by Deanna Rivera | Feb 5, 2015 | International Rotary Programs, People and Personalities, Programs we Support
Cort Vaughan is a Polio survivor. Cort joined the Rotary Club of Greater Bend to help eradicate Polio. He founded the Pints for Polio fundraiser in 2012 to raise money for global Polio eradication and to increase local awareness regarding the need to vaccinate all...
by Deanna Rivera | Jun 23, 2014 | Local Business, People and Personalities
Today’s speaker was John Gartland, Attorney-Mediator with Gartland, Nelson, McCleery & Wade, P.C. in Eugene. John graduated from OSU and went to the U of O Law School. He began as a family law lawyer and litigated for ten years. He didn’t like what he...
by Deanna Rivera | May 15, 2014 | People and Personalities
Joelle R. Goodwin, Mrs. Oregon 2009 discussed why and how she got involved in pageants, what she has learned from them and why she remains involved with the pageant community. Highlights from Mrs. Oregon’s presentation: Joelle grew up watching Miss America...
by Deanna Rivera | Aug 14, 2013 | People and Personalities
Dr. Roger J. Thompson is the Vice Provost for Enrollment Management, serving as the chief enrollment management officer for the University of Oregon, and is responsible for student recruitment and retention. Dr. Thompson came to discuss how Oregon’s admission...
by Deanna Rivera | Nov 10, 2012 | People and Personalities
Register-Guard columnist Bob Welch has twice been honored by the National Society of Newspaper Columnists as best in the nation, and he’s won the “best writing” category in the Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association’s contest the last two years. He is the author of...
by Deanna Rivera | Jul 31, 2012 | People and Personalities
Thank you to Jerry Thenell for coming to us with his story today. Jerry was a Southtowne Rotarian and is now a Delta Rotarian and about a year ago, was in a private plane crash on his way back from a Duck Football game. They didn’t think he would walk again, let...
