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?

 

~ Newberg Noon Rotary Club Newsletter ~

Rotary Club of Newberg, Zoom Meeting

Wednesday, July 29, 2020

~ Call to Order ~

President Shannon Buckmaster welcomed Rotarians and Friends of Rotary to the Rotary Club of Newberg Zoom meeting Wednesday, July 29, 2020.

~ Zoom Meeting Participants ~

Mike C., Paula, Gene, Laura, Lisa, Kathie, Michael S., Dan, Denise, Shannon K., Judy, Shannon B., Michelle, Joe, Todd, Brandy, Lynn, Karen, Auggie, Todd, Dale, Tony, Paul, Corey, Geoff, Walter, Julie and Curt.

~ Guests ~

Larry Strober, Rotary Club of McMinnville Sunrise

Tim Rosener (Oregon Space Camp) Rotary Club of Sherwood

Dan Tilson (Oregon Space Camp) (1992 Oregon Teacher of the Year)

~ Announcements ~

Rick Kaufman, Rotary Newsletter Editor, wishes to hand off publication of our weekly Club Newsletter. Rotarians interested in this service please contact Club Secretary Shannon Knight at Shannon.knight@cesco.com Thank you, Rick, for your faithfulness, humor and persistence creating our weekly club communication!

~ Rotary Moment ~

Auggie, renowned for displaying Rotary memorabilia in his Zoom background shots, displayed a picture of Auggie and wife Maureen serving pancakes at the Annual Rotary Pancake Breakfast. Every summer, as part of the community-wide Old Fashioned Festival, the Rotary Club of Newberg joins with its sister club, the Newberg Early Birds Rotary Club, to sponsor a pancake breakfast in Memorial Park. The two-day event serves up all–you-can-eat pancakes (blueberries available, too!), eggs, sausage, orange juice and coffee and is one of the Club’s most popular events.

The annual feed began in 1966 when Joe Schneider was President and has continued every year since then. The event started as a club fundraiser with the original intent of funding youth programs. To make the breakfast a success, the involvement of Rotarians and community members is essential. Joe Schneider donated eggs for the first few years and enlisted the help of the Rotary sponsored Boy Scout Troop to crack them. The Boy Scouts surely did their best with the task. Sometimes Rotarians would have to check the Scout’s work to make sure no shells were left behind.

Laura is in communication with Grace Kuto of the Tigard Rotary Club. Grace is raising funds for families in Cheweleh, Kenya. Families are suffering from the impacts of a locust attack, a typhoon and COVID-19. Our Rotary Club Foundation donated $500. These Foundation funds provide food and water for a family of eight for 30 days or can assist 128 people for a month.

~ The Rotary Duck ~

Gene reports his first visit to Providence Oncology for chemotherapy was a “fantastic experience.” Gene shared that his wife received chemotherapy 10 years ago for same illness—so the two are comparing experiences. Follow Gene on Facebook as he chronicles his journey $10 for his first chemotherapy visit and $10 for his experience working with former Noon Rotarian Beth to complete pre-planning. “As baby boomers we are not going to live forever!”

Dan donated $10 for himself and $10 on behalf of his wife, Lydia. Dan and Lydia are excited to see Gene’s positive attitude and look forward to learning more about Gene’s experiences.

Mike C.’s son recently received a Masters in Music from New York University. As a requirement for his degree, Mike’s son wrote a play that was to be performed. Unfortunately, COVID-19 created issues with the play’s production. Penn State University contacted Mike’s son and want to stage his play.

Brandy: $5 for Gene’s spirit and outlook on life. $5 in recognition of Lynn’s hard work in the administration and organization of this year’s scholarships.

Walter: $54 for Walter and Julie’s 54^th wedding anniversary and an extra $10 for their children who will visit virtually.

Lisa: A donation for a “group hug” in honor of Gene.

Todd reports 300 people at Friendsview received baseline COVID tests in a single day. Monthly testing at Friendsview is one more step in keeping the Friendsview community safe.

Judy: $10 for husband Marvin who power washed the wall for the next mural project.

Kathie who accidentally raised her virtual hand on Zoom, made a $10 donation to the club.

~ Today’s Program: Oregon Space Camp Adventure (Tim Rosener and Dan Tilson) ~

Dan Tilson taught in Roseburg for 30 years and took students to Space Camp. The Mission of Oregon Space Camp Adventures is to get students involved in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM). Students often return from Space Camp with different views on education, some telling parents that they must go to college, others changing their educational program to focus on science and math. Since 1995 Tilson took over 400 students from Roseburg and the Portland area to Space Camp.

~ Why Space Camp? ~

The Space Camp experience improves problem–solving skills. Students are placed in teams at camp and work collaboratively to solve problems. Students who don’t know each other work together and learn the value of teamwork. The Space Camp experience challenges students’ limits e.g., three students are strapped together with a short tether and work together to bring all students to the top of a climbing wall.

~ Where is Space Camp? ~

Space Camp is housed at the US Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama. The facility boasts the largest collection of space materials anywhere in the world including an original space shuttle, a full-size model of a Saturn V Rocket and a lunar lander. Home to Dr. Wernher von Braun and the German rocket team that built the Saturn V moon rocket, Huntsville played a prominent role in putting man on the moon.

~ Who Attends Space Camp? ~

Students of all ages attend Space Camp (elementary school), Space Academy (middle school) and Advanced Space Academy (high school). Advanced Space Academy offers scuba diving as a simulation demonstrating one way astronauts train today.

~ Does Anyone from Space Camp Actually Go into Space? ~

Currently, 12 Space Camp graduates are astronauts. Each Space Camp session is visited by an actual astronaut. Recently, astronaut Peggy Whitson visited Space Camp. On September 2, 2017 Whitson set the record (665 days) for most cumulative days living and working in space by a NASA astronaut.

~ What are Results of Attendance in Space Camp? ~

96% of attendees experienced an increased interest in STEM.

64% of attendees took more classes in STEM

61% of attendees study careers in engineering, aerospace, defense, energy, education, biotech or technology.

50% of attendees said the Space Camp experience inspired their decision to enter a STEM field.

~ How to Register for Space Camp ~

Students who wish to attend Space Camp must complete an application. Cost of the camp is estimated at $2,000 for summer 2021. This amount pays airfare, bus fare, camp tuition and chaperone costs. Scholarship applications are based on the Space Camp Scholarship Application and take time to complete. In addition to responding to questions on the application, students must write an essay and design a mission patch.

The Rotary Club of Sherwood recently made a $2,000 donation to host a student at Space Camp. The Rotary Club of Sherwood committed to providing an additional scholarship this year.

~ Next Week’s Program ~

Rotary District 5100 Governor Jo Crenshaw is our speaker. The Rotary Club of Newberg is one of the first Rotary Club’s in District 5100 to hear Jo’s message. When Jo is not running McDonald’s stores, she enjoys spending time with her husband, John, two sons, and five grandchildren. She served the Oregon City Rotary Club as President in 2000-2001. Jo chaired their successful Texas Hold’em fundraiser for several years and now serves on the International Service Committee. Jo enjoys travel and is working on her “bucket list” that includes visiting all continents of the world. As part of that list, Jo participated in a Rotary Friendship Exchange to South Africa.

Check your e-mails for Mike Caruso’s Zoom meeting access information.

~ Respectfully submitted, Rick Kaufman, Newsletter Editor ~

~ Wisdom ~

“The only way to do great work is to love what you do.

If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking.”
~ Steve Jobs

~ Trivia ~

~ If you could follow a drop of water from the very start of the Mississippi River to where it empties into the Gulf of Mexico, all 2,340 miles…..it would take 90 days from one end to the other! ~

~ “Sahara” comes from the Arabic ṣaḥrāʾ, which means “desert” — so saying “Sahara desert” is essentially saying “desert desert.” ~

~ Humor ~

~ I told my suitcases that there will be no vacation this year.

Now I’m dealing with emotional baggage. ~

~ Some day I’ll start behaving myself…..maybe tomorrow… ~

~ Does anyone know which page in the Bible explains how to turn water into wine?

……asking for a friend. ~

 

~ SERVICE ABOVE SELF! ~

~ From one of our murals ~

~ Newberg Noon Rotary Club Newsletter for

Zoom meeting on July 22, 2020 ~

[THANKS again to Mike Caruso for the use of his ZOOM account!]

~ Call to Order ~

Vice-President Joe Morelock welcomed Rotarians and Friends of Rotary to the Zoom meeting at 12:03 p.m. Wednesday, July 22, 2020. Photos by Auggie, and meeting notes courtesy of Paula.

Mike C., Paula, Denise, Lynn, Paul, Joe, Laura, Gene, Ralph, Dan, Michelle, Om, Dale, Judy, Sean, Brandy, Shannon K., Kim, Shannon B., Spike, Auggie, Geoff, Kathie, Curt, Stan, Todd, Walter, Julie.

~ Zoom Meeting Participants ~

~ Rotary Guests ~

Larry Strober, Rotary Club of McMinnville Sunrise

Bill Rogers, President, Rotary Club of Newberg, Early Birds

~ Guest/Presenter ~

Danielle Howard Dye (Junior Orchestra of Yamhill County (JOY))

~ Announcements ~

• Join Kim on the Membership Committee. New members keep our club vibrant.

• Geoff: The 2019 GFU interns completed the mural on the Library Annex. The mural depicts various forms of the arts. A big “thank you” to Jim for arranging for scaffolding. The 2020 interns will paint the next mural on the former Plaid Pantry building at the “Y” intersection in Newberg.

• Paul: The Rotary Club of Newberg is approved for a $2,500 matching grant for our schools’ Resource Rooms.

• Thanks to all — $573 was collected for Polio Plus at last week’s Rotary Club meeting.

~ Rotary Moments ~

Gene: Rotary moments can be fleeting or lengthy. From 2005-2010 I was full-fledged Rotarian, then made a job change so I could assist my spouse. Auggie shared that I could be a Friend of Rotary. Om recently helped me with an insurance plan. I am grateful to fellow Rotarians.

Laura: The recent edition of The Rotarian describes a club fundraiser called Radio Days. Using podcasts, the club raised $220,000—something to consider as we think about a virtual auction.

Brandy and family took a hike last weekend. The plan –hike from Timberline Lodge to Mt. Hood Meadows—a three-hour journey. After crossing the river, they could not locate the trailhead and decided to return to Timberline. (The three-hour journey now became a six-hour trial without food and water. Brandy’s mother and stepfather began to tire. Brandy and others hiked out to get help. On the way, they encountered a hiker–a Newberg High School graduate. The hiker provided located Brandy’s parents, gave them food and water and lead them to safety.

~ Program, Junior Orchestra of Yamhill County (JOY) (Danielle Howard Dye, Teacher) ~

Danielle Howard Dye graduated from George Fox University where she studied Violin Performance and Music Education. She teaches strings in both classroom and private environments and currently holds a private studio. Danielle taught the After-School orchestra at Edwards Elementary School. Two weeks ago, Danielle married her Newberg husband. She says, “Newberg feels like home.” Danielle notes, “We are lucky to have such strong middle and high school orchestra programs in Newberg.”

Since 2017, the Junior Orchestra of Yamhill County (JOY) has been devoted to creating access to music and strings education to youth in Yamhill County. Working with the Newberg School District, JOY provides in-school violin education for Kindergarten and First Grade. In Second Grade, students continue in JOY’s After-School orchestra with the choice of violin, viola, or cello. The plan is to continue the After-School orchestra program through fifth grade to prepare students to join the middle school orchestra program.

JOY was inspired by the El Sistema movement, which started in 1975 in Venezuela by Dr. Jose Antonio Abreu to harness the power of music for social change. Because of Dr. Abreu’s successful work bringing music to underserved communities, El Sistema-inspired programs now operate in many countries around the world, including the United States. JOY is a member of El Sistema USA and is one of two El Sistema inspired programs that operates in the state of Oregon. JOY’s vision is to establish youth orchestra programs throughout Yamhill County.

Music education is important because it actively uses many parts of the brain at once. In engaging the many parts of our brains, we strengthen other skills such as focus, analysis, decision-making, planning, and attention to detail. In addition, participation in music groups oriented towards excellence strengthens community and cultivates social responsibility. The cognitive and social benefits brought together lead to improving student outcomes in school attendance and academic performance.

~ Are these kids having FUN, or what!? ~

COVID-19 brought a change in instruction from “in person” lessons to “virtual” lessons. Teachers recorded instructional videos for students to “play along.”

JOY supplies instruments to K-1 students via music classes. Children in the After-School orchestra class pay an annual rental fee of $15 with the fee waived if a family is unable to pay. Parents of JOY students are supportive and attend student performances

“From the minute a child is taught how to play an instrument, he/she is no longer poor. He/she becomes a child in progress headed for a professional level, who’ll later become a full citizen.” –Jose Antonio Abreu, founder of El Sistema in Venezuela.

~ Thanks, Danielle! ~

~ July 22, 2020 Duck Donations ~

Name	Amount	Why
Brandy	$50.00	In honor of the NHS grad who rescued Brandy’s parents on the hike.
Auggie	$10.00	Purchased a Rotary mask. He made a pledge last week and found the process easy.
Todd	$10.00	Friendsview is building new residences and renaming buildings: e.g., University Village is now Pennington Terrace.
Shannon	$10.00	In thanksgiving $5 for Joe hosting today’s meeting and $5 for our CASA case.
Denise	$10.00	Thanks to Gene for his service on the Newberg City Council.
Mike C.	$10.00	Thank you Gene for your service to our community.
Om	$10.00	Thanks to Gene for mentioning my insurance business.
Joe	$10.00	Thanks to Brandy for filling my inbox with patron feedback.

~ Next Week’s Program ~

NASA Space Camp

~ Respectfully submitted, Rick Kaufman, Newsletter Editor ~

~ PLUS…..~

~ Wisdom ~

“You are so much more than what you are going through.” ~ John Tew

~ Trivia ~

~ The world’s largest butterfly, found only in Papua New Guinea, the female

Birdwing Butterfly typically has a 12″ wingspan….and eats poisonous vines! ~

~ Humor ~

~ Do you know these words?…..~

Widdershims, troglodyte, hobbledehoy, mugwump, borborygmus, gubbins, diphthong, collywobbles, lollygag?

Look ’em up! There WILL be a test! 🙂

 

 

 

 

 

~ Newberg Noon Rotary Club Newsletter for July 15, 2020 ~

If you would like to see today’s ZOOM meeting on “the CLOUD“….here is how to get there, courtesy of Mike Caruso:

Topic: Newberg Rotary Zoom Meeting
Date: Jul 15, 2020 11:44 AM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
Share recording with viewers:
https://us02web.zoom.us/rec/share/248lIrjpxkRJW6PN80WYBIo7Bp_YT6a81CMaq6YIyxv4RU8opVVU-2stSZ8VYuGN Password: 7m$.#4?S

~ Newberg Noon Rotary Club Newsletter for Wednesday, July 8, 2020 ~

~ Rotary Club of Newberg Zoom Meeting ~

~ Call to Order ~

~ President Shannon Buckmaster welcomed Rotarians and Friends of Rotary to the Zoom meeting at 12:03 p.m. Wednesday, July 8, 2020. ~

~ Shannon’s First Meeting “guidelines….note the DUCK…~

~ Rotarians and Friends of Rotary ~

Zoom meeting participants: Mike C., Paula, Shannon B., Dan, Laura, Kathie, Todd, Ralph, Matt, Michelle, Tony, Michael P., Lisa, Lynn, Geoff, Jeff, Shannon K., Karen, Sean, Denise, Julie, Jim, Joe, Paul, Corey, Auggie, Stan, Walter, and Dale.

~ Announcements ~

The Rotary Club of Newberg Board Meeting is Thursday, July 9, 2020 from 7:30 – 9:00 a.m. Incoming officers and/or club directors were emailed the meeting zoom link and agenda. Following Thursday’s Board meeting, the club will launch a payment process for the Duck using the Square.

~ Guests ~

Larry Strober, Rotary Club of McMinnville Sunrise

Casey Kulla, Yamhill County Commissioner and today’s Speaker

~ Flag Salute ~

Shannon lead participants in the flag salute.

~ Rotary Moments ~

Geoff: Thanks to Jim M. who stepped up to help the mural project with needed equipment. Due to the COVID delay, art students will paint the mural on the Library Annex between July 12-17.

Ralph: The Habitat for Humanity Restore is open Fridays and Saturdays. Masks are mandatory. Disinfectant and wipes are available for shoppers. Restore accepts donations by appointment. Ralph and Habitat for Humanity volunteers are helping North Valley Friends—and Veritas with affordable housing on their site. Habitat has a permit pending for the build of a low-cost home east of River Street.

Sean: Thank you Kathie B. and First Federal for the grant program.

Shannon B. and her daughter met Dan, his wife Lydia and children Jackson and Isabelle while on a neighborhood walk.

Jim: reported the Government shipped his Coast Guard son, Taylor, to the Arctic. Jim will encourage Taylor to take pictures and be a Rotary program in the future.

Shannon B.: The Chehalem Valley Chamber of Commerce has several hundred N-95 masks available at their location at 112 N. Garfield Street. Call (503) 538-2014 between 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. M-F.

Laura: in watching the Rotary International Convention via Zoom Laura suggests as we are having Zoom club meetings we can invite anyone from around the world to join us for a program.

~ Today’s Program: A Yamhill County Update by Casey Kulla, Yamhill County Commissioner ~

Occupation: Farmer/owner, Oakhill Organics, 2006 – present

Occupational Background: Farm intern; Chemistry lab instructor; Plumber and plumber’s assistant; Biochemistry researcher; Construction worker

Educational Background: Western Washington University, Forest ecology, Master of Science; Western Washington University, Biochemistry, Bachelor of Science; Taft High School, High School Diploma

Prior Governmental Experience: Yamhill County Water Taskforce member

Family & background: Fifth-generation Oregonian. Raised in Lincoln City. Married with two school-aged children.

~ Purpose of Today’s Discussion ~

The state of the Yamhill County’s response to COVID and how that relates to systemic racism and what our future might look like.

We are seeing increases in cases of COVID in Yamhill County. Kulla says, he is an optimistic person. His focus is to remain calm and help Yamhill communities look at what is needed for the future and how to keep COVID under control while maintaining an open cultural life.

Kulla hosts a Leadership Roundtable each week that includes: superintendents, mayors, leaders of business organizations, representatives of congressional delegations, commissioners etc. Kulla’s hope is that these roundtables will help Yamhill County present a unified voice from leadership even though that unity sometimes requires “pushing and pulling.” As these meetings are recorded, community members get an opportunity to see what normally happens behind closed doors.

~ Maintaining an Open Economic and Cultural Life. ~

Kulla is doing the following:

• Working to help people get their unemployment claims, get business what they need—advocate at federal and state level.

• Making sure our county has stability. We are in the chronic long phase of the virus. We need to support our employees.

Provide personal protective equipment and facemasks—manufacturers can list the equipment they are making and people can go online and buy it. Citizens can also access PPE by clicking on this link: emergencymanagement@co.yamhill.or.us

~ What would it take to reopen schools? ~

The public school system is one of the structures that underpins our society—I’m committed to working with school districts and the state on this issue.

What would it take and what would it look like to fully reopen schools in the safest way possible for all involved. It would take an estimated $200 billion to fully reopen schools in the fall. Imagination is needed to make it happen. We need funds for broadband—high speed internet to connect families to education in rural and remote areas

Parents need better access to childcare. The Yamhill Early Learning Hub provides resources and guidance to childcare providers regarding COVID safety.

~ It’s absurd that public health decisions that affect people like you

are being made by people like me. ~

We need federal leadership on wearing masks. We need to provide messaging and funding. We need the state to provide the messaging. A lack of federal leadership causes a diversity of opinions and a big difference in county by county case counts. The impacts of coronavirus decisions leads to systemic racism—Latinx employees are more severely impacted by COVID. We need to: expand testing for immigrants; train law enforcement; and, build a bench of Latinx in elected positions who can speak about the issues and challenges of being a person of color in the Yamhill Community.

We need to increase Spanish language translation. We need to have things in the language that people speak and materials in their language. Yamhill County was not getting the message out to Spanish speaking communities. We need paper copies to those who are trusted in the community.

Economic Development: We need to support and uplift people of color who are business owners. This measure reduces systemic racism and positively impacts a community.

Long-term—how do we help people reduce disparity across communities? How do we best serve our marginalized immigrant community? Communities of color need equal access to outdoor recreation and pursuits. We need to build up our trail network. We have gems of parks but sometimes citizens can’t get there without a car.

~ Next Week’s Program: Leadership Chehalem Valley ~

Limited to 20 individuals per year, Leadership Chehalem Valley, is a two-year program that offers valuable leadership assessment and training, shows how communities are structured and how they work, and puts forth examples of community leadership and their stories. Linda Sanford, Brandy Penner and Dennis Lewis are the presenters.

~ Thank you, Commissioner Kulla! ~

Please check your e-mails for links [from Mike Caruso] to recordings of the Zoom meetings.

Respectfully submitted, Rick Kaufman, Newsletter Editor

~ Wisdom ~

~ Humor ~

~ Have you ever been…“Dog tired” ? ~

~ Trivia ~

~ The Appalachian Trail stretches 2,192 miles from Springer Mt., Georgia, to Mt. Katahdine, Maine. ~