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OPENING |
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VISITING ROTARIANS AND GUESTS |
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Walter Haight
introduced his wife, DAWN
GRAFF-HAIGHT, Professor of
Health and current Chair of
the Department of Health,
Physical Education, and
Human Performance at
Linfield College. He
also
introduced our new 2010-2011
Outbound Exchange Student
candidate MELANIE PURVIS,
and her mother JULIE PURVIS,
this year's outbound student
CHEYENNE WHISENHUNT, our
current Inbound Exchange
Student TAMARA BORGES and
her friend MATT WILSON.
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 Ray
Fields
welcomed SONSIE ANG, our
former Inbound Exchange
Student from 1997-1998.
SONSIE, who was raised
in The Philippines, now
teaches math at a middle
school in Lawrenceville,
Virginia. She earned
degrees in Civil
Engineering,
Professional Education,
and Special Education in
the decade that followed
her exchange with our
club and her graduation
from McMinnville High
School. Welcome home,
SONSIE!
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Al Hansen
(sans goatee!)
introduced his wife
CAROLE HANSEN.
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Van Keck
welcomed MYRNA MILLER
from the Newberg
Earlybirds Rotary Club.
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MEMBER RECOGNITION, BRAGS AND
ANNOUNCEMENTS |
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Jan Hartzell
opened this portion of the meeting along
with our club's TRF Committee chair,
Ray Fields, by awarding Kristi
Brill, Thomas Hellie, and Tom
Tankersley their “red wings” for
making their $100 annual contributions
to The Rotary Foundation of Rotary
International this past Rotary year.
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Darrick Price
then took the podium to announce
birthdays and anniversaries.
Gene Zinda
(not pictured) happily announced 46
years of marriage to his lovely bride
Carol.
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Jeff Sargent,
all smiles, was recognized for
the passing of his 47th
birthday.
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Molly Walker
and Jim Walker happily announce
that they have been married for 26 years
as of the 14th. Molly
also took note of the occasion by
announcing that her grand-daughter in
Toronto is also celebrating her 1st
birthday.
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Russ Rainwater
announced that the annual Club Picnic
will be held on July 24th
(Friday) at the home of Randy and
Joni McCreith in Newberg. Details
forthcoming!
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Bruce Huffman
took a
moment to honor the life of Ray Kauer, a
longtime McMinnville resident and friend
to many, who passed away on July 4th.
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Brent Adams
reminded everyone that the Wine & Art
Auction was taking place on Saturday,
and that volunteers are still needed!
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Kristi Brill
happily
announced that her daughter, Elyse, won
two events with the Equestrian Team at
OSU.
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 MYRNA
MILLER, our guest from the Newberg
Earlybird Rotary Club, announced that
her club (along with the Newberg Motor
Club) would be hosting a picnic at the
Roth Shelter in Discovery Meadows Park
here in McMinnville on Saturday, August
1st. The picnic will begin
at 1:00 pm, and the Newberg club will be
providing hamburgers, hot dogs, buns,
and condiments. Attendees are
encouraged to bring a long a favorite
side dish or dessert.
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Chuck Pattishall
took the podium to present awards to
several of his Board Members for their
hard work during the past year. Honored
for their service were Bruce Dickson,
Russ Rainwater, and Ryan Arzner.
While accepting his award, Bruce
took a moment to thank the club for
sponsoring his trip to the Rotary
International Convention.
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MAIN EVENT |
 Richard
Weed
took the podium to introduce our current
Inbound Exchange Student, TAMARA BORGES,
who was on hand to tell us of her life,
her Brazilian home, her family, and her
experiences here in the United States.
TAMARA proceeded to provide the club
with one of the most delightful
“vocationals” in recent club history.
She
began by providing some salient facts
about her homeland, Brazil. The
capital, Brasilia, was founded in 1960,
and the two largest cities in the
country are Sao Paulo and Rio de
Janeiro. The national language is
Portueguese, and Brazil is the only
country in South America where this
language is commonly spoken. The main
unit of currency is the Real, and its
current value is approximately 1 Real =
2 American Dollars. There are 26 states
in Brazil, and Tamara hails from the
city of Araxa, which is in the state of
Minas Gerais. Maps show her city to be
about 400 miles north of Sao Paulo.
There are 2306 Rotary Clubs in Brazil,
along with 626 Rotaract Clubs!
 TAMARA
went on to show many photographs of the
region, natural features, Rio, exotic
animals, Brazilian cuisine, cultural
events and festivals, and some famous
Brazilians, all demonstrating the
enormous diversity of the country and
its people. Photos of her home city of
Araxa show it to be an attractive city
in a sub-tropical environment, dotted
with large churches and several museums
and cultural centers. Of particular
interest was a photo of a very large,
ancient tree that had the dubious
distinction of being a “hanging tree”
during times of slavery.
The
club was then treated to some delightful
images from TAMARA’s childhood,
including one of her and her first
boyfriend (age 5), a relationship that
“didn’t work out”. She shared photos of
her family, her classmates, and her
theater activities in Araxa, which
included her work on a “Passion of
Christ” production that she was part of
for three years.
 She
then shared some of her experiences
accrued during her current exchange,
including photos of host families,
friends, fellow exchange students,
teachers, and various activities.
During her year at McMinnville High
School, she played on the JV softball
team, and participated in two theatrical
productions, “Footloose” and “You Can’t
Take It With You”, the latter in which
she lit up the stage as an exiled
Russian Countess. She also worked
backstage in the Gallery Theater
production of “A Funny Thing Happened on
the Way to the Forum”.
TAMARA
closed her presentation by playing and
singing a Brazilian song on the guitar,
earning warm applause from the
assembly. She plans to attend college
in Brazil, and plans to focus on Theater
as a major.
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CLOSING |
Following a brief question & answer period,
TAMARA was asked to sign a book for the
McMinnville Library Early Reader Program.
Jan Hartzell
reminded the membership that the Concerts in the
Park series will continue on Tuesday the 14th
at Linfield College, this week featuring the
Midnight Serenaders.
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Photographs by Molly Walker | Captions by
Walt Haight| Edited for the web by
Jeff Sargent and Ray Fields |
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