~ Newberg Noon Rotary Club Newsletter ~
Rotary Club of Newberg, Zoom Meeting
Wednesday, September 1, 2021
~ Call to Order ~
President Joe Morelock welcomed Rotarians and Friends of Rotary to the Hybrid Live/Zoom meeting at 12:00 p.m. Wednesday, September 1, 2021 at the Chehalem Cultural Center.
~ Flag Salute ~
Curt lead participants in the Pledge of Allegiance.
~ 4 Way Test ~
Wendy 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 ~
Auction Committee – The Auction will take place on Friday, October 29th, 2021. If you would like to find more opportunities to help out or learn more about the coming auction, reach out to Amy. The Auction committee meets every 2nd Wednesday from 11am to 11:45am.
~ Guests ~
Jessica Bender, Guest and coworker of Mary Jane
Walter’s son
~ The Rotary Duck ~
Walter: Shared that both his kids have been keeping him company and that Julie has been transferred to Providence Portland where she is in intensive rehab and has partial paralysis but is making great progress. Prayers for our Good friend Julie.
Rick: Always tries to support Polio Plus. He remembers when the Polio Plus program started and the vaccine came out and the effort to eradicate polio kicked into high gear.
Ralph: Gave a kudos to his Habitat for Humanity team who just dedicated a duplex to families last Sunday. Great work!
Grant: Announced that last week he rooted for the Huskies but also is now a Nebraska fan but that Nebraska sports didnt have a great week.
Dan K: Noted that Friday is his son Jackson’s 4th birthday and today is his first day of Pre-School.
Mike: Noted that after today’s meeting is the Peace Committee meeting. Also noted that they interviewed 5 Peace Fellow Applicants back in June. Noted that a member of the Beaverton Rotary Club, Natalia, is an Armenian immigrant and noted that a few years ago she had traveled to Armenia and Russia to plant a Peace Pole in each country. Last Friday she attended the Rotary Club of Moscow East, and is a rep of the Russia-USA ICC. She has been in contact with a member of the Washington DC club to plant poles in DC and Russia. Additionally, a Rotary Club in Russia just planted 2 peace poles and became the first peace builder club in russia and are trying to work with China to do more peace poles along their border. More can be learned by attending the Peace Committee meetings or contacting Mike.
Jim: Gave thanks to Firefighters fighting wildfires.
Joe: Is 8 days from the start of in person school. The District just had some strategically distanced staff meetings to prepare. Noted excitement for the hard work ahead getting kids back to school.
Auggie: Thanks to Joe and Brandy for representing the school and working through these difficult times with school starting and other goings ons at the district. He also noted that Joe’s new haircut looks great.
Kathi: Thanked Joe and Brandy for their hard work and great representation at the District.
Kathie: Noted that her and her husband made an agreement that if she learned golf and hed learn to dance. Kathie has now golfed a dozen or so games and recently started keeping score and is excited her score keeps dropping. She recently was proud to score a 68.
~ Today’s Program: New Member Classification Talk by Mary Jane Hendrix ~
Mary Jane shared about her wild family history: She noted that her grandmother mas married as a teenager to her Grandfather, ultimately having 12 kids living a very simple life, outhouse, water pump, travelling by horseback etc, enjoying living old-school. She also noted that her dad had a family of 6. She also noted that her grandfather, a miner, passed away fairly young, which was rough for her grandmother who was left to raise kids on her own and a rough childhood growing up for her father. Her parents, in spite of their rough upbringing, ended up starting their own healthy, loving family. Her dad became a minister and mother a piano player, teaching Mary Jane piano as well. Mary Jane even shared some wonderful poems she wrote and presented at their 50th wedding anniversary.
Mary Jane married her childhood sweetheart Barry (Clayton). They have 2 kids, Ben and Tiffany. Ben was a sports person and lived up in Paul City WA. Her daughter was into guide dogs which was a great family experience training these dogs. Now both grown and married, Ben is a sales Manager and Tiffany works in Dispatch at the City of Newberg while her son in law now is a policeman at the City of Wilsonville. She now has 3 grandkids and has a very close-knit family, her kids living in Dundee and MJ living in Lafayette. She noted so many ways that she and her family have enjoyed the Good work done by Rotary, from Parks, to local events, etc. She gave Rotary a big shout out for all we do. She noted her 3 grandkids are into Tae-kwon-do, ballet, and animals. She even shared how she and her kids for 4 years bought and lived in a triplex together until they grew out of the small space. She noted that though they live apart now, they have mulled around the idea of moving back into a single property again.
Mary Jane currently is a Brand Manager and Senior Escrow Officer at Ticor Title in Newberg. She said she has been in this business for approximately 37 years and loves the work and loves her teams. She also loves being in Rotary and finding more ways to contribute to the community. She was previously in the Early Birds club but transferred to our club due to the timing of the early club not being optimal for her.
~ Next Week’s Program: United Way of the Mid-Willamette Valley by Elizabeth Schrader ~
Check your e-mails for Mike Caruso’s Zoom meeting access information.
~ Joke of the Day ~
“When I moved into my new Igloo my friends and family threw me a surprise house-warming party.
Now I’m homeless…”
~ Happy Quotes! ~
“Do unto others, as you would have them do unto you.”
– Matthew 7:12
~ Published 9/1/2021: Dan Keuler, Newsletter Editor ~
