During this month, Service & Fellowship Through Rotary THE GOVERNOR S NEWSLETTER R.I. DISTRICT 5020 DISTRICT GOVERNOR BOB LOVELY

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1 Service & Fellowship Through Rotary THE GOVERNOR S NEWSLETTER R.I. DISTRICT 5020 DISTRICT GOVERNOR BOB LOVELY Volume 1, No. 3 Sept 15-Oct 15, 2000 New Generations: A 21st Century Commitment During this month, many clubs will give increased attention to Youth Exchange, the education and safety of school-age children, support for Rotary Foundation projects including Polio-Plus, and other children, youth and family focused activities. PDG KEN BOSE, his wife SALLY, and Tacoma #8 President CHARLES HELLAR (far right) share a moment with Rotary International President FRANK DEVLYN who will be the guest of honor at Tacoma #8 s 90th Anniversary party : Tacoma #8 is celebrating 90 years of service and fellowship On the 28 th of September, at the Tacoma Sheraton Hotel and Convention Center, the club will be celebrating this 90 th Anniversary with many dignitaries present, including R.I. President Frank Devlyn. The legacy and the future of the Rotary Club of Tacoma is significant. Beginning with 13 members on January 29, 1910, and it received its charter from Rotary International on August 10, Today, its membership has grown to over 400. The club historically is responsible for the growth of Rotary in Pierce County, the State of Washington, and the world. Tacoma, Rotary s number 8 club has extended the organization s mission and beliefs by sponsoring: the Rotary clubs of: Everett, WA (1916) Olympia & Chehalis, WA (1920) Paris, France (1921) Sumner, WA (1926) Puyallup, WA (1948) Lakewood, WA (1956) Tacoma Narrows, WA (1970) Tacoma Sunrise, WA (1981) Vladivastok, Russia (1995) (Note: The club has published a wonderful booklet (16 pages) describing its history for this event. It is available as a pdf file. A copy will be sent to each club. Warning it can take about 10 minutes to download it.) In the 1980s, each year more than 350,000 children around the world were paralyzed because of polio. The disease plagued five continents. In 1985 Polio Plus began and by 2005, Rotarians will have contributed more than $500 million to the eradication of polio. Paul Harris Fellows are key to the success of the Polio Plus Campaign. A gift of $1000 will buy polio vaccine to protect 5000 infants against polio for life or provide orthopedic surgery, crutches, braces, wheelchair, and rehab training for seven polio victims. Donations to the Rotary Foundation are also used to by school supplies for children, give speech and hearing training to handicapped children, Are you a Paul Harris Fellow? Can you do more? Rotarians also support museums, youth groups, food banks, violent crimes victims services, sexual assault centers, tutoring programs, boys and girls clubs and sports teams and facilities, and emergency multi-service centers. Christmas and Thanksgiving as well as Back to School days are traditional times for Rotarians to join many other giving organizations to provide gifts, clothes, food, and money for necessities to needy families. Can you do more? Rotarians are positive role models, tutors, coaches, advisors, substitute fathers and mothers, big brothers and sisters to disadvantaged youth. They lead also through their participation on the boards of not-for-profit organizations. The give thousands of volunteer hours and financial contributions through the support of Rotary s partners, e.g.: city governments, school systems, scouting organizations, churches, boys and girls clubs, and YMCAs and YWCAs. Can you do more? Many of Rotary s World Community Service projects focus on serving children and youth. These projects range from building and equipping hospitals, clinics and schools to supporting infant mortality prevention, building centers to serve AIDS-infected mothers and children, and by participating as volunteers in a range of hands-on volunteer and self-help programs. Can you do more? There are so many among the New Generation in our communities and the World that need our help. We need to bring them hope, love and service. Mother Teresa carried a card that she would give to people she met it was her business card. And it read, The fruit of silence is prayer. The fruit of pray is faith. The fruit of faith is love. The fruit of love is service. The fruit of service is peace. JOHN ARMENIA, Editor

2 Letter from the District Governor By BOB LOVELY Governor, R.I. District 5020 I ve visited almost all the clubs in our district and am I ever impressed with your commitment to service and the fun and fellowship you share with each other. From the top of the district to the bottom, Rotary is in good shape and doing great things with plans and goals for even greater achievements. Support for your club goals by your members is very evident and support for district goals has been gratifying as well. But setting goals is one thing and accomplishing them is another. Please review your written goals monthly (even if you know them by heart) and follow up with the person in charge of each action item. Also, keep in mind that many people will follow by example. Have you proposed a new member yourself this Rotary year? If you are in position to do so, have you made your sustaining member contribution to the Annual fund? Have you become a Permanent Fund Benefactor? Are you signed up for the District Leadership Training Assembly? Are you signed up for the District Conference? It s a lot easier to lead by example than to rely on the old saying do what I say, not what I do. Or to put it another way, what you do speaks so loudly, I can t hear what you are saying. Last month the District Governor s newsletter focused on membership. However, membership is a year round activity and once you have bought in a new member, its equally important to give her/him a good indoctrination. In visiting throughout the district, I have found that many clubs are searching for better ways to indoctrinate the new members. To help in that effort, I have created a New Member Indoctrination Task Force to compile the best approaches and to publish the results by the end of November. If you feel good about your club s ef- forts and want to share them with the rest of the district, please contact Dr. John Armenia, Newsletter Editor by way of dsuccess@centurytel.net or use the postal service and mail John at 4708 Old Stump Drive N.W., Gig Harbor, WA The district is set up to be of service to the clubs and to facilitate communication between the clubs and Rotary International. Our district 5020 has established policies for how we operate the district. The current policies are in the District Directory/Resource Guide. From time to time, it is appropriate to review those policies and to update them. I have appointed a task force to review and to recommend the policies of the district. This task force will be making its recommendations to the District Advisory Council on October 14. After that, any proposed revisions will be presented to the clubs at the District Leadership Training Assembly and a vote would take place at the District Conference. If you or anyone in your club has suggestions for improving the operations of the district, please submit them to the Task Force Chairman, DGN Don Lachata, as soon as possible, preferably by October 5, Another topic that has come up quite a bit as I have toured the district is that of fund raisers. There seems to be quite a bit of interest in finding out about successful fund raisers not only large fund raisers but also quick and dirty ones that are intended to address a specific one-time needs. As a result, we will be including an extended session addressing both of these topics at he District Leadership Training Assembly. I will be soliciting input from outside our district but am also requesting that you provide me suggestions for any fund raisers you feel others may be able to adopt. I d also like to receive any thoughts you may have as to what makes the ideal fund raiser. Please contact me or send me any ideas or suggestions you may have regarding this. And remember, 1-2-3, It s up to me. Go getum! BOB LOVELY DG BOB LOVELY and Sequim Sunrise President SANDI TAYLOR after the meeting in which Bob gave his "123" talk to the club on August 18, Prior to the meeting, a member asked if the talk would be a lively one. Bob responded that if nothing else, it would be a Lovely talk. As it turned out, it was a lively talk as well. 2

3 New Generations: A 21 st Century Commitment By JOHN ARMENIA Editor, Governor s Newsletter One of the most significant developments in Rotary International today is the intensified concern so many clubs and communities are showing by planning and implementing significant service projects that address the social, physical, educational, vocational, and safety needs of children, youth and families. As we promote New Generations Month in September, RI President Frank J. Devlyn urges each Rotarian to consider how he or she can help a child. We cannot look to the future of Rotary without considering the future of the world s children. This month, I ask you to Create Awareness and Take Action by reaching out to a child. District 5020 has and continues to promote programs that serve children and youth. The African Rural School Project in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe (led by PAG Doug Ante). received thousands of pens, textbooks and school supplies donated by children and Rotarians in Canada and the US. The Gig Harbor Club s Field of Dreams Project, foundation, and auction support scholarships, the construction and maintenance of sports and recreation facilities in their community. While many U.S. clubs support DARE (Drug Abuse Prevention Education) and Life Skills Training for children, Canadian clubs are involved with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police s Partners in Drug Awareness Program. The Rotary Club of Clover Park developed in 1984 an Adopt-A-School program with Southgate Elementary School that features tutoring, food baskets, and college scholarships for students who stay in school. The Rotary Club of Oak Bay sponsors a Play Ball project that contributed funding and equipment for the children of Nicaragua. The Rotary Club of Gig Harbor and several US and Canadian Clubs obtained the donations of money and equipment to build a plastic surgery clinic also in Nicaragua. Service Learning is a K-12 initiative that involves students in solving tangible problems. Volunteer service is being taught in schools around the world. With the future in mind, many Rotary clubs are sponsoring, teaming with, and supporting service learning programs in local schools through Interact Clubs. They are also supporting Rotaract Clubs (6,750 Rotaract clubs in 146 countries) for youth and young adults (18-30). If your club doesn t sponsor a Rotaract or Interact club, now is the time to act. In one-year the Mary Bridge Hospital and Health Center s Sexual Assault Intervention Program (Tacoma), receives over 5000 calls for assistance and treats more than 900 children (average age 5.5 years). To help the Pierce County Rotary Clubs recently completed a 3 year fundraising effort to establish a foundation for the Center and through the Courage Classic (article at right) and a Christmas Tree Festival are raising thousands of dollars to support and endow this program. New Generations must be our commitment for the 21st Century. What the Rotary Clubs in District 5020 are doing for children, youth and families is great but we can do more. Every Rotarian can give a disappointed person an encouraging smile, the gift of time, and help when trying to learn. Every Rotarian can serve as a role model to youth and adults by living the spirit of compassion, concern and commitment. Every Rotarian can join efforts to create peaceful and safe schools, provide literacy tutoring to children and adults, and raise funds for projects focused on youth. Every Rotarian can volunteer some time at a local school, join the list of non-hosting members that share a day or meal with the club s International Youth Exchange student, and participate in a community service work day with the club s Interacters and Retractors. Every Rotary club can sponsor an Interact and/or Rotaract club and one or more students to participate in Rotary International s summer and yearlong Youth Exchange Program. Please send information and articles and photos for the Governor s Newsletter to: JOHN ARMENIA, EDITOR dsuccess@centurytel.net 4708 Old Stump Drive NW PH: Gig Harbor, WA FAX: (c/o Regan Gonzalez Rotary rest stop at Courage Classic feeds 800 intrepid bikers By JACK KEITH Gig Harbor Rotary Club Up the mountain they rode. Hundreds of bike riders, all with a mission of raising money for a good cause, climbed higher and higher into the Cascade Mountains. And just when it seemed they could ride no longer, the Rotary rest stop came into sight at Snoqualmie Pass. Smiles, music, rest and wonderful food were there to greet them. The event was the annual Courage Classic, a grueling 172-mile ride through the mountains every August to benefit the sexual assault clinic at Mary Bridge Children s Hospital in Tacoma. Rotary clubs throughout Pierce County host rest stations along the way. And Gig Harbor Rotary Club s lunch stop at Snoqualmie Pass has become the yearly favorite. This is incredible, one rider told the club s weekly newsletter, The Captain s Gig. You guys outdo yourselves every year. Money totals aren t in yet, but MultiCare spokesman Todd Kelley said donations from the 2000 ride will exceed the $262,000 raised in The annual Courage Classic has raised more than $1.6 million for the center since its inception in 1992, Kelley said. Over the years, the money raised helped pay for better facilities and other comforts in the sexual assault clinic, which helps about 900 children each year. Some riders say they gain as much as five to eight pounds on the ride, even though they re huffing and puffing up all those hills, because the food is so good and so plentiful, Kelley said. The Gig Harbor Rotarians helping at the Courage Classic were happy to go along for the ride, so to speak. There was heartfelt cheering when the first rider rolled into the Gig Harbor Rotary lunch stop at 9:40 a.m., Pierce County Superior Court Judge and Rotary member Vicki Hogan wrote in The Captain s Gig. Red, white and green balloons See COURAGE CLASSIC, page 5 3

4 Rotary GSE Teams selected to represent District 5020 on visits to Brazil, Finland by DICK ZAMJAHN CHAIR, Group Study Exchange Committee The Rotary District 5020 Group Study Exchange Committee selected teams that will represent the District in the spring of 2001 while traveling to District 4440 in Brazil and District 1400 in Finland. Selections were announced at the conclusion of the annual committee meeting in Victoria, BC, Canada. The Group Study Exchange program of the Rotary Foundation is a unique cultural and vocational exchange opportunity for young business and professional men and women in the early stages of their careers. The program is designed to develop professional and leadership skills among young adults to better prepare them to address the needs of their communities and an increasingly global workplace. Donna Miller of the Colwood Rotary Club will lead the team to Finland. Donna is a District Principal of Community Education in the Sooke School District. Chuck Rowe from the Victoria Rotary Club is the alternate team leader. Chuck is Vice President of Operations Support for the Capitol Health Region. Team members include: Jennifer Ward, sponsored by the Tacoma #8 Rotary Club; Gregory Belding sponsored by the Bremerton Rotary Club; Colleen Douglas sponsored by the Parksville AM Rotary Club; and Jodi Waldman, sponsored by the Comox Rotary Club. Corrine BeBruin from the Victoria Harbourside Rotary Club is the alternate. The Group Study Exchange to District 4440 in Brazil will be led by Van Jepmond from the Lacey Rotary Club. Van is the owner of the Executive Investment Group. Lee Hansen from the Sumner Rotary Club is the alternate team leader. Lee is a partner in the Hansen & Johnson Architect firm. Team members of the Brazil team include: Trevor Mackay, sponsored by the Nanaimo Rotary Club; Scot Hutton, sponsored by the Campbell River Rotary Club; Gillian Carrigan, sponsored by the Victoria Rotary Club and Kim Schmanke, sponsored by the East Bremerton Rotary Club. Eric Dawson of the Comox Rotary Club is the alternate team member. The Group Study Exchange Committee includes: Bob Lovely, DG; Fred Bossom, DGN; Ken Balsley, PDG; Dick Tom and Huck set out for Pasadena as Rotary International recognizes Tomorrow s Leaders by SAMMI McCUBBINS Rotary Rose Float Committee Mark Twain s story of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn is instantly recognized by millions of people around the world. Now the two will symbolize the theme for the for the 2001 Rotary International Rose Parade float, Recognizing Tomorrow s Leaders. Choosing a concept that is instantly identifiable and can be turned into a 35-foot long, 20-foot high floral display is a challenge. In addition, the design must comply with the overall theme of the Pasadena, CA Tournament of Roses Parade and the program theme of the Rotary International president. If there had been a Rotary club in Hannibal, Missouri when Tom and Huck were having their adventures, those Rotarians would have been interested in these two young men. This float will celebrate the many young people Rotary has channeled into roles of positive leadership throughout the Rotary Youth Leadership Awards Program. There will be a dozen young people who have participated in the Rotary Youth Awards Program riding on the float. What a memorable experience for a RYLA student participate in the RYLA Leadership Seminar and ride a float in the Rose Parade! All of this to get the message across that Rotary not only recognizes tomorrow s leaders, but also develops their leadership skills and principles. Our Rotary float will create awareness in the world regarding RYLA, one of the most effective programs in the world of Rotary. Please join us in making this worthwhile project a public relations success. Send your club donations to: Rotary Rose Float Committee, 124 N. First Avenue, Arcadia, CA Thank you for your support. For a report on the progress of the Rotary float, visit the website at: Zamjahn and James F. Henriot, Tacoma #8; Sharon Mckenzie, Mike Davis and Leon Carroll, Jr. from East Bremerton; Darryl Cleveland, Shelton Skookum; Roger Hind and Judy Byron from Sidney; Andy Adams, Campbell River; John Banks, Victoria Harbourside; Jim London, Colwood; and Consuela White, Port Angeles. For further information on the Group Study Exchange program of the Rotary foundation, contact any of the committee members. The committee is seeking Rotary clubs to host the Finland and Brazil teams in The team from Finland will be in the District from May 12th through June 13th. Brazil will arrive on April 23rd and depart on May 23rd. Dick Zamjahn can be reached at (253) or at this address: dzamjahn@harbornet.com. Directory Changes Please go through your District Directory and make the following changes. Page 10: Page 53: Area 4 AG James Leamy New Fax: (250) Qualicum Beach Rotary Club New Secretary Name: Carl Stout Address: 518 Aspen Ave. Qualicum Beach B.C, Canada V9K-1A6 lawncare@island.net 4

5 District 5020 hosts 65 international exchange students; increase of 12 from last year by BILL & MARNY HANNAN CO-CHAIRS, , R.I. District 5020 Youth Exchange Committee This Fall we have 65 Inbound students in the District, an increase of over 47 the same time last year. We also have 59 Outbounds in foreign countries, an increase over 45 last year. This growth insures our position as the most active District in North America. New countries respresented this year in the Long Term Program are Philippines and Austria. We are also hosting two young men from Kosovo on a One Way basis. This coming year, we will be offering the following additional countries in the LTEP: Norway, Austria, and possibly New Zealand. This coming summer we will be working our STEP (Summer Program) in coordination with District 5100 based in Portland. We are helping them get started in this great program. We will be sharing our contacts, partners and systems with them. We will be coordinating our travel together. The immediate response from our country partners has been enthusiastic. We are adding new country partners to our STEP program: Norway, Austria, England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland. Outbound exchange student to Argentina addresses Rotary and U.S. Ambassador in introductory speech by MAUREEN CONSIDINE R.I. District 5020 Youth Exchange Committee Just barely two weeks after arriving, Rachel was asked to introduce herself to her Rotary club of members and give a small speech about herself, her hometown and what she hoped to gain from her year as an exchange student. She was very anxious about this having just arrived. She put together her thoughts first in English, then in her best Spanish. She wanted very much to communicate her gratitude for the opportunity to spend a year in Argentina and when she asked her family to help correct her grammar she wanted to be sure the feeling remained in the translation. She practiced her talk several times with her family who gave her great encouragement. The meeting was postponed by one day to accommodate a special guest. For Rachel it meant one more day of anxiety and she wondered who this special guest could be. The special guest turned out to be the newly appointed U.S. Ambassador to Argentina, James Walsh. He was in Cordoba to celebrate two special events. He wanted to speak to the Cordoba Rotary club on the 35 th anniversary of his arrival in Cordoba as 17-year-old Rotary exchange student from Scranton PA. It was also the occasion of the wedding of his host sister s daughter. He has stayed in close touch with his host family all of these years. At the opening of the meeting Rachel and the Ambassador carried the U.S. flag together. Rachel sat with him at lunch and when he gave his talk to the Rotary club he mentioned Rachel several times, as he reflected on his wonderful and transformational year as an exchange student. Rachel then realized that she was going to follow Ambassador Walsh as a speaker! It made her even more nervous. When she started to speak she reminded herself that she wanted them all to hear her heart speaking and not her head. That calmed her and when she finished there was a room full of Argentine Rotarians blowing their noses and wiping their eyes, including the Ambassador and most especially her host father. She knew that she had communicated all the things she wanted to say. At the end of the meeting, the Ambassador hugged Rachel and gave her his card saying Rachel, when you come to Buenos Aires, I want to give you a personal tour of the Embassy that will be your home in 30 years! Rachel s host father said it was the most moving meeting in the history of the Rotary club and he wished her family and members of her Rotary Club in the US could have been there to see it. COURAGE CLASSIC, continued from page 3 adorned the lane guiding riders up through the brick archway, she wrote. An array of greeters ranging in age from 8 to 70 years enthusiastically cheered each rider. More than 110 people from the Gig Harbor club, including friends and family members, worked on the lunch feast. The menu featured two kinds of spaghetti, Caesar salad, antipasto, vegetables, cheese slices, turkey rolls, fruit, mints and beverages. It was the spaghetti with homemade meat or mushroom sauce and hot garlic bread that kept them going up that last, long hill to the lunch stop, Hogan said. That came, she said, from veterans of previous Courage Classics who knew what to expect at the summit. In all, more than 800 riders, volunteers and Rotary Club volunteers were served. Ron Anderson, president of the Gig Harbor Rotary Club, was among the riding pack, as were members Jim Thomas, Jerry Walston, Ed Worthen and his daughter Diana. In the chill and drizzle of Snoqualmie Pass, club member Larry Claiborne had the envy of just about everyone: he was warm. As the official toaster of the garlic bread, Larry spent the day in front of a small oven, cooking bread to perfection. Perhaps it was his firefighting background, but he never burned a single piece. His only complaint: he was TOO hot. Everyone was coming over to warm their hands or take the chill off the cool day. Let me get close to that warmth! said Dossie Barker, wife of club member Hal Barker. It s all yours, said Larry, sweating from the high heat. Gig Harbor Rotary once again basked in the compliments from riders and friends for its top-rated lunch stop. One of Washington state s most successful charity rides has become one of the most fun events for Gig Harbor and other Pierce County Rotary clubs. Can t wait for next year! and kids 2 million children destined to be polio victims are today walking and playing because of global immunizatin. 5

6 Creating Awareness and Taking Action in R.I. District 5020 Reports from Assistant Governors AREA 1: AREA 2: AREA 10: Campbell River, Campbell River Daybreak, Comox, Courtenay,Port Hardy, Strathcona Sunrise Parksville, Parksville A.M., Port Alberni, Port Alberni Arrowsmith, Qualicum Beach, Qualicum Beach Sunrise Centralia, Chehalis, Kelso, Longview, Longview Early Edition, Twin Cities, Woodland Valley Rotarian launches international prosthesis project In 1961, when he was 21 years old, Chip Ross, currently a member of the Rotary Club of Strathcona Sunrise, lost his hand and part of his right arm in an on-the-job accident. Since that time he has used a prosthesis and a very positive attitude to overcome what many would see as a tragic disability. He married, had a family and a successful career and now enjoys retirement in the Comox Valley he loves. Recently, Ross connected with Hari Ratan, a Rotarian in the Rotary Club of Chennai-Kilpauk, India. Hari made Chip aware of the tremendous need that exists in India to provide prostheses to replace lost limbs or straighten limbs of children who are victims of accidents and diseases such as polio. India does not have a health care system such as ours in Canada and so these children become a tremendous burden on their families because, for most, there is no money available to purchase artificial limbs and braces. Rotarians in India are working hard in many communities to help needy families. Chip, a man with great compassion for others, has decided to help Hari and the Chennai-Kilpauk Rotary club to help the needy children. Ross announced, at the regular meeting of the Sunrise club on Wednesday, that he has decided to raise at least $1, as a Rotary World Community Service project. The Sunrise Rotary club has agreed to match each dollar Chip raises. The total will then be matched by Rotary District 5020 and then further matched by the Rotary Foundation of Rotary International and the Canadian International Development Agency. For each dollar Chip raises, $16.00 will be available for the project due to the matching grants process. Following his presentation to the Sunrise club on Wednesday, individual Rotarians passed a hat and a total of $ was collected to launch the project. If you or your organizations would like further information on this project or would like Chip to address a group to which you belong, you may contact him at: JOHN CHALLENDER AG, Area 1 Service with Fellowship in Nanaimo District Governor Bob has presented clubs with the challenge to provide service through fellowship. The Rotary Club of Nanaimo has taken this to heart and been actively engaged in a project at Travellers Lodge. The Lodge is a seniors home and they have just completed a twelve room extension for patients suffering from dementia. On the grounds, a pleasant garden and walkway have been developed where the residents can walk about or sit and enjoy the sun. Members of the Rotary Club of Nanaimo have spent hours constructing arbours which are placed around the garden. All other work at the Lodge has been contracted out. Rotary work parties have been held in the evening, on the weekends and during the week when possible. A variety of Rotarians were busy cutting large pieces of lumber, staining the wood, bolting the pieces together and erecting the various arbours. Rotarians Gordon Proctor and Ed Borisenko have organized many of the work parties. One of the special features of the garden is a miniature putting green. A special mower is required for this and golfing Rotarians were able to get a reduced price for one from the Nanaimo Golf Club. The final garden is an attractive site and will be useful to the patients and a fine tribute to the caring of Rotarians involved. ROSS WHITE AG, Area 2B 6 Chehalis hosts cycling Brits Two bicyclists from England recently rode through a portion of District 5020 on the first part of their fundraising journey from Canada to Mexico. Mike Smith and Nick Roberts, sponsored by several clubs in Greater London (District 1130), are raising money and awareness for hospice care, particularly the North London Hospice Center. They left Vancouver on September 3 and planned to reach Tijuana on September 21, averaging about 100 miles of riding per day. Central London ADG Tony Sharma sent an message to DGs along the cyclists route, suggesting an opportunity for Rotary through Mike s and Nick s efforts. As he said, They aren t Rotarians yet! District 5020 DG Bob Lovely in turn forwarded the message to ADGs and club presidents along the route, and Dave and Debbie Campbell responded. Mike and Nick stayed with the Campbells in Chehalis the night of September 5, one of the few nights they expected to eat home-cooked food and sleep in real beds during their trip.dave is President of the Chehalis Rotary Club and Debbie is a member of the Centralia Rotary Club. DAVE CAMPBELL President, Chehalis Rotary Club, Area 10 Members of the Rotary Club of Nanaimo at work on the arbours they are constructing for the garden of the Travellers Lodge.

7 District Directory Attendance Report: August 2000 District Governor BOB LOVELY (USA) H: (360) F: (360) E: District Governor FRED BOSSOM (CANADA) H: (250) F: (250) E: District Treasurer DWAN BOWEN (USA) H: (360) F: (360) E: District Secretary DON TAYLOR (USA) H: (360) F: (360) E: Club Service Chair JOHN ARMENIA (USA) H: (253) F: (425) E: Community Service Chair ALLEN JOHNSON (CANADA) H: (360) F: (360) E: johnsoninv!aol.com Vocational Service Chair NAME H: E: World Community Service Chair PDG JOHN McCAULAY (CANADA) H: (250) F: (250) E: R.I. Foundation Chair PIETER KOELEMAN (CANADA) H: (250) F: (250) E: Group Study Exchange Chair DICK ZAMJAHN (USA) H: (253) F: (253) E: Youth Exchange Chair BILL HANNAN (USA) H: (360) F: (253) E: Scholarship Chair BLAISE GORNEY (USA) H: (360) F: (360) E: CLUB MEMBERS MEETINGS % RANKING Aberdeen % 47 Bainbridge Island % 54 Bremerton % 43 Brentwood Bay 24 no report 55.00% 58 Campbell River % 19 Campbell River Daybreak % 15 Centralia 49 incorrect report 55.00% 58 Chehalis % 58 Chemainus % 16 Clover Park % 7 Colwood % 21 Comox % 4 Courtenay % 30 Duncan 47 no report 55.00% 58 Duncan Daybreak % 52 East Bremerton 90? 97.64% 3 East Jefferson County 43 no report 55.00% 58 Fife/Milton % 57 Gig Harbor % 11 Hoquiam % 56 Kelso % 48 Lacey % 37 Ladysmith % 40 Lakewood % 21 Lantzville % 9 Longview Noon % 57 Longview Early Edition % 20 Nanaimo % 33 Nanaimo Daybreak % 41 Nanaimo North % 49 Nanaimo Oceanside % 35 Oak Bay % 34 Olympia 197 no report 55.00% 58 Parkland Spanaway % 24 Parksville 36 no report 55.00% 58 Parksville A.M. 45 no report 55.00% 58 Port Alberni % 31 Port Alberni-Arrowsmith % 41 Port Angeles % 6 Port Angeles-Nor wester % 38 Port Hardy 39 no report 55.00% 58 Port Orchard % 21 Port Townsend % 27 Port Townsend Sunrise 31 no report 55.00% 58 Poulsbo-North Kitsap 78 no report 55.00% 58 Puyallup 71 no report 55.00% 58 Puyallup-South Hill % 18 Qualicum Beach % 8 Qualicum Be Sun % 44 Royal Oak Victoria 21 no report 55.00% 58 Saanich 44 no report 55.00% 58 Salt Spring Island % 12 Sequim % 2 Sequim Sunrise % 45 Shelton % 53 Shelton Skookum 52 no report 55.00% 58 Sidney % 45 Sidney by the Sea % 50 Silverdale % 26 Sooke % 54 South Cowichan % 13 South Kitsap % 14 South Puget Sound 45 no report 55.00% 58 Strathcona Sunrise 58 no report 55.00% 58 Sumner % 39 Tacoma # % 25 Tacoma Narrows % 16 Tacoma North % 29 Tacoma South 30 no report 55.00% 58 Tacoma Sunrise % 5 Tumwater % 50 Twin Cities % 10 Victoria 179 no report 55.00% 58 Victoria-Harbourside % 28 West Olympia % 36 Woodland % 32 TOTAL

8 District Calendar SEPTEMBER (YOUTH ACTIVITIES MONTH) 28 Tacoma #8 90th Anniversary 29 Victoria Harbourside 20th Ann. 30 Foundation Seminar/Tacoma OCTOBER (VOCATIONAL SERVICE MONTH) 1 Budget requests due 2 Pro-rated dues due Scholarship, Grant apps due 8 Yom Kippur 9 Thanksgiving (Canada) Columbus Day (US) 12 Club Service/Membership Meetings /Victoria, B.C Advisory Council meeting GSE Team Orientation NOVEMBER (ROTARY FOUNDATION MONTH) 1 Deadline: GSE and 3-H apps 11 Veterans/Remembrance Days 18 Outbound confirmation interviews/victoria Thanksgiving, USA Rotary International President Devlyn offers PDF format download information on personal website Rotary International President Frank Devlyn is bringing Rotary into the 21st Century online. You can find him on the Internet at President Devlyn s site contains a number of documents available only in Adobe PDF format the same format in which this newsletter is delivered to you, if you receive it online. To retrieve documents which are available only in the Adobe PDF format, you must have Adobe Acrobat Reader/Distiller installed. If you do not have this program, here is how to get it: How to download and install Adobe Acrobat Reader, version 4 Before you begin, print R.I. President Devlyn s Adobe Acrobat Documents page. which can be found at: You can download for FREE from the Adobe website by using the step by step instructions provided there. Purchase the Adobe Acrobat Reader version 4.0 on-line from Adobe for $15.00 (US), at the following: reader.html. The Newsletter of District Governor Bob Lovely Rotary International District 5020 Dr. John Armenia, Editor 4708 Old Stump Drive NW Gig Harbor, WA Service and Fellowship through Rotary