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OPENING |
  Always
the picture of hospitality, Sheriff Jack Crabtree and new
Rotarian Eric Groom welcomed guests and Rotarians alike
to the meeting. Pastor John Ailstock led the club in a
prayer and Gene Zinda got the meeting off to an official
start with the Pledge of Allegiance. President Dan Gardener
kept things moving along by asking for the introduction of
guests.
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VISITING ROTARIANS AND GUESTS |
Scott
Chambers
introduced one of his students, Yang Shi, who is a junior at
Linfield.
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Jill Methven
introduced the club to Jeanne Hermens.
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Jess Davis
introduced a sea of exchange
students—outbound candidates Gia Battaglia and Caity Bernards, Gia’s
father Steve and inbound Jessy Guinot. Additionally Jess
introduced Molly Waller, a visiting Rotarian from the Gold Beach
club.
(from left to right Molly Walker, Jessy Guinot,
Caity Bernards, Gia Battaglia, Jess Davis, and Steve
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MEMBER RECOGNITION,
ANNOUNCEMENTS AND BRAGS |
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Next up Russ Rainwater led the club in Member
Recognition, starting off by recognizing Kristie
Brill for celebrating 27 years of marriage to her
husband Thad.
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And as it
turns out Brian Owen is now over the hill! Happy 40th
birthday Brian!!! Brian noted that if he’s 40, that makes his
dad Al, well, you guessed it, like super-duper incredibly old.
Probably like dirt.
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Turning to
announcements Al Hansen announced his candidacy as a
democrat running for a seat in the District 24 race.
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The Good
Doctor Dave Pfendler shared with the club that he and his
wife are expecting a grand daughter in July.
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Fresh
back from her honeymoon in Hawaii, Jan Fyant announced
that she and Randy Hartzell were married on Valentines Day at
sunrise, and that she will now be going by Jan Hartzell.
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Dianne
Haugeberg was recognized for the birth of her son, Keller
Shea, on October 2nd. It’s great to have Dianne back
from maternity leave, and to help celebrate her return, and get
Keller’s college fund started in style, the club passed the hat
and raised $245.
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Ray
Fields announced
that Rotarians are needed to help judge the Four Way Speech
Contest on Friday March 14th, from 10:00 to 11:00 AM
at Duniway and 2:00 to 3:00 PM at Patton. Please contact Ray
if you can help.
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President Dan
reminded the club that we will be hosting a GSE team from
South Korea during the week of April 16th thru
the 19th. Volunteers are needed to help with both
transportation and entertainment. If you can help
please contact either President Dan or Ray Fields.
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Jill Methven gave a
short report on her trip to Guatemala on a Rotary project
providing dental care to and other services to the needy. Jill
is scheduled to be giving a program on this project the end
of March.
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MAIN EVENT |
  And
speaking of entertainment, what a program! Deborah Johansen of
McMinnville High School introduced ten students who performed
three terrific numbers from the musical Godspell, which opens at
MHS next weekend. The musical, which was written in 1970 by
Stephen Schwartz, takes biblical parables and rolls them into a
story about the importance of kindness, told through uplifting
songs. The students did an amazing job bringing the theater to
Rotary!
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CLOSING |
  Finally,
to close the meeting, Mayor (and Rotarian) Ed Gormley
declared February 23 as ‘Rotary Day’ in McMinnville, in
appreciation for the many services that Rotary provides for the
community. The proclamation was presented at the McMinnville
City Council meeting on February 12th. You can read the entire
proclamation by clicking on the image at the right. When it
opens in a new browser window, click on it to get it to full
readable size.
What a
great way to end the meeting!
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President Dan then had Mayor
Gormley sign a book to be presented to McMinnville's Early
Reader Program.
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Photographs by John Triest
Captions by Erin Stephenson
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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