Lake Report (Mar 14, 2017)

Our 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.

Mar 17, 2017

Classification Talks

Mar 24, 2017

No Meeting

Mar 31, 2017

Gina Anderson

Peace Corps

View entire list

Breakfast Sponsors

March 17 - John Huber

March 24 - David Johnson

March 31 - Angie Hein

April 7 - Hazel Borden

Board Meeting

Bell Properties

Mar 21, 2017
6:00 PM – 6:30 PM

2017 Wine Tasting Planning Committee Meeting

Bell Properties

Mar 21, 2017 6:30 PM

Visioning Meeting

Lake Stevens Senior Center

Mar 23, 2017
4:30 PM – 9:00 PM

6th Annual Wine and Beer Tasting

Everett Community College Jackson Conference Center

Apr 21, 2017
6:00 PM – 9:00 PM

Interested in being a sponsor?

Download the website sponsorship guide

James Monroe
(If you have any comments or questions, please contact the editor)

Subscribe to Bulletin

Subscribe to our eBulletin and stay up to date on the latest news and events.

Click here to sign up!

This Week's Meeting

Posted by James Monroe on Mar 06, 2017

Our program this week is being developed. Come and find out what's in store!

We are running the article on Teddy Roosevelt again because there are some updates.

CONTEST: Be the first person to correctly identify from where the photograph at the top of this bulletin and at the top of our website was taken by 7:30 am, Friday, March 17th. This photo is a change from previous versions of this same scene. Email the editor.

Our Sixth Annual Wine & Beer Tasting Plus Silent Auction Fundraiser is now taking registrations!

We are returning to the Jackson Conference Center at Everett Community College on April 21st.

Click this link to register yourself, your significant other and your friends.

We look forward to seeing you there!

National Cemeteries

Posted by Gary O'Rielly on Mar 14, 2017

Our program on March 10th was all about our National Cemeteries provided by Hospital Corpsman Joe Paterniti. A National Cemetery is generally a military cemetery containing the graves of our United States military personnel, veterans and their spouses but isn't exclusively so. We learned that there are 147 National Cemeteries across the county with most being administered by the Veterans Administration. The goal is to have a National Cemetery with 1-2 hours of our citizens. We know, that the best known National Cemetery is the Arlington National Cemetery located just outside of Washington DC in Virginia.

Ironically, the site of the Arlington National Cemetery was purchased in 1802 by George Washington Parke Curtis the grandson of Martha Washington. The land passed onto to Custis daughter, Mary Anna who had married Unites States Army officer Robert E. Lee. Arlington National Cemetery is composed of 624 acres, and was established on May 13, 1864 and currently contains over 400,000 graves.

Joe Paterniti is a reservist serving our country all over the world including combat situations in Iraq. His current rank is Hospital Corpsman with a warfare specialty in Marine Corps Field Medicine. When he has been home, he has served as the non-medical care manager for the Wounded Warrior Project and currently serves as part of the Navy's Honor Guard, performing funeral honors at Tahoma National Cemetery.

Tahoma National Cemetery in Maple Valley encompasses 158.3 acres with 41,000 graves sites. Visiting hours are from sunrise to sunset. Burial ceremonies include the opening and closing of the grave or burial of the cremated remains or placement in above ground vault also called a columbarium. A government furnished grave liner, perpetual care of the grave site, a headstone or marker with proper inscription and a burial flag. No burials are performed on weekends or holidays. The National Cemeteries are closed on all holidays except on Veterans and Memorial Days.

When he's not at Tahoma Cemetery, Joe is a firefighter paramedic with the Everett Fire Department. And, two days after his presentation to our Club, he climbed the Columbia Tower in full firefighter gear raising money for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. He did it in 21 minutes! Congratulations, Joe.

Joe, thanks for your continued service and for bringing us so much information on our National Cemeteries.

TR - Teddy Roosevelt by David Rader

Posted by Gary O'Rielly on Mar 07, 2017

Our program on March 3rd was a return to an era of the Presidency of Theodore Roosevelt, the 26th President of the United States as presented by David Rader of Oak Harbor. David has given the same presentation on Theodore Roosevelt to 88 other Rotary Clubs as well as many other service clubs and organizations.

Theodore Roosevelt has often been referred to as the "modern president' who more than any other national leader or individual American is responsible for America's rise to a world leadership status. President Theodore Roosevelt was a conservationist, a soldier, statesman, Nobel Prize winner and a Medal of Honor recipient given posthumously by President Bill Clinton after generations of attempts by others. To this day, he remains one of America's "best models" of presidential, visionary, global and executive leader, crisis manager and charismatic communicator. He was by all accounts a strategic thinker, negotiator and decision maker and the most distinguished leader of his age.

President Theodore Roosevelt loved his job as President! TR was the first president to own an automobile, fly on a plane, ride in a submarine, and win a Nobel prize. TR ascended to the office of President upon the assassination of President William McKinley. He was the first President to invite Booker T. Washington to the White House for dinner.

Several items of note: The Philippines was the best example of victory into a foreign country. Biggest regret was telling the press that he was going to leave office after his second term. As a result he groomed William Howard Taft to replace him as President. He became very unhappy with Taft's term of office and launched the Bull Moose party. Both Woodrow Wilson and TR ran against Taft. This was the first Republican to have a challenger. During the campaign, TR was shot in the side by John Shrank who had been tracking him through eight states in an attempt to assassinate him. TR refused to go to the hospital, instead he went to the auditorium to deliver his speech. He showed the audience his wound because as he said, he was a Bull Moose. He lost the race to Woodrow Wilson through the Electoral College.

Just a couple of more facts about President Theodore Roosevelt. TR was also known as the Trust Buster and was a larger than life president. He served from September 14, 1901 to March 3, 1909.

David Radar our guest speaker teaches academia, business, government and military. He served in the United States Air Force and has worked in the securities, real estate, high tech and defense industries.

Quote of the Week - Who Said It?

"The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing."

Thought of the Week - Who Said It?

"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."