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SOMETHING NEW |
"Can
personal friendships
grow into national
friendships in such
manner as to promote
the interests of
peace?...
Yes, but it is a
dream that we can
make come true. Our
confidence must
never falter. I
believe that there
is justification for
our faith, in the
lives of great men
such as these, who
were faithful to
their trusts, who
could be friendly,
and who were "what
they seemed."
Paul Harris The
Rotarian magazine
1925
This
week’s
Rotary Foundation
Thought is about
club goal setting.
Clubs
are asked to set annual
giving goals for the
Every Rotarian, Every
Year effort. Since clubs
began establishing their
own goals two years ago,
annual giving to The
Rotary Foundation has
surged from $55 million
in 2002-03 to nearly $85
million in 2004-05.
We’re asking every
Rotarian to support our
Foundation with a
financial contribution,
every year. At the
President-elect Training
Seminar this spring, our
club president-elect was
asked to submit an
annual giving goal for
the upcoming year.
History
has proven that clubs
that set goals follow
through with them. As
our club sets its goal
for the coming year, we
should also remember to
measure our success by
the number of lives we
changed and saved.
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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 |
| 25 |
26 |
27 |
28 |
29 |
30
Teresa Smith
St. Bernard Parish Project |
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April -
Magazine Month |
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Sunday |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
Saturday |
| 1 |
2 |
3
Interact Meeting Mac Hi. |
4 |
5 |
6
Robert Brunner- Securities Investigators Enforcement
Unit |
7 |
| 8 |
9 |
10
Steering Committee 11:45 Community Center |
11
Board Meeting 11:45 AM Tequilla Grill |
12 |
13
Brian Owen & Sharon Larson Voc. Talks. |
14
District Club Leadership Training Assembly |
| 15 |
16 |
17
Interact Meeting Mac Hi |
18 |
19 |
20 |
21 |
| 22 |
23 |
24
Steering Committee 11:45 Community
Center |
25 |
26 |
27 |
28 |
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opening |
 Today’s
“Welcoming Team” were the honorable father-and-son team of Al
& Brian Owen.
Chuck Pattishall
provided the Club invocation and the Honorable Ron Stone led
the Club in the salute to the American flag, after which the strong
voice of Van Keck shouted “Go Ducks!” Were the Ducks in a
tournament or something? |
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MAIN EVENT |
 Because
of the length of the program and the time necessary for scoring
the contestants, President Art turned the meeting over to
Ray Fields who explained how the Rotary Four-Way Test
Speech Contest works and expressed appreciation to Frank
Bumpus, Waldo Farnham and Maryalice Russell
who with him listened to 17 of 450 contestants in the two
middle schools. All 450 of the students received a certificate
of participation in this year's competition. Before calling the
first speaker to the podium, Ray reminded us that March
is Literacy Month and that he had the most fun these last two
weeks distributing dictionaries to the 4th graders since his
involvement with Rotary's youth exchange program.
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As the
Rotary Four-Way Test speech contest is a part of Rotary's
literacy program. Ray
then presented the four speakers one-by-one who gave their
speeches and individual Rotary members scored them.
|
 Next
Ray explained that this is the first year that we have
conducted the Rotary Four-Way Test Essay contest. He then
introduced Nicole Berry, winner of the contest among local 7th
grade students, who proceeded to read her winning essay.
Following her presentation, she was presented a First Place
Certificate.
|
 Later
in the meeting, Ray called the four speech contestants to
the front of the room,. Destiny Carson, Sandra Pinion, Ehren
Castle and Sara Weinrich, then came forward and Ray
announced that this year’s winner of the Rotary Four-Way Test
speech contest was Ehren Castle. Each of the contestants was
given a citation and a savings bond.
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INTRODUCTION OF VISITING ROTARIANS &
GUESTS |
(No pIcture
Available)
After the
speeches were given President Art facilited the
introduction of guests. Lori Rumbaugh introduced Tonya
Gross and Starla Pointer.
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Richard Weed
introduced
inbound exchange student James Gorry, from Great Britain.
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(No picture available)
Chuck
Pattishall
introduced Cathy Carnahan, Sandra and Barbara Pinion and Sara
Weinrich, all who were present for the Speech Contest.
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(No Picture Available)
Jim
Torgeson introduced Mary Lukehart, Destiny Carson, Eric
and Edwina Castle who also were present for the Speech Contest.
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Gary
Rueter
introduced Norm Aldred, visiting Rotarian from the Newberg Noon
Club.
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Leslie
VanBlaricom
Introduced Dudley Frost, visiting Rotarian from Santa Cruz,
California.
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Lori
Rumbaugh introduced
her husband Karl and their two children, who had joined her for
lunch.
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MEMBER RECOGNITION
& announcements |
Jeff
Long was recognized for his upcoming 19th
anniversary.
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Al
Hansen
was about to be recognized (for something) by Chuck
Pattishall, but timed his departure to precede it. So the
Club spontaneously agreed to fine him $20 for such egregious
conduct.
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Kris
Olsen
was recognized for his birthday and fined for not being
prepared.
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Chuck
Pattishall fessed up
to his 16th anniversary as well.
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Norm
Goss
volunteered
that he also had an upcoming 30th anniversary.
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Eric
Hanson
gave a donation for the engagement of his daughter Olivia and
expressed hope that his other daughter, Abigal, might not be far
behind.
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Maryalice Russell
reported that of the over 700 elementary schools in Oregon, the
elementary Principal of the Year for the State of Oregon hails
from McMinnville, Sara Johnson of Grandhaven.
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(no picture Avalable)
Lee
Vasquez
reported a $100 donation to the Club by Dorothy Jeter on the
anniversary of her husband Cy’s birthday.
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Teresa
Smith announced
that
Citizens Bank is once again selling beautiful 12” hanging flower
baskets as a fund raiser for the American Cancer Society.
Preorders are being taken now for May 11th and May 12th
delivery. Cost is $33 for preorders and $36 on Saturday May 12th.
They can see Teresa or Ron for more information.
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CLOSING
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President Art
expressed appreciation for the program and adjourned the
meeting.
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Photos by Diane Haugeberg
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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"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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