Visiting Rotarians included Willow, Jeff, and Nathan from Tualatin Rotary. InterCambio students Sandra, Kimberly, and Nez also attended. InterCambio is currently raising funds toward a $2500 college scholarship. $800 has been donated so far.
There will be a District Image Training meeting on October 21 in Wilsonville. Please contact Marland if you wish to attend.
On October 24 from 6 – 9 PM the club will host another bowling night to raise money for Polio Plus. Cost is $30 per person and includes 3 hours of bowling at Nicoli’s. Please sign up if you wish you attend.
Our club will participate in a Visioning session on October 30 from 5 – 9 PM at the District Office. You should have received an email link to a survey. Please take time to complete it before the event as the results will be used to guide the process.
There will be a club Fireside at 6:30 PM on November 2 at the home of Gail and Bruce Toein. Ken VanDomelen will be the speaker. Spouses and guests are welcome to attend. Please sign up so we know how much food to order.
The club will raffle 500 Paul Harris points to encourage every club member to donate to Rotary International. A donation of $10 or more may be made online or by check to our club (designated to Rotary International). This is the first of 2 raffles, of 500 points each, to be held this fiscal year.
Exchange student, Alberto attended the youth exchange orientation in Seaside, Oregon last weekend. He also plays on the THS water polo team that beat Tualatin in last week’s match.
Rob Musante participated in the Rotary Triathlon to raise money for Salem Rotary. He took First Place in the 50 – 54 age range!
A Service Above Self award was given to longtime club member, Bonnie Conger who embodies the Four-Way Test while also inspiring others to do the same.
This week’s book:
“Why?: What Makes Us Curious” by Mario Livio
From the publisher:
“This is a fascinating examination of perhaps our most human characteristic, our innate curiosity; our deep desire to know why. Why are we more distracted by a cell-phone conversation, where we can hear only one side of the dialogue, than by an overheard argument between two people? Are children more curious than adults? What is the source of the morbid curiosity that causes bystanders to gather at crime scenes or traffic accidents? What evolutionary purpose does curiosity serve? How does our mind choose what to be curious about? Why? explores these and many other intriguing questions. Curiosity is essential to creativity. It is a necessary ingredient in so many art forms, from mystery novels and film dramas to painting, sculpture, and music. It is the principal driver of science, and yet there is no scientific consensus on why we humans are so curious or about the precise mechanisms in our brain that are responsible for curiosity. Mario Livio investigates curiosity through the lives of such paragons of inquisitiveness as Leonardo da Vinci and Richard Feynman. He interviewed a range of exceptionally curious people from an astronaut with degrees in statistics, medicine, and literature to a rock guitarist with a PhD in astrophysics.”