Wishful Thinkin’ The seasons of our lives… by John Settle
Wishful Thinkin’ The seasons of our lives… By John M. Settle I recently experienced an event that almost all of us will have to face at some time in our life. On May 30th, 2022, my mother, France Rose Settle passed away peacefully in her home. Her two sons, two daughters-in-law and three of […]
Live like an Interrobang
Live like an Interrobang by Jim Priest Several years ago I discovered a new punctuation mark: The “interrobang”. Right off I liked the name. It’s a “not officially recognized” punctuation mark but it’s used in a sentence to convey both a question and excitement, as in “Did you eat my cake?!” In writing it, you […]
FBI, Nix – for the “Fourway” Test
FBI, Nix – for the “Fourway” Test by Dick Hefton The Doldrums of Summer being something of a mind-numbing creative stumbler, practice has led me to leisurely seal a subject or two for mulling till the temps turn sensible. Inspired by a pair of recent popular books of historical interest right here in our […]
All Nature Sings
All Nature Sings by Franci Hart The Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago is brimming with thought evocative exhibits ranging from jewels and precious stones to displays about different cultures, animals and plants. My favorite, though, is the exhibit “Evolving Planet.” This massive exhibit narrates the evolution of our earth and the development of […]
Mike McAuliffe Memorial Golf Tournament – 9-19-2022
The Rotary Club of Oklahoma City Presents the Mike McAuliffe Memorial Golf Tournament September 19, 2022 7:45am Shotgun Start 9:00am The Greens Golf & Country Club 13100 Green Valley Dr, Oklahoma City, OK 73120 Sign up here for Rotarians and their guests Thank you to the following Sponsors Lunch Sponsor $2500 Sandy & Wes Milbourn […]
Unintended Consequences & Strain Theory
Unintended Consequences & Strain Theory by Bart Binning, Ed. D. The idea of an “unintended consequence” can be traced back to 1759 and Adam Smith in his treaties The Theory of Moral Sentiments. The Scottish philosopher, and one of the world’s first economists, theorized how chance combined with the both consequences as well as unintended […]
Rotary International Convention 2022 Overview
In 1910, Rotary founder Paul Harris convened the first Rotary convention at the Congress Hotel in Chicago with just 60 registrants from the 16 Rotary Clubs in North America. For those following our club’s history, that’s one year before we received our official Rotary Charter. Today, average attendance at a Rotary International Convention […]
Everybody Knows … Or Do They?
Everyone Knows…. Or Do They? by Charlie Smith In the Kansas town in which I was a pastor, the community arts festival was a big deal. The church that I served was an organizer of the inaugural festival many years before and remained a major benefactor. In gratitude, festival organizers annually provided one of the […]
Breaking up with your comfort zone is hard to do
Breaking Up with your Comfort Zone is Hard to Do by Emily Lang When I was 17 my mom and one of my teachers conspired to enter me into our county scholarship pageant. It wasn’t that I was some great beauty – it was that I was painfully shy, and they thought forcing me […]
Interview with Jerrod Shouse – June 21, 2022
Interview with Jerrod Shouse June 21, 2022 | by Emily Stratton I was delighted to be invited to interview our current president, Jerrod Shouse, at the end of his term and very much enjoyed sitting down and visiting with him. We all salute Jerrod for the outstanding job he has done as our president. Enjoy […]
A lesson lies over the rainbow
A Lesson Lies Over the Rainbow by Ted Streuli “It is all so well-intentioned, so genial and so gay that any reviewer who would look down his nose at the fun-making should be spanked and sent off, supperless, to bed,” Frank S. Nugent wrote of the film. “Having too stout an appetite to chance so […]