www.parkcitiesrotary.orgServing to Make a Difference Since 1948

Program Chair of the Day: Mike Jarrell

August 17, 2012

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

William Dendy, Dist. 5810 Gov. Nominee

Nicaragua – Pirates, Revolutionaries and Rotarians

ROTARY INTERNATIONAL

Born in Fort Worth, where he was raised and attended Texas Chris-tian University, Bill is proud to be a native Texan. After meeting his wife of ten years, Katrin (Kathy) Schatz, in 1999, Bill made his home in DeSoto, where he has been an active member of the community and currently serves on the Board of Directors of the DeSoto Economic De-velopment Corporation. Billʼs daughter and grandson live in Fort Worth.

Bill joined the DeSoto Rotary Club in 2002 and immediately became involved. He served the DeSoto Rotary Club in multiple capacities, inclu-ding two terms as President in 2005-06 and 2010-11. After his first year as Club President, Bill took his passion for Rotary to the District level, serving three terms as Assistant Governor in 2006-07, 2007-08 and 2008-09 and becoming a Facilitator and Out-of-District Team Leader for the Rotary International Leadership Institute (RILI) of District 5810.

Bill is a construction consultant and certified project management professional with over three decades of commercial and heavy construc-tion experience. In addition, he owns and operates a DeSoto-based infra-red thermography company. Kathy, a native German, is an attorney in the Dallas office of Jackson Lewis LLP, a national labor and employment law firm, and also holds advanced degrees in cultural anthropology.

THE HUB The Rotary Club of Park Cities

TODAY’S PROGRAM

Volume 64, Number 6

Mark Your Calendars for Mon, Sept 10 for the next PCR Connect. Come try out the new format with more formal opportuni-ties for networ-king as well as conversation and camaraderie.Location will be announced.

PCR ConnectHas BeenPOSTPONED

NicaraguaArea: 50,336 sq. mi.; slightly larger than New York State.Cities: Capital - Managua (pop. 1.7 million). Terrain: Extensive Atlantic coastal plains rising to cen-tral interior mountains; narrow Pacific plain with volcanoesClimate: Tropical in lowlands; cooler in highlands.Population (2011 est.): 5.89 million.Annual population growth rate (2011 est.): 1.09%.Languages: Spanish (official), English and indigenous languages on Caribbean coast.Education: Years compulsory - none enforced (28% of 1st graders eventually finish 6th grade). Literacy - 67.5%Economy: GDP (2011 est.): $7.08 BPer capita GDP (2011): $1,202. Was the second-poorest country in the Western Hemisphere in 2011. Components of GDP (2011): Agriculture 20.3%, industry 23.4%, services 56.3%

Every day, Rotarians are working on service projects that make a positive impact around the world.

Through Rotary Showcase, you can promote your clubʼs achievements to other Rotarians and Facebook

Rotary Showcasefriends. Currently, there are 117 projects included in the Showcase.

Clubs can add their own projects or browse the site to see the good work other clubs are doing.

Some of the projects being showcased

Water supply in Roma village, Fiji

Mandela Day – 67 minutes of service

Enterprise Leadership Conference: 60 H.S. Juniors learned the Principles of Business

Solar Cooking School in Guatemala

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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: PE Cleve Clinton Invocation: Cub AmosSong Leader: Rick AmsberryIntroductions: Cub AmosAdvertisers: Chris ShortPhotographer: Kirby WarnockFour Way Test: Marc Hall Chair of the Day: Howard ParkerSpeaker: Larry JamesProgram: The Cost of Homelessness

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,

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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 Elect Cleve Clinton called the meeting to order because President Fred was away visiting his new grandson. Cub Amos gave the invocation and asked that

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

The Rotary Club of Park Cities

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Please remember ...Margaret Collinsʼs husband (knee surgery)

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we keep Margaret Collinsʼs husband in our prayers due to his knee surgery. PP Rick Amsberry led the Pledge of Allegiance and “The Star Spangled Banner.”

Rev. Larry James, the CEO of City Square, which used to be Central Dallas Minis-tries. He said he wanted to talk about poverty. He ex-plained that they involve low-income people in volun-

Cub Amos returned to introduce our visitors and guests, who included PDG Frank Meier. Tom Dortch brought his Hillcrest H.S. mentee as his guest. Chris

Short announced that there were only a few Hub and web-site advertising opportunities left, and in a moment of pay-back called out PP Jim Mills to purchase one of the ads. Just for the record, PP Jim agreed to buy a web ad if

Chris bought one, too. Jim Zappfe announ-ced that PCR Connect would be postponed until September. PE Cleve asked us all to think about why we are here and what does being a Rotarian mean to me. He thanked Jon Petersen and Roger Diebel for their work in get-ting great programs and Mary McMahon for her work on Membership.

Howard Parker intro-duced our speaker today,

teer or employed roles in their organization. People who face grave financial difficulties also face problems of alcoholism, a history of bad health, and other problems which cannot be solved overnight. These people need an opportunity. His organization creates oppor-tunities, so people can choose to take advan-tage of the opportunity. City Square has grown dramatically in the last eighteen years. They have completed the rehab of 511 North Akard. It is three buildings, the first three floors are for retail and office space. Floors four through fourteen are apartments for low-income people, and there are five penthouse condominiums for sale on the top floor.

They are building a 3,000 square foot building at the corner of Malcolm X and I-30. It will house a health and wellness center and a food distribution center which will provide employment as well as a work training pro-gram. They will serve about a million meals this summer to kids who are out of school. Literacy Instruction for Texas and Work Force Solutions for Greater Dallas will both have space in the center to address training ser-vices. Across the street they will be building fifty single-family homes for the fifty most expensive homeless persons, those who are most involved with the jail, the emergency room, and other services. The average cost for that person on the street is $40,000. He also remarked that a shelter is only an emer-gency measure; it can never take the place of a home. He believes that the people closest to any problem know the most about it, even though they may not know the solution. [View the whole meeting at vimeo.com/channels/rotaryclubof parkcities]

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THOUGHTS ON . . .

If man does find the solution for world peace it will be the most revolu-tionary reversal of his record we have ever known.

~ George C. Marshall Courage is the price that Life exacts for granting peace.

~ Amelia EarhartIf you want to make peace, you don't talk to your friends. You talk to your enemies. ~ Moshe DayanThose who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolu-tion inevitable. ~ John F. KennedyThe more you sweat in peace, the less you bleed in war.

~ George Hyman RickoverWhen the power of love overcomes the love of power the world will finally know peace. ~ Jimi Hendrix

Our Funders for Next Week are Orville SalmonScott SargentJerry SayersKathy Schatz

Dax Seale√ = Contribution made for 2012-13

CLUB ANNOUNCEMENTS

RCPC FOUNDATION

Sign up at www.parkcitiesrotary.org

August 24 Col. Michael T. Endres, U.S. Army, RetiredDir., Military Service Initiative, George W . Bush Institute

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 Astronaut

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

Peace

Happy B i r t h d a y

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Interesting New Thread: Small grants pay off big for students

.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: Irene Wamakau ?@nzisai #rotarymoment Joining the rotary family 13 years ago and meeting the most amazing human beings ever. Awesome friendsRetweeted by Rotary International

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

Interesting New Thread: Health clinics reach thousands in Lagos, Nigeria. blog.rotary.org

PCR Connect has been Rescheduled to Mon, Sept 10, 5-7:00pm Location to be announced. Bring business cards and friends!Ronald McDonald House Mon, Aug 20, 4:45-6:45pm at RMcD House. Serve dinner to families of hospitalized kids. See Jina McDaniel.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: RCPC Foundation: Voluntary contribution every year. See the box below or see Patsy Watson.

From Eric Heitkamp

THEY PROFIT MOST WHO LAUGH BEST

Philip Ray 8.17Ariane Urschler 8.17Doug Means 8.21

On behalf of the Heitkamp family, I would like to thank RCPC for all of your thoughts, prayers, and donation to the Alzheimerʼs Association for Charlotte Heitkamp.

We canʼt thank you enough for your heartfelt consideration.

Best Regards,Eric and the Heitkamp Family

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Dark RoomKEEP DOOR

CLOSEDIf It Is Left Open

All the DarkLeaks Out

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Beware of the DogThe Cat is Not

Trustworthy Either

Co-Pilot Checklist1. Donʼt Touch Anything2. Keep Your Mouth Shut

Congratulations to New Grandparents!

Fred Brown has a new

Maryllyn Hargrave has a new granddaughter.

grandson, Thomas Henry Brown. He weighs 8+ pounds.

We gratefully acknowledge

ASTRO-GRAPHICSfor the partial funding of the weekly

printing of The Hub.