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OKC Rotary NewsJune 25, 2024 | Volume 112 | No. 50
=>NO MEETING AT ST LUKE'S - NO ATTENDANCE MAKEUP REQUIRED
115th Inaugural - Camp Trivera - 2508 N.W. 50th St. | 6:00pm | RSVP Required
(The Inaugural is indoors. Guests will be free to walk the grounds and look at the cabins)
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Inaugural CommitteeCatherine Armitage, Mary Blankenship Pointer, Pam Campbell, Terri Cooper, Jill Farrand, Sam Fulkerson, Lisa Hammond, Robin Krieger, Heather Lunsford, Barbara Newey, Lance Phillips, Lezel Safi, Ashley Smith
Jordan Gould, Chair
Incoming Officers and Directors:
President: Suzanne Mitchell
President-Elect: Ross Plourde
Secretary: Dawn Byram
Treasurer: David Mayfield
Sgt.-At-Arms: Farooq Karim
Treasurer-Elect: Miles Pringle
Past President: Lesli Massad
2024-2025 Directors: Susan Adams, Mike Coats, Jeanette Nance, Evan Walter, Kathy Williams
2024-2026 Directors: Drew Edmondson, Brooke Haneborg, Steve Kerr, Anne Holzberlein,
Heidi Russell
Presidential Advisors: Meg Salyer, Jerrod Shouse, Rick Vermillion, David Walters
Menu
Grilled Corn Salad with Red Onion; Cilantro, Queso Fresco; Fried Pimento Cheese Toast;
Grilled Vegetables with Green Goddess; Mac n'Cheese Bar; Flatbreads - Margarita with Spinach Pesto, Artichoke Pesto with Fresh Tomato and Parmesan; Crispy Chicken with Hot Honey; Grilled Chicken Sliders with Avocado Crema; Smoked Pork Tenderloin Sliders with Asian Slaw
Desserts: S'mores Station; Peach and Blackberry Cobbler
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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
June 27, 2024: Greg Greenlee, D.Ph - "Pharmacy benefit managers: the good, bad and ugly"
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| "Family Roots"
by Vered Harris
The last week of May I traveled to Bratislava, Slovakia on a “family roots” trip. At the time of this writing, I haven’t yet left Oklahoma. By the time this is sent out, I’ll be home. In between, I am going to see the city of my paternal grandmother’s birth and the place she fled in 1939, at the age of 17.
After my grandmother fled with the virtual stranger who would become her husband and my grandfather, her parents remained in their home until the last six months of the war. Her father, Ferdinand, had been forced to sell his business to one of his non-Jewish employees. Ferdinand was then employed to ensure that the business continued to operate efficiently, until the last roundup of Jewish people in Bratislava was imminent. My great-grandparents took a late-night train to the family farm of one of their friends. There, the friend’s parents hid Ferdinand and Sylvia in a hole beneath the floor in the barn. At the end of the war Ferdinand and Sylvia returned to their home in Bratislava and tried to reestablish their life. Ultimately they left community Czechoslovakia and lived near my grandmother in Haifa, Israel. READ MORE
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Few things evoke wonder like the night sky. But as Keith Marsh, a specialist in astrophotography, knows, capturing it on film takes skill and perseverance. His image of the Milky Way spilled out over a remote canyon in Washington state is the winner of this year's Rotary magazine Photo Awards.
Join on a photographic vision quest. Marsh, a Rotarian from California, is equally fascinated by life on this planet, and you'll see another of his images, of girls preparing to celebrate Mexico's Día de los Muertos festivities, among the finalists.
In another of this month's features, we explore the growth in landowners seeking to preserve their property and conserve habitat by working with land trusts. We'll introduce you to a club in Milwaukee that used that strategy to revitalize the city's riverfront.
In the Our World section, we look at how solar power is expanding access to health care in places with less reliable electricity. And finally, come with us to Beirut to meet a new club of young people devoted to Positive Peace in Lebanon and beyond.
Prefer to listen? Check out our podcast for audio versions of the magazine's best storytelling, along with full episodes featuring exclusive bonus interviews. Please subscribe, and, if you enjoy what you hear, give us a positive rating or review.
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| Memorials
The Rotary Club 29 Foundation accepts gifts honoring loved ones.
Contribute here.
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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
July 9, 2024 - Rotary Afterhours - Tiny Bubbles Wine Bar
July 30, 2024 - Vocational Tour Day
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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
July 2, 2024 - Happy Independence Day! - NO Meeting at St. Luke's and No Attendance Makeup Required
July 9, 2024 - Igor Ristic - The Power of American Opportunity: My Story of Overcoming and Thriving | Naturalization Oath Ceremony
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ATTENDANCE & MEMBERSHIP
Attendance
June 18, 2024 - In-Person, Online, Makeups: 190
Total Present & Makeup: 34%
Membership June 24, 2024 - 598
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| Celebrating Years of Service in Rotary Club 29 - June, 2024
These Rotarians have been members of Club 29 from 50 years to 1 year.
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