Soundings (1/10/06)
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Tonja Myers - All petitions for charitable giving for 2006 are due by next Tuesday at latest.
New member being proposed: Susan Radonski-Anglada is a VP at Bank of the Pacific, and manager of the Barkley branch. She was proposed by Mike Kirkland and Carol Beecher. Was recommneded by membership committee and Board, but we need comments from the membership at large. Comments can be sent to Frank Zurline or Bill Unrein.
Eddie Hansen - Two fellowship events:
*April 1st jazz function at MBT with pre-event dinner at Gueseppe's;
*Steve Brummel also has an upcoming fellowship event to be announced soon...
Bob Moles - Pure Water for the World trip to Honduras Feb 24 - March 5th ; still one spot available.
Frank Zurline's Membership Committee will meet next week.
Denise will chair the 2006 G&G event, there will be a meeting of committee chairs at 5pm at Poppe's on Wed Jan. 18th.
Denise will also chair the long-range planning committee; We need feedback on strategic direction: Where we should be giving our money? Do we need any changes to our scholorship program? Do we need more or less international focus? Do we grow our membership? The committee will meet on Feb 15th.
Chip & Lisa Hilardes - are heading the committee to support the Bellingham school bond measure which will be coming to voters in March.
Flag Salute and Invocation by Bob Moles
Guests
Lu Farkus (Calgary Millenium RC), Lynn Maslin (Sunrise RC) Donna Jones, Allen Jewel, Judge David Grant, Craig Smith
Bucks in the Bay
Bill forgot his badge;
Bob Rice Birthday and 22 yr anniversary;
Brent Walker - $ to the Foundation, and became a grandfather for 2nd time;
Gordon Plume - ?
Curt Smith - cover article in recent medical journal;
Stowe Talbot - trip to Thailand;
Stephanie Sadler - Please everyone come to a Thursday night public meeting 7pm at St. Pauls School about the possibility to build a new private high school;
Scott Swanson - for trip to Mexico.
Sergeant at Arms - Ron Hardesty, WWU now a basketball school? Eddie for calling John "no-show" Templeton, Guests at Patti's house, Patti smoke alarm;
Chip for Koch vs. coke industry; Jim Wells; Sarah Rothenbuhler; Pete Rittmueller; What does "teelok" mean in Thai? Terry Brown.
Upcoming Programs:
*Next week Tom Dorr Small Biz Development Center;
*Jan. 24 Noami Bann about the Holocaust - REMINDER: There will be no Sergeant at Arms or Bucks in Bay that day.
Today's Program
District Court Judges Matt Elich and David Grant. These gentlemen gave a very informative talk on the local court systems. For many years the Whatcom County district court system was very staid in its ways, but now many changes have been implemented to deal with the growth of the community and activity in the court system; now trying the idea of a "night court" for example to increase the options for those who work during the day. Most items concern traffic tickets or small civil things... The three courts in Bellingham:
1) Superior Court - "general juristiction" - handles domestic disputes, real estate, felony (serious) crimes. The court is represented by Judges Snyder, Uhrig and Mura.
2) District Court - "limited juristiction" - handles smaller cases, but more of them: DUI, traffic violations, name changes, anti-harassment petitions, domestic violence, etc. The district court handles civil disputes with damages not to exceed $50,000, and also small claims cases not to exceed $4,000... The judges are limited to issuing a max of 1 year jail term and $5,000 fine. Most cases are where people are not represented by lawyers. The court is represented by judges Elich and Grant. They have 38 employees (half court employees, half probation services), plus volunteers. Revenue $2.3M, expences $1.3M. New innovations: specialized domestic violence court, a night court, new rules to speed up process, more use of mediation.
3) Municipal Court - violations of city ordinances, some domestic issues, but NO civil small claims, anti-harrassment, name changes. This court is represented by Judge Debra Lev (for Bellingham only).
Raffle $35 won by Byron.
Respectfully submitted,
Stowe Talbot