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Next Weekly Program
Thursday Jul 9 - Noon
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Speaker:
Welcome to The Rotary Club of Ashland, Oregon
Chartered 11 July 1941; Club #328
143 Active Members; 9 Honorary
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We meet every Thursday at Noon.
First United Methodist Church of Ashland
Wesley Hall, 165 N Main Sreet, Ashland, Oregon -map-
All Rotarians welcome! Lunch cost $11.00.
Read The Keyway, the weekly bulletin of the Rotary Club of Ashland
UPCOMING CLAENDAR and EVENTS.....
* Presidential Changeover Day, Thursday, 9 July 2009, Noon
* Board of Directors Meeting, 15 July Noon Lithia Springs Inn
* Taste of Guanajuato, Friday, 21 August 2009, TBA
* Ashland Rotary Run for Polio, Saturday, 3 October 2009, TBA
* District Governor Visitation, 28-29 October 2009, TBA
Sign up today to participate in the Rotary Run for Polio.
Rotarians around the world are working to eradicate polio
from our world. Run or walk in a 10K run and walk.
News and Highlights
2nd Taste of Guanajuato
Join the Rotary Club of Ashland and attend the second Taste of Guanajuato dinnere and auction. At Historic Ashland Armory with drinks, silent auction, dinner, and oral auction.
Come help build home in rural Guanajuato State and a joint project with the Rotary Club of Guanajuato. Tickets available soon.
Biran Conrad is committee chair along with members, Deedie Runkel and Angelica Ruppe, and Juli DiChiro.
Circle the date. This event will sell out. It will be the final event during the week-long Ashland-Guanajuato Mexico's 40th anniversary sister city celebration.
GTO Pix Online
Over a dozen photos from our Club's amazing trip to Guanajuato in April have been added to the Photo Gallery.
Look back in the archive for incredible shots of gringos covered with pink paint!
Special thanx to CommComm Chair & GTO paint person, Emile Amarotico.
Ashland Rotary Recognized For Their Strong Support of Guanajuato
The following article was published today at a.m.com.mx by Cinthia Rosiles Bejarano acknowledging the support Ashland Rotary has given to Guanajuato:
Members of the Rotary Club of Guanajuato in conjunction with members of Rotary Club of Ashland donated 196,940 pesos for Andalusia DIF municipal building, 200 lorena stoves, and six playgrounds. “Support is for families in diverse communities of the city with the delivery of the stoves by the end of March”, said Martha Siekman Romero, president of the unit. To carry out the delivery of the check Rotarians gathered at the town hall with the mayor, Eduardo Romero Hicks and members of H. City Council. At the site were also Geraldine Garza Navarro, director of DIF, and Jose Luis Villagomez, director of administration. Jesus Cazares Perez, president of the Rotary Club, said that this support was due to all the members and the work of Ashland Rotarians to Rotary International, which also supports. This is the second donation made to the municipal DIF. The first was for the construction of 50 houses in the communities of Laurel, Santo Domingo, Cienega Negros, El Varal, San Bartolo and Llanos de La Fragua. "The goal is to continue to support these communities in achieving a better quality of life, supporting families with the necessary materials for the construction of a Lorena stove and impact on the environment, reducing logging and product health risks of cooking with outdoor fires. Also, six playsets for children will be installed on a property that has been donated by the community for such purposes, thereby increasing healthy living space for families, "said Geraldine Garza Navarro. Lorena stoves replace open fires and are constructed of adobe (mud, straw, water). Replacing open fires in homes with Lorena stoves while supporting families with low incomes is a national strategy DIF has used for 25 years, a program that DIF plans to develop in all 32 states of the republic. The goal is to teach people to develop self-sufficiency, while reducing the cost of production, and helping preserve the environment with DIF implementing this program over 25 years. With the Rotarian support of this cause, including the 92 thousand pesos going to the stoves and 105 thousand pesos for playgrounds provided by Rotary Club of Ashland members, 200 families in these communities will benefit.
Many thanks go out to the members of the Rotary Club of Ashland and community members for your financial support that has led to the construction of the first 50 affordable homes in Guanajuato as well as these 200 Lorena Stoves and 6 playgrounds for these communities. And, thanks go the members of Ashland Rotary's World Community Support committee who have played such a valuable role in coordinating the efforts in Guanajuato, as well as the other World projects being supported.
Oregon State Economist Tom Potiowsky Reports on the State Economy
At our 3/5/09 weekly meeting, the speaker who packed the house was Tom Potiowsky, Oregon State Economist. The news Mr. Potiowsky relayed was not much of a surprise to anyone – we all know our local economy like our local real estate market has been a bit bleak. Although Southern Oregon was slower to arrive at the Housing Boom party, we did eventually find ourselves there, and we have been paying the price for our exuberance.
But, Mr. Potiowsky says there are indications that 2nd or 3rd quarter 2009 may be the “technical” bottom for the recession we find ourselves in. Of course, the consumers and businesses are going to need to have their confidence restored before we’ll see an upward swing in the economy again, which Mr. Potiowsky believes may be seen in 2010, as long as the financial markets are stabilized.
Mr. Potiowsky's speech was covered by Newswatch 12. If you follow the link, and you may see this coverage.
Rotary Run for Polio Eradication
The first Rotary Run for Polio Eradication sponsored by the Rotary Club of Ashland will take place on Saturday, 3 October 2009 beginning at Lithia Park.
This event will be a 10K Run and walk. Details will be forthcoming. Rob Skinner is committee chair.
Mark your calendar and join us for the run through Ashland. Proceeds benefits Rotary International's worldwide effort to eradicate polio from the earth. This Rotary effort has been on going since 1985.