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SOMETHING NEW |
Why I Am A Rotarian
June 24, 2007
If you look at the membership of any Rotary Club, you will see the diversity of backgrounds from which our members come; from industry, service, supply, and the community. A real cross section of society exists within each club.
But all these people, from the moment the meeting starts, from the moment the fund-raising event begins, from the moment the fellowship meeting takes place, have the ideals of Rotary in common, and none more so than 'Service Above Self."
And out of this we form lasting personal friendships and meet more people, through our help and support, broadening our lives and improving our understanding.
Going the extra mile, filling the unforgiving minute, has benefited people all round the world and will continue to do so as long as Rotary continues. And while there is a hungry mouth, a deprived community, a disease that has to be stopped, there will always be Rotary, there to help and support.
The tradition is safe. The work will go on. I am thankful that I am a part of it.
PP Jim Silver
Rotary Club of West Bridgford,
Nottingham,
District 1220
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What would you like to add to the Calendar? Programs for our
club are listed in the Calendar below.
| JUNE - |
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Sunday |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
Saturday |
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25 |
26
Steering Committee 11:30 AM
Community Center |
27 |
28 |
29
Demotion Dinner
at
Senior Center 6:00 pm. No noon meeting . |
30 |
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JULY - |
| Sunday |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
Saturday |
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2 |
3 |
4
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5 |
6
Dudley Frost
Vocational Talk |
7 |
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9 |
10 |
11
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12 |
13
DG David Jay |
14 |
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opening |
Greeters: Paul Elias and
Wayne Bailey
Guy Everingham provided the
Inspirational Moment
Art Bradley then led the
Pledge of Allegiance |
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INTRODUCTION OF VISITING ROTARIANS &
GUESTS |
John
Swenson introduced Austin Wuellner, who recently returned
from a year in Guatemala as our Rotary Outbound Student.
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Bruce
Huffman introduced Amelia Larson, who is preparing to go to
Japan as our 2007-08 Rotary Outbound Student.
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Leslie
VanBlaricom introduced Dr. John Baker (featured speaker) and
John Pfaff (accompanying Dr. Baker). More on them in the
Program section.
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Elise
Hui introduced Darrick Price, who is Executive Director with
the Yamhill County Development Corporation.
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Carol
Benedict introduced her husband, Andy. |
Cindy de las
Heras introduced Anne Geser. |
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Art Bradley
introduced Angie Taft, who is with RYLA. |
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MEMBER RECOGNITION
& announcements
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Al
Hansen was tabbed by Ryan for an Anniversary (39th).
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Gary
Eastlund was picked out to confess to his 1st Anniversary.
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Leslie
VanBlaricom proceeded to chide Ryan for omitting the fact
that she, too, was celebrating an Anniversary.
Russ
Rainwater reminded the group that the annual Rotary picnic
would be held on August 10th.
Teresa reminded us to get our
attendance make ups into her before the end of the Rotary
year - the end of next week.
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Eric
Hanson provided a rather comprehensive account of his
daughter's recent marriage. Because of a misplaced license,
 Eric prevailed upon our own Judge Ron Stone to
intervene on his behalf. Judge Stone convinced the
officials at the Mormon temple that a license need not be
produced at the event. Eric publicly thanked Judge
Stone for his assistance in helping make the wedding a
success.
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John
Swenson announced that his son, who has recently joined the
sheriff's department in Sherman County, successfully captured a
group trying to smuggle a substantial amount of marijuana into
the region. He presented a photo showing the huge cache of
captured contraband.
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Ray Fields was
recognized for his appearance in a recent issue of the News
Register under the headline "Proposed bill strikes blow
for common sense". After two years, Ray, finally got
his bill through the legislature to save the small special
districts in the State money. It now awaits the Governor's
signature.
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John
Larson reminded the group that the Demotion Party at
the McMinnville Senior Center for
outgoing President Art Bradley will be held next week
starting at 6:00 pm, and added
that the event would pre-empt the normal Friday noon meeting.
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 Ryan
Arzner concluded member recognition by telling a story about
a woman stopped for speeding.
A driver is pulled over by a
policeman. The policeman approaches the driver's door.
"Is there a problem Officer?"
The policeman says, "Mam, you were speeding. Can I see your
license please?"
The driver responds, "I'd give it to you but I don't have one."
"You don't have one?"
The woman responds, "I lost it four times for drunk driving."
The policeman is shocked. "I see. Can I see your vehicle
registration papers please?"
"I'm sorry, I can't do that."
The policeman says, "Why not?"
"I stole this car."
The officer says, "Stole it?"
The woman says, "Yes, and I killed the owner."
At this point the officer is getting irate. "You what!?"
"He's in the trunk if you want to see."
The Officer looks at the woman and slowly backs away to his car
and calls for back up.
Within minutes, five police cars show up, surrounding the car.
A senior officer slowly approaches the car, clasping his half
drawn gun.
The senior officer says "Mam, could you step out
of your vehicle please!"
The woman steps out of her vehicle. "Is there a problem sir?"
"One of my officers told me that you have stolen this car and
murdered the owner."
"Murdered the owner?"
The officer responds, "Yes, could you please open the trunk of
your car?"
The woman opens the trunk, revealing nothing but an empty trunk.
The officer says, "Is this your car Mam?"
The woman says "Yes," and hands over the registration papers.
The officer, understandably, is quite stunned. "One of my
officers claims that you do not have a drivers license."
The woman digs in her pocket revealing a license and hands it to
the officer.
The officer examines the license. He looks quite puzzled.
"Thank you Mam, one of my officers told me you didn't have a
license, stole this car, and murdered the owner."
The woman replies, "I bet you the liar told you I was speeding,
too!"
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Lee
Vasquez thanked the membership for their generous donations
of wine for the upcoming Wine & Art Auction in July.
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Austin
Wuellner gave a very brief speech, thanking the club for
allowing him to experience a year in Guatemala.
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MAIN EVENT |
 Carol
Benedict introduced Dr. John Baker, author of a book that
details the history of Camp Adair. He related the story of how
John Gallagher, a Corvallis man who owned a local sand & gravel
company, convinced the Corvallis Chamber of Commerce to select a
site north of town for an Army training camp. With the help of
Senator McNary, the Army accepted this site, and Camp Adair was
built just months before the attack on Pearl Harbor.
 He
noted that, of all of the men who passed through the camp, 7,000
died in action, and 22,000 were wounded during World War II.
Over 1800 buildings were erected at the camp, and the hospital
that was constructed was Oregon's largest at the time. A
facsimile of a German village was also built to provide soldiers
with training in a mock-up of a hostile environment. A 10-mile
stretch of US 99w was modernized in a matter of months,
replacing the old, narrow alignment between Corvallis and
Monmouth. They got things done in those days!
 Dr.
Baker and John Pfaff recounted many interesting stories about
life at the camp and in surrounding towns during the war years.
He also delighted the audience with a recording of a special
Christmas edition of the Jack Benny Show that was taped at Camp
Adair.
President Art presented
our speaker with a Rotary pen and then had him sign a book for
McMinnville's Early Reader Program.
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CLOSING
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Art concluded the
meeting by recognizing the crew that has provided our meals this
past Rotary year and thanking the club for its support during
his year as President. He received a standing ovation from the
membership.
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Photos by Ray Fields
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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