Centennial Rotary Meeting Notes for: Tue, October 17, 2006

Invocation--Jack R.
Pledge--a group effort as Hugh was getting milk
Visitors--Kent

Laurie rang the bell at 7:30

Kent’s Rotary Minute covered Vocational Service and how tough it is to accomplish projects in the Avenue. Also misunderstood Vocational Service is.

Announcements

• No interest in the Corn Maze outing/Cancelled
• No interest in ringing the bell for the Salvation Army.
• Laurie and Karen McDowell attended the Macy’s event and served as volunteers. What, no shopping?
• Laurie called for a brief Board meeting following the meeting.
• League of Women will speak next week on the amendments on the upcoming ballot. Be early and eat quickly.
• Where is the "Greeter" badge? Please bring it back if you accidentally took it home.
• Dr. Scooter attended a recent Literacy Workshop and shared some "eye-popping" stats. 30% of the seniors don’t graduate and 65% are in jail. He used that as a seaway to our upcoming project at Sandberg Elementary.
• Pat Fisk, the District Literacy guru will be here on 10/31 to discuss the District’s focus on Literacy.
• A thank you note from Sarah Hill for the Care package.
• DECEMBER 12-- OUR HOLIDAY PARTY AT HERITAGE EAGLE BEND--PLEASE MARK YOUR CALENDARS!!!

Happy Bucks

• $2 from Dr. Scooter, one for the Broncos win and one for …
• Jennifer gave $5, for her phone going off, the need for a new temp and the Buckeyes win.
• Ken H. gave 2 as well. One for the Hawkeye win andfor Bob Slyter’s last meeting.
• Hoopes for Bob’s last meeting.
• Pete gave $5 for a new job at Citywide Bank. Someone remarked that the fact was proof positive that old folks can get new jobs.
• Bob S. gave $2, one for his last meeting and one for retiring his badge.
• Randy just because.
• Hugh just because.
• Tom Buck and Barbara for Bob’s last meeting.
• Frank for not being able to hear what all is going on, because too much is going on.
• Frank also mentioned that he received a phone call from Rick M. commenting that he must be a member, as he received a bill.

Program

Tami Grove spoke on Sudden Unexplained Death in Childhood (SUDC)

She lost a son at 15 months and started the "Josh and Gus’s Run for a Reason." The series started in Minneapolis and that raised over $200K so far. The 3 races here have raised over $150K and averaged over 1000 participants each year.

SUDC is different than SIDS because of the child’s age. SIDS is 44 times more common than SUDC. There are 1.3 deaths per 100,000 live births. SUDC is a diagnosis of exclusion with no known way to prevent it.

It is unknown if it is inherited and more male then females are afflicted. It is virtually unexplained in medical literature.

Speculation is that a fever and a bump on the head may cause a problem in the Hippocampus (sp?) in the brain. There is no protocol to discover the cause of death.

Tami said that the "Runs" goal is creating awareness and promote research. Dr. Henry Krous from Children’s Hospital is leading the charge. SUDC’s research is now where SIDS was 30 years ago. The deathrate in SIDS has dropped 50% since then.

Marbles

Kent’s number was called and alas, he drew a clear marble for the $313 pot.

Missing Rotarian--We miss and need you.

King Soopers Coupons!

Don’t forget to see Kent Ostedgaard for your King Soopers coupons! The club makes 4% on every dollar we spend. Coupons are available in $25 units & are sold at face value.
PLEASE REMEMBER TO BUY SOME TODAY!

Nearby Club Locations for Makeup's:

Tuesday’s:
11:45 AM – Tech Center @ Glenmoor CC
Noon – Littleton @ Columbine CC

Wednesday’s:
12:00 pM – Englewood –
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Embassy Suites on Hampden, near Tamarac Square

Wednesday 's:
Littleton-Sunrise
7:15AM -- Arapahoe Community College, southernmost west entrance and west parking lot

Thursday’s:
7:15AM – Denver SE/ Cool River Restaurant
Noon – Highlands Ranch @ Lone Tree CC

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