September 22, 2006  Volume 86, Number 12

ROTARY'S FOUR WAY TEST
"Of the things we think, say or do:

1. Is it the TRUTH? 
2. Is it FAIR to all concerned?
3. Will it Build GOODWILL and BETTER FRIENDSHIPS?
4. Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned?"

SOMETHING NEW

"Faith, hope, charity and clean business, these four and the greatest of these is clean business. Charity sometimes destroys initiative and demoralizes character; clean business never does. If business is clean, there will be much less need of charity because clean business means not only a fair deal to the buyer, but also a living wage to the employee. Rotary will continue to be charitable but it can do more than that; let it remove the cause of that which makes charity necessary.”

Paul P. Harris in his message to the 1916 Convention in Cincinnati.

What would you like to add to the Calendar? Programs for our club are listed in the Calendar below.

Sunday

 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
September
24 25 26 27 28 29
Rotary -
Partners in Service
 		 30
October
1 2 3 4 5 6
Juliette's House
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Club Board meeting - 11:45 AM - Tequiila Grill

 

 12

 

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Maryalice Russell

 

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Oregon Donor Program		 21

 
22 23

 

 24 25 26 27
Linfield President Tom Hellie		 28

opening

 

Our greeters today were Kristi Brill and Jon Triest

President Art Bradley opened today’s meeting.

Chuck Pattishall gave the invocation and Jack Thornton led in the flag salute.
INTRODUCTION OF VISITING ROTARIANS & GUESTS 

Waldo Farnham introduced Paul May, visiting Sheridan Rotarian.

Visiting Rotarian Fran O’Brian from California introduced herself and husband Dick O’Brian. They are both members of the Rotary Club of Ignacio, Novato, California

Mike McKenzie introduced Sharon Larson, potential Rotarian from the Boy Scouts

Jack Crabtree (right)  introduced Brad Berry, District Attorney and guest speaker today.

MEMBER RECOGNITION & ANNOUNCEMENTS

President Art  reported that Van Keck was scheduled to facilitate our Member Recognition, but was very sick today.  Al Owen graciously volunteered to step in!

Al Owen announced that Jon Triest had been recognized as “Realtor of the Year”!

Steve Fitzpatrick is celebrating his 30-something anniversary!

Lori Rumbaugh is celebrating her birthday and states that she is “old enough to know better”!

Cory Graham is celebrating her anniversary

Chuck Pattishall announced that Cold Stone Creamery is supporting the Make-A-Wish Foundation with free ice cream on September 28 in to help raise funds for the foundation.

Jess Davis announced that our own McMinnville Post Office has been recognized by its customers as a “5-Star Service Office”.  Congratulations Jess and crew!

Bruce Wyatt described the major renovations going on at Linfield College, including the remodeled auditorium.  There will be a dedication of the auditorium on November 3rd.  A special is being offered for a package of four concerts at $50 for general admission tickets.

Al Owen announced that Erin Stephenson gave birth to a healthy baby boy this week!  Congratulations Erin!

Richard Weed gave a report on our outbound students.  Both are doing well

Dick and Fran O’Brian, visiting Rotarians from California, presented our club with their club banner and gave greetings from their home Rotary Club of Ignacio.

Tom Hellie, a new member, was presented with a framed copy of the 4-Way Test, a belated presentation since the glass in the original one had been broken.

Chuck Pattishall reported on a fund raising event sponsored by OHSU, Nike, and other organizations to support the OHSU Cancer Institute.  Hats are available for purchase.

 

Sharon Larson from Boy Scouts informed us that a large quantity of popcorn is being unloaded today in McMinnville.  The Scouts will be selling popcorn in the coming weeks and Sharon encouraged members to make purchases for this good cause.

MAIN EVENT

 

Jack Crabtree introduced our main event of the day.  Brad Berry, District Attorney for Yamhill County, was introduced to present information on Methamphetamine.  He warned us that, while he likes to bring good news and positive topics to us, the Meth topic is not a very positive topic.  He gave some sobering statistics:

 

1.      Oregon ranks 5th in the nation for Meth labs

2.      Oregon ranks 3rd in the nation for “Major” Meth labs

3.      Yamhill County, with a population of over 90,000 and growing, is experiencing a growing crime rate

4.      Meth filings in the District Attorney’s office are up from 200 in the year 2000 to 300 in 2006

5.      The percent of drug cases that are Meth-related is up from 60% in 2000 to 80% in 2006

6.      The number of County Sheriff deputies has decreased

7.      Funding from the Youth Investment Fund has decreased

8.      The “Treatment” caseload is down in the County, but this is bad news since the caseload is a direct result of a reduced staff to handle the cases.

9.      85% of property crimes in Yamhill County are Meth-related.

Berry stated that the solution to the problem is a 3-tier approach:  Enforcement, Prevention and Treatment.  Working on only one or two of these solutions will not solve our problem.

To help solve the problem, a group of citizens is working very hard on a levy to provide funding for all 3 tiers of the solution.  The levy would raise $1.7 million in 2007.  Members were encouraged to consider the levy.

More information on the Meth problem in Yamhill County, and solutions to the problem, can be found at Methlevy@co.yamhill.or.us

CLOSING

President Art  presented Brad with a book that will be given to the McMinnville School District early reader program in the name of the District Attorney’s office.  He thanked Brad for a very informative presentation.

Art Bradley also shared that next week’s program will be on the “Partners in Service Program.

 

Photos by Dennis Gray
Meeting text Don Clark
Edited for the web by Ray Fields

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