June 19th – Chemawa Indian School, Ryan Cox, Assistant Principal Ryan Cox has worked at Chemawa Indian School since 2004. He started as a School Counselor and since then Ryan has held the position of Dean of Students, Assistant Principal of Residential, Federal Programs Principal, and currently Assistant Principal. Ryan enjoys working with a diverse […]

June 12th – From Bach to Gershwin, piano music through the ages The Rotary club of Salem has been a musical club since its beginning. This week we will have a unique program featuring three of our pianists who have been gracing the club with prelude music each week.  Karl Raschkes, Orn Bodvarsson and Linda Bednarz will […]

June 5th – Corban University President, Dr. John Marks Yeats Dr. John Mark Yeats serves as the 11 th President of Corban University. He holds a Ph.D. in Church History from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School and degrees from Southern Seminary, Oxford University and Criswell College. He has authored four books, and he has worked in Christian higher […]

May 22nd – Stephanie Bednarz and Rotaract Clubs Stephanie Bednarz will present about Rotaract, Rotary International clubs for young adults at least 18 years old. Stephanie was president of the Salem Rotaract club during her post college years in Salem and the District 5100 Rotaract representative.   She will also share her experiences traveling on three Rotaract international trips […]

May 15th – Student-led Meeting with Exchange Student Frank Speaking It’s our annual Rotary Student of the Month, student-led meeting! All of this past year’s students will be returning to take over, lead the meeting, and fill all the positions that make our Club meetings amazing. Rotary Exchange Student Frank will be joining us to share […]

May 8th – Ukraine War Impact on Oregon Wheat Industry, CEO Amanda Hoey With a war raging in the world’s “breadbasket” and conflicts in a part of the world that is a prime export market for Oregon wheat, our state’s wheat farmers face even more uncertainty than normal. How are Oregon wheat producers coping with both world […]

May 1st – Marion County Extension Service: Richard Riggs, Regional Director Richard Riggs is the Western Regional Director (RD) for Oregon State University’s Extension Service. As RD he directs 88 faculty and staff who provide Extension programming to more than one million Oregonians within the Willamette Valley. Recently, Rich served as a nontenured instructor at Western […]

April 24th – North Salem High School Orchestra This week’s Rotary program will feature the North Salem High School Chamber String Orchestra.  The North HS Orchestra has made great progress under the direction of Bridgit Mayer, a Master Orchestra Teacher, who took over the Orchestra a few years ago and under difficult circumstances of the Covid […]