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President-elect Chuck Pattishall presided today due to
President Dan Gardner’s unannounced absence. (Be ready
next week for what will surely be President Dan’s good
explanation!) Russ Peak
and Ryan Arzner served as greeters, the Iinspirational
moment was provided by John Larsen who reminded us
of the wide umbrella of Rotary’s opportunities and service. The
pledge was led by Lori Rumbaugh.
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VISITING ROTARIANS AND GUESTS |
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Bruce
Stewart (in the process of transferring his membership to our
club) was introduced by Bruce Wyatt.
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Kris Olsen
introduced Bob Wolfe and Sandra Davis Wolf parents of
student of the month Rebecca Wolf and Kourtney Kugler and
her dad Ken Kugler.
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Bruce
Dickson
introduced Eric Groom and Ray Fields introduced Elva
Salinas-Garcia both soon-to-be new members were guests of
the club.
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Outbound students Caity
Bernards and Gia Battaglia and our exchange student Jessey
Guinot (from France and his friend Gerome Henrion from
Belgium) enjoyed being at a table together and were
recognized by President -elect Chuck.
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McMINNVILLE
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS OF THE MONTH |
 Kris
Olsen introduced
the McMinnville High School students of the month. Rebecca
Wolfe was selected by the Art Department. She has been
involved in virtually all of the art classes the high school
offers. She plans to attend Chemeketa and then go on and
get a business degree. Courtney Kubler was selected by the
Music Department. In addition to her very outstanding
academic work, and service activities (officer in
Twilighters), she is only one of two graduating seniors
(both women) to have earned letters in three sports during
all of her four years in high school. Principal Kris
noted that 12 letter athletes are very rare these days.
(*See below for the full recognitions,)
President-elect Chuck
observed how enjoyable it has been for him to be involved in
our high school Interact Club which is “involved in many
good things these days”.
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MEMBER RECOGNITION,
ANNOUNCEMENTS AND BRAGS |
President-elect Chuck
related a message from Corey Graham’s family that
remembrances on her behalf should go to our McMinnville
Rotary Foundation account. You could give your check to any
of our officers. Before finding out that PE Chuck
would be standing in for President Dan, Ryan
had contacted him to do member recognition to
which he agreed.
Missing
for recognition for his anniversary was Ed Gormley.
And also missing was Nicole Wahlberg who recently
celebrated a birthday.
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Russ
Rainwater was the high bidder for our last remaining Rotary tee shirt brought by
Past President Steve Larson. Thanks Russ!
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 Bruce
Wyatt reminded us
of the celebration this next Wednesday (January 30) when
Linfield will celebrate its 150th anniversary.
Gather at 3:00 at First Baptist Church, the initial location
of the College and then proceed (walking, carriages, and
cars) to Melrose auditorium for a special convocation at
4:00. All are welcome. Think about this—when have you
had the opportunity to celebrate 150 years of anything,
especially in Yamhill County? Linfield started only 45
years after Lewis & Clark visited the Oregon Territory!!!
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MAIN EVENT |
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Once again this year our Club was
fortunate to enjoy a concert by our high school Twilighters.
Director Dana Libonati and his musicians regularly garner regional
and even national recognition. At a recent competition in New York
he was asked how he could have such consistently solid musicians
from such a small community.
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CLOSING |
President-elect Chuck presented Dana with a McMinnville
Rotary Club pen and asked him to sign a book to be donated to
SMART (Start Making a Reader Today) in his name. He reminded us
that next week will be a club assembly.
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McMINNVILLE
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS OF THE MONTH |
 It’s
my pleasure to introduce to you one of McMinnville High School’s
student-of-the-month for January, senior Rebecca Wolfe,
representing the Visual Arts.
Rebecca
is the daughter of Robert Wolfe Jr. and Sandra Davis-Wolfe.
Rebecca
attended Columbus and Grandhaven Elementary Schools (4th
& 5th grade) and Patton Middle School before
enrolling at McMinnville High School in her freshman year. This
semester, she is enrolled in Ceramics, Senior English, Clothing
Workshop, Advanced Placement Studio Art, and Watercolor. While
in high school, Rebecca has been involved in our school’s
many art related activities. She is a member of the Art Club
and has taken every art course available, including this year’s
Watercolor course and Photography to broaden her skills and
experiences. Outside of school, Rebecca is involved in
jewelry making with her mother, specifically bead and wirework
(necklaces and earrings). She enjoys crafts like knitting and
producing abstract stuff with art, and enjoys drawing in her
free time. Her future plans include attending Chemeketa
Community College and then on to a four-year institution where
she’d like to obtain a Business Degree and eventually open an
arts & crafts retail store.
Rebecca’s
best memories of high school
are the senior entrances at homecoming, and all that she has
been able to learn through her art experiences at MHS.
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my pleasure to introduce to you one of McMinnville High School’s
student-of-the-month for January, senior Kourtney Kugler,
representing Vocal Music.
Kourtney
is the daughter of Ken and Vickie Kugler. She has an older
brother, Kelson (21), a 2004 graduate of McMinnville High
School. Kourtney
attended Newby Elementary and Duniway Middle School before
enrolling at McMinnville High School in her freshman year.
Kourtney
currently holds a 3.86 weighted grade point average, she has
been on honor roll each semester throughout her high school
career, and has completed the requirements of her Certificate of
Initial Mastery. This semester, she is enrolled in Symphonic
Choir, Advanced Placement Statistics, Journalism, Advanced
Placement European History, The Twilighters, Microbiology, and
French IV. While in high school, Kourtney has been
involved in our school’s many activities. She is a four year,
three sport athlete in volleyball, basketball and softball (one
of only two in her senior class). She was a 1st team
all-league setter in volleyball, is the Vice-President of The
Twilighters, Secretary of the Interact Club, member of the
National Honor Society, Crazy Devoted Fans, and mentor in the
Link Crew. Outside of school, Kourtney helps in her
church nursery and Sunday School, works on activities through
her church, and enjoyed being a camp counselor during the
summer. Her future plans include making application to Whitworth
College, George Fox University, the University of Portland, and
Oregon State University, where she plans to major in Chemistry.
She’d like to utilize her degree to either teach or pursue a
career as a Pharmacist.
Kourtney’s
best memories of high school
are homecoming and the dances, being a member of a team through
her pursuits in athletics, and the great teachers she has had
while at MHS.
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Photographs by John Larsen
Captions by 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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meeting day comes around, I do not have to decide
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decided for me . . . it was one of the obligations I
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