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The Uptown Weekly

Welcome to the Rotary Club of Dallas-Uptown, TX USA the exclusively inclusive Rotary club Rotary Year: July 1, 2009-June 30, 2010

October 15, 2009 Bengal Coast in Centrum Plaza 3102 Oak Lawn, Dallas Texas 75219 Thursdays from 11:45am -1:00pm

"[Rotary has] proven how much can be accomplished when a group selflessly uses every ounce of the political capital it has to help the world's most disenfranchised children." — William H. Gates Sr., Co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

"Rotary has the ability to organize campaigns to mobilize support for some of the worthiest causes that exist, and that makes Rotary a precious resource." — Kofi Annan, Secretary-General of the United Nations

RI President 2009-2010 John Kenny "Everything begins and ends with our clubs... The Future of Rotary Is in Your Hands."

1.2 million men and women donate their expertise, time, and funds to support local and international projects that help people in need and promotes understanding among cultures. Rotary's flagship program is its effort to protect children against polio, with the goal of ending the disease throughout the world. www.rotary.org www.rotary5810.org http://www.dallasuptownrotary.org/ Nearby Rotary Clubs to Make-Up Missed Meetings Dallas Evening Rotary Club Dallas Trinity Rotary Club Cliff Café Info Mart 901 Fort Worth Avenue 1950 Stemmons Freeway Dallas, Texas 75208 Dallas, Texas 75207 Meeting Day and Time: Thursdays at 7:30pm Meeting Day and Time: Mondays at noon

East Dallas Rotary Club Park Cities Rotary Club Radisson Hotel Maggiano’s Restaurant 6060 N. Central Expressway 2nd Floor Dallas, Texas 75206 8687 North Central Expressway Meeting Day and Time: Tuesdays at noon North Park Center Dallas, Texas 75225 Preston Center Rotary Club Meeting Day and Time: Fridays at noon Park City Club 5956 Sherry Lane Rotary Club of Dallas 17th Floor Fairmont Hotel Dallas, Texas 75225 1717 N. Akard Meeting Day and Time: Wednesdays at 7:15am Dallas, Texas 75201 Meeting Day and Time: Wednesdays at noon Special Thanks to the Following… for presenting today’s program. District Governor Dave McSpadden for presenting the previous program.

Previous Program, Thursday, October 8, 2009 Sunday, October 25, 2009 Honored Guest Day Service Project at Oak Lawn Community District Governor Dave McSpadden’s Official Club Outreach Center Visit 3:45pm-6:00pm www.rotary5810.org 3014 Oak Lawn Dallas, Texas 75219 This Week’s Program, Thursday, October 15, 2009 www.olumc.org Golf, A Global Perspective Colin Hegarty, President Thursday, October 29, 2009 Golf Research Group Program TBD Email: [email protected] Thursday, November 5, 2009 Thursday, October 22, 2009 Volunteer Projects in Rotary District 5810 A Passionate Calling Jennifer Grinder Joel Boggess, CPBA CPVA District Adoption Awareness Co-Chair 4 Points Career Coaching Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]

Classification Talk Schedule through October 2009 Paul Lanagan – October 15th Jennine Lunceford – October 22nd Jason Maurice – October 29th

October Birthdays Terry Demler-October 13th Millicent Boykin-October 22nd Nathan White-October 24th

October Anniversaries Alicia and Matt Slay-October 19th

Special thanks to the following Visiting Rotarians for attending last week… DG Dave McSpadden, Waxahachie and AG Craig Hutton, Dallas Special thanks to the following for visiting last week… Marilyn McSpadden, Spouse of DG Dave McSpadden Bud Carmichael Monique Elizabeth Comstock, Chase Shelly Jock, Law Offices of Ralph C. “Red Dog” Jones Luis Rivera, Bank of America

Holiday Party…Please save the date! Saturday, December 5, 2009 Holiday Party Buca di Beppo 7:00pm Cardinal Room 7843 Park Lane Dallas, Texas

Special thanks to Fellow Member and Dallas Lighthouse President Nancy Perkins for hosting the breakfast and tour of the Dallas Lighthouse on 10/7

Special thanks to the following Visiting Rotarians and Guests for Joining Us for Our Breakfast Social at the Dallas Lighthouse for the Blind on 10/7:

PDG and Mrs. LB and Donna Showalter, Plano District DAPCO Chair and Mr. Griff & Suzie Collie, Preston Center Bonnie Pautler, Dave Perry-Miller & Asso. Shelly Jock, Law Offices of Ralph C. Jones

Bonnie Pautler, a Realtor with Dave Perry-Miller & Associates, joined our club on 10/8 and was inducted by DG Dave McSpadden. Bonnie was referred to our club by Preston Center Rotary Club’s Immediate Past President Bud Bush. Thank you Bud for the awesome referral! Thank you Bonnie for joining!

Child mortality rate drops worldwide By Ryan Hyland and Diana Schoberg Rotary International News -- 8 October 2009

A UNICEF study released in September shows a drop in child mortality worldwide. Rotary Images/Alyce Henson Improved antimalaria measures and simple health practices have contributed to the decline of child deaths worldwide, according to a report released by UNICEF in September. The study showed that an estimated 8.8 million children under five died in 2008 compared with 12.5 million in 1990, a drop of 28 percent and the lowest since recordkeeping began in 1960, UNICEF says. "These new figures underscore the importance of the work that Rotary does," says 2008-09 RI President Dong Kurn Lee, who chose to focus on child mortality during his term. "The great majority of child deaths are preventable, and most of them can be prevented with relatively inexpensive interventions -- something as simple as a water filter, antibiotics, or a trained birth attendant." The UNICEF report attributed the drop in child mortality largely to health interventions such as immunizations, vitamin A supplements, improved prevention of mother-to-child HIV/AIDS transmission, and the use of antimalaria mosquito nets. Although all regions of the world have made progress, millions of children still die each year, with 40 percent of those deaths occurring in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, India, and Nigeria, according to the report. Lee's emphasis on reducing child mortality inspired clubs and districts to initiate new projects and come together for two international conferences devoted to the issue. In 2008, more than half of all World Community Service health projects focused on reducing child mortality, involving medical clinics, health care training, and nutrition, according to Rotary International's ProjectLINK database. Here are a few examples of innovative Rotary club projects that are addressing child mortality: Rotary clubs in Great Britain, Ireland, and Tanzania collaborated to form Rotarians Eliminating Malaria in Tanzania. The group used two Matching Grants and one Health, Hunger and Humanity Grant to provide more than 200,000 mosquito nets to communities in and around Arusha. To help improve maternal health, members of the Rotary clubs of Bagé-Minuano, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, and Jackson Hole Supper, Wyoming, USA, are establishing a center to collect and redistribute breast milk at a hospital in a low-income area of Bagé. The Rotary Club of New Manila Heights, Quezon City, Philippines, launched a project in 2007 to treat 90 children under the age of 10 for tuberculosis. Headed by a Rotarian physician, the effort provides medicine and distributes food to the children. "It's important to recognize the progress we've made, and how we've made that progress," Lee says. "But we also need to acknowledge that there is still a great deal left to be done in the area of child mortality -- and that there is a very great deal that we as Rotarians can and should be doing."

Highlighted Member of the Week: Bonnie Pautler

Name: Bonnie Pautler Classification: Real Estate-Residential Name of Business: Dave Perry-Miller & Associates Your Title: Realtor Best way to describe your business: Residential Real Estate Sales What you like best about your work: Satisfied clients Member‘s Birthday-Month and Day: 11-Jul Education and Degrees Earned: Denison University (Ohio) BA-Sociology Famous Person You Would Like to Meet: Sandra Day O'Connor and Dalai Lama Favorite Kind of Pen and Pen Color: Dr. Grip (black) Hobbies: Yoga, running, golf, travel, reading Other Civic Organizations: National M.S. Society/Lonestar Chapter Children’s Names: Michelle and Megan Favorite Vacation Spot(s): Costa Rica, Italy, Colorado Favorite Music Genre: Classic Rock, Hip Hop, R & B What you like best about Rotary: Giving back to the community by helping others Proudest Moment: The day each of my daughters were born Favorite Sports: Football Favorite Restaurants: Breadwinners, Stephan Pyles, Eatzies Email: [email protected] Company website: www.daveperrymiller.com