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SOMETHING NEW |
This week’s Rotary
Foundation Thought
is about how our Rotary
Foundation continues to be
so effective because it
matches money with
volunteerism! In the words
of Arch C. Klumph, founder
of The Rotary Foundation,
“Money alone does little
good. Individual service is
helpless without money. The
two together can be a
godsend to civilization.”
Your financial resources and
your time, energy and talent
are vital to the Rotary
mission. Every dollar
contributed goes to
supporting our programs and
keeps the engine of our
Rotary Foundation running
throughout the world
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What would you like to add to the Calendar? Programs for our
club are listed in the Calendar below.
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January -
Rotary Awareness Month |
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Sunday |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
Saturday |
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22 |
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24 |
25 |
26
Matt Gerber on Rotaract |
27 |
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February - World Understanding Month |
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Sunday |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
Saturday |
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Pam Ferrara
Work Force Analyst Yamhill County |
3 |
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5 |
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McMinnville Interact |
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8 |
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Dennis Wickham DGN |
10 |
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12 |
13 |
14 |
15 |
16
James Gorry Inbound Exchange Student |
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19 |
20
McMinnville Interact |
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22 |
23
John Ailstock Vocational Talk |
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opening |
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Dale Tomlinson
got the meeting started before President Art made it to
the podium. What initially appeared to be a takeover turned out
to be plug for the Kids on the Block / Mayor’s Charity Ball
raffle for a Buenos Aires vacation for two.
President Art Bradley
then officially called our meeting to order and thanked greeters
Kelly Odegaard and
Jack Crabtree.
 The
inspirational moment was provided by John Larsen who
recapped the reasoning behind RI President William Boyd’s theme
Lead the Way. Corey Graham followed by leading
the Pledge of Allegiance.
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INTRODUCTION OF VISITING ROTARIANS &
GUESTS |
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Kris
Olsen
introduced Mac Hi students of the month and parents: Brittany
Sampson and parents Rick and Karyn Sampson, Stephanie Miller,
Ashley Braxling and mom Debbie Gephart, and Jon Boundy with
parents Mike and Jody Boundy.
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Kelly
Odegaard
introduced outbound candidate Amelia Larson.
Brent
Adams introduced
guest of the club Nancy Nelson from the Virginia Garcia Health
Clinic. Brent pointed out this would be her last week as
a guest of the club since her induction is anticipated for next
week.
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Paul
Elias
introduced inbound James Gorry.
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Steve
Fitzpatrick
introduced visiting Rotarian Tom Vail.
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Carole
Benedict
introduced
another visiting Rotarian, Jan Winder – President of Newberg
noon.
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And
Ryan Arzner introduced guest of club Brandon Malloy from
Express Temps.
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MEMBER RECOGNITION &
ANNOUNCEMENTS |
Chuck Pattishall
handled member recognition for Ryan Arzner. When asked
by Chuck if he was going to miss the meeting, Ryan
said, “No, just don’t want to do it.” Chuck began to
find out why when he started looking for a number of Rotarians,
all missing in action.
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Things picked up
with Steve Macy who was recognized for both an
anniversary and birthday. Steve added forty years with
JacE to his sixty years and come up with a $100 contribution to
the Foundation.
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(No Picture Available)
Tom Hellie was recognized for twenty years with
Julie Olds. Their anniversary was celebrated in San Diego.
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Bruce
Huffman
decided to introduce wife Esther at this time. They are
celebrating three wonderful years together with three events.
First, lunch at Rotary; second, dinner at the Golden Valley; and
finally, a week in Southern California.
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Brent
Adams
was recognized for his 49th birthday. He’s already
worried about the big five-oh next year.
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Not yet
worried about a “milestone” was Ron Noble, recognized for
his 47th birthday.
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(No Picture Available)
Chuck
then made an attempt at fining Guy Everingham – something
about sitting at the wrong table. He quickly moved to the next
topic (good idea) with a well-received list of dumb criminal
acts.
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Art
then formally welcomed Gary Eastlund back to the club by
presenting him with his name badge that he was already wearing.
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Visiting
Rotarian Jan Winder asked if we have a portion of the meeting
for brags and announcements saying she would pay if she could
have the microphone. We heard an “oops” from Chuck
having had so much fun with his stories that he forgot that part
of member recognition. He eventually paid for the oversight.
Jan went on to announce Newberg’s annual auction on Saturday the
3rd and that she had raffle tickets to sell.
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Wayne Bailey
announced the arrival of 8 pound 14 ounce Aspen, his and
Nicolette’s third daughter. Art continued the tradition
of passing the hat for the Bailey’s and presented him with a
“wad” of money at the end of the meeting.
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Visiting
Rotarian Tom Vail announced the McMinnville Sunrise annual crab
and oyster feed Sunday from 11 to 4. He had, just for us, three
discounted tickets – first come, first served.
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Bob Emrick
announced a class he is offering March 13 to 15. Check with
Bob for details.
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STUDENTS OF THE MONTH |
  Kris
Olsen finally made it to the
podium with his students of the month for December and January.
Starting with the
first student on his left, senior Ashley Braxling was recognized
for Computer Science in January. She is the daughter of Mike
and Deb Gephart and has a younger sister, Riley. She holds a
3.737 GPA and has been on the honor roll throughout her high
school career.
Next is senior
Brittany Sampson, recognized for Vocal Music in December.
Brittany is no stranger to our Friday meeting having performed
with the Twilighters. She is the daughter of Rick and Karyn
Sampson and has a younger sister, Kathryn. She holds a 3.66 GPA
and has been on the honor roll throughout her high school
career.
Senior Stephanie
Miller was recognized in December for Mathematics. She is the
daughter of Brian and Buffy Miller and has an older brother,
Brad, and a younger sister, Kelly. Holding a GPA of 3.83 she
achieved the rank of top 10 in her graduating class of 453
seniors as well as staying on the honor roll throughout high
school..
Finally, senior Jon
Boundy was introduced for his recognition this month in
Industrial and Engineering Systems. Jon is the son of Mike and
Jody Boundy. He has an older sister, Jenna. His 3.72 GPA has
also placed him on the honor roll throughout his high school
career.
Congratulations to
all students of the month!
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MAIN EVENT |
 Our
guest speaker was introduced by Jack Thornton.
Dan Shyrock,
representing the Yamhill Valley Visitor’s Association, started
by drawing a distinction between Yamhill Valley and Yamhill
County. The name Yamhill Valley was selected because the
Association extends beyond the County and truly represents the
whole valley and surrounding attractions. He also recognized
that he was making the presentation in front of his “boss”,
Nicole Wahlberg, Association President.
 Their
mission (paraphrased) is to “attract tourism without eroding
quality of life”. He said the address of the Association is in
downtown McMinnville and that always draws ooo’s and ah’s from
others in the industry as “the place” to be in Oregon.
The
Association is partially funded by some money from the Oregon
lodging tax. Its primary support comes from member dues. He
listed a number of members and pointed out some surprising
members that are not directly in the tourist industry but
benefit from support services and the dollars the industry
brings to the area.
Of course,
the wine industry is the major attraction. The State draws $92
million in revenue from wine tourism with the Yamhill Valley
attracting the largest share with its 56 wineries.
Rotarians
were provided with the Association’s Visitor’s Guide and Dan
reported that the guide now has a circulation of 40,000 all over
the west coast.
He shared
the Association’s web site:
www.yamhillvalley.org. Every member gets a page on the web
site even if they don’t have their own site. He also said that
they represent
www.oregon.com and invited Rotarians to explore that site as
well.
During the
Q&A, Bob Emrick provided a surprising statistic. 250
cruise ships visit Astoria every year! That industry wants to
make their stays more complete by offering tours into wine
country. Jan Winder pointed out that the Guide should be
updated to include the new golf course in Newberg. John
Swenson has witnessed some incredible spending with one
client investing over $25,000 in wine in one day. Luckily, John
was driving!!
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CLOSING
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Art
thanked Dan with the donation of a book about Frogs and
adjourned the meeting with ring of the bell.
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Photos by Jon Triest
Meeting text John Larsen
Edited for the web by Ray Fields
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Did
you miss this meeting and need a makeup? Here is
a list of places that you can makeup on the web.
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District model eClubs
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Zone model eClubs
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"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 |
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