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RMay 12, 2015RICHLANDTARY REACTOREditor: Pat HaggertyEditor Emeritus: Hal EllnerDesign: Jan JacksonWeb Site: www.richlandrotaryclub.orgSpeaker Schedule for May19th – Scholarship Luncheon, Greg Warner26th – B-Reactor/National Park, Colleen FrenchPreliminariesPresident Linda presided over a good-sizedgroup in the lower level room. Darrel Johnsen ledthe group in Take Me Out to the Ballpark” andBlaine did the prayer.Guests and Visiting RotariansOur only visiting Rotarian was Mike Ritter fromColumbia Center.AnnouncementsPresident Linda talked a bit about the Ukrainianvisitors that left last Friday. She had sincerethanks for the Dillners, Darringtons and BarbaraFrench who acted as hosts.Leslie Hawkins thanked the four Rotarians forparticipating in the Run for the Ribbons last PO Box 37 Richland, WA 99352 Meetings every Tuesday at 12:10 p.m.Red Lion Hotel (Hanford House) Charter 7390 District 5080 Club ID#262Saturday. She also took her dogs along forthe walk. She wasn’t sure if the total was final,but last she saw, our team had raised 510 forKadlec.Mike Sinclair againmentioned theworks project forSafe Harbor startsthis Saturday(May 16) at Grantconstruction todo prep, then tothe Safe Harborproperty. They willfinish Friday, May22.Greg Warnerreminded thecrowd that nextweek is thePAUL HARRIS FELLOWSJudy Addis (D)(B)Steve Arneson (5S)Jeremy Asmus (2S)Jim Bauer (5S)Linda Bauer (4S)Bob Best (2S)(B)Tom Bock (1R)(B)Gordon Bopp (1S)Madeleine BrownHerb Cahn (4S)(B)Blaine Carr (4S)Thomas A. Cowan (3S)(B)John DarringtonBob De Lorenzo (D)(B)Jeanne Dillner (2S)Barbara French (D)Linda Gilmore (2S)Jan Griffin (1S)Leslie Hawkins (1S)Diahann HowardJan Jackson (2S)Rick Jansons (1S)Larry D. JechaDarrel Johnsen (2S)Cindy Johnson (1S)Roy KeckScott KellerShelley KennedyTom Kirchner (1R)(B)Walt Kirkpatrick (2S)(B)Art D. Kohler (D)(B)Dave Larkin (D)Pamela Larsen (4S)(B)Bob D. Larson (4S)(B)Phil Lemley (2S)Tim Lewis (2S)Yosen Liu (1S)Larry Lowry (1S)(B)Bing ManawaduMike McAndrewGrant McCallum (3S)Bill McCue (1S)Jerry J. McGuire (B)Kathy Miller (4S)Robert D. NicholsGreg Oberg (4S) (B)Marlene OliverThomas M. O’Brien (2S)Jon M. Putz (5S)Dick Richter (1S)Robert RiveraGary Scofield (4S) (B)Anjan K. Sen (1S)Chris Senske (1S)Rick SchulteBill R. Siefken (1R)Mike SinclairOfficersMark Smith (5S) (B)Bob Tibbatts (1S))Sam R. Volpentest (2R)(B)Gregory T. Warner (2S)Tom Watkins (D)(B)Ken Williams (5S)Hal Williamson (DD)(B))Jack D. Zinn (4S)President .Linda BauerPresident Elect.Larry LowrySecretary.Bob TibbattsTreasurer.Dick RichterFoundation Treasurer.Mike WinegardnerPast President.Jeremy Asmus(D) Diamond PHF(DD) Dbl. Diamond PHF(R) Ruby(#R) Multiple Ruby(S) Sapphire(#S) Multiple SapphiresMeeting Service.Larry JechaClub Service.Robert RiveraCommunity Service.Pat HaggertyInternational Service.Jim BauerNew Generations.Justin RaffaFellowship & Fund Raising. D.HowardAt Large Director.Blaine Carr(B) BenefactorDirectors

Scholarship Luncheon and he could use some volunteers to help seatpeople.Jeanne Dillner says she and one of the SIGN surgeons will be in NepalMay 30 to June 6. They are sending more packages to Nepal, and theneed is even greater as there was another major quake this morning.Linda added that June 30, the last meeting of her reign, is a 5thTuesday. We are going to do a picnic lunch in Howard Amon Park.In addition to announcements Linda had a couple of items left by theUkrainian visitors. After some spirited bidding, Dick Richter won abottle of Ukraine vodka for 40. Leslie Hawkins scored a sweet win ofa box of chocolates for a 5.50-50Gary Troyer had our guest draw a ticket that belonged to LindaGustafson. She took the 10 and Dick Richter had the next ticket, but did not win the 76 pot.JudgmentJudge Diahann Howard was the “Cheermeister”for the day. She started off fining for not havinga pin, then anyone who did not participate in theUkraine activities. She also asked everyone toput in money for the Teacher walk out to supporteducation. Along that line she asked who hadgraduates in the family? Diahann said her son isgraduating high school. Pete Rogalski has a songraduating from Georgetown Medical School, andwill be doing his surgical residency in Portland.Bob Larson has a granddaughter just graduatedfrom Harvey Mudd and is working at LincolnLaboratory on secret projects. Gordon has agrandson graduating high school and heading tothe University of Minnesota.Next Diahann asked if anyone wanted to talk about his or her mother or family traditions. She got notakers and thought warranted a general fine.Judge Diahann then asked what the best thing you had happen this week? On this subject, BobTibbets put in for his vacation in Kentucky including attending a horse race . Ken Williams boughta Vespa scooter from Jeanne’s husband. Tom O’Brien put in for Tom Kirchner who forgot his walletand had his wife bring it over to him. Tom bragged that she tracked him down to return it.PROGRAMGordon Bopp introduced the speaker for the day. Jean Floten is the Chancellor of the WesternGovernors University campus in Washington. Chancellor Floten joined WGU Washington afterleading Bellevue College for more than 20 years. Prior to Bellevue College, Floten was Executive VicePresident at Edmonds Community College in Lynnwood, Washington, where she served previouslyas Dean of Student Services and Director of Student Programs. Floten serves on the NationalCommunity College Advisory Board of Educational Testing Service and has served as a member of

the Board of Directors of the Bellevue Chamberof Commerce and the Key Bank Advisory Board.She was accompanied by Dr. Rich Cummins,President of Columbia Basin College and LeeKeller, WGU Washington Public Relations.Western Governors University was conceivedin 1995 at a bipartisan meeting of the WesternGovernors Association. Their aim was to addressthe pressing problems of rapid populationgrowth with limited public funds for educationalservices. The governors decided to createtheir own university. They agreed that this newuniversity would make maximum use of distancelearning technologies, would be collaborativeamong the western member states, woulduse competencies rather than seat time asthe measure of its outcomes and focus on thestudents. The University is fully accredited andRichland Rotary MembersJudy Addis (7/89)Steve Arneson (3/02)Jeremy Asmus (10/07)James Bauer (1/09)Linda Bauer (1/09)Bob Best (4/90)Tom Bock (3/76)Gordon Bopp (5/04)Madeleine Brown (3/13)Blaine Carr (12/09))Tom Cowan (4/80)John Darrington (1/11)Jeanne Dillner (8/01)Barbara French (11/98)Julie Funfar (7/13)Linda Gilmore (4/12)Jan Griffin (9/00)Linda Gustafson (3/08)Al Haggerty (4/12)Patricia Haggerty (4/12)Leslie Hawkins (11/12)Drew Haninger (4/15)Pat Hollick (8/10)Diahann Howard (4/08)Jan Jackson (6/00)Rick Jansons (10/09)Larry Jecha (8/97)Darrel Johnsen (8/97)Cynthia Johnson (6/09)Stan Jones (10/07)Roy Keck (10/04)Scott Keller (7/02)Shelley Kennedy (9/02)Tom Kirchner (3/81)Walt Kirkpatrick (9/70)Phillip Koech (8/13)Art Kohler (2/87)Dave Larkin (4/04)Pam Larsen (2/95)Bob Larson (6/90)Phil Lemley (6/06)Tim Lewis (10/03)Yosen Liu (1/91)Larry Lowry (10/05)Bing Manawadu (10/86)Mike McAndrew (2/07)Patrick McBurney (6/09)Grant McCallum (9/91)Bill McCue (3/94)Jerry McGuire (3/95)Kathy Miller (6/12)Chris Meiers (9/14)Ian Napier (11/08)Bob Nichols (8/97)Greg Oberg (1/88)Tom O’Brien (11/98)Marlene Oliver (7/10)Kim Pietrok (9/08)Jon Putz (5/81)Justin Raffa (12/09)Dick Richter (6/08)Robert Rivera (7/09)Pete Rogalsky (7/05)Gary Scofield (2/75)Rick Schulte (6/14)Anjan Sen (11/96)Chris Senske (1/80)Bill Siefken (4/87)Honorary MembersMike Sinclair (1/11)Chris Smith (8/10)Mark Smith (3/01)Katie Swan (10/11)Bob Tibbatts (6/03)Greg Tripp (6/11)Cynthia Vaughn (12/14Sam Volpentest (1/95)Greg Warner (3/00)Tom Watkins (9/11)James Watson (4/12)Ken Williams (12/00)Hal Williamson (4/88)Mike Winegardner (11/09)Jacqui Wright (12/13)Bob DeLorenzo, & Jack ZinnNumber of Membersas of July 1, 201493Current Members:83Gained:Chris Meiers, Cynthia Vaughn& Drew HaningerLost:Keith Woods, Dee Burrie,Herb Cahn, George Booth,Bill Friend, Don Frigaard,Tom Heidegger, PaulaDuranceau, ConnieCorcoran, Dick McLean,Terri LeBlanc, KathyMcMullen, Ed Revel & LloydSwain

non-profit. It now has about 57,000 studentsand operates in every state in the US. Thereare about 2,500 faculty and staff, with theheadquarters located in Salt Lake City.In 2011, the Washington State Legislature calledfor the establishment the first Washingtonnonprofit online university and created apartnership with Western Governors Universityto establish WGU Washington. WGU Washingtonhas served about 8,000 students since theinception. They are offering Bachelor andMasters degrees in Business, Education, IT andHealth Professions (nursing).The school focuses on the mid-career adultlearner. The classes are on-line and self paced.When a student finishes a unit he/she takesa competency test and with a passing grade,can move on to the next unit. An independentassessor, not the Professor, administers thecompetency test to ensure a fair evaluation.Since the testing is based on knowledge ratherthan hours in a classroom, it can reduce thetime required to get a degree. The average timefor a BA/BS degree is 23 months. For full timestudents, the tuition is set at 6,000 per year fora Bachelors degree and 6,500 for a Mastersand you can take all the courses you want duringthe year. This price has not gone up in sevenyears.Most the WGU Washington students areemployed and many are working in their degreefield. They benefit from the flexibility to dothe coursework as students can log in fromanywhere at any time. Along with giving creditfor work experience, the University has a fasttrack program to for science professionals tobecome teachers. This appeals to many whoretire from a technical job and would like toteach. Nationally, WGU is the largest educator ofmath and science teachers. There are currently140 WGU Washington students in the Tri-Cities.The school is non-profit and does not take anytax revenue. It relies on tuition and supportfrom organizations like the Bill & Melinda GatesFoundation. The University has a wide arrayof supporters and advisors in the businesscommunity in Seattle such as Microsoft and J.P.Morgan/Chase. Microsoft provides the officespace they use in Seattle. They get high marksfrom employers on the abilities and preparationof the students for real world work. The 2015Commencement was two weeks ago and theWashington school awarded 1,700 degrees tostudents ranging in age from 19 to 66 years oldincluding a married couple.Hal’s HumorA customer at Stingray Fishmongers marveled atthe owner’s quick wit and intelligence. “Tell me,Simon, what makes you so smart?”“I wouldn’t share my secret with just anyone,”Simon replies, lowering his voice so the othershoppers won’t hear. “But since you’re a goodand faithful customer, I’ll let you in on it. Fishheads. You eat enough of them, you’ll bepositively brilliant.”“You sell them here?” the customer asks.“Only 4 apiece,” says Simon.The customer buys three. A week later, he’s backin the store complaining that the fish heads weredisgusting and he isn’t any smarter.ATTENDANCE, A ROTARY COMMITMENTMeeting Dates of Local ClubsRichland Riverside.Monday, NoonAnthony’s Home Port RestaurantColumbia Point Drive, RichlandRichland.Tuesday, 12:10 P.M.Red Lion Hotel/Hanford House802 George Washington Way, RichlandPasco-Kennewick.Wednesday, NoonClover Island Inn435 Clover Island Drive, KennewickColumbia Valley Daybreak.Thursday, 7:00 A.M.Tri-Tech Skills Center5929 W. Metaline, KennewickColumbia Center.Thursday, NoonBingo Boulevard6222 W. John Day Ave., KennewickTri-Cities Sunrise.Friday, 7:00 A.M.Red Lion Hotel Pasco, 2525 N. 20th, Pasco