9/18/14 Mark Balsan and Pat Beckel ..need subs...
9/25/14 Erich Eggers and Shelley Fisher
10/2/14 Ed Flohre and Cynthia Fraley
10/9/14 Don Gerhardt and Dick Hoback
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9/04/14
President Vas Appalaneni opened the Centerville Rotary Club meeting at The Clubhouse at Yankee Trace with the Pledge of Allegiance. Member Ray Werz gave the prayer and Mike Wier led the singing of My Country Tis of Thee.
The guests at the meeting included Christina Papakirk, director of Visiting Angels, and Kelly George, a volunteer with the Alzheimer's Association, our two speakers, and Gordon Honeyman, a friend and colleague of member Dan Johnson, along with Josie Wood, director of Food-4-Summer.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:l
President Vas Appalaneni announced the Oct. 24 World Polio Day events, which includes clubs and districts around the world coming together to fight polio. You can register for the End Polio Now: Make History Today Livestream at http://new.livestream.com/rotaryinternational/worldpolio day event to receive a global update on the current status of polio eradication, hear inspiring stories and musical performances. The event will begin at 18:30 (p.m.) CDT and will be streamed live at www.endpolionow.org. That's Oct. 24.
Before or after World Polio Day you can share your polio story or event photos at http://www.endpolio.org/storytelling.
You can donate at http://www.endpolio.org/donate.
Gerry Eastabrooks, co-chair of the Pancake Breakfast Committee with Carol Kennard, noted that club members tickets for the event are available and that sign-up sheets for the day of the event need to be filled out by those who have not yet signed up.
It was also noted that the Sept. 19 Pancake Committee meeting will be held at Bob Evans at noon. The club gets 15 percent of your meal if you and/or your friends turn in a flyer for the event.
Member Bill Abrams said he has raffle tickets for the upcoming NFL Superbowl in February, on Feb. 1, which will be held in Glendale, Ariz. This year's raffle will have three prizes: 1st prize: Two tickets to the game, a four-night stay in Glendale and $1,000 in cash. 2nd prize: $1,000. 3rd prize: $500.
Cost of tickets: 5 tickets for $20 or $5 a ticket. See Bill. Proceeds benefit the Rotary charity.
The club presented a check for $940 to Josie Wood, the director of Food-4-Summer.
Erich Eggers, our Sgt.-at-Arms, said the club has collected $2,400 thus far for Operation Warm, allowing for the purchase of 120 coats for kids thus far.
Joyce Young announced that the Washington Twp. Sheriff's department has started a walk/watch program for citizens out on a walk who see something they think the police should know about. She had brochures telling about the new program.
Brad Thorp used his Happy Buck time to note that as a member of the Centerville-Washington Township Historical Society, he had tickets to sell to A Sense of Taste to be held from 5 to 9 p.m. on Sept. 11. Only 250 people can be accommodated and the tickets were $25 per person. The event was held at
Benham's Grove. All but 20 tickets had been sold by the day of the event, but he had eight of them left, if anyone still wanted to go. Participating restaurants included Meadowlark, Archers, LaRosas, Station House, Bellbrook Chocolates, Melting Pot, Earth Fare, City BBQ, Bill's Donuts, Esther Price Candies, Graeter's, Diversity Council.
Carol Kennard noted that the coming Saturday the Centerville Library would be the site of a program on the Mexican culture held by the Centerville-Washington Diversity Council and the library. She also noted that her daughter Emily was recently hired to be in a NY City dance show.
Pat Beckel gave a $100 donation for five coats for Operation Warm.
Ray Merz asked for forgiveness for scheduling his trip to visit the polar bears up north at the same time that our Pancake Breakfast fund-raiser takes place Oct. 25. He got a sponsorship for the event, he said. And the Far Hills Florist has offered a flower arrangement for a raffle, he said.
Harvey Smith asked that we all take a moment of silence to remember the victims of 9/11, which we did.
Sally Beals said her husband John took her out on a Sunday drive and 4,800 miles later they arrived back home.
SPEAKER: Club member Ann Blackburn introduced our two speakers for the day. Kelly George owns Touching Hearts, a company that cares for the elderly, and Christina Papakirk, the director of Visiting Angels, a similar home-care group that helps the elderly, many with Alzheimer's and/or dementia. Kelly George spoke as a volunteer for the Alzheimer's Association, which she said she has worked for the past two years. She is a Centerville resident.
Kelly said her grandmother had Alzheimer's and her uncle had Parkinson's disease, which included dementia.
She said the Alzheimer's Association Miami Valley Chapter is at 31 W. Whipp Road.
The organization gives support for Alzheimer's and any kind of dementia, she said. Alzheimer's involves memory loss and may or may not involve dementia, she said. Memory loss is not necessarily Alzheimer's, as Alzheimer's involves "not knowing," not just forgetting. Many of us forget things and then can later recall them, she said.
Also, dementia is not a normal part of aging, she said. Lots of people have memory loss, but dementia is not always part of that. And some dementia can be treatable, depending on the cause, which is why a person should seek a doctor's diagnosis, she said. In some cases genetics may pay a role, but other causes, like vascular or neurological or cardiac (lack of blood to the heart and/or brain) may play a role.
"Early diagnosis is the key," she said, especially with early onset Alzheimer's, which can happen in one's 40s. Doctors may be able to slow the progression of the disease and community support can be helpful, she said. She said there is a Memory Resource Center at St. Leonard's that meets so people are not isolated and can be with other individuals, though support groups may not be for everyone, she said.
Some dementia may be reversible, she said, which is why diagnostic testing is advisable. Vascular problems can be corrected and if that is the problem, help in that way may help resolve dementia problems. A neurologist and MRIs can pinpoint problems that may have gone unnoticed, she said.
She noted there are 10 signs for early detection of Alzheimer's: 1.Memory changes that disrupt daily life; challenges in planning or solving problems; difficulty completing familiar tasks; confusion with time or place; trouble understanding visual images and spatial relationships; new problems with words in speaking and writing; misplacing things and losing the ability to retrace steps; decreased or poor judgment; withdrawal from work or social activities; changes in mood and personality.
The group's 24/7 HELPLINE is 1.800.272.3900 You can also visit their Web site at alz.org/dayton
Kelly George said there are 5 million Americans living with Alzheimer's and by 2050 there are predicted to be 16 miillion. She said one in every three seniors have some type of dementia. The cost fpr care is $203 billion this year and will be $1.2 trillion by mid century, she said. Two thirds of those with Alzheimer's disease are women, but that's partially because women tend to live longer than men, she said. Women in their 60s are two times more likely to get Alzheimer's than breast cancer, she said.
Christina Papakirk spoke about the 2014 Walk to End Alzheimer's to take place in the neighborhood of Daytons' Fifth Third Field Oct. 11, with check-in at 8:30 a.m. and the walk at 10 a.m. You can start or join a team or walk as an individual. You can register at alz.org/walk, or you can donate to the cause. There are also walks in Springfield, Troy, Greenville, and Sidney in September and/or October. The Visiting Angels have one of the top teams and donates $5,000 to the local Alzheimer's group from their walk, she said.
The Visiting Angels Dayton Team at the Walk to End Alzheimer's is holding a fund-raiser Tuesday, Sept. 16 from 5 to 8 p.m. at the Skyline Chili at 8906 Kingsridge Dr. in Washington Twp. You are asked to bring $9 per person. There will be a pre-set menu with all your Skyline favorites. $4.50 of every $9 will be donated to the Alzheimer's Association-Miami Vallely Chapter. Children 10 and under will have a pre-set menu with different options. $2.50 of each $4.99 meal will be donated to the Alzheimer's Association-Miami Chapter. It's dine-in only. For more information about the Oct. 11 walk: call 937-886-6880 or check www.alz.org/walk
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