Returning to Our Roots: How Values Guide Progress in an Accelerating World
Returning to Our Roots: How Values Guide Progress in an Accelerating World By Sarah Mason Sears This weekend, I was listening to Ken Burns discuss his new documentary on the American Revolution, and I was captivated. What stood out wasn’t just the history but how he described the Revolution’s leaders as building something bigger than […]
2026-2027 Candidates for Officer & Directors
This is Not a Ballot Ballots are due by 11:59 pm, November 30, 2025 through online voting. The slate of the 2026-27 Rotary Officers and Directors will be online for the November 2025 election. If you would like a paper ballot, please request one here. You may also email the Rotary office or provide the […]
Admiral Greg Slavonic
11-11-2025 livestream 11:55am Greg Slavonic is the former Acting Under Secretary of the Navy and previously served as the 18th Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Manpower and Reserve Affairs and after a 34-year distinguished career in the Navy/Navy Reserve retired as a Rear Admiral. As the Under he served as the deputy and […]
A Peculiar Institution
A Peculiar Institution by Pat Rooney “The Federal Reserve is a pretty queer duck,” Wright Patman, member of Congress 1930. This quote was part of a discussion on the U.S. House floor by Congressman Patman (D-TX) who tried to make the case that the new Federal Reserve building on Constitutional Avenue, completed in 1937, was […]
Marilyn Luper Hildreth, Joyce Jackson, Joyce Henderson:Clara Luper Plaza: Honoring the Katz Drug Sit-in Panel
11-4-2025 livestream 11:55am Clara Luper Plaza: Honoring the Katz Drug Sit-in Ms. Marilyn Luper Hildreth is a graduate of Douglass High School and a lifelong advocate for civil rights. She was just ten years old when she joined her mother, Clara Luper, in the historic Katz Drug Store sit-in, igniting a movement that would […]
Choose Kindness
Choose Kindness by Alex Kaiser It’s no secret that America feels more divided than ever. Politics today often seems less about ideas and more about winning—about proving someone else wrong instead of seeking what’s right for everyone. Turn on the news, scroll through social media, or even glance at your group chats, and you’ll see […]
Rich Rasmussen: Oklahoma Hospital Association
10-28-2025 Livestream 11;55am Rich Rasmussen is President of Okla. Hospital Association He is only the fifth executive to lead the organization in its 104-year history. Rasmussen has served in executive leadership roles in the health care industry for more than 30 years. Most recently, he was president and CEO of the Montana Hospital Association. There […]
Is Civility Dead?
Is Civility Dead? by Charlie Price Online trolls. Road rage incidents. Public figures trading barbs. Wherever you turn, there’s another reminder of how fragile civility has become. Defined by Merriam-Webster as “a polite act or expression,” civility is about treating others with respect, courtesy and kindness. Sound quaint? Many agree: 85% of those polled in […]
Shawn Arnold: Polio – Everything Old is New Again
10-21-2025 Livestream 11:55am “Polio-Everything Old is New Again” Shawn Arnold is a partner at the firm of Hall, Booth Smith, focusing on civil litigation. He is an AV-preeminent rated lawyer and past president of the Oklahoma chapter of the American Board of Trial Advocates. He and his family live in Norman, Oklahoma. Born in Portland, […]
ARE WE FAILING THE FOUR-WAY TEST?
ARE WE FAILING THE FOUR-WAY TEST? by Paul Moore Is it the truth? Is it fair to all concerned? Will it build goodwill and better friendships? Will it be beneficial to all concerned? The Rotary Four-Way Test was written in 1932 by Herbert J. Taylor as he was tasked with saving the Club Aluminum Company, […]