by Rotary Club of Eugene | Sep 27, 2020 | Uncategorized
With everything that is going on and continued smokey skies outside, it is really hard to be positive, but then we receive messages of concern and action by our District Governor Cindi O’Neil. First she put out a need for Red Cross volunteers and told everyone...
by Rotary Club of Eugene | Sep 27, 2020 | Uncategorized
I have included an email received from the President of Rotary International last week, that tells us the African region is certified Polio free (the only known cases left are in Afghanistan and Pakistan). Many of you saw this in the national news last week. This is a...
by Rotary Club of Eugene | Sep 27, 2020 | Uncategorized
This weeks program will be with one of the candidates in the upcoming election for the 4th congressional district and feature Congressman Peter DeFazio. His challenger Alex Skarlatos will speak to us in 2 weeks. I want both programs to meet the 4-way test and most of...
by Rotary Club of Eugene | Sep 27, 2020 | Uncategorized
My last few days have been spent picking, culling, and preparing apples from the prolific tree in our back yard! So what are the possibilities after they are peeled and sliced. There are many and only your imagination and creativity limit them. Besides just nibbling...
by Rotary Club of Eugene | Sep 11, 2020 | Uncategorized
FROM CLUB PRESIDENT TOM GILMOUR (Retired Admiral USCG) On September 11, 2001 at the direction of the Coast Guard, a group of everyday citizens worked together to accomplish the largest sea evacuation in history. Half a million people were transported in a stretch of...
by Rotary Club of Eugene | Aug 16, 2020 | Uncategorized
We all got a nice message from last weeks (Aug 11) speaker on how much he enjoyed speaking to our club. I have invited all of our speakers to join us early (1200-1215) and to stay late after the “Parting Shot (post 1:15) to be part of our open session, to get...
by Rotary Club of Eugene | Aug 16, 2020 | Uncategorized
Attached is a photo from the first River Pointe Rotary Rendevous and happy hour. Held last Wednesday August 12th in the back yard of Jim Hanks home in the River Pointe community off Ayers road in Eugene. Attending from left; Erik Jorgensen, Mike Ritchey, Tom Gilmour...
by Rotary Club of Eugene | Aug 11, 2020 | Uncategorized
In a recent discussion with Rotarians on the possibility of a vaccine for COVID-19, someone remarked to me “my you are an optimist,” and I’m pretty certain it wasn’t meant as a compliment (even though my remark had some scientific basis). I...
by Rotary Club of Eugene | Aug 11, 2020 | Uncategorized
Check out Stacy Ray talking about ArtSpark effort in this ArtSpark...
by Rotary Club of Eugene | Aug 3, 2020 | Uncategorized
This week I would like to take time to Thank the Program Committee and it’s Co-Chairs Nathan Phillips and Michael Syman-Degler. As a club we owe ALL of the members of Committee a great thank you for providing high quality programs, that are of interest during...
