the bell. As PP
Rick worked his way forward, Fung and Northcutt tried to "bring him on"
in gala fashion. Nice try, guys. PP Rick is a nice guy, but nobody
tuned in to this "runway" entry.
The crew of usual suspects did their customary work behind the scenes.
Jason Whalen offered the invocation, and Donya Martin led us in the
Pledge. Bill Young staffed the Sgt at Arms office and Gary Fulton
covered the Paul Harris Desk. Ron Adkins composed
this week's bulletin.
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Editor: Greg Rediske
Date: Oct 16 2009
It was not a bell. It was not an airhorn. It was not "hey, you guys, quiet down!" It was none of these, but rather the sweet tones of Morris "The Bugler" Northcutt, issuing forth the crystal clear tones of "First Call", also known as "The Call to the Post". And with that, our President led us off to the races, so to speak. It was indeed a busy day, and Gregory Horn had his hands full fitting it all in. And they're off!!!
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Editor: Sclair, Dave
Date: Oct 9 2009
The Men in Pink took over the October 9
meeting of the Rotary Club of Lakewood and obviously the color got to
President Greg Horn's head because he was nearly five minutes late
hitting the bell to start the meeting.
"This is the first meeting of the second quarter of my year as
president," he reminded everyone as if none of us could recall such
important data.
This oration was followed by Clint Johnson presenting an eloquent
invocation and Dr. Jim Rooks leading us in the salute to our flag.
Others assisting with the meeting were: Bill Young, sergeant-at-arms,
Mick Johnson, Paul Harris desk; and Dave Sclair, bulletin writer.
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Editor: Greg Rediske
Date: Oct 2 2009
Two score and 13 years ago, our Lakewood Rotary fathers brought forth on this city a new service club, conceived with fellowship and good humor, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal, and even Greg Horn can be president. And a dandy one he is, too, especially when he doesn't blow the air horn to start the meeting. Dan Livingston started things with another excellent invocation, while Terry Fung led us in the Pledge. Other assistance to President Horn was provided by Gary Fulton at the Paul Harris funds acquisition counter, Bill Price served as Sgt at Arms and didn't even need a sidearm to do the job, while Jim Skar introduced the visiting Rotarians: Jeff Elberth from Tacoma 8, Charlie Neu from Port Townsend, and Ray Fraely from Clover Park. There is the minor possibility that I spelled a name or two wrong, like 98%.
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Editor: Judy Hosea
Date: Sep 18 2009
Dear Fellow Lakewood Rotarians:
If you were at the
meeting on Friday, you will know because you can no longer hear after
President Hornblower sounded the outside air horn in the dining room
both to start and end the meeting. Additionally, he hit the bell with
the gavel a couple of times. City Manager Andrew Neiditz noted that
several local noise ordinances had been violated, but it appeared none
of Lakewood's finest was in attendance to run the perpetrator in!
Whew, narrow escape, President Greg Nukinukihuihuihaha II!
And so…another meeting of the historic and exclusive Lakewood Rotary began!
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Editor: Dave Covey
Date: Sep 18 2009
SO, THIS IS ROTARY?
LIVE, from the Tacoma Country & Golf Club, it's Name That
Tune! No, Name The Singer …… No, it's Friday noon, we are at the
Tacoma Country & Golf Club - it must be another chapter in the
eventual impeachment trial of President Greg Horn! Was that a new suit
he was wearing? Not surprising when you found out he had invited his
wife of 33 years, Mary, to be his guest.
12:30pm, King Greg II grabbed the mic, brought us to order and
commented on how much he enjoyed playing before "another packed house".
Dave Coleman gave the invocation and mentioned special thanks for
all those Rotarians that work with the youth of our community: Dan
Livingston of Youth for Christ proudly has announced the new opening of
the $1.6 mil Tillicum Youth and Family Center, the ongoing work by
David Pritchard with Young Life and Judy Hosea with the Boys & Girls
Club. Pres-Elect Mick Johnson led us in the Pledge of Allegiance.
Helping today to make the meeting happen: Duncan Cook (setup), Bill
Young (Sgt at Arms), Mike McGowan (Paul Harris desk) and Dave Covey
(Bulletin).
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Editor: Dave Guttu
Date: Sep 11 2009
President Greg Horn rang the bell at about
12:30 to begin the September 11th, 2009 fifth meeting of the Rotary Club
of Lakewood. I only say at about 12:30 because I am not sure my Tommy
Bahama Rolax watch keeps the best time.
Meeting assistants
Joe Quinn gave an invocation that included a request for protection for
the law enforcement, fire fighter, and military service members of our
nation. The pledge to our flag was led by our speaker Howard Hunter. A
call to the lobby brought our Sergeant-at-arms Mary Lou Sclair with the
list of visiting Rotarians: Ed Trobraugh, Bob Edington, President Elect
Georgene Mellom, and President Deanna Ebsen from Clover Park Rotary.
Also visiting was John Anderson from Sumner Rotary, our current assistant district governor.
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Editor: Ron Adkins
Date: Sep 4 2009
12:30 brought a pleasant "ding!" Does anyone remember the Horn horn? Do they miss it?
12:31 and Dr. Jim Early offered today's invocation, followed by PP Joel Feldman's leading the Pledge of Allegiance.
Zipping right along Bill Price was named as Sgt at Arms, PP Cindy
Thompson as staffing the Paul Harris Desk, and Ron Adkins was
identified as today's bulletin writer.
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Editor: Joe Quinn
Date: Aug 28 2009
President Gregory I blew the horn to restore order at
roughly 12:30 p.m.
Providing Assistance
He called upon Morris Northcutt for the Invocation and our
speaker, Jim Mapes, to lead us in the Pledge of Allegiance to our Flag.
The Prez recognized Ward Fletcher serving at the Paul Harris
Desk and Bill Young as the
Sergeant at Arms.
Joe Quinn is writing this bulletin so any mistakes are
attributed solely to Joe.
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Editor: Judy Hosea
Date: Aug 21 2009
President Greg
opened the meeting at the urging of the
"table of wisdom" noting the time with emphatic finger pointing at their
watches. If only the mike was working!
Able Assistants
Once resolved, he announced that Ron Adkins worked the entry
table in promotion of the upcoming HOMEBREW Festival, while 13-14 or 15-times
Paul Harris Fellow, Ward Fletcher collected contributions for the RI
Foundation. (This substitute
scribe would like to see the Lakewood Foundation also collect weekly
contributions toward a local "Fellow of the Lakes" ….and would be the first to
sign up!) (Such are the powers
of the press!)
That left pushing the sale of the weekly raffle tickets to
the capable Past President, Mary Lou Sclair. The invocation was led by Dan Livingston and the pledge by
Larry Faulk.
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Editor: Sclair, Dave
Date: Aug 14 2009
Six meetings into the regime of President Greg Horn,
things seem to be moving quite smoothly, at least in numerous arenas of the
Rotary Club of Lakewood.
As usual, the supreme leader called
the meeting to order exactly at half past the noon hour. Fortunately for all in
the room and the remainder of Tacoma Country & Golf Club, Pres. Greg simply
struck the gong with a moderate
swing rather than his occasional race horns or other sound devices.
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Editor: Greg Rediske
Date: Aug 7 2009
Sound the Horn! The Greg- Horn! Meeting #5 and no impeachment proceedings begun as of this date. Clearly, an unqualified success. Actually, the Puffins are chomping at the bit to get to the Roast in December: All these stories circulating about Greg's colorful past have them salivating at the comedic possibilities......But that is for another day, and this day, King Alii Gregoipoi Ekolu, aka President Greg, opened the meeting relatively quietly, calling upon Father Clint Johnson for the Invocation, and speaker David Snow led us in the Pledge.
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Editor: Ron Adkins
Date: Jul 31 2009
You know, when it comes right down to it we must admit that President Greg Horn(e) is catching on to his role quickly. He called us to order at 12:31 without the benefit of a starter's horn, just a simple tap on the bell. With as close to zero "ado" as possible, he pressed "red badge" Kismet Kechejian into service to provide today's invocation, followed by Lorna Gifford's leading us in the Pledge, and she is not yet even a "Puffin." "Involve 'em early, by golly."
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Editor: Dave Covey
Date: Jul 24 2009
"Welcome to the FASTEST Half Hour in Lakewood!"
This was the opening quote by our President Greg II after having just 2 meetings under his belt! Perhaps it was a direct result from last week's performance: either a 40+minute meeting then short program or just a double scheduled program……… but we were movin' FAST & Low Level! Fasten your safety belts, Sound the Horn, this year is going to be FUN(by the order of our Dist Gov Alex).
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Editor: Sclair, Dave
Date: Jul 22 2009
Unless written objection is received by the Secretary within 10 days, Lorna Gifford (Financial Services) will be considered elected into membership of Lakewood Rotary.
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Editor: Dave Guttu
Date: Jul 17 2009
Wow! Maybe it was just me, because I had to write it all down, but we certainly had a full meeting agenda today. Guests, visitors; announcements; birthdays and anniversaries; confessions of gas; you name it and we had it.
The July 17, 2009 meeting started three minutes late, but made up for that by going long. PresidentGreg Horn sounded the bell at 12:33. Ron Adkins read the invocation followed by Michael McGovern leading us in the pledge to our flag.
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Editor: Ron Adkins
Date: Jul 10 2009
At 12:27 pm on Friday, July 10th, we
received an alert that a new regime was afloat. President Greg Horn
sounded a 3-minute warning horn, and the boaters on American Lake
joined us in taking notice. The race, such as it was, would begin in
moments. Those in the galley who were not adjusting hearing aids heard
the explanation for the blast; others caught on as a DVD of power boats
skimming over the water's surface came up on the screen. Order was more
or less restored as all hands scrambled to get on deck for the launch
signaled by the 12:30 bell.
Carl Fynboe offered the invocation after a lengthy recitation of the
innumerable graduates of Clover Park and Lakes High Schools, most of
whom seemed unaware that this was an early kickoff to the possible
class reunions of 45 and 47 years ago. Need it be said that Carl was a
ranking officer in the CPSC at the time? PDG Gordon Quick, with a
different fanfare to follow, led us in the pledge to the flag. And what
followed? Those traditional symbols of office, choice zucchini and
cherries, from the garden of said Mr. Gordon. (Oh, yes! There was that
matter of the Past President's pin.)
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Editor: Joe Quinn
Date: Jun 26 2009
PRESIDING: Joel Feldman opened up his very
last meeting as President of Lakewood Rotary by reminding us that the
Rotary Club of Lakewood has been serving this community for 53 years
and….whatever. The Club responded with an ovation to honor his service
in his year as President, or because they were so relieved that the end
is near. Joel was the one who pointed out that it was not clear which
it was. And keep 'yer opinions to 'yerself. Thanks Joel for making
the sacrifices that we know were asked of you.
INVOCATION: Dave Sclair
PLEDGE: Joe Quinn led us in the Pledge to our Flag, and wrote this Bulletin.
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Editor: Sclair, Dave
Date: Jun 19 2009
With only one more meeting left in his
reign, President Joel Feldman called the meeting to order at 12:30 pm
at Tacoma Country & Golf Club. He proudly pointed out that the club
has been serving the community for 53 years and months (I missed the
exact number).
In this next to the finale, President Joel inducted one new member, about which more will be said later.
Assisting with the meeting
Bob Peterson presented the invocation and Mick Johnson led the salute
to our flag. Mary Lou Sclair served as sergeant-at-arms, Cindy Thompson
was at the Paul Harris Desk and Dave Sclair did the bulletin in place
of John Magnuson, who is being held captive on a Pacific Island.
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Editor: Dave Covey
Date: Jun 12 2009
As Rosana Roseannadana once said on
Saturday Night Live, "It's always something, ya know!" A projector was
needed for the meeting and getting there early to set up doesn't always
provide the results wanted when there's no computer! Thank heaven for
our program speaker, Melissa Covelli Derry, who had a laptop we could
use. Notice the Covelli insert, we'll get back to that later, but from
now on, can Lakewood Rotary plan enough to have an audio / video
committee / film squad - or something? - Ya know?
President Joel Feldman had Richard Simmons up front to test the
microphone. The test proved successful so we were called to order by
Joel (not Richard). Lakewood Rotary has been serving our community for
53 years and 3 months.
Behind the scenes to make the meeting run like
clockwork were: Jim Shultz - Paul Harris Desk; Jay Mayer - Sgt at Arms;
Dave Covey – Bulletin; Carl Fynboe – Invocation; and Walt Richardson -
Flag Salute.
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Editor: Dave Guttu
Date: Jun 5 2009
President Joel Feldman
sharply rang the
bell at 12:30 to begin the June 5th meeting of the Rotary Club of
Lakewood; serving the greater Lakewood area for 53 years and, wait for
it, hold, HOLD, two months.
The pledge to our flag was led by our speaker Colonel Cynthia Murphy. The gently-reminded about invocation was by Jim Rooks.
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Editor: Dave Sclair
Date: May 29 2009
THE GRAND OPENING
With the countdown underway, President Joel
Feldman called the meeting to order at 12:33 pm Friday, May 29 noting that
Lakewood Rotary Club has been serving the community for 53 years and
two months.
INVOCATION
Bob Peterson followed the opening remarks from Joel by providing the invocation for the day.
FLAG SALUTE
Ron Adkins ably led us in the salute to our country's flag.
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Editor: Greg Rediske
Date: May 22 2009
Six meetings to go for the glorious reign of King Joel, and at 12:33 pm on May 22, a hush went over the crowd. Could this be the meeting when the sound system would begin at the same time as Joel?!? Moments later, the high hopes of the assembled Rotarians and friends were dashed like a Brandon Morrow fastball flying over the fence in the 12th inning. But there are still five more meetings left..Not that there wasn't plenty of help from the peanut gallery to help with the sound situation, or lack thereof: "Plug it in!" "Turn it on!" Who'd have thought that we had so many sound engineering experts in our midst.
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Editor: Dave Guttu
Date: May 15 2009
President Joel Feldman
rang the bell and
opened the meeting of our club which has been serving Lakewood for 53 years and one month. The bell rang at 12:33, but I can
honestly state that the PA system was at fault.
START UP STUFF
The invocation was by Bob Peterson. Bud Montgomery led us the pledge to
our flag. Bill Young introduced the visiting Rotarian; John Anderson
from Sumner. Mick Johnson staffed the Paul Harris desk today. Bill
Young was Sergeant-at-Arms. There was no Jan Luze and no sunshine
report. Guest of Rotarians: Gayle Selden introduced her traveling
partner mom Sharon and her cousin Jamie Garrett. Bud Montgomery
introduced his daughter, and our speaker, Melissa, as his guest.
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Editor: Greg Rediske
Date: May 8 2009
"Hutta, hutta, hutta!" pronounced President Joel Feldman; or at least, that's what I thought I heard as the microphone wasn't
working right away, which I think translated from Swedish into "MickJohnson will start things with the Invocation". Of
course, everything in Swedish goes "hutta, hutta, hutta," according to our resident Swedish language expert, Ole Magnuson. I
think that explains the demise of the Swedish empire, this general lack of vocabulary. Not to mention the cancellation of
The Muppet Show.
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Editor: Joe Quinn
Date: May 1 2009
PRESIDING: Joel Feldman reminded us that Lakewood Rotary has been doing good works for exactly 53 years and one month.
INVOCATION: Dave Coleman
PLEDGE: Bob Zawilski led us in the Pledge to our Flag.
VISITING ROTARIANS: Introduced by Jim Skar - We had one from as far away as Nigeria.
GUESTS: Guests included Sharon Rediske, the daughter of the King of
Paul Harris, Russ Klauser (Oh, yeah, almost forgot . she is also the
wife of Past President Greg Rediske). Clint Johnson's guest was Sam
Fogerty, a Lakewood attorney. Don Anderson of our Lakewood City
Council had as his guest, his son-in-law, Ryan Elter, who plans to find
work in this area as a firefighter/EMT. He already works for Rural
Metro. Dan Livingston introduced Chad Allen of the Youth For Christ
Board.
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Editor: Joe Quinn
Date: Apr 24 2009
President Joel Feldman called us to order and informed us that the Rotary Club of Lakewood has been serving the Lakewood community for 52 years and 12 months, which we brilliantly deduced is about the same as 53 years!
He called upon Bob Peterson for the Invocation and Bob Zawilski (pronounced ZA-WILL-SKI just like it's spelled) to lead us in the Pledge of Allegiance to our Flag.
Bobbing right along, Joel recognized Bob Gary Fulton serving at the Paul Harris Desk and Bob Bill Young as the Sergeant at Arms.
Enough of that. Jim Bisceglia announced the Visiting Rotarians.
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Editor: Dave Covey
Date: Apr 17 2009
President Joel Feldman must be loosening up a little bit with the role of Supreme Ruler of Lakewood Rotary. No, in the scale of dictators, he has not raised eyebrows by launched a missile or threatening to raise taxes. But he glossed over his usually exact figures with an estimate of Lakewood Rotary serving the community ....with a statement, Oh, it's been around "53 years and 11+ months" give or take!
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Editor: Judy Hosea
Date: Apr 10 2009
Fifty-two years and 11 months, Lakewood
Rotarians enter the "post-Sportsman's Dinner era .. as the dust
settles. A time of new strategerie and heavy back slappering.
Assisting with the meeting were Gary Fulton at the Paul Harris desk,
Mary Lou Sclair womaning both the raffle tickets and Sgt. Of Arms
positions. ("bring home the bacon, fry it up in the pan..I am
W-O-M-A-N). Mark Blanchard offered up the invocation and just as soon
as he located it, President Joel led us in the salute to our flag.
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Editor: Sclair, Dave
Date: Apr 3 2009
President Joel Feldman
hit the bell with a knife (claiming the gavel has been lost, strayed or stolen) five minutes late (he must have been looking for the gavel). He proceeded to remind us again that Lakewood Rotary has been serving the community for a long time ... this week he claimed it was 53 years and 11 months.
In this last meeting before our Sportsman's Dinner and Auction, there was no program so everyone could get a few minutes to change clothes before heading to Clover Park Tech College to complete the set up.
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Editor: Dave Covey
Date: Mar 27 2009
SPORTSMAN'S DINNER "PREVIEW" MEETING
President Joel Feldman (who?) - I say again, direct from the
sometimes rainy shores of Hawaii, our President Joel Feldman, called us
to order. His non-tanned face told us his resort vacation package must
have included a discount to remain in the shade. King Joel reminded us
that Lakewood Rotary has been serving the community for 52 years &
11 months. Which means arithmetically this could be our 2,752nd
meeting....but between holiday cancellations, snow storms, scheduling
conflicts and an occasional case of apathy....it's not!
Sensing priorities this week, your editor has dispensed with the
normal order of the bulletin and decided to get on with the REALLY
IMPORTANT STUFF!
No fair skimming this Bulletin, it is packed with important details of
the Sportsman's Dinner. And if that's not a good enough reason, maybe
there's a joke in here!
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Editor: Dave Guttu
Date: Mar 20 2009
Past President John Magnuson
looked around
the podium; Thor's Hammer, a Viking battle-axe, even a shillelagh left
over from the St. Patrick's Day meeting; he desperately sought out
anything with which to ring the bell and open the meeting at 12:30. A
kind guest from the audience presented him with a table knife, sans
beef and gravy I presume, and we began.
PP John made a note that
Torvald and Sven were seen in the area and related what he overheard
from their conversation as they fished on the lake below. Torvald told
Sven that he was thinking about leaving his wife because she hadn't
said a single word to him in three months. Sven cautioned Torvald that
he should think very carefully on that decision: a good woman like that
is very hard to find.
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Editor: John Magnuson
Date: Mar 13 2009
FRIDAY THE 13TH OF MARCH 2009
"BEWARE THE IDES OF MARCH" THE SOOTHSAYER WARNED JULIUS CAESAR
THE ST. PATRICK'S DAY MEETING COMMENCED
On this day in 1781, German born British astronomer, Sir William
Herschel discovered Uranus. But on this day - March 17th - in 2009, PP
Joe O'Quinn opened the meeting precisely at 12:30. President Pretender
Joe warned all gathered, "Beware those not clad in GREEN for ye shall
suffer the consequences of President O'Feldman's need to balance the
O'Budget!" Norwegians were seen shaking in their muddy little boots.
Stadium High School student Lauren O'Eklund played Irish songs on the
lovely harp during fellowship. Personally I thought I was at the Pearly
Gates and I was a'hearin' some angel a'playin' my song!
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Editor: Joe Quinn
Date: Mar 6 2009
President Joel Feldman
called us to order
and informed us that the Rotary Club of Lakewood has been serving the
Lakewood community for a long time, in fact ever since it was chartered.
He called upon Dan Livingston for the Invocation and our guest speaker
Grant Clark to lead us in the Pledge of Allegiance to our Flag.
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Editor: John Magnuson
Date: Feb 27 2009
"All Good Things Come to Those Who Wait"
...so said Henry Wadsworth Longfellow in his poem A Student's Tale. And
wait we did, at Rotary on Friday last. It may have seemed an eternity
but it was really only 12:31 when we were called to attention. Was it a
"...good thing..." all that ensued? You be the judge. President Joel
declared Lakewood Rotary as 52 years and 10 or 11 months young and
still going strong.
The invocation was offered by PP Scott Buser and
Pledge to the Flag of The United States by PP Joe Quinn.
Ward Fletcher
manned the Paul Harris desk and Morris Northcutt and PP Mary Lou Sclair
manned and womaned the Sportsman's Dinner and Auction desk. PP John
Magnuson is your poet for the week. (Just you wait and see!) Two
visiting Rotarians graced us with their attendance: Bob Eddington from
Clover Park and Kenneth Baker of Narrows Rotary. There were guests...
uh, were there guests?
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Editor: Greg Rediske
Date: Feb 20 2009
Lakewood Rotarians were recently introduced to the Swedish language by Ole Magnuson. Nothing good has come from that, and nothing good could ever come from that. Last week, Lakewood Rotarians were given a lesson in "blackberry" by Judy Hosea. This might possibly be more useful than Swedish, which is used mostly by goat herders and herring lovers, but I don't recall seeing too many Rotarians fatigued by extensive texting, so I'm thinking it too will prove to be generally ignored.
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Editor: Judy Hosea
Date: Feb 13 2009
The President gets to keep his Blackberry!
This was the equivalent of "the shot heard round the world" to
Generation X-Y and Z'ers. Many tech-savvy citizens in the country
"high-fived" or shouted YES out their windows, while some of the more
technology-challenged members of Lakewood Rotary wondered why all the
fuss about fruit?
President Bob Zawiliski, king of the PowerPoint, introduced technology
as a regular part of his weekly meeting agenda. For a year, we were
entertained with a plethora of Rotary factoids broadcast on the big
screen. It was not without its challenges as Bob, a "wanna-be geek"
struggled with his operating system. But, every journey begins with a
first step.
President Joel is a self-admitting "John McCainish" technology
challenged Rotarian. But, in the spirit of "you are never too old to
learn a thing or two", we take another step today, in celebration of
President's Day, to introduce all Lakewood Rotarians to the world of
text messaging. After all, if the President has a Blackberry, we all
had better be prepared to answer if he texts!
Instructions: Normal recap will appear in local dialect, followed by a text version summary or comment. For example:
I don't understand what you mean. (Standard Lakewood Rotary lingo)
? (Text version explained)
Okay .. here we go ..
Lakewood Rotary Meeting, Feburary 13 (and Friday the 13th)
Meeting for the 52nd consecutive year.
2G2BT (Too good to be true)
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Editor: Dave Sclair
Date: Feb 6 2009
The meeting room was packed to its capacity
of 130 Friday when President Joel Feldman hit the bell at 12:30 pm and
called the combined meeting of the Lakewood and Clover Park Rotary
Clubs to order.
Carl Fynboe gave us an eloquent invocation, noting the appearance of
Gen. Charles Jacoby at our meeting and urging us to keep members of the
military in our thoughts and prayers.
The flag salute was led by Gen. Jacoby.
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Editor: Ben Sclair
Date: Feb 2 2009
Unless written objection is received by the Secretary within 10 days, the following, John Walstrum, Ph.D. president of Clover Park Technical College will be considered elected into membership of Lakewood Rotary.
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Editor: Ron Adkins
Date: Jan 30 2009
12:30PM ... (check) Tacoma Country and Golf Club. (check) "Ding." (check) [Indistinct shouts and murmurs.]
Pause with me, Ron Adkins, the substitute recordist for this week's fun
and frolic, to consider a matter of very little substance and,
probably, no real importance. Did you notice that PE Greg Horn,
substitute presiding officer, introduced what might be seen as a
disturbing innovation? As those who regularly join in this congregation
are aware, we are working our way up to a virtual tradition of trying
to embarrass our presiding officer by engineering uncertainty in the
use of the sound system. PE Greg seems to be on to this, so after the
obligatory calls back and forth along the lines of: "Turn it on."
"No." "Yes." "Hold the mike closer," PE Greg switched to an alternate
audio system. Okay, so PE Greg has affiliated with Toastmasters to
sharpen his public skills, but are we going to allow him to bring his
personal audio system from home? If this continues, will we know what
to say and do once the bell rings? Just how will we continue our
efforts to keep our presiding officers humble? Perhaps we should pass
this issue along to the committee of Past Presidents for their
consideration and recommendations.
Well, order was restored, and we moved ahead anyway. Acknowledgements
were made to the following for their service today: Bill Young, as Sgt
at Arms, and Jim Schultz for staffing the Paul Harris Desk. Clint
Johnson offered the invocation, and Ron Adkins led the Pledge. Tracye
Kakely (and welcome back, Trayce) oversaw the introduction of visiting
Rotarians and the many guests. With apologies to our visitors, the
Rotarians included Tom McCleland, Charlie Maxwell, and Nick Sumich of
the Clover Park Club, Bert Stibbe (and his wife) from Sumner, and Larry
Treleven and Don Anderson of Tacoma&
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Editor: Dave Guttu
Date: Jan 23 2009
There were choices as you made your way
down Country Club Drive: attend Rotary or attend an Estate Sale. I
think I might have spotted a couple in the crowd that seemed confused
by the commute and wanted to make an offer on a well-seasoned gavel or
sporadically functional PA system.
The bell was rung at 12:30 by President Joel Feldman to open the
meeting. President Joel spoke to Richard Simmons immediately about
yelling at him to get things started on time. Richard said he didn't
yell, but simply pointed at his watch right at 12:30. Maybe Richard
likes things to be prompt or maybe he just wanted to point out a new
watch.
We got a "1, 2" microphone check from the President and that most
likely cemented any conflicted Estate Sale attendee into not making any
offers on that item. A Presidential announcement that this Rotary
meeting marks the 32nd year and 9th month of service, met by numerous
gallery corrections to it being the 52nd year and 9th month, probably
iced anyone else thinking Estate Sale offering any money for the gavel
now too.
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Editor: Ben Sclair
Date: Jan 22 2009
Unless written objection is received by the Secretary within 10 days, the following will be considered elected into membership of Lakewood Rotary.
E. DeWayne Shepard
Real Estate Professional
Better Properties Real Estate
Lakewood Colonial Center
6223 Mt. Tacoma Drive SW
Lakewood, WA 98499
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Editor: Ron Adkins
Date: Jan 16 2009
At 12:30 pm, Acting President Mike Turner,
in great future President fashion, hammered the bell to launch us into
a meeting which, in part, commemorated our service to the community
over the last (what was it?) 52 years, 8 months, 2 weeks and 22
minutes. If this calculation is faulty, consider two factors: one of
my hearing aids is in the shop, and I'm unsure how we've accounted for
Leap Years. Be that as it may, the long-awaited "Tom and Jerry"
festivity was already underway, and we had a packed house to the
delayed roasting of our most esteemed and honorable President Joel
Feldman.
PP Greg Rediske read an invocation written by Carl Fynboe. This
particular "blessing" may not have passed muster in any known seminary,
but we hope the good Lord got as much a chuckle as did the audience.
And where was Carl anyway? Was he back in the other Washington to join
the inauguration ceremonies with John Korsmo, head of the Puffin unit
and mentioned often in his absence?
Newest Puffin Wynn Hoffman led us in the Pledge, one of the few
activities of the day that wasn't intentionally or unintentionally
screwed up.
A bunch of people were in service to the Club today. In some of the more typical posts are/were:
Paul Harris Desk Bill Young
Sgt at Arms Bill Price, Greg Horn, Terry Fung
Sunshine Jan Luze (who had no report)
Bulletin Ron Adkins
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Editor: Joe Quinn
Date: Jan 9 2009
President Joel Feldman kicked off the first
meeting of the new year in his usual fashion at the Clover Park
Technical College Rotunda: he reminded us of our long tradition of
serving Lakewood and the world, as Rotarians.
Carl Fynboe provided the Invocation, by quoting from Mo Sarram's new
book, Transplanted, which is the story of a man who has lived an
unusual life as a Muslim and an Iranian, but also has lived the
American Dream.
Don Anderson, Lakewood City Councilman and Tacoma 8 member, led us in the Pledge of Allegiance to our flag.
Bill Young served as the Sergeant at Arms, Joe Quinn was Bulletin writer and Jim Schultz handled the Paul Harris Desk.
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Editor: Sclair, Dave
Date: Dec 12 2008
A nearly packed house was on hand at Tacoma
Country & Golf Club for the weekly meeting of Lakewood Rotary Club.
Sure enough, at 12:30 pm President Joel Feldman stepped to the rostrum
and struck the bell calling the meeting to some semblance of order.
The invocation was ably handled by Bob Gee followed by Joe Quinn leading us in the pledge to the flag.
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