October 28, 2020 Issue 20-43 PEOPLE OF ACTION Rotary Club of Longview CALENDAR TODAYS Program Norm Carlson receives his Paul Harris Fellow certificate and pin from Keith Larson at the Steve Taylor October 20 Board meeting. Classification talk PUD It’s leaders like Norm that make Rotary so update effective through their generosity and passion for positive change all over the world. October 31 All Saints Eve Thank you, Norm for making a difference! Nov. 1 Fall Back to Standard time 2 am POLIO Contributions Oct. 21 Nov 3 Election Day VOTE From the sale of Rotary face masks, our in Plenty of Time Club donated $250 to EndPolio.org. Also on Oct. 21, as Anil Puri ended his Nov. 4 Club Meeting presentation about his Rotary trip to India to Program Julius Arevelo OR Way Improvements inoculate children; he challenged the members present with a $50 bill to raise at Nov. 6-7 Freedom Flags least $500. We DID IT! A total of $530 was Deploy raised in a matter of minutes and will be forwarded to EndPolio.org. If any members Nov.11 VETERANS DAY were not present to contribute or did not Program Brent Freeman contribute on World Polio Day, Please do so now. Nov 13-14 Freedom Flag Retrieval ROTARY CLUB OF LONGVIEW OCT. 21, 2020 SAVE THESE DATES December 5, Walk & Knock The October 21 meeting was called to order by Pres. Keith Larson. Jim Elliott December Rotary Angels provided the Invocation and Frank Morrison led singing of our National Anthem. Brian Magnuson introduced his guest, Marc Roland. Reed Hadley Have You Heard? served as Fine Master. Our program was provided by District 5020 Assistant District Governor Anil All eight local radio stations are currently playing Rotary-produced Public Service Puri. Anil showed a Powerpoint of a trip to India in January. Anil and other Announcements (PSA). KLOG, KUKN & Rotarians took part in a very meaningful polio inoculation event. Anil 105.5 The Wave plus KEDO, KBAM, KLYK, KPPK & KRQT are playing our explained how sites are selected and the preparation which is involved in Rotary PSAs. Thanks to our Club Rotarians actually innoclating children. The vaccine must be kept at a very low members Joel Hanson and John Paul temperature and this is one of the important parts of planning such an event. and Bicoastal Media’s Bruce Pollock for making these Rotary public service At the conclusion of his program, Anil offered a $50 bill and challenged our announcements possible. Club members to contribute to Rotary Polio Plus. In no time $530 was raised on Jim Hennig the spot by Longview Rotarians. The meeting ended with this quote Voting is the expression of our commitment to ourselves, one another, this country and this world. Sharon Salzberg, American author. FREEDOM FLAGS Oct. 24. A Freedom Flag assembly work party was held at ServPro on Saturday. Bob Gregory and Bill Ofstun prepared two work stations to assemble 100 new American flags. Todd Boze, Bob Beal, Neil Zick and Keith Larson worked one station. Reed Hadley, Brooke Fisher-Clark, her husband Jason, and 4 year old son Baron worked the second station. ANY and ALL Rotarians who live in Longview and have not subscribed to our FREEDOM FLAGS membership, our only on-going club fundraiser, should PLEASE do so NOW! Member November Birthdays: BOARD BITS – October 20, 2020 The Board meeting was held In-Person at the Country Club with 14 01 Dave Spurgeon of 15 Board members. 01 Ray Vandervalk Finances: For both the Club and Foundation were presented, reviewed and accepted. Still have one unpaid dues member. 06 Jerry Gibson Membership: We have no applicants in the pipeline. ALL members 09 Chris Searing are encouraged to bring a guest to a meeting. The Women of Rotary 10 Jon Trussell initiative, led by Brooke and Dee is progressing very well. 10 Neil Zick Members are urged to “Like” and “Share” our Facebook ads. Freedom Flags: Ryan Grady & Bill Ofstun: Flags deployment for 18 John Paul Veterans Day will be on Saturday, Nov. 7. Watch for your teams to announce plans. The United Way has made a $500 donation to the 20 Jordan Burns club for the use of the flags at their Day of Caring event on 9/11. 20 Dan Zorn Meetings: Hybrid In-person and zoom meetings have been going well and will continue. 21 Melissa Diaz Fundraising: See Freedom Flags – our ONLY on-going fundraiser. Please seek new subscriptions. 27 Van Youngquist World Community Service: Three (3) International project opportunities needing funding have been satisfied thanks to nine (Note: This birthday listing is taken from (9) members who contributed $8,600 to add to our $4,500 budget. ClubRunner information. If it is incorrect or New Business: 1. Our club has agreed to participate with the Kelso your name is missing, please correct in our and Early Edition clubs to prepare and serve one dinner per quarter official club records. Thank you.) at the Community House on Broadway. 2. The Club’s annual business meeting and elections are scheduled for Dec. 16. Members interested in serving on the Board (two open positions) should advise Keith or a Board member of his/her interest. 3. The possibility of a holiday party was discussed. Options will be explored. 4. Walk N Knock and Rotary Angels committees will begin planning..