Reception honoring Club 29 Past Presidents

A reception honoring Past Presidents of Rotary Club 29 was held May 4, 2017. Hosts were Past President and Mrs. Sam Hammons of  Edmond. Photographer – Carl Shortt   Past Presidents of Club 29 (Living) Dr. Dean Robertson (1966-67) Henry W. Browne, Jr.  (1977-78) Chris V. Speligene  (1979-80) Harold D. Armstrong (1981-82) Gabriel J. Zablatnik […]

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Thoughts on Retirement – Paul Moore

 Thoughts on Retirement -Paul Moore Disclaimer:  I only lasted 18 months in full retirement. Background:  February, 2012.  I survived surgery to remove a tumor in my ethmoid sinus, only to receive a diagnosis that I had IgG4 Related Disease.  This exotic illness had only had a name, in the US, for about a week before […]

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Great Library builds Community- Susan McVey

“A great community is built around a great library and a great library builds a great community.” –Lisa Scottoline at the 2017 Literary Voices event   Every spring the Metropolitan Library System Endowment Trust sponsors an author dinner to raise funds for library programs and services, to encourage the love of reading and literacy in […]

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Coming Attractions – Lance McDaniel

 Coming Attractions By Lance McDaniel Editor’s Note: From Time to time we offer guest columnists an opportunity to discuss upcoming events in OKC. Fellow Rotarians, The 2017 film festival is coming up June 8-11. The festival will start on Thursday night on the rooftop of the Museum of Art and continue through the weekend with […]

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District Conference – 2017

NO Luncheon meeting at the Petroleum club on May 2- Register for the 5-5 Friday Luncheon – or the entire conference below!! Join us for a FUN, informative Conference at the Grand Casino Resort in Shawnee, OK! Once a year, Rotarians across our district gather to celebrate successes, get to know other Rotarians in neighboring clubs, […]

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3-25-17 Food Bank

20+ Club 29 Rotarians worked along with members of the Downtown Kiwanis Club packing, and sorting food for the Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma.  This event was part of  the Club 29 Service Saturday committee’s efforts to participate in the International Week of Service.  In the spirit of Rotary Serving Humanity, RI President John Germ […]

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Losing sleep over “Fake news” – Dick Hefton

“Losing sleep over “FAKE news”? RX: Don’t love your local newspaper to DEATH!” False reporting, a non sequitur called “Fake News”, for the most part rolls out of undisciplined sensationalist self-serving outlets –generally of a cyber nature, but put to compounded use by the so-called mainstream press to cover their biased journalistic transgressions. Now “bias” […]

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Right Place-Right Time – Leonard Sullivan

RIGHT PLACE –RIGHT TIME – Leonard Sullivan I graduated from the U.S. Army Basic Officers’ School at Ft. Lee. Virginia in 1959. I got that first leave and I was eager to get back to Oklahoma to see my wife and new baby girl. I hitched a ride on an AF plane from Bolling AFB […]

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Prosperity: A Mystery No Longer – John Frost

  Prosperity: A Mystery No Longer “Don’t look back! Something (or somebody) might be gaining on you.” Leroy “Satchel” Paige, Hall of Fame baseball pitcher. America exists in a competitive worldwide environment. Every country strives to achieve prosperity for itself, its citizens and its friends and allies. In may humble observations, I have come to […]

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States’ Rights for Progressives – Bart Binning

A New Definition of States’ Rights for Progressives? The reaction to the election of Donald Trump as President, has upended the American political landscape. The “Yes California Independence Campaign” is attempting to gather just under 600,000 signatures to put the succession measure on the 2018 ballot (would require a US Constitutional amendment). Trump supporters have […]

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A Question of Size – Pat Rooney

A Question of Size By Pat Rooney Much has been made in recent years of the fact that Club 29 is now the “Largest Rotary Club in the World.” We announce it from the podium, we applaud it frequently, and generally take pride in this. And it’s not a bad thing. The implication here is […]

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Keep India Polio Free

April 1-3, 2017 – Agra, India Optional trip dates available Rotary Club of Agra Tajmahal District 3110 Rotarians are invited to participate in an International Polio NID Campaign “You will never be the same after you have looked into the appreciative eyes of someone whose life you have changed” Brochure and sign up form    

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