Soundings (3/28/06)

Cindy Obrien (?) introduced John Ferris, our Squalicum student of the month. John is the son of Tim Ferris, the incoming president of Monday Rotary club. John enjoys giving back to the sports he loves: soccer and tennis. He has volunteered for the last 3 summers teaching kids. He is a senior at Squalicum HS, 18 years old, and next year he will be attending either SPU or Gonzaga U. John says volunteering is easier when you feel passionate about something. George presented John with SOM certificate.

Bucks in the Bay
Bill Gorman - B&G club auction, went to China, and for son who plays the piano, guitar & trombone;
Carol - thanks for support of Hospice, events in April Brendan Nelson Kayak endurance event to raise $10K "Kayak for Care" on Lake Whatcom, then Bellingham Bay Bocce Tournament;
Gordon Plume - trip to CA with 3 kids and business, great to see Bob Rice;
Bob Moles - Pure Water, great to see Gene Fier;
Eddie Hanson - best week cruise with wife and 3-month old;
Orphalee Smith - Happy Buck to Bob Rice for his steady recovery;
Patti - bucks to Mimi's mom in memoriam, Imco awarded two WA DOT projects;
Julie Guy - for Bob Rice recovery and BBBS fundraiser;
Bryant Engerbretson - missed meetings skiing in CO;
Bob Tull - for Bellingham Chamber Choral at WWU 8pm Saturday night;
Donna Edquist - for B&G club auction success;
Art Runestrandt - more stories about granddaughter Kelli the swimmer, who plans to compete at Nationals and maybe Olympic trials;
Dennis Archer - gift to our club's Foundation in memory or Mimi's mom;
Christine Palmerton - becoming a grandma in July;
Jim Wells - good B&G club auction;

Sergeant at Arms by Patti Imhof
Judge Nichols (three or four times), Gerald Baron, basketball Gonzaga fans, UW fans, attorneys and Judges, Mike Werner and his boat, Bill Boyd for Haggen "suspicious package", accountants.

Program - Member talks

Tim McEvoy (not really a new member), born and raised in Bellingham, attended Sehome HS class of '73, then UW, wanted to be HS basketball coach and math teacher, internship at Garfield HS in Seattle. Then teaching in Eastern Washington, then Corvalis, OR where his kids were born. Later taught on Orcas Island, then moved to Bellingham to join family business with two other brothers in '89, and joined Rotary in '94.

Matt Rose, born and raised in Bellingham, attended Sehome with Shannon and Eddie. He attended Annapolis (Navy) graduating in '89. He met his wife in Boston. Became a jet pilot for Navy flying in Mississippi, then joined a P3 squadron, lived in HI, flew in the Persian Gulf and East Africa, in 1999 became half-time pilot for United Air and also continued flying for Navy. 9/11 came, which resulted in operations for Navy in Spain helping Gulf War. Then Matt attended Harvard to get his masters in Administration. Then he and family moved to Celebration FL, for Matt to do management consulting. Navy got him back again in 2003 for a six month position as staff officer in Bahrain for the war effort. Finally, he and family decided to move back to Bellingham for more permanent home, and was invited to run NW Radiology as chief. NW Radiology has 120 employees, two imaging centers plus a JV with the hospital. Proud to join our Rotary club.

Jeff Kochman (not really a new member) was born and raised in Spokane, went to Walla Walla State, transferred to WSU majoring in accounting and finance. Started a career public accounting at Arthur Anderson in Seattle which was a great experience working with many interesting customers, including a couple years working for AA in Australia. Went to work for Talbot Company in '90, making the transition to running a small but diverse business that included fishing boats, Russian businesses, cold storage and real estate activity. Another venture Jeff and Talbot Company have been involved with more recently is Big Island Abalone Company, located on the Big Island of Hawaii. Jeff has been married 16 years to Kim, and they have two sons and a daughter.

Respectfully Submitted,
Stowe Talbot