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ROTARY DISTRICT 6950 • ZONE 34 • FLORIDA • USA
RI President 2015- 2016: K.R. Ravindran
TheGovernor’s
Newsletter
TheGovernor’s
NewsletterIssue 6 • December 2015
DECEMBER is: “DISEASE PREVENTION & TREATMENT MONTH”: SMALLPOX: The only human disease ever eradicated by man.POLIO will be our second success, with your support to Rotary’s “Polio-Plus”!
“On 5 May 2014, on the advice of an Emergency Committee under the International Health Regulations (IHR, 2005), the Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the international spread of wild poliovirus (WPV) to be a Public Health Emergency of International Concern.”
I was recently asked a good ques-tion: “Why do we still need billions of dollars to eradicate Polio from only two countries, Afghani-stan and Pakistan? Aren’t we “This close!”? (Only 56 new polio cases
this year as of 15 November, 2015). Surely we now have plenty of money for that “final inch”! Why should I give?
If you didn’t have all the facts, and you hadn’t performed your due dili-gence on the subject, you might come to the conclusion that our Polio eradica-tion work was almost done. Polio eradi-cation is definitely NOT done; far from
it actually; let me explain.
When a country is declared “Polio Free” (like most of the World, now), we don’t stop immunizing children in that country, or any of the hundreds of other countries and territories (including the USA) where eradication has been suc-cessful. We must continue to immunize all children born throughout the world (even in “Polio-free” countries), until the last case of Polio is gone, and for three (3) years thereafter! That is a huge ongo-ing job! The costs remain high.
Immunization is only part of Rotary’s polio work: We also provide funding for extensive monitoring and lab analysis of sanitation systems worldwide to detect any trace of Polio. We help fund trans-portation of immunization workers, sup-
port activities for “at risk” countries, and help fund WHO continuing research. Rotarians also help fund “surge” capa-bility when outbreaks occur in “Polio-free” countries as happened recently in Syria. Polio eradication remains critical.
Furthermore, the Global Polio Eradi-cation Initiative has funding shortfalls of half a billion dollars through 2018, even with cash and commitments. Every Ro-tarian needs to support “Polio-Plus”. Failure is not an option for this virulent disease! www.polioeradication.org
We cannot return to the days of Iron Lungs, braces on America’s children, and 1,000 new polio cases per day! Po-lio is still “…only a plane-ride away…” Eradication is significant but fragile! Ro-tarians’ gift: A Polio-free world!
Children’s Polio Ward - 1954
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The Governor’s NewsletterIssue 6 • December 2015
Will Miller, District Governor 2015-2016727-581-2452 • [email protected]
District Governor Elect Mike ChapmanC [email protected]
District Governor Nominee Perry [email protected]
Chief of StaffCiff SnedekerC [email protected]
District Secretary Brenda WendtO/H 352-249-7302 [email protected]
District Treasurer Mitch HernandezO [email protected]
District Rotary Foundation ChairCarl Treleaven, PDGO 727-388-3511 [email protected]
Membership ChairEric JohnsonC [email protected]
Public Relations ChairTekoa Bean C [email protected]
District TrainerTom Feeney III C 352-201-2520 [email protected]
Assistant Governor Area 1 Allen Ray CollinsC [email protected]
Assistant Governor Area 2 Jonathan BrewerC [email protected]
Assistant Governor Area 3 Jocelyn ChapmanC [email protected]
Assistant Governor Area 4 Seth NewtonC 727-238-7384 [email protected]
Assistant Governor Area 5Kelly MothersheadC [email protected]
Assistant Governor Area 6Gary CoilC [email protected]
Assistant Governor Area 7 Karen Van SickleC [email protected]
Assistant Governor Area 8 Eloy NunezH 352-419-4006 [email protected]
District Sergeant at ArmsFin VargasH [email protected]
Meet Your Assistant Governors!JONATHAN H. BREWER
AREA-2 Assistant Governor 2015-2017
(Central Pinellas, Indian Rocks Beach, Pinellas Park, Seminole, Seminole Lake)
Jonathan is currently the President of “EarthWorks Environmental” and “CleanSoil Technologies Inc.” of Safety Harbor, Florida. He has been involved in inter-national business & export, and is an industrial designer and patented inventor of the Matrix Enhanced Treatment System for the remediation of contaminated industrial soils, interna-tionally. He was awarded the “Most Innovative New Product” award winner from the University of California, Davis Engi-neering School.
Originally from Catonsville, Maryland, Jonathan grew up in the suburbs of Baltimore and on the shores of the Chesapeake Bay. An early interest in automobiles and all things mechani-cal has rewarded Jonathan with a life-long interest in automo-bile restoration and racing. Currently, Jonathan is restoring a Formula Ford race car to add to his small collection of British cars, such as Jaguar, Austin Healey, Triumph and MG.
Besides the many and varied roles and positions Jonathan has filled in Rotary, both in California and here in Florida in-cluding his current position as an Assistant Governor, he has also been active in community and appointed political po-sitions ranging from community Boards, Project and Devel-opment Review Commissions to Planning, Community De-velopment District (CDD) Supervisor, and CDD Vice Chair. He has been active in clean water and medical missions to Central America, construction and medical missions to the Dominican Republic, and evangelism Youth Mission (Adult Leader) to Romania.
Jonathan and his wife, Anne, reside in Tarpon Springs, Flor-ida and are quiet “empty nesters”, but they also enjoy partici-pating in the many varied activities of children and grandchil-dren.
What YOU can do NOW to promote Disease Prevention & Treatment:
• Give to “Polio Plus” @ www.endpolio.org
• Support Health Education Programs on disease & sani-tation
• Sponsor Continuing Education for Health Workers via Scholarships, Stipends, & Public Recognition
• Improve/Expand Access to Low-cost/Free Healthcare in Underserved Areas
• Help with Public Immunization Education
How will you “Be a Gift to the World”?
Yours in Rotary INTERNATIONAL Service,DG Will
JOIN LEADERS, EXCHANGE IDEAS, TAKE ACTION!
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The Governor’s NewsletterIssue 6 • December 2015
District Calendar
Dorothy Menzies Child Care CenterFoundation Grant Project Highlight
Hey Friends! January 11 through January 15 is going to be our District Membership Drive Week! This will be a great opportunity for you to invite someone you know that would make a great member of your club. The program that week will focus specifically on what your club is doing to make your community a better place. I’m sure we all know someone we can invite!
Eric JohnsonMembership Chair
The Rotary Club of Dunedin, Dune-din North, E-club, Clearwater East, Palm Harbor, Seminole Lakes, and Tarpon Springs have partnered with the Belize City Rotary Clubs to complete several important projects at Dorothy Menzies Child Care Center (orphanage) in Be-lize City. Rotarians made several trips to determine the most immediate needs. Schools uniforms, commercial washers and dryers, lice kits, medical supplies, and school supplies were all needed.
In addition, the primary school that the kids from DMCCC attend needed a freezer and refrigerator so they could serve nutritional lunches.
As a result of our contributions and coordination with the Belize Rotary Clubs, the children now have healthy lunches, and are able to go to school regularly because lice have been elimi-nated. They also have a private place (backpacks) to put not only school sup-plies but personal items.
We have successfully given each and every child a sense of dignity and re-spect.
Membership Drive Week
December 1– Registration due for PETS
December 12– Illuminated Boat ParadeIlluminated Boats of all shapes and sizes sail along the beautiful waterfront of downtown St. Petersburg at 6:30pm. Excellent viewing from the Pier ap-proach around the Vinoy Yacht Basin to the south end of Vinoy Park.
December 27– UPDATE Club’s Membership in Rotary.org
Extended to January 18DEADLINE: District Conference/Cruise best price
January 22– DEADLINE: PETS & Hotel registra-tions
January 27 – District Fund Council & EXCOM meetings
January 31– DEADLINE to pay RI Dues (2nd half-year)
February 1– AG & Executive Board TELECONF
February 6– Pre-PETS
February 15– DEADLINE to pay District Dues (2nd half-year)
February 15 – DEADLINE: Registration for Founda-tion Awards Dinner
February 18– Foundation Awards Dinner
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The Governor’s NewsletterIssue 6 • December 2015
Hudson Rotary Plans Special Celebration for World Polio Day
The Rotary club of Pinellas Park presented Mary Anderson, the art teacher at Rawlings Elementary, with a $25 check for classroom supplies. Each week Pinellas Park Rotary draws a name of a teacher to give to.
Pictured: Mary Anderson and Josh Astarita.
Hudson Rotary’s recognition for World Polio Day and polio eradication was held at Marchman Technical Col-lege on October 22. Students in the Cu-linary Arts program provided lunch and Vocational committee chair Steve Diller hosted the event for Hudson Rotary, dis-cussing the importance of vocational training. A gift of $250 was presented
to the class to buy new knives for the program.
To tie in the In-ternational recog-nition that polio is almost gone, a do-nation was made by the club in the name of the staff and students of the Marchman Culinary
Arts program to the Rotary Foundation PolioPlus Program.
Photo: Rotary President Colleen Naumann and head chef Peter Kerns with students from the Marchman Cu-linary Arts program. Mr. Kerns has been in charge of the culinary program 25 years.
The History Of Rotary’s Mottoes
Arthur Frederick Sheldon, the Rotarian whose convention speech inspired Rotary’s secondary motto, One Profits Most Who Serves Best.
Rotary’s official mottoes, Service Above Self and One Profits Most Who Serves Best, trace back to the early days of the organization.
In 1911, He Profits Most Who Serves Best was approved as the Rotary motto at the second convention of the Nation-al Association of Rotary Clubs of Amer-ica, in Portland, Oregon. It was adapted
from a speech made by Rotarian Arthur Frederick Sheldon to the first conven-tion, held in Chicago the previous year. Sheldon declared that “only the science of right conduct toward others pays. Business is the science of human ser-vices. He profits most who serves his fellows best.”
The Portland convention also inspired
the motto Service Above Self. During a convention outing on the Columbia River, Ben Collins, president of the Ro-tary Club of Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, talked with Seattle Rotarian J.E. Pinkham about the proper way to orga-nize a Rotary club, offering the principle his club had adopted: Service, Not Self. Pinkham invited Paul P. Harris, who also was on the boat trip, to join their conver-sation. Harris asked Collins to address the convention, and the phrase Service, Not Self was met with great enthusiasm.
At the 1950 RI Convention in De-troit, slightly modified versions of the two slogans were formally approved as the official mot toes of Rotary: He Prof-its Most Who Serves Best and Service Above Self. The 1989 Council on Legis-lation established Service Above Self as the principal motto of Rotary, because it best conveys the philosophy of unselfish volunteer service. He Profits Most Who Serves Best was modified by the 2004 Council to They Profit Most Who Serve Best and by the 2010 Council to its cur-rent wording, One Profits Most Who Serves Best.
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The Governor’s NewsletterIssue 6 • December 2015
Scott Post, editorSuncoast Printing • 3601 Grand Boulevard • New Port Richey, FL 34652 • www.suncoastprinting.comE-mail news to: [email protected] (Please send text as word documents and photos as jpgs)
Dr. Al Comey and his wife Jennifer were recog-nized by DG Will at Largo Rotary Club as Major Do-nors to TRF. Photo: Dr. Al Comey, Jennifer Comey, DG Will, Club President-elect Zach Strong).
New Members Imai and Komninos
The Rotary Club of Pi-nellas Park will be cel-ebrating the Holidays again this year with Community Service as they have for many years now. Chairperson Josh Astarita has sched-uled Tuesday Dec 8th for the Holiday Dinner at the St Petersburg Ronald McDonald House. Members of the club will take Hamburgers, Hot Dogs, Brats and all the trimmings for the residents of the House to enjoy for dinner that night. Chair-
Holiday Community Service
man Richard Breske has set up their bell ringing day again for Salvation Army at the Publix Supermarket at 7333 Park Blvd, Pinel-las Park, on Saturday, December 19th from 9am until 4pm. Chris Patel is spearheading
the Holiday Baskets Committee that will be handing out food baskets, toys and turkeys to approximately 40 families in the Pinellas Park area on the morning of Saturday Dec 19th.
Past Rotary District Governor and member of the Seminole Lake Rotary
Club, Tim Schuler, inducted new mem-bers, Orlando Imai and Dora Komninos,
at their regularly scheduled, break-fast meeting at the Brown Boxer res-taurant on Friday November 6.
Orlando and Dora are the sixth new members who have joined the Club in the past 5 months. For more information about the Club visit https://SeminoleLakeRotary.org or call Gene Stern at 727-369-1512.
Pictured (L-R): Orlando Imai, Tim Schuler, Dora Komninos
Osceola Fundamental High School Principal, Michael Bohnet introduced the Students of the Month to the mem-bers of the Rotary Club of Seminole Lake at their regularly scheduled Friday breakfast meeting at the Brown Boxer restaurant.
Madeline Repka has a GPA of 4.57 while ranking 23rd in her class and has been designated an Advanced Place-ment scholar, She is student body Presi-dent, Key Club President, and National Honor Society President while captain-ing the Varsity Cross Country team and also a member of the Track and Field team. Very active in tutoring and is a member of the Pinellas County Board of Commissioners for Youth. She plans to become a lawyer and create a non-profit organization that funds research for invisible illnesses.
Ryan Allen has a GPA of 4.5 while quarterbacking the varsity football team for three years and making all-county honorable mention. He has attained the Academic Excellence Award and is a member of Rho Kappa while coun-selling at Stance Baseball and Softball Academy. Ryan plans to attend Univer-sity of Florida and become a radiologist.
For more information visit https://SeminoleLakeRotaryClub.org
Pictured (L-R): Madeline Repka, Prin-cipal Bohnet and Ryan Allen
OFHS Students of the Month for November
Deadline: January 3, 2016 for next issue
Welcome to our new, returning and
transferring Rotarians!
Meeting locations have been updated.Please refer to this list when checking on club meeting days and locations.
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November 2015Clearwater
Ladd-Gilbert, Shelly
DaDe City
Crunk, Daniel Carlton
HuDson
Goldberg, Joel
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Patterson, Joel
new Port riCHey
Manns, Debbie L.McDermott, Taylor M.
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Coyle, Tim
seminole
Stockfisch, JohnStockfisch, Phyllis
seminole lake
Imai, OrlandoKomninos, Theodora C
st. PetersBurg
Heinkel, Larry
sugarmill wooDs-Citrus County
Archambault, Don
trinity
Clendenin, Gary S.Gallagher, Rachel
Cash, Joe
District 6950 Attendance & Club Meeting Location for October 2015
Club Members6/30/15
Members Current
Average Attend % Meeting Location
Belleair 29 29 0 Thu. 12:15pm - Belleair Country Club (25 Belleview Rd.)Brooksville 22 25 64 Tue. Noon - Brooksville Country Club (23446 Links Drive)Central Citrus County 25 25 81 Wed. 7:30am -Tuscany on the Meadows (Quality Inn State 486)Central Pinellas 16 15 85 Tue. 5:45pm - Liberty Lanes Bowling (Largo)Clearwater 98 100 55 Wed. 12:15pm - Belleair Country ClubClearwater Beach 27 25 54 Thu. 12:15pm - Carlouel Yacht & Beach Club (Clearwater Beach)Clearwater East 29 29 69 Fri. Noon - St. Petersburg College (2465 Drew Street, ES Building room 111 Clearwater, FL 33765)Crystal River 56 57 69 Mon. 12:15pm - Plantation Inn and Golf ResortCrystal River-Kings Bay 66 65 84 Wed. 12:15pm - Seminole Club (3rd St., Crystal River)Dade City 39 41 62 Mon. Noon - Kafe Kokopelli (Citrus Room- 37940 Live Oak Avenue Dade City)Dade City Sunrise 14 15 89 Thu. 7:00am- The Hampton Inn (13215 US Hwy 301, Dade City, FL 33525)Dunedin 50 49 77 Tue. 12:15pm - Church of Good Shepherd (629 Edgewater Drive, Dunedin)Dunedin North 58 63 70 Wed. 7:30am - Dunedin Country Club (1050 Palm Blvd.) Dunedin Waterside 24 28 59 Wed. 6:30pm -Sea Sea Riders (221 Main Street Dunedin, FL 34698)East Lake Sunrise 14 15 60 Thu. 7:30am - Daddy’s Grill (Third Thursday meeting at various locations at 6:30pm)Gulf Beaches 32 34 72 Tue. 12:15pm - Treasure Island Yacht & Tennis Club (400 Treasure Island Causeway, Treasure Island)Holiday 47 48 69 Tue. Noon - IHOP (U.S. Hwy. 19, New Port Rickey)Homosassa Springs 15 15 88 Thu. 7am - Luigi’s (4538 Suncoast Blvd. - US19)Hudson 17 19 0 Thu. Noon - CARES Enrichment Center (12417 Clock Tower Pkwy. Hudson, Bayonet Pt.)Indian Rocks Beach 32 33 88 Wed. 7:15am Jimmy Guana’s Restaurant, Holiday Inn Harborside (401 2nd St.)Inverness 68 68 80 Tue. Noon - Inverness Golf and Country Club (Inverness)Largo 32 27 81 Mon. Noon - Alfano’s Restaurant (Clearwater)New Port Richey 141 142 87 Wed. 12:15pm - Spartan Manor (6121 Massachusetts Avenue)Oldsmar/East Lake 18 16 68 Thu. 12:15pm - Flamestone Grill (4009 Tampa Rd)Palm Harbor 20 17 65 Wed. 12:15pm - Leo’s Italian Grill (Palm Harbor)Pinellas Park 38 41 75 Thu. 12:15pm - Banquet Masters (13355 49th St N)Port Richey 43 47 69 Fri. Noon - Carrabba’sRotary E-Club of SE USA 26 29 80 Anytime at www.rotaryeclub34.orgSafety Harbor 12 14 90 Fri. 7:30am - Paradise Restaurant (5th and Main Street in Safety Harbor)San Antonio 14 14 82 Tue. 6:30pm - Tampa Bay Golf & Country Club (St. Rd. 52)Seminole 71 66 74 Wed. 12:15pm - Lake Seminole Golf & Country Club (6100 Augusta Blvd.)Seminole Lake 28 31 89 Fri. 7:15am - The Brown Boxer Restaurant (Madeira Beach)Seven Springs 48 51 73 Thu. 7:30am - Seven Springs Country Club (3535 Trophy Blvd.)Spring Hill 13 13 75 Thu. 7:45am - IHOP Restaurant (US19)Spring Hill Central 19 19 59 Thu. 12:15pm - Beef O’Brady’sSt. Petersburg 91 93 63 Fri. Noon - Orange Blossom Catering (220 4th St. N)St. Petersburg Mid-Town 0 13 70 Wed. 12:00 pm - Grand Villa (3600 34th St. South, St. Petersburg)St. Petersburg Sunrise 28 29 79 Tue. 7:45 am - St. Petersburg Yacht Club (11 Central Ave)St. Petersburg Sunset 22 22 76 Thu. 6:00 pm - The Hilton St. Petersburg Bayfront (333 First St. South St. Petersburg) (4th Thurs. varies)St. Petersburg West 33 33 63 Wed. 7:45am - The Club at Treasure Island (400 Island Causeway, Treasure Island)Sugarmill Woods-Citrus County 26 27 98 Tue. 5:00pm - Sugarmill Woods Country Club (Homosassa)Tarpon Springs 85 93 83 Thu. 12:15pm - Tarpon Springs Yacht Club (350 S. Spring Blvd.)Trinity 79 82 65 Fri. 12:15pm - Heritage Springs Country ClubWesley Chapel 94 93 63 Wed. 12:15pm - Stage LeftWesley Chapel Sunrise 14 16 65 Fri. 7:15am - Quail Hollow GolfZephyrhills 38 35 67 Thu. 12:15pm - Zephyrhills Rotary Youth building (Shepard Park)Zephyrhills Daybreak 27 30 100 Wed. 7:00am - First United Methodist Church (38635 Fifth Ave, Zephyrhills)
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2016 District 6950 Conference Cruise
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Registra>on now Extended un>l Jan 18!
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