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SOMETHING NEW |
PRIP Herb J Taylor
In his address to the 1955 Rotary Convention in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
“The finest slogans are useless without action”
Herb Taylor’s observation at the 50th anniversary Convention is one of the simplest truisms. Over fifty years later, Rotary has created a new slogan for a new age; a slogan that is designed to tell the world what Rotary is – its ideals and its aims. That slogan is HUMANITY IN MOTION.
In order to create the ‘motion’, Rotarians must provide the fuel to allow Rotary Clubs to move forward with their local and international service projects. Contributing to the Annual Programs Fund of the Rotary Foundation is an obvious way to provide HUMANITY IN MOTION. It’s not too late to contribute to 2006/07 APF and of course the more we can provide, the more action we can undertake. Without providing the energy, we are powerless. We cannot tackle the huge problems of lack of water, disease, inadequate education and hunger.
To release the potential power of Rotary, give generously to your Rotary Foundation and help sustain humanity in motion.
Calum Thomson
RGHF Chairman 2006-07
R/C Longniddry & District
D 1020, Scotland
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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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Club Assembly
District Governor Visit |
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opening |
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Greeters: Maryalice Russell,
Maureen Chapman; President Art Bradley called the meeting
to order at 12:12. Ray Fields provided the Inspirational
Moment, and offered a quote from Albert Einstein that spoke of
the need to abolish war as an institution. He concluded by
reminding the group of one of the basic tenets of Rotary, that
it welcomes all who enter, and promotes peace and friendship in
a troubled world. Steve Fitzpatrick then led the Pledge
of Allegiance.
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INTRODUCTION OF VISITING ROTARIANS &
GUESTS |
Dan
Corrigan introduced his wife, Mary
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John
Larson introduced Randy McCreith.
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Leslie
van Blaricom introduced Ken Whiting, an executive at
Westcorp Mortgage
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Kris Olsen introduced
Susanne Sayles and Emily Hakala, McMinnville High School
Students of the month, along with Emily's parents, Deb and
Merrill Hakala.
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Johannes Goddik introduced James Gorry, current Rotary
inbound student, and Amelia Larson, 2007-08 outbound student.
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MEMBER RECOGNITION
& announcements |
Russ Rainwater stood in for Ryan Arzner to
conduct member recognition.
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Russ
called upon Craig Singletary to acknowledge an
anniversary. Craig was happy to report that he was
celebrating his 52nd anniversary.
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Russ
then called on Bob Rhoads, who told the group that he was
noting 55 years of marriage
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Russ
asked Ezra Koch to announce his anniversary. Not to be
outdone by the others, Ezra announced that he was
celebrating his 64th anniversary
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Ron
Noble happily announced his 24th anniversary to the group.
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Bruce Dickson asked Guy Everingham COO of
the News Register Publishing Company if he could explain the new
day of the week, "Tursday", indicated on yesterday's
paper. Did it have anything to do with the aliens coming to Mac
this weekend?
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Lee Vasquez tossed in a contribution to the club's
foundation while recognizing Ray Fields as leading in his
re-election bid to the McMinnville Rural Fire Protection
District Board by one vote. Thanks Lee!
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STUDENTS OF THE MONTH |
Kris
Olsen announced the current recipients of Student of the
Month at Mac High, Susanne Sayles, and Emily Hakala, both
of whom are being recognized in the field of Marketing.
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President Bradley and fellow
Rotarians, it’s my pleasure to introduce to you one of
McMinnville High School’s student-of-the-month for May, senior
Susanne Sayles, representing Marketing. Susanne is
the daughter of Scott and Stephanie Sayles. She has two older
sisters, Shauna (22), a student at Southern Oregon University,
and Sandra (19), a student at Chemeketa Community College.
Susanne attended Cook Elementary School and Patton Middle
School before enrolling at McMinnville High School in her
freshman year. Susanne currently holds a 3.6 grade point
average, and has been on honor roll every semester except one
throughout her high school career (that dang junior year and AP
Biology), has completed the requirements of her Certificate of
Initial Mastery, and now a student-of-the-month recipient. This
semester, she is enrolled in Yearbook Production, Aerobics,
Advanced Placement Psychology, Yearbook, United States
Government, and Advanced Marketing.. She too has been active in
our school’s marketing programs and in the Action Corner. She’s
also been an active participant in our school Leadership
Program, is the Doernbecher Club President, National Honor
Society Secretary, Yearbook Editor, a Bear Buddy to Wascher
Elementary School students, is a Link Crew member, and girl’s
team captain to the Rugby Team. Outside of school, she baby
sits, enjoys bike ridding, reading historical non-fiction,
hiking, going to concerts, and music. Her future plans include
attending the University of Oregon where she’ll major in
Marketing Logistics or Political Science, with a minor in
Journalism. One of her teachers writes, “Susy is a tremendously
hard working and dedicated student. She is one of the most
caring and concerned individuals I have come across! She always
puts the needs of others ahead of her own. She did an
outstanding job working with a handicapped student at Wascher
this year through the “Bear Buddies” program. She helped to
build the self-esteem of this young lady helping grow both
personally and socially. She truly is a global citizen who has
a very successful future ahead of her!
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President Bradley
and fellow Rotarians, it’s my pleasure to introduce to you one
of McMinnville High School’s student-of-the-month for May,
senior Emily Hakala, representing Marketing.
Emily
is the daughter of Merrill and Debra Hakala. She has an older
sister, Elizabeth (20), a student at Portland Community College,
and a younger brother, John (11), a student at Cook Elementary
School. Emily
attended Cook Elementary School and Patton Middle School before
enrolling at McMinnville High School in her freshman year.
Emily
currently holds a 4.0 grade point average (4.043 weighted) and
is ranked 1st in her graduating class of 499 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 Marketing, and Medical Technology. While in high
school, Emily has been active in our school’s marketing
programs and in the Action Corner, where she is currently the
assistant manager of the retail outlet. Outside of school, she
has been very active in her church, works part-time at the Mac
Prescription Shop, and spends her free time snowboarding at Mt.
Hood. Her future plans include attending Chemeketa Community
College to complete the Pharmacy Technician Certification
Program. After Chemeketa, she plans to head north to Whistler,
where she’ll combine her love of snowboarding, with work in a
pharmacy. Her long term goal is to complete her bachelor’s
degree in pharmacy, and own and operate an independent pharmacy
in Colorado where she’ll snowboard for life. I asked Emily
about her best memories of high school, and she told me about
those great four weekends in February with friend on the ski bus
heading to Mt. Hood. She said, it was great!
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MAIN EVENT |
 President Art introduced the first guest speaker, Amelia
Larson. Amelia, the 2007-08 Rotary Outbound Student, gave a
brief talk about her family, her home, and her plans for the
future. She spoke of a love for surfing, snowboarding,
basketball, and her pets. She has 2 dogs, 1 cat, and 3
goldfish. she noted that, in her 16 years, she has moved 16
times, so that moving about from family to family in Japan
should not be any kind of a problem. She concluded by thanking
the club membership for their support, and for giving her the
opportunity to travel to Japan for a year.
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 Art then introduced the
second guest speaker, Ron Noble, McMinnville Police
Chief. Ron grew up in Huntington Beach, California, but
moved to Oregon when in his teens. He graduated from Dallas
High School, then spent time at OSU, Clackamas CC, and Seattle
Pacific, where he met his eventual wife. Upon returning to
Oregon, Ron planned a career as a paramedic, but
discovered that he had a love for law enforcement. He was with
the Corvallis Police Department for 18 years before coming to
McMinnville, where he has now been for exactly one year. Ron
and his family are very happy to be in McMinnville, and all of
them are very engaged in the activities of the community,
especially sports. He also pointed out a strong involvement
with his church.
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CLOSING
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meeting concluded with Art presenting a club pen to
Ron and having him sign a book to presented in his
name to McMinnville's Early Reader Program. President
Art displayed the certificate awarded to our Interact Club
for their service to the community presented at the District
Conference earlier this month. He reminded the group that
next week is the Club Assembly, where future projects will be
discussed and we will have a visit by District Governor Tom.
To see a full size image of the certificate, click on the
certificate.
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The Board of Directors has approved
the following for membership:
Randy McCreith
proposed by
Russ Rainwater for the
classification of Principal Real Estate Broker-
Residential.
He will
automatically become a member unless anyone objects in
writing within
ten days of publication of this notice.
Stephanie Jensen proposed by
Art Bradley for the
classification Massage Therapy. She will
automatically become a member unless anyone objects in
writing within
ten days of publication of this notice.
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Photos by Jon Triest
Meeting text Walt Haight
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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