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Leaders united worldwide to provide humanitarian service, encourage high ethical standards in all vocations, and help build goodwill and peace in the world.

ServiceAboveSelf

TODAY’S PROGRAM Program Chair of the Day: Howard Fitch

September 24, 2010

Chartered in 1948

ew members speaking today:

New MembersSpeeches

COMMITTEE TIME

Roger AllspaughClassification: EnergyProposed by Susan Rogers John Brown

Classification: ArchitectureProposed by Phillip Bankhead

George BurrellClassification: EnergyProposed by Jarl Johnson

John ChambersClassification: TravelProposed by Hy Lyon JR Shroder

Classification: Real EstateProposed by Ley Waggoner

Good Advice from RI Welcome! As a new member, you will get a chance to become more involved in your community and to provide aid to other parts of the world through the opportunities that your Rotary club and Rotary Inter-national offer. Please take a minute to visit Member Access to verify that RI has the correct information for you.

Longtime Rotarians agree that involvement is key to getting the most out of membership. Volunteer to serve on a committee that meets your interests, to be a greeter for weekly club meetings, or to join a service project team. These activi-ties will help you get to know your fellow club members and better un-derstand the work of Rotary. From www.rotary.org/en/Members/New Members/Pages/ridefault.aspx

Helping at Ronald McDonald HousePP President Phillip, Youth Exchange student Kimby

Uymatiao, Ruth Alhilali, Gerry and Barbara Montgom-

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ery were among the RCPC mem-bers serving dinner at Ronald McDonald House on Monday, Sep 20. Kimby seems to always be smi-ling and says she is enjoying her new friends at Highland Park HS.

PolioPlus Success in NigeriaNigeria has experienced tremendous success in its recent ef-

forts to eradicate polio. The number of polio cases have decreased by more than 90 percent, compared with the same period in 2009, and commitment among stakeholders remains high.

RI President Ray Klinginsmith and RI Foundation Chair Carl-Wilhelm Stenhammar attended the RI PolioPlus Summit Nigeria in Abuja, Sept. 20-22, to recognize this progress and to encourage Rotarians and government officials who are working hard to finish the job. In addition to hearing addresses from Goodluck Ebele Jon-athan, president of Nigeria, and other dignitaries, attendees had the opportunity to participate in immunization activities near Abuja.“Only unified efforts which galvanise whole societies towards these goals will succeed in kicking this virus, that looks so much like a football, out of Africa and eventually, out of the world.” - N. Mandela

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THE HUBNewsletter of the

Rotary Club of Park Cities (Dallas)Betty Dawson, EditorShutterbug Committee

Bill Kelly, ChairBulletin/Internet Advertising

Dax Seale, Chair

OFFICERS and DIRECTORS2010-2011

Rick Amsberry, PresidentJim Mills, President Elect

Fred Brown, Vice PresidentBarb Jeffries, Treasurer

Maryllyn Hargrave, SecretaryBill Clark, Sgt. at Arms

Eric Heitkamp, Club Service IBart Noble, Club Service II

Jack Kearney, Community Service I

Tracy Gomes, Community Service II

Pam Carvey, Vocational ServiceRoger Hogarth,

International ServiceDoug Gill, At LargePhillip Bankhead ,

Immediate Past PresidentBen Young, Parliamentarian

Jim Wolf, HistorianLaurie Aldredge,Club Administrator6704 Snider Plaza

Dallas, Texas 75205Office Phone: 214-739-4170

Office Fax: 214/363-6980www.parkcitiesrotary.org

Email: club@parkcitiesrotary.org

Ray Klinginsmith, U.S.A.President, Rotary International

www.rotary.orgLinda Elliott,Grand Prairie

Governor, District 5810www.rotary5810.org

LAST WEEKPresiding: Rick AmsberryInvocation: Charlotte KroekerPledge/Song Leader: Cindy CummingsIntroductions: Mark KasharFour Way Test: Fred BrownPhotographer: Ley WaggonerChair of the Day: John GilchristSpeaker: Britt Berrett, PhDProgram: Texas Health Presbyterian

M T W Th F SAED = Defibrillator TrainingBl = Blood DriveBD = Board of Dirs. Mtg, 7 am LaMadeleine, 75 & MockingbirdCM = Circles of Success

Mentoring See T. GomesCn = PCR Connect Event.CP = ChildsPlay Work MtgD = District 5810 EventDH = Dentistry with a HeartFR = Family of Rotary EventF = Fellowship EventFF = RCPC Foundation Fund

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In- Interact at Hillcrest H.S, 8 am. See Tracy Gomes

M = Meals on Wheels (Differ-ent teams on each day) See Charles Delphenis

Mc = Ronald McDonald House-See Jina McDaniel

NM = New Member EventPr = Program Committee MtgReading and Radio Resources

See Hal CopelandSpE = Special Service EventVV = Vet to Vet - See Bob DillWeb = Web-lite after noon mtgBlue = Activities on own schedule

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President Rick Amsberry called the meeting to order by noting that one nice aspect of our meetings is that they are on Friday. He emphasized his point with a quote from Rotary

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President Rick’s quote from Paul Harris:“Is the world really using you badly, friend, or do you merely think so? For all fancy ills of body and mind, I recommend the old Rotary remedy of abandoning self for awhile. Sojourn for a day in the joys, aye, the sorrows of others.”

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founder, Paul Harris. Charlotte Kroeker gave the invocation, adapted from The Book of Common

Prayer. Cindy Cum-mings led the Pledge of Allegiance and “The Star Spangled Banner,” followed by “America.”

Mark Kashar introduced our visitors and guests, including for-mer member Jim Lilly, then stayed at the podium to recognize The Hub and the web advertisers of the week

Greg Pape reminded us that the Every Rotarian Every Year donation of a $100 supports the Rotary Foundation humanitarian and educational projects. This is World Water Week; RI has awarded almost 9,000 grants, totaling $52 million for clean water projects. Greg also noted that twelve RCPC members

are members of the Paul Harris Society, who give $1000 yearly to the Rota-ry Foundation. One of the PHS members is Gerry Montgomery who has earned his ninth level PHF represented by a pin with three rubies. Gerry told a story of his lottery as-pirations, but concluded with the moral, not to wait

tine Cristlieb, Bill Matthews, and Daw-son Orr. Tom Stutz announced Honored Guest Day on October 1st, and re-minded anyone bringing a guest to

register them online. Fred Brown introduced our newest member John Reed, a Dallas native who works for Merrill Lynch.

President Rick called the Annu-al Meeting, which will be on Nov. 19.

John Gilchrist introduc-ed today’s speaker, Dr. Britt Berrett, president of Texas Health Pres-byterian Hospital. He stated that

healthcare is dynamic, changing and in a constant state of evolu-tion. The health system does more today than has ever been done in history. There are three areas that have had amazing develop-ments. One area is in the breakthroughs in biomedical devices, resulting in minimally invasive procedures that replace major sur-geries. In the future these same procedures will be out patient. Another area of amazing progress is pharmacology; in the future medi-cines will be matched to the exact disease. The third area is in information technology; all of a person’s medical records will be on a card, so it is available at any time any place.

Badges to Frank Leo-nard, Bill Kelly, Kris-

President Rick awarded shiny, new Blue

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THOUGHTS ON . . .Friends

A friend is someone who will help you move. A real friend is some-one who will help you move a body. ~ UnknownIt is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend.

~ William BlakeMoney can't buy friends, but it can get you a better class of enemy. ~ Spike MilliganIn the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.

~ Martin Luther King Jr.A true friend is the greatest of all blessings, and that which we take the least care of all to acquire. ~ Francois de La

RochefoucauldWithout friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods. ~ Aristotle

Our Funders for Next Week areOrville SalmonScott SargentJerry SayersJR Schroder

CLUB ANNOUNCEMENTS

FOUNDATION FUNDERS

Adoption Carnival, Sat, Sep 25, 10am-2pm at Bachman Rec. Center. Join CPS and Dist 5810. See Ruth Knost for details.Guest Lunch, Oct 1, Register- whether or not you have a guestBlood Drive on Oct 2 has been cancelled - to be rescheduled!CPR-AED-Heimlich, Sat, Oct 2, 8am-11:30. Place TBA. Fee for recertifcation= $35.00, first timers= $50.00. See Steve Herman.New Member Party, Tue, Oct 5, 5:30-7:30pm. Doug Gill’s homeInteract meets Thursdays, 8am at Hillcrest H.S. Library. It is not too late to get involved in this fun and very rewarding activity. One Host Family needed for YE Student. See Herb Burkman.

THE LAST LAUGH

Sign up at www.parkcitiesrotary.org

FAMILY of ROTARY

October 1 Honored Guest Lunch Gerald Turner, SMU

October 8 Jim Plumlee Vascular Health

ROTARY CONNECTED Interesting new thread: Invitation to

become Well-Wisher of Rotary E-Club Of District 3150, India. www.rotaryeclub3150.org Tweet of the Week: Share our social media release: #Rotary helps foster #peace and world understan-ding through #education. http://pitch.pe/88241 Interesting new thread: Ugandan president, Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, said Rotarians' humanitarian work has played a key role in the eradication of polio and malaria in Uganda. http://allafrica.com/

RI has its own channel on YouTube offering a growing collection of videos and psas. Check out or add to RI’s Flickr group often, www.flickr.com/groups/familyofrotary/

Happy Birthday

Bob Heard 9.25Tom Stutz 9.25

October 15 The Hon. Tom Leppert City of Dallas

October 22 New Members Speeches

Are You Ready for Some Football?

HP ScotsNo Game This Week

HHS Panthers - 28Sunset Bisons - 7Yay, Panthers!

September 2, 2010RC of Park Cities

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Wrinkled was not one of the things I wanted to be when I grew up.

I used to have a handle on life ... but it broke.

Becoming aware of my character defects led me naturally to the next step of blaming my parents.

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