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OPENING |
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Jeanne DeRaeve
and Phil Hutchinson welcomed
members and guests. President Jan
thanked our greeters, and Johannes
Goddik and Chuck Patishall
for the setup. Randy McCreith
shared an inspirational moment about
finding and embracing the good in a time
of difficulty. Jim Walker led the
club in the flag salute.
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VISITING ROTARIANS AND GUESTS |
Eric Hanson
introduced his sons
SOLOMON and ABRAHAM. The
later is a criminal
attorney and has been
proposed to be a member
of the club.
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Bruce Huffman
introduced Charlie
Walker, past president of Linfield College., past president and honorary
member of our club.
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Darrick Price
proudly presented his
daughter AEMELIA.
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Chris McLaran introduced our
inbound exchange
students, CONI CAMPBELL
of Chile and AOF
SOMBATPIRON from
Thailand.
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MEMBER
RECOGNITION BRAGS AND
ANNOUNCMENTS |
Darrick Price started right
away with birthdays . . .
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Norm Goss acknowledged that he
has one coming up on the 23rd. He was
born on that day in 1923.
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Steve Battaglia
admitted that his birthday was coming,
but he tries to put it off as long as
possible.
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Rich Schieber
extended his thanks to the club for all
of the volunteers he had for the
dictionary project. He received numerous
thank you notes from students, and read
one from his granddaughter.
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Lee Means thanked Rotarians
who brought food today to donate to YCAP.
They are trying to collect 400 turkeys
by Monday for needy families during
Thanksgiving. You can drop them off at
YCAP or most local grocery stores.
Lee also encouraged members to
support their Giving Tree program.
WalMart did not allow them to set up at
their store this year, so several other
local businesses have stepped up to fill
the void, including BiMart, Sears and
others.
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Bruce Wyatt announced that the
Portland Baroque Orchestra will be
performing at Linfield College on Dec.
2nd at 7:30 pm in Melrose Hall. Tickets
are only $10. Eric Hanson vouched
for the wonderful and unique sound of
PBO.
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Jill Methven
invited members to come up to her winery
over the Thanksgiving weekend for some
marvelous food, live music, and of
course, wine tasting.
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Walt Haight
announced that former inbound exchange
student James Gorrey, who is now
studying at UC Berkeley, will be in town
over the Thanksgiving weekend. Walt
will be hosting an open house at
some time during the weekend for him;
more info will be coming.
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Bruce Huffman
paid his $5 wager from last week because
Purdue beat Michigan. He also
contributed another $5 for the story in
the newspaper recently about Linfield
Professor Peter Richardson, who was just
named Oregon's outstanding professor of
the year.
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Colin Armstrong boasted of
eight ancestors who came over on the
Mayflower and celebrated the first
Thanksgiving!
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Steve Larson
offered to pay a dollar because Waldo
didn't wear his Rotary pin.
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Lee Means is thankful for the
local wine industry, which is supporting
YCAP's capital campaign and is very
supportive of the community as a whole.
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Darrick
took the microphone back and explained
that he is thankful for two things: the
way Rotary embraces and educates our
young people, and for his daughter
AEMELIA. He shared a couple of stories
about their close relationship.
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Art Bradley
came up to the podium to present a
special District Governor's citation for
outstanding service to Chuck
Pattishall, Jill Methven and
Brent Adams for their work helping
children with dental needs in Guatemala.
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NOMINATIONS OF
OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS |
 President-elect
Bruce Dickson
once again was invited to
the podium to announce the proposed slate of
officers and directors for next year’s Board.
They are: Jack Crabtree
(President-Elect), Paul Elias (Vice
President / President-nominee), Brandon
Malloy, Jeff Sargent, Maryalice Russell, Lee
Means, Richard Weed, Bob Emrick, and
Molly Walker. Following the presentation of
the proposed officers and directors, further
nominations were asked of the assembled
members. Hearing none, a motion was made and
seconded to close the nominations. Nominations
will held one more time at our
next meeting on December 4th
followed by the election of
officers and directors.
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INDUCTION OF
HONORARY MEMBER |
Past
President
Chuck Pattishall
invited ARACELI ORTIZ along with her sponsor
Ray Fields to the stage to be inducted as an
honorary member of our club. She participated in
RYLA, and is going to reinvigorate the Rotaract
club at Linfield. Welcome ARACELI!
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MAIN EVENT |
 Ray
Fields
prefaced the
introduction by explaining how the Ambassadorial
Scholarships are funded. Contributions to
Rotary Foundation of Rotary International are
held for three years and invested . They earn
dividends and interest which is used to run the
Foundation. The principle plus any surplus
income is distributed to support programs. 50% of
the funds contributed to the Annual Programs
Fund is available to the District as District
Designated Funds (DDF) Some of the funds are
used for District Simplified Grants such as
those funds our club received to support our
dictionary project. Some funds are used to
provide Ambassadorial Scholarships.
 Ray
then
introduced BRANDON GAST, a District 5100
Ambassadorial Scholar who spent the past
academic year in Ghana, West Africa. BRANDON is
currently a student in International Studies at
Portland State University and has been honored
with the PSU President's Award for outstanding
leadership.
While in Africa,
he spent two semesters at the University of
Ghana, which is considered the Harvard of West
Africa. He also lived in the capital city of
Accra. He was extremely grateful to Rotary for
the remarkable opportunity. He shared some of
the history of Ghana, and photos of the daily
life there. Many people ask him about the food
there -- lots of plantains, fresh fruits and
vegetables. He also ate bush meat, which wasn't
bad. The country is relatively safe, but there
are problems with corruption.
He found that
Rotary was one of the most trustworthy
institutions in the country. BRANDON worked on a
de-worming project for kids, and helped place a
new well at a hospital. He once took a 36 hour
bus trip from Ghana to Mali, trying to make it
to Timbuktu by Christmas. The bus was
overcrowded and constantly broke down. The
experience helped him practice patience and
accept the phrase, "This is Africa," meaning if
it can happen, it will. One must plan for delays
and just enjoy the moment. He also spent time
with the Tuareg, a beautiful nomadic people of
the Sahara desert.
BRANDON is in
his last semester at PSU, and still trying to
decide what will come next. Whatever it will be,
it will involve being an inter-culturally aware
problem-solver. Next month he is going to
Nicaragua to help test water and improve
aquifers. Once again, he thanked Rotary for the
experience of a lifetime.
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CLOSING |
President Jan invited BRANDON
to sign a book for the Early Reader Program. She
reminded everyone that there would be no meeting
next Friday, the day after Thanksgiving. The
next meeting, on December 4th, will feature a
Japanese cultural demonstration. She closed by
announcing that Harvest Fresh, our luncheon
caterer, is currently accepting books,
toiletries and other items to send to our troops
for the holidays.
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Jeff Sargent | Edited for the web by
Jeff Sargent and Ray Fields |
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