November 30, 2007  Volume 87, Number 22

ROTARY'S FOUR WAY TEST
"Of the things we think, say or do:

1. Is it the TRUTH? 
2. Is it FAIR to all concerned?
3. Will it Build GOODWILL and BETTER FRIENDSHIPS?
4. Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned?"

SOMETHING NEW

 

In The Rotarian magazine, November 1911

What Paul Harris Said

December 2 2007

 

" Rotary has differed from other organizations in that it has not inherited a system of cut and dried policies rendered sacred by tradition or history. …With so many capable, devoted friends feeling responsibility for the future of Rotary, we may reasonably expect to turn out a twentieth century mechanism which will constitute an agreeable surprise to ourselves and the rest of the world".

Paul P Harris, “Message from the President” in The Rotarian Nov 1911

In 1911, Paul Harris was writing about a newly formed organization called Rotary. His concern was not of procedure and policy but what are our values and philosophy.

Recently, the Rotary Foundation’s Future Vision committee announced new proposals for the future direction of The Rotary Foundation. Under Chairman Bob’s leadership, the Foundation has attempted to give new focus to our mission and create a more simple and straightforward system that every Rotarian can understand. Our vision is to enable Rotarians to advance world understanding, goodwill and peace. Our mission is to improve health, support education and alleviate poverty.

The future vision allows districts to take more direct responsibility for the stewardship of Foundation funds by implementing a block grant structure based on the district simplified grants system; It creates a more straightforward gateway for us to work with co-operating organizations on larger grant projects in the poorest areas of the world; And it places a greater emphasis on the humanitarian aspects of all Foundation programs with more support for educational programs with strong humanitarian emphases.

More information is available here.

This is a ‘twenty-first century mechanism’ for ‘doing good in the world’.

Calum Thomson
RGHF Chairman 2006/07
Rotary Club of Longniddry & District
District 1020
Scotland

 

What would you like to add to the Calendar? Programs for our club are listed in the Calendar below.

December - Family Month
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
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2 3 4 5 6 7
Ken Jernstedt on Pearl Harbor Remberance		 8

 
9 10 11
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Board Meeting Tequllia Grill 11:45 AM		 13 14
Mac High Twilighters

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 17 18 19 20 21
Rebound Students Talk		 22
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No Meeting		 29
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opening
 


 

Greeters:  Russ Rainwater and Lee Means

President-elect Chuck Pattishall called the meeting to order at 12:10.

Bruce Huffman provided the Inspirational Moment, reading a passage from the Book of Psalms

Teresa Smith then led the Pledge of Allegiance (not pictured)

Prior to the introduction of guests, PE Chuck brought Dale Tomlinson to the podium to recite an original poem about Thanksgiving, “Rise Up On Turkey Wings”.


VISITING ROTARIANS AND GUESTS
 

JESSY GUINOT (current Inbound Exchange Student), CAITY BERNARDS (2007-2008 Outbound Student Candidate), and GIA BATTAGLIA (2007-2008 Outbound Student Candidate) were introduced by Sharon Larson

John Elliot introduced JOHN McLACHLAN, a fellow member of the Safeway family.

Jack Crabtree introduced TIM McLAIN, Superintendent of the Oregon State Police.

Bob Emrick introduced BRUCE STEWART, a visiting Rotarian from Redmond and a new resident of McMinnville.

Kris Olsen introduced the current McMinnville High School “Students of the Month”, along with members of their families.  KALEB NYQUIST was accompanied by his mother, CAMI NYQUIST, and CAMERON CLOW was joined by his parents, JANET and RANDY CLOW.


MEMBER RECOGNITION &  BRAGS

John Larsen conducted the Recognition and Brags section of the meeting

Ed Gormley was honored for a birthday, his 60th.  Ed and Candy just returned from a two-week vacation in Ireland.  Nice birthday present.

 

Colin Armstrong was recognized for his 84th birthday.  With a few more birthdays, Colin’s age will match the number of vintage Lincoln Continentals in his collection!

 

Van Keck announced that he was celebrating a birthday.  Although he did not reveal his age, it was agreed among Oregon State fans that a few more years will be tacked on after this year’s Civil War Game.

 

Norm Goss announced his 84th birthday

 

Van Keck issued the annual challenge to Beaver fans by placing a $25.00 donation on behalf of a certain Duck victory in the upcoming Civil War Game.  His pledge was matched by both Beaver and Duck fans.  Fans of the winning school will donate their $25.00 in order to secure bragging rights, while supporters of the losing school will surrender their donation as a fine for having the temerity to think that their team had so much as a ghost of a chance.

 

Bob Rhoads proudly announced the arrival of a third great-grandchild, and happily made a contribution to the Rotary Foundation.

 

Al Owen announced the expansion of his Title Company, via the acquisition of another company.

 

Sharon Larson proudly told the membership that she was nearing a goal in a current Fundraising Campaign for the Boy Scouts.

John Larsen closed out the Brags & Recognition portion of the program by exhorting the membership to contribute to the Yamhill County Cultural Coalition.  A contribution to the YCCC will help support several local programs, including our own club’s program, the Summer Concert Series (in partnership with the Downtown Association and the Parks & Recreation Department).  A matching contribution to the Oregon Cultural Trust can be claimed as a tax credit!

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Kristi Brill shared some highlights from the current issue of The Rotarian magazine.  Among the highlights of this month’s issue are the high registration numbers for the upcoming Rotary International Convention in Los Angeles, and a story about a Friendship Exchange conducted by Rotarians on a visit to the African country of Ghana.

 

Al Hansen made a brief announcement on the current activities going on in the Rotary Club of McMinnville Foundation

 

Caity and Gia provided information about the Interact Club's holiday project to provide for needy families.

Kris Olsen introduced McMinnville High School's students of the month Kaleb Nyquist and  Cameron Clow. You can read about these two outstanding students below.*

PE Chuck opened nominations for club board and VP/President nominee for the 2008-2009 Rotary year. Hearing no additional nominations, nominations were closed. Election of the club board and VP/President nominee will take place at the first meeting in December.

Prior to introducing the featured speaker for this week, Ray Fields put out a call for volunteers to help distribute dictionaries to two local schools.  Help is needed to distribute dictionaries at Yamhill Elementary School on December 5th at 8:00 a.m., and Dayton Elementary School on December 6th at 8:15 a.m.

 

Over the past two weeks, two of our club members attended Rotary Club meetings in far off destinations. President Dan in South America made up at the Rotary Club of Palermo in Buenos Aires, Argentina where he exchanged banners. Ray Fields exchanged banners with the president of the Fukui East Rotary Club in Japan. It was kind of a return visit as the two gentlemen in the picture visited our club on June 7th.  Ray presented the Fukui East banner to PE Chuck.

program

Ray Fields introduced Reg Keddie, Past-District Governor and currently the District Chairman for The Rotary Foundation

Before launching into a program on the continuing efforts to eradicate polio around the globe, Reg made a special presentation, awarding a Paul Harris Society ribbon to Jesse Davis.

Reg then gave a presentation on one of the most honored Rotary programs, the fight against polio.  He gave a brief synopsis on the history and nature of the disease, how the virus transmits itself to the human body, and how progress is being made on its eradication.

Prior to the development of the first successful vaccine in 1955 by Jonas Salk, over 58,000 cases of polio were recorded in the United States alone (1952).  Since that time, over 2 billion people have been vaccinated around the world, and it is estimated that over 5 million people have been saved from contracting the disease, mostly children.

Over $650 million dollars have been raised by Rotary over the past five decades and, although polio has not yet been completely wiped out, numbers would indicate that it is a matter of “when”, and not “if”, the disease is finally eliminated from the world.  A happy thought!

Rotary International announced a partnership with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation on 26 November that will inject a much needed US$200 million into the global effort to eradicate polio.

The Rotary Foundation received a $100 million Gates Foundation challenge grant, which Rotary will raise funds to match, dollar for dollar, over three years. Read more

CLOSING

 

 

In thanking PDG Reg for his presentation, PE Dan, presented PDG Reg with a McMinnville Rotary pen and had him sign a book to be donated to the McMinnville Early Reader Program in his name.


*McMinnville High School Students of the month
 

Fellow Rotarians, it’s my pleasure to introduce to you one of McMinnville High School’s student-of-the-month for November, senior Cameron Clow, representing Fall Scholar-Athletes. Cameron is the son of Randy and Janet Clow.  He has a younger brother, Carson, an 8th grader at Duniway Middle School. Cameron attended Newby Elementary and Duniway Middle School before enrolling at McMinnville High School in his freshman year. Cameron currently holds a 3.854 grade point average (3.902 weighted), he has been on honor roll each semester throughout his high school career, has completed the requirements of his Certificate of Initial Mastery, and has earned 21 credits to date.  This semester, he is enrolled in Bruin Production, The Bruin, Astronomy, College Writing, Advanced Placement Psychology, Microbiology, and Advanced Placement Calculus. While in high school, Cameron has been very involved in our school’s many activities.  He is the current the Editor in Chief of The Bruin, our national recognized and award winning school newspaper, he’s a four-year member of the boy’s soccer program and member of last year’s state championship team, has played varsity baseball for two years at 1st base, and is a member of the National Honor Society and the Link Crew.Outside of school, Cameron is a member of the Mac Trackers Walking Club His future plans include attending the University of Oregon where he plans on majoring in Journalism, or Sports Marketing. Cameron’s best memories of high school are of course defeating Jesuit to win the 6A state championship in soccer last year, but also the great atmosphere at McMinnville High School sporting events and the diverse crowds we get at home events. His worst memory, being a freshman and the tough transition to high school.  Cameron Clow.

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Fellow Rotarians, it’s my pleasure to introduce to you one of McMinnville High School’s student-of-the-month for November, senior Kaleb Nyquist, representing Fall Scholar-Athletes. Kaleb is the son of Ted and Kami Nyquist.  He has three younger siblings, Karina, a junior at MHS, Annika, a 6th grader at Patton Middle School, and Aiden, a 3rd grader at Memorial. Kaleb attended Memorial Elementary and Patton Middle School before enrolling at McMinnville High School in his freshman year. Kaleb currently holds a 3.95 grade point average (4.05 weighted), has been on honor roll each semester throughout his high school career, has completed the requirements of the Certificate of Initial Mastery, and has earned 20 credits to date.  Additionally, he has scored over 2100 on the SAT exam, has a composite score of 33 on the ACT (in the 99% percentile nationally), he has also been recognized as a National Merit Commended Scholar.  This semester, he is enrolled in Bruin Production, The Bruin, The Bruin Online, Advanced Placement European History, Culinary Arts, Advanced Placement English, Advanced Placement Calculus, and is also doing an independent study Field Research course.  While in high school, Kaleb has been very involved in our school’s many activities.  He is the current Opinion Editor of The Bruin, our national recognized and award winning school newspaper, he’s a four-year member and current team captain of the cross country and track programs, is the Vice President of our school’s Interact Club, and is a member of the Link Crew. Outside of school, Kaleb works occasionally for his mother’s business, Swed Mom, is a member of his youth group, and loves to play ultimate Frisbee with his friends. His future plans include making application to a small liberal arts college, possibly North Park in Chicago, Seattle Pacific, or an east coast school.  He plans to major in either Humanities or Economics. Kaleb’s best memories of high school are from his junior year, winning the 6A state championship in soccer and have Holk Hogan and his daughter, Brooke, come to MHS to put on a concert.  He knew it was going to be a special year! His worst memory, from his freshman year, getting incredibly sick during final exam week and not knowing if he was going to get through it and pass his finals. Kaleb Nyquist.

Photos by Jon Triest
Meeting text Walt Haight
Edited for the web by Ray Fields

 

 

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