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SOMETHING NEW |
This
week’s
Rotary Foundation
Thought
is an
update on our Polio
Eradication efforts.
Recently, the Advisory
Committee on Polio
Eradication (ACPE), the
global and technical
oversight body of the
Polio Eradication
Initiative, concluded
that polio could be
eradicated within the
next 6 months
everywhere, except in
Nigeria, provided
adequate financial
resources are found and
political will is
maintained. The World
Health Organization
further advises that
eradication in Nigeria
could follow within
another 6-12 months.
National Immunization
Days will be held in all
endemic and high-risk
countries this spring to
help ensure that this
important milestone is
met.
The PolioPlus
Partners Program is
currently accepting
donations to support
these NIDs and will
match contributions at
US$.50 per dollar
donated. More
information is available
at
www.rotary.org.
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What would you like to add to the Calendar? Programs for our
club are listed in the Calendar below.
| March -
Literacy Month |
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Sunday |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
Saturday |
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5 |
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McMinnville Interact |
7 |
8 |
9
Frank and Barbara Nelson Trip to Asia |
10 |
| 11 |
12 |
13
Steering Committee Meeting Community Center 11:45 AM |
14
Board
Meeting Tequilla Grill 11:45 AM
4-Way Test Speech Contest eliminations at 9:30 AM
Duniway and 1:30 PM Patton Middle Schools |
15 |
16
Maryalice Russell |
17 |
| 18 |
19 |
20
McMinnville Interact |
21 |
22 |
23
Four Way Test Speech Contest FInals |
24 |
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opening |
Today’s
“Welcoming Team” were Russ Rainwater and Elise Hui.
John
Larsen
shared an Indian prayer with the Club and Lori Rumbaugh
led the Club in the salute to the American flag.
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INTRODUCTION OF VISITING ROTARIANS &
GUESTS |
Ron
Noble
introduced
his son David Noble, a freshman at Mac High.
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Dave
Pfendler
introduced
Marion Reynolds who is part of the administrative team at
Virginia Garcia Clinic.
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Kris
Olson introduced
Lori Payne and Mark & Susan Anderson, parents of students to be
recognized as Students of the Month today.
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From right
to left above Walt Haight,
with flourish and admirable accuracy, introduced Amelia Larson,
outbound exchange student candidate to Japan, Narumi Sato,
2004-2005 inbound exchange student from Japan, Alison Nordin,
rebound exchange student to Germany and James Gorry, our current
inbound exchange student from Great Britain.
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Dan Corrigan
introduced his wife Mary, who
accompanied him to lunch today.
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MEMBER RECOGNITION &
ANNOUNCEMENTS |
Ryan
Arzner, handling the member recognition duties “this mornin',”
recognized Ron Benek for his birthday. Ron in
turn admitted to being a bit depressed at the size of his check
to the Club.
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Kris
Olson
reported that Jon Triest’s daughter had her photo in the
Linfield magazine. Since Jon was unable to be present today, he
asked Kris to bring his fine of $1.50—which was all he had on
him at the time!
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Chuck
Pattishall
confessed to
standing up the group last evening who put labels into the new
dictionaries and volunteered to make a huge donation to the
Club.
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Bruce
Huffman reported
that Jeff Long’s son and the rest of the Mac High
basketball team won their playoff game by 8 points this week.
Jeff reported proudly that his son was selected to the
All Conference First Team!
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Walt
Haight
gave a spirited though short promo for the Gallery Theater’s
production of Fiddler On The Roof.
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John
Larsen
noted that new member Nancy Nelson was prepared for being
recognized for her birthday and Ryan didn’t even have her
on the list. In typical Rotarian fashion, she made the
contribution anyway.
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At the
nudging of several, Ryan proudly reported that he is the
father of a second baby girl! In recognition of the auspicious
event, he shared some recently-gained wisdom in the form of a
list of things not to say to a pregnant woman. In its tradition,
the club passed the pot and raised $165.00 for the beginning of
Macie Fern Arzner's college fund.
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President
Art
invited Narumi Sato to share a few words with the Club. Among
other things, she proudly announced that she has been accepted
into university and will begin her studies in April. This was
the nudge that prompted her to make this quick trip back to
McMinnville.
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Kris
Olson
led the Club
in recognizing the February Students of the Month,
Sera Dittle-Payne
and Ashley
Anderson
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 Ashley
is the daughter of Mark and Susan Anderson. She has a younger
brother, Timothy (11), a 6th grader at Patton Middle
School, and a younger sister, Kristin (15), a freshman at MHS.
Ashley
attended Springhill Elementary School in Wisconsin, and then
Adams and Grandhaven Elementary, and Patton Middle School before
enrolling at McMinnville High School in her freshman year.
Ashley
currently holds a 4.0 grade point average (4.091 weighted) and
is ranked 1st in her graduating class of 456 seniors,
she has been on honor roll each semester throughout her high
school career, has completed the requirements of her Certificate
of Initial Mastery, and now a student-of-the-month recipient.
This semester, she is enrolled in Advanced Placement Statistics,
Advanced Placement English, Yearbook, Advanced Placement
Environmental Science, French V, and United States Government.
While in high school, Ashley
has been active in our school’s soccer, cross country, and track
programs. She was recognized as our most valuable JV athlete in
track, and was recently honored as cross country’s most
inspirational athlete. Additionally, she is the co-founder and
co-president of the Environmental Club, is the Key Club
secretary, a member of the National Honor Society, a member of
the new Habitat for Humanity Club, and was selected for a
Presidential Service Award and was a Daughter’s of the American
Revolution scholarship nominee.
Outside of school, she has
volunteered at the Farm Sanctuary in Orland, California for the
past two summers, is a faith in Action volunteer, and loves
yoga. This is a very civic minded young woman, concerned for
the well-being of others (including animals), and for the
improvement of our world.
Her future plans include
application to Lewis & Clark College, Southern Oregon
University, and the Honor College at the University of Oregon
(each of which she has been accepted to). She also has
applications out to Whitman, Pitzer, Oberlin, and Boston
University. She plans to major in the sciences, possibly
Biology, with an emphasis in Medicine.
I asked Ashley what her
best memories of high school have been, as well as her worst.
She told me that her Microbiology course with Mrs. Gaskin and
cross country were by far her best, and worst……witnessing the
teasing of others. She said it really makes her sad to see
others teased. Again, concerned for the well-being of others.
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 Serra
is the daughter of Alejandro Dittel and Lori Payne. She has a
younger brother, Marshall (13), a 7th grader at
Patton Middle School.
Serra
attended Martin Luther King Elementary School in Edison, New
Jersey, and then John Adams and Duniway Middle School before
enrolling at McMinnville High School in her freshman year.
Serra
currently holds a 3.826 grade point average and is ranked
in the top 10% of her graduating class of 456 seniors, she
has been on honor roll each semester throughout her high school
career, has completed the requirements of her Certificate of
Initial Mastery, and now a student-of-the-month recipient. This
semester, she is enrolled in Jazz Band, Advanced Placement
Calculus, Advanced Placement English, Symphonic Band, Honors
Physics, United States Government, and Spanish for Spanish
Speakers.
While in high school, Serra
has been active in our school’s soccer and swimming programs.
She was recognized as an all-league soccer player, has lettered
in both soccer and swimming, and has been a News Register
athlete-of-the-week award winner. Additionally, she is member
of the Environmental Club, International Club, Key Club,
National Honor Society, and of course the Symphonic and Jazz
Bands.
Outside of school, she has
volunteered on a Mexico Mission Trip, and participates on the
Olympic Developmental Program Team in soccer.
Her future plans include
application to St. Mary’s College, Oregon State University, and
the University of Puget Sound. She plans to major in Biology
and/or Health Services, and hopes to work for Doctors without
Boarders. Just yesterday, I received a copy of an e-mail to our
band director, Jeff Hornick, from the Director of Bands at
Pacific University that reads in part, “Dear Serra, I was very
impressed by your playing when I worked with your band this
week. In fact, I was so impressed that I would like to offer
you a music scholarship to come to Pacific University. You need
not audition again, I am satisfied that you qualify for our top
music scholarship and I am authorized to make this offer to
you.” It must be nice to be wanted!
I asked
Serra what her best memories of high school have been, as
well as her worst. She told me that going to the State Swimming
Championships as a sophomore was by far her best, and the
worst……she said she’d have to think about that one. Well?
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MAIN EVENT |
 President
Art introduced Mark
Green, Director, A. E. Coleman Chair in Family Business for the
Austin Family Business Program at Oregon State University. He
spoke of the unique nature of family businesses, pointing out
that 80% of all businesses in the US are family businesses. In
Oregon, they make up 90% of all business. One of the primary
services of the Austin Family Business Program is to consult
with families who want assistance in their succession planning.
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CLOSING
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President Art
expressed appreciation for the
program asking our speaker to sign a book that will be presented to
the early reader program with one of our new speaker gifts, a pen
engraved with the Rotary wheel and our club name. He then
adjourned the meeting.
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Photos by Dennis Gray
Meeting text Doug Bartlett
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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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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