Presidents of the 80's
After a historic Supreme Court victory, Rotary International allowed women to join Rotary as full members.
1980-1981 Rotary Year
Club Officers
Bernie Sigler
President
Lynn Yakel
President Elect
Bob Woodroff
Vice-President
Chris Sheehan
Secretary
Jack Poffenroth
Treasurer
Committee Chair
Bob Schillberg
Sgt. At Arms
Ben Cain
Attendance Chairman
Bob Pheiffer
RI Foundation
Ray Gould
Grants & Scholarships Chairman
Meeting Locations
- The Lynnwood Elks Lodge
- The Landmark Convention Center
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- Lunch price increased!
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Fundraiser
- Washington State Air Fair
Legacy Project
- Lynnwood Rotary House Project
- The House Project, in its fifth year, became totally self-sufficient. This year’s house was appraised at $115,000-$120,000.
Notes
- Heine Sorenson involved in Rotary District where he represented the Student Exchange program
- Only one committee called “The Five Away Committee” that distributed Air Fair profits
- Ray Gould was Chairman of the Grants and Scholarship Committee and produced the policy on how the club would select organizations to receive club grants
- Bill Pheiffer was appointed to serve as the RI Foundation promoter. He got 20 members to donate $500 and the club matched the donation to RI Foundation
- Set up the program for the club to pay all travel costs for its president elect and secretary to attend RI conventions.
1981-1982 Rotary Year
Club Officers
Lynn Yakel
President
Fundraiser
- Washington State Air Fair
1982-1983 Rotary Year
Club Officers
Errol Van Eaton
President
Fundraiser
- Washington State Air Fair
1983-1984 Rotary Year
Club Officers
Ray Gould
President
Milt Scott
President Elect
Ben Cain
Vice-President
Jon Hatch
Secretary
Paul Baker
Treasurer
Club Directors
Gene Brown
Richard Bullock
Lane Van Wyk
Tom Wynne
Committee Chair
John Yackel
Air Fair Chairman
Fundraiser
- Washington State Air Fair
- Air Fair at Paine Field made $108,000 in profit. We arranged to have the Everett Rotary manage the parking at the Air Fair and paid them 10% of our net. Ray delivered a check to them for $10,800.
Notes
- Ray Gould conducted the first long range planning retreat
1984-1985 Rotary Year
Club Officers
Milt Scott
President
Ben Cain
President Elect
Jon Hatch
Secretary
Club Directors
Tom Saxon
Committee Chair
John Yackel
Air Fair Chairman
Fundraiser
- Washington State Air Fair
- The club had the U.S.A.F. Thunderbirds perform and cleared $75,000
Notes
- Worked on who to give large gifts to, which were presented the following year. Ray Gould spear headed this effort.
1985-1986 Rotary Year
Club Officers
Ben Cain
President
Gene Brown
President Elect
Jon Hatch
Vice-President
Kerry Obrecht
Secretary
Joe Clark
Treasurer
Club Directors
Alvin E. Ulbrickson
Club Service
Jon Berkedal
Community Service
Bill Pfeiffer
International Service
Tom Wynne
Vocational Service
Committee Chair
Lee “Buck” Alley
Air Fair Chairman
Fundraiser
- Washington State Air Fair
Notes
- Gave $40,000 to Little Red School House for a hydrotherapy unit. We arranged an on-site visit to the facility when the children were there and the fantastic executive director they had gave us a “tour” as part of our visit. There was not a dry eye in the group when we left.
- Gave $40,000 to Edmonds Community College for conversion of the former Coast Guard buildings as an office and drop in center for the international students at the college. They also added temporary living quarters on the second floor for visiting parents of the international students.
1986-1987 Rotary Year
Club Officers
Burns Tallman
President
Fundraiser
- Washington State Air Fair
Legacy Project
1987-1988 Rotary Year
Club Officers
Jon Hatch
President
Bill Pfeiffer
President Elect
Tom Sehrer
Vice-President
John Berkedal
Secretary
John Friends
Treasurer
Club Directors
Dave Greene
Club Service
Joe Levell
Community Service
Chris Sheehan
International Service
Morrie Tugby
Vocational Service
Committee Chair
Lee “Buck” Alley
Air Fair Chairman
Meeting Location
- The Landmark Hotel
150 Members
Fundraiser
- Washington State Air Fair
- Note: The Air Fair made a net profit of approximately $70,000.
Notes
- The Club undertook its first ever International Service project; the drilling and construction of a community water well in Choluteca, Honduras. The project was funded by Club funds together with a matching grant from the Rotary Foundation. President-Elect Bill Pfeiffer led a small team of Lynnwood Rotarians to Honduras to coordinate the effort.
- The Club committed a pledge of $100,000 to the newly established Rotary International Polio Plus campaign; a pledge which was fully met over a period of about three years.
- The Club sponsored and then held the Charter Night ceremonies for the Alderwood Rotary Club (now Alderwood Terrace Rotary Club). It’s first President was Paul Baker, a former Lynnwood Rotary Club member.
- President Hatch initiated the now well established tradition of individually introducing newly inducted members for a period of weeks after initial induction.
- The Club received the Rotary International Presidential Citation for its activities and accomplishments.
1988-1989 Rotary Year
Club Officers
Bill Pfeiffer
President
Fundraiser
- Washington State Air Fair
1989-1990 Rotary Year
Club Officers
Tom Sehrer
President
Chris Sheehan
President Elect
John Berkedal
Vice-President
Meeting Location
- The Landmark Hotel
Fundraiser
- Washington State Air Fair
- 1989 was in its 21st year and the main attraction was the Snow Birds
Notes
- Activities included the start of the Red Badge/Blue Badge process. Tom heard about this from a past District Governor when he attended the Rotary International Convention in Seoul, Korea.
- Began the development of the Lynnwood Rotary [Community] Foundation
- The Grants & Scholarships committee gave financial support to 15-20 different organizations and the major projects were the Edmonds Community College Rotary International House, Little Red School House and Edmonds Community College.
- Received a distinguished club citation and star emblem for our banner from Rotary International for being one of five clubs to achieve high participation in demonstrating the spirit of Rotary through fellowship and service activities.