Events

Club member Sara Siems serves as a member of the City of Stillwater Bicyclist and Pedestrian Ad Hoc Committee (BPAC), which focuses on ways to advance transportation opportunities for all residents of Stillwater. BPAC reviews all city plans, documents, and standards to prepare recommendations for the city council. Sara will be joined by Keith Reed, resident bike ambassador and OSU Extension horticulture educator. They will share the importance of being a community that utilizes all modes of transportation infrastructure, not just those for motorized vehicles, including positive economic impacts in Stillwater. The city has developed a short video on the topic of multi-modal transportation.

Rotarian of the day: Chris Norris
Sergeant-at-arms: Bob Wettemann
Caterer: Mexico Joe's

District Attorney Laura Austin Thomas and State Representative Cory Williams will faceoff in a DA candidate forum.

Rotarian of the day: Kevin Clark
Sergeant-at-arms: Terry Carpenter
Caterer: Freddie Paul's

Oklahoma Senate staff members Matt Duehning, Director of Committee Staff, and Anthony Sammons, Director of Fiscal Staff, will talk about TBD. They will be joined by fiscal analyst Quinten Dilbeck.

Rotarian of the day: Jim Halligan
Sergeant-at-arms: Jim Halligan
Caterer: Hello Catering

Chef Jeff, owner of the TS Fork restaurants in Tonkawa and Stillwater, will talk about his business model, providing great farm-to-fork destination dining experiences. The Stillwater location recently opened in the former Marshall Dillon's at the White Barn complex. 

Rotarian of the day: Kevin Clark
Sergeant-at-arms: Larry Brown
Caterer: Eskimo Joe's

Dr. Marc Moore, superintendent of Stillwater Public Schools, will provide an update on current activities in the district, including current construction projects.

Rotarian of the day: Kevin Clark
Sergeant-at-arms: Jimie-Wray Mead
Caterer: Celebrations Catering

Our own Dr. Floyd Branson, national vice president of the Palomino Horse Breeders Heritage Foundation will talk about the history of the Palomino Horse from its beginning through history and its relevant impact on the US and, especially, Oklahoma. He will also touch on their museum in Tulsa and the foundation's mission of preserving the past, present and future of the Palomino Horse and to those who have dedicated themselves to maintaining and perpetuating the breed. The foundation was created as a mechanism to make contributions that are meaningful and make a positive impact on the Palomino Horse, their owners and to those who made significant sacrifices to preserve the Palomino legacy.

Rotarian of the day: Chris Norris
Sergeant-at-arms: Travis Cagle
Caterer: Rib Crib

Randy Krehbiel of the Tulsa World will provide an  overview of the Oklahoma legislative session.

Rotarian of the day: Chris Norris
Sergeant-at-arms: Richard Ayers
Caterer: Mexico Joe's

Denise Webber, president and CEO of Stillwater Medical Center, joined the hospital staff more than fourteen years ago. She started her hospital career in the SMC Physician Practice Management division and within eighteen months was promoted to the senior leadership team. She is also a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives and a graduate of Leadership Stillwater.

Rotarian of the day: Scott Petty
Sergeant-at-arms: Scott Jones
Caterer: Freddie Paul's

Dee Miller is director of the Payne and Logan Counties Community Corrections Program for the Oklahoma Department of Corrections in Payne and Logan Counties. She will provide an overview of the program's operations and the challenges faced under current budgetary and population circumstances. 

Rotarian of the day: Lisa Lambert
Sergeant-at-arms: Zach Owens
Caterer: Hello Catering

Judge Tanya Raun has served as the Stillwater municipal judge since 1996. She attended Oklahoma State University and graduated with a Bachelor of Science in business in 1980. Over the years, she has worked for IBM in Tulsa and served two years in the Peace Corps before returning to law school at New York University.

Rotarian of the day: Norman McNickle
Sergeant-at-arms: Jimie-Wray Mead
Caterer: Eskimo Joe's

Wings of Rotary is a youth exchange program for 11th and 12th grade students between our Rotary district and District 2520 in Japan. Eskil Mjaaseth and Cort Van Zant will provide an update and tell us how we can get involved.

Rotarian of the day: Terri Ventress
Sergeant-at-arms: Zach Owens
Caterer: Celebrations Catering

Rotary Youth Leadership Awards (Ryla) is held at Central Oklahoma Camp in Guthrie each year. Kyla Langstraat will provide an update and tell us how we can help. 

Rotarian of the day: Richard Ayers
Sergeant-at-arms: Brad Collier
Caterer: Rib Crib

The McKnight Center for the Performing Arts at OSU will be a world-class epicenter for the arts, attracting celebrated national and international programs featuring notable performing arts productions and artists. The center will allow the university and the center’s supporters to express — and be recognized for — their passion for the arts on a global stage. Executive director Mark Blakeman will provide an update on construction progress and plans for the future.

Rotarian of the day: Richard Buchanan
Sergeant-at-arms: Joe Ogle
Caterer: Mexico Joe's

Kevin Richardson, director of special markets for Feed the Children, will talk about his organization's focuses on food & nutrition security, health & hygiene, education, and economic empowerment.

Rotarian of the day: Chris Norris
Sergeant-at-arms: Chris Campbell
Caterer: Freddie Paul's

OSU horticulturist Jim Motes will discuss fact and fiction of the pepper plant, a popular vegetable and spice, higher in vitamin C than the orange, and frequently pungent, often full of capsaicinoid compounds causing a burning sensation in humans. He will also talk abot the development of the Okala Chile at OSU.

Rotarian of the day: Butch Koemel
Sergeant-at-arms: Jim Halligan
Caterer: Eskimo Joe's

Fr. Brian O'Brien, pastor of St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church in Stillwater, will review the life of Saint Valentine and will describe the history/culture leading to using his name for Valentine’s Day.

Rotarian of the day: Larry Hoberock
Sergeant-at-arms: Jim Halligan
Caterer: Eskimo Joe's

Jessica Moss, is community liaison coordinator for TFI Family Connections in Oklahoma. TFI is a nonprofit organization that is contracted by the state to help place the thousands of foster children across Oklahoma into safe and loving homes. She will be talking about foster care, what they do at TFI, and ways we can help.

Rotarian of the day: Chris Norris
Sergeant-at-arms: Glenna Craig
Caterer: Celebrations Catering

Ben Harris is a co-founder of Epic Charter Schools. Epic combines the convenience of online learning with the support of one-on-one instruction from an Oklahoma certified teacher. This blended learning model allows students and families to set their own pace with the guidance and instruction from an Epic teacher who meets with them face-to-face as needed.

Rotarian of the day: Randy Wedel
Sergeant-at-arms: Cade Crawford
Caterer: Rib Crib

Kelsey Proctor, executive director of The Saville Center, a child advocacy center that provides a warm and caring home environment for child victims of abuse. Children of all ages go to The Saville Center to speak with specially trained forensic interviewers about their experience. The Saville Center brings together all the professionals and agencies needed to offer services: law enforcement, child protective services, prosecution, mental health, medical and advocacy. This approach ensures that children receive child-focused service in a child friendly environment.

Bob Ernst, Perkins city manager, will provide an update on activities in Perkins.

Rotarian of the day: Butch Koemel
Sergeant-at-arms: Larry Brown
Caterer: Freddie Paul's

Regena Carlson and Nicole Paschall will join us to talk about Insure Oklahoma. Insure Oklahoma's employer sponsored insurance plan helps employers provide their eligible employees with afordable healthcare. Eligible individuals may participte in the individual plan.

Rotarian of the day: Chris Norris
Sergeant-at-arms: Tim Harden
Caterer: Celebrations Catering

Acute flaccid myelitis (AFM) is a rare but serious, polio-like condition. It affects the nervous system, specifically the area of the spinal cord called gray matter, which causes the muscles and reflexes in the body to become weak. Of the 193 U.S. cases reported in 2018, 2 were in Oklahoma. Kelli Rader, regional director of the county health departments for Kay, Noble, Pawnee, and Payne Counties, will provide an update.

Rotarian of the day: Michelle Nabors
Sergeant-at-arms: Sara Siems
Caterer: Eskimo Joe's

Our program this week will feature the return of Dr. Paul Weckler and student representatives of the OSU chapter of Engineers without Borders USA. EWB-USA is a non-profit humanitarian organization established to partner with developing communities worldwide in order to improve their quality of life. This partnership involves the implementation of sustainable engineering projects, while involving and training internationally responsible engineers and engineering students. Our club has again donated $500 to the local chapter for use toward its Guatemala and Honduras projects.

Rotarian of the day: Larry Hoberock
Sergeant-at-arms: Randy Wedel
Caterer: Hello Catering

Dick T. Morgan, a founding member of Stillwater First Christian Church, was an Oklahoma representative in the US Congress during the early days of statehood. During his congressional career, Morgan introduced and gave the first speech on the floor of Congress in support of legislation that became the Federal Trade Commission. In 1913, he proposed an amendment to the Federal Reserve bill that would have established a bank guaranty fund - twenty years before the FDIC was established in 1933 as part of the New Deal. David Morgan, will share his grandfather's story with us.

Rotarian of the day: Chris Norris
Sergeant-at-arms: Jimie-Wray Mead
Caterer: Rib Crib

A native Oklahoman and graduate of UCLA, Kim Guerrero enjoys a career in entertainment as an actor, writer and director and also works with tribal communities throughout North America as a public speaker and advocate promoting both personal and community development.

Rotarian of the day: Chris Norris
Sergeant-at-arms: Doug Starchman
Caterer: Eskimo Joe's