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Kirkland goes quackers for Duck Dash traditionBY MATT PHELPS

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A sky brightly lit with � reworks. American � ags waving in the breeze. And a sea of 12,000 yellow rubber duckies?

� e annual Duck Dash at Marina Park has become a traditional part of the annual Fourth of July celebrations in Kirkland. � e event is produced by the Ro-tary Club of Kirkland and has become its largest annual fund raiser.

“Every Rotarian is asked to get 500 sold, but it is not easy for some. � e ticket sales are phenomenal the two hours just before the event,” said Rotary member and former Kirkland Mayor Bill Woods. “But the greatest thing is what we are able to do with the money.”

� e event started 16 years ago as the Rotary searched

for a new fund raiser. “We have done auctions,

but everyone does an auc-tion,” said Woods, about the Duck Dash that raised $50,000 during a single event. “We did a hamburger booth, pancake feed, sold wreathes. But this is the best money maker.”

Woods said that Rotary members Rick Ostrander and Dan Bartel came up with the idea.

“I � rst saw it in Canada and it surprised me how much excitement it caused,” said Woods.

� e three men decided to pursue the idea for the Kirk-land club. � ey borrowed the bumpers from the Coast Guard and rented the ducks from a company. � e event is still produced the same way.

“You can buy the ducks from them (the company) also, but it is written in the contract that you can’t do the event for three years if

you break the contract,” said Woods. “It is about $10,000 to rent the ducks, but the sponsors underwrite the event so all the proceeds go back to the community.”

Despite the contract issues, the Duck Dash continues to be a good event for the club.

Setting up is a painstaking task as every duck has to have a numbered sticker stuck to its bottom.

“We get about 20 kids

More information

To adopt a duck for this year’s Duck Dash, look for Rotary club members and the Lake Washington High School Drill Team at the follow-ing locations: Kirkland Wednesday Market; Juanita Friday Market and at the Parkplace QFC on the weekends.

The Rotary Club of Kirkland’s annual Duck Dash brings 12,000 rubber duckies to Marina Park each year for a fund raiser. REPORTER FILE PHOTO

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BY KAY ZATINE

Special to the Reporter

Chartered on Oct. 4, 2006, and the newest Rotary Club in the area, the Rotary Club of Kirkland Downtown’s motto of “right people, right mission, right now” describes this “young” club that o� ers community-minded indi-viduals the opportunity for Rotary service in a breakfast club enviromnent.

Weekly meetings held on

Tuesday mornings at the Crab Cracker Restaurant in downtown Kirkland begin with co� ee, conversation and a bu� et breakfast at 7:15 a.m. followed by club business, presentations on a variety of topics, lots of fun and fellowship, with meet-ings concluding at 8:30 a.m. sharp. With approximately 40 members, Rotary Club of Kirkland Downtown o� ers an opportunity to make a di� erence locally and interna-tionally with projects selected and funded through proceeds from the club’s annual “Crab Feed and Auction.”

RCKD is always looking for new members and invites anyone interested to be a club guest on a Tuesday morning to check out what the club has to o� er. RCKD has it all, with people of exceptional character, people who are also your friends and people who know how to enjoy themselves while supporting Rotary’s “Service Above Self.”

For more information about RCKD, check out the club’s Web site at www.RCKD.org; contact Dave Gri� th at 206-947-5509 or dave.gri� th@nm� 1.com; or David Ri� e at 206-856-5325 or david@green� eldadvisors.com.

Kay Zatine is the public rela-tions co-chair of the RCKD.

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BY WAYNE OTTUM

Special to the Reporter

During the 2010-2011 Rotary year, the Rotary Club of Kirkland Downtown (RCKD) strengthened its partnership with Juanita High School through its Vo-cational Services Committee. RCKD continued its Student of the Month program, sup-ported the Juanita Jazz Club and Honor Society, awarded $3,000 in college scholar-ships to three outstanding students, and started an Interact Club at the school.

� e Student of the Month program recognizes nine outstanding seniors at Juanita High School for their contributions to the community and school. Collectively, these students have volunteered at the Boys and Girls Club, Race for t he Cure, Tent City, Youth Mi-grant Project; built homes in Tijuana, Mexico; Girl Scouts, NW Harvest, and HopeLink, just to list a few.

Many are also involved in leadership positions and sports, while maintaining a high GPA. � ese students were then eligible to compete for college scholarship money. � e three students who were awarded schol-arships were MaryKate Schurman ($1,500) who will be attending Seattle Paci� c University in the fall, Jona-than Iwazaki ($1,000) who plans on attending Univer-

sity of Washington and True Vue ($500) who will attend Bellevue College.

Other students recognized in the 2010-2011 year were Lucy Hill, Molly Ichikawa, Timothy Johnson, Bonnie Gilbery, Jessica Latousek and Alexander Love.

� e Juanita Jazz Club and Honor Society helped RCKD by performing and working the club’s 4th An-nual Crab Feed and Auction, held March 12. RCKD was able to raise more than $38,000 in net proceeds to support RCKD, � e Rotary Club of Kirkland Downtown Foundation and � e Ro-

tary International Polio Plus Project. In return, RCKD donated $500 dollars to each of these groups of talented young people.

An exciting new part-nership with Juanita High School was created with the formation of an Interact Club, which is an independent service club within a school, sponsored and supported by a Rotary Club. � e inaugural Board of Directors of the Interact Club of Juanita High School was formally introduced to RCKD members on March 22 and included President Kristina Koumaeva, Vice

President Genki Marshall, Secretary Hannah Johnson, Treasurer Carolyn Wilson, and Director Kyla Terashi-ma. � is board, who will be seniors next school year, will serve through the 2011-2012 year.

Interact Club members also completed their � rst community service project, sponsoring and working the Juanita High School blood drive where more than 100 students gave to the cause.

Wayne Ottum is the voca-tional service chair for the Rotary Club of Kirkland Downtown.

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The Rotary Club of Kirkland Downtown started an Interact Club at Juanita High School during the 2010-2011 Rotary year. (From left to right) Sarah Taylor, RCKD president; Jean Johnson, JHS Interact Club representative; Kyla Terashima, director; Hannah Johnson, secretary; Carolyn Wilson, treasurer; Wayne Ottum, RCKD Interact Club representative; Genki Marshall, vice president; Kristina Koumaeva, president. CONTRIBUTED

BY BARB SEATON

Special to the Reporter

Rotary Club of Kirkland volunteers assisted the Kirkland Parks Department in constructing a children’s

playground at Rose Hill Meadows Park in October.

Last year the City of Kirkland cut the Parks Department budget and the public was asked to assist the department wherever

possible. Several Rotary Club of Kirkland members decided on this playground project and on a rainy Sat-urday, joined by sta� from the Parks Department, completed a signi� cant por-tion of the playground.

� e Rotary Club of Kirk-land has participated in sev-eral parks projects through-

out the city, including the picnic shelter at Everest Park. Rotarian J. Donald Dicks said, “I have always enjoyed working outdoors and helping clean up some of our parks so thought that this would be a good way for our Rotary Club to continue to be involved

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from the DECA Club at Lake Washington High School and we have a pizza party,” said Woods. “Lee Johnson Chevrolet is good enough to let us use some space to set this all up. But it is a two to three hour job.”

Forty to 50 people gather the ducks and get them out to Marina Park where the bumpers hold them until the race begins at 3 p.m. on July 4.

“We have people with

dinghies and lawn blowers out there,” said Woods.

Each participant “adopts” a duck for the race for $5 or four for $20. � e � rst duck across the � nish line wins a prize for its adopted owner. � is year the grand prize is $5,000 in cash.

When the race is over the ducks have to be put back into the cartons and shipped to the next destination.

“� ose same ducks travel all around the country,” said Woods.

� e money raised goes to-

wards helping Kirkland kids for various needs.

“We go to the schools and ask who needs a winter coat and then we buy 200 kids new coats for the winter,” said Woods.

� e Rotary funds also go towards annual events such as Shoes from Santa and providing 11 annual scholarships, among other things.

“Every dollar we raise comes back to the commu-nity,” said Woods. “� at is why I get excited.”

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with our community.” � e weather gave the volunteers a break and the rain held o� until club members � nished.

Kirkland Parks Department sta� had all the parts laid out and ready to go when the volunteers arrived and, although the project wasn’t completed by the end of the day, the structure was up and Rotarians were able to help them with the heaviest part of putting the children’s playground structure together.

All of the Rotarians and volunteers le� at the end of the day feeling good about what they had accomplished by giving a few hours on a Saturday to their community.

Barb Seaton is the public relations chair for the Rotary Club of Kirkland.

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Rotary Club of Kirkland volunteers assisted the Kirkland Parks Department in constructing this playground at Rose Hill Meadows Park in October. CONTRIBUTED

Name: Dave Gri� thOccupation: Wealth Manage-ment Advisor, Northwestern MutualMembership length: 6 yearsFavorite Rotary moment: Conducting three community blood drives.What does Rotary mean to you: As a Rotarian I am associated with a group of individuals in our community and participate in meaningful projects for people who are in more need. � e strong values of these Rotarians also provide an excellent source for professional services.

Name: Sarah Taylor, 2010-2011 PresidentOccupation: Financial Advisor, Edward JonesMembership length: RCKD Charter MemberFavorite Rotary moment: Fellow Rotarians in Tela, Hon-duras emailed to say the club completed a $50,000 three-year project providing clean water to 750 households.What does the Rotary mean to you: An opportunity to give back to both my local community and the worldwide community. A way to connect with other community-minded business professionals, both person-ally and professionally.

Name: Patti Smith, President-Elect Occupation: P Smith Insur-ance, Employee Bene� tsFavorite Rotary moment: � e very � rst day of Miracle League. It was heartwarming to watch the excitement and joy of kids who had never had a chance to play baseball before. It brought tears to my eyes!What does Rotary mean to you: Rotary is so rewarding in that I can give back to the community through a highly-respected organization. I have established wonderful friendships and met some incredible people.

Name: Rick OstranderOccupation: RetiredMembership length: I have been a Rotarian for 31 yearsFavorite Rotary moment: Over the years I have enjoyed watching the club spontane-ously raise funds when a speaker presents a worthy cause. What does Rotary mean to you: Rotary has allowed me to give back to the community and at the same time to make close friends with others who care. As an individual, the Rotary ethical standards and our four-way test are important in all my business activities.

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