Rotary Reflections – Stan Hupfeld
Routinely I hear things on the radio that both surprise, distress, and irritate me? I have such an experience every morning when I drive to work. I am told there is a deep and nefarious secret that credit card companies do not want me to know. The secret is I don’t have to pay my […]
Favorite Last Lines – Emily Stratton
Favorite Literary Last Lines by Emily Stratton The final lines in novels can be important. They may have impact, be memorable, complete the story or just indicate how the characters will go forward. Margaret Mead ends Gone with the Wind with a simple line that remains relevant in today’s busy times. Scarlett O’Hara, in her […]
My Office Window Overlooks Downtown – Paul Moore
My Office Window Overlooks Downtown Paul Moore Three days a week, I work as the President and CEO of the Executive Service Corps (ESCCO.) This is a perfect “retirement job” for me as it means I can still help make a difference in a community that I love enough to have moved here twice. But […]
Resolve to be Engaged – Fred Morgan
Resolve To Be Engaged By: Fred Morgan Happy New Year my fellow Rotarians. Every year, I reflect on the previous year and create a list of resolutions or goals for the new year. Like most people, I accomplish some while I fail miserably on others. With a tumultuous, divisive election behind us, it is once […]
Development Goes West in 2017 – Cathy O’Connor
Development Goes West in 2017 Cathy O’Connor Bricktown, Midtown and Deep Deuce are just a few Oklahoma City areas that have enjoyed an economic renaissance. Now developers have their eyes—and their investments—to the west. As we start 2017, there are several developments in construction phase or that have just been completed in west downtown OKC. […]
It’s That Special Time of Year Again – Ron Page
It’s That Special Time of Year Again By Ron Page The Holidays leave in their wake “Christmas stress”, that malady associated with such things as: • Inadvertent omission of a friend from the Christmas Card list • Failure to receive a Christmas card from a friend • Being invited to too many parties • […]
Ringing the Bell – Susan McVey
Ringing the Bell One of the Rotary Club 29 annual events is the day members ring the bell for the Salvation Army all across Oklahoma City. It must be a mammoth job to organize all the volunteers, fill the slots, and keep everything moving smoothly. Club 29 has been participating in the event since 1943 […]
The First Disrupters – Pat Rooney
The First Disrupters By Pat Rooney In business today, much is being made about new companies using new technologies to “disrupt” old business lines that may not have adapted to new technological methods. Communications, banking and transportation are all being challenged in this way. In his new New York Times best seller “The Rise and […]
Bass-Ass Librarians – Dick Hefton
THE BAD-ASS LIBRARIANS OF TIMBUKTU and their race to save the world’s most precious manuscripts! That’s the title of a book I found, not at the bookstore, but in a short review in the August issue of ROTARIAN. Believe me; I was not looking for a subject for a sequel to my column in April […]
That for which I give Thanks – John Frost
“That for Which I Give Thanks” Let’s go beyond the turkey and dressing, the eggnog and pumpkin pie, family and friends, and football games. It’s time for reflection on those people, those chance events and Providence for which one can be truly thankful. I believe in Providence. I believe there is a Spiritual Force which […]
Early Television – Leonard Sullivan
“EARLY TELEVISION” I still have my parent’s first television which was purchased in about 1950 or 1951. When I see that old set in the garage, I can’t help but recall the early days of television. There was only one channel, WKY. Most programming was live, local and produced in studio. The programming came on […]
Earthquakes – Bart Binning, Ed.D.
ROTARY Article 19 – Earthquakes Bart Binning, Ed.D. In addition to being in the commercial real estate business, I am President of the Central Oklahoma Commercial Association of REALTORS®. On September 21, we conducted our annual Oklahoma Commercial Real Estate Forum TM; this year’s topic was Earthquakes. At the Forum, an interdisciplinary group of experts […]