| Meeting Flash Rotary FLASH of 01-30-2007 Greensburg Rotary Club FLASH – January 30, 2007 QUOTES-OF-THE-DAY: “What lies behind us, and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.” --Ralph Waldo Emerson “People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” --Bonnie Jean Wasmund _______________________________________________________________________ The January 30, 2007 meeting of the Greensburg Rotary Club was called to order by President MARY CLYMER with the Pledge of Allegiance, “God Bless America,” and the Invocation by BILL McGRATH. Sgt.-at-Arms, DENNIS CREMONESE announced an attendance of 58 members with the following Guests: Rotarian RICH LOVLIE (Pittsburgh-Oakland Rotary and potential membership transferee), MARK PARKER (Bill McGrath), JIM VAUGHN (Ed Nemanic), KIM BLOOM (Bob Bloom), PATTI JACHIMOWICZ (T.J. Jachimowicz, who also led a hearty “Welcome” to Ray Charley), University of California student MAGGIE CAMPBELL (Carl Rossman), JEFF ANTIMARINO (associate of the speaker-of-the-day.) Students from Greensburg-Salem HS will be joining us at our next meeting. WORD-OF-THE-DAY: “purfling” meaning “decorative ornamentation especially intended for a musical instrument.” GENERAL ANNOUNCEMENTS: · Board of Directors meeting will be Thursday, February 1, at UPG’s Hempfield Room. · CHRIS RIZK announced performances of “The Full Monty” by Stage Right this coming weekend. · Hockey Nite, March 10 in Johnstown - sign-ups will begin to circulate at next week’s club meeting. · CARL ROSSMAN reported on the successful Ski Weekend sponsored by our Greensburg Club, with thanks to JEFF & ROBIN BRANTHOOVER for the organizing and overnight hosting of a dozen international teens from our Rotary Youth Exchange and one other exchange program. · Information was made available for “Rotary Club Night at the Symphony” - Rotarians and their families may reserve special discount tickets to the Saturday, February 10, 2007 performance of the Westmoreland Symphony Orchestra, Palace Theatre, Greensburg. JANUARY BIRTHDAYS& ANNIVERSARY RECOGNITION: CHRIS RIZK led the accolades of the following January birthday celebrants and their coincidental days of national recognition (such as National Dress Up Your Pet Day or National Peanut Butter Day): CARL ROSSMAN (Jan. 3), BILL COURTNEY (Jan. 4), CHRIS RIZK (Jan. 9), BILL McGRATH (Jan. 12), GENE JAMES (Jan. 14), TYLER COURTNEY (Jan. 16), BOB HAMILTON (Jan. 17), ADIB BARSOUM (Jan. 18), CHRIS DeDIANA (Jan. 21), TOM JACHIMOWICZ (Jan. 24), JENNINGS WOMACK (Jan. 28), CHUCK STROBEL, PAUL HOCHENDONER and CHUCK QUIGGLE (Jan. 31). January membership anniversaries: JOHN HARMAN & ROY THOMPSON (32 years), JOE BISS & BILL RUDOPH (18 years), JEFF LONG & LARRY PLUNDO (13 years), JOHN KLINE & SUE McFARLAND (3 years), MIKE MONSOUR (1 year).
January’s Program Chair, BILL McGRATH, introduced Dr. Ted Lazzaro, Aestique Surgical Center, Inc. With both a dental degree and Georgetown University medical school degree and additional surgical residencies, Dr. Lazzaro has set the “Gold Standard” for reconstructive plastic surgery in the region. Thanking the Club for the invitation and feeling most welcome as a result of actually knowing the words to our opening song, Dr. Lazarro began this informative program by sharing the 3 primary essentials for making safe decisions about plastic surgery: 1. The Surgeon – should be board certified and have credentials for strict training and certification from one of the following organizations: Using a slide presentation, Dr. Lazzaro shared the following top 5 cosmetic procedures: Bariatric Surgery is not done at Aestique Surgical Center, but post-bariatric surgery contouring is performed, with dramatic results. Respectfully submitted, Katy Doran
Rotary FLASH of 01-23-2007
PROGRAM-OF-THE-DAY: PRESIDENT MARY adjourned the meeting in the usual manner with the recitation of The Four-Way Test.
Rotary FLASH of 01-16-2007
QUOTES-OF-THE-DAY: “Spend the afternoon! You can’t take it with you.” ---- Annie Dillard, Pulitzer Prize winning author. “The most amazing thing about a miracle is that it can’t happen until all else has failed. That’s God’s favorite time to work.” ---- Cindy Davis, author. The January 16, 2007 meeting of the Greensburg Rotary Club was called to order by President MARY CLYMER with the Pledge of Allegiance, “God Bless America,” and the Invocation by ED NEMANIC. Sgt.-at-Arms for the Day, DAN CARR, announced an attendance of 50 members plus the following guests: Prospective member MARK MARSHALL (Ben Policastro), ISABEL BLOOM (Don Bloom), KIM BLOOM (Bob Bloom) and JANET McNEEL (Dick McNeel). With thanks to driver RICK NEDLEY, visiting Hempfield Area HS seniors were introduced: Dan Norris, William Mesko and Stephanie Oplinger. WORD-OF-THE-DAY: “treatise,” a noun meaning “a book or other writing.” Despite several attempts, Pres. MARY was simply not able to demonstrate this word in a sentence due to irresistible general member hilarity. SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: Club Secretary BOB BLOOM presented a summary of the January 11, 2007 meeting of the Board of Directors: GENERAL ANNOUNCEMENTS: REBECKA HUTCHINSON announced the Family Bowling event will be at 3PM, February 18 for Rotarians, their families and guests. $10 fee (which can be billed by Treas. MARK BARNHART) will include bowling, pizza, drinks and ice cream. Sign-ups will be available at the next several meetings. CARL ROSSMAN announced a meeting of the Program Committee at 5PM today, January 15 in the Hempfield Room at UPG. All monthly program chairs are asked to attend, along with others who may be interested. JEFF BRANTHOOVER passed the sign-up clipboard for the January 26 – 28 Ski Weekend at Seven Springs for the final time. Anyone still interested after today should contact Jeff directly. Members are encouraged to join the group of 12 international Exchange Students for this event. Pres. MARY read a communication from District Governor-elect Gwen Ridgely of a proposal for the 2008 District Conference be held at the Mountaineer Resort, Chester, WVA. Objections may be submitted to JEFF MALLOY. PROGRAM-OF-THE-DAY: Breast Cancer Medical Month program chair BILL McGRATH introduced Dr. Joseph Gall, MD from Chemotherapy Associates, LTD. Dr. Gall began by citing the historical shift in the paradigm of how the medical profession views breast cancer over the past 100 years, beginning with a Boston physician’s theory that regarded the beginning tumor and spread of this metastasizing cancer as best treated by radical mastectomy. That was followed by the one-cell theory that added adjunct treatments such as hormone therapy, 1940’s era chemotherapy, which became more effective with 1980’s improvements and 1990’s more effective targeted therapies. While the ultimate goal of a cancer-free society prevails in the USA, there is a growing understanding, particularly in Europe, that 20-30 year survival rates may be more feasible and therefore acceptable. Dr. Gall presented the physiology of the areas of the breast affected by cancer and the following facts: President MARY adjourned the meeting in the usual manner with the recitation of The Four-Way Test. Respectfully submitted, Katy Doran
Rotary FLASH of 01-09-2007
QUOTES-OF-THE-DAY: “A hero is someone who over and over does the right thing even though no one is there to witness it.” ---- Bob Kerrey, Congressional Medal of Honor recipient and former senator. “You don’t get character because you’re successful; you build character because of the hardships you face.” ---- Herman Edwards, head coach of the Kansas City Chiefs. THE MEETING: The January 9, 2007 meeting of the Greensburg Rotary was called to order by President MARY CLYMER with the Pledge of Allegiance, “God Bless America” and an Invocation by CHEF DATO (in both English & Russian). Pres. MARY thanked Visiting Students’ driver, JACK WAITE who presented 2 seniors from Greensburg-Salem HS, Josh Ruff and Sara Sanders, who shared their current HS career activities and future goals with the Club. BOB BLOOM carried out the Sgt.-at-Arms duty, reporting a Club membership of 98 with 54 in attendance, visiting Rotarian JIM BASSETT (Murrysville-Export) and our Exchange Student, CAMY POBLETE from Chile. WORD-OF-THE-DAY: USURIOUS meaning “excessively fond of and extremely submissive to one’s wife. Used in a sentence by Pres. MARY: “The Greensburg Rotary gentlemen are known to be the most usurious of creatures.” ANNOUNCEMENTS: Camy’s host dad, CHUCK STROBEL, thanked CHEF DATO for driving Camy to the meeting from Derry Area HS. JEFF BRANTHOOVER called attention to the sign-up clipboard for the Family Ski Weekend the last weekend of January. JOHN SPROULL called attention to the sign-up clipboard for Visiting HS Student drivers for the remainder of the Rotary year. Pres. MARY announced the Board of Directors will meet at 5:30 PM at a new location at UPG – Room 214, Chambers Hall. She thanked Cesare Muccari for setting up the first round in the Club sponsored Spelling Bee among 3rd graders from Greensburg-Salem, Hempfield and Aquinas Academy. PROGRAM-OF-THE-DAY: January Program Chair, BILL McGRATH introduced long-time Urologist, Dr. Deiter Sauer, Westmoreland Hospital and the subject of PROSTATE HEALTH. Dr. Sauer began by noting that being guest speaker for our Club was something of a reunion with many long-time friends and associates in the Greensburg community and declaring that, if global warming is the cause of our area winter weather so far, he’s in favor of it! Assuring the membership audience the topic of the day would be friendly for both male & female genders, he used the Word-of-the-Day, “usurious” to remind that the prostate is vital to propagation of a species (ours!) in which the male could become extinct long before the female. Specifics covered by Dr. Sauer included: Stating his personal belief that treatment can often be worse than the disease, Dr. Sauer indicated his preferred course of action is most often to observe and hold off on action until necessary. During Q & A: Dr. Sauer acknowledged there can be benefits from some homeopathic treatments since results are what counts. The best diagnostic means to determine prostate cancer are 1) PSA blood test 2) rectal exam 3) needle biopsy with cytoscopy. On the subject of diet as a means of prevention, Dr. Sauer noted that a moderate, balanced diet is most beneficial of complete, overall health. President MARY led the closing of the meeting in the usual manner with the recitation of The Four Way Test. Respectfully submitted,
Rotary FLASH of 01-02-2006
QUOTES-OF-THE-DAY: “The Old Year has gone. Let the dead past bury its own dead. The New Year has taken possession of the clock of time. All hail the duties and possibilities of the coming twelve months!” ~Edward Payson Powell “Cheers to a new year and another chance for us to get it right.” ~Oprah Winfrey “People are so worried about what they eat between Christmas and the New Year, but they really should be worried about what they eat between the New Year and Christmas!” ~Author Unknown Sgt.-at-Arms DENNIS CREMONESE announced a current club membership total of 99 with 53 attending, including one guest, MARGUERITE CASSELL, Frank Cassell’s mother who hails from the home of Rotary International, Evanston, IL. A condolence card was circulated for signatures & expressions of sympathy for JEFF MALLOY for the death of his mother. Pres. MARY circulated a specially made booklet of Thank You’s from the youngsters who’ve received dictionaries from the Club, along with photos from one of those presentations. WORD-OF-THE-DAY: nascent (adjective, nay – scent) meaning “recently come into existence.” ANNOUNCEMENTS: The first Club Directors’ board meeting of the year will be Thursday, January 4th in the Hempfield Room at UPG. Dinner will be available and board members are asked to respond to the e-mail reminder to assure a quorum attendance. Membership Chair BILL McGRATH spoke to the issue of the need for new members, new blood & enthusiasm, asking each member to bring a guest to our meetings. Each guest will receive a synopsis of Rotary, composed by BILL KERN, to encourage potential new member interest. Bill also called attention to January’s program schedule of medical issues to be presented by several knowledgeable guest speakers. CHUCK ANDERSON announced that the 1st committee meeting for the June 11, 2007 Golf Outing will be held at 5:00PM on Friday, January 5. DECEMBER ANNIVERSARY & BIRTHDAY RECOGNITION: Pinch-hitter JOHN SPROULL led the accolades for the following Club Anniversaries: TYLER COURTNEY (11 years), BOB & DON BLOOM (14 years each), PETE DOCHINEZ (20 years), GUY DAVIS (21 years) and TOM HOWER (38 years). John led the membership in a round of ”Happy Birthday” for our 8 December Birthday celebrants: BILL RUDOLPH, DOUG RAMM, CATHY BAUMANN, JOHN SPROULL, WILL BROWN, NELSON MEYER, and BOB BLOOM. THE-PROGRAM-OF-THE-DAY: A Mini-Biography by DR. FRANK CASSELL In consideration for his mother’s presence among us, Frank declined to use many of the details included in his recently completed 700 word autobiography destined to be serialized in Playboy Magazine and, instead, provided a still very interesting biography of his life and times. A mostly born & bred Indiana “Hoosier,” with an additional number of years in Chicago, Frank passed on the Ivy League schools pursued by his HS classmates, instead following in his successful steel executive father’s footsteps to attend the all-men’s Wabash College in Indiana. Basketball and history were of greatest importance there, with history winning Frank a Woodrow Wilson Scholarship for 100% financing of graduate school. A program designed to gear up enough college professors to meet the demand of the Baby Boomer explosion, he earned his PhD at the ripe old age of 26 and began his career in academia with 24 years at the University of Wisconsin in Milwaukee. With their 2 sons having flown the nest, Frank and his lovely wife Beth spent several years with Roosevelt University in Chicago, where he was Assistant Provost charged with helping establish a permanent campus facility in the NW Chicago suburbs. Although Colonial and Early American history is his special area of interest, Frank joined his mother in a rewarding partnership on the subject of the Columbia Exposition of 1893 (also known as the Chicago World’s Fair) when Mrs. Cassell came into possession of a collection of historical photographs from “the White City.” Together, Frank & his mom studied the subject and put together a number of lectures and wide-spread articles (NOTE: This reporter’s having recently read “The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson, it is, indeed, a fascinating area of history!) Coming east to PA in 1997, Frank is concluding his career here in Greensburg at University of Pittsburgh-Greensburg where he was charged with improving the academic quality of the school and improving the “Town-Gown” connection with the community. Frank will enjoy a retirement with the satisfying knowledge of leaving UPG with 50% more students, 12 new buildings for 75% more sq. ft., more degree programs and a wide variety of community programs (i.e., Smart Growth Initiative, Westmoreland Heritage, the St. Clair lecture series.) Wherever retirement takes Frank and Beth Cassell “Rotary will be a big part of my life.” President MARY led the adjournment with the recitation of “The Four Way Test.” Respectfully submitted,
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