| A Flash from the Past Rotary Flashes of 10-21-2003 ROTARY FLASHES GREENSBURG ROTARY CLUB NO. 250 – CHARTERED OCTOBER 4, 1916 Volume 75, No. 17……………………………………………..October 21, 2003 Inside This Issue Wise and Otherwise Next Meeting’s Program Listing Our Weekly Meeting and Birthday listings Announcements WISE AND OTHERWISE Daring to dream is daring to live. TODAY’S INVOCATION was given by Frank VanHorn. “The movements of the seasons reminds us, O God, that time is always short. Therefore, what we can do, let us do now. Keep us faithful to the best that we know. Grant to our club a vision of service that we can achieve. Amen.” MAKE-UPS: None reported. ANNOUNCEMENTS: THE ROTARY CLUB OF LATROBE HAS INVITED US TO JOIN WITH THEM FOR LUNCH AT ST. VINCENT COLLEGE. Basketball coach D.P. Harris will host this off-site meeting and give a presentation. November 5th is the date. Noon is the time. The cost is $9.00. Please let Mary Clymer know if you are planning to attend. (Please note that this Wednesday meeting will not replace our Tuesday meeting.) WANTED – THOSE INTERESTED IN POSIBLE DIRECTORSHIPS FOR NEXT YEARS BOARD OF DIRECTORS. If you are interested in serving the Club by being on the Board of Directors please have your name before the Nominating Committee by the end of October. Contact Ed Nemanic, Jeff Malloy, Cathy Daversa or Bob Wilson. THE ROTARY CLUB OF GREENSBURG'S WINE TASTING EVENING WILL BE HELD ON November 7th at the Westmoreland Museum of American Art. The cost is $100 per person. You may wish to contribute $250.00 for two tickets and an advertisement for a tax deduction. Sponsorships for $500 include two tickets, a business size printed ad and a projected ad on a full screen in the Robertshaw Gallery. Please contact Chris DeDiana, Bill McGrath or Tony Martino for any questions that you may have. It was reported that there are currently 68 who plan to attend. THE DISTRICT 7330 FOUNDATION DINNER will be held on November 15th at the Greensburg Country Club. The cost is $100.00 per Rotarian (which goes directly to the Foundation under your name) plus the meal cost. If you have already contributed at least $100.00 this year to the Foundation through your participation in a Paul Harris Sustaining Group or through a direct contribution, you can attend for paying the meal cost only. Please consider attending so that our Club is well represented at this year's Dinner. OPERATION SANATA CLAUS – John Mizikar is coordinating our Club's involvement in this project. December 10th is the date, volunteers are needed to either work the morning shift (8 AM to Noon) or the afternoon shift (Noon to 4 PM) to fill bags of groceries that will be given out to members of the community. Each shift should have 25-30 volunteers. Currently 13 have signed up for the morning shift and 17 for the afternoon shift.
OUR WEEKLY MEETING David Leuthold from the Premier Institute for Financial Freedom, spoke today on “Credit Health”. He described the typical middle class American as one who carries a little too much debt and not enough savings. He stated that the average family carries between 12 and 16 credit cards. He said that “making more money is not always the answer – attitude is the answer” in attempting to straighten out from an over extended situation. Unless spending habits and sound financial planning are established, even those who work more to increase their income to attempt to reduce debt, many will still fall back into the same situation. David noted that Americans used $700 billion of home equity recently, of which, he anticipates that one half was used to pay off credit card debt. Many experts expect many of those people will get back into a large credit card situation. David recommends getting rid of all but one or two credit cards; using them for emergencies, ability to rent cars, etc. Paying off the card within one to two billing cycles. Think of a new financial strategy. David says pay off the smallest debt; continue to apply the amount you were paying on that debt (in addition to your regular payment on that debt) to the now smallest debt. The systematic and compounding affect works wonders. David has workshop presentations for businesses, church groups and other associations. He can be reached at info@pifff.org or 724-861-5468. OCTOBER'S BIRTHDAYS WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY
Rotary Flashes of 10-14-2003
WISE AND OTHERWISE Daring to dream is daring to live. TODAY’S INVOCATION was given by Rick Nedley. “Today I will live one day only, and not try to solve the whole problem of life at once. Today I will be unafraid of life and death, but enjoy the beautiful and be happy. Today I will have a plan even though I may not follow it exactly. It will save me from worry, hurry and indecision. Today I will look about with fresh eyes and discover that I can get out of life all that I put into it. Today I will find a little time to relax and to think about God. Today is yours. God has given it to you. All your yesterdays He has taken back. All your tomorrows He’s holding out of your reach. Only today is yours. Use it so that at its close you can say, I have lived and loved today” MAKE-UPS: Elinore McMahan made up at the Rotary Club of Hempfield Township. ANNOUNCEMENTS: WANTED – THOSE INTERESTED IN POSIBLE DIRECTORSHIPS FOR NEXT YEARS BOARD OF DIRECTORS. If you are interested in serving the Club by being on the Board of Directors please have your name before the Nominating Committee by the end of October. Contact Ed Nemanic, Jeff Malloy, Cathy Daversa or Bob Wilson. MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE – Chuck Anderson asked all members to help him prepare a New Member Introductory Pamphlet. Please submit any questions that you have about projects or procedures in Rotary that may be helpful to new members of the Club. Can you remember back when you first joined and had questions about Rotary. This is what he and Linda Thomas need to be able to produce the pamphlet, to answer common questions of the newer members so to promote better understanding. THE ROTARY CLUB OF GREENSBURG'S WINE TASTING EVENING WILL BE HELD ON November 7th at the Westmoreland Museum of American Art. The cost is $100 per person. You may wish to contribute $250.00 for two tickets and an advertisement for a tax deduction. Sponsorships for $500 include two tickets, a business size printed ad and a projected ad on a full screen in the Robertshaw Gallery. Please contact Chris DeDiana, Bill McGrath or Tony Martino for any questions that you may have. THE DISTRICT 7330 FOUNDATION DINNER will be held on November 15th at the Greensburg Country Club. The cost is $100.00 per Rotarian (which goes directly to the Foundation under your name) plus the meal cost. If you have already contributed at least $100.00 this year to the Foundation through your participation in a Paul Harris Sustaining Group or through a direct contribution, you can attend for paying the meal cost only. Please consider attending so that our Club is well represented at this year's Dinner. OPERATION SANATA CLAUS – John Mizikar is coordinating our Club's involvement in this project. December 10th is the date, volunteers are needed to either work the morning shift (8 AM to Noon) or the afternoon shift (Noon to 4 PM) to fill bags of groceries that will be given out to members of the community. "4TH ANNUAL ST. CLAIR LECTURE" – Thursday, October 16, 7:30 PM at the Ferguson Theater, University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg. Dr. Kenneth Warren from Oxford University will present. Open to the public without charge. Please call 724-836-7497 for reservations. UPCOMING PROGRAMS OUR WEEKLY MEETING Bharat Jain, MD, Medical Director of the Westmoreland Sleep Disorders Center spoke today about Sleep Apnea. He oversees a four-bed unit at Westmoreland Regional Hospital and a four-bed unit at Frick Hospital. He defined sleep apnea as the quitting of breathing while sleeping due to obstruction or collapse of the upper airway. The body panics and patients wake up or are at a light sleep level rather than a deep sleep. The quality of sleep is affected although the quantity of sleep seems normal. Also, when the panic occurs, blood pressure can rise which can ultimately lead to heart disease or stroke. Other effects of apnea are drowsy driving, sleeplessness, fatigue, personality changes and early morning headaches. Dr. Jain cited clinical risk factors such as obesity, a larger neck circumference, genetics and age. The disorder is prevalent in 18 million people and affects 4% of men and 2% of women….the majority of which remain undiagnosed. Snoring, chocking, the quitting of breathing, periodic leg movements are serious indicators of sleep apnea. With children, additionally there can be a failure to thrive and even bed-wetting. Sleep studies are critical to evaluate patients. Life style medications such as losing weight, limited alcohol consumption and evaluation of sleep positions can help. Surgeries have some limited benefits. OCTOBER'S BIRTHDAYS WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY
Rotary Flashes of 10-07-2003
WISE AND OTHERWISE Build a dream and your dream will build you. TODAY’S INVOCATION was given by Bobbi Clark. "Eternal God, source of all created things, we would give substance to our thankfulness by resolving to make right use of the gifts we have received from thy bounty. With thy gift of the senses we would fashion and preserve a world of beauty for all. With they gift of reason we would engage in a responsible search for truth. With thy gift of compassion we would build a world of justice and mercy. And with thy gift of being we would walk together in peace. Thus, in gratitude, may we become faithful servants of thy glorious ongoing creation. Amen." MAKE-UPS: Joe Cameron and Elinore McMahan (twice) made up at the Rotary Club of Hempfield Township. Ed Meadows made up at the Mt View Club. MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE – Chuck Anderson asked all members to help him prepare a New Member Introductory Pamphlet. Please submit any questions that you have about projects or procedures in Rotary that may be helpful to new members of the Club. Can you remember back when you first joined and had questions about Rotary. This is what he and Linda Thomas need to be able to produce the pamphlet, to answer common questions of the newer members so to promote better understanding. OPERATION HOPE UPDATE – Carl Rossman read an email that Adib Barsoum had received from Patrick McLaughlin, Hout Bay, South Africa. A delivery of medical supplies is on its way to help the poor in a diseased area of South Africa. Our $2,000 donation, a donation from the Hempfield Township Club and a Rotary club in the United Kingdom made this project possible. Patrick wrote "People like you and the Greensburg Rotary have made it all possible for us working out here." THE ROTARY CLUB OF GREENSBURG'S WINE TASTING EVENING WILL BE HELD ON November 7th at the Westmoreland Museum of American Art. This is the newest fundraiser for our Club. The evening will be full of hors d 'oeuvres, jazz music, friends and wines. The cost is $100 per person. Sponsorships for $500 include two tickets, a business size printed ad and a projected ad on a full screen in the Robertshaw Gallery. If you are not planning to attend, you are asked to make your friends and business associates aware of this evening and ask for sponsorships. Please contact Chris DeDiana, Bill McGrath or Tony Martino for any questions that you may have. THE DISTRICT 7330 FOUNDATION DINNER will be held on November 15th at the Greensburg Country Club. The cost is $100.00 per Rotarian (which goes directly to the Foundation under your name) plus the meal cost. Please consider attending so that our Club is well represented at this year's Dinner. President Bob has forms for those who would like to purchase an advertisement in the Program Booklet or for those who would like to donate items for the silent auction. A MESSAGE FROM PDG KERN Also, please inform Bill Kern if you plan to attend the District 7330 OPERATION SANATA CLAUS – John Mizikar is coordinating our Club's involvement in this project. December 10th is the date, volunteers are needed to either work the morning shift (8 AM to Noon) or the afternoon shift (Noon to 4 PM) to fill bags of groceries that will be given out to members of the community. "4TH ANNUAL ST. CLAIR LECTURE" – Thursday, October 16, 7:30 PM at the Ferguson Theater, University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg. Dr. Kenneth Warren from Oxford University will present. Open to the public without charge. Please call 724-836-7497 for reservations. UPCOMING PROGRAMS OUR WEEKLY MEETING Cheri McShea, Program Director, Dean Ornish Program, spoke to us about Reversing Heart Disease. She first stated that the program started about 20 years ago on the West Coast. The Program is located in the Westmoreland Regional Hospital at The Well Being Center. Cheri stated that coronary artery disease is the number one killer in the US. She said that 90% is attributed to life style while 10% is attributed to genetics. She stresses that a life style change is a must. There are four components to the program. Exercise - physiologists instruct participants to develop regular patterns of exercise that leads to improved cardiovascular fitness. Stress Management - processes help to reduce the unnecessary pressures of daily life that can lead to unhealthy changes in blood pressure and heart rate. Group Support - through regular meetings that improve the communication between other participants who aspire the same results from the program. Nutrition – participants follow a low fat, whole foods nutrition plan that emphasizes whole grains, fresh vegetables and fruits. No meat, fish or chicken is in the diet. A member of the program, David Dye, spoke to us of the benefits that have resulted in his using the Dean Ornish Program. For him, stress management was the most important…diet was not a problem. The phone number for information is 724-832-3573. OCTOBER'S BIRTHDAYS WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY
Rotary Flashes of 09-30-2003
WISE AND OTHERWISE "You will never win if you don't begin." TODAY’S INVOCATION was given by Tom Hower. "Gracious Lord, we thank Thee for the blessings of our lives, the precious everyday blessings of home and family, the vast and glorious blessings of our nation. Help us to be good stewards of these gifts by sharing them with others. Bless this food to our nourishment and make us ever mindful of our commitments and to the needs of others." SERGEANT AT ARMS REPORT (John Mizikar) – Two visiting Rotarians: Ron Pastor (Latrobe) and District Governor-Elect Tom Uram (Washington), 3 guests – Vicar Jush (Mark Barnhart), Brian Wozniak (Frank VanHorn) and Matt Korosi (Cathy Daversa). Ed Massuci attended with DGE Uram. TODAY'S ATTENDANCE was 74. This included 68 members, 2 visiting Rotarians and 4 guests. MAKE-UPS: Mark Barnhart, Elinore McMahan, Dave Robinson and Judy Ross made up at the Rotary Club of Hempfield Township. Guy Davis and Chuck Strobel made up at the Mt View Club. THE ROTARY CLUB OF GREENSBURG'S WINE TASTING EVENING WILL BE HELD ON November 7th at the Westmoreland Museum of American Art. This is the newest fundraiser for our Club. The evening will be full of hors d 'oeuvres, jazz music, friends and wines. The cost is $100 per person. Sponsorships for $500 include two tickets, a business size printed ad and a projected ad on a full screen in the Robertshaw Gallery. If you are not planning to attend, you are asked to make your friends and business associates aware of this evening and ask for sponsorships. Please contact Chris DeDiana, Bill McGrath or Tony Martino for any questions that you may have. THE DISTRICT 7330 FOUNDATION DINNER will be held on November 15th at the Greensburg Country Club. The cost is $100.00 per Rotarian (which goes directly to the Foundation under your name) plus the meal cost. Please consider attending so that our Club is well represented at this year's Dinner. President Bob has forms for those who would like to purchase an advertisement in the Program Booklet or for those who would like to donate items for the silent auction. A MESSAGE FROM PDG KERN Also, please inform Bill Kern if you plan to attend the District 7330 "WINNING IN WESTMORELAND" – How can regional marketing benefit you business? Bill Flanagan, KDKA TV Sunday Business Page host will discuss regional marketing successes and lessons. Program presenters include, Alex Graziani (Smart Growth Partnership of Westmoreland County), Michael Koff (Sony), Larry Larese (Westmoreland Co. Industrial Development Corp), John Skiavo (The Economic Growth Connection of Westmoreland County), Thomas Sochacki (Westmoreland Chamber of Commerce) and Annie Urban (Laurel Highlands Visitors Bureau). Wednesday, October 8th, 8am – 11.30 am, Smith Hall, University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg. Breakfast meeting, $5.00 per person. RSVP to University Relations at 724-836-7497. OPERATION SANATA CLAUS – John Mizikar is coordinating our Club's involvement in this project. December 10th is the date, volunteers are needed to either work the morning shift or afternoon shift to fill bags of groceries that will be given out to members of the community. "4TH ANNUAL ST. CLAIR LECTURE" – Thursday, October 16, 7:30 PM at the Ferguson Theater, University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg. Dr. Kenneth Warren from Oxford University will present. Open to the public without charge. Please call 724-836-7497 for reservations. UPCOMING PROGRAMS OUR WEEKLY MEETING Our scheduled program did not occur, however, we had some great announcements. SEPTEMBER'S BIRTHDAYS WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY
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