Enjoy Rotary - Downtown Yakima Rotary Club

President………………….……………….John Adkison
President-Elect…………………………...Bob DiPietro
Immediate Past President………………....Dave Dion
Secretary/Treasurer……………………….Soni Chase
Executive Director…………………….....Carolyn Flory
email: [email protected]
Directors: Leanne Antonio
Matt Martinkus
Don Baumbach
Chris Pauling
Erin Black
Doug Picatti
Mary-Beth Bradley
Jenna Weber
website: www.yakimarotary.org
PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY THE ROTARY CLUB OF YAKIMA
P. O. BOX 464, YAKIMA, WASHINGTON 98907-0464 OFFICE: 1104 LARSON BUILDING, TELEPHONE 452-8332
Volume 2014-15, No.49
June 5, 2015
FOR THURSDAY’S
MEETING
Greeters – Mike McGree,
Alyssa Goins
Registration Desk – Gerry
McGree
Music – Linda Kaminski, Bob
Hamilton
Invocation – Ed Flynn
Sergeant-at-Arms – Clark
Satre
Program – Bob Gerst
FUTURE PROGRAMS
June 18th – Jim & Sally Fitch,
Discovering Myanmar
June 25th – President John
Adkison’s Recognition
July 2nd – President Bob
DiPietro
July 9th – John Cooper, State
of Washington Tourism
SOUTHWEST FUTURE
PROGRAMS
June 9th – Alex Jech, Paragon
Film
June 16th – Rotary Exchange
Student Miguel Castilla
SUNRISE FUTURE
PROGRAMS
June 10th – Charlie Robin,
What’s New at the Capitol
Theatre
June 17th – Raffle Team
Introduction
Enjoy
Rotary
THURSDAY, JUNE 11, 2015
YAKIMA CONVENTION CENTER
Light Up
Rotary
JOHN FORTE
VICE PRESIDENT, BETATEC
CREATING NATIONAL WONDERS WITH HOPS
John N. Forte joined John I. Haas in September of 2014 and oversees all sales, research
& development, and marketing activity for the BetaTec division globally. In addition to
his responsibilities at BetaTec, John is a member of the Haas Senior Leadership Team.
Prior to joining Haas, John worked for Pure Circle Ltd., holding the position of Vice
President Sales of North America, Japan, Australia/New Zealand. John’s career spans over
a 20-year in the global food industry.
John is a graduate of Rosemont University and has an MBA from Rosemont College
along with a Masters in European Food Marketing from St. Joseph’s University in
Philadelphia, PA.
Thank You Letter From Kurt Labberton
An enormous thank you to all my fellow
Rotarians and their guests who were kind
enough to attend the May 28th performance of Absinthe. The cast and crew had
a wonderful time working on this production and it was a real delight to share
Frank, Michael, Libby and Rose with all
of you. Since the theme of the play is the
fascinating way a small act of kindness
can change the course of a life.....it seemed
like a natural fit with a group of people
who's motto is Service Above Self...! Once
again.....from all of those involved in Absinthe....thank you!
Kurt Labberton
SAVE THE DATE!
MOLLIE DAVIS MEMORIAL CELEBRATION
AND GOLF TOURNAMENT
FRIDAY, JULY 17 AT THE YAKIMA COUNTRY
CLUB
Golf starts at noon - Don’t want to golf? Join in the
dinner and celebration after. Menu to include: BBQ
ribs, chicken and salmon for $25.
Mark Your Calendar Today! This annual event is a
celebration of the Yakima Rotary Trust, and how with
your contributions, they have succeeded in Making
our Community a Better Place to Live.
PROPOSED NEW MEMBERs
Unless written objection is received by the Board
of Directors by Friday, June 19, 2015, the following
candidates will be elected:
Tamara Hanlon
Senior Deputy Prosecuting Attorney
Yakima County
Classification: Criminal Law
Proposed by: Dave Dion
Endorsed by: Patti Powers
2015 Mary Monroe Davis Scholarship Recipients
2015-2016 COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS
CLUB SERVICE “A”
ERIN BLACK
CLASSIFICATION
COMMITTEE
Chair, Ron King
Vice Chair, Ken Meissner
Past Chair, Jim Russi
Bruce Bacon
Scott Beyer
Ron Gamache
Charley Hanses
Dave Heinl
Harry Helliesen
Dennis Hogenson
Jan Lange
Darlene Picatti
Bill Rich
Clark Satre
MEMBERSHIP DEVELOPMENT
COMMITTEE
Chair, Cal Blethen & Kevin Phillips
Vice Chair, Bruce Bacon
Past Chair, David McKinney
Mike Broadhead
Patty Dion
Rick Fairbrook
Carter Fjeld
Ed Flynn
Robert Hall
Brad Hansen
Harry Helliesen
Gary Hudson
Ron King
MENTORSHIP/RETENTION
COMMITTEE
Chair, Sunny Cameron
Vice Chair, Mike McKinney
Past Chair, Lois Betzing
Mike Brophy
Connie Falon
Renee Goodman
Bruce Heiser
Harry Helliesen
Don Whitehouse
- REVIEW -
As Patti Powers, in her invocation stated, “we come together on a beautiful
spring day.” The combined clubs of Downtown Rotary, Southwest Rotary,
and Sunrise Rotary, met together on Thursday for the Mary Monroe
Davis Scholarship Award Luncheon. As you entered the large room at the
convention center, Ryan Rodruck, Dulce Guttierez, and Carmen Mendez
greeted you. The event opened with the song My Country Tis of Thee, led
by Eric Silvers with Bob Hamilton on the piano.
President John Adkison welcomed everyone for a ceremony that
highlights the Yakima Rotary Trust, which is the foundation that was
established by all three Yakima Rotary Clubs. Dave McFadden, President
of the Sunrise Rotary Club, and Tressa Stadel of the Southwest Rotary Club,
sat at the head table, along with Joe Falk, a Southwest Rotary member and
attorney who helped establish the Yakima Rotary Trust. Also sitting with
the president were Lois Betzing of Downtown Rotary and Hank Heffernan
of Southwest who has chaired the scholarship committee for six years.
President Adkison showed his appreciation to both Lois and Hank for a
“masterful job for so many years.”
John Adkison voiced a special thank you to Rotarians who helped out
at the event. This included Noël Moxley and Betty Jo Murray who helped
with the registration desk, Jim DeGrasse with audio-visual, and David
Lynx assisting with the newsletter.
The President introduced Sheri Brockway of Sunrise Rotary to speak
about one of the ways that money is raised for the Yakima Rotary Trust’s
annual fundraiser. The Mollie Davis Celebration and memorial golf
tournament is held on Friday, July 17, 2015 at the Country Club. Sheri
spoke about how the Yakima Rotary Trust takes great pride in the
scholarship program, but also takes on projects, and provides funding for
other projects. For example the Gateway Sports Complex, Franklin Park
picnic shelter and playground, the new Yakima Rotary Food Bank, and
the new projects going on in Randall Park, such as a wildlife observation
platform and playground. To help fund all these activities, Brockway
encouraged golfers to attend the golf tournament, and everyone to come
to the dinner. Sponsorships are also welcomed for the event brochure.
The podium was then turned over to the scholarship chairs, Hank
Heffernan and Lois Betzing. Hank began the ceremony through
an introduction of Joe Falk, who he articulated was the person who
orchestrated the establishment of the Yakima Rotary Trust and the
partnership with Yakima Community Foundation. Heffernan said of Joe,
that it is due to people like him that “really make a difference.”
Joe Falk told the audience the story of how he met Mary Monroe Davis
in 1993, and how he helped work out her vision of a scholarship program
for students in Yakima Valley and Yakima County. Joe introduced from
the audience, Megan Tucker, the granddaughter of Mary “Mollie” Davis,
and her fiancé Derrin Davis, head chef at Zesta Cucina. Although Mollie
had a scholarship program in place, Joe Falk and John Rothenbueler
(Sunrise Rotary), worked with her vision to make the scholarship selection
a community process. With Mollie’s passing in 2008 the selection was well
established with the Yakima Rotary Trust for administering the plan and
the Yakima Community Foundation for the responsibility of oversight of
the scholarship. Both of these established that the scholarship program
would be community based. Deb Krautwurm, of the Downtown Rotary
Club, headed the implementation, with the first scholarships presented in
2010. Since 2010, 2,246 applications have been submitted to the scholarship
program. Since then, 222 students have been granted scholarships, and
money that has been committed to scholarships is now about 4.7 million
dollars.
Mary Monroe Davis Scholarship Program provides awards of $7,500
Sean Kinney
Laurie Kirkland
Mike Kokenge
Gary Lackey
Michael Liddicoat
Jan Luring
Matt Martinkus
Aaron McCoy
Christopher Rankin
Felix Rifa
Guy Shinn
Ken Smith
Greg Stewart
Gary Trepanier
Mina Worthington
for 4-year colleges, and $3,000 for 2-year college. These scholarships are
renewable up to four college years. The 2015 class includes 19 Freshman,
2 Sophomores, 6 Juniors, and 5 Seniors. Students receiving scholarships
this year, represent 16 high schools.
The scholarship committee invited three previous scholarship students
to speak about their experiences. The first was Madison Hahn, who grew
up in Yakima and received her Bachelors in Nursing at Washington State
University. Madison began with a quote from Napoleon Hill that states,
“you can succeed best and quickest by helping others to succeed.” She has
found this to be true and is honored to have received $15,000 for the last
two years of school. She is now working at Yakima Memorial and plans to
go to Seattle University for a Masters in Nursing. Brenden O’Neill, told the
audience how he attended high school in West Valley, but the scholarship
helped him to go to Northwest Nazarene University in Nampa, Idaho. He
said of the benefit of the scholarship program, that the “pursuit of a quality
education has not been a question but a constant.” Saul Arambul, a recent
graduate of Heritage University, stated that “things happen for a reason”,
and after attending last year’s luncheon, has decided to pursue a career in
teaching. He is working as a skill-based mentor, and an athletic coach for
basketball and track and field at White Swan High School.
Mary Monroe Davis Scholarship Awards presented went to: Nicona
Abrams, White Swan, who will attend University of Washington in PreMedicine; Mario Aguilar, Grandview, attending Eastern Washington
University in Sociology and Criminal Justice; Darren Broersma, Sunnyside
Christian High School, a Freshman at Washington State University in
Agriculture Economics; Annie Brouwer, Sunnyside Christian High School,
attending Azusa Pacific University in Nursing; Amelia Davis, Zillah
High School, a Senior at Central Washington University in Accounting;
Stephanie De Leon, Granger High School, Junior at UofW in Biology;
Betsy Dimas, Toppenish High School, attending UofW in Education;
Logan Fawcett, West Valley, a freshman at Brigham Young University
in Business Management; Michael Gamlem III, Riverside Christian,
attending Whitworth University in Computer Science; Ciara Hansen,
Naches Valley, at Central Washington University, studying Elementary
Education; Noelle Huck, Naches Valley, a Freshman at UofW studying
Biology; Nicole Jevons, West Valley High School, going to Oregon State
University for Political Science; Weston Kroes, East Valley, going to
Stanford for Biochemistry; Cheree LaPierre, Sunnyside, a freshman at
Seattle Pacific University for Education; Vanessa Larios, A. C. Davis, going
to UofW for Business; Cindy Lemus, Toppenish, a Sophomore at Heritage
studying Visual Arts; Sagrario Leon, Zillah, attending Heritage for Business
Administration; Yocelyn Lopez Aguado, Wapato, studying Neuroscience
at UofW; Miranda Lyman, East Valley, at Marymount Manhattan College
for Dance; Felipe Mercado Covarrubias, Eisenhower, a Junior at Heritage
in Business Administration; Anna Miller, West Valley, studying Biology
at UofW; Jennifer Morales Mata, A. C. Davis, a Junior at UofW in Social
Work; Tyler Oberlander, West Valley, a Junior at CWU studying to be
a professional pilot; Hector Peña to WSU for Pre-Medicine; Eunice
Perez-Frias, Sunnyside, studying Pre-Medicine at UofW; Garrett Petrea,
Selah, studying Economics at Stanford; Alex Prins, Sunnyside, in Animal
Management at WSU; Jacquelyn Radford, West Valley, in Elementary
Education at Heritage; Lydia Ramirez, Walla Walla, studying Psychology
at CWU; Isabel Rojas Penafiel, Mabton, a freshman at WSU, studying
Biochemistry; Miguel Sotelo, Highland, a Senior at WSU in Biology; and
Alma Soto, Toppenish, studying Elementary Education at Heritage.
At the end of the ceremony, a special $500 award was presented to
Eunice Perez-Frias as the Deb Krautwurm Essay winner.