Finding My Father’s Legacy on Memorial Day
Finding My Father’s Legacy on Memorial Day by Lauren Branch Memorial Day is a time for reflection and gratitude, a day to honor the brave souls who sacrificed their lives for our nation’s freedom. For many, it’s a day of remembrance and national pride, but for me, it’s also profoundly personal. Fifty five years ago […]
MAY You Enjoy the Month
MAY YOU ENJOY THE MONTH by Drew Edmondson “Though April showers may come your way They bring the flowers that bloom in May” May Day has been celebrated in the northern hemisphere for thousands of years. It celebrates the mid-point between the Spring Equinox and the Summer Solstice and the fertility of the earth that […]
Accessibility differences between Visitable, Handicap, and the ADA Bart Binning, Ed. D.
“Accessibility differences between Visitable, Handicap, and the ADA” by Bart Binning, Ed. D. As I transition into becoming “elderly” (which I define as surviving four strokes and being prescribed a life-style restricting blood thinner like Eliquis), I find myself being much more retrospective. For example, I now recognize that there are differences between Disability (the […]
Connection and service combats isolation and is good for you
Connection and service combats isolation and is good for you By Julie Bisbee If you’re coupling a trip to the Rotary dessert table with a friendly exchange and a smile with your fellow Rotarians, you may be able to offset the ills of over indulgence. That’s my personal hypothesis. It is untested and unresearched. But […]
We Come to Remember
We Come to Remember by Charlie Smith By the time you read this, I will have run in the Oklahoma City Memorial Half Marathon, my 12th time competing in a race of 13.1 miles. (It still amazes me to write that sentence.) Even if you are not a runner, I encourage you to mark next […]
Inching through Ethics
“Inching through Ethics” by Jessica Sherrill Recently, a friend of mine attended a conference in Oregon. She texted me a picture of a Rotary sign she walked past and said that seeing it made her think of me. I feel like that’s a major compliment that a symbol of Rotary reminds her of me. Well, […]
The Myriad Gardens Tulip Festival
The Myriad Gardens Tulip Festival by Ron Page I’m sure the entire Rotary 29 Club eagerly anticipates my next Reflections article dealing with growing up on a corn farm in northern Illinois, just south of the Wisconsin border. I know that to be true because when I polled a sampling of Rotary members, I was […]
Book Lover
Book Lover by Pat Rooney “Dad, you are going to love it.” That was a quote from my son, a year ago, urging me to pick up a thick biography on Lyndon Johnson titled The Path to Power. It is the first of Robert A. Caro’s three-volume set on the 36th President of the […]
Questions that Transform
3-23-24 Questions that Transform by Jim Priest All Rotarians have heard of “The Four Way Test”. Many have memorized it. Most live it every day. But have you ever noticed the test is not a directive? It’s an interrogatory. It doesn’t command you to be truthful, it asks if the things you think, do, […]
Serving together: How Rotary raises awareness, connects us to the Community
Serving together: How Rotary raises awareness, connects us to the Community by Charlie Price Spring is the perfect season to reflect and refresh, an ideal time to decide what we hope blooms next in our lives. As Rotarians, we recognize service above self as one of our core values. Our members engage in volunteer service […]
The Power of Community
The Power of Community by Lauren Branch As I reflect on my ongoing journey of life, one aspect that stands out to me is the profound significance of community. I think I’ve always thought of community as something defined by geography or shared interests. We as Rotarians understand the value of community…it’s one of the […]
All Pranks and False Alarms Aside: New Images May End the Hundred Year Earhart Mystery!
All Pranks and False Alarms Aside: New Images May End the Hundred Year Earhart Mystery! by Dick Hefton World news sources this week announced that a marine robotics company found outlines of an airplane deep in South Pacific seas which, they believe may likely be the Earhart plane lost July, 1937. Deep Sea Vision, a […]