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OKC Rotary NewsFebruary 20, 2024 | Volume 112 | No.31
In-Person and Livestreamed from Christian Life Center - St. Luke's Methodist Church | 11:55
Link to the Livestream 11:55am
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Pratt & Whitney Sustainment Center
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| Greg Treacy is an executive leader in Sustainment Operations supporting Military Engines for Pratt & Whitney, a division of RTX (NYSE: RTX), a world leader in the design, manufacture, and service of aircraft engines and auxiliary power units. He assumed his current role, based in Oklahoma City, in July 2022. He is responsible for providing direct support to senior leaders for all Pratt & Whitney activities associated with the U.S. Air Force and industry partners located at Tinker Air Force Base READ MORE
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| Chair of the Day: Patrick Raglow
Invocation/Pledge Leader: DesJean Jones
Introduction of Guests: Kathy Frankenfield
Introduction of New Rotarians: Melissa Richey
Scanners/Greeters: Sarah Roberts, Johnny Settle
Registration: Melanie Stillinger, Cliff Dougherty
Microphone: Bobby Mills
Menu: House Salad; Caesar Salad; Garlic Bread; Meatballs and Marinara; Creamy Tuscan Shrimp Pasta; Capri Veggies
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In the NewsIf you have good news - honors, awards, new achievements - to share with the club, please let us know!
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Club 29 Breakfast Quail Creek Country Club | 7:00am | Wingspan Room
2023-24 Co-Chairs - Susan McVey and Bud Oehlert
Feb. 22, 2024: Jill Hast, M.D., 'The Business of Medical Imaging"
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AMELIA EARHART HAS A POLICE RECORD IN OKLAHOMA!
by Dick Hefton
With the July 12th eightieth anniversary of the disappearance of the world’s most celebrated aviatrix of the era demand for news features, revised biographies and TV documentaries abound recalling the unanswered mysteries surrounding the terminus of her attempt to circumnavigate the globe. Amelia Earhart in her twin-engine Lockheed Electra with only navigator-engineer Fred Noonan as crew, short on fuel and in limited radio contact navigated through small atolls in the South Pacific Ocean, mostly under Japanese authority. Their demise is energetically pursued both formally and informally, seeking to learn did they die in a crash; did life-end in isolation on a desert atoll; or were they captured and tortured by the Japanese, the answers possibly held secret by their own government?
What finality recently discovered evidence may produce is problematical but there is no question Amelia Earhart was arrested, found guilty and fined in Blackwell, OK on Saturday afternoon, February 20, 1937, some six months before her epical disappearance.
Flying over Oklahoma at 12,000 feet the day before en route to Burbank, CA from their home in New York, Earhart’s Lockheed Electra which she would use on her world circling plan experienced propeller malfunction. She was “glad to see Blackwell from the dusty” heights and chose a precautionary landing at the modern Blackwell Municipal airport, yet a typical sod field, where her mechanic-crewman Bo McKneely, could do needed repairs. On board too were veteran-navigator Capt. Harry Manning and her husband, her investor-promoter and movie producer, George Putnam. READ MORE
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New Rotarians
Melissa Richey will introduce new rotarians Stacy McDaniel, Bruce McIntyre, Dustin Crawford, Sandra Leaver, and Rose Faherty.
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February 2024 - Rotary Magazine
The most virtuous war is the war against war." Paul Harris made that remark in a 1928 message to the Pacific Rotary Conference in Tokyo in which he warned of fear as the driving force that plunges nations into strife. Rotary's virtuous war against war — peacebuilding — is advancing with a new Rotary Peace Center for the Middle East and North Africa opening next year. In this issue of Rotary magazine, we look at how its graduates will become catalysts for peace.
Also this month, get to know Rotary President-elect Stephanie Urchick. One of her priorities? Healing a divided world through Positive Peace.
And in another of the feature stories, they take you to a unique vocational training program in California started by Rotary members to give classic cars a new life and young people a shot at a better future.
Read the Feb. 2024 issue here
Rotary Podcast
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| Auto-Pay offered for Rotary Club Invoices
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| Annual Dues Payment Offered
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Upcoming Events
Feb. 20, 2024 - Rotary AfterHours - The Cowboy Prosperity Junction
April 25-28, 2024 - Multi District Conference - Choctaw Resort & Casino in Durant, OK
June 25, 2024 - Inaugural 2024-25 Officers and Directors, Suzanne Mitchell President
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| Address ChangesPlease report any changes in business or home here.
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Rotary Club 29 Online Directory - APP available in the App/Play Store
Rotary Club 29 has an online membership directory which contains current content information for all club members. The link to access the Club 29 directory can be found at the top of the home page of okcrotary.com or by clicking here.
OKC Rotary has provided this tool as a convenience to help members stay in touch with one another. The online directory, just like the printed roster, should only be used for Rotary purposes. If you need help in accessing the directory, please email the office.
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FUTURE PROGRAMS
Feb. 27, 2024 - EMSA - Johna Easley, President & CEO
March 5, 2024 - Okla. Youth Expo - Tyler Norvell
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ATTENDANCE & MEMBERSHIP
Attendance
February 13, 2024 - In-Person, Online, Makeups: 212
Total Present & Makeup: 37%
February 13, 2024 - 599
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| Celebrating Years of Service in Rotary Club 29 - February, 2024
These Rotarians have been members of Club 29 from 45 years to 1 year.
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| Birthdays
Happy birthday to those Rotarians born in February!
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