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OKC Rotary News
February 4, 2025 | Volume 113 | No. 29
In-Person and Livestreamed from Christian Life Center - St. Luke's Methodist Church | 11:55
Livestream Available 11:55am
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Company is Coming: Ready or Not
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| Matt Pinnell was elected as the 17th Lieutenant Governor of Oklahoma on November 6, 2018. Pinnell is President of the Oklahoma State Senate and serves on multiple constitutional boards and commissions, including serving as Chairman of the Oklahoma Tourism Commission and Route 66 Centennial Commission. He has set his Lt. Governor agenda focused on workforce and economic development issues. READ MORE
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| Chair of the Day: Wes Milbourn
Invocation: Larry Wagner
Introduction of Guests: Christopher Lloyd
Introduction of New Rotarians: Erin Engelke
Welcome New Rotarian Table: John Settle, Jane Jenkins
Scanners/ Greeters: John Robberson, Jeaneen Pointer
Registration: Anne Holzberlein, Wendi Wilson
Roving Microphone: Richard Smith, Bud Oehlert
Menu: Field green salad; Grilled Vegetable Pasta Salad; Roasted Chicken; Pot Roast; Mixed Vegetables; Au Gratin Potato
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club 29 breakfast
Feb. 6, 2025
Quail Creek Country Club | 7:00am | Wingspan Room
Chairs: Susan McVey, Bud Oehlert
Speaker: Cheyenne Dirksen, Deputy Managing Editor for Digital Initiatives and Breaking News, the Oklahoman, “Community newspapers in a digital age.”
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| In the News
If you have good news - honors, awards, new achievements - to share with the club, please let us know!
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An American Story
by Pat Rooney
Is your children’s life going to be better than yours? Most people would say yes. In J.D. Vance’s Hillbilly Elegy, he makes the case that in parts of the country that’s not necessarily so. Referring mostly to Appalachian and the Ohio River rust belt, Mr. Vance gives us his life story growing up in these places. It is a tale of object poverty, disfunction, broken families, hillbillies all. And yet it is also full of family love, compassion and loyalty. And in J.D.’s life, that made a difference.
Despite the subject matter, it is foremost not a tale of woe. As Mr. Vance says in his introduction, “if I leave you with the impression that there are bad people in my life, I am sorry for there are no villains in this story, just a rag tag band of hillbillies struggling to find their way.”
The book starts with Mr. Vance’s family beginnings in the Appalachian Hills of Eastern Kentucky. His immediate family migrated to rural Ohio but really never left Appalachia, going back often to see their kin. Despite broken families and family disfunction, family ties were the most important thing to keep. Thanks to his mother’s anger issues and frequent drug use, J.D. moves around a lot between his mother’s home, and current husband, and his “Mamaw and Papaw’s.” In fact, the strong influence of his grandparents was crucial to his successful upbringing. READ MORE
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| New Rotarians
Erin Engelke will introduce new Rotarians Lisa McConnell, Amy Patrick, Amy Spring, and Patrick Duffy.
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| Foundation Officers & Directors Nominations Accepted Now
The Rotary Club 29 Foundation has established a nominating committee chaired by Andy Rine. In the coming weeks, the Foundation Nominating Committee will begin their work to select a slate of three directors to serve a 2-year term on the Foundation board beginning July 1. To be eligible, you must have been a member of the club for at least three years at the time of the March election. If you are interested in being considered for service on the Foundation board, please contact Megan.
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February 2025 - Rotary Magazine for Rotarian Subscribers
Around the world, election observers play a critical role in ensuring fairness, documenting irregularities, and building confidence in elections. In Nigeria, which has a worrisome history of election violence, Rotary members wondered: Could observers also open a path to peacebuilding? In this issue of Rotary magazine, we take you to Africa's largest democracy in search of an answer to that intriguing question.
Click here to read your digital copy of the February 2025 issue.
Elsewhere in the Rotary world, students in Serbia are learning to program robots and prepare for potential careers in technology thanks to a Rotary-USAID partnership. Share in their excitement through this month's photo essay.
In the Our World section, we take a look at the hurricane recovery playbook developed by Florida Rotary districts. After last year's historic storms, Rotary members throughout the Southeastern U.S. are looking to Florida's hard-earned wisdom.
Prefer to listen? Check out the Rotary Voices podcast for audio versions of the magazine's best storytelling, along with full episodes featuring bonus interviews. Please subscribe, and, if you enjoy what you hear, give us a positive rating or review.
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| =>Accounting Email Change
On July 1, 2024 the Rotary Club of Oklahoma City updated our accounting software to QuickBooks Online. With this change, the email address that sends your statements has been updated to:
quickbooks@notification.intuit.com
Please add the above email address to your safe senders list and check your spam/junk folders for communications from our Rotary office. Quarterly statements were emailed and we appreciate your assistance to ensure timely payment.
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| Memorials
The Rotary Club 29 Foundation accepts gifts honoring loved ones.
A contribution can be made here
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| Rotary Club 29 Online Directory - App is 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.club 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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Feb. 11, 2025 - Nick Dell’Osso, President & CEO – “Gas Demand is Growing, Expand Energy is Answering the Call”
Feb. 18, 2025 -
Christian Kanady and Court Jeske, Echo – “Scoring Big: How Professional Soccer Can Transform Oklahoma City’s Future”
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attendance & MEMBERSHIP
Attendance
Jan. 28, 2025 - In-Person, Online, Makeups: 216
Total Present & Makeup: 38%
Membership: Jan. 28, 2025 - 583
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Upcoming Events
Feb. 11, 2025 - Rotary Afterhours
April 23, 2025 - Rotary Club of OKC visits Rotary Club of Tulsa
April 24, 2025- May 3, 2025 - Open World Legal Scholars from Mongolia
July 1, 2025 - Rotary Inaugural
January 31. 2026 - Pickleball Tournament
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