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October 31, 2014

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THE HUB The Rotary Club of Park Cities

Volume 66, Number 17

TODAY’S PROGRAM

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Eric Nadel enters his 21st year as the lead voice on the Texas Rangers radio broadcasts in 2015. It marks his 37th year broad-casting Rangers baseball, the longest tenure of any announcer in the history of the franchise and the second longest continuous current stint with one team in the American League to Kansas Cityʼs Denny Matthews (46th year in 2014).

A finalist for the 2011, 2012, and 2013 Ford C. Frick Awards, Nadel won the award in 2014 and was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York in July.

Nadel joined the Rangers in 1979 and called games on tele-vision 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 when Holtz moved to television 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 fi rst two World Series .

A seven-time recipient (1999, 2001, 2002, 2006, 2009, 2010,

And the winner is......HHS Interact Club by Linda TunnellThe HHS Interact Club does it again – assembling 6,650 "Red Bag" kits

for the Salvation Army Angel Tree. Word was out that a couple of other Interact Clubs in the district were trying to de-throne HHS – since they had been the winner for the past few years.  Well, that did not happen!! 

Interact members were joined by our own RCPC members, Tracy Gomes, Andy Carothers,John Whaley, Cindy Cummings, Chris-ty Bednar, Bob Patton, Linda Tunnell and one of our newest members, Steve Frank. Not only did these folks provide transportation to the Satur-day morning even – but they pitched in and helped to bring home the win!! 

2011) of the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Associa-tion 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, where he called football and hockey on the college radio station. He had minor league hockey play-by-play stints in Muskegon, MI, Oklahoma City, Dallas and Fort Worth, and was also the radio voice of the Dallas Diamonds of the Womenʼs Professional Basketball League.

Nadel has spent several off-seasons learning Spanish and has taken part in Spanish game broadcasts in numerous Latin American countries. He is also the author of three books, inclu-ding Texas Rangers: The Authorized History, published in 1997. Eric was appointed to the Dallas Parks Foundation Board of Directors in January 2012.

A 1991 inductee in the Texas Baseball Hall of Fame, Nadel and his wife, Jeannie, reside in Dallas with their dog, Nemo, a lab/husky mix.

Program Chair of the Day: Eric Heitkamp

Eric Nadel The Texas Rangers

Unfortunately, Pudge Rodriguez was called out of town suddenly. Pitcher Shawn Tolleson will appear instead. See his bio and stats on the Rangers website.

What a great group and what an amazing community service project this was for over 25 of the Interact Members! For the first time, the club was presented a plaque that will be kept at HHS for one year and hopefully again next year when they do it again!

As you are aware, the 2014 – 2015 District 5810 Nominating Com-

DISTRICT 5810From DG Bill Dendy!

mittee selected Richard (Rick) Amsberry from the Rotary Club of Park Cities as its nominee to be Gov-ernor of District 5810 for 2017 – 2018.

Under District 5810ʼs Manual of Procedure and the relevant RI Bylaws, the time to propose a chal-lenging candidate to the nominating committeeʼs choice for the Governor in 2017–2018 has expired. No candidate to challenge was presented.

Therefore, in accordance with the Districtʼs Manual of Procedure and RIʼs Bylaws I declare that Richard (Rick) Amsberry is District 5810ʼs Nominee to serve as Governor in the 2017 – 2018 Rotary Year. Congratulations!

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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

Eric Heitkamp, PresidentKaren Farris, President Elect

Dwight Clasby, Vice PresidentJim Zapffe, SecretaryLynn Surls, Treasurer

Jerry Washam, Sergeant-At-ArmsNolan Duck, Club Service I

Mary McMahon, Club Service II Paul Pirok, Community Service

Anne Harper, Com. Service IITracy Gomes, New Generations

Jeff Sheehan, International ServiceRick Amsberry, At Large

Cleve Clinton , Immediate Past President

Mark Thomason , Parliamentarian/Historian

Dennis Harrison, Webmaster

Laurie Aldredge, Club Administrator6704 Snider Plaza

Dallas, Texas 75205Office Phone: 214-739-4170

Office Fax: 214/363-6980Email: club@parkcitiesrotary.org

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Bill Dendy, RC of DeSotoGovernor, District 5810

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LAST WEEK Presiding: Eric HeitkampInvocation: Nolan DuckPledge: Rick AmsberryIntroductions: Mark KasharPhotographer: Phillip BankheadChair of the Day: Kathy SchatzSpeaker: Paul AlexanderProgram: World Polio Day

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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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 EventWeb-lite = on your computerBlue = Activities on own schedule

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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

– A supporting member of Rotary International

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President Eric Heitkamp called to order this special meet-ing for World Polio Day. Nolan Duck gave the invocation, asking that we keep Jerry and Kathleen Soper in our prayers.

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PP Rick Amsberry led the Pledge of Allegiance. The Afrizo singers led The Star Spangled Banner. Mark Kashar, assisted by Jeff McNaughton with the mike, intro-duced our visitors and guests, including PDG Linda Elliott, PDG Ean Sullivan and DG Bill Dendy. Teri Thomas introduced our Mar-ketplace Advertiser of the week. President Eric explained that World Polio Day is hoped to call attention to how close the elimination of polio is to being accomplished. Currently, only three countries have new cases of polio.

Kathy Schatz introduced our speaker today, Paul Alexander, who contracted polio at the age of six and who has spent over sixty years in an iron lung. Kathy and her hus-band DG Bill Dendy asked Paul questions

dents took care of him for two weeks until a caretaker could be found. He said that he was determined to succeed. He said that the worst time was when he was in Parkland Hos-pital as a child. He could not see out of the tent over his head on the iron lung; he could not talk, and felt very isolated. He was in a ward filled with other children in iron lungs, but unless you looked at just the right time and the child next to you looked, too, there was no contact. Many of the children died. He said he never got to go to school until he went to SMU. He said that he was glad that Rotary had targeted polio to eradicate; it was his num-ber one enemy. He was asked if there have been improvements in the iron lung. He said

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about his parti-cular challen-ges and accom-plishments. He said that he is able to take his iron lung with

him when he goes away from home. He atten-ded UT-Austin in an iron lung. He said he got there, but the person who was supposed to care for him did not show up. The other stu-

there have been, but he prefers the one that he has. PP Greg Pape recognized Paul as an Honorary Paul Harris Fellow.

Frank Lloyd, Associate Dean of Executive Education for the Cox School of Business at SMU introduced the Afrizo singers, students at Daystar

University, a nondenominational Christian uni-versity in Nairobi, Kenya. The students are touring the United States to help raise funds for their university.

THE HUB

THOUGHTS ON . . .

Baseball is 90% mental, the other half is physical. ~ Yogi BerraIf it weren't for baseball, many kids wouldn't know what a millionaire looked like. ~ Phyllis DillerBaseball is like church. Many attend, few understand.

~ Leo DurocherBaseball is a skilled game. It's America's game -- it, and high taxes. ~ Will RogersBaseball has the great advantage over cricket of being sooner ended.~ George Bernard Shaw

We're supposed to be perfect our first day on the job and then show constant improvement.~ Ed Vargo, major league umpire

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CLUB ANNOUNCEMENTS

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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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Interesting New Thread: "Reducing popula-tion is not an option!

.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: See photos of Rotary club World Polio Day events http://wp.me/p23IKB-1fn 

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

Interesting New Thread: #Rotary holds the highest consultative status offered to a non-governmental organization by the UNʼs Econo-mic and Social Council, which oversees many specialized UN agencies.

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

Nov, 7 Stephen Holley, Founder – Carry The LoadRestoring the True Meaning of Memorial Day

Nov. 14 New MembersIntroductions

Nov. 21 Crayton Webb, Board PresidentGenesis HeROs

Nov. 28 NO MeetingHAPPY THANKSGIVING!

PCR Connect, Tues, Nov 4, 5:30pm.at Nick and Samʼs Grill, 8111 Preston Rd. Bring friends and business cards. Mix and mingle! See Mark Kashar.Holiday Tree Lighting in Snider Plaza, Sun, Nov 23, 1:00-6:00pm.Get your Directory soon! Only a limited number available! $10 per copy! RCPC Foundation: $50 (or more) every year when your name appears in the box below – or any time – or more than once!Planning some Fall travel or a Thanksgiving trip? Be sure to leave time to visit some Rotary Clubs. Make-up where you are – and report them on the website.

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Interactors hear facts, history of Polio, Rotary efforts to End Polio Now

Students of our Hillcrest Interact Club participated in World Polio Day listening to a program and presentation by our own Park Cities Rotary member and District First Lady, Kathy Schatz. The kids learned the history of Polio -- most meaningfully, its impact right here in Dallas -- and its devastating effects on the lives of young Americans in the early part of the 20th century, and how the plague contin-ues to this day in the poorest of the world's countries. The kids also heard of the heroic and persistent efforts of Rota-ry to eradicate this dreaded disease, and how the campaign of awareness, fundraising and action of End Polio Now is working throughout the world to bridge the gap.

The kids took up the challenge, asking what they could do, and committing the club to donate $1,000 by May 1,

Hillcrest Interact participates in World Polio Day by A. Tracy Gomes

2015. Stay tuned.

with thanks to Elaine Allen!