~ Newberg Noon Rotary Club Newsletter ~
Rotary Club of Newberg, Zoom Meeting
Wednesday, March 2, 2022
~ Call to Order ~
President Joe Morelock welcomed Rotarians and Friends of Rotary to the Hybrid Live/Zoom meeting at 12:00 p.m. Wednesday, March 2, 2022 at the Chehalem Cultural Center.
~ Flag Salute ~
Jim lead participants in the Pledge of Allegiance.
~ 4 Way Test ~
Spike 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 ~
Pancake Breakfast: Note that this is a lot of work and they are in need of volunteers. Please reach out if you would like to join it, it is a lot of fun. Aaron is in charge of the committee so get ahold of him to get involved. This is very important and we would be very appreciative to anyone willing to be on the planning committee.
~ Guests ~
Daniel Herrera, Guest
Madeline Candeaux, Guest
Sharee Adkins, Guest, Early Birds Club
~ The Rotary Duck ~
Judy: Announced that the Interact Club decided on their commiunity project, which will be called Healthy Paws Healthy People. They will help people with animals for emotional support but cant afford their pets needs. They will begin asap and apply for a grant.
Dan K: Gave a shout out to Dan Roberts whose podcast he was impressed with. The Podcast, now called “The Giving Town” is available online for free and this week he interviewed Emily G with A Family Place. There was a lot of great information about what the organization goes and how it benefits the community. Listen to the podcast by clicking this link: The Giving Town: A Family Place.
Lisa: Mentioned that Emily G, who Dan Roberts Interviewed, was Lisa’s guest 2 weeks back and is considering joining the Club. Also Lisa was able to visit some of her senior volunteers and really enjoyed getting to see them.
Walter: Mentioned that he learned a lot of things about the funeral home process from Beth including that costs are by the pound, and joked that losing weight could save money.
Ralph: Shared that on Monday they finished putting on the power to Habitat for Humanity’s latest project which was a Tiny House they built.
Paula: Shared that her sister and her had a cemetery monument premade but realized the plot they thought they owned may not have been processed correctly, so she hopes to get that worked out.
Dan R: Thanked Dan for the shout out. The point of his podcast is to share about good people and organizations in the community and sharing positive stories in the community. He said that his target audience includes people in the community who are service orientated such as members of the club. He said he has spoken to some of us about who we would like to hear about in the community and what we would like from the podcast. He intends to reach out to more Rotarians for feedback.
Joe: Recommended we check out Dan R’s podcast because its really well done.
Laura: In the spirit of sharing kindness, she gave kudos to 2 people who have shared kindness with her: Beth and Judy. She gifted them both paintings for their kindnesses.
Larry: Asked us to have Mike in our thoughts and prayers as he is in the hospital getting surgery.
~ Today’s Program: Rotary Peace Building with Larry Strober ~
Larry Strober is on the Peace Committee and shared about some of the work they are doing.
Peace Poles: He is in charge of the Peace Pole Project, working with Al Jubitz at the Jubitz Foundation and Ann Marie at the World Peace Sanctuary in New York. He was initially invited to work on spreading more Peace Poles within District 5100 (now over 500 poles) but the job expanded to a National and International Presence. He noted that many of the poles have Russian on them, and they are working on changing those to Ukrainian in light of current events. Newberg has 43 Poles. He has also worked with the Interact Club of McMinnville for the last 5 years including putting peace poles on school grounds. They are working with the Washington DC club to post some more in DC and in Russia.
Police 2 Peace: Changing the vision and focus of PD to being “Peace Officers” serving the communities with Empathy, Compassion, and Fairness. They are also putting “Peace Officer” on some PD cars.
Peace Village: There are 30 Camps and Larry is looking to do one between Newberg and McMinnville which would be next summer at Evergreen Aviation. They teach Mindfulness, conflict resolution, respect for the environment, which makes it perfect for Rotary. They are also teaching participants around the world, including in conflict zones. They teach kids how to take part in the community, giving them a voice and teaching them peace.
They will work with “Love is Stronger”, run by an ex con who seeks to keep ex cons out of prison by providing a positive, peaceful environment. Ron Noble and others are working to provide funds.
Ron Noble has a proposal in front of the legislature for 10 projects totally $438,000. They are also applying for grants through Other groups such as the OCF. He also shared about various other projects.
If you have additional questions, or are interested in getting involved in Peace work or want to Join the Peace Committee, reach out to Larry or Mike. On a related note, if you are interested in Donating to the efforts in Ukraine, click here for some more information.
Check your e-mails for Mike Caruso’s Zoom meeting access information.
~ Joke of the Day ~
To the mathematician who invented Zero: Thanks for nothing.
~ Happy Quotes! ~
“Peace is always beautiful.”
– Walt Whitman
~ Published 3/8/2022: Dan Keuler, Newsletter Editor ~
