March 16, 2020

We aren’t quite sure what Laurie Austin fixed forour main dish, but it was very delicious – and itso impressed our speaker that he gave her hiscard and asked that she put him on her weeklymenu e-mailing for her dinner clients! There wasnothing left of it afterward. The “Luck O’ TheIrish” cream pie for dessert was memorable, too.

The club is now in hiatus until approvalis received from Oregon Governor KateBrown and/or Rotary International to re-sume publicly meeting. Our scheduledfuture programs will be rescheduled, aswe are able to do so.

At this time, The District Conferenceis still slated for

As announced to the club in an e-mail last Friday, the coronavirus closure of our normal venue atMoreland Presbyterian Church led to a change of location, and today we met at SMILE Station inSellwood – observing all protocols in effect at the time for such a meeting (two at a table, separated, andsanitary wipedown of surfaces). It was a very good meeting, with an excellent lunch by Laurie Austin,two Rotarians from Lake Oswego “making up” with us, and a very interesting vocational talk by ourspeaker, Dr. Dan Beeson (a former member of our club and still a Rotarian). Beeson told how hisforebears came to Oregon over the Oregon Trail in the mid-1800’s; he himself was born near Medford,attended Linfield College (where he set basketball records which still stand), and played in the NBA inSeattle, before leaving professional sports to study to enter the chiropractic field, after discovering howit addressed athletic problems he had suffered while playing basketball. He is today the best-knownchiropractor in the state, and he owns his own clinic on the Bybee Curve on S.E. 13th (it turned out tobe located on land that once belonged to his grandparents before Sellwood was incorporated as a city!).

The same afternoon, Governor Brown imposed new restrictions on meetings (this meeting actually metthose too) – and then Rotary International called on all clubs to cease in-person meetings indefinitely,and now we are in compliance with that as well. Next bulletin when there’s something new to report!

“Meals On Wheels” Delivery3/24 – Kathy Stromvig; 3/31 – Mark Penning-ton; 4/7 – Joel Fields; 4/14 – Stephen Bache;4/21 – Janeen Rundle; 4/28 – Linda Amato;5/5– Judy Tester; 5/12 – Dean Gibbons; 5/12– Kathy Stromvig; 5/19 – Mark Pennington;5/26 Joel Fields; 6/2 – Stephen Bache; 6/9 –Janeen Rundle; 6/16 – Linda Amato; 6/23 –Judy Tester; 6/30 – Dean Gibbons _________________________

Chris McKee manages the Thelma SkeltonMeals on Wheels Center, now located at More-land Presbyterian Church, for whom we deliv-er lunches at noon each Tuesday; you canreach him at 503/953-8209, or e-mail him:chris.mckee@mealsonwheelspeople.org.When you deliver, please arrive well before noon!11:30 is not too early! If you can’t do it as assigned,make sure someone else does cover it for you! _____________________________

For those who want to “make up” a RotaryMeeting during this time of semi-quaran-tine, there’s always “Rotary Club One” –the first authorized “virtual” Rotary Club.Spend a half hour or more browsing theRotary-oriented videos or articles and pay$20, and you’ve “made up!” It’s online at:https://www.rotaryeclubone.org

Joe Amato 503-781-9689 503-691-9504Stephen Bache 971-712-6541John Ellis 503-307-4070 503-255-2594Joel Fields 503-422-1535 503-284-8467Dean Gibbons 503-235-9085 503-460-7596Michelle Maida Hager 503-775-4699 503-703-1896Mark Hanset 503-232-5418 503-620-4250Kris Heiberg 503-794-8212 503-969-5061Bill Meyer 503-720-1840 503-775-6591

Patricia Nichols 503-475-4854Eric Norberg 503-232-2326 503-232-9787David O’Connor 503-412-9484Mark Pennington 503-729-1920Bruce Poinsette 503-260-6162 503-636-8945Janeen Rundle 503-997-8871Kathy Stromvig 503-319-3755Judy Tester 971-269-6780

Club officers, 2019-20 Rotary yearPresident – Bruce PoinsettePresident Elect – Four Ex-PresidentsVice President – Eric NorbergSecretary – Kathy StromvigTreasurer – Joel FieldsSergeant At Arms - Mark Hanset/Stephen BachePast President – Kathy Stromvig

Community Service – Judy TesterClub Fundraising – Mark PenningtonClub Service – Eric Norberg & Michelle MaidaYouth Exchange – Mark PenningtonYouth Exchange Counselor – Janeen RundleHost Family Coordinator – Kathy StromvigMembership – David O’Connor, Bill MeyerSocial Media – Mark Hanset; Bulletin – Eric Norberg

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