An Assignment to Afghanistan
-Dick Hefton I’ll bet you think this is a lesson on current conditions in the war zones in the Middle East. And it’s a pretty safe bet many probably never heard of Afghanistan before 9/11, or maybe in the ‘70s when the Soviet Union invaded – and to the Free World’s delight – got mired […]
Muddled Waters: Continuation of Observations on the Elements of The Rotary Four Way Test: Is It the Truth?
– John A. Frost Any consideration of truthful conclusions necessarily focuses thought on conclusions which are not truthful. A better way is to identify fallacies. Bear with me as this discussion may delve into the mysterious workings of the mind, logic and the realm of faith, belief and minutia of the meaning of words. Let […]
Rotary Reflections
– Larry Edwards Friday the thirteenth was indeed tragic for several hundred people living in Paris. While what follows is not perhaps the uplifting message typically found in this column, I feel burdened to share some thoughts on the most recent, but sadly not the most outrageous act of terrorism. Almost all of us can tell you exactly where we […]
2015 OnePledge
Rotary Club 29 Membership: We invite you to review the OnePledge form and take this opportunity before the end of the year to support our Club 29 key programs that have a significant positive impact on our community and around the world. Rotary is about “Service Above Self” and we […]
Polio Eradication Update 11-14-15
The Gates Foundation is currently matching all Rotarian Raised Polio Donations $2 for each $1 Contributed (Up to $35Mil/Yr.) Our Goal is Global Polio Eradication! PolioPlus: “This Close” ls Not Close Enough Advocate, Donate & Educate to END POLIO NOW & FOREVER ! 14,000,000 Children Saved from the Paralysis of Polio Since 1988 One Polio case […]
Elizabeth Gray
Elizabeth Gray is the former Director of Corporate Operations for Walters Power International, an Oklahoma based power development company. An Industrial Engineering graduate from the University of Oklahoma, she has international experience on site in Pakistan and the United Kingdom. She was the co-manager of a series of standby power generation projects in the United […]
Club 29 Mentorship
You’ve heard of “Thunder- Up ”….well, what about MENTOR-UP? Remember what it was like when you became a new Rotary member? You may have been anxious about attending the luncheons, wondered how to get involved in a committee, or just felt disconnected and a little ill at ease. Like any new experience, it takes time to feel you are “part of the group.” Well, […]
How to Diversity Oklahoma’s Economy
Bart Binning, Ed.D. My original plan was that this article would be a second part to my “Foundations of Democracy” series. However,things happen… Specifically, I scheduled October speakers for the Club 29 Thursday Breakfast Makeup meeting; my October 30th speaker failed to appear. As a last minute topic we had a special form of “Table Talk” – we recapped the month’s topic, which […]
Just as a snake sheds its skin, we must shed our past over and over again
-Michael Whittington Just as a snake sheds its skin, we must shed our past over and over again. This simple, but profound, phrase is attributed to Siddartha Guatama, who was born in India around 500 BCE and later became known as the Buddha, or the “Enlightened One.” It’s a powerful metaphor for the importance of […]
Disruption
– Larry Stone “Disruption is not about what happens to you. It is about how you react to what happens to you.” – Jay Sammit From its start, Rotary has served as a vector for “disruption,” a disturbance that interrupts a standard event or process. While we often think of disruption in negative terms, it […]
Oklahoma City – Confident, Enthusiastic, and Productive
– Ron Page Economics is not something I’ve studied, and, for that matter, it is not something I even begin to understand. But they tell me that somehow, when people are productive and no king or abusive central government takes an unfair share, prosperity emerges. So far, no one has been able to explain to […]