Inside Look at Wall and Broadway by John Frost
Inside Look at Wall and Broadway by John Frost Lately, many investors have been exposed to new terms and techniques which are used by Wall Street Firms and many investors do not know what or how these terms apply to “the market” for stocks. Let’s start with the term “order flow”. Most people cannot explain […]
Teaching the Kids to Weather the Storm
Teaching the Kids to Weather the Storm By Dave Rhea It has been a long year! I suppose what we could think of as the new New Year falls in mid-March. I remember my last full day in my office prior to the COVID shutdown was in March of 2020 – Friday the 13th to […]
Embers of War by Pat Rooney
Embers of War by Pat Rooney “Ho Chi Minh had a secret alliance with the United States.” For those of you with even a passing familiarity with Vietnam, this statement will surprise you. But it’s true, back in 1943 that is, when Japan occupied French Indochina and the U.S. needed Vietnamese help. This is just […]
Check your “Check Engine” light!
Check your “Check Engine” light! by Jim Priest Rotary promotes “service above self”. But is there a limit to that? I’m leading an adult Sunday School class through a study of the book “Living Joy” by Chris Stefanick. It’s written in a reader friendly style that includes “how to” sections in each chapter about how […]
The Page Turner
The Page Turner by Ted Streuli One of Club 29’s longstanding traditions is to honor a teacher each month. That ritual conjures a different memory each month — the kindergarten teacher I adored, the high school teacher who kept putting me back on the path, the college English professor who challenged and inspired me. And […]
Return to Normal
Return to Normal – Rotarians Need Meetings by Leonard Sullivan I really miss our weekly Rotary Meetings and eagerly await the return to our traditional meeting format. Most humans need social contact, and Rotarians are a special group who enjoy being together. Our common belief in service, community involvement, and adhering to the four-way test […]
Leading with Hope – by Jan Peery
Leading with Hope by Jan Peery History will forever remind us that 2020 was a year of the unexpected and challenging It was a time we found ourselves reexamining how we connect on personal, social and business levels. In many ways, we found ourselves looking through new/different set of lenses – from political unrest, turmoil […]
Can You Give Yourself a 10
Can You Give Yourself a 10 by Paul Moore Have you noticed that everyone wants you to rate them? The simplest transactions are invariably followed up with a request for you to rate performance. If you ordered something online, they want a review. If you stayed in a hotel (do you remember when that was […]
Three Ways Parents Can Refocus Family Life During the Pandemic – Stacy McNeiland
Three Ways Parents Can Refocus Family Life During the Pandemic by Stacy McNeiland Spring break is just around the corner, and while that final hiatus in the school year normally brings with it hope for sandy beaches or snowy hills, the sentiment this year is notably different. It’s hard to believe that spring break 2020 […]
The Aftermath: Rule of Law & Elections
The Aftermath: Rule of Law & Elections Bart Binning, Ed. D. The day of the riot in the Nation’s Capitol, Dr. Condoleezza Rice, now a director of Stanford University’s Hoover Institution, issued a statement that said, in part: What we witnessed was a stain on our democracy — whatever your political views — that must […]
Attacks on Journalists are attacks on Democracy. It has to stop.
Attacks on journalists are attacks on democracy. It has to stop. by Emily Lang “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for […]
In Memory – Harry Wilson Mike McAuliffe Gabe Zablatnik Tom Parrish Robert Gilliland
Harry L. Wilson (1933-2020) President 1988-1989 41 years Perfect Attendance Dear Rotarian Friends: The loss of Harry Wilson who passed away on Thanksgiving Day, feels like the passing of an era. The 88th President of Rotary Club of Oklahoma City, Harry was one of the friendliest, most helpful members of Rotary that I have ever […]