The Early Riser Bulletin

Remember to Wear PH Medallions This Week!This Week: March 4, 2010Speaker: UsSpeaker Chair: George CustodiTopic: Club Assembly –

Wear Your Paul HarrisMedals!

Next Meeting: March 11, 2010Speaker: TBASpeaker Chair: Renee StaggsTopic: TBA

Last Two Weeks Club Membership

On February 18, Ed Duryea wowed us witha PolioPlus talk straight from Nigeria. Edwas a volunteer on a NationalImmunization Day (NID) in Nigeria lastyear.

On February 25, Matt Parker gave us theweather forecast from SRS and muchmore.

If you are a member of our club and wantmore contact information, please go to“My Club” at:

http://www.rotary7750.org

Free 50/50 tickets for 100% ClubAttendance, Courtesy of President

George!

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Attendance Last Week: If you weren’tthere you still have time tomake up:

http://www.rotaryeclubone.org/index.html

President RI: John KennyDistrict Governor: George FletcherAssist. Governor: Lyn KenneyClub President: George Custodi

18 February 2010 – Ed Duryea

Ed gave a very powerful speech onPolioPlus, reminding us all that polioeradication is Rotary's number onehumanitarian goal. Rotary has committed$200 million to match the Bill and MelindaGates Foundation donation of $355 millionfor the final steps in wiping out polio. Lastyear Ed spend 14 days in Nigeria on aNational Immunization Day (NID) trip. Itinvolved 15,000 volunteers and 1639separate teams. UNICEF provided thevaccines. WHO provided all the laboratoryservices. WHO can track emerging poliocases down to the neighborhood withmodern genetic coding.The polio vaccine must be kept cold theentire time so the NID logistics included 100distribution centers with ice and supplies. Ineach village, the health team would meetwith the chief who would vouch for the teamand the immunizations would begin.

Rob Novit had a great article about Ed's tripin the Aiken Standard, which still can beread at:

http://www.aikenstandard.com/Local/0219-Nigeria-trip

Ed's Hug and a Mug

P.S. When will that photographer evercapture a real hug!?! - ed.

Membership

Member Name Classification

Trent Arnold CPA

Steve Black Printing - Promotional

Takiyah Bryant insurance/riskmanagement

Ron Campbell EnvironmentalCompliance

Darren Campen Education – PostSecondary

Gary Coxon Project Management-Environmental

Marion Crotty Finance - Manager

George Custodi Retired

Jenny Eaton Public Relations

Karen Edgington USCA

Norman Frank Government - Federal

Det Haislip Retail - Hardware

Sharon Johnson Education - Secondary

Dan Jolich Medical - Chiropractic

Jay Jones Medical - Veterinarian

Ginger Keenan Chemical Engineer

Jan Kirkland Banking - Management

Don Krafnick Banking - General

Jim Lambright Past President

Carmen Landy Social Agencies -Director

Janice Leonard-Hoffman Social Agencies -Director

Andrew Marine law enforcement - Civil

Wesley McCarthy

Bob McClure Insurance

John McMurtrie RehabilitationManagement

John Naylor Engineering

Harry Nix Plumbing - Contractor

Rob Novit Media - Newspaper

Lamesha Pressley Nuclear Management

Phil Rosbach Business Services -Shipping/Packaging

Jim Schmidt Education - Technical

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Ed with spouse, Cindy, his Audio/VisualConsultant

Kitty Windham is proud of her son-in-law!

Volunteers Still Needed – First TeeBecome a Facebook fan of First Tee ofAiken:http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-First-Tee-of-Aiken/205150164795?v=wall

See Gary Coxon to volunteer. You don'teven have to know how to play golf. Youcan help by becoming:

Assistant CoachGolf Course Assistant

Membership

Member Name Classification

Don Skinner CPA Service

Owen Sheetz Quality Control

Hank Smalling Real Estate -Management

Renee Staggs Rehabilitation - Services

Pete Stein

Bill Stewart Media - TelevisionBroadcasting

John Treadwell Human Resources

Cam Varner Social Agencies -Director

Niren Vyas Education - University

John Walker Computers - Networking

Rich Waugh Manufacturing - ThermalCeramics

Doug Wilhelm Nuclear - ProjectManagement

Birthdays and Anniversaries

Anniversaries! Recent and Upcoming

♥♥♥♥+♥♥♥♥=����Please send your February and March andApril anniversaries to the editor. Also,update your information onwww.rotary7750.org If you don't no oneelse will. Thank you. - ed.

Birthdays! Recent and Upcoming

������������Rob Novit February 4John McMurtrie February 7Owen Sheetz* February 23

* Birthday Winner for February

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Golf BuddyRange and Putting Green AssistantEquipment VolunteerMedia VolunteerClubhouse AssistantStudent Event and TournamentVolunteerAdministrative VolunteerFundraising VolunteerSummer Camp Assistant

25 February 2010 – Matt Parker

Matt is a fellow of the AmericanMeteorological Society and conductsweather related research at SRS. SRS alsoprovides support to Emergency Response,such as the Graniteville chlorine gastragedy. He provided insight on globalwarming and measurable changes in theatmosphere. You can find out more aboutSRS weather services at:www.srs.gov/weatherOr even get updates on your mobile phone:www.srs.gov/weather/mobile

Matt Gets his Hug and Mug

Missed another one. Stupid digital cameradelay - ed.

50/50

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♥♦♣♠After Trent won we're now looking for theQueen of Clubs – Regions Bank

18 February – Not a Winner! Harry

Ace of Spades, not the Queen of Clubs

25 February – Not a Winner! Gary

Another ace! of Clubs! Too bad it wasn't theQueen, Gary

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Guests

18 February 2010

Ed Duryea, SpeakerCindy Duryea, Guest of SpeakerKitty Windham, Aiken Noon ClubDennis Orwat, guest of John McMurtrieCheryl Couch, Student of the Month, ATCCarol Bond, Daughter of Cheryl BondJohn Ellis, Student of the Month, USCA

25 February 2010

Matt Parker, SpeakerPaul Richardson, guest of Jan Kirkland

Make-ups

Gary Coxon, Triangle Club of WilliamsburgHarry Nix, eClubOne

Student of the Month – ATC

Cheryl Couch, who was joined by herdaughter at breakfast, Carol Bond.

Joke of the DayJohn M: Worst four words to hear on a golfcourse, “It's still your turn.”

February Birthday Winner – Owen Sheetz

Owen is 89 years old and has been aRotarian for a long time! He selected aRotary portfolio as his gift.

Student of the Month - USCA

John Ellis

Polio Facts:

NIDs must be held in pairs, a month apart,and repeated every year for 4-5 years to wipeout polio in a region or country.

For every child affected with polio there are200 carriers of the polio virus who show nosymptoms.

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Happy Bucks – 18 February 2010

Fun Fact: Rob has a cousin in New York whois a Jewish Elvis Impersonator.

Marion has Renee's $1 for Harry being here.

Norm has $5 happy bucks for African-American month celebrated in February andfor the great articles in the RotarianMagazine. On page 52, the principal in theBrown vs. Board of Education Topeka,Kansas, was remembered. On Rotary's 105th

birthday, World Understanding was the causecelebre, and on page 59, the focus was onpeace. Norm noted it was a remarkableissue.

Peter was happppppppy. Kentucky is 25-1.

Kitty was happy to be here!

Rich W was happy that he drove alonethrough the snow to the District Mid-YearAssembly and that he and Steve won copiesof Rotary's new public awareness billboards.

Rob was happy for USCA's student of themonth, John Ellis, who helped him hand thebanners before the meeting.

Bob M was happy to be back after a great tripto the U.K. to see two of his four daughters.(England, for us local folk – ed.)

Don K was happy he finally remembered thatNorm was the 11th man at Adopt-a-Highway.Thanks, Norm! - ed.

Harry was happy for Renee's 100%attendance challenge, for eClubOne, and forDon and Harriett's influence on him.

Karen was happy for Pacers Homecomingnext week. Go Team!

Ginger was happy she drove to NC to show

Rob gets some A/V tips from Cindy

her kids snow, only to return to Aiken's WinterWonderland.

Happy Bucks – 25 February 2010

Norm was happy for the great PolioPlusspeaker we had last week.

Rob was happy Norm pointed out the articleon the civil rights victories in Summerton andwill visit their Rotary Club.

Jan was happy for her guest.

John M was happy for the great weather lastweek and for his kayak trip through theCongaree Swamp. And for the late, latenight, or early, early morning, he had beforeour meeting, staying up so he could listen todaughter, Kelly, make her debut on WUSCradio station in the 4 AM to 6 AM slot. (HiKelly! - ed.)

Steve was happy to see a million robins in hisyard.

John W was happy to veg out in front of thetube catching every single cross-country skirace in the Olympics coverage.

Marion was happy the USC hockey team

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More Happy Bucks

Marion was happy the USC hockey teambeat Canada. Yay! (Oops, that lasted oneweek. - ed.)

Wesley was happy that his daughter,Jocelyn, a fifth grader, will be going to USCfor a one week summer program.

Program Schedule

Date Program Chair Speaker Program3/4/2010 Club Assembly George Custodi

3/11/2010 Renee Staggs

3/18/2010 Jay Jones

3/25/2010 Darrin Campen

4/1/2010 Bob McClure

4/8/2010 Det Haslip

4/15/2010 Harry Nix

4/22/2010 Peter Stein

4/29/2010 Wes McCarthy

5/6/2010 Trent Arnold

5/13/2010 Takiyah Bryant

5/20/2010 Ron Campbell

5/27/2010 Darrin Campen

6/3/2010 Gary Coxon

6/10/2010 Marion Crotty

6/17/2010 Norman Frank

6/24/2010 Det Haislip

7/1/2010 Club Assembly??

7/8/2010 Sharon Johnson

REMEMBER to give to PolioPlus

Aiken Sunrise pledges $20 on each Rotarian’s Birthd ay

For the next three years, the Rotary Club of Aiken Sunrise is asking eachmember to donate $20 to the PolioPlus campaign to help match the Billand Melinda Gates Foundation grant to eradicate polio.

More Information:

http://www.rotary.org/en/serviceAndFellowship/Polio/Pages/ridefault.aspx

http://www.polioeradication.org/

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