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SOMETHING NEW
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What Paul Harris Said
In The Rotarian, 1945
“I like to think that the pioneering days of Rotary have just begun. What’s 40 years in the life of a great Movement? There are just as many new things to be done as ever there were. Kaleidoscopic changes are taking place, many of them without our will. Even to hang to the fringe of this fast-changing world is about all most of us can do. Rotary must simply continue to pioneer or be left in the rear of progress.”
Even now, over 60 years later, Paul Harris’ words still have meaning as today there are still so many new things to be done and some promises that have to be kept. By keeping up with the fast changing world, Rotary will remain the progressive force it always has been.
Whatever new challenges we set ourselves, we must never forget our unfulfilled promises such as the complete eradication of polio. If every district allocates 10% of its available DDF for this year to the PolioPlus Partners Program, we can reach the $5 million goal needed to fund National Immunization Days in India, Pakistan and Nigeria and fulfill our commitment. That's one of our 2007/08 Rotary Foundation pledges we CAN achieve.
Remember what Paul Harris said -we must all strive to be PIONEERS on the long road to peace.
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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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August - Membership &
Extension Month |
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Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
Saturday |
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2 |
3
Vocational Talk Leslie Van Blaricom |
4 |
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6 |
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10
No Noon Meeting -
Club Picnic at Weed's |
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13 |
14 |
15 |
16 |
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Michael Eichman
Head Start Program |
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Club Board Meeting @ Tequila Grill 11:45 AM |
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25 |
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opening |
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GREETERS: Teresa Smith and Jill
Methven
INSPIRATIONAL MOMENT: Bruce Huffman
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE: Carol Benedict |
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INTRODUCTION OF VISITING ROTARIANS &
GUESTS |
Jeff
Sargent introduced his wife Julia and father-in-law Paul
Reese (member of Eugene Rotary Club).
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Elise Hui
introduced Darrick Price. |
Austin
Wuellner, recently returned from his stint in Guatemala, was
introduced by John Swenson.
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Guy
Everingham gave a brief report on the selection of Rotary
scholarship recipients. McMinnville High School had 12 student
winners, 3 are from Dayton, and one each from Gaston and
Yamhill. Three of the winners were with him today: Kaitlyn
Paysinger (Dayton H.S., going to Linfield), Rebecca Noble (McM
H.S., going to OSU), and Spencer Floyd (McM H.S., going to
American University in Rome, Italy).
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John Wakeman was
hosted by Art Bradley |
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MEMBER RECOGNITION
& announcements
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Brian
Owens substituted quite well for vacationing Ryan Arzner.
(Fortunately, Brian spared us the aggravation stirred by Ryan’s
consistently-inaccurate, “Good Morning”.)
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Frank
Bumpus recently celebrated his 44th anniversary
with Kathie , “still my best friend”.
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Teresa Smith
celebrated her 20th anniversary |
Enjoying a
recent birthday was John Ailstock. |
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Cindy de las
Heras celebrated her 18th anniversary. |
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Austin Wuellner
asked for any leads on a used car. |
Nicole
Wahlberg noted some changes in the films at the Evergreen
IMAX theater. For a complete listing go to sprucegoose.com
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Lee
Vasquez asked for volunteers to help with the CARLTON WALK
IN THE PARK, August 4 & 5 (Saturday and Sunday). He is asking
on behalf of Ken Wright one of the major organizers. Ken was
extremely generous in donating many wine magnums for our auction
(which generated several thousands of dollars for us). Ken
refused all our offers to pay for even some of Ken’s many
donations to us. Ken’s only request was that OUR CLUB PROVIDE
SOME VOLUNTEES for the WALK IN THE PARK. Lee circulated some
signup sheets. CONTACT LEE IF YOU CAN HELP EITHER DAY.
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Bruce
Huffman put in $5 for the brag he shared in the
Inspirational Moment about his grandson getting a
teaching/coaching job.
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President
Dan put in the check “I forgot last week”.Our
thoughts and prayers go out to Carolyn and Dale Tomlinson.
Son Mike passed away last Monday. Mike was a very highly
regarded and widely recognized teacher.
President
Dan read a letter from former member Mike Strange now living
in AZ. Mike led our efforts culminating in the Rotary Nature
Preserve. He has been a major coordinator in a local Rotary
project there. “Things are going very well, I can wear shorts
and sandals year-round here, like I did in OR.”
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Ray
Fields presented a proposal from the District. RI Council
on Legislation passed an enactment that a representative from
each of the 34 international zones come together to select the
International President. Currently representatives from half of
the zones are involved in the process and then the other half
are represented for the selection of the next President. The
cost of this new proposal is extensive; it would double the
current cost to bring representatives together from all
the zones. Our Board and the District both recommended that we
vote down this enactment. In keeping with this recommendation
we voted to repeal this enactment on a motion by President
Dan and seconded by Brent Adams.
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President Dan gave out
Perfect Attendance certificates.
One Year
certificates went to: Diane Haugeberg, Wayne Bailey, Bruce
Dickson, Jeff Long. Other awardees were: John Elliott (3
years), Van Keck (4), Jan Fyant (4), Richard Weed (5), Jon
Triest (5), President Dan (5), Maureen Chapman (5), John Larsen
(7), Guy Everingham (7), Brent Adams (7), Lee Vasquez (8), Steve
Larson (8), Art Bradley (8), Colin Armstrong (8), Teresa Smith
(13), Bob Rhoads (37), Ray Fields (44), and our GRAND
CHAMPION Norm Goss (49 years).
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Past-President Art took care of a loose end from the
Demotion Dinner, giving President Dan his President’s
Pin.
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MAIN EVENT |
  New
member, Brandon Malloy shared some observations about
himself. He grew up along the banks of the Nestucca River, was
involved in a ceramic shop on 3rd St. with his
mother. He attended Chemeketa CC and UO (where he helped clean
the locker room for the basketball team). After managing Gold’s
Gyms in Springfield and McMinnville he is now working for
Express Personnel. They serve 250 businesses and helped 2,500
people last year gain employment. He has visited every baseball
stadium on the W Coast, enjoys poker and whether he needs it or
not gets only 3 haircuts per year.
President Dan gave him the usual membership accoutrements.
WELCOME TO
THE CLUB, BRANDON.
 Our
other new member, Jeff Sargent walked us through a
PowerPoint presentation of his “I’m here to help, I’m with the
Federal Government” job. We enjoyed some humorous cartoons
portraying the difficulties folks may have in understanding what
our federal employees do (note that 84% of federal employees
work outside the beltway).
Jeff
works for the Oregon Federal Executive Board. These regional
boards coordinate services and form partnerships with various
federal and state agencies. These Boards generate their own
revenues from agencies they serve. There are 28,000 federal
employees in Oregon and SW Washington. His primary focus
involves assisting emergency preparedness, human resource
management, newsletter and website coordination (“I’ve already
spoken with Ray Fields about helping”), and supporting
the Director of the Board
During FY
05, the federal government invested $1.3 billion in contracts
and $22.4 billion in grants in Oregon. See the following site
for details on allocations of federal dollars in the US,
www.fedspending.org
 Jeff
was born in Kent, WA in 1962 and grew up in Dallas, TX. He
attended UCLA (“note that my wife Julie is a Duck”), and did
graduate work at Pepperdine. Prior positions have been with
United Way, Peace Corps (2 years in Estonia), and advertising
agencies. He and Julie grew tired of city life in Portland and
took a long Saturday to drive this part of the state looking for
a “place with a small town feel, we quickly selected
McMinnville. We are thrilled to live here, have a house just
down the street. Beside gardening, golf, we have really enjoyed
Gallery Theater.”
Jeff
noted he appreciated his wife Julie and father-in-law Paul Reese
being here today. President Dan gave him the necessary
membership ‘stuff’.
WELCOME TO
THE CLUB, JEFF.
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CLOSING
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The last
Concert in the Park was rained-out. Thus Reggie Houston’s Box
of Chocolates will return for a concert on August 14. Note that
Tuesday, July 31, Craucmore will be bringing the concert, and
August 7 will be the 12th Ave. Hot Club. BE SURE TO
ENJOY THESE GREAT EVENTS.
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Photos by Diane Haugeberg
Meeting text Frank Bumpus
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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