Events

Dana Ayers, SHS director of vocal music, will bring an ensemble to share holiday music.

Rotarian of the day: Richard Ayers
Sergeant-at-arms: Trish Ranson
Caterer: Hello Catering

Cody Erikson, executive director, will provide an update on Legacy Village Stillwater, a premier senior living facility. They provide independent living, assisted living, and memory care.

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

Payne County Assistant District Attorney Jeremiah Gregory will join us to talk about the problem of employee embezzelment.

Rotarian of the day: Glenna Craig
Sergeant-at-arms: Travis Cagle
Caterer: Rib Crib

District 5750 Governor Lance Singleton will join us for the governor's annual club visit.  He will be providing an update on what is happening within Rotary at the district, national and international levels.

Rotarian of the day: Michelle Nabors
Sergeant-at-arms: David Conway
Caterer: Mexico Joe's

Dr. Stephen Prescott is president of the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, OMRF research focuses on the mechanisms and triggers that lead to human diseases and disorders. By observing the normal biological processes at the molecular level, scientists can ask important questions that yield better understanding of disease formation.

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

Our own Tim Hardin will talk about the immigration situation at the US southern border.

Rotarian of the day: Chris Norris
Sergeant-at-arms: Jimie-Wray Mead
Caterer: Hello Catering

John Killam, president of Stan Clark Companies, will talk about the March 3 ballot resolution to remove restrictions on sale of alcohol on specific holidays.

Rotarian of the day: Cristy Morrison
Sergeant-at-arms: Chris Campbell
Caterer: Eskimo Joe's

City Councilor John Wedlake and challenger Slade Mielitz will participate in a city council candidate forum. The election will be held Tuesday, February 11.

Rotarian of the day: Kevin Clark
Sergeant-at-arms: Tim Hardin
Caterer: Celebrations Catering

Dana Hatter, from Payne County Youth Services, will present their program Building a Competent Community for Suicide Prevention. Individuals, businesses, faith-based organizations, and others can help stem the rising tide of suicide among our children, youth and adults.

Rotarian of the day: Richard Ayers
Sergeant-at-arms: Sara Siems
Caterer: Rib Crib

Bobby Wintle, owner of District Bicycles, will talk about The Mid South (formerly the Land Run 100), which has exploded into an international event that will feature more than 3,000 participants. This year The Mid South will be March 14.

Rotarian of the day: Mark Gunkel
Sergeant-at-arms: Scott Jones
Caterer: Mexico Joe's

Shiloh's Place will be a place inStillwater for young mothers-to-be facing unplanned pregnancies to find hope and a place to belong. MaryAnne Brubaker will talk about their plans.

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

The SHS choir recently travelled to London. Director Dana Ayers will share some of their experiences.

Rotarian of the day: Richard Ayers
Sergeant-at-arms: Terry Carpenter
Caterer: Hello Catering

Patti Graham, shelter manager at Wings of Hope, will talk about their mission to promote safety, hope and empowerment for victims of domestic violence and sexual assault.

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

Scott Petty, executive director of Stillwater Medical Center Foundation, will talk about SMC's preparations for the COVID-19 response. Instructions to connect are in the April 7 email from President Michelle. If you no longer have that email, send a request  to FrontierRotary@gmail.com and the login details will be sent to you.

Our speaker today is Payne County emergency management director Jeff Kuhn. He is going to talk about COVID-19, the county's role in managaing the response, how communities are being assisted, and steps that have been taken. He will also talk about the upcoming severe storm season.

Rotarian of the day: Glenna Craig

Oklahoma State Labor Commissioner Leslie Osborn will join us today. She will talk about what her office is doing to help Oklahomans during the COVID-19 crisis and her thoughts on moving forward.

Rotarian of the day: Glenna Craig

Dr. Kenneth Sewell, OSU VP of Research and President of the SOU Research Foundation, will talk about the COVID 19-testing being done on the OSU campus.

Rotarian of the day: Dawn Underwood

Matt Pinnell is Oklahoma's 17th lieutenant governor. He will join us to talk about the effects of COVID-19 on small businesses, and state tourism as we begin to reopen the economy.

Rotarian of the day: Glenna Craig

Dr. Mike Woods, advisory board member of Stillwater Community Foundation, will talk about their mission to help our citizens achieve their dreams for our city by building endowments, offering donor advised funds, and supporting special projects.

Rotarian of the day: Damona Doye

Tracey Hixon, corporate HR director for Nextep, Inc., will join us to talk about the Oklahoma Certified Family Positive Workplace initiative.

Rotarian of the day: Glenna Craig

Claire Grace, founder of Show Compassion Foundation, will join us to talk about their mission to educate people through public speaking and promotion regarding how to be compassionate and inclusive of anyone that is different than ourselves, and to implement the "SEE, STOP, START" program into elementary schools across Oklahoma and eventually the nation.

Claire is a teenager with passion. She is a two time recipient of the President's Volunteer Service Award, a Prudential Spirit of Community State Distinguished Finalist, and the youngest ever Oklahoma NextGen Under 30 Award recipient. Claire received the National Youth Activist Award in the  Inspiring Arts category for using music to teach a social concept. As an accomplished performer, she received the Veronica Bocelli Distinguished Artist Award presented by Kristin Chenoweth. Aside from her role as Founder, she also holds a statewide office as President of Special Olympics Oklahoma's Youth Activation Committee and is the Major Events Director for Stillwater Makes a Change. Most of her 1000+ hours of volunteer service are with organizations and events that support people who have special needs.  

Rotarian of  the day: Sara Siems

Our meeting this week will start a little earlier than normal in order to accommodate a candidate forum with four candidates. Ward 4 school board member Dustin Reavis and challenger Melody Wright, along with Ashley Moore and Steve Hallgren, candidates for the open board of education ward 5 seat, will participate in the forum. The election will be Tuesday, June 30.

Rotarian of the day: Kevin Clark

Either executive director Robin Roberson or program manager Steve Krank will talk about the mission of the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission to enhance Oklahoma's economy by:

• matching jobs and workers to increase the efficiency of local labor markets,
• providing Unemployment Compensation to support unemployed workers and their communities,
• preparing a skilled workforce to enhance and align their skills to meet local labor market needs, and
• gathering, analyzing and disseminating information about the labor force to improve local economic decisions.

Rotarian of the day: Glenna Craig