2010-2011 Official Publication of the Rotary Club of Everett (Charter No. 272)

P.O. Box 1225 Everett, WA 98206

Wellington DisasterWellington Disaster

May 3, 2011 Volume 94, Issue 44 Vast Staff

Randy Hansen, Presiding

Marc Baker, Publisher

Marc Baker, Photos

Kaye Phinney., Ace Reporter

President VicePresident Vice--President President Elect Secretary Treasurer President’President President Elect Secretary Treasurer President’s Assistants Assistant

Randy Hansen Bob Leach Tom Koenig Bill Dobler Brad Seltzer Judi Edwards

Save the Date: Dist. 5050 District Conference, May 5-8th, Harrison Hot Springs Resort, contact Pres Randy

Wheelers Meeting, May 10th, 11:00AM, Tremors

Rotary Board Meeting, May 20th, Bethany @ Pacific, 3rd Floor Chapel

Rotary Food Drive, May 20th, Contact Nick Hansen

Changing of the Guard, 6/30, EG&CC, 5PM—Late

****Coming Programs***

5/10 North Sound Seawolves

5/17 Scholarship Day

5/24 Schack Art Center

5/31 Value in Healthcare

6/7 Prostate Cancer

Steve Erickson and Russ Hermes started our Rotary Day with warm greetings.

President Randy K. Hansen opened the 44th meeting of his term with the Pledge of

Allegiance, followed by a special acknowledgement to the US Navy’s successful mission

in Bin Laden’s death. The Thought of the Day was presented by Dave Surface. Dave

recognized all Rotary mothers and shared fond memories of his mother. He was one

of 12, so this lady must be a saint! He told us a mother would earn $87,000 per year

for her duties, if she was paid. I believe I should start invoicing my family… It was

good to see Greg Lineberry, who introduced visiting Rotarians and Guests. Mary

Toews visited from Lake Stevens Rotary. Ray Stephanson’s guest was Ron Heller,

Union Bank Marketing; proud mother Kathryn Goforth introduced her son Steve

Goforth. It was good to see Steve back in his firefighter gear after his heath scare.

Announcements: Nick Hansen encouraged all to

sign up for our May 20th Food Drive. Vocational

Committee (CE Panels) will be at Sequoia & Cascade

High, Kathy Webber can be contacted for details.

Dick Schlosser reminded Rotarians about the

Hewitt Crawl, with east meeting west, this evening.

Steve Uberti reported the Scholarship Committee

Meeting # 4905

Pres Randy & PE Tom PP Dave Salutes His Mom Greg does Introductions

Kathryn and son Steve, Looking Good

reviewed 35 applicants for our

May 17th Scholarship Awards

Day. Betsy Baker-Bold said

the GSE applications are being

accepted for Germany or

South Korea. Steve Erickson

reported a successful Rotary

Park Clean-up last Saturday

with approximately 2 dozen

Rotarians & kids making a dif-

ference and enjoying a great

BBQ.

Happy Dollars/Birthday Bucks/Rotary Drawing: This is where things got a

little wild and several smiling & chuckling Rotarians sitting at this reporter’s

table asked how these events would be reported… Zak Parpia began

with some convoluted story

about his trip to Hawaii, a

black eye, a missing button on

his shorts, a string bikini, sum-

ming up with

“misunderstanding” and $100

– really. Our Navy hosts at

the gate pulled over Paul Dennis, searched his car, trunk & engine and

had him stand at attention with his arms behind his head; there was no

mention of guns… Judy Tuohy announced the Schack Art Center is now

open. Maddy Metzger-Utt had birthday bucks and happy bucks for a

great scholarship interview day, saying our country will be in good hand

with these students. Dick Lyons shared his (then) 90-year old mother’s

remarks about his bowed legs, citing Shakespeare – no further report is

necessary. Mark Roe had birthday, anniversary and happy bucks for the

Majestic Café relocating to Colby. Bill Dobler had birthday and Rotary

anniversary bucks, determined by some weird calculation. Bob Leach

announced the “Changing of the Guard” will be Thursday, June 30th the

Everett Golf and Country Club with dinner and dancing. It will be a time

to say “goodbye” to President Randy and “hello” to incoming President

Tom Koenig. David Brooks had birthday bucks/announcement bucks

for the March of Dimes walk. Shelley Hutcheson-Smith received

Randy’s birthday card and offered the appropriate birthday bucks. Chuck

Nelson told us about Trinity Lutheran College’s “Raising the Rooftop”

event this evening. Larry O’Donnell reminded Rotarians that John

Conner is would enjoy seeing fellow Rotarians; contact Larry for details.

Dick Lyons and wife Kay won 1st prize at a golf event. Lucky drawing

winners were Sean Kelly,

George Bowden and

Jim Wheeler.

Our Program “1912 Ava-

lanche Disaster” was pre-

sented by Chip Davidson.

April and May are typically

the most dangerous, be-

cause the snow is ex-

All Mom’s, Please Stand

Maddy says we’re in good hands.

Betsy’s looking for GSE team members

Steve’s guest Mary Toews

Ray’s guest Ron Heller

tremely heavy and wet. Chip

showed pictures of the worst rail-

road disaster in U S history, which

happened in the Wellington area of

Washington State. Two trains had problems

at the old tunnel when the avalanche hit at

speeds between 80 – 100 mph. Approximate-

ly 124 people died. About 20 people survived

because they were hiking out 20 miles in deep

snow

to

send

out a

tele-

graph

for

help.

A

steam

pow-

ered

snow plow worked 4 days to clear the site to

begin recovery efforts. Families accepted their

fate and no lawsuits were filed. It took 10

years to rebuild a new tunnel, which is 8 miles

long. It is the longest railroad

tunnel in the hemisphere.

The old tunnel is used as a

measuring site for the UW.

The area has walking paths

and debris from the wreckage

can still be found at the site.

President Randy adjourned

our meeting with thanks

for a good program, con-

tributions and participa-

tion. Next week’s pro-

gram is entitled: “North

Sound Seawolves”.

Speaker Chip Davidson

Mark Celebrates

Bill Celebrates

Paul Explains Gate Security

Zak Explains about a Button

Dave Celebrates

Shelly Celebrates

Hewitt Crawl