We need you Mister Rogers?
We need you Mister Rogers? by Russell Ray In a world of deepening political, racial and generational divide, a movie about Fred Rogers, the man who preached love, kindness and understanding on a television show that reached millions of children, is the reminder we all need to see each other as neighbors, not adversaries. We […]
Comfort and Joy
Comfort and joy. by Emily Lang That’s my mantra this holiday season, and I’m finding it all around me. There’s the obvious comfort that comes from the love of family and friends, and the joy I take from bearing witness to a holiday season of firsts for my youngest nephews. There’s the joy of holiday […]
Panama and the Joys of Rotary
Panama and the Joys of Rotary – Dennis Shockley In 2017 my wife Janet and I attended the Rotary International Convention in Atlanta. While there I met and visited with the then President of the Panama City, Panama Rotary Club, Jovito Salceda. Many of you may recall Club 29 partnered with their club on a […]
Keep the clichés on Thanksgiving table
Keep the clichés on Thanksgiving table by Ted Streuli It would be fun to eavesdrop on other people’s Thanksgiving dinners. Someone always suggests that you go around the table and tell others what you’re thankful for, a tradition that no one at the table is thankful for in the slightest. One year, we tried to […]
Rotary Reflections – John F. Kennedy
Rotary Reflections – John F. Kennedy By Tim Berney The entryway table in the house I grew up in was more like a fancy cabinet. I recall the first time that I opened the doors to it when I was about six years old. Inside the dark chamber, wrapped in light blue plastic similar to […]
Reflections on the Road
REFLECTIONS ON THE ROAD Paul Moore The first time I retired was in May 2012. We were living in Los Angeles, and I had completed 41 years as an executive with the Boy Scouts of America. I had been diagnosed with an extremely rare illness that was life-threatening, and I knew that to fight […]
Rotary Club 29 President and Okla. Hall of Famer
A ROTARY #29 PRESIDENT, the ONLY TWO – TIME “OKLAHOMA HALL OF FAMER!” Walter M. Harrison was our thirteenth president, (1922-23). “Skipper,” as he was known fondly in news circles nationally, and in what would come to be thirty-years editor of the Daily Oklahoman & Times, which made him an easy choice for the fledgling […]
One Gracious Act
One Gracious Act by Ted Streuli I can be a little old school when it comes to media. I read The New York Times online, as well as The Oklahoman, The Journal Record, The Atlantic, The New Yorker and The Edmond Sun, but I also read the Sun in print. And while I read Presbyterians […]
Resolution In Appreciation of President Ann
Resolution of the Board of Directors of the Rotary Club of Oklahoma City In Appreciation of our President Ann Ackerman and best wishes for the health of her family October 17, 2019 Whereas Ann Ackerman is currently serving as the 110th President of Oklahoma’s largest and oldest civic organization, The Rotary Club of Oklahoma City, […]
Laissez-faire
Laissez-faire by John Frost It seems the country is suffering an identity crisis when it comes to economics. What kind of economic system do we have? What should we have? What are the choices worldwide? What has worked and what has failed? I think I am safe in saying that no one economic system is […]
Old School
Old School by Leonard Sullivan I am thankful I attended school in the era when it was safe, educational, disciplined, fun, and preparatory for life. There were no security devices, rather a teacher was at the front door on rainy days to insure everyone scraped the mud and manure off their boots and shoes before […]
Coming Paradigm Shift in OKC Community/Economic Development?
Coming Paradigm Shift in OKC Community/Economic Development? Bart Binning, Ed. D. We are, it is suspected, entering a new paradigm when evaluating the public assistance needed to support economic development; in the future we will look at the more overarching-concept of community re-development rather than the narrow-focused concept of economic re-development. This new paradigm […]