Rotary's Theme for 2015-16
The GREETERS:
11/05/15 Ann Blackburn and Tom Zobrist
11/12/15 Matt Kuhn and Jim Harris
11/19/15 Deb Dulaney and Arnie Biondo
11/26/15 No meeting/Thanksgiving
12/03/15 Jake Bartel and Peachy
If you cannot greet on the day assigned, contact Kitty and she will schedule a replacement.
10/29/15
President Brad Thorp opened the Centerville Rotary Club meeting at The Clubhouse at Yankee Trace by leading the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag. Harvey Smith gave the prayer and Brad led the singing of God Bless America.
The guests at the meeting included:
Mato, our exchange student from Slovakia; Jim Hester, of LCNB, a repeat guest of Ann Blackburn; Carrie Lifer, an insurance agent with State Farm Insurance, the guest of Arnie Biondo: and our speaker William C. Roberts II, of Public Health, CADAS, with the Montgomery County Health Department.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
President Brad Thorp said 937 meals were served at the Oct. 24 Pancake Breakfast at Centerville High School.
Carol Kennard said the bills and ticket money aren't all in, but that it looks like the club met its fund-raising goal of $20,000.
Carol Kennard and Gerry Eastabrooks of the Pancake Breakfast Committee noted at the last meeting that on Nov. 19 all the sponsors of the Pancake Breakfast will be asked to join the club for lunch to get an update on the club's success with the fund-raiser, and to recognize them for their support. Brad said letters have been sent out and that they are asked to respond by Nov. 12 so Yankee Trace knows how many additional meals to prepare.
Brad noted that the Superbowl Raffle tickets, which are $5, have been selling well and that $900 worth of tickets have been sold already, The winner gets two tickets to the game, four nights lodging and $1,000. The second prize winner gets $1,000 and the third prize winner gets $500. Tickets will be sold through the end of November and the winner will be announced Dec. 13.
We receive 50 percent of the proceeds from the sale of the tickets. Several people took 25 tickets to sell and Butch Spencer took 100 to sell.
Boyd Preston noted that several more packets of thank you notes from area school children who received the thesauri and dictionaries have been received. Some were passed around the tables for club members to see how appreciated the books are. One child said the dictionary will be handed down into future generations of her family. Children from John Hole and Driscoll were the note writers. A number included their own art work with the note.
Boyd said the club will participate in Adopt a Family gift-giving, with 20 kids this year. The limit should be $75 spent on a child, and request lists will be distributed.
Below is a photo f the Friends of Washington-Centerville Public Library donating books to Centerville High School Interact club for their second Annual Book Drive. These donated books will be shared locally with Dayton schools including Eastmont Elementary.
Pictured Left to Right:
Peter Adams (Friends of Washington-Centerville Public Library president)
Casey Swoboda (Co-president of the Centerville High School Interact Club)
Kaarthika Thakker (Co-president of the Centerville High School Interact Club)
Happy Bucks:
Sgt.-at-Arms Erich Eggers was MIA so Pat Beckel filled in and collected Happy Bucks for the Reclaiming Futures program that Montgomery County Juvenile Court Judge Anthony Capizzi and several others associated with the program explained to us at recent meetings.
Mike Wier said the Brass Band he plays with needs some walk-on actors to work with the band's contest performance in Chicago. They need an 8-10-year-old, a 20-year-old lady, a grandfather and a middle-aged person. Contact him for more information about this. He said the performance will be held in the St. Charles Art Center.
SPEAKER: William Roberts, Montgomery County Health/ Speaking on Drug Abuse and Heroin Problems
Club member John Beals introduced William Roberts, a spokesperson for the Center for Alcoholism and Drug Addiction Services (CADAS), which is part of Public Health-Dayton & Montgomery County Health Department.
John said Roberts is a licensed independent chemical dependency counselor in the state of Ohio and nationally and has been in the field of chemical dependency since 1990, working at several agencies in capacities from counselor to director. He is currently employed by Pubic Health Dayton Montgomery County, where he serves as bureau supervisor for the Center for Alcohol and Drug Addiction Services. (CADAS).
John said William Roberts is a product of the Dayton school system and has an associate degree from Sinclair Community College, a bachelor's degree from Wilberforce University, a master of divinity degree from Payne Theological Seminary and his masters degree in rehabilitation counseling from Wilberforce University.
He has received numerous awards, including a Lifetime Service Award for the alcohol and drug field in Montgomery County. He believes that anyone who desires and works for it can have the rewards of change, John said..
Rev. Roberts and his wife Jocelyn have two children, Michael and Kelsy, and four grandchildren. He is avidly involved in the twelve step fellowships and works with people recovering from the disease of addiction. He mentors many of them and lectures and provides training for schools and local organizations trying to make a difference in their community, John said.
Roberts said Montgomery County has an epidemic of opiate overdoses, according to the local coroner's office and a Wright State study. There has been a dramatic increase in the number of overdose deaths in recent years, he said. The numbers went from 226 in 2013 to 264 in 2014, an increase of 38 deaths. Addiction started with prescription opiates for pain, but the demographics have changed over the years, he said.
Legislation and laws changed and prescription drugs were in a computerized system so people could not "doctor shop," Roberts said.
They turned to a cheap derivative, heroin, he said. And then another controlled drug substance for pain, fentanyl, an extremely strong drug was added, making a deadly combination.
People are being saved with the opiate antidote Narcan (Naloxone), but addiction is not necessarily decreased, Roberts said.
Montgomery County has a needle exchange program at the Life Enrichment Center, which is helping curb HIV outbreaks, such as they had in Indiana, he said.
Montgomery County has led the state of Ohio in overdose deaths, he said. The drug is no respecter of social or economic classes, he said. The main demographic shows that 18-to-44-year-old white males are the largest group dying from such overdoses. Those who have been off drugs for a while and then go back, thinking they can use the same dosage as when they stopped using, often find their body cannot handle that and so end up dying.
Roberts said Montgomery County has cut about 60 treatment beds from their treatment program and that people needing treatment often have to wait several months before getting into the residential treatment. He said there is also a shortage of doctors for such treatment in the area.
The heroin is coming from Afghanistan and Mexico, places where we have wars and/or areas that grow the heroin, Roberts said..
Heroin is not regulated by the FDA, Roberts said. Most people who get addicted on heroin have used other drugs, such as marijuana, as a gateway drug, he said.
