Our regular Rotary Club Meetings are at the Lake Stevens School District Educational Service Center located at 12309 22nd St NE. We start at 7:30 am. There is a robust continental breakfast available beforehand. Visitors are always welcome. Our mailing address is PO Box 908 Lake Stevens, WA 98258.
Our program This week our featured speaker is Peggy Ray of the Lake Stevens Family Center. She is the Family Support Supervisor for the LSFC. Peggy will give an update on what the Family Center is doing in Lake Stevens and how they are helping our neighbors.
Duck Dash tickets are available. Contact Chris Vallo to get yours. Aquafest is four weeks away so sell, sell, sell!
CONTEST: Be the first person to correctly identify the from where the photograph at the top of this bulletin was taken by 7:30 am, Friday, July 21st. Email the Editor.
Rotary International President-elect Sam F. Owori died unexpectedly on 13 July due to complications from surgery. Sam was a member of the Rotary Club Kampala, Uganda, for 38 years.
“Rotary has become a way of life for me – with the intrinsic value and core belief in mutual responsibility and concern for one another as a cornerstone,” Sam said when he was nominated last year. “I feel immense satisfaction knowing that through Rotary, I’ve helped someone live better.”
Sam's term as Rotary’s 108th president would have begun on 1 July 2018.
“Please remember Sam as the outstanding, hardworking Rotarian he was,” said Rotary International President Ian Riseley. “In this difficult time, I ask you to keep his wife, Norah, the Owori family, and Sam’s millions of friends around the world in your thoughts.”
Under Sam's leadership, the number of clubs in Uganda swelled from nine to 89 over the course of 29 years.
Sam saw in Rotary members "an incredible passion to make a difference," and wanted to "harness that enthusiasm and pride so that every project becomes the engine of peace and prosperity."
Sam was the chief executive officer of the Institute of Corporate Governance of Uganda, whose mission is to promote excellence in corporate governance principles and practice in the region by 2020. Previously, he was executive director of the African Development Bank, managing director of Uganda Commercial Bank Ltd., and director of Uganda Development Bank. He has also served as corporate secretary of the Central Bank of Uganda.
He served as member and chair of several boards including FAULU (U) Ltd., (now Opportunity Bank), the Uganda Heart Institute, the Centre for African Family Studies, Mulago Hospital Complex, Mukono Theological College, and the Kampala City Council.
Sam also was the vice chair of Hospice Africa Uganda, and board member and chair of the Audit Committee of PACE (Programme for Accessible Health, Communication, and Education) in Uganda.
“Sam was a special person in so many ways, and his unexpected death is a huge loss to Rotary, his community, and the world,” Riseley said. “We are establishing details on plans to celebrate his life as they become available.”
Rotary is establishing a memorial fund in Sam's honor and will provide details soon.
The 22nd Annual Rotary Club of Lake Stevens Duck Dash will happen on Sunday, July 30, 2017 in downtown Lake Stevens. Tickets are available from your nearby Rotarian. Tickets are $5 per chance or you can get a sheet of five tickets for $20.
Proceeds support scholarships for graduating high school seniors, the Lake Stevens Family Center, the Lake Stevens Senior Center, the Lake Stevens Food Bank, Cub Scout Pack 88, the Interact Club at the high school, the fight to eradicate polio and more! Please support our community and buy Duck Dash tickets today!
A Unity Pole was recently on display at Lundeen Park. The purpose of the Pole is to show people how connected we really are. There are 32 outer poles each with a description of what category an individual identifies with. Be it gender, faith, family, faith, work, politics, etc. Individuals were then to take a length of yarn, start at the center pole and run the yarn around each pole that they identify with going back to the center each time. The 32nd pole started with "I am..." and participants were then to write on a nearby chalkboard the rest of that statement. The idea was well received in our community. Thank you Terry Bokovich for bringing this to Lake Stevens.
We're are still looking for ideas for the name of this weekly bulletin. We've had one submission in the seven years that we've been asking. And, that was from someone outside of our Club! Send your ideas to the Editor. Thank you!
We are seeking ideas for our weekly programs. If you have a subject, presenter or idea for our weekly programs, please contact Chris Vallo with that information. Thank you.
"Too many people go through life complaining about their problems. I've always believed that if you took one tenth the energy you put into complaining and applied it to solving the problem, you'd be surprised by how well things can work out."
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