The Rotary Club THE HUB of Park Cities Volume 66, Number 3 www.parkcitiesrotary.org July 25, 2014 Serving to Make a Difference Since 1948

TODAY’S PROGRAM Program Chair of the Day: Paul Pirok Update on the

Wayne Brock serves as the 12th Chief Scout Executive of Wayne is a recipient of the Distinguished Eagle Scout Award, the Boy Scouts of America, headquartered in Irving, TX. Distinguished Service Award, and received his In partnership with the BSAʼs national officers and National Bachelor of Music Education degree from East Carolina Univ. Executive Board, Wayne provides vision and direction to staff Wayne and his wife, Ernestine, have one son who is married members and volunteers including approximately 1,100 National and has a daughter. Council employees, 5,800 local council employees, and almost 1.2 million adult volunteers who serve more than 2.6 million youth About the Boy Scouts of America across the nation. The Boy Scouts of America provides the nation's foremost Wayne began his career in 1972 as a district executive in New youth program of character development and values-based lead- Bern, NC, then served on the staff in Knoxville, TN. He also ser- ership training, which helps young people be “Prepared. For Life." ved as Scout executive in Athens, GA; Scout executive in Orlan- The Scouting organization is composed of 2.6 million youth mem- do, FL; regional director of the Southern Region; and as assistant bers between the ages of 7 and 21 and more than a million volun- Chief Scout Executive. In 2009, he was selected deputy Chief teers in local councils throughout the United States and its Scout Executive, serving as the BSAʼs chief operating officer. territories.

COMMITTEE TIME FAMILY OF ROTARY August Is Around the Corner – The Governor Itʼs Time to Enjoy More Summer Activities! is Coming! Remembering Charles Drink a Eat More Cook for a August 1 Delphenis Tall, Cool One Ice Cream Hungry Crowd The regular Friday at at at meeting on August 1 Member from PCR Connect Vet to Vet RMcD House will be the official visit October, 1979 to Tuesday, Aug. 5 Wed, Aug. 6 Mon, Aug. 21 to our club by District February, 2014 5810 Governor Bill 5:30-7:30 pm 6:15-8:15 pm 5:00 - 7:00 pm RCPC President 1990-1991 Dendy. He will update at at at Wilbur Hawkins Spirit Award 2009 us on his plans for the Inwood Lounge VA Hospital RMcD House Lifetime Achievement Award 2013 at the Transition Care 4707 Bengal Av new Rotary year. Lifetime Achievement Award Inwood Theater 4500 Lancaster Like a Picnic – Inside! Presented to PP Charles in 2014 5458 Inwood Rd. Also play Bingo! See Jina McDaniel “for Devotion to the Ideals and Princi- PCR Connect is Carpool available. ples of Rotary . This award honors a a great way to busi- See Bob Dill member of the Rotary Club of Park ness network with Cities who has been an active member fellow Rotarians as for many years and has, above all, ex- well as to introduce DG Bill Dendy at the emplified the ideal of "Service Above guests to RCPC. RCPC Tent in Goar Self." The awardee has demonstrated Bring your thirst Park – with his other leadership in advancing the goals of and some business (better?) half, our own the Club, the District, and Rotary Int.” cards! Kathy Schatz. Be a Vibrant and Visionary Model of Service Above and Beyond Self July 25, 2014 THE HUB The Rotary Club of Park Cities Page 2

LAST WEEK Please remember ... Our Mission John Maluso who has been in a car wreck Presiding: Eric Heitkamp Building a legacy of good works and Howard Parker whose wife has passed away. Invocation: Orville Salmon fellowship, we strive to: Pledge: Rick Amsberry Please let us know your Joys or Concerns REACH those in need in partnership Introductions: Kendall Laughlin at- [email protected] with others Photographer: Ley Waggoner INSPIRE tomorrow’s leaders with Chair of the Day: Phillip Bankhead sers, and reminded us to look on the back of high ethical standards The Hub. President Speaker: Patrick Kennedy FOSTER lives of service above self Eric presented PP – A supporting member of Rotary Program: Removing I-345: Dallas, a Cleve with his International 21st Century City Presidential Citation President Eric Heitkamp from Rotary Inter- The Hub is the weekly newsletter of called the meeting to order. He national. Well the Rotary Club of Park Cities (Dallas) remarked that reflecting on Ro- deserved! Betty Dawson, Editor tary Internationalʼs motto this PP Phillip Bankhead intro- Shutterbug Committee year, he saw many “lights” among duced our speaker today, Patrick Fred Speno, Chair our own members. One is PP Kennedy, an urban planner with Bulletin/Internet Advertising Jerry Washam, a member for Space Between Design Studio, who Chris Short, Chair forty years; he was president spoke on how removing I-345 would 1994-95, and provides office improve Dallas and update the sur- space for the RCPC office in his rounding neighborhoods. He believes own office in Snider Plaza. He that removing the freeway would im- also sponsored the first woman member and prove the quality of life. He said that recommended Laurie Aldredge. Orville Dallas historically opposed building Salmon gave the invocation and noted that freeways through the city. Removing free- OFFICERS and DIRECTORS John Maluso is still recovering from a seri- ways creates a smaller infrastructure for daily 2013-2014 ous car wreck. Please keep in your prayers destinations. Vancouver never built freeways Eric Heitkamp, President him and Howard Parker whose wife has nor widen city streets, so the street grid gets Karen Farris, President Elect passed away. Joys today were that Bill Hil- more use. Highways that decrease in size in Dwight Clasby, Vice President berth, PP Rosemary Domecki, and for- the city cause thru-traffic to go around the ci- Jim Zapffe, Secretary mer member Bart Noble were back with us, ty; the city stays at a more human scale. At Lynn Surls, Treasurer Mary McMahon also was “joyful” that her peak hours highways have choke points, and Jerry Washam, Sergeant-At-Arms daughter was making and selling jewelry. PP no amount of widening will eliminate them. Nolan Duck, Club Service I Rick Amsberry led the Pledge of Allegiance However, improving the city street grid adds Mary McMahon, Club Service II and “The Star Spangled Banner.” Kendall capacity and gives options to avoid conges- Paul Pirok, Community Service Laughlin, assisted by Jeff McNaughton tion. City streets can handle more traffic than Anne Harper, Com. Service II with the mike, introduced our visitors and they are built for. Research has shown that Tracy Gomes, New Generations guests. Teri Thomas announced The Hub no matter how many highways are built, the Jeff Sheehan, International Service and web advertisers in the new RCPC Market- average time to commute does not change. Rick Amsberry, At Large place. PP Jerry Washam reported that he He also noted that Dallas must build and main- Cleve Clinton, had already received five checks for the RC tain freeways for people who live and pay tax- Immediate Past President PC Foundation. Barb Jeffries es in other cities, and who often are just pass- Mark Thomason, reported that she would be hosting ing through. There is a big demand for walk- Parliamentarian/Historian the first Web-lite of the year, using able urban areas. The success of Uptown is a Dennis Harrison, Webmaster Go-To-Meeting. Mark Kashar good example. Dallas has grown very little announced the first PCR Connect and re- compared to the surrounding suburbs and has Laurie Aldredge, Club Administrator minded us that “if youʼre not networking your lost jobs to areas to the north and west. He 6704 Snider Plaza business, youʼre not working.” Nolan Duck believes that if you want economic develop- Dallas, Texas 75205 thanked all of the PCR Marketplace adverti- ment, a city must build for slower speeds. Office Phone: 214-739-4170 Office Fax: 214/363-6980 EVENTS CALENDAR Get Involved! Email: [email protected] AED = Defibrillator Training M = Meals on Wheels (Differ- www.parkcitiesrotary.org July Bl = Blood Drive ent teams on each day) S M T W Th F S BD = Board of Dirs. Mtg, 7am See Patsy Watson Gary C. K. Huang LaMadeleine, 75 & MockingbirdMentoring at Hillcrest H.S. Taipei, Taiwan M M M M Cn = PCR Connect Event. Mc = Ronald McDonald 1 VV President, Rotary M M M M CP = ChildsPlay Work Mtg House-See Jina McDaniel 6 Mtg D = District 5810 Event NM = New Member Event International M M M M DH = Dentistry with a Heart Pr = Program Committee Mtg 13 BD Mtg FR = Family of Rotary Event Reading and Radio Resources www.rotary.org M M M M F = Fellowship Event See Jodie Ray Bill Dendy, RC of DeSoto 20 Mc Mtg FF = RCPC Foundation Fund SpE = Special Service Event M M M M Mtg. See Cleve Clinton VV = Vet to Vet - See Bob Dill Governor, District 5810 27 Mtg In- Interact at Hillcrest H.S, Web-lite = on your computer www.rotary5810.org 8 am. See Tracy Gomes Blue = Activities on own schedule July 25, 2014 THE HUB The Rotary Club of Park Cities Page 3 UPCOMING PROGRAMS ROTARY CONNECTED RI: www.linkedin.com/groups?gid= August 1 Bill Dendy, District Governor 858557&trk=hb_side_g RCPC: www.linkedin.com/ Update on District 5810 groups?gid=1248747&trk=hb_side_g Interesting New Thread: This is why August 8 Joe Crafton Rotary Rocks !! http://vimeo.com/93507414 Park Cities Quail RI: http://twitter.com/#!/rotary Tweet of the week: Use #socialmedia to Aug. 15 TBA boost your #Rotary fundraising efforts. Read more in the @ROSNF blog at http://ow.ly/zvE0Q Aug. 22 New Members RI: www.facebook.com/rotary Dist. 5810: www.facebook.com/Rotary Introductions District5810. Interesting New Thread: Rotary Scholar CLUB ANNOUNCEMENTS Sign up at www.parkcitiesrotary.org Isis E. Mejias Carpio discovered she has a uni- que gift for bringing #Rotary members together PCR Connect, Aug 5, 5:30 - 7:30pm at the Inwood Lounge at the Inwood to do good in the world. Theater, 5458 Inwood Rd. Drinks, fellowship! Bring friends and business cards! .RCPC has its own channel: http:// Vet to Vet, Wed, Aug. 6, 6:15-8:15pm at Dallas VA Hospital, Transition vimeo.com/channels/rotaryclubofparkcities/ Care, 4500 Lancaster, Dallas 75216, Carpool available. BINGO! See Bob Dill Miss a Meeting? Watch it Online! Annual Dues for the 2014-15 Rotary Year are LATE! RI has its own channel on YouTube of- fering a growing collection of videos and psas. Traveling this Summer? Make-Up wherever you are! Log your Make-Up on the website at REPORT MAKEUPS HERE ([email protected]). Check out or add to RIʼs Flickr group often, www.flickr.com/groups/familyofrotary/ Every Rotarian Every Year: $100 (or more) to the RI Foundation. NEW Year! http://pinterest.com/rotary/ Like Us! https://www.facebook.com/pages/Rotary-Club-of-Park-Cities/115439238516325 RI has Pinboards on major projects. The Directory is on line: Log in > Click on left side under My ClubRunner > View www.statigr.am/rotaryinternational Club Directory or View Club Photo Directory. Other archives are at Club Documents See RIʼs latest pictures via Instagram. THOUGHTS ON . . . IN THE NEWS Boys Hearts at Work Foundation. Funds raised annually support worldwide efforts to eradicate polio, provide When I was a boy I was told that any- “Nobody knows more that grants for clean water initiatives and for aca- body could become President. Now Greg Pape, committed member demic scholarships. We salute Greg Pape for I'm beginning to believe it. of the Rotary Club of Park Cities, decades of dedication to building a safe and ~ Clarence Darrow that building a healthy, peaceful world begins with work in our local healthy world.” In America any boy may become community. One of 13 million Ro- Greg, a Senior Vice President at Virginia President and I suppose it's just one tarians in over 200 countries, Greg has ser- Cook Realtors, was recognized publicly by of the risks he takes. ved as President and is current Chair of the Virginia Cook Realtors for his “heart work.” ~ Adlai E. Stevenson The simplest schoolboy is now famili- HE PROFITS MOST WHO LAUGHS BEST ar with truths for which Archimedes A guy joins a monastery and takes a back in and ask for his two words. He clears would have sacrificed his life. vow of silence. He is allowed to say two his throat and says, "Bad food." They nod ~ Ernest Renan words every seven years. and send him away. Boyhood, like measles, is one of After the first seven years, the elders Seven more years pass. They bring him those complaints which a man should bring him in and ask for his two words. "Cold in for his two words. "I quit," he says. catch young and have done with, for floors," he says. They nod and send him "That's not surprising," the elders say. when it comes in middle life it is apt away. "You've done nothing but complain ever since to be serious. ~ P. G. Wodehouse Seven more years pass. They bring him you got here." RCPC FOUNDATION Proposed New Members Our Funders for Next Week are Barbara Clark Happy Birthday Margaret Collins Proposed by Happy Franklin Dick Crosby Classification: Law, 2nd Publication Marc Hall 7.29 Cindy Cummings Janie Loveless Betty. Dawson Proposed by Happy Franklin Ira Denton Classification: Communications Itʼs a New Rotary Year! 2nd Publication