TOUR OF EISENHOWER HIGH SCHOOL

It’s Back to School for our students and YOU! Please join us for lunch at Yakima School District’s newest gem – Eisenhower High School. Be part of the first community group to dine in the new gymnasium with some of our finest Cadets – Interact and Leadership students. The program will be student-centered including a performance by the Ike Chamber Choir and student-led tours. We’ve

got a wonderful fall lunch menu planned for you, including cheese zombies and tomato soup for a true Throw-Back Thursday lunch! Speaking of tradition and your good ol’ school days, we will have a big yellow school bus available to take you to school and drop you off at the door. Simply board the bus at the Wards Plaza Parking (24th & Nob Hill Boulevard) and enjoy the ride to and from. Buses will leave at 11:40 and 11:50 a.m. and deliver you back to your car at 1:30 p.m. If you choose to drive to the school, there will be a few parking spaces available in the student parking area along Tieton Drive. For those of you needing a closer parking space, look for the orange cones near the gymnasium entrance (northwest corner of the building). Hope to see you there! Go CADETS!

NOVEMBER’S CHARACTER WORD OF THE MONTH IS GRATITUDEGratitude is feeling and expressing thankfulness and appreciation.• Haveanattitudeofthankfulness• Appreciatemyownabilitiesinsteadof envying others’ abilities• Seethechallengesinmylifeas opportunities to learn• Appreciatethebeautyaroundme• Amreceptivetogesturesofkindness• AppreciatethefamilyandfriendsthatI have

VOlUME 2013-14, NO.19NOVEMBER 1, 2013

President………………….………………... Dave DionPresident-Elect…………………………….. John AdkisonImmediate Past President………………….. David HargreavesSecretary/Treasurer…………………………Soni ChaseExecutive Director…………………………. Carolyn Flory

email: yakimarotary@yakimarotary.org website: www.yakimarotary.orgPUBLISHED WEEKLY BY THE ROTARY CLUB OF YAKIMA

P. O. BOX 464, YAKIMA, WASHINGTON 98907-0464 OFFICE: 1104 LARSON BUILDING, TELEPHONE 452-8332

Directors:

FOR THURSDAY’S MEETINGGreeters – Ike Interact and Leader-ship StudentsRegistration Desk – Sonia Rodriguez TrueMusic – Ike Chamber ChoirSergeant-at-Arms – Christine Mun-sonProgram – Jim Wright Marble Draw Tickets – Greg Loudon, Dan Sullivan, Marcelle Winn

FUTURE PROGRAMSNovember 14th – Retired Navy Captain Dick Couch, Veteran’s Day ProgramNovember 21st – Dr. Chris Hauge, Rotaplast TravelsNovember 28th – Happy Thanksgiv-ingDecember 5th – Helen Marieskind & Jim Fitch, Lessons Learned While Traveling Abroad

SOUTHWEST FUTURE PROGRAMSNovember 5th – Ray Paolella, Wil-liam O Douglas Trail FoundationNovember 12th – Tony O’Rourke, City of Yakima

SUNRISE FUTURE PROGRAMSNovember 6th – Washington Health Benefit Exchange; Implementation in WashingtonNovember 13th – Membership Drive and Classification Talk

ENGAGE ROTARYCHANGE LIVES

Leanne Antonio Mary-beth Bradley Kellie Connaughton Matt Martinkus

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2013EISENHOWER HIGH SCHOOL

Duane MonickChris PaulingDoug PicattiJim Russi

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THIS WEEK’S MARBlE DRAW SPONSOR IS:

MARIjUANA IN THE WORKPlACE

A Seminar to Educate Employers on the New Law and its Impact on Employee Matters

Speaker: Mr. Quinn Plant, Attorney at Law Menke, Jackson, Beyer, LLP

Thursday, November 141:30-2:30 p.m. (following Rotary Meeting)

Yakima Convention CenterCost - No Charge

Open to all Rotarians and their guests.

- REVIEW -

HAllOWEEN AND ROTARY

Our meeting this week fell on Halloween and it was a spooky sight to see what used to be normal Rotarians replaced with charming, enchanted and mysterious characters. It started at the registration desk with a couple of wicked witches and a top cop. Snow White, Strawberry Shortcake, the good witch Glenda, and a suspicious taxi driver were in the lobby selling raffle tickets out of jack-o-lantern buckets. At the head table was superhero Batman who took time from his crime fighting duties to come and preside over the meeting. Batman introduced our guests, asked for a few good bowlers to become part of the Rotary Bowling team to benefit Junior Achievement on November 14th, and made a pitch for the White Pass Ski Swap happening this weekend. Doobie Coopie announced that the Employer/Employee Relations Committee was sponsoring a seminar on “Marijuana in the Workplace”: A seminar to Educate Employers on the New Law and its Impact on Employee Matters. It will be held on Thursday, November 14th at the Convention Center immediately following Rotary. Our speaker will be Mr. Quinn Plant, an attorney with the law firm of Menke, Jackson, Beyer, LLP. There is no cost to attendees. It is open to all Rotarians, their guests and staff. Sign-ups are underway. We had two new member introductions - one planned and one a wonderful surprise. Alan Dillman introduced Brad Hansen. In his introduction we learned that Brad met the Queen of England during his first week of life, grew up in Walla Walla, is a scratch golfer, spent one year at UW before coming to the realization that WSU was the place for him, and that he once worked for politicians Scott Brown of Massachusetts and Doc Hastings. Today he is an Investment & Trust Advisor for Baker Boyer Bank. The surprise membership was to our newest Emeritus member Peg Blue. President Dave (aka Batman) described her as patient, steady, having a lovely singing voice, and a very important piece of the heart of our club and district. As we all know she is our current District First Lady. Congratulations to both of them! We are honored to have become a part of the Finest Rotary Club in America! The awarding of Emeritus membership to Peg was the perfect segue to her husband, our featured speaker and fellow Rotarian, District Governor Darrell Blue. His introduction was greeted with a standing ovation. His comments began with the statement that his journey has been a wonderful ride. It was 3 ½ years ago that our club submitted his name as a nominee for District Governor. He spent three of those years training for his future leadership role and serving on district committees. The last 4 months after taking office on July 1st, he has traveled and spoken to 58 of 59 clubs in our District from British Columbia to Prosser. His talk to us was number 59. Darrell chose the theme for his year as the “Magic of Rotary.” The inspiration came from fellow Rotarian Craig Mendenhall. He shared that he rewarded Craig by appointing him as the District Conference chair along with his wife, Jan. The idea of magic was the perfect fit for him. It was something that he has always believed in. He saw his first magic

show at his eighth birthday party. His dad hired a magician who came with a basket full of items and proceeded to dazzle not only a bunch of kids but the adults as well. His dad began buying him magic tricks and at the age of 10, he performed his first professional magic show for $10.00. He loved performing before audiences and watching their faces as they witnessed something magical happening before their eyes. Magic is also a great way to describe Rotary. Rotary was the world’s first service organization. It all began on February 23, 1905 when four businessmen named Paul Harris, Hiram Shorey, Gustavus Loehr and Silvester Schiele gathered in Room 711 of the Unity Building in downtown Chicago. At that first meeting they introduced themselves, shared their backgrounds, talked about their families, and the challenges living in a big city. That first encounter inspired others to form their own clubs. As they continued to meet the nature of the meetings changed. They added music. It became important enough that in 1954 District 50 published a booklet of 90 Rotary songs that included one that spelled out the word R*O*T*A*R*Y. It was not all about business; fun was also a part of Rotary. Darrell pointed to a book published in 1933 entitled 101 Best Stunts; it contained pranks for Rotary meetings. The very first service project of Rotary was the installation of public toilets in the heart of Chicago. While it may seem mundane, it was the start of the magical influence of Rotary. The formation of a committee by Rotarians for Crippled Children eventually became the Easter Seals. In 1945 the city of San Francisco became the host for representatives from 50 nations to meet. They needed help with the logistics. Rotary provided the volunteers and translators to make it happen. On June 26, 1945 the United Nations charter was signed. Rotary has held a seat as an observer at the United Nations ever since. Unbeknownst to Rotary, The first international Rotary club was formed in Winnipeg, Canada. As a group of 30 plus members, they applied for an official charter in February 1912. It was granted and Rotary added the word “International” to its name. Darrell’s travels on behalf of Rotary have taken him all around the world. One of his many travels included a trip to San Diego where all incoming District Governors were there to meet with the now current Rotary International President Ron Burton. Seating was assigned throughout the event. Darrell sat with Rotarians from Holland, England, Nepal, Scotland, Lebanon and Alaska. Rotary has reached every corner of the world; you can even find two Rotary clubs in Antarctica. One idea over 100 years ago has spread throughout the world – that is magical. As a young child, Darrell remembers the fear of polio. He and his brother were not allowed to swim in the public pool for fear of contracting the disease. He remembers seeing a women being kept alive with an iron lung. Thanks to Rotary we are “this close” to eliminating polio. The magic of Rotary’s influence has made it happen. That magic is something that we can share with others. As he ended his comments he encouraged each of us to wear our Rotary lapel pins, tell our friends and neighbors and invite them to join us at a Rotary meeting.

THANK YOU lETTERDear Patty Dion,

I wanted to thank you and those at Rotary who continue to bless our food banks each year through Operation Harvest.

The food we received this year will go to help many as the need is great in our Valley. At St. Vincent Centers, we help about 200 families with 8,000 pounds of food each week. The crisis is real and the hunger is real.

One family that came in to my office this week shows exactly why what we do is important. A house fire left this family of 10 with absolutely nothing. The Red Cross was helping them with temporary shelter, but they didn’t know what to do next. Through donations from community members and from events such as Operation Harvest, we were able to give them a 40-pound box of food, complete with beans, rice, flour, meat, produce and milk. And the mom’s smile was priceless as she thanked me for the help. “One of these days, I’m going to donate here,” she said. “I’m going to give back so you can help somebody else.”

There’s absolutely no way we could help families like this without the generosity of our community. Thanks again for your tireless work and for your willingness to tackle hunger in our community. It’s real and it matters.

Scott A. MayesSt Vincent CentersRetail Store, Food Bank and Emergency Services Manager