THE GRAPEVINE FEBRUARY 26, 2013

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Exclusively for Rotarians UPCOMING PROGRAMS: and their families Rotary Club of North Napa 2012-2013 OFFICERS 3/5 Cope Family Center – Rotary Night Tracy Tinsley, Pres-255 5800 Mike Riddle, Pres-elect 3/12 If Given a Chance Michael Redman-Vice-President Tony Giaccio, Sec.-257 1047 Carl Mianecke, Treas.-260 5952 Bill Bennett, IPP- 253 1595 Board Members

Chris Burns-2011-2013 Rich Yamanaka-2011-2013 Travis Hart-2012-2014 Ross Macky-2012-2014 Editor -Al Verstuyft email: [email protected] Meets on Tuesday at 6:30PM

at Culinary Arts Center, Bring a New Potential Member Any Night!!

Wine Train, 801 Eight Street Or Else Double Trouble….. Napa,CA 94559

District 5130 District Governor 2012-2013 Michael Juric Rotary Club of Windsor 304 Jessie Court Windsor, CA 95492 email: [email protected] www.rotary5130.org Rotary International

RI President 2012-2013 Sakuji Tanaka (Kyoko) Rotary Club of Yashio, Saitama,Japan

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President Tracy Tinsley asked Leigh Spain to lead us in the Pledge of Allegiance, and Al Verstuyft to recite the Four Way Test on behalf of John Duser who knows it by heart!!

Steve Crego, Steve (“A Fine Guy”), Carl Michael Redman, Travis and Paul

Guests: Our two speakers from the Tug McGraw Foundation are Frank Henderson Board Member, Jennifer Brewster, the President and CEO; and Steve Crego of the Electrical Division City of Napa.

Quote of the Evening from George Bernard Shaw – I am of the opinion that my life belongs to the whole community and as long as I live, it is my privilege to do for it whatever I can. I want to be thoroughly used up when I died, for the harder I work the more I live.

Siva is Happy Kathi is Happy

Happy/Sad $ Tracy was prepared for fines and Steve Simich was fined for general principles (“resisting arrest”); Steve had a great story about his daughter on the town for hor devours; Anila Chaudhary gave $s for being happy. Travis Hart is happy baseball has started. Siva Yoganathan is happy about

PAGE 2 FEBRUARY 26, 2013 children & money. Suzanne Van Stralen is happy about random acts of kindness; Kathi Metro is happy about being honor as one of the bank’s top performer. Ted Witten had a safe driving story about a Silverado trail ticket. Tom Webber was thankful for Ted volunteering for Security at Cycle for Sight. Edgar Calvelo happy for the Chinese New Year parade.

B-days and other Celebrations – Edgar Calvelo donated $100 to Rotary; Rich Yamanaka absent for b-day; The Tug McGraw Foundation donated to tickets to Tim McGraw concert 2-nights in Mtn. View. 6/9

Club News: J Duser – hip replacement – Leigh will pick up card. John’s doing OK, Hiway exchange cleanup – End Polio Now commercial on channel 2 Pathway Home – Suzanne spoke last week; e newsletter for info; two grants one from Prudential. Cycle for Sight Apr 20; golf tournament. In So. Cal. Cycle for Sight – Bill and Kelly McDonald. Need donations Foundation – Ted Witten. He will tell you if you gave. July 2012 – June 2013. Money put in today will be seen at 50% in 3 years at the District 5130. Simple Grants will change to New Visions. Two applications for Friends of Rotary from Tom.

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Frank Henderson Jennifer Brewster

Frank Henderson Board member Tug McGraw Foundation. Tug from Vallejo, local guy makes good as first cousin. Tug & Frank – rocks and apple tosses. Tug died of a brain tumor; foundation in his name. Jennifer Brewster, husband played for Phillies and White Sox. Jennifer CEO.

Warren Brewster (Gordon Brewster) played for Phillies, White Sox and Cubs. Friendship with Tug. 2003 Flight Attendant 24 years; language French and Flemish translation. Tug had 3 weeks to live and we showed in Tampa. Tug lived life like a little leaguer. Tim came from Orlando, needed to get Tug to “real” hospital. Wearing hoodies to Moffitt Hospital. Mark sushi, boat to ask taking care of Tug. Tug for 3-4 weeks; son with autism. Moved to East Coast –Tug divorce, selling house etc. Teammates stepped up to Tug. Brain cancer was a challenge. Manage and maintain quality of life to handle the disease. Eating good, exercise, palates master – need a better hospital for neuroblastoma. DavidBailey website. Called 919-2022… - Dr. Henry Friedman lost first game of but four more games – quality of life. Applying the clinical trials by reading the tea leaves. Reading MRI, understanding the masses, and Tug is 9 mos. down the road. Philly-SF Tug is in hospital (6 hrs.) MRI showed crossing of both lobes. Tim said we will take him where he wants to go. Tug wanted to go to Nashville.

Seizure, snoozing, stabilizing – go to cabin. Five days before death. Man of all charities, Tug’s legacy autism, literacy etc. MD Anderson, UCSF, etc. – quality of life for neuroblastoma. Duke U. Center on Neuroblastoma. Four initiatives: awareness, education quality of life, inspiring the next generation. Bracelet – Tim on Larry King. www.tugmcgraw.org - $8-12,000/day. Awareness thru bracelets and quality of life. Steve Case AOL had bro Dan who passed from brain cancer. Evastin – business helps direct research. Outsiders can help researchers. Evastin is quality life drug for brain cancer. Collaborate and maximize with other organizations. (ABC)^2 group. Brain cancer in the military – cognitive, care giver burn out. Ability to focus, DOD, Henry M. Jackson Foundation. Iraqi, Afghanistan and others; # of suicides – systems need to collaborate to provide an accelerated path to a solution.

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Brown and Tufts to look at programs for veterans. Elizabeth Dole report on care giving as follow up to Rand Report. Key latch kids of veterans due to addiction and suicide; first suicide among children. Pathways was going for two years before we knew it existed. Trevor had craw in sink. Trevor was a corpsman; he explained Pathways. Fred Gussman’s world could be support by Tug McGraw by improving cognitive, exercise, and Justin Moore soldiers to summit. Hike to Mt. St. Helena. Geo. Lucas studio. Sustaining the veterans for Pathway – kept it alive!!

Terence Ford, Harrison’s brother, taught a photography class at Pathways; palates’. Art therapy is a skill. Get the GI Bill. Organizational skills entering military were lacking – working skills. Camp Pendleton – Wounded Warriors Battalion. Military medicine has paved the way for civilian medicine. Preventive medicine not Pathways – the lost boys. Wounded Warriors Battalion facility at Camp Pendleton. Get people on preventative before Pathway. F-stop Program. Cameras, Brooks for curriculum.

Throw the net out farther. Medicine takes care of Marines. Seals need help; 30 miles away. Steve Case approach outside looking in. Silo in medicine.

Inspiring the next generation: neurologist, oncologist, and mental health people. Shadow 32 doctors for eight weeks. 61 KATE – distribution of success. Tug “ You Gotta Believe “ 1973 Mets! 7 - 1980-1990s brain cancers in baseball.

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