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Always the picture of
hospitality, Bruce Wyatt and Jeff Stevenson welcomed
guests and Rotarians alike to a ‘flash back’ meeting, held at
the Community Center.
Derek Price led the
club in an invocation and Mary Alice Russell got the
meeting off to an official start with the Pledge of Allegiance.
President Dan
kept things moving along by asking for the introduction of
guests.
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VISITING ROTARIANS AND GUESTS |
Dale
Tomlinson
introduced visiting Rotarian and prospective member Bruce
Stewart, of the Redmond Rotary Club.
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Bruce
Huffman
introduced another visiting Rotarian, Molly Walker, a member of
the Gold Beach Club.
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Al Owen
introduced Laverne and Shirley—A.K.A Outbound exchange students
Gia Bataglia and Caity Bernards.
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Ezra Koch
was proud to introduce his eldest son, Douglas.
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Craig
McClain, Executive V.P. of Hagan Hamilton was introduced by
Gary Eastlund.
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And finally,
Eric Groom, manager of the new Comfort Suites, was introduced by
Brent Adams.
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MEMBER RECOGNITION,
ANNOUNCEMENTS AND BRAGS |
Next up
Walt Haight led the club in Member Recognition,
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He started
off by recognizing Bruce Huffman for an anniversary.
Bruce said he has had four amazing wonderful years with is
wife.
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It turns
out Brent Adams is half a century. Happy Birthday
Brent!
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Chris
McLaran
announced the birth of a healthy 9lb 7 oz son, and the club
passed the hat in his honor to raise funds for Baby McLaran’s
college education.
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Brent
paid Steve Larson a compliment by saying he went above
and beyond when helping a Mid-Valley staff member with a
question. Steve looked pleased by the recognition.
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It was
pointed out that several members of the Rotary family were
honored at the recent Galley Theater awards, including Jeff
Sargent, Emma Pattishall (Chuck’s daughter) and
Walt Haight, who won best actor in a comedy.
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After all
the brags had been aired, Kristi Brill updated the club
on the accomplishments of Rotary International as reported in
The Rotarian.
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Always an
exciting moment, Past President Art Bradley helped to
induct new Rotarian Russ Peak, who was sponsored by none
other than Mr. Rotary Recruiter himself, Ryan Arzner.
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MAIN EVENT |
And finally, the Club’s own
Mary Alice Russel provided a wonderful program on the
planned construction projects funded by the most recent school
bond. She gave a great overview of the new Sue Buel Elementry,
as well as the renovations set to take place at Mac High,
Memorial, Newby and Washer. For complete information on Mary
Alice’s presentation, please visit
www.msd.k12.or.us.
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CLOSING |
President Dan
presented Mary Alice with a book that will be donated in her
honor to the early reader program, and then adjourned the
meeting.
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Chris
McLaran
was presented with $$$ to start a college scholarship fund for
the new little McLaran.
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The Board of Directors has approved
the following for membership:
Elva proposed by Nancy Nelson
for the classification "Non-profit-Healthcare
Outreach". She will
automatically become a member unless
anyone objects in
writing within ten days of publication of this
notice.
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Photographs by Jon Triest
Captions by Erin Stephenson
Edited for the web by Ray Fields
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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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inspiration Rotarians need to eradicate it,
keynote speaker Deepa Willingham said during the
second spouses plenary session at the
International Assembly. 