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ServiceAboveSelf

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

April 8, 2011

Chartered in 1948

Robert McClelland, M.D.JFK at the Parkland ER on 11-22-63

COMMITTEE TIME

The Interact Club from Hillcrest HS had a very fun field trip to Sunnyvale on Sat, April 2 for Spring Fling. This was an all-District 5810 event for Interact. Our 19 Inter-actors plus Youth Exchange student Kimby added to the total of 120 students in attendance. Many games were played and activities were done to make sure the stu-dents learned about Rotary, service and met new friends while having lots of fun. Interact sponsor David Moliere (Biology teacher at HHS) came along with his wife and

Interact Spring Fling by Ley Waggoner

r. Bob McClelland personally attended former President

Kennedy in the E.R. at Parkland when he was shot.

He was born in Gilmer, TX, and lived there until attending college at U.T. Austin. He also went to medical school at U.T. He then joined the Air Force and was a medical officer for several years in Germany. Upon returning he did his residency work at Parkland Hos-pital from 1957 until 1962. After that he was on the surgery faculty at Parkland from 1962 until 2007. He is retired and con-tinues to live in Highland Park where he has been for almost 50 years.

At 12:30 P.M. CST, as Kennedy's uncovered limou-sine entered Dealey Plaza and slowly approached the plaza, which included the Texas School Book Depository, Nellie Connally, then the First Lady of Texas, turned to Kennedy, who was sitting behind her, and commented, "Mr. President, you can't say Dallas doesn't love you," which President Kennedy acknowledged.

When the Presidential limousine turned left and passed the Depository and conti-nued down Elm Street, shots were fired at Kennedy. Connally, like the president a WWII veteran, testified he immediately recognized the sound of a high-powered rifle, then he turned rightward attempting to see President Kennedy behind him. Connally was hit in his upper right back by a bullet. He then shouted, "Oh, no, no, no. My God. They're going to kill us all!"

Mrs. Connally testified she immediately turned towards President Kennedy and saw him with his arms and elbows raised high with his hands already close to his throat. She then heard another gunshot. The limousine's rear interior were now covered with fragments of bone, blood, and brain matter.

The results of our club's 2nd annual Blood Drive for the town of Highland Park and city of University Park are in!• 113 citizens signed up• 94 blood donations were received. This was an outstanding service to our community and a show of support for our own Park Cites.

One of the many highlights of the two day event was an elderly woman who drove back around the block, parked her car and walked up to our Rotary volun-teers to thank them for this effort to save lives. She receives transfusions every month from blood donations collected from Carter Blood Care to keep her alive. Great example of why this event is needed. Great example of Rotary!

three daughters. PP Linda

Tunnell (Interact Chair), Kendra Yanchak and PP Ley Waggoner were chaperones – and had fun too!

RCPC’s Community Blood Drive The RC of Dallas (RCPC’s parent club) celebrated 100 years at a luncheon held Fri, April 1 at the Fairmont Hotel. Among the 400 guests were PPs Linda Tunnell, Ley Waggoner, Doug Means, Greg Pape, Bill Sleeper, as well as Susan Rogers, Brad Rejebian, Bill Matthews, Fred Speno and Anne Harper.

The man in the middle is RI President Ray Klinginsmith.

Celebration!

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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: Mark ThomasonPledge/Song Leader: Rod Pirtle Introductions: Mark KasharPhotographer: Kirby WarnockChair of the Day: Howard FitchSpeaker: Clay Jenkins, JudgeProgram: Dallas County Commis-

sioners Court

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-lite = after noon mtgBlue = Activities on own schedule

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President Rick Amsberry called the meeting to order.

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Members with guests

Margaret CollinsHoward FitchPhilip RayOrville Salmon

that the Parade had been can-celled, but this was soon identi-fied as an April

President Rick’s quote from Paul Harris:“Every worker who gives himself to a worthy cause is bound to realize some of its benefits.”

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Montgomery is home, but is in quarantine. Rod

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Clay Jenkins. He explained the County Judge is the Chair of the Commissioners Court and oversees the Department of Homeland Security and Emer-gency Management. He said

Howard Fitch introduced to-

he also oversees the truancy court system, and was pleased about legislation passed recently that would give them more resources to keep kids in school. The Commissioners Court has had thirteen meetings so far this year, and believes things have gone relatively well for a bipartisan court. The Court has passed a Transparency Plan and a Code of Ethics. They are also posting the meetings online. He is particularly concerned about un-funded mandates and is working with Gov. Perry to eliminate them. They are also work-ing on the jails, and are depopulating the Decker jail, which will be sold. This week they will be considering a Green Air Policy. They are considering allowing a green bidder at 105% to be comparable to another bidder at 100%. They have cut $28 million out of the budget by cutting employees, cutting sala-ries, equalizing insurance, and redirecting each Commissioner’s road and bridge funds. Most of the roads in Dallas are city roads, so they partner with the city to build roads. He also has taken away the constables’ duties in traffic and in warrants; he would like to see them go back to their duties as bailiffs.

Mark Thomason gave the invoca-tion; he also re-ported that Sam

Pirtle led the Pledge of Allegi-ance and “The Star Spangled Banner,” followed by “April Show-ers.” Mark Kashar introduced our visitors and guests, then stay-

ed to recognize The Hub and web advertisers of the week. Bill

Clark reported on the income to RCPC Foundation. PE Jim Mills recognized PP Rose-mary Domecki for her contribution to the RCPC Foundation,

which resulted in three new Frank Monroe Fellows. They are Mike

Jarrell, Rick Ams-berry, and Dennis Devenport Cleve Clin-

ton, John Gilchrist, and Jon Peterson made a Fourth of July Parade an-nouncement and passed out red, white and blue hats. John Gilchrist tried to convince the club

Joke; it will be on Monday, July 4.

day’s speaker, Coun-ty Commissioner

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THOUGHTS ON . . .

DestinyNo trumpets sound when the im-portant decisions of our life are made. Destiny is made known silently. ~ Agnes de MilleIt is a mistake to try to look too far ahead. The chain of destiny can only be grasped one link at a time. ~ Winston Churchill Our problems are man-made, therefore they may be solved by man. No problem of human des-tiny is beyond human beings.

~ John F. KennedyDestiny waits alike for the free man as well as for him enslaved by another's might.

~ AeschylusThe bitterest tragic element in life to be derived from an intel-lectual source is the belief in a brute Fate or Destiny.

~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

Our Funders for Next Week areJohn Gilchrist

Doug GillJohn GlancyTracy Gomes

CLUB ANNOUNCEMENTS

FOUNDATION FUNDERS

PCR Connect, Tues, Apr 12, 5:30-7:30pm, at Bailey’s Prime Rib, 8160 Park Lane. Bring cards and friends. See Rob Banes.Meals On Wheels needs one volunteer to deliver meals on the third Monday of each month. Contact Charles Delphenis for detailsEREY - $100 to the RI Foundation from Every Rotarian Every Year!Projector Setup & Breakdown for Friday Meetings. Now ‘til Jun 24, 2011. About half hour before or after the mtg.Do You Love a Parade? Fourth of July Parade, Mon, July 4.Jobs for all. Sign up soon to get your favorite. See Cleve, John, Jon.RI Convention, May 21-25, New Orleans, LA

Sign up at www.parkcitiesrotary.org

UPCOMING PROGRAMSApril 29 Kenneth Starr

Baylor University

May 6 Forrest Hoglund, Nicole Small Perot Museum of Science and Nature

ROTARY CONNECTED Interesting new thread: Rotary clubs

celebrate success over Guinea worm in Ghana. Tweet of the Week: RI president's April mes-sage: The fifth Avenue of Service, New Genera-tions, can help Rotary grow. http://cot.ag/bLOJJy

Interesting new thread: April is Magazine Month. Find out more about The Rotarian magazine's most popular features.

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/

April 15 Kirby WarnockTales of the Big Bend

April 22 NO MeetingGood Friday

FAMILY of ROTARY

We gratefully acknowledgeASTRO-GRAPHICS

for the partial funding of the weekly printing of The Hub.

THEY PROFIT MOST WHO LAUGH BEST

Douglas Belknap Owen II was born March 23 at Plano Presbyteri-an.  He weighed 9.5 lbs and was 19.5 in. long. Both mother and

Happy Bir t h dayRob Banes 4.08Gregg Pappas 4.08Susan Harris 4.09

baby are doing great. Fourteen-month old sister loves being a big sister! Dad David is fine, too!

If Women Ran the World . . .with thanks to Elaine Allen

Some of RCPC’s Role ModelsOf course, there are many role models in RCPC, but

as some of our longest-tenured members, they give us a goal to shoot for. Both of these members joined prior to 1970, and continue to be very active members.

Dick DicksonJoined in 1967President 1985-86Dist. 5810 Gov. 1992-93

Ben YoungJoined in 1969President 1980-81