Soundings 4/11/06
Visiting Rotarians: Bob Trunek, Zachery Jones.
Guests: Heidi Bugby, Rob Slater.
Announcements
John Hulbert: Tournament for the Children will take place April 27th (Thursday) 1:30pm shotgun start, 18-hole scramble, with BBQ after. We need foursomes and hole sponsors.
Ron Hardesty: Centennial work party last Saturday at 9am completed the gateway except for plaque. Also, please see Ron if interested in participating in our club's weekly golf league "Men's Club" at Padden every Wed night at 4pm starting May⿦
Ken Oplinger - Golf Tournament fundraiser for Ski-to-Sea on May 5th;
Bucks in the Bay
Ron Hardesty â¿¢ Thanks Gordon for Centennial Project, fun but hard work;
Gordon Plume â¿¢ birthday last Sunday;
Jerry Simmons â¿¢ for workmanship of the Plume structure, and birthday, and son accepted at grad school in Sweden;
Frank â¿¢ son's chess tournament in Kennewick for Assumption;
Curt Smith â¿¢ thankful for not having to work on roofs for a living;
Orphalee â¿¢ for award Boy Scout award to late husband Dick Smith, and Soroptimist club celebrating 75-year anniversary;
Sergeant at Arms by Dave Nichols
Art Runestrandt and his 30 grandkids, Bill Boyd's son golf lessons, Lynn Templeton's friendship with Bruce King, Gordon Plume's tie, board members, John Hulbert, Ron Hardesty, Pete Dawson, Frank Chmelik.
Program
Orphalee Smith introduced Marion Alexander and Tamara Guilds â¿¢ managers of the "Special Collections" division of the WWU Library. Their talk was entitled "What's so special about 'Special Collection'?" The Special collections division is young (founded in 1999) but located in one of the oldest parts of the library (built in 1927). The division is a "working" collection, open to all the public during working hours. What is the assembly?
Campus History Collection - documents all aspects of Western from its opening day in 1899. Access Campus History;
Controlled Access Collection - unique works requiring special care;
Mathes Reading Figurines Collection - over 200 figurines, small sculptures, carvings, and figure groups depicting the act of reading.
Northwest Collection - books and other items concerning the history, politics, and culture of the Pacific Northwest and Northwest Washington State in particular.
Paul and Mary Ann Ford Fly Fishing Collection
Rare Book Collection
The Western Collection - preserves the legacy of scholarship and creativity at Western;
Western Masters Thesis Archive - theses written by Masters candidates.
Respectfully Submitted,
Stowe Talbot