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January 29 2016

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THE HUB The Rotary Club of Park Cities

Volume 67, Number 26

Program Chairs of the Day: Eric Heitkamp

Eric Nadel and Justin RuggianoThe Texas Rangers

TODAY’S PROGRAM

ROTARY INTERNATIONAL

Rotary is releasing $35 million in grants to support polio immunization activities and research in nine countries, including

Eric NadelThe 2014 recipient of the Ford C. Frick Award, Eric Nadel

will be in his 22nd year as the lead voice on the Texas Ran-gers radio broadcasts in 2016. It marks his 38th year broad-casting Rangers baseball, the longest tenure of any announ-cer in the history of the franchise and the second longest continuous current stint with one team in the American Lea-gue to Kansas Cityʼs Denny Matthews (48th year in 2016).

The Ford C. Frick Award is presented annually for excellence in broad-casting by the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. Nadel became the first primary voice of the Texas Rangers to be honored with the Frick Award.

Nadel was honored at the Hall of Fameʼs Awards Presentation on Satur-day, July 26, 2014 in Cooperstown, New York, along with Roger Angell and Joe Garagiola. He was inducted as the 15th member of the Texas Rangers Baseball Hall of Fame on August 11, 2012.

Nadel joined the Rangers in 1979 and called games on television and radio in his first three seasons. Beginning in 1982, he began a 13-year run with Mark Holtz as the radio team on WBAP while returning to the television booth for one year in 1984. Nadel became the teamʼs lead radio voice on KRLD Radio in 1995. Among his most memorable calls are Nolan Ryanʼs 5,000th career strikeout on August 22, 1989, the Rangersʼ major league record 30-run outburst on August 22, 2007, and the final outs of Game 6 of the 2010 and 2011 American League Championship Series which sent the franchise to its first two World Series .

He is a seven-time recipient of the National Sportscasters and Sportswri-ters Association Texas Sportscaster of the Year Award, and two-time winner of the Associated Press award for best play-by-play in Texas.

Nadel is a graduate of Brown University. He and his wife Jeannie reside in Dallas.

Justin RuggianoBats/Throws: Right, Right Ht./Wt.: 6-1, 210Born: April 12, 1982 in Austin, TX Resides: Rockwall, TXAcquired: Signed as a free agent on December 17, 2015Career: The 33-year-old outfielder

signed a one-year contract with the Rangers on Dec-ember 17. The seven-year major league veteran owns a career .856 OPS figure against left-handed pitch-ers, ranking 10th among all active outfielders. Since the start of 2012, he owns a .290/.359/.571/.930 slash line versus left-handed pitching in 439 plate appearances. He has played in 455 career games for Tampa Bay (2007-08, 2011), Miami (2012-13), Chica-go-NL (2014), Seattle (2015), and Los Angeles-NL (2015), appearing at all three outfield spots. He saw his first career postseason action with the Dodgers last season. The Texas native graduated from L.C. Anderson High School near Austin and played college baseball at Blinn Junior College and Texas A&M. 2015: Split the campaign with the Mariners and Dod-gers, combining to bat .248 (31-125) with 6 home runs and 15 RBI in 57 big league games while also batting .296 (53-179) over 49 contests with Triple-A Tacoma in the Seattle system. He was a member of the Mariners Opening Day roster before being traded to the Dodgers on August 31.

says Michael K. McGovern, chair of Rotaryʼs International Polio Plus Committee. “To ensure that no child ever again suffers the devastating effects of this disease, we must all ensure that the necessary funds and political will are firmly in place in 2016.”

The funds announced this week include $11.4 million in Paki-stan and $6 million in Afghanistan, the two remaining polio-ende-mic countries. Funding will also support immunization activities in several countries still at-risk, including Nigeria, Ethiopia, Chad, Somalia, Cameroon, Iraq, and India.

Afghanistan and Pakistan. The funds will build on last yearʼs his-toric achievement of stopping the transmission of the wild polio virus in Nigeria and all of Africa.

“We are closer than ever to achieving a polio-free world,”

The War on Polio Continues

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The Hub is the weekly newsletter of the Rotary Club of Park Cities (Dallas)

Betty Dawson, EditorShutterbug Committee

Fred Speno, ChairBullet in /Internet Advert i s ing

Chris Short, Chair

Karen Farris, PresidentTracy Gomes, President ElectPam Carvey, Vice President

Jim Zapffe, SecretaryLarry W . Nichols, Treasurer

Jerry Washam, Sergeant-At-ArmsLisa Amsberry, Club Service I

Mary McMahon, Club Service II Kathy Schatz, Community ServiceTom Rhodes, Community Service II

Paul Pirok, New GenerationsJeff Sheehan, International Service

JIm Mills, At LargeEric Heitkamp ,

Immediate Past PresidentJim Weichel, Sergeant-at-Arms

Doug Means,ParliamentarianDennis Harrison, Webmaster

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LAST WEEK Presiding: Karen FarrisInvocation: Cub AmosPledge: Nolan DuckIntroductions: Barbara BarneyPhotographer: Ley WaggonerChair of the Day: Phillip BankheadSpeaker: New and Experienced

Members Program: Introductions

M T W Th F SAED = Defibrillator TrainingBl = Blood DriveBD = Board of Dirs. Mtg, 7am LaMadeleine, 75 & MockingbirdCn = 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 Special ProjectM = Meals on Wheels (Differ-

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Mentoring at Hillcrest H.S.Mc = Ronald McDonald

House-See Jina McDanielNM = New Member EventPr = Program Committee MtgRU = Rotary UniversitySpE = Special Service EventWeb-lite = on your computer

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Our MissionBuilding a legacy of good works and

fellowship, we strive to:REACH those in need in partnership

with othersINSPIRE tomorrow’s leaders with

high ethical standardsFOSTER lives of service above self

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President Karen Farris called the meeting to order. Cub Amos gave the invocation, noting that there were no members ill or in the

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member Grace Daniels. She grew up in Dallas and attended Oral Roberts University, and received a Masters from Texas

hospital. Nolan Duck led the Pledge of Alle-giance and “The Star Spangled Banner.” Bar-bara Barney, assisted by Mark Kashar with the mike, introduced our visitors and guests, including PDGs Frank Meyer and Richard Gilman. PP Bill Sleeper introduced

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our very special guest to-day, Max Raney, the Uni-versity Park Fire Marshall. Shawn Foster announ-ced the Marketplace ad-vertiser of the week.

Nolan Duck read a memorial to PDG Dick Dickson who passed away in August, 2014. He was remembered as a wonderful friend to the club and to the district. He was a member for forty-four years and the President in 1985. He was recognized with the Lifetime Achievement Award in 2012. His three chil-dren were pre-sent for the memorial.

PE Tracy Gomes reported on the stra-tegic planning meeting on January 15. He re-viewed the clubʼs strategic priorities: (1) to en-gage current members and attract new mem-bers through service, fellowship and network-ing; (2) to enhance club impact and communi-ty awareness through collaborative parner-ships; and (3) to address hunger with an em-phasis on childhood nutrition and education.

President Karen introduced our newest

Womanʼs University. She is the area manager for Encore. PP Bill Sleeper announced the evening meeting on February 11. He encour-aged everyone to bring a guest.

PP Phillip Bankhead introdu-ced our speakers today. First to speak was new member Herb Ziev. He said he

grew up in eastern Pennsylvania and attended Temple University. He moved here to be a buyer for Titche-Goettinger. He received an MBA from the University of Dallas. He has been in the mortgage business for about sev-en years. He is married with one son, three stepsons, and one grandchild.

Next to speak was former member, Ben March. He has been a Rotarian for thirty-three years, but at various clubs due to relocations. This is his third time at RCPC, and he remarked that it

is great to be back. He says “Service Above Self” is important ot him and his family. He believes it was fortunate that he was born in Waco, although he grew up in Ft. Worth. He is the third generation to attend Baylor, where he met his wife. He has been a fund raiser for Baylor, but currently he and his wife are in real estate.

Last, but not least, was experienced member Gerry Montgomery. He is a world traveler and has brought back a record number of flags to the club from five continents. He brought his photographs from The Guy-anas and Tanzania, as well as a selection of photos from his other travels. Gerryʼs pho-tographs have been published in The Rotari-an Magazine.

THE HUB

THOUGHTS ON . . .

An ardent supporter of the home-town team should go to a game pre-pared to take offense, no matter what happens.

~ Robert BenchleyOf course the game is rigged. Don't let that stop you--if you don't play, you can't win. ~ Robert HeinleinIt's never just a game when you're winning. ~ George CarlinYou learn a lot about people when you play games with them.

~ Laura MoncurPlayers win games, teams win championships. ~ Bill TaylorIf life doesn't offer a game worth playing, then invent a new one.

~ Anthony J. D'Angelo

Our Funders for Next Week areRCPC FOUNDATION

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UPCOMING PROGRAMS

RI has its own channel on YouTube of-fering a growing collection of videos and psas.

ROTARY CONNECTED

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.RCPC has its own channel: http://vimeo.com/channels/rotaryclubofparkcities/

RI: www.linkedin.com/groups?gid= 858557&trk=hb_side_g RCPC: www.linkedin.com/ groups?gid=1248747&trk=hb_side_g

Tweet of the week: #Rotary has gone out of this world. @astro_timpeake shares a Rotary flag at the International Space Station. pic.twitter.com/0SvR4MhbZR

RI: www.facebook.com/rotaryDist. 5810: www.facebook.com/Rotary District5810.

Interesting New Thread: Rotary member Kenton Lee has designed and distributed more than 8,000 shoes that adjust and expand so that kids across Africa, Asia, and South America always have a pair of shoes that fit. http://on.rotary.org/RotaryLee

Miss a Meeting? Watch it Online!

Check out or add to RIʼs Flickr group often, www.flickr.com/groups/familyofrotary/

http://pinterest.com/rotary/ RI has Pinboards on major projects.

Sat, Jan. 30, 8:30am - 3:00pm, District 5810 Peace Symposium at SMU Plano Campus, Free but rsvp to vickirowe96@gmail.com. Bring teenagers.Thurs, Feb. 4, 7:00am - 8:00am,PCR Connect Networking Breakfast at Flying Fish in Preston Center. Bring your business cards, friends and success stories.Sun, Feb. 7, 3:00 - 7:00pm, RCPCʼs Super Bowl Watch Party at Gordon Biersch, 8060 Park Lane, Ste 125. Dutch Treat. RSVP on website.Mon, Feb. 8. Eat at Ifratelli and 15% of the total will go to the Salvation Army.You must mention the Salvation Army!

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CLUB ANNOUNCEMENTS

Feb . 5 Jan Edgar LangbeinGenesis Women ʼs Shelter

Feb . 1 1 Evening Program, 6:00 - 8:00pmWashington, Lincoln & the RCPC Oval Office

Feb 1 9 Dennis McCuistionA Provocative Dialogue with Dennis McCuistion: The Economy, Politics, China

Feb 2 6 Chris Vognar Dallas Morning News Movie Critic

RI: http://twitter.com/#!/rotary

ROTARY INTERNATIONAL

HE PROFITS MOST WHO LAUGHS BEST

The Rotarian Economist Highlights Open Access Documents

Interesting New Thread: Listen to the videos that were just released at the International Convention in San Diego. http://video.rotary.org/

Proposed New MembersCharito Moore

Classification: BankingProposed by John Gilchrist

 Sarita SmitheeClassification: Law

Proposed by: Lisa Amsberry

Happy BirthdayJane Golden 1.30Richard Jodry 1.30Clark Hodges 1.31Nolan Duck 2.1George Burrell 2.3

Entrepreneurship, jobs, and skills are fun-damental for poverty reduction and develop-ment. This post, the fourth in a series on open access World Bank publications, provides easy access to a selection of 50 books and reports published since 2010 by the World Bank on entrepreneurship, jobs, and skills. The publica-tions were compiled as a resource for partici-pants at the 2016 Rotary Presidential Confer-ence on Economic Development in Cape Town, South Africa.

The list of publications is available at http://rotarianeconomist.com/rotary-action-

groups/entrepreneurship-jobs-and-skills/The World Bank publications cover eight

main areas as follows: Entrepreneurship and employment for women; Entrepreneurship and employment for youth; Regional and country studies on entrepreneurship; Jobs and labor markets; Business climate; Jobs during the cri-sis and in fragile contexts; Skills for the work-force; and finally Entrepreneurship education.

The hope is that these resources will be useful to Rotarians and others working on eco-nomic development. The focus is on books published since 2010.

A young lady came home and told her mother that her boy friend had proposed but she had turned him down because she found out he was an atheist, and didn't believe in God, nor Heaven or Hell.

"Marry him anyway dear," the Mother said. "Between the two of us, we'll show him Heaven and Hell, and we'll make a believer out of him.