Troy McVicker
Troy McVicker gave the invocation and led members in the Pledge.
Steve Szirmai
Steve Szirmai introduced visiting Rotarians and guests. Steve asked visiting Rotarians which football team they thought would win on Saturday. First up was the BBRC’s favorite visiting Rotarian, Frank Young. Nattily attired in UW garb down to his shoes, he, naturally, picked the Huskies, as did many others ... sigh.
Mike Hyodo
Also visiting was former BBRC member Mike Hyodo, who moved his family to Africa several years ago, where he performs dental work and missionary services. Mike received a very warm round of applause.
Desiree Salgado & Troy Anderson
New BBRC Member: Desiree Salgado
Desiree Salgado was inducted as the world’s newest Rotarian. She and her new husband, Troy Anderson, operate Dr. PC Fix in Kirkland. For those looking for a winter getaway, the couple plans a formal Mexican wedding in March. Do the words “Road Trip” ring a bell?
Click here for Oktoberfest slideshow.
John DeWater & Andrew Face
Many thanks to “the Johns” for brewing up some fun for The BBRC Oktoberfest this past weekend! John DeWater and brewmeister buddy John Martinka shared their beer-making talents, along with food and fellowship, to set another example of why the BBRC is the Best Darn Club in the World. All in attendance had a great time.
If you missed the Oktoberfest, don’t miss the rest of the fun your BBRC Fellowship Committee has in store for the remainder of this Rotary year:
- October 17—BBRC Wine Tasting Event (Home of Paul and Shannon Chapmans)
- November 13—Friday the 13th Good Luck/Bad Luck Anniversary Party! (Marina Room at the Fabulous Woodmark Hotel in Kirkland)
- December 4—Family visit to Garden De’Lights, Bellevue Botanical Gardens (then to the home of Howard and Judy Johnson for cider and cocoa).
- December 18—Santa Breakfast at Glendale for Rotarians and their families
- January 30—A True BBQ Throw Down (slow smoking BBQ cooking competition and eating frenzy at the Ballards House)
- February 12—Valentine Dine-Around
- March—Annual BBRC Retreat
- April 3—Trivia Party at Troy McVicker’s House
- May 8th—Prohibition Party (20’s theme) at Wendi Fischer’s House
- May 20 (Third Thursday)—Beer Tasting at the Martinka House
- June 12th—Family BBQ at The Monger House
- June 25—Lady Luck Rotating the Wheels Dinner! (The Hall at Fauntleroy, West Seattle)
Join the fun! Attend these great events with your fellow Rotarians!
Family Fest Adoption Party This Saturday
Members were reminded of the upcoming Family Fest Adoption Party for this coming weekend when children and potential adopting familes come together to meet.
Rotary Sponsors An Exchange With Bolivia
The Rotary clubs of greater Seattle are seeking business and professional people ages 25-40 to apply for a cultural/vocational exchange program next year. An exchange with Bolivia will take place from April 11 to May 8, 2010.
The Group Study Exchange is a longstanding program of Rotary International. It offers an all-expense paid experience with home stays with Rotarian host country families, vocational visits, and an opportunity to exchange ideas and customs with counterparts. Applicants must live in Rotary District 5030, which basically corresponds to Seattle and its suburbs. The exchange is not open to Rotarians or their relatives.
Applications for team members are due on October 19. Complete information and application forms are available at www.gse.rotary5030.org.
If BBRC members have questions, contact Eastside Coordinator and BBRC member Dr. John Armenia (Cell 253-208-6248).
"Buiding an NCAA National Championship Team, Washington Women's Softball," Heather Tarr, University Washington Softball Coach, 2009 NCCA Softball Champions
Heather Tarr
To say Heather Tarr is competitive is an understatement. The coach of the University of Washington’s national champion softball team will enter her sixth season at the helm of the Husky squad. But she is as likely to harken back to the days she played Little League baseball with the boys as talk about her push to the top of women’s sports.
It was a time before there was girls’ teams, so Tarr played on a team made up mainly of boys. But she was good — and she knew it.
There was that one game when the opposing pitcher, facing a bases-loaded situation, chose to walk the batter before her — and, of course, forcing in a run — in order to pitch to her. She promptly hit a grand slam.
Bob Holert makes the introduction
She’s been hitting them out of the park ever since.
Tarr spoke to the Bellevue Breakfast Rotary Club about her experiences on Friday, September 25.
The Redmond native and graduate of Redmond High School led the Huskies to the program’s first National Championship last year when her team defeated then-No. 1 ranked Florida, two games to none, in the Women's College World Series Championship Series. But, the road to that victory — and Tarr’s success at the UW — didn’t come easily.
Tarr was a Husky from the start. She was a three-year member of the Pac-10 All-Academic team from 1994-97, she was named to the Pac-10 All-Conference team from 1995-97 and the NFCA All-West Region team in 1996 and 1997. In 1998, she moved to working as an undergraduate assistant coach during that season. The Huskies finished third that year at the 1998 Women's College World Series.
Prior to the 1999 season, Tarr joined the University of Pacific and had a six-year stint there, starting as an assistant coach before being promoted to associate head coach in April of 2004.
That same year everything changed for Tarr. Her former coach at the University of Washington was fired and, as Tarr watched the process to replace her, she thought: I can do the job better than the people they’re interviewing. She sent in her own resume, but heard nothing back.
Undaunted, she called her former coach, got the name and cell phone number of the head of the search committee, and got herself an interview with him. The day they met, Tarr came prepared with a full plan of how she would turn the Husky program around.
Impressed, the head of the search committee asked her if he could have her report to show the full committee. No way, Tarr said. She wanted to interview with the committee in person. Several days later she got her chance. A month later, she was the new Husky coach. She took over in 2005.
The Huskies were a talented team, Tarr said, “but the program was damaged by the loss of the coach and an interim coach.”
At age 29, she was determined to change the culture of the team. One step was to make staff changes, not because the people were not good — they were friends of hers — but because the chemistry wasn’t conducive to building a winning program. A good fit, she knew, was better than talent.
For Tarr, that meant teaching the players to fly as a team of geese. Geese work together. They change leaders when that one gets tired. Everyone is accountable. Everyone is tough. She taught them Husky Fever.
Under Tarr, the team began to work smarter. They began to pay attention to details, and Tarr kept meaningful statistics that would determine starting lineups. Moving runners along became a key. So did quality at-bats. It wasn’t emotional. Either the player performed or she didn’t.
As the Huskies moved into the play-offs this year, they faced a challenge. Because their home field didn’t have lights for night games, they were forced to play three weeks on the road. Tarr and the team decided not to shuttle back and forth to the campus between games. They became road warriors.
As they moved through the playoffs, they concentrated only on the next game. They swept through the Super Regionals, beating Georgia Tech before falling to Georgia in their first semifinal game. They came back to defeat Georgia, before dominating Florida to win the title.
In addition to the accolades and the championship ring, Tarr has one more accomplishment to savor. Husky supporters have stepped up to provide the team the needed field lights. They’ll be installed on October 19.
Courtesy of Wally Mahoney
IRS Scam Now World's Biggest E-Mail Virus Problem
By ROBERT MCMILLAN of IDG News Service\San Francisco Bureau
Published: September 25, 2009
Criminals are waging a nasty online campaign right now, hoping that their victims' fears of the tax collecter will lead them to inadvertently install malicious software. The spam campaign, entering its third week now, is showing no signs of slowing down, according to Gary Warner, director of research in computer forensics with the University of Alabama at Birmingham. This one campaign accounts for about 10 percent of the spam e-mail that his group is presently tracking, he said. "This is the most prominent spam-delivered virus in the world right now," he said.
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GOLF QUOTES
These greens are so fast I have to hold my putter over the ball and hit it with the shadow. ~ Sam Snead
I was three over. One over a house, one over a patio, and one over a swimming pool. ~ George Brett
Actually, the only time I ever took out a one-iron was to kill a tarantula. And I took a 7 to do that. ~ Jim Murray
The only sure rule in golf is he who has the fastest cart never has to play the bad lie. ~ Mickey Mantle
Sex and golf are the two things you can enjoy even if you're not good at them ~ Kevin Costner
I don't fear death, but I sure don't like those three-footers for par. ~ Chi Chi Rodriguez
After all these years, it's still embarrassing for me to play on the American golf tour. Like the time I asked my caddie for a sand wedge, and he came back ten minutes later with a ham on rye. ~ Chi Chi Rodriguez
The ball retriever is not long enough to get my putter out of the tree. ~ Brian Weis
Swing hard in case you hit it. ~ Dan Marino
My favorite shots are the practice swing and the conceded putt. The rest can never be mastered. ~ Lord Robertson
Give me golf clubs, fresh air and a beautiful partner, and you can keep the clubs and the fresh air. ~ Jack Benny
There is no similarity between golf and putting; they are two different games, one played in the air, and the other on the ground. ~ Ben Hogan
Professional golf is the only sport where, if you win 20% of the time, you're the best ~ Jack Nicklaus
The uglier a man's legs are, the better he plays golf. It's almost a law. ~ H G Wells
I never pray on a golf course. Actually, the Lord answers my prayers everywhere except on the course. ~ Billy Graham
If you watch a game, it's fun. If you play at it, it's recreation. If you work at it, it's golf. ~ Bob Hope
While playing golf today, I hit two good balls when I stepped on a rake. ~ Henny Youngman
If you think it's hard to meet new people, try picking up the wrong golf ball. ~ Jack Lemmon
You can make a lot of money in this game. Just ask my ex-wives. Both of them are so rich that neither of their husbands work. ~ Lee Trevino
I'm not saying my golf game went bad, but if I grew tomatoes, they'd come up sliced. ~ Lee Trevino
