President's Message

Last Friday we got a chance to see and hear about the human history of Oregon as seen through the eyes of William Sullivan, the author of several hiking books as well as some fiction and historical books. Bill zoomed us through 14,000 years of history, from the finding of the first sign of human habitation in the Americas (a pair of sandals found near Ft. Rock) to the present and even the potential future earthquake and its after effects. He was available to sign copies of his books that were available for purchase.

This coming Friday finds us visiting the Oregon State Hospital on Center Street as Russ Lipetzky has arranged for us to visit the new Museum of Mental Health. This museum is one of only two of its kind in the nation. It is "dedicated to telling the stories of the Oregon State Hospital and the people that have lived and worked here. Our 2,500 square foot museum, located in the oldest building on the Oregon State Hospital campus includes permanent and changing exhibits." Currently, the changing exhibit focuses on the movie "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest," which was filmed at the hospital. Please report promptly at noon for the tour. There will be no lunch offered as the facility has no suitable space. There is a reduced entrance fee of $3.

Please be sure to attend our installation banquet on Friday, June 17. Dave and Pam Leonard have again graciously offered us the use of their historic barn. This banquet will take the place of our usual Friday luncheon. More details will be announced in the future.

Club News

Garage Sale - THANK YOU!

A thanks to the following Rotarians and family members who helped with our garage sale

Saturday: Dave Leonard, Ron Hanna, Ken Morin, Sparky Vaubel, Russ Lipetsky, Andrew Booth,Joe Burns, Tricia Nelson, Sarah LeRoy, Ted Mack, Phil Sperl, Iven Finley, Steve Poland, Maureen Casey, Kevin Mannix, Emil Graziani, Mary & Michael Hollinger, Mike Bredimus,and Terry & Lana Riley.

Special thanks to Dave Leonard for some large furniture items and for storing treasures in his barn prior to the sale.

Also a huge thanks to Tricia Nelson for all of the large furniture items she donated and for hauling all of the left over items in the Uhaul truck she had rented to Goodwill.

We netted $867.00 from the sale.

Pat Mack & Karin Holton

Citywide Golf Tournament

The annual golf tournament will take place on Frid

ay, July 22 at Cross Creek Golf Course. We are looking for golfers, sponsors and people to buy a box of dictionaries. It is a four person scramble format so it will be fun for golfers of all levels. Any monies raised above the cost of golf and our portion of the dictionaries comes back into our club fundraising budget. Click here for the form for costs and to sign up for any of the above.

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This Week's Program

May 20

Tour of the Oregon State Hospital Museum of Mental Health. (NO LUNCH PROVIDED)

Greeters: Dave Leonard & Sara LeRoy

RSVP for by noon on Wednesday

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Mark your calendar

May 19-ESR Board Meeting at La Margarita Express

May 20-22-District Conference @ Vancouver Hilton

May 27-TBA
Greeters: Russ Lipetzky & Pat Mack
Raffle: Pat Mack

June 3-An update on CTEC from principal John Honey
Greeters: Ted Mack & Kevin Mannix
Raffle: Karen Bryan

June 10-Monrovia Nursery Operations
Greeters: Tom Marks & Todd McKinney
Raffle: Erik Larson

June 17-Time TBA Installation Banquet at Dave Leonard's

July 22-Salem Area Rotaries Golf Tournament at Cross Creek Golf Club

April 9, 2017-Palm Sunday Brunch

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East Salem Rotary meets Fridays at noon at the Red Lion Hotel, 3301 Market St NE, Salem, Oregon 97301