June 18th – Rylie Tiffin – Peace Corps in Panama Rylie will be sharing with us her experiences as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Panama. The Peace Corps Panama Youth Health and Wellbeing program focuses entirely on the Comarca Ngäbe Buglé, a semi-autonomous indigenous region in Panama. In this region, the leading cause of death […]

June 11th – ODOT Budget, Funding and Legislative Issues with Travis Brouwer Across the country, transportation agencies are struggling with growing costs to address congestion, maintain aging roads and bridges, and make roads safe for all users in the face of a surge in crashes. At the same time, the largest single funding source for […]

June 4th – Inbound Exchange Students – Year in Review Inbound Rotary Youth Exchange students, Soraya Oberteufer from Switzerland and Matheus Borges from Brazil, will share pictures and information about their countries of origin as well as highlights of their exchange year in Salem.   They have both been regularly attending our Rotary Club meetings. Now we […]

May 28th – Farm Droids with Dr. Kristie Buckland Farmers’ adoption of technology is nothing new. From mechanical innovations, to water saving irrigation, to crop protection enhancements, food producers have long sought better (and cheaper) ways to provide the nation and world with agricultural bounty. The latest iteration of technological advancement comes in the form of […]

May 20th – Shannon Riggs Shannon Riggs serves as the Associate Vice Provost of Educational Programs and Learning Innovation for the Division of Educational Ventures at Oregon State University. Shannon leads educational program development and innovation and directly oversees several departments, including the Ecampus course development and training team, the Ecampus Research Unit, the Open […]

May 13th – Emily Bakhitah Akoth Otieno Emily Bakhitah Akoth Otieno is a member of Rotary Club of Kisumu Winam, D 9212, Kenya. She is the founder of the Rise to Shine Education Foundation, providing high school scholarships to bright but needy children in the high-poverty Lake Victoria region of Western Kenya. She was offered education and […]

May 7th – South Salem High School Symphony Orchestra The program this week is one you don’t want to miss! The 80 member South Salem HS Symphony Orchestra, the State Championship Orchestra, will be performing for us. The group is under the direction of Damian Berdakin and JJ Meyer and you won’t believe that these are just […]