THIS WEEK January 23rd

Evergreen Air Museum, Gary Thompson will be on hand to tell us about the plans for the museum and some stories about Howard Hughes and his Flying Boat.

NEXT WEEK January 30th

Salute to Linfield College, on the occasion of it's 140th Birthday on January 30th. we plan to have some interesting people here to tell some stories about our favorite local institution.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

President Paul Colbert was at a meeting in Bend and unavailable for the meeting so President-elect Ray Fields took control of the podium and gavel and got a good warm-up for his upcoming stint as our fearless leader.

Ray let us know that the Rotary polo shirts are in so be expecting a call if you have one on order.

Gene Zinda paid the pot to let us know that he has opened Windemere Pacific Realty here in McMinnville.

Bruce Bryant told us about a Fireside meeting to be held at Don New's home on February 10th at 7:00PM. All Board members and NEW club members should attend.

Elaine (Supt.) Taylor announced that Mac High was awarded the KGW-TV Most Spirited award today, the spot should be on TV first part of the week.

Dick Ecker wanted to know if his pictures of the Rotary float at the Rose Parade would qualify as a make-up, Ray Fields told him it would January of `99, but Milt Robins informed him in no uncertain terms that HE gives the make-up's not Ray.

GREETERS and HELPERS

Don New and Steve Larsen met us at the door today in fine fashion. Randy Steele provided the Blessing and Carole Benedict led the Flag Salute. The lunch today was catfish in case you were wondering.

GUESTS and VISITORS

John Keston with Bruce Huffman and Jeanette Wikle with her dad Ray Wikle were the only guests in attendance today.

WE MISSED YOU

Kristi Brill, Vivian Bull, Paul Colbert, Mike Colvin, Dan Corrigan, Gary Crowell, Elliot Cummins, Harry Cure, Patrick Fuchs, Johannes Goddik, Mary Grim, Eric Hanson, David Harjo, Lee Howard, Skip Huwaldt, Van Keck, Lori Rumbaugh, Mike Strange, and Lee Vasquez

MEMBER RECOGNITION

Al (the bushwhacker) Hansen handled member recognition in his own unique style today, extracting a dollar from just about anybody for just about any reason. A Rotarian should always come prepared to pay a fine when Al is around. There were no anniversaries to celebrate this week but Wayne Aylward spun the Birthday Wheel and Lloyd Larson made some kind of a deal with Gary Eastlund to sing him Happy Birthday for $100.00 The highlight of Al's segment was the group singing HIPPO BIRDIE TWO EWES with Al leading the way. You had to be there to appreciate it.

NEW MEMBER

Our newest member Cory Graham was inducted today by Past President Douglas Anderson. Cory is the owner of Lazerquick in McMinville. Welcome to the club.

THE PROGRAM

Milt Robins made quick work of introducing recent inductee Joe Steward who gave his vocational talk today. Joe was born in Michigan where his father owned the billiard parlor where Dick Ecker used to hang out (it's a small world isn't it). Joe moved to the Pendleton area when he was 13 years old, and graduated from Milton-Freewater in 1963. He got into the banking business in the late `60s and belonged to the Pendleton and Milton-Freewater Rotary Clubs in that area. He came West and joined First Federal Savings and Loan in 1977 where he now serves as Loan Compliance Officer. Joe has been involved in just about every service and civic activity you can think of, and is very active in sports. He has coached, officiated and even broadcast athletic events all over the Northwest. Joe is a great addition to our ranks and we are pleased to have him as a member. He has lived by the Rotary motto of Service Above Self all of his life.

The second half of our program was Newberg Rotarian Pat Ridenour who showed us a video about the ROTA-DENT portable dental unit that his club sells as a Rotary World Community Service Project. The units are built by Rotarians at the A-Dec factory with materials provided at cost. The $5000.00 units are sold for $500.00 to agencies in need.

"When meeting day comes around, I do not have to decide whether to attend or not, for that has already been decided for me . . . it was one of the obligations I accepted when I joined Rotary." -- A Rotarian