OKC Rotary News

February 15, 2022 | Volume 110 | No. 30
In-Person and Livestreamed from Christian Life Center - St. Luke's United Methodist Church | 11:55
Link to the Livestream

REMINDER: Everyone attending our Tuesday luncheon will be asked to wear a mask, except when eating. Masks will be available at registration.
In keeping with Rotary’s mission of service above self, we strongly recommend that only those members and guests that are vaccinated attend our in-person meetings. READ MORE

Ashleigh Robinson, Miss Oklahoma 2021, is a 7th Grade English Language Arts teacher at F.D. Moon Middle School in Oklahoma City Public Schools. Introduced to the school through volunteering with the Freedom City mentoring and reading buddy program, Ashleigh fell in love with the students and pouring into their lives. After a year of volunteering once a week, she accepted a teaching position there. The pandemic kept her classroom virtual until February ‘21. She was named OKCPS District Rookie Teacher of the Month in March ‘21. READ MORE

CHAIR OF THE DAY
Heidi Russell

INVOCATION
Patrick Raglow

PLEDGE/SONG LEADER
Ashleigh Robinson, Miss Oklahoma 2021

INTRODUCTION OF GUESTS & VISITING ROTARIANS
Jeff Simpsen

TEACHER OF THE MONTH INTRODUCTION
Kim Henry

ROVING MICROPHONE
Terri Watkins

REGISTRATION
Liz Eickman, Larry Wagner

GREETERS
Steve Davis, Cliff Dougherty

SCANNERS
Gary Lumpkin, Kelly Kay, Brooke Haneborg

MENU Field Green Salad
Grilled Vegetable Salad
Honey Lemon Chicken
Classic Pot roast
Carrots and potatoes

Club 29 Breakfast

February 17, 2022
Quail Creek Country Club | 7:00am | Wingspan Room
Speaker: Joanne Davis, Executive Director, OKC Black Chamber of Commerce
Reminder: Unless eating, please wear a mask during the meeting

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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Yard Lights

by Ron Page

When the glacier retreated from northern Illinois, it left in our county a lake roughly 15 miles in diameter. Over the centuries, it receded to “swamp” status, and, around 1910, it was drained, leaving a flat-as-a- pool-table layer of thick, black, fertile soil.

Our house and outbuildings sat on a little glacial hump on the edge of “the swamp”, a hump sitting about 30 feet above the surrounding flat terrain. From our vantage point, we could see our flat 320 acres, as well as distant water towers in towns we never visited. At night, stars were brilliant and the Milky Way, which a college friend from Chicago believed was fictitious, was clearly visible. We could see the lights from a highway intersection a few miles to the southeast. To the north, we could sometimes see the “Northern Lights”, which could be a bit unsettling when returning home alone late at night.

It was very dark when my dad arose at 4:00 a.m. to begin the chores that were part of raising cattle, hogs, and chickens. But as did all farmers, we had a big yard light mounted near the top of the machine shed that was essential for the two or three hours before sun-up. From our view atop the little glacial drumlin, Dad could easily count the yard lights of the neighbors scattered over the flat swamp.
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Announcements

Teacher of the Month - February 2022

Kim Henry will introduce Duncan Fugitt, Edmond North High School Physics teacher, as the February 2022 Teacher of the Month.

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Rotary Club 29 Online Directory

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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.

FUTURE PROGRAMS

2021-2022 Program Schedule

February 22, 2022 - Arshay Cooper – Rower, Author “A Most Beautiful Thing”
Chair of the Day - Mike Knopp

March 1, 2022 - Afghan Refugee Panel: Kim Bandy- The Spero Project; Veronica Laizure
Chief counsel - Council on American Islamic Relations - Oklahoma
Chair of the Day/Moderator- Patrick Raglow