July 21, 2011
WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP
ROTARY CLUB
WASHBOARD
No birthdays this week.
Guests: We had a
visiting Rotarian Pamela DePompo of the Clinton Sunrise Rotary.
33&3rd/ 33&3rd/
33&3rd: $126 was collected
bringing the pot up to $1339 and Bob
Johns “The Pres” pulled “The King” so only chump change for Bob.
Pres. Bob started today’s
meeting with a little counting drill.
October 24th is World
Polio Day and a challenge to our club to support it. Can we support
“Pennies for Polio”? Bob made an offer
in his office that if you want to wear shorts on days over 90 degrees it will
cost you $5.00 to be donated towards “Pennies for Polio”. Pres. Bob suggested that other Rotarians make
the same offer in their offices.
Bob commented on the
heartfelt situations you see in Mothers Cupboard and had a family request
clothing for a 12 month old. If you have anything to donate call mothers
cupboard or bring it in to the office at the municipal building.
Bob Ahrens spoke of the golf
outing. His secretary sent out an email blast to all Rotarians with a
list of previous sponsors. It is expected that we contact these sponsors
to sign them up this year. Scott is on vacation until Monday; however,
you can contact Bob Ahrens.
President Bob stated the
board nominated Bob Saghirian to receive the Annual Club Rotarian Award.
Tom Drissel reported on the budget
for the year. We are in good shape. Anthony Fanty will be
completing the audit soon.
Fund raising events are the
Golf Outing, followed by the Beer Fest +/- October, then the Super Bowl
Pool. It was suggested the Wine Tasting started last year be held again
this year since it was called an “Annual Event”
Club Community Services –
David Jack is looking for diapers and baby things. Contact Dave for
details.
Vocational Services Bob
Ahrens stated that forms will be eventually distributed for voting on Employee
of the year in October.
Membership: Brian stated
August is membership month.
Ed Giordano addressed Roberts
Rules of Order that apply to our club functions.
Jason Gabrielli is looking
for contacts we have with magazines and publications so that we can give
exposure to any Rotary note worthy news.
Any questions about Rotary go
to WWW.Rotary.org
Need more food donations for Mothers
cupboard.
Quote/Story of the
week: “One person can make a difference and every
person should try.” –John F. Kennedy
>>>>>>>UPCOMING
EVENTS<<<<<<<
July 22, 2011 Friday, Rotary District Camden
River Sharks Event
August 17, 2011 Wednesday Citizens Park Strike Out Hunger
>>>>>UPCOMING PROGRAMS<<<<<
**Tom Fletcher asked for
Club to recommend Guest Speakers for the upcoming year.
Call or email Tom at 582-0018 or tfletcher@twpprinting.com
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WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP
ROTARY CLUB
WASHBOARD
No guests today, however, we were graced with Colonel Bob Poksay’s attendance.
Birthdays included Susan Freiberg, Ed Faltenbacher and Roy Audette. Honorable mention was given to Tom Drissel whose birthday was missed last week. FYI… Be on the lookout for our club version of Happy Birthday to go viral on YouTube!!!! (Thanks to Susan)
50/50 Winner was Bob Saghirian who took the little pot but not the big Kahuna.
The Joke Master!!!!
Pres Bob explained the FIFTH Avenue of Service as follows: New generations of members join us in all avenues of service with positive change being developed by the youth and exchange members.
Pres. Bob spoke of the first official board meeting Tuesday evening that started in high gear with great potential.
Bob also spoke of the Award to our Club of the Simplified Grant which will be a help for our budget. A portion of the funds will go to Mother’s Cupboard. He noted that we will not be supporting Ronald McDonald House this year. Our final budget is anticipated to be out next week.
Some of our Fund raiser events will be the September Golf Outing, Beer Fest in +/- the fall, and a Super Bowl Football Pool event.
The Board meeting addressed the situation with the Breakfast Club. Ulysses was present to review their plans which included changing their club name, soliciting for more members and holding their meetings at the new Hampton Inn on Rte 42 in Turnersville. It was agreed that any of their members that want to join the lunch club will be allowed.
Polio Plus donations will take the place of Shelter Box donations for our guest speakers this year.
The Golfing outing is in September and is usually let by Scott Newman. This event will now be co-chaired by Bob Ahrens. It is time for all members to go after any and all sponsors they can to make this event a success.
>>>>>>>UPCOMING EVENTS<<<<<<<
Ju ly 22 , 20 11 Fri day , Rotary District Camden River Sharks Event
August 17, 2011 Wednesday, @ 7:05pm
Citizens Park Strike Out Hunger
>>>>>UPCOMING PROGRAMS<<<<<
**Tom Fletcher asked for Club to recommend Guest Speakers for the upcoming year. Call or email Tom at 582-0018 or tfletcher@twpprinting.com
>>>>>>>PROGRAM<<<<<<<
By: Roy Audette
Jim Pearce introduced guest speaker Eugene J. Richardson Jr. a Tuskegee Airman. Eugene started his presentation by recognizing Bob Poksay as a retired Air Force Colonel.
Eugene was born in Cleveland, Ohio on September 18, 1925. He wanted to fly from the age of 5 and at 17 passed the qualifying exam and became a pre-Aviation Cadet, twenty eight days after his 18th birthday. He was inducted into the Army Air Corp and arrived on the Tuskegee Institute’s campus in January 1944. Eugene completed flying training March 1945and was assigned to Waterboro Army Air Field, South Carolina. He flew P-40 and P-47 aircraft. Since the war ended in 1946 he didn’t get to fly in combat.
Eugene has a BS from Temple 1952 with an Ed. Degree from Penn State 1973 spending 35 years in the Philadelphia School District.
Ironically, Eugene has a son who is a commercial pilot.
Eugene spoke of the obstacles black men had to overcome to eventually become a pilot, let alone a Tuskegee Pilot. When eventually receiving training, black pilots flew in air shows and were called “Black Birds”. They had to sue the Army to become black pilots.
At the time Senator Harry Truman took action to get 6 colleges approved to sponsor black pilot training one of which was Tuskegee. Eventually they created the 99th squadron, the first black only squadron.
Eleanor Roosevelt went to Tuskegee and flew with a black pilot Charles Anderson in 1941 and had to make an emergency landing in Camden Airport Circle. Eleanor had a good deal to do with Tuskegee College getting funding for their Black Pilot Training.
In spite of WestPoint’s prejudice towards black pilots, they eventually trained 26 black pilots, enough to fill a squadron and in the summer of 1941 99th Squadron was allowed to fight in combat. In 1942/3 they were sent to fight in Africa, then in 1943 to Italy. In July of 43 the black 99th Squadron shot down their first enemy fighters. In 1943 General Eisenhower supported the black pilots by setting up 3 more squadrons. During the course of the war the black squadrons shot down 111 enemy aircraft. In one day 60 of our fighter bombers with 10 men each were shot down. The black squadrons were then called into action to protect our bombers and at that time not one single bomber was lost. Note: Some time after the war it was discovered that some bombers were lost but not many. The black pilots in these 4 squadrons were nick named “Red Tail Angles” and in the future were REQUESTED for protection.
Approximately 4 years ago the Tuskegee Airmen received the Congressional Gold Medal for Outstanding Battle/War Performance.
In 1991 the order was given to stop segregation in the military.
A blast from the past!!!!!!!
Past President - Gary Knight
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Posted by Randy Carbone on Mar 14, 2013
The
Campbell Soup Company provides us with today’s speaker Anita Shaffer.
Anita has over 25 years as a Registered Dietitian in diverse environments. She is presently a Senior Nutritionist, Global Nutrition with the Fortune 100 soup company. Among her many duties she provides nutrition support to help fully realize the potential value of strategic North American Food service business segments such as kindergarten to twelfth grade schools, healthcare, restaurants and national accounts.
Prior to Campbell’s Anita spent 14 years with Chartwell’s K-12 Compass group as a Regional Dietician for the Mid Atlantic region and then as Director of Menu Management. Prior to the Chartwell affiliation she was with several local hospitals including Our Lady of Lourdes and Thomas Jefferson University Hospital. Anita is a registered Dietitian in the highly regarded Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Clinical Dietetics from Drexel University
Anita explained that it was National nutrition month and that many chronic illnesses are preventable with diet and exercise and below are some her suggestions.
· Have enough fruits and vegetables to cover half of your plate. Anita's scientific medical advice is that fruits have "fight-o" chemicals.
· We should have 5 servings a day of fruits
· Eat more fruit, vegetables and whole grains
· Keep the proteins small nothing bigger than the size of the palm of your hand
· Low fat dairy is good
· Herbs and spices are your friend in place of salt
· Need a good calorie balance
· Fruit and vegetable juices are good
· Water is also great (so I am going to throw a few more ice cubes in my Jack Daniels!)
· You should do 30 min of activity a day
· Jim Pierce added in that diet soda turns to formaldehyde
· Watch the fats and sugars and if you really want to make yourself feel bad about the junk you eat go to sugarstacks.com
· For more helpful information go to campbellnutrition.com
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Posted by Randy Carbone
Princeton was the nation's capital in 1783 and Trenton was the nation's capital in 1784 even though the state didn't ratify the constitution until December 18, 1787 and there was no President until April 30, 1789.
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Posted by Randy Carbone
There were 13 students here from Boston College over their spring break to work on putting a roof on a house for Habitats for Humanity. Talk about service above self!
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Posted by Randy Carbone on Mar 14, 2013
Slogan: At this time, none whatsoever! It used to be "The Garden State," but with large-scale industrialization and housing developments going up all over the state, the slogan raises questions with out-of-staters. When newly elected Governor Corzine sponsored a contest for a new state slogan in 2005. The announced winner was "New Jersey, Come See For Yourself!" (The preferred entry from my sources is: "I'm From New Jersey; Ya Gotta Problem Widdat?"). There was little enthusiasm for the winning entry, so a professional advertising firm has been asked to come up with a slogan.
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Posted by Randy Carbone
Our speaker is a woman of many talents. Jan Giel is in her ninth year as the Student Registration, Data and Information Manager for the Washington Township Public Schools. In this capacity Jan oversees a staff of five and coordinates all the public relations efforts of the school district. She is responsible for the writing and dissemination of all press releases, photographs and publications and serves as the point person for all print and electronic media requests. She oversees all the programming on WT-TV a community cable station for which she and her staff produce weekly programming highlighting the achievements of the district’s students and staff. In addition to her public relations efforts Jan also oversees the central registration office, handles the placement of homeless, foster care and charter school students and serves as the district’s homeless liaison. She is responsible for resolving district residency and truancy issue.
Our speaker is a woman of many talents. Jan Giel is in her ninth year as the Student Registration, Data and Information Manager for the Washington Township Public Schools. In this capacity Jan oversees a staff of five and coordinates all the public relations efforts of the school district. She is responsible for the writing and dissemination of all press releases, photographs and publications and serves as the point person for all print and electronic media requests. She oversees all the programming on WT-TV a community cable station for which she and her staff produce weekly programming highlighting the achievements of the district’s students and staff. In addition to her public relations efforts Jan also oversees the central registration office, handles the placement of homeless, foster care and charter school students and serves as the district’s homeless liaison. She is responsible for resolving district residency and truancy issue.
Prior to venturing into education Jan spent 15 years as the Sports Information Director at Drexel University where she oversaw the publicity and promotion of the 24 NCAA Division 1 sports. She traveled to 4 NCAA tournaments with the school’s highly successful men’s basketball team and promoted the collegiate career of Malik Rose the 44th pick in the 1998 NBA draft who spent 13 seasons as a member of the San Antonio Spurs and the New York Knicks. Jan’s passion for athletics, in particular college basketball has continued and she has served as a statistician for the men’s and woman’s basketball programs at Drexel, Temple, Villanova, Penn and St Joseph’s for the past 12 years. She is also a member of the statistical crews for the Philadelphia 76ers and the Philadelphia Wings.
Jan holds a degree in Journalism from Indiana University of Pennsylvania and a Master’s in English from West Chester University.
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Chris Waldron, our speaker today, spoke to us last fall as you will recall. He was employed by the Philadelphia Zoo as a Zookeeper, Curator of Carnivores and Primates and Director of Sustainability. His degree from Penn State is in Wildlife and Fisheries Science. Chris is also an instructor at the Animal Behavior Institute an online accredited program for those seeking a career in Animal Husbandry. His topic today is moving large animals.
The old way they used to move large animals was to dart them, but the problem with that was the animals would get stressed out and with their adrenalin so high it would take a ton of drugs to knock them out. So they try to do it in a voluntary manner by training them with treats to come close and lay on a scale and then they draw blood from their tails and this is all done while the animal is relaxed. If they did need to sedate them it was much easier to do while the animal is in a relaxed state.
Some of the animals needed to be transferred to other zoos while the Philadelphia zoo was being overhauled. They needed to check them out for diseases before they ship them to other zoos. All of the training they did allowed them to easily get the animals into crates and move them in and out of the exhibits whenever they needed to.
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Posted by Randy Carbone on Feb 21, 2013
New Jersey Trivia for the week:
- NJ is a peninsula
- NJ is the only state in which all counties are classified as metropolitan areas
- NJ has the most diverse ecosystem of any state: mountains, seashore, farmland, forests and wetlands.
- NJ is 11th in population (8.9 million people in 2012)
- NJ is 46th in size with 8,224 square miles (166 miles top to bottom, 57 miles across)
- NJ has the highest population density in the US (1,189 people/sq. mile), more densely populated than most of the world's nations
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