October 10

October 10, 2008 Volume 88, Number 15

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?"

News from Rotary International

McMinnville Rotary Club Calendar

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

October - Vocational Service Month
Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
12	13	14	15	16	17 Vocational Talk Bob Mason	18
19	20	21	22	23	24 Presentation on Henderson House	25
26	27	28	29	30	31 District Governor Dennis Wickham

McMinnville Rotary Meeting Summary

OPENING

Bob Mason and Art Bradley greeted Rotarians at what was a delightful, but cramped meeting. Jan Hartzell led the club in an invocation and Dianne Haugeberg got the meeting off to an official start with the Pledge of Allegiance. President Chuck started the meeting by calling for the introduction of guests.

VISITING ROTARIANS AND GUESTS

Eric Hanson introduced his son Soloman, who is recently back from his mission and will now return to his studies at BYU.

Ryan Arzner introduced visiting Rotarians Jim and Molly Walker who will be making the switch to our club official soon.

Stephanie Jensen introduced her guests Shelby Saunders and (camera shy) Jeffery Jensen.

Steve Macy introduced “the next Mayor of McMinnville” Stan Primozich.

Lee Vasquez introduced Darrel Funk of Western Oregon Waste.

MEMBER RECOGNITION, BRAGS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

Next up, Darrick Price led the club through a very quick round of member recognition—with NO ONE to recognize this week. Turning to announcements. . .	Russ Rainwater thanked club members for attending the grand opening of Amerititle’s new office in Dundee.
Tom Tankersley bragged on behalf of Al Hansen that he was endorsed by the Statesman Journal. It was a surprise to Al, but somehow no donation was forthcoming from either party.	Bruce Huffman, always the “Honest Abe” chimed in that the club had missed his anniversary with Esther, which on the 24^th of October will be 57 months. He’s a numbers guy!
Steve Battaglia apologized for the tight quarters. With a big wedding on deck for Friday night at the ballroom, the wedding party got a little ahead of themselves with setting up.	And finally, Darrick Price fessed up to his own 35^th birthday coming up in a few days, and reminisced on his many missed opportunities to wear red satin pants. You’ll have to ask him. . .
Next Jan Hartzell introduced Darrel Funk, the Recycling Education Coordinator for WOW, who gave a brief overview of electronics recycling in our community. The long and short of it—it’s free for everyone at the Recovery Zone after January 1st!

MAIN EVENT

Turning to our program, President Chuck introduced Dr. Bruce Lowe, M.D., who is the head of the Prostate Cancer Center at Good Samaritan Hospital. Dr. Lowe gave a brief overview of prostate cancer, which is the most common cancer in men, and talked about the advantages of having all types of care (from surgeons to social workers) in one clinic. He then gave an excellent presentation on the use of robotics in performing surgery on prostates, and cites figures that show it speeds recovery time and lowers blood loss during surgery. As a surgeon who uses robotics in his own practice, he was able to provide many firsthand examples of success. If you would like to view Dr. Lowe’s PowerPoint presentation on the Prostate Cancer Center, please contact Ray Fields.

CLOSING

To wrap up the meeting President Chuck thanked Dr. Lowe and asked him to sign a book for our early reader program.

Photographs by Dianne Haugeberg | Captions by Erin Stephenson | Edited for the web by Jeff Sargent and Ray Fields

Meeting Make-up Options Online

Did you miss this meeting and need a make-up? Here is a list of places that you can make-up on the web.

District model eClubs	Zone model eClubs
Rotary eClub of District 3310 - Singapore	Rotary eClub of London Centenary - London (Zone 18 - 1120)
Rotary eClub of District 3450 - Hong Kong	Rotary eClub of Southwest - Arizona (Zone 25 - 5510)
Rotary eClub of District 5450 - Colorado (Rotary eClub One charter)	Rotary eClub of Tampa Bay - Florida, Georgia, Caribbean Islands (Zone 34 - 6950)
Rotary eClub of District 7890 - Connecticut	Rotary eClub of Zente-Hellenas - Greece (Zone 10-2470) in English or Greek

"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 Rotarianan

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