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Program Chair of the Day: Roger Diebel

August 24, 2012

Be a Vibrant and Visionary Model of Service Above and Beyond Self

Col. Michael T. Endres, U.S. Army, Ret., DirectorMilitary Service Initiative, Bush Institute

COMMITTEE TIME

After serving in the United States Army for twen-ty-six years, Col. Michael T. Endres retired from ac-tive duty to join the George W. Bush Institute as the Director, Military Service Initiative in May 2012. Col. Endres is a 1986 graduate of the United States Mili-tary Academy at West Point, NY where he recently served as the Deputy Director of Admissions.

Leading the Bush Institute’s Military Service Initiative, Col. Endres will direct activities honoring the sacrifice and service of our U.S. servicemen and women and their families, as well as assist military support organizations achieve their missions more effectively. Col. Endres has spent a lifetime of ser-vice leading soldiers and caring for their families. He served in both Operation Iraqi Freedom & Operation Enduring Freedom and was instrumental in estab-lishing Family Readiness & Support initiatives in his

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TODAY’S PROGRAM

Volume 64, Number 7

Forty-four Park Cities Rotarians and guests had a wonderful time at Bailey's Prime Plus on Thursday night. That also means that about $300 was raised for North Texas Food Bank. Thanks to Linda Tunnell and Karen Farris for thinking of and organizing this event. Nicely done indeed! See the photo album on the website for more pics.

Fellowship Event at Baileyʼs Prime Plus Benefit-ting the North Texas Food Bank by Ley Waggoner

units before these became structured organizations.As a Field Artillery officer, Col. Endres served in

Korea, Hawaii, Oklahoma, New York, Kuwait and Iraq and as an instructor and course director for West Point’s Military Instruction and Behavioral Sciences & Leadership Departments. Col. Endres holds a Masters Degree in Education from the University of Virginia and a Masters Degree in National Security and Strategic Studies from the United States Naval War College. His awards and decorations include: Legion of Merit, Bronze Star Medal, Meritorious Ser-vice Medal (3 OLC), Army Commendation Medal (2 OLC), Army Achievement Medal (7 OLC), Armed Forces and Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medals, Military Outstanding Volunteer Award, Over-seas Ribbon (3rd Award), Air Assault Badge, Para-chutist Badge, and the Ranger Tab.

The Military Service Initiative honors the service and sacrifices our U.S. servicemen and women and their families make for our freedom. The Bush Institute helps military support organizations achieve their missions more effectively by raising awareness and spotlighting best prac-tices.

For the last three years District 5790, 5830 and 5810 have promoted an End Polio Now night at the Texas Rangers Ball Park in Arlington.

Tickets for our Rotary group are just $10.00. One thousand tickets have been reserved for the game on August 25.

A tailgate party will be in the parking lot before the game to provide hotdogs, chips and drinks to attendees of the game for a modest donation. Food from the tailgate party can be taken into the game.

See http://endpolionow5790 for more details or to purchase tickets.

If you cannot attend the game, you can make a donation to End Polio Now.

FellowshipEvent at theBall Park Benefitting Polio Plus

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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

Fred Brown, PresidentCleve Clinton, President ElectEric Heitkamp, Vice President

Jina McDaniel, SecretaryBarb Jeffries, Treasurer

Patsy S. Watson, Sergeant-At-ArmsSusan Rogers, Club Service I

Michael Rainwater, Club Service II Tom Stutz, Community Service I

Karen Farris, Community Service IIShawn Murphy, New GenerationsMike Jarrell, International Service

Ley Waggoner, At LargeJim Mills, Immediate Past President

Bill Sleeper , Parliamentarian/Historian

Laurie Aldredge, Club Administrator

6704 Snider PlazaDallas, Texas 75205

Office Phone: 214-739-4170Office Fax: 214/363-6980

Email: club@parkcitiesrotary.orgwww.parkcitiesrotary.org

Dennis Harrison, Webmaster

Sandy Forster, RC of GarlandGovernor, District 5810

www.rotary5810.org

LAST WEEKPresiding: Fred Brown Invocation: Margaret CollinsSong Leader: Kirby WarnockIntroductions: Fred SpenoAdvertisers: Chris ShortPhotographer: Bill KellyFour Way Test: Jerry Washam Chair of the Day: Mike JarrellSpeaker: DGN Bill DendyProgram: Nicaragua: Pirates, Revolu-

tionaries, and Rotarians

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

Mtg. See Cleve ClintonIn- Interact at Hillcrest H.S,

8 am. See Tracy Gomes

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Mentoring at Hillcrest H.S.Mc = Ronald McDonald

House-See Jina McDanielNM = New Member EventPr = Program Committee MtgReading and Radio Resources

See Jodie RaySpE = Special Service EventVV = Vet to Vet - See Bob DillWeb-lite = after noon mtgBlue = Activities on own schedule

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President Fred Brown called the meet-ing to order, remarking on the great fellowship event the previous evening at Baileyʼs Prime.

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

– A supporting member of Rotary International

Sakuji Tanaka, Japan

President, Rotary International

www.rotary.org

OFFICERS and DIRECTORS2012-2013

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Please remember ...Richard StanfordSam Montgomery

(Samʼs and Margeʼs address is c/o The Dunns,76 Forbes Road, Milton, MA 02186)

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please report joys and concerns, as well as respond to those who might like to hear from you. Mary McMa-hon announced Fellowship Night at

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Margaret Collins gave the invo-cation and reported that her hus-band was recovering well from his knee surgery and was at home in front of the TV. She also welcom-

ed Bud Naifeh and reported that Hugh Griffith had improved enough to go to rehab. Kirby Warnock led the Pledge of Allegiance and “The Star Spangled Banner.” Fred

and guests, including Bobby Majumderʼs parents. His mother is a Rotarian in Morgantown, WV, who brought a banner to exchange.

Speno introduced our visitors

His father is a PDG of Dist. 7530 of northern West Virginia.

PE Cleve Clinton gave an informative presentation on the RCPC Foundation and on how grants are made. Sgt-at-Arms Patsy Watson followed up by saying that she would be reminding members when it was their turn to make their voluntary contribution. She also explained that when each memberʼs con-tributions reached $750, he or she would be-come a Frank Monroe Fellow. For the first $750 a bronze medallion is awarded; for the second, the medallion is silver, and for the third a gold medallion is awarded.

Howard Parker reminded ever-yone that they were members of the Joys and Concerns Committee, and to

the Ball Park benefitting End Polio Now.Mike Jarrell introduced our

speaker today, DG Nominee, Bill Dendy. He said the story began in 1978 when he was a freshman in

college and was recruited to build a Baptist church in Nicara-gua. Last year, he and Kathy went to Nicaragua for their tenth wedding anniversary. After re-viewing the history of pirates raiding Nicaragua and the inter-vention of William Walker in a civil war in Nica-ragua, he returned to his own history in 1978. When he was working on construction, it was part of his job to walk to the hardware store for supplies. As he past the Catholic church, there were boys in one of the towers who said they were revolutionaries. He slipped out of work to interview the boys, and he noticed they had homemade hand grenades. That was the day that the military came to remove the boys from the tower. At a lull in the shooting, he quickly left and went back to his job. Soon after that, he saw that wounded were being carried to the hospital. The incident became a seminal moment in the Nicaraguan revolution.

When he was there last year, he atten-ded a Rotary meeting. They did not have pro-grams, but work on service projects at their meetings. They had already brought several water wells to rural parts of the country. They also told them about one project which was to build kitchens for schools. During Spring Break of 2013, he is taking a group of Interac-ters and Rotaracters to Nicaragua to get them involved in service. He said they will be ta-king wheelchairs and working on several pro-jects. He invited RCPC to join them as well.

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THOUGHTS ON . . .

I believe that God has planted in every human heart the desire to live in freedom. And even when that desire is crushed by tyranny for decades, it will rise again.The case for trade is not just mone-tary, but moral. Economic freedom creates habits of liberty. And habits of liberty create expectations of democracy.America has never been an empire. We may be the only great power in history that had the chance, and refused – preferring greatness to power and justice to glory.The peaceful transfer of authority is rare in history, yet common in our country. With a simple oath, we affirm old traditions and make new beginnings.

Our Funders for Next Week are Jeff Sheehan

Chris ShortBill Siegel

Bill SleeperJerry Soper

√ = Contribution made for 2012-13

CLUB ANNOUNCEMENTS

RCPC FOUNDATION

Sign up at www.parkcitiesrotary.org

August 31 Alan Lowe, Dir. of Bush Presidential Library National Archives and Presidential Libraries

Sept . 7 New and Veteran Membersʼ IntroductionsSept . 1 4 Anousheh Ansari, Chairman & CEO of Prodea

Systems - Entrepreneur and AstronautSept . 2 1 Jim Von Ehr - Founder, Pres & CEO, Zyvex Corp

Nanotechnology

UPCOMING PROGRAMS

FAMILY of ROTARY

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

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

ROTARY CONNECTED

Quotes by George W. Bush

Happy B i r t h d a y

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Interesting New Thread: The Rotary family in Uganda is raising funds to construct a can-cer ward due to the devastation from cancer

.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

RI: http://twitter.com/#!/rotary Tweet of the week: What are Rotaractors looking for from a #mentor?

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

Interesting New Thread: A water project brings clean water and an updated sanitation system to schoolchildren in Mozambique

PCR Connect has been Rescheduled to Mon, Sept 10, 5-7:00pm Location to be announced. Bring business cards and friends!Fellowship Night at the Ballpark Benefitting End Polio Now Sat, Aug 24. $10/person. Tailgate in the parking lot. http://endpolionow5790

Advertise in The Hub or on the Website. See Chris Short for details!Itʼs a New Rotary Year!! Your contributions to the RI Foundation and to the RCPC Foundation were for last year: RI Foundation: Every Rotarian Every Year: $100 (or more) to the RI Foundation. See Greg Pape.

THE LAST LAUGH

Jon Petersen 8.30Rick Amsberry 8.31

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We gratefully acknowledge

ASTRO-GRAPHICSfor the partial funding of the weekly

printing of The Hub.

VP Cleve Clinton brought us interesting details about our own RCPC Foundation last week. The Fund is administered by the Communities Foundation of Texas, under the direction of the RCPC Foundation Board. That Board meets quarterly, and is made up of Chair Ed Fjordbak. PP Phillip Bankhead, Margaret Collins, PP Doug Means, PP Rick Amsberry, PP Linda Tunnell, Ruth Alhilali, and Ex-Officio Mem-bers President Fred Brown and VP Cleve Clinton.

As of July 31, the RCPC Fund held $1,147,162.76. The amount to be distributed is determined to be 5% of the fund average for the last sixteen quarters, which was calculated to be $$19,685 for this quarter.

Of that sum, $9, 560 will go to RCPC programs,

RCPC FOUNDATION

including Vet to Vet and New Generations Projects, such as Mentoring, Interact, RYLA, and Ethics. The additional $10,125 will go to community grants.

The next meeting will be in November and is open to all RCPC members.

Donations are welcome at any time! Check the box in the left corner below to know if your voluntary donation of $50 or more is due.

Matthew Connor Heitkamp has ARRIVED! 7 lbs, 10 oz.

One summer evening during a violent thunderstorm a mother was tucking her son into bed. She was about to turn off the light when he asked with a tremor in his voice, "Mommy, will you sleep with me tonight?" The mother smiled and gave him a reassuring hug. "I can't, dear," she said. "I have to sleep in Daddy's room."  A long silence was broken at last by his shaky little voice, "The big sissy."