Linda has been with Arvest Bank for the past 12 years located in Bartlesville, as Sr. V.P. and Consumer Loan Managerr.- She is married with two daughters and 5 grandchildren.¬Ý I've been in the banking industry for the past 44 years, working in - Illinois, Missouri and Oklahoma. - We moved to the lake in May and I transferred to the Arvest Vinita Branch.¬I attended college at Southern Illinois University and have taken many banking related classes and attended the following schools: Consumer Lending, Commercial Lender, Compliance and Graduate Compliance School.¬While in Bartlesville, I served on the following Boards,: Rotary, Boy Scouts, Girls Scouts, Red Cross, Women and Children in Crisis, Bartlesville Trust Authority, Green County Pilot and Family Crisis and Counseling Center. Linda‚Äôs hobbies include reading, quilting, playing cards and living on the ‚ "Healing Waters" of Grand!

During Rotary Awareness Month in January, help expand awareness of Rotary's global humanitarian efforts. As members of the world's first service club organization, Rotarians have much to be proud of as they put Service Above Self while advancing world understanding, goodwill, and peace through the improvement of health, the support of education, and the alleviation of poverty. At the local level, it is our responsibility to let others know what our club has provided in making our community a better place to live and work. Show your pride of being a Rotarian. It is truly the greatest service organization in the world.

Spotlight On Service…

Four-Way Speech Contest

The Rotary Four Way Test speech contest offers an opportunity for educators to provide an ethical learning opportunity to young people. The entire student population can be involved, usually through the English or History departments.

All students in participating classes should be asked to write a short essay on the subject: "What the Rotary Four Way Test Means to Me" that can be read in six minutes to their entire class. It is essential that the students not be limited in any way in their choice of topics. We should encourage innovation and creativity in their selection, even if it seems off-the-wall to us, or states a position that might be controversial or held only by a minority. The only criteria should be that the student's presentation must specifically relate the essay/speech to Rotary's Four Way Test. It can be humorous or serious, current or historical, commonplace or unique. The text only need incorporate in some manner each of the four tenets of the "Four Way Test of the Things We Think, Say or Do", which states the following:

Is it the TRUTH?

Is it FAIR to all concerned?

Will it build GOODWILL and BETTER FRIENDSHIPS?

Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned?

Professional Networking

A founding principle of Rotary was to meet periodically to enjoy camaraderie and enlarge one's circle of business and professional acquaintances. As the oldest service club in the world, Rotary club members represent a cross-section of the community's owners, executives, managers, political leaders, and professionals&emdash;people who make decisions and influence policy.

Service Opportunities

Club members have many opportunities for humanitarian service, both locally and internationally. Service programs address such concerns as health care, hunger, poverty, illiteracy, and the environment. Rotarians experience the fulfillment that comes from giving back to the community.

International Awareness

With more than 33,000 Rotary clubs in over 170 countries, Rotarians gain an understanding of humanitarian issues through international service projects and exchange programs. One of Rotary's highest objectives is to build goodwill and peace throughout the world. 

Friendship

Rotary was founded on fellowship, an ideal that remains a major attraction of membership today. Club members enjoy the camaraderie with like-minded professionals, and club projects offer additional opportunities to develop enduring friendships. Rotary club members who travel have friendly contacts in almost every city in the world.

Good Citizenship

Weekly Rotary club programs keep members informed about what is taking place in the community, nation, and world and motivated to make a difference.