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OPENING |
Molly and Jim
Walker served as greeters, Dave
Pfendler provided the inspirational
moment and Gary Eastlund led us
in the Pledge of Allegiance.
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VISITING ROTARIANS AND GUESTS |
Richard Weed introduced
DAWN WITT, a visiting Rotarian
from the McMinnville Sunrise
Club.
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Erin Stephenson
introduced TAMARA BORGES, our
current Inbound Student from
Brazil. Tamara announced that
she will be participating in the
softball program at Mac High!
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Randy McCreith introduced
BILL JONES, a fellow broker with
the Bella Casa group.
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Sharon Larson introduced
VIRGINIA MARTINEZ, who is
an intern with Biz-Connect, and
presently assigned to Sharon’s
Boy Scouts program
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Phil Hutchinson proceeded
to establish what may be a club
record by introducing seven
people. He began by introducing
EDWINA CASTLE, who will soon be
joining the club as a member.
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Phil then introduced
RICKEY BODLE and CHEYENNE
WHISENHUNT, our 2009 Outbound
students. Cheyenne will be
traveling to Brazil, and Rickey
will be just a stone’s throw
over the Andes, in Chile.
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Phil continued
his introductions by
welcoming members of the
Biz-Connect program
(more on that below),
including JULIE MILLER
(coordinator), HANNAH
MONTAZI (intern), and
KATIE BARTHOLOMEW
(intern), along with
JODY CHRISTENSEN,
Director of the
McMinnville Economic
Development Partnership.
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MEMBER RECOGNITION, BRAGS AND
ANNOUNCEMENTS |
Ryan
started the Member Recognition portion
of the meeting by cleverly soliciting
cheers and applause for himself. This
observer noted the technique for future
use.
Ryan concluded his portion of the
program by offering one of his patented
hilarious jokes.
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Sharon Larson received kudos for
her birthday
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Ron Benek acknowledged
recognition for his birthday
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Dawn Witt, representing the Sunrise
club, announced the forthcoming Crab &
Oyster Feed on Sunday, March 1st
at Golden Valley Brewpub. This annual
fundraiser raises money for Habitat For
Humanity.
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Russ Rainwater announced plans to
travel to Helena, Montana, where he will
be made a godfather for the first time.
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Jeff Sargent reminded the
membership that “A Funny Thing Happened
on the Way to the Forum” will continue
at Gallery Theater through March 7th.
This hilarious musical has earned good
reviews and is a breath of fresh air
during these gloomy economic times.
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Johannes Goddick announced that
his son-in-law and daughter were
recognized as “Best Farmers in the U.S.”
for their crop-farming operation near
Amity. Congratulations, Johannes!
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Bruce Huffman proudly reminded
the membership that the Western
Mennonite boy’s basketball team is
undefeated, and in line for a run at the
state championship
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Ray Fields first asked the
membership who were not receiving the
weekly e-mail to announce the bulletin
to raise their hands. He then reminded
the membership that news of the
Guatemala Relief Mission can be
found on the Club Website in the
Pacesetter.
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 Richard
Weed read a letter from Caitlin
Bernards, our current Rotary Outbound
Student living in Thailand. Caitlin was
considerably more upbeat about her
experiences abroad than her earlier
letters suggested. She traveled with
her local rotary club to a village,
where polio vaccinations were being
given to local children. She also spent
some time in Bangkok, attending a
funeral for her mother’s cousin, and to
visit her sister Bo, who had traveled
down from Japan. All in all, Caitlin
seems to be enjoying herself, after a
somewhat rough start to her exchange.*
see full letter below.
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MAIN EVENT |
 Ja n
Hartzell invited Jody Christensen,
Director of the McMinnville Economic
Development Partnership, to the podium
to introduce the members of
Biz-connect.
Biz-Connect is a web-based tool that
connects schools to businesses and
businesses to schools. It provides
students and job seekers using the
Oregon CIS website with information
about local businesses and employment
opportunities. It also can be used to
create a database of volunteers from
local businesses that teachers,
counselors, and administrators can use
to locate volunteers for educational
activities.
  Jody
introduced Julie Miller (coordinator),
Katie Bartholomew (intern), and Hannah
Montazi (intern). Julie, Katie, and
Hannah spoke in turn about the
Biz-Connect program in Yamhill County
(part of a 5-county Regional Program).
The work of Biz-Connect includes:
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Job
shadowing
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Mock
Interviews
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International Interviews
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Guest
Speakers
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Company
Tours
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Internships
One of
the goals of the organization is to
teach students about local businesses
and organizations available to thousands
of youth, adults, and potential
employees engaged in career planning
through the Oregon CIS website. The
Oregon CIS website includes
comprehensive information on occupations
and training institutions in Oregon and
nationwide. It also offers extensive
assistance with career development and
planning, financial planning, and job
seeking. Precise information on
businesses provides students and adults
with a real-life perspective on what
will be expected of them in the
workplace.
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CLOSING |
Following the Biz-Connect presentation, PE
Jan Hartzell asked Julie Miller to sign a
book for the Early Reader Program.
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A MESSAGE FROM
CAITY |
Dear all,
I'm sure I've written since the year began,
only I just can't remember when. With Rotary
we went to vaccinate the children at the
little kids school for polio. There were 2
white kids and another couple of half-white
kids, all of whom spoke English. This was
bizarre to me, but it only goes to show that
the times, they are a changin'. In my own
school of 4500 or 5000 girls, I know of 2
half-whites, and one was my last host
sister. Anyway, about the polio. Many kids
were frightened to take it, and I think that
having some white girls administer it (oral
vaccination, not shots) was not a good idea
because falang can be scary to the little
kids. That was a while ago. I guess we're
done giving out glasses, since we haven't
been to do that in quite some time. I wonder
what else we will have to do. Last week a
group of Japanese Rotarians came from Daigo.
Rika, our Japanese girl, played translator,
so NaamPeth and I had to go along on their
endeavours as well. We went to a school
where children can go anytime of the day
because it was in the country and many of
their parents are farmers or travel to
Bangkok to work during the week. After lunch
at the school (Isan food, which is better
than regular Thai food), we went to the Phi
Mi ruins, where my mom brought me a few
weeks ago. That is a big ancient temple that
at a certain time of the year when the sun
shines through all the connecting doors you
can reflect a mirror and see it in another
temple a few hundred kilometers away.
Amazing Thailand.
Other than our usual meetings, this is all
we've done with Rotary. Outside of that,
however, a lot more has happened. Last week
was my last week of school, although the
other students still have final exams. I've
been helping a friend who wants to be an
exchange student to America with her English
so she can pass all the test of any of the
programs she tries for. On Saturday she has
a 20 minute speech she has to give in
Bangkok. I hope to go with her for moral
support because every other time shes gone
down it has been by herself.
Speaking of Bangkok, my mom and dad and I
went there just a couple of days ago. One of
Mom's cousins died, so we went to his
funeral. There were other parts to the
funeral that we missed, but what we sat
through was boring as pie. It was all monks
chanting in Thai (ancient Thai, they don’t
even know what they're saying) while we sat
with our hands up like people do when they
pray. If we had been inside with the close
family, I'm sure it would have been better.
But outside it's hot and sticky. Then, in
true Thai style (where on trips we stop to
eat every half-hour or so), they served
soup. It was good, with squid and shrimp and
stuff.
My sister Bo was there, she was half the
reason we went to Bangkok in the first
place. She works for Japan Airlines, so this
is some time off for her. We picked her and
Han (a friend) up and brought them home with
us, where we all are now. With my dad being
home (he rarely is), and Bo and Han, we have
quite the full house. In fact, except for
Han in the living room, I'm the only one
with my own room. (I also have the smallest
room in the house, so it fits)
Today (it's only 9) we're going to see where
my parents work/own. Mom calls it "the
farm", so I have no idea what it is really.
That's where my dad is all the time, the
reason he's never at home. That should be an
adventure!
My love to all, hugs and kisses.
Nidt
Caity
Cait Nan
Whatever Else You Want to Call Me
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