Speaker this Week is Clarene Ricarte - Classification Talk!
Clarene is a retired teacher who has a passion and drive to support others. She has given her time to many organizations in Stanwood, including Kiwanis, Key Club, the Stillaguamish Grange, and ISE (International Student Exchange). Clarene is a firm believer that you can make a difference one student at a time.
Clarene encourages folks to be part of a global community and make a difference in a student's life by hosting an exchange student.
We are excited to learn more about all Clarene's work in our community this week at our meeting!
Mike Pellicciotti - Washington State Treasurer Visit Recap
State Treasurer Mike Pellicciotti stopped by the Stanwood-Camano Rotary Club meeting Wednesday, Aug. 28.
Stanwood-Camano News - By Isabella Loy
Stanwood-Camano was the 60th Rotary that Pellicciotti has visited in the state, and he hopes to visit all of them during his time in office.
“I just really appreciate Rotary, because I find that it gets me to every community in the state,” he said. “Issues are very different in every community in our state, but, yet, I'm hearing from leaders in that community who care about the community that we're in.”
Pellicciotti gave a brief overview of what the State Treasurer’s office does, explaining that he acts as the state’s banker.
“I handle the cash flow for the state of Washington — money in, money out,” he said.
Pellicciotti handles about $35-40 billion annually in state and local funds.
He manages the state’s investments, savings, debt and allocates incoming dollars.
“One of the other things that I'm responsible for is essentially financial policy issues for the state of Washington,” he said. “And we do that primarily based on the legislature directing me to serve on certain financial boards and commissions for the state.”
Pellicciotti serves on about eight different boards.
“I serve on boards related to housing affordability, boards related to small business tax credits, I chair a commission that handles banking regulation for the state,” he said. “I chair another one for state finance committees. … A wide range of different things.”
In addition to serving on boards and handling cash flow, Pellicciotti makes recommendations to the Legislature to encourage fiscal responsibility.
When he came into office in 2021, Pellicciotti said he hit the ground running.
“During that first short legislative session, we as an office put forward pieces of legislation that just modernized things, made things work better,” he said. “Nothing too glamorous or exciting, just updating statutes and making government work more efficiently.”
The State Treasurer’s Office helped get passed into law as many bills during Pellicciotti’s first legislative session as the office had in the previous five years combined.
“I very much view it as my role to give good guidance to the legislature,” he said, “and provide recommendations as to good financial guardrails in which the legislature should be operating for the good of the financial health of the state.”
By Isabella Loy - to see the full article, click the link below. 
IGA Roundup for Imagination Library Begins September 1-30!
If you are shopping at the IGA on Camano Island, please remember to roundup. Encourage your friends to do the same!
Touch A Truck is Back!
Rotary and The Imagination Library will host a table at this event! Please let Nancy V. know if you would like to help out nancyv@whidbey.net
Turn the wheel, touch the buttons and honk the horn! Get ready for a day of fun and excitement for the whole family! Bring your little ones and let them explore the world of big rigs, construction equipment, emergency vehicles and more at our Touch A Truck event!
Saturday, September 14
10am-1pm
Viking Village Parking Lot
8820 Viking Way
There will be a "no horn" quiet hour from 10-11am.
Terrence Bedford would like to personally invite you to join him in supporting a cause close to his heart!
Volunteer Opportunity! Purrfect Pals Garden Work Party!
Saturday, September 14th
11am-2pm
230 McRae Rd NE Arlington 98223
This is what we're needing done:
Mowing
Weed whacking
Weed pulling
Bush pruning
Cutting berry bushes back
Cutting up tree limbs that fell during this last storm (big ones near A building)
Gutters cleaned out (we may need to hire out for that unless someone feels ambitious)
Trip to dump - need truck or trailer for items stored in the carrier yard that needs to go
Please let me know if you'll be able to help and bring any tools you have handy! We'll also be reaching out to our pool of volunteers so hopefully we'll be able to divide & conquer to get all this done for the kitties Thanks so much!!
Contact Crystal Chiechi for more information at: crystalc@purrfectpals.org
Thanks so much!!
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