MAY 28, 2002
Russ Dix Long time member DON DAVIDSON was the first to arrive at the meeting, besides ever present secretary VELMA CRAWFORD.
AMY NEAL gave a Memorial Day invocation to those who had been greeted by RUSS DIX.
There were no guests to introduce, so it was on with committee reports.
Camp Roganunda
JOHN WARREN announced a meeting Wednesday from 5:30 to 6:00 to those on the committee to go over the project list and determine what will be done by whom. Be at the meeting (Camp Fire Office, 5:30), or possibly get stuck with a really icky job. Work Day is still set for June 8th. A sign up sheet was passed.
Golf Tournament
MAC PORTER is also having a meeting this week; Thursday, his house, 5:30. A sign up sheet was passed.
Wine Tour
RUSS DIX announced the Wine Tour and Tasting on June 16th (Father’s Day Sunday). The bus will leave at noon and return around 5:30. Wineries to be determined, if you have a special request, let Russ know. The cost is $22 per person. A sign up sheet was passed.
Interclubs
There were six at Kamiakin last Thursday and fortunately the four attending the Zone Conference saved the month as there was only one who wanted to go to Roslyn, the last chance to get our two for the month.
Sergeant & Bingo
RUTH REUKAUF entertained the group with questions and RUSS DIX called a relatively quick game of bingo, once Velma tracked down the balls.
Off-Site Meetings
Our club will be traveling the month of June.
Next week, June 4 - the other Cavanaughs with a program from Harborview Hospital,Tina Mankowski, Community Relations Director for Harborview
June 11 - Back at the Gateway - Cec Vogt, new Executive Director of American Red Cross
June 18 - Women’s Century Club--Bob Clem Yakima Airport Manager (on increased security and the progress on another airline for Yakima
June 25 - Elks for Golf Day
PRESIDENT DOUG gave three compelling reasons that our speaker should become a member of our club.
1) With his singing voice he fits right in when we sing the National Anthem.
2) Likes playing poker, and there are many in the club (DAN FISHER) who like to donate to those playing poker.
3) Would have run himself to keep Doug from the presidency.
Program
RUTH REUKAUF introduced the program, Harold Delia, who is he superior and district court administrator.
Harold, who seriously questioned our judgement at having Doug as president, gave us his impressions of Yakima and the court system in our county. He stated that in his 28 years in government, he has rarely seen a group as committed to change as those with who he presently works. His present budget is 11% less than at his last place of employment, Kitsap County, for a system that processes about the same number of cases per year, 39,000. He attributes the effectiveness of the system to some innovative concepts. We are the only county in the state to have one administrator for both courts was one example. Another was the way the judges got together and made a pact to reduce the use of pro-tem judges. Another was allowing an automated system to take the place of a court reporter in a couple of courtrooms. All have helped save money and all have worked because the various departments sat down together and worked together to make system-wide adjustments instead of trying to make the cuts within each department independent of how others were affected. Harold said this will be even more important next year with a county budget shortfall of $4.2 million, of which law and justice is 78%.
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