The third Annual Rotary Golf Tournament to benefit Matt Griffin YMCA will be held Thursday, Aug. 11th, with a shotgun start at 8 a.m.

“Join us at Washington National Golf Club for a great tournament to benefit the Matt Griffin YMCA,” reads a press release. “The format will be a four person team scramble, featuring prizes and awards through the day.”

WHAT: Third Annual Rotary Golf Tournament to benefit Matt Griffin YMCA.

WHEN: Thursday, August 11th; shotgun start is at 8:00 a.m.

WHERE: Washington National Golf Club, located at 14330 SE Husky Way in Auburn, WA 98092 (map/directions here).

COST: Cost is:

• $150: Individual
• $500: Team of Four
• $950: Team (Foursome + Hole Sponsorship)
• $500: Hole Sponsor Only

Fee includes: golfing, cart, practice balls, barbeque, gift bag, prizes, BBQ and silent auction.

If you would like to attend lunch only for $35, please contact Brian Frederick at bfrederick@brokersxpress.com.

To reserve your spot, please call 206.433.1700 or visit the website at https://tournaments.okigolf.com/EventInfo.aspx?E=753162

INFO: The Matt Griffin YMCA is located at 3595 South 188th Street in SeaTac, and their phone number is 206.244.5880. More information at their website here.

SPONSORS:

The Highline Schools Foundation announced this week that they have “joined the growing list of community organizations supporting the new Highline Music4Life™ program.”  

In case you’re not familiar with it, Highline Music4Life is a community activity that strives to acquire musical instruments and supplies for the school district’s young people from low-income families.

“We are thrilled to support this community-wide effort,” says Ashley Fosberg, the Foundation’s Executive Director. “Arts and cultural education is one of the Foundation’s main areas of focus for funding in Highline Schools. We are so impressed with the work that Highline Music4Life is doing to help get instruments into our schools. The organization’s mission directly aligns with the Foundation’s vision—so an alliance is natural and will help serve even more students in our district.”

“Educators across the nation know that children who study instrumental music do better in math, science, foreign languages, history, computer science and other scholastic disciplines,” says David Endicott of the Highline Music4Life organization.  “Putting them on a math- or science-only regimen is like putting them on a meat-only diet. Studying instrumental music helps them do better in school and makes them into better citizens.”

Highline Music4Life acquires musical instruments in two ways:

1. First, instruments that are “lovingly used” can be donated to the program by adults who no longer use them but want to make them available to young people.
2. “We also buy new musical instruments that the Highline band and orchestra directors tell us they need for eligible young musicians,” Endicott says.    Music4Life has a cooperative arrangement with Kennelly Keys Music and instrument manufacturers that results in bulk-buying at low cost.

Donations also help take care of musical supplies and repairs. Monetary donations can be made via PayPal accounts or by visiting the www.HighlineMusic4Life.org Website.

Highline Music4Life is a community activity that is Rotary inspired. It is co-sponsored by the three Rotary clubs served by the school district:  Des Moines Rotary, Burien-White Center Rotary and SeaTac Rotary. Endicott emphasizes, however, that it is not necessary to be a Rotarian to support the program. “All that is needed is that a person understands the unique value that instrumental music plays in the education of a young person.”

Highline Music4Life begins by providing musical instruments to fifth and sixth graders who qualify for the free- and reduced-lunch program.   “In special circumstances, we can provide instruments to older children, as well,” Endicott says.  “Our goal is to enable as many young people to take advantage of these instrumental music opportunities as possible.”

Currently, 24 percent of all fifth and sixth grade students in Highline Public Schools participate in instrumental music programs. The Highline Music4Life initiative intends to increase that number to 40 percent.

Music4Life™ acquires musical instruments and supplies for young musicians from low-income families in the Highline Public Schools. Highline Music4Life is a community activity that is inspired by the Rotary Clubs of Des Moines, Burien-White Center and SeaTac. It is not necessary to be a Rotarian to participate. For more information or to donate an instrument to Highline Music4Life, contact David@DavidEndicott.us or call (206) 409-3275 or go to their Website at www.HighlineMusic4Life.org. Instrument donation forms are available online, as well as at the instrument drop-off sites at Kennelly Keys Music near South Center and the KeyBank branch in Des Moines.

BTB Advertiser Cox Financial is sponsoring their second annual Charity Golf Tournament on Thursday, Aug. 26th at the Washington National Golf Club in Auburn.

This fundraiser event will benefit the Matt Griffin YMCA in SeaTac, and will be a four-person team scramble, with prizes and awards given out throughout the day.

Cost is $150 each, or $125 each ($500 total) if registering as a team.

Here are the details:

WHAT: Cox Financial’s 2nd Annual Charity Golf Invitational

WHEN: Thursday, August 26th, Starting at 8:00am

WHERE: Washington National Golf Club, located at 14330 SE Husky Way, Auburn, WA 98092

COST/REGISTER: $150 Each; $125 if registering a team of 4 ($500 total). Register online here, or make checks payable to “Burien/White Center Rotary.”

INFO: From a press release:

It’s the 2nd Annual Cox Financial Charity Golf Tournament to benefit the Matt Griffin YMCA

Cox Financial LLC is hosting its 2nd Annual Charity Golf Tournament to benefit the Matt Griffin YMCA.  It promises to be a great day and fun event based on last year’s tournament, and YOU are invited to join in the fun!  This event is jointly sponsored by the Burien/White Center, Seatac and Southcenter Rotary Clubs, as well as Burien Chevrolet, Hawthorne & Company CPAs, New Frontier Marketing and Prudential Realty.

The tournament is scheduled for Thursday, August 26th, with an 8:00am shotgun start at the beautiful Washington National Golf Club.  It is the shared goal of the three rotary clubs to earn $50,000 for the Matt Griffin YMCA over five years. The clubs also have a matching grant from the K-Mart Foundation, so we encourage you to golf for the YMCA!

Remember, joining the golf tournament doesn’t just give you a nice day of golfing!  Know that in the next year a portion of your contribution to the tournament will help to:

• Enable the YMCA’s full and part-time youth development staff  to continue their important work in middle schools and a variety of teen leadership programs
• Allow the YMCA to work with youth to stop patterns of violence and move towards productive education and employment opportunities through programs like Alive and Free
• Make sure all kids enjoy the adventures of summer camp where they participate in values-based programs that build self-esteem
• Ensure that financial assistance is available for the nearly one-third of families in child care and school age enrichment who need it

Join Cox Financial LLC and friends on Thursday, August 26th for a day of golf, barbeque, prizes, and silent auction.  For more information or to register for the tournament, https://tournaments.okigolf.com/Eventinfo.aspx?E=749206.

HOSTED BY: Cox Financial LLC, An Independent Firm located at 112 SW 157th St., Burien, WA 98166; 206-433-1700; www.CoxFinancialSeattle.com

RSVP: Call NOW to reserve a spot for you and your friends: 206-433-1700, or register online here.

Click to register online.

Ric Jacobson is the Des Moines Rotarian in charge of lining up the largest line-up of wineries – 25 – in the six year history of the Poverty Bay Wine Festival, which is coming to the Landmark Event Center in Des Moines on March 6th and 7th.

Ric reports that the following Northwest wineries will be at the festival on Saturday and Sunday to serve the guests. If you taste a wine you want to take home, bottles will be for sale at the event. All proceeds of the sale of wine will go directly to the Rotary Club of Des Moines, who use the funds for the many great things they do for the community.

The following wineries will be in attendance for the event:

• Canyon’s Edge
• Chandler Reach
• Covington Cellars – NEW
• Coyote Canyon Winery – NEW
• Burien’s own E.B. Foote Winery (WLB Advertiser)
• Eaton Hill
• Erin Glenn
• Fall Line
• Five Star Cellars
• Fort Walla Walla Cellars – NEW
• Kestrel – NEW
• Knipprath – NEW
• Masset Winery
• Otis Kenyon
• Page Cellars
• Pondera – NEW
• Sleeping Dog
• Sodo Vino – NEW
• Stina’s Cellar
• Two Vintners – NEW
• Vashon Winery
• Vin du Lac – NEW
• Waving Tree
• Willis Hall
• Windy Point

Des Moines Rotarian, Dave Loft, in charge of food and goodies at the Poverty Bay Wine Festival has lined up the “best of the best” for food and snacks for wine-fest guests:

• Des Moines’ Anthony’s HomePort
• Des Moines’ Salty’s at Redondo
• Charley’s on Central Avenue in Kent
• Cafe Pacific Catering
• Forte Chocolates
• Kauzlarich Smoked Products
• Panera Bread
• Poverty Bay Coffee
• Waters to go
• Redondo Fred Meyer
• Archery Bistro
• Elliot Bay Brewery

The sixth annual Poverty Bay Wine Festival is surely the hottest ticket in town – well lots of towns, surrounding Des Moines. Your ticket includes fun, music, wine, food and even beer, all presented in the historic and magnificent Landmark Event Center (aka Landmark on the Sound), which is located at 23660 Marine View Drive South in Des Moines.

Tickets for the event are just $20 in advance from CorkyCellars (206-824-9462), Des Moines Drug or your local Des Moines Rotarian.

Parking and free shuttles will be available in the South Marina Parking lot.

All attendees must be 21 years of age and photo ID is required.

Click here for more information.

REMINDER: The deadline to “Win A Date With Bart” (The B-Town Blog’s own Bart Bryan) is 5pm Wednesday, Feb. 10th, so we encourage all ladies who’d like to get a FREE dinner & dancing date at the Rotary Club’s

Bart’s lucky date will enjoy complimentary cocktails, dinner, a live auction, raffle prizes and dancing to two different bands – all on the house this Saturday night, Feb. 13th at South Seattle Community College.

Our single friend Bart is 50-years young, blue-eyed, still has most of his hair, with a sparkling personality and great sense of humor. Bart confesses that he can also still “bust a move” on the dance floor, and is “looking for a fun date for a great romantic dinner dance for a great cause!”

To enter, you must be at least 21 years old and a female. We will announce the winner this Friday, Feb. 12th at Noon.

Please email us with a recent picture, a short bio and why you want to be Bart’s date by 5pm Wed. Feb. 10th!

For more info on this contest, please click here to read our previous post, which includes videos of Bart both without a shirt and sans pants.

B-Town Blog Sales Guy/Host Bart Bryan needs a Date for the Rotary Club of Burien/White Center’s Rockin’ Valentines Dinner and Dance, which will be held Saturday, Feb. 13th at South Seattle Community College.

Bart’s lucky date will enjoy cocktails, dinner, a live auction, raffle prizes and dancing to two different bands – all on the house!

To add to the romance, there will also be corsages, boutinnieres, and chocolates available for Bart to buy you (just make sure Bart gets a receipt so he can be reimbursed by the BTB!).

Here’s the dinner menu:

• Greek Salad
• Grilled All Natural Chicken with Sundried Tomato Tapenad
• Mashed Red Potatoes with Garlic and Pesto
• Fresh Vegetable Medley

Last summer, Bart emceed the Big Brothers Big Sisters Big Plane Pull (photo by Lucas Westcoat).

And if having a nice dinner out isn’t enough enticement to have a date with Bart, how’s about dancing to The West Coast Swing (crooning sounds of Frank Sinatra and fellow Rat-Packers) followed by local Jazz/Rock band Uncle Ernies?

Our single friend Bart is 50-years young, blue-eyed, still has most of his hair, with a sparkling personality and great sense of humor. He’s also pretty fit (fit enough to do a polar bear plunge – see the video below!). Bart confesses that he can also still “bust a move” on the dance floor, and is “looking for a fun date for a great romantic dinner dance for a great cause!”

If you’re interested in winning a free date night with this Bart-o-licious man at the Rotary’s Rockin’ Valentines Dinner and Dance, and you’re over 21 and not old enough to be Bart’s mother, email us with a recent picture, a short bio and why you want to be Bart’s date by 5pm Wed. Feb. 10th.

Our Readers will choose the winner via an online poll, so make sure your entry is good, and that you include an interesting photo and a fun, short bio.

In addition to a night of dining and dancing with Bart, the winner will receive another night out at at The Mark  Restaurant courtesy of the Mark’s Debra George.

The entry deadline is Wed., Feb. 10th at 5pm, and the winner will be voted on and announced Friday, Feb. 12th at Noon right here on The B-Town Blog, so ladies…email your entries in ASAP!

Also, if you’re interested in attending this great, fun fundraiser event yourself (either to watch Bart’s date or have one of your own), you can still purchase tickets online by clicking here.

And now ladies, if you’ve ever fantasized about what Bart looks like with his shirt off whilst immersed in chilly 46-degree Puget Sound water, here’s a video of him doing the annual Polar Bear Plunge at Three Tree Point on Jan. 1st:

Click here to view the embedded video.

And if that wasn’t enough, here’s what Bart looks like without his pants. In public. On the Link light rail:

Click here to view the embedded video.

The Burien/White Center Rotary Club is holding a Food Bank Benefit concert featuring the Boeing Employees Choir on Friday, Dec. 4th at 7:30pm at the Highline Performing Arts Center.

All proceeds from this show will benefit both the Highline and White Center Food Banks.

Here are the details:

WHAT: Burien/White Center Rotary fundraiser concert featuring the Boeing Employees Choir

WHEN: Friday, Dec. 4th beginning at 7:30pm

WHERE: Highline Performing Arts Center, located next to Highline High School at 401 S. 152nd St., Burien.

COST: Please bring non-perishable food donations to help feed your hungry neighbors during the holidays!

INFO: From the Boeing Employees Choir website:

A good cause, and a great venue, the Burien/White Center Rotary Club has asked us to put on a concert for the Burien community in order to collect non-perishable food items for the local Food Banks.

Bring a food donation and bring a friend!

And forward this invite so we can pack the house and the food bank!

The Boeing Employees Choir is a concert choral group serving as The Boeing Company’s ambassador in song, sharing the gift of music with audiences in the Puget Sound Region of Washington State – as well as throughout the world. The choir has existed since the early 1940s. Today, we make about 25 appearances each year.

Composed primarily of Boeing employees, retirees and their families, our choir is a 501c(3) tax-exempt non-profit organization.

The Burien/White Center Rotary Club, founded in 1955, has a long and rich history of service to the community.

Over this 50+ year duration, club members have volunteered countless hours of service and generated hundreds of thousands of dollars which have been distributed back into the community.

For more information, visit their website here.

He was 73.

Dick was born in Pierre, SD, the first son of Dennis and Hazel, the oldest of four.  They moved to Seattle in 1942 where Dick attended Sunnydale Elementary and Highline High School and graduated in 1954.  Following high school he went to work for Tall’s Camera and the Washington State Patrol. In 1958, Dick joined the Army as a cryptographer where he served in Hawaii and the Pentagon.

Following his military service he moved to Seattle and worked for Tall’s Camera.  In 1969 he opened Dick’s Camera and Sound which he owned and operated until his retirement in 2006.

He is well known among the community for donating his time and talents as a photographer.  He was an avid philanthropist and over the years dedicated his time to the Highline Historical Society, Highline Medical Center Foundation, the Hi-Liners, Discover Burien, and Merchants of Burien. He was an active member of the Burien-White Center Rotary for over 46 years.

He is survived by his son Nels Dahlgard of San Diego, daughters Cathy Chambers of Newport Beach, CA, Julie Faugeroux of Portland, OR, and Paige Dahlgard of Seattle, WA, sister Karen Dahlgard of Kirkland, WA, brother Daryl Dahlgard of La Conner, WA, and sister Kristin Galante of Mukilteo, WA.

He will be forever missed and loved.

His memorial service will be held on Saturday, November 15th at 3pm at John Knox Presbyterian Church, 109 SW Normandy Rd, Seattle, WA 98166.

In lieu of flowers, donations in Dick’s name can be made to:

Highline Medical Center Foundation
16259 Sylvester Rd SW Suite 101
Burien, WA 98166

To view a special video with memories of Dick, click here.

Below are some comments we’ve received from Readers:

Knew Dick for over 50 years.  Friend at Highline Hich,  co-community worker through Burien Chamber of Commerce, Highline Community Hospital Foundation Board, 4th of July Parade, Miss Burien Scholarship Pageant, Political volunteer, but most of all a shared love of Burien and young people.  He was truly a giver and he gave out of a sincerely giving heart.  Never expecting or wanting anything back.  I draw comfort knowing I’ll see him again at a much bigger reunion.

- Joan Dehn