~ Newberg Noon Rotary Club Newsletter ~

Rotary Club of Newberg, Zoom Meeting

Wednesday, June 22, 2022

 

~ Call to Order ~

President Elect Becky Ankeny welcomed Rotarians and Friends of Rotary to the Hybrid Live/Zoom meeting at 12:00 p.m. Wednesday, June 22, 2022 at the Chehalem Cultural Center.

 

~ Flag Salute ~

Denise lead participants in the Pledge of Allegiance.

 

~ 4 Way Test ~

Christy lead participants in the recital of the 4 Way Test:

Rotary’s Four Way Test of the things we think, say and do:

#1 – Is it the TRUTH?

#2 – Is it FAIR to all concerned?

#3 – Will it BUILD GOODWILL and BETTER FRIENDSHIPS?

#4 – Is it BENEFICIAL to all concerned?

 

~ Announcements ~

Community Announcement – The Willamette Valley Lavender Festival is at the Chehalem Cultural Center on July 9th and 10th.

Newberg Rotary Foundation Board Vacancy – The Club’s Foundation Board now has a vacancy and if you have interest in filling that open seat on the board, contact Auggie or Spike. There will also be 2 more seats that open and get voted on in the next month. They are three year terms where they meat bimonthly.

Voluteers needed for Interact Club Project – Need some Volunteer help for the next Interact Helping Paws Helping People project (two dates to be determined after confirming with the Grange). The Rotarian will be helping set up and tear down, which is important to meet the needs of the grant.

Congratulations Announcement of our Cub Awards:

• Rotarian of the Year: Becky Ankeny
• Service Above Self Award: Shannon Buckmaster
• Rookie of the Year: Karen Roberts

Announcement: Paul Harris Fellowships! Today we had the honor of recognizing three Paul Harris Fellows. This is in recognition of members who contributed at least $1,000 to the Rotary Foundation in the fiscal year. Today we celebrate Grant Austin, who was awarded his Paul Harris Fellow +7 (which means he has contributed over $8,000!) as well as Becky Ankeny and Dan Keuler who were each awarded PHF +2 (which means they each contributed over $3,000).

 

~ Guests ~

Jackie Lane, Guest

Jan Polendey, Guest

Kristine Jellum, Guest, Paul’s wife

Lydia Keuler, Guest, Dan’s Wife

Emily Bakhita Akoth, Guest Speaker, Rotary Club of Kenya

~ The Rotary Duck ~

Laura: Shared that a dear member of our Club, Marge O’Connell, passed away this last week. She was 93 years old and very active in our Club over the years. She gave a lot of time and money into the club and will be missed greatly.

Christy: Introduced her guest Jan, who is a local health coach and will be at the Wednesday Farmer’s Market and is an expert in plant based health.

Paul: Introduced his wife, noting that their 53rd Anniversary was yesterday.

Brandy: Bragged that Lydia is HER guest today, not Dan’s.

Wendy: Shared that her daughter made the State All-Girls Rugby Team. Congrats!

Denise: Finalized their second Vaccination Clinic, which has been very successful. It is set for August 6th and can still use volunteers.

Kim: Noted that she will be having a berry picking event at Red Berry Farm in Sherwood and anyone who wants to come is invited.

Laura: Updated us on the Tied With Love project: The grant is wrapping and the project generated 87 blankets. Special Thanks to Michael, Friendsview, and Rotary for participating.

Auggie: Gave Kudos to Wendy and all who helped put on an awesome Installation Banquet.

Larry: Noted that he got a preview of the new Rotary International Peace Brochure. The Peacepole in Downtown Lafayette is even featured in the Brochure.

Scott: Has been absent for a while as hes been very busy. Noted that the vaudville show they put on was awesome and thanked the community for embracing the idea.

Grant: Gave kudos to the Installation Banquet team as well for an awesome event. Also he and his wife noted that almost all of the officers this coming year were women, which reminded him of his 2011 International convention where he met the first Woman Rotarian. A lot of progress the organization has made over yea years.

Paula: Noted that she has been out of town visiting her niece was in a terrible accident and is hopefully having her final surgery.

Auggie: Announced that the Foundation Board has received notice from Grant Gerke on his interest in filling a vacant seat and the board accepted his application. They are also taking nominations for the next year vacancies and Dan R and Larry have to date verbally indicated interest and these will be voted on in July.

Geoff: Announced that there are still 9 tickets available for the dinner and lecture at GFU. It is $100 donation to the foundation per ticket and takes place on July 23rd. Please contact Geoff if you are interested. Please spread the word, this is not limited to Rotarians. The topic is “Building community in the midst of polarization”.

~ Today’s Program: Rise to Shine Educational Foundation with Emily Bakhita ~

Emily Bakhita, visiting us all the way from Kenya, is the Founder and Executive Director of the Rise to Shine Educational Foundation, which was the recipient of the funds raised by our Interact Club last year with the help of about a dozen different Rotary Clubs in the area. Emily spoke about how when she was a young girl in Kenya, she was given a rare gift by a missionary: the finances needed to get her Primary and then Secondary education, which eventually let to University. Not many Kenyans, especially girls, have the opportunity to attend high school or college. Girls are pushed towards early marriage and early pregnancy otherwise. When she returned from school, she met another young girl who told her she wanted an education and to be like Emily. She took her to school, then eventually took 10 girls to school, which led to beginning this organization. They have now helped 552 Kenyan children. Many of these children also attended University and their success will likely have a critical impact on their communities and their families. She also shared that the organization was so happy to be able to grant scholarships but also noted that they were really only able to give scholarships to X kids out of the over 6,000 who applied. She feels deep, emotional sorrow for all of the applicants who she cant help, and that is why it is critical to continue to fundraise and support these scholarships.

She gave big thanks to our Club for helping raise funds to send 62 students to school this past year, which costs approximately $600 per student for tuition, uniforms, books, and even shoes, which some students have never owned.

She gave an update on her future plans, which no longer includes Kenyan Government, but will continue to operate in the Non-profit sector to try to help underprivileged kids. She also plans on possibly getting another Masters Degree, next in non-profit management.

To learn more about the Rise to Shine Educational Foundation, or find ways to donate, visit their website at https://www.rtsef.org/.

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~ Joke of the Day ~

I just found out that the company that produces Yard Sticks won’t be making them any longer.

~ Happy Quotes! ~

“Education is the Great Equilizer.”

– Emily Bakhita at todays meeting

~ Published 6/28/2022: Dan Keuler, Newsletter Editor ~

~ Newberg Noon Rotary Club Newsletter ~

Rotary Club of Newberg, Zoom Meeting

Wednesday, June 15, 2022

 

~ Call to Order ~

President Elect Becky Ankeny welcomed Rotarians and Friends of Rotary to the Hybrid Live/Zoom meeting at 12:00 p.m. Wednesday, June 15, 2022 at the Chehalem Cultural Center.

 

~ Flag Salute ~

Judy lead participants in the Pledge of Allegiance.

 

~ 4 Way Test ~

Denise lead participants in the recital of the 4 Way Test:

Rotary’s Four Way Test of the things we think, say and do:

#1 – Is it the TRUTH?

#2 – Is it FAIR to all concerned?

#3 – Will it BUILD GOODWILL and BETTER FRIENDSHIPS?

#4 – Is it BENEFICIAL to all concerned?

 

~ Announcements ~

Newberg Rotary Foundation Board Vacancy – The Club’s Foundation Board now has a vacancy and if you have interest in filling that open seat on the board, contact Auggie or Spike. There will also be 2 more seats that open and get voted on in the next month. They are three year terms where they meat bimonthly.

Rotary Installation Dinner and Past Presidents Dinner – The event will be celebrating outgoing and incoming officers, presenting awards, giving thanks to past presidents’ service. It will take place at the Chehalem Wine Tasting Room on June 16 at 6:30pm.

Voluteers needed for Interact Club Project – Need some Volunteer help for the next Interact Helping Paws Helping People project (two dates to be determined after confirming with the Grange) which is a Saturday. The Rotarian will be helping set up and tear down, which is important to meet the needs of the grant.

~ Guests ~

Lydia Keuler, Guest, Dan’s wife

Karrin Cotton, Guest, Michelle’ Sister

Josh Duder, Guest, Office Admin Edward Jones

Anders Jonsson, Guest, Rotary Club of Skara, Sweden

Greta Jonsson, Guest, Exchange Student Program

~ The Rotary Duck ~

Anders: Shared that he is about to become President of the Rotary Club of Skara, Sweden. He noted that their Club in Sweden had decided to keep their leadership in place through the pandemic and that he will soon finally become acting president. He also noted that as a person living in Sweden, he is a little nervous about the uneased divisiveness in the US. He recommended that we may not be hugging each other enough.

Michael S: Introduced his coworker Josh wh ois is office Administrator. Also noted that his newborn Jack is now almost 4 months old. He is a great baby and has been sleeping through the night since about 7 to 8 weeks. Michael was on Paternity leave while his wife was working and Jack is now in Day Care and Michael is back at work.

Michelle: Shared that her sister Karrin is visiting from San Diego as they are finally going on their big vacation that was originally planned and cancelled in March of 2020.

Christy: Was pleased to have the opportunity to sit with our Swedish guests Ander and Greta. Ander was an exchange student with Rotary 40 years ago in Detroit, and now Greta is an exchange student. If anyone wants to work with our Newberg exchange program, there is a need for hosts. She also noted that Emily Bakhita will be speaking next weeks meeting and will be the guest at a social event put on by Denise. She also thanked Becky and the Club for getting tickets to the Shazam Magic show. They offered these tickets free to the club and the show was awesome.

Denise: Reminded us to RSVP to her event at her house on the 25th, rather than surprising her. Also is excited about the success of the Interact Club Project success as there were a lot of businesses that stepped up to help and even some that heard about it after the fact and want to participate in the future.

Paul: Is now a Great Grandfather. His grandson in Wyoming just had a baby. He has 17 Grandchildren total, and now 1 great grandchild.

Spike: Reminded us of John Kerekanich’s service is on August 7. Reach out to Spike if you are interested in an invitation to this service.

Paul: Nice to see Mike Caruso at todays meeting. Also invited everyone to contact them if they need removal of a rogue swarm of honey bees.

Ralph: Recently got married. Congrats Ralph!

Auggie: Noticed Becky’s awesome boots.

Karen: Noted how much amazing things Rotary does and how awesome their efforts to eradicate polio has been over the decades. She noted that she intends to research more and do a presentation on it.

Kathie: Noted that she has worked with Jordan, our guest speaker, and gave kudos to how great she is to work with when it comes to scholarships. She also invited us all to First Federal’s Picnic in the Parking Lot on June 30th, where there will be free hotdogs in celebration of 100 years in service.

Becky: Thanks to all who attended and helped out with the scholarship committee, fundraising, and the awards night.

Laura: Thanks to Becky for stepping up and working very hard to carry our Club forward when we needed a leader.

~ Today’s Program Part 1: NHS College and Career Center with Jordan Terriere-Dobroglio ~

Jordan Terriere-Dobroglio works for the Newberg High School as the Post-secondary Success Coordinator within the College and Career Center. Work-based Learning, also known as internships, are opportunities for students to get out into the work force for hands-on learning in different fields. This program benefits multiple parties at once:

• Students: benefit from hands-on learning with an opportunity to test out a career field that interests them. They also learn responsibility, hard work, professionalism, and get to begin their early resume.
• Newberg School District: benefit as an opportunity to connect with the business community and as another critical way to provide a rounded education for students.
• Businesses: Get to see and utilize the young, local talent, get to provide education to local students.

This program includes giving the student an opportunity during the school day to go out and have an educational internship at a local company or organization, such as Adec. It can be during the semester, an hour or two at a time, and can be paid or unpaid depending on the situation or business. It is very flexible for the student and business by design. Adec hosted 3 students this term, which included real, hands-on work. Work-based learning is not only akin to going out and getting a job, but it also allows them to see different operational and organizational aspects of a business. The student also gets feedback from the company after the internships and the students receive elective credit for their experience.

If your business or someone you know has a business who is interested in hosting a high school intern, please reach out to Jordan at the school district.

~ Today’s Program Part 2: The Pancake Breakfast Update with Karen and Aaron ~

Karen and Aaron gave the following updates on the Pancake Breakfast:

• Sponsorships are open, if interested or know someone who is interested, reach out for more information. There are many levels of sponsorship available.
• If anyone is interested in becoming Spike’s mentee with the intent to take over for him in future years, your service would be appreciated.
• The new committee is really excited to be designing a new manual of sorts that will serve for the future events so everyone will have a really easy time picking up where others left off. Kudos were given to Rachel Powell of the EBs for leading their group.
• If you have volunteered in the past and have some wisdom or notes for improvements, please come forward with your ideas to help them design the guides.

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~ Next Week’s Program: Rise to Shine Educational Foundation with Emily Bakhitah and Akoth Otieno ~

~ Joke of the Day ~

Don’t ever buy anything with Velcro.

Its a total rip-off.

~ Happy Quotes! ~

“Being a great Father is like shaving. No matter how good of a job you did today, to succeed you still have to do it again tomorrow.”

– Unknown: Happy Father’s Day!

~ Published 6/21/2022: Dan Keuler, Newsletter Editor ~

~ Newberg Noon Rotary Club Newsletter ~

Rotary Club of Newberg, Zoom Meeting

Wednesday, June 8, 2022

 

~ Call to Order ~

President Elect Becky Ankeny welcomed Rotarians and Friends of Rotary to the Hybrid Live/Zoom meeting at 12:00 p.m. Wednesday, June 8, 2022 at the Chehalem Cultural Center.

 

~ Flag Salute ~

Karen lead participants in the Pledge of Allegiance.

 

~ 4 Way Test ~

Larry lead participants in the recital of the 4 Way Test:

Rotary’s Four Way Test of the things we think, say and do:

#1 – Is it the TRUTH?

#2 – Is it FAIR to all concerned?

#3 – Will it BUILD GOODWILL and BETTER FRIENDSHIPS?

#4 – Is it BENEFICIAL to all concerned?

 

~ Announcements ~

Newberg Rotary Foundation Board Vacancy – The Club’s Foundation Board now has a vacancy and if you have interest in filling that open seat on the board, contact Auggie or Spike. There will also be 2 more seats that open and get voted on in the next month. They are three year terms where they meat bimonthly.

Rotary Installation Dinner and Past Presidents Dinner – The event will be celebrating outgoing and incoming officers, presenting awards, giving thanks to past presidents’ service. It will take place at the Chehalem Wine Tasting Room on June 16 at 6:30pm.

Rotary Youth Leadership Awards – Filled to half capacity and hoping to get more people registered before the June 10 deadline. Open to young adults ages 21 to 26.

~ Guests ~

Jan, Guest of Lisa

Carrie Bates, Hazelden Betty Ford, Olympic Gold Medalist

~ The Rotary Duck ~

Lisa: Introduced Jan, whom she met at Chamber Greeters and invited to Rotary. Also noted that she is very happy to be here today.

Michelle: Shared that her daughter just graduated High School.

Lisa: Noted her daughter is graduating from the University of Oregon Linquist College of Business this weekend. She finished classes in March but decided to walk for graduation, so she will be in Eugene this weekend Celebrating.

Walter: Noted all of the different stages of parental life over the years and noted that their current stage could be described as the “Wallet Grandparents”.

Spike: Noted Allen Methven’s Celebration of Life was held last Saturday and a lot of Rotarians attended. It was truely a celebration where Allen’s wife and kids all spoke and it was very well done. Also noted that the Pancake Breakfast is looking for sponsors. Talk to Spike for more details. Levels of sponsorship available include 500, 250, 100, and Table Sponsors which are $50, for which there is a limit of 40 table sponsorships available.

Aaron: Thanked Spike for handling the sponsorships. He also noted that it would be great for someone who might want to work with and learn from Spike this year on Sponsorships, with hopes of maybe taking over that responsibility in the future.

Paul: Nice to see Mike Caruso at todays meeting. Also invited everyone to contact them if they need removal of a rogue swarm of honey bees.

Grant: Thanked Brandy and her husband Miles who donated an auction item of a vacation to Cabo, from which Grant and his family have just returned from and had a great time.

Om: Noted that each table had a different scholarship name on it.

Auggie: Shared that his grandson who is graduating on Friday from Hood River.

Dan K: Reminded everyone that a very special episode of Dan Roberts’ The Giving Town Podcast is out, where he is interviewing Mike Caruso. It was a great episode and can be found here: The Giving Town Podcast Season 2 Episode 8. Dan also referenced his newfound beardlessness and noted that this was the first time in several years he has shaved.

Brandy: Mentioned that she is so excited for the graduating class of 2022. The scholarship awards banquet is happening this evening, Thursday is Catalyst High School and Friday is NHS Graduation.

Wendy: Reminded us all that the installation is happening next Thursday.

Becky: Noted that she went to St Paul’s high school awards night. She noted that the Leroy Benham Trade Scholarship went to a young man out of St Paul and on his way out he said to Leroy “Thank you so much, you have no idea what this means to me…”.

Denise: Shared that she has given us all an invitation to have dinner at her house which is on June 25th which will be an opportunity to meet Emily, who is a Rotarian from Kenya. Please RSVP to Denise if you are interested in coming to her social gathering.

Laura: Shared that she went on a 12 hour road trip to visit her son in California and even ate outside at a restaurant for the first time since COVID. It was wonderful to be out and she is exited to see COVID risk levels at low ratings.

~ Today’s Program: Hazelden Betty Ford with Carrie Bates ~

Carrie Bates is a Senior Outreach Manager for Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation. Hazelden Betty Ford is a drug and alcohol substance abuse disorder treatment center also treating mental health disorder. It is located right here in Newberg for almost 30 years, and was founded by and donated by the Austins originally. She spoke about her life. She was a young girl who dreamt of becoming an Olympic athlete, but also was living with her mother’s battle with addiction and shared how that pushed her towards her love of the pool and becoming a better swimmer each day, 5 hours a day. Eventually, in 1983, her coach convinced her to apply for the Olympics, for which she qualified at the trials and ultimately won 3 Gold Medals. She went on to college at the University of Texas. Once she was in her 30s, she started a family and had a great career but began to struggle with alcohol addiction herself. She learned about the stigma of addiction and realized that we are all members of a community and we all deserve a chance at recovery. We owe it to the next generation to reduce the stigma of addiction in order to raise awareness and make it easier for people who need treatment to be able to seek help. In her own case, people have always recognized her as perfect professional athlete, all the while she was struggling quietly. After years of recovery, she recently celebrated 10 years of sobriety and now helps others with their struggles.

For more information of about the Newberg location visit their website at https://www.hazeldenbettyford.org/locations/newberg.

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~ Joke of the Day ~

Why did the bicycle collapse?

It was two-tired.

~ Happy Quotes! ~

“Growth today, is an investment in tomorrow.”

– John C. Maxwell

~ Published 6/13/2022: Dan Keuler, Newsletter Editor ~

~ Newberg Noon Rotary Club Newsletter ~

Rotary Club of Newberg, Zoom Meeting

Wednesday, June 01, 2022

 

~ Call to Order ~

Vice President Wendy McArthur welcomed Rotarians and Friends of Rotary to the Live meeting at 12:00 p.m. Wednesday, June 01, 2022 at the Pollinate Farms in Dundee.

 

~ Flag Salute ~

Rotarians recited the Pledge of Allegiance.

 

~ 4 Way Test ~

Rotarians recited the 4 Way Test:

Rotary’s Four Way Test of the things we think, say and do:

#1 – Is it the TRUTH?

#2 – Is it FAIR to all concerned?

#3 – Will it BUILD GOODWILL and BETTER FRIENDSHIPS?

#4 – Is it BENEFICIAL to all concerned?

 

~ Announcements ~

Rotary Installation Dinner and Past Presidents Dinner – The event will be celebrating outgoing and incoming officers, presenting awards, giving thanks to past presidents’ service. It will take place at the Chehalem Wine Tasting Room on June 16 at 6:30pm. Plus ones are welcome, and it is VERY IMPORTANT to RSVP as soon as you can to ease the stress and make for a smooth planning process for the event. To RSVP, email wendymcarthur1000@gmail.com. Contact Michelle Colvin regarding payment: Tickets are $35 per person and include dinner, wine, and fun (it really was an amazing value and a lot of fun last year).

~ The Rotary Duck ~

Denise: Announced the Interact Pet event went amazing they took care of 41 pets during their event with one Vet and several interact kids. The grange was a great venue for this event and the turnout was impressive. This event was to have pets seen by a Veterinarian for no cost.

Judy: Gave praise to the Scholarship committee they have read and made their selections for Award recipients. June 8th Becky Ankeny and Other scholarship committee members will have a booth at the graduation event to hand out the scholarships.

Shannon K: Noted that the very first Auction meeting of the year will be after the noon meeting June 8^th. The meeting will be an opportunity to discuss themes and ideas for caterers. The auction date has been reserved for October 28^th. Also to say the pancake planning committee is looking for sponsors and Spike will be the point of contact for those sponsorships. There are still tickets available for the George Fox University Dinner please contact Geoff Gilmore or Shannon Knight for tickets.

Auggie: Contributed the very first money to be a sponsor for The pancake breakfast.

~ Today’s Program: Regenerative Farming with John Peterson ~

Our presenter was John Peterson he talked about regenerative farming and how he is building his flower farm to be more of a Biodiverse habitat to create balance. His farm is 2.5 acres in Dundee the focus is building permanent no-till beds, and an ecosystem of insects and microbes, and vibrant cut followers. Johns presentation spiked a lot of interest with Rotarians asking several questions and encouraging John to start a podcast or start teaching kids in schools this alternative way of farming.

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~ Joke of the Day ~

The person who invented the “High Five” was probably left hangin’ a lot that first year.

~ Happy Quotes! ~

“It’s nice to be important, but its more important to be nice.”

– John Templeton

~ Published 6/7/2022: Dan Keuler, Newsletter Editor ~