Rotary Spoke. 58nd Yr Issue 14 Last Meeting Attending 29 (60%) w/makeups 5 (71%) October 5, 2011

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1 Lincoln East Club 1528 Rotary Spoke 58nd Yr Issue 14 Last Meeting Attending 29 (60%) w/makeups 5 (71%) October 5, 2011 Editor: Dave Miller dplrmiller@windstream.net Lincoln East Rotary, 2511 County Down Court, Lincoln, NE Meetings: Wednesdays 11:45 a.m. at Valentino s on South 70th and Van Dorn Lincoln East Club web site: Oct 12 John Ingrahm UNL Facilties Expansion Oct 5th Robert Rauner, MD - Is there really hunger in Lincoln Dr. Rauner was praying that we would receive the full impact of his message about obesity in our Lincoln School District. Robert attended Creighton University.He opened his General Practice in Sydney, NE. From there he joined the Medical Education Group here in Lincoln. He is on staff there in a teaching position. Chuck added that Robert is a social entrepreneur. He makes good things happen. He began identifying what is hunger for kids in Lincoln. He quoted a janitor in a Lincoln school who said if there is so much hunger in Lincoln, why is there so much food in the garbage cans Robert responded with they only have 10 minutes to eat. We take an hour to eat. Quite a comparison. What data is there about this hunger issue While there is a small number of hungry children, is that the real story We now have accurate data to better understand the truth on 24,000 kids in our schools. Our data breaks down the under nourished and the obese. When he was a child, obesity ran about 5% and now is it 15% - 17%. We viewed some data that matched those percentages. Some athletes build muscle mass that pushes up their weights and are not part of the sample. They are in a yellow category. We now have only 2% who are underweight. Wealth did not seem to affect the percentage of under weight. In the poorest families, the ratio of obese to under weight is 10 to 1. The more he used economic status divisions, the obesity percentages just grew. There are a lot of obese kids in our schools in Lincoln. Our other great fear is the fitness levels in our students. Even if you are obese but still fit, it doesn t affect your health nearly as much. The measure of unfit children are kids who cannot play 5 minutes of basketball before stopping. He watched a group of eleven year olds play basketball. Half of them had to stop to rest after just five minutes! They asked to be taken out of the game. We have a lot of unfit kids in Lincoln. There are 1,500 kids who cannot pass these fitness tests and they are not very hard. Their life expectencies are probably 10 to 20 years shorter than the rest of us. That is a big difference. This is our biggest problem in Lincoln right now. These unfit kids that are obese must receive more attention. Obese is measuring these kids to a group of kids from the 1970 s. There some tests that measure for high blood pressure, type 2 diabetes and high cholesterol. Why is it this way How can this happen when this person hasn t enough money to buy food and yet is obese The type of food being consumed is the issue. We have changed from being the skinny and malnourished kid to being kids who are now obese and malnourished because they get too many calories but not enough iron, vitamins and fiber. Food raisers are measured how many pounds are collected and when you get to the food bank, there is all of the cheap food ie; the rice dishes. Fifty pounds of food sounds good, but all you are providing is something that is only going to make the problem worse. Healthier food is more expensive. Whole wheat mac and cheese costs more but is much better with the fiber, vitamins and many other good things for children. The Dollar Meal is cheap but is very low on quality. They have very few vitamins and other needed supplements. Robert then reviewed the food chain from top to bottom with all the low cost and high calories at the bottom and the good foods with fewer calories and higher vitamins at the top of desirability for good health. Food subsidies reward making cheap food lower in cost and high in quality foods un-supported. The poorer people buy the food based on cost not value. Our country and it s youth are thus suffering. Thank you Dr. Rauner., Saturday, October 15th - Rotary Leadership Institute with Larry Fletcher. Session will be held in Westminster Presterian 27th and Sheridan Blvd. Time is 8:00 am till 3:00pm. FREE SESSION & MEAL

2 President, Chris Klingenberg and Past President Dave Caudy spoke to the issue of Exchange Student s housing in Lincoln for the school year. The District Rotary Student Exchange committee would like to have three host families arranged. There is now only one family secured. Please contact or with any possible names. Please make the call to Chris or Dave. Where to Make Up in Lincoln Lincoln Sunrise Tuesdays 7 a.m. at IHop at 27th and Superior. Lincoln 14 Downtown Tuesdays noon at The Nebraska Club, U.S. Bank Bldg., 233 S 13th, 20th Floor. Lincoln South Fridays noon at The Knolls, 22nd & Old Cheney On the Web: Go to Rotary.org, then to Make Up a Meeting. Complete the form. Rotary International will send our secretary an crediting you with a makeup. THE NEW YEAR Now is the time to submit names and addresses and phone numbers of people you know who can be invited to our Membership Wednesday Rotary Meeting on October 26th. Dave Miller will be asking every member on Wednesdays for your names, OR send them to dplrmiller@windstream.net The Governor s Participation Rotary Rotary Year Activities starting July 1, 2011 and ending April 30, Record your Rotary participation as a guide to how much Rotary has enriched your life. Starting July 1, 2011, when you reach 107 points or more through participation in the listed Rotary activities and submit this form, you will be eligible for membership in the 107 club and in line for a special reward. The earlier you reach 107, the bigger your reward! Get your form done. The award will be given at the 2012 District 5650 Conference SERVICE ABOVE SELF IN Recent Visitors and possible new members to Lincoln East Rotary Monica Blankenau Chuck Erickson Stephen Lant Frank Mills Joanna Lynch Rotary International Matthew Orian Al Burdick Ron Gerner J e r r y Christensen President Chris s Corner Chris is our new Club President Contact Chris@ or Greeters Oct - S. Reinhart, Nov - M. Schmidt, Dec - D. Duckworth, Jan - Open, Feb -S. Napolitano, Mar - L. Larsen, Apr - J. Driskell, May - M. Ebers, Jun - G. Parker Lincoln East Monthly Program Chairs : Nov Dec Jan CONTACT PROGRAM CHAIR , CHUCK Happy Dollars E. Shirk, G. Schnasse, D. Miller, W. Casper $2, G. Roth, F. Mills, S. Reinhart, D. Caudy, D. Poysa, C. Stockmyer $5, C. Erickson, J. Hanson. Bring your dollars and tell us about your experiences Weekly Drawing Gordon Bair won the free meal. Drawings benefit RI s Polio YOUR EDITOR IS ASKING THAT ALL REQUESTS FOR INSERTION INTO THE SPOKE BE WRITTEN AND/OR ED. Thanks, Dave Programs & Eventsly October Chair, Harland Johnson Oct 19 - Scott Wieskamp LPS Admin Bldg Site Oct 26 - Lee Sapp Jr., Author Culture treatment of women Program Chair - Chuck Erickson Contact to make a change VISITORS AND GUESTS East Rotary Ken Barnard - Ingleburn Club - Sidney Austrailia Joanna Lynch - Potential New Member Mary Ann Erickson - Guest of Chuck Lloyd Johnson - Club #14 Gary Harmon - Club #14 MAKE UPS Ozzie Gilbertson - Basketball Concessions Chris Klingenberg - Board Meeting Dick Cumming - Board meeting Mark Ebers - Board Meeting Gene Frederick - Committee Meeting Birthdays: Bill Roper on 10/8. Congrats to you. Anniversaries: Bill and Judy Roper on 10/8. Congratulations to both of you. WEEK of 10/26 Rotary provides a free lunch and a Rose for Spouses with October Anniveries. District Membership Seminar on Nov. 5th. in Omaha. Be there. WE ARE HAVING A SPECIAL CLUB SO- CIAL ON OCT 21ST AT 5:30PM AT THE VENUE (4111 PIONEERS WOODS BLVD) COME ON IN WITH US, RE- LAX AND MAKE BETTER FRIENDS. Contact Cliff Stockmyer, Director The 2011 Dictionary Project will begin with the Labeling Party on Tues, Oct Green s 6:00PM. DO NOT BE LATE. The Dictionaries will be delivered through Oct 31 Help Needed Here.

3 New Lincoln East Members in I AM A MEMBER OF THE LINCOLN EAST ROTARY CLUB AND YOU SHOULD BE TOO. // / Lynn Davis Dave Miller Derald Lembrich Rejoined Debbie Way Tom Roper Ginny Parker Lillie Larsen Chris Schaedel, Cliff Stockmyer Nathan Rink Chuck Erickson Al Burdick Don Poysa Dennis Duckworth Dale Lloyd Gene Frederick John Garrison Milt Schmidt Gordon Bair S c o t t Napolitano Mark Ebers Greg Schnasse Dave Miller J a n e Hanson Dick Cumming This page is dedicated to all activites related to the DISCOVERY, INVITATION, ACCEPTANCE, NEW MEMBER INDUCTION and TRAINING activities. CLUB MEMBER ATTENDANCE and NEW MEMBER ATTENDANCE will be recognized and analyzed regularly. There will be REPORT- ING OF NEW MEMBER ACTIVITIES, and NEW MEMBER SPONSORSHIP INTERACTIONS. There will be many photos OF ALL THE ABOVE regularly posted. Comments from new and current Club members will also be reported regularly. COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS will be posted for new members and COMMENTS from Committee Chairs affected will be reported often. All NEW MEMBER SPONSORS will be asked to report regularly on all of their new member s progress including the exchange from Red to Blue Club badges. There will be recruitment ALL of the current members. President Chris Klingenberg asks that ALL CURRENT MEMBERS prepare a list of names of persons and their home addresses that they would like TO BE INVITED to visit our Club. The number of TOTAL invitations will be limited each month. Members SHOULD NOT contact these people in advance as the program will provide these persons with all of the information needed at the proper point in time. The President s Council includes: Chris Klingenberg, Don Poysa, Dick Cumming, Phil Sorensen, Wayne Casper, Gordon Bair, Ozzie Gilbertson, John Garrison, Dean Douglas, Wes Zart, Harland Johnson, Joe Dappen, Dave Caudy, Cliff Stockmyer, and Dave Miller. THE NEW MEMBER CLUB SERVICE ACTIVITIES INCLUDE: (1) DISCOVERY (EVERYONE) (2) INVITATION (Dave, Harland, Don, Dean and Wayne) (3) ACCEPTANCE (Dick Cumming and Wayne Casper) (4) NEW MEMBER INDUCTION (Dick Cumming and Wayne Casper) (5) NEW MEMBER TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT: (Don Poysa, Phil Sorensen, Gordon Bair, Ozzie Gilbertson, John Garrison, Joe Dappen, Dave Caudy, Cliff Stockmyer and Chris Klingenberg) (6) CLUB MEMBER ATTENDANCE (President s Council) (7) NEW MEMBER ATTENDANCE (EVERYONE) (8) REPORTING OF NEW MEMBER ACTIVITIES (Everyone) (9) NEW MEMBER SPONSORS WE NEED ALL OF YOUR NAMES

4 Sign up sheet for 2011 Nebraska football concessions GO TO GATE 10 TO ENTER. Oct. 8. 7:00pm Chris Neally Damion Caudy Frank Mills Larry Fletcher Wayne Casper Travis Barcelow Oct. 29. TBA Ozzie Gilbertson Joe Dappen Chris Neally John Garrison Cliff Stockmyer Dean Douglas Nov. 5. TBA Ozzie Gilbertson Chris Klingenberg Chris Neally Tom Reinhart Susan Reinhart Cliff Stockmyer Nov :00am Ozzie Gilbertson Don Poysa Chris Neally Damion Caudy Larry Fletcher Any questions: Call Dave or Dave Caudy MIGHT need more people to work Nebraska Football games.contact Dave Pay is $10hr for your Club Foundation contribution. You will hear all of the game and you will be able to see some of the game too. Sign Up Sheet to monitor/maintain Mahoney Park (Map-area darken is to monitored) East ½ of park soccer field to east parking lot. Read Guidelines Agreement March 1, 2011 to February 28, 2012 March through November weekly monitor sign up is for 2 weeks-ok to swap times with other members October 1 to October 15 Mark Ebers LARRY WANTS TO THANK ALL OF THE VOLUNTEERS WHO HAVE October 16 to October 31 Milt Schmidt HELPED BY AGREEING TO PICK UP THIS FINE LINCOLN PARK November 1 to November 15 Gordon Bair SINCE EARLY SPRING THIS YEAR AND UNTIL LATE NEXT November 16 to November 31 Greg Schnasse FEBRUARY SERVICE ABOVE SELF. December through February-every other week monitoring is O.K. December 1 to December 15 Susan Reinhart December 16 to December 31 Dennis Duckworth Please record date and time spent in park record to me January 1 to January 15 Larry Fletcher (Fletcher) fletpegpr@aol.com at the conclusion of your monitoring January 16 to January 31 Larry Fletcher period. February 1 to February 15 Lorene Kramer February 16 to February 29 Gene Roth

5 The following list are the written goals set your Club President, Chris Klingenberg. for his Club year. He is a very practical leader and he generally meets his goals. Please take it upon yourself as a member off the Lincoln East Rotary Club to personally identify with one or more of these goals listed. Personally contact Chris and inform him about which goals you would like to help him achieve your and the Club goals. Chris will personally contact you and offer you guidance on achieving your and the Club goals this fiscal year.