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SOMETHING NEW |
This
week’s
Rotary Foundation
Thought
is about our
scholarship programs.
Ambassadorial Scholarships
is one of the world's
largest privately funded
international scholarships
programs. Last year, 737
Ambassadorial Scholars from
70 different countries
studied and served as
ambassadors of goodwill in
over 60 countries. The
Rotary World Peace Fellow
program had 64 Peace Fellows
from 27 different countries
studying at the seven
different Peace Centers.
Although the program is
still young, we are already
seeing our graduates take
important positions. One
graduate, Arnoldas
Pranckevicius is currently
serving as the domestic
policy advisor to Mr. Valdas
Adamkus, President of
Lithuania. Another, Richard
Gee, is serving as senior
legal advisor to the chief
electoral officer for
Afghanistan. Let’s make sure
our local community is aware
of our commitment to
education and world
peace through conflict
resolution.
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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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February - World Understanding Month |
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Sunday |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
Saturday |
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12 |
13
Steering Committee Meeting Community Center 11:45 AM |
14
Board
Meeting Tequilla Grill 11:45 AM |
15 |
16
James Gorry Inbound Exchange Student |
17 |
| 18 |
19 |
20
McMinnville Interact |
21 |
22 |
23
John Ailstock Vocational Talk |
24 |
| 25 |
26 |
27 |
28 |
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| March -
Literacy Month |
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Sunday |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
Saturday |
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1 |
2
Mark Green Director & A.E. Coleman Chair in Family
Business |
3 |
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5 |
6
McMinnville Interact |
7 |
8 |
9
Frank and Barbara Nelson Trip to Asia |
10 |
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opening |
 Today’s
“Welcoming Team” were Walt Haight and Bruce Dickson.
Bob Rhoads,
prior to his invocation, provided the Club with significant
information on recently departed Bob Thompson, including
the fact that his Step-father, Robert A. "Bob" Manchester was
the President of Rotary International in 1976-77. Any who
may want to give a donation in his honor have been asked to give
it to the Rotary Club.
Jack Thornton
led the Club in the salute to the American flag.
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INTRODUCTION OF VISITING ROTARIANS &
GUESTS |
Bruce Huffman
introduced James Gorry, inbound
exchange student from Great Britain.
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Ryan Arzner
introduced Brandon Molloy, of Express Personnel.
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Carole
Benedict introduced
her husband Andy, whom she brought because we had meatloaf today
and she does not cook meatloaf which goes to show that there’s
lots of reasons for attending Rotary
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Walt Haight
introduced his wife, Dawn
Graff-Haight, Linfield Professor and
Chair of
the Department of Health, Human Performance and Athletics.
Accompanying them to Rotary today were three friends from Japan,
Professor Koichi Nariyama, Ryoko Suwa and Etsuko Hirayama, who
are visiting the States.
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MEMBER RECOGNITION &
ANNOUNCEMENTS |
Ryan Arzner, handling the member recognition duties “this
morning,” recognized Al
Owen
for his 12th (“this time around”) anniversary and
made a contribution to the Club.
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Bruce
Dickson brought a
donation for the Club in celebration of his 23rd
anniversary. But instead of him writing out the check, his wife
volunteered to do it to express her appreciation for their years
together. Bruce, was that really a check for 23 cents?
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Ryan
recognized new member Russ Rainwater his highly visible
presence at the Mayor’s Ball, leading the crowd in line
dancing. (How much did Russ donate to avoid having to do
some boot stomping at Rotary?)
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Ryan
reminded the Club of our tradition of passing the hat in
recognition of the birth of a baby. In this case Rowan Easterday,
Mom, Erin
Stephenson reports
that while he was born last year she is returning after her
maternity leave. Rowan now weighs 14+ pounds. The club collected
$175.00 to start Rowan's education fund.
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Richard
Weed proudly
reported that his son has been accepted by the University of
Florida for graduate school.
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Dan Gardner
was appropriately hassled by John Swenson for having won
the Mayor’s Ball free trip to Argentina, provided by Evergreen
Aviation. I believe Dan was smiling so big that he
almost broke his face!
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Dale
Tomlinson reported
that the Air Force Band will be giving a concert in McMinnville
next Wednesday at the Community Center and one of the band
members is none other than a son of fellow Rotarian Scott
Chambers!
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
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  President
Art
announced that we have some tickets for Rotarians to the
McMinnville High basketball game against Canby.
Art
explained the next steps for the Dictionary Project and invited
people to help with inserting labels March 1st.
Rotary International President Bill Boyd
will be in Beaverton to meet new Rotary members (those with 3
years or less membership in Rotary) at a morning reception
on Saturday, March 24th. A picnic open to all
Rotarians will follow the reception. Members interested in
participating can go to
the District 5100 website
for more information and a registration form.
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MAIN EVENT |
  Ray
Fields
introduced
Dennis Wickam, District Governor Nominee, who grew up in Pendleton,
graduated from Linfield and received his MD from OHSU. He is now
the Medical Examiner for Clark County, WA, and does autopsies on all
unusual or traumatic deaths, including homicides, suicides,
still-births, deaths in jails, deaths that may relate to a public
health threat and unclaimed bodies. His presentation was quite a
topic for a lunch-time talk. |
CLOSING
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President
Art expressed
appreciation for the program and adjourned the meeting. |
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Photos by Diane Haugeberg Shea
Meeting text Doug Barlett
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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