Rotary Club of Kirkland
Monday, April 14, 2014 Meeting
President Scott Rethke called the meeting to order at 6:30 PM.  Rick Walters led us in the Pledge.
Guests included Doug Seto from Seattle #4, and Ivyanne Smith our Student of the Month from Lake Washington High School.  Ivyanne explained the Military routine the Lake Washington Dance/Drill Team performed on March 29th that won the State Dance Championship for the second year in a row.
Announcements:
Steve Shinstrom needs scribes and greeters for the next few weeks.  Sign-up sheets were passed around.
Eric Olsen announced the Golf Tournament will be held on August 18.  The cost will be around $100 (same as last year) and this includes the round of golf with a cart, food and other goodies.  There is room for 17 foursomes, so get your team together and polish up the clubs.
President Scott thanked Rich and Nan Bergdahl for recently hosting a new member’s party at their home.  Lots of wine, food and fellowship were had by all attending.
President Scott informed us of Chuck Brockway’s passing last Thursday.  Services will be held on Saturday, April 26, at 1:30 at the Spirit Lutheran Church (corner of 100 Ave NE and NE 124th in Juanita).
Scott Becker will host an open house this Thursday, April 17, at OPUS Bank.  Please attend and help Scott out since he’ll probably be fined for “advertising.”  Scott also announced that sponsorships for the Duck Dash have exceeded last year’s amount!
John Pruett had sign-up sheets on the tables for all the committees needed for his presidency next year.  If you didn’t sign up last night, get in touch with John and volunteer to help in some capacity.
 
Program:
Jason Overleese introduced David Brooke who spoke extensively about his life and the need to feel gratitude every day for what you have in life.  David lost his wife suddenly one night when his two boys were very young.  Recovering from this traumatic experience was not easy but from this event David learned to express gratitude every day in a “Gratitude Journal.”  His boys are now grown and David speaks full time to various groups from high schools to civic clubs and Chambers of Commerce.
This was a very inspirational presentation with many story’s from David’s life, and done without Power Point slides but with a lot of eye contact.  Thanks David for a great program!
Joker Pool:
A nice Rotarian provided Ivyanne with some tickets and one of those was drawn!  However, she did not draw the Joker.
President Scott adjourned the meeting at 7:35 PM.
Submitted by Mike Hunter, Scribe for the Week