Well, as President Leah said, “It was a really, really busy meetinglast week.

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Sally Rice told us about her experience teaching “Effective Parenting.”

Our speaker was Sally Rice, who is relatively new to the area, and has years of experience as a presenter on the topic of “Effective Parenting.”

Sally is looking for ways to utilize her skills in the Newberg area. She also has 17 years experience in Human Resources and is willing to work with Rotary, perhaps as a sponsor for some of her classes.

She has already jumped in, teaching two “parent nights” at Edwards Elementary School and two sessions at Newberg High School on how to interview for employment. She has also done volunteer work, including teaching interviewing at Coffee Creek correctional facility.

Her resume is very impressive and includes 10 years working with a school district to reduce substance abuse by teens. She spent years with at-risk kids, teaching prevention of drug and alcohol abuse.

Sally gave us some tips on effective parenting. For example, she said you might make a list of the traits you want your kids to have when they grow up. Then you can work on modeling these traits over the years.  She gave the example of the trait of honesty. And unfortunately, how many parents tell their kids to be honest and then turn around and cheat in front of them by, say, lying about their age when purchasing a ticket at Disneyland!

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Asbjorn Morch (above) entertained us. His mom, Henriette (right), told us about her experiences as a foreign exchange student and with life since.

GUESTS LAST WEEK: Walter and Julie Want brought a lot of guests last week!

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One was their utterly delightful, former foreign-exchange student from Denmark, Henriette Holm Morch, who had stayed with the Wants 30 years ago.  She was in Oregon on vacation with her two sons, Harald and Asbjorn. Asbjorn even entertained us by playing the guitar and singing.

Also a guest of the Wants was musician Matt Simek.

So maybe they need a break from all the company? The Wants are now off to Italy and Croatia for a month!

Mike Caruso’s guest was Scot Headley, dean of education at George Fox University and also chair of the Peace Village Newberg steering committee.  Auggie Gonzales presented Scot with a check for $5000 to support this year’s camp, which is scheduled for June 26 through 30.

Visiting Rotarian Ty Burlingham (from Woodburn) visited us for the second week in a row.

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Scott Karn gets a congratulatory handshake from Stan Kern.

GOOD NEWS/BAD NEWS/GOOD NEWS: Scott Karn had a major announcement for us last week. The good news: He has accepted a new position in Portland with Columbia Credit Union. The bad news: He will be leaving our club, and he was in line for the club presidency. The good news: Om Sukheenai is stepping up and will replace Scott.  You will really be missed, Scott. You have done so much for our club. And I know from personal experience you were the best egg runner ever at the annual pancake breakfast!

FUN STUFF: Dale Welcome was back from five weeks of travel, during which he had the chance to check on our water project in Nepal. He presented us with a flag from the Kathmandu Rotary Club. Next up–more travel. Dale will be participating in a World Vision Global 6K Walk for Water on May 6 in, of all places, Dakar, Senegal. (To help sponsor him, please go to www.teamworldvision.org/participant/dalewelcome.) So guess where Jim McMaster’s son just happens to be? Dakar, Senegal. Amazing.

Laura Tilrico is in California for 12 days to visit family. She will have a chance to visit the Tracy Rotary club, where she became that club’s first woman president in 1991.

Om announced that a RYLA applicant is still needed. Applicants need to be between 19 and 28 years old. If you know of someone, please contact Om.

We had a very special “My Rotary Moment,” prepared by Paula Radich. Paula put together a “slide show” featuring the planting of peace poles at CPRD facilities around Newberg on April 8. Special thanks to all who participated.  Next week we’ll feature photos from the many dedications of the poles around town on April 14.  Over 50 poles have been planted in Newberg, thanks to the leadership of Mike Caruso!

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Lynn Montoya Quinn on dental education duty in Guatemala.

Auggie Gonzales and Lynn Montoya Quinn were back from Guatemala and reported out on this year’s completed dental mission. (Allen Methven participated this year also.) Auggie said there were 17 volunteers this time– eight dentists, two OHSU dental hygienists, two Pacific University students and one physical therapist–his wife! They treated 67 patients the first day, 40 the second, 53 the third, 68 the fourth, and 40 the last, for a total of 268.  Wow!  For some of the patients, a whole year’s worth of care was provided in one session.  And Auggie’s wife treated 21 physical therapy patients.  Such a wonderful, important service project.  Lynn will be reporting out on the needs assessment in San Mateo soon.