Meets Noon Mondays at the Hilton
www.hbgrotary.org
Executive Director: Linda Freedenberg
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Telephone: 717-234-1208
Fax: 717-234-3234

John Kirkpatrick, Editor and Publisher Patriot News
Topic: “The good and the bad news about the Patriot News”
Greeter:  Larry Bashore
Invocation:  Bridget Montgomery
Mini-Classification Talk: Jeff Goldsmith
Rotary Minute: 
Club Singing:  Howard Ammons
Publications:   Andy Rebuck

Corporate Member

Birthdays:
Bonnie McCann  FEB 1
David Reed  FEB 1
Jack Detweiler  FEB 2
Jeff Habib  FEB 4
Jessica Malone  FEB 4
Craig Wisman  FEB 4
Deb Abel  FEB 6
Walt Lowery  FEB 13
Sally Klein  FEB 14
Joe Metz  FEB 17
Lee Fortenberry  FEB 20
UPCOMING PROGRAMS / MEETING LOCATIONS:
•  February 8 John Kirkpatrick, Editor and Publisher Patriot News – “The good and the bad news about the Patriot News”
•  February 15 NO MEETING

For complete programming go to our website: hbgrotary.org and click on calendar.
For meeting cancellations due to inclement weather.... Tune to ABC27-TV or check your e-mail or call the Rotary office at 234-1208.

PROGRAM: John Kirkpatrick is Editor and Publisher of The Patriot-News, a position he has held since 1997.  He joined the paper in 1991 as Editor. Prior to his time in Harrisburg, he worked in various positions at The San Francisco Examiner including Assistant Managing Editor for news and Assistant Managing Editor for Foreign-National news.  He has also worked for the Syracuse Post-Standard, the Greenville Daily Advocate and the Hanover Evening Sun in his 35 year journalism career.  He has been involved in numerous community and professional organizations including the United Way of the Capital Region Campaign Chair in 2004, chairman of the Pennsylvania Newspaper Association and president of the Pennsylvania State Newspaper Editors.

All members and their guests are invited to attend a complimentary showing of the IMAX movie “Dolphins and Whales in 3 D” at the Whitaker Center.

Right now we have 100 attending and actually have room for 200 in the theatre, so please give some thought to attending and bringing your family and friends.

The concession stand and the doors will open at 6:30 and the movie will start promptly at 7 PM.

You do not need a ticket, simply show up and plan to enjoy the show with your Rotary friends.

(We would love to have an accurate count on attendance so please e-mail or call the Rotary office with an RSVP.)

See you at the movie….     The Fellowship Committee

• SAVE THE DATE!  Officers/Board/Committee Chairs are invited and ENCOURAGED to attend to the Strategic Planning Event on Tuesday, March 2nd at the Hilton, 7:30-8:00 AM continental breakfast and 8:00-11:30 AM Strategic Planning.

• Please let Linda know if you will be attending the RI Convention in Montreal as there will be a District 7390 event.

• Linda and Harvey Freedenberg are the proud grandparents of Noah Daniel Goldman, 6 lbs 8 oz, 19", born January 31, 2010 at 11:45 a.m., in Baltimore, MD.  Baby, parents and big brother Ethan are all doing well.

DISTRICT NEWS:

• 1.  Check out the District Newsletter: www.hbgrotary.org
Click on click on About Us   Click on District 7390 Click on District Happenings
Click on Rotar- E Reporter
or  http://www.rotary7390.org/Portals/0/August%2009%20Newsletter.pdf

2. ROTARY DISTRICT 7390 /WGAL-TV 8 SIXTH       ANNUAL TEACHER IMPACT AWARDS nominations are now being accepted. The program will identify and honor teachers who have influenced students’ lives, both academically and personally. WGAL has posted the nomination form on the station’s web site (wgal.com) under the “Community Page” section. Nominations are also available through any Rotarian in the Lebanon, Lancaster, Dauphin, Adams, Cumberland, Perry and York County area. WGAL and Rotary are encouraging students, school administrators, PTOs, Alumni Associations, parents and anyone with first hand knowledge of an outstanding teacher to nominate him or her for this award. Recipients of the award will be profiled on future News 8 broadcasts in May, 2010. A Teacher Impact Awards recognition banquet is being planned for Monday, May 17, 2010.

3.  Rotary Foundation Seminar: Please join us Saturday, March 6 at the HARRISBURG EAST HOLIDAY INN (4751 Lindle Road, Harrisburg) for the District 7390 Rotary Foundation Seminar!  Registration and continental breakfast from 8:00 a.m. until 8:30 a.m. Promptly at 8:30 a.m. the informative sessions will begin. Lunch will be served and the day will end by 3:00 p.m. All this for just $35.00per Rotarian!

4. ROTARY FOUNDAITON DINNER:  MARCH 6, 2010
5. DISTRICT CONFERENCE:  APRIL 22-25.  Sign up for a day!  Go to the website.

ATTENDANCE:
LAST ROTARY MEETING:  2/1/10      59 %
Rotarians  73    Active Specials    12         Guests    4     Visiting Rotarians    1   = 90

Minutes by Karen Paris:
Coming into the room today I noticed that there was quite a “buzz”.  Turns out that table two, way in the back, was extremely busy trying to decide who was the “best-dressed Rotarian” of the day among themselves.  And, if there wasn’t enough buzz about that, you should have heard the din when another, to remain unknown, Rotarian walked in a little late.  Can’t give out names due to HIPAA privacy, but you may be able to identify one of the perpetrators if I say that the person had strange eye coverings today.

President Carolyn had a lot of symmetry in her meeting today starting with the time she pulled us together – 12:12 PM to be exact.  Jeff Boswell gave a thoughtful invocation and then Caryn Carr led us in an a cappella verse of “My Country Tis of Thee.”

Jeanette Archer-Simons introduced Hector Ortiz, our ADG (Ass’t District Governor) and a guest.  She also announced seven birthdays.

Madame President then gave us an opportunity to go back to our chatting/eating which we all did “con gusto.”

Andy the Man Rebuck looked dapper in his swim gear as he announced that the Imax Theatre will host our Club next Wednesday at 7 PM.  He said the goggles are for water protection once we get to the Theatre and are not 3-D glasses. There are still plenty of seats to fill so he encouraged us to bring our spouse, our friends, our neighbors, or our kids.

President Carolyn noted that Henry Funk, a fellow Rotarian from Lebanon who went on missions with Bob Hall, has died.

Hector Ortiz announced that he represents five Clubs in the District and was appointed at the end of 2009 to fill an ADG position in the District.  He noted that RI is working to help Haiti and offered to help our Club in any way he can.  President Carolyn praised Hector’s work in the community; he is receiving an award for his hard work from the Latino Community.

This was followed by a second break in the program to allow more social time – I like this new format, President Carolyn!

Mr. Hostetter (aka Bob the Mighty) introduced our speaker, Linda Rhodes.  He noted that she has been a caregiver, has created a family caregiving program, worked on a wellness program for senior citizens in Louisiana after Katrina, and frequently testifies or writes on aging issues – she’s been covered on television, in “Better Homes & Gardens”, “Family Circle,” the “New York Times”, and the “Wall Street Journal.”

Linda said that her topic for today is: “What Dying People Want”.  She noted that she was surprised at the size of our turnout for her presentation, saying that it can be a difficult issue for audiences.  She then discussed the five wishes people most frequently expressed as part of a study of 1500 people in the VA system.  With each wish, she noted how those around the individual can help support him/her.

1) Life without pain (but also not so much medicine that they are “hazy”).  Family and friends need to recognize pain, reassure the patient that they won’t become an addict, help the person to take control, help them to stay ahead of the pain, advocate for them, and use pain control as an opportunity to introduce hospice, which she said is often mistakenly interpreted as giving up.  Not so, said she (seconded by yours truly).

2) The desire to make one’s own decisions regarding care.  Her suggestions for those around the patient are to not leave the person out of the decisions that are made, to explore the options, to find out the goal of any treatments (chemotherapy or radiation) as well as their side effects, to read about medications, and to always have at least one person go to the physician with the patient to help ask questions, take notes, and then debrief together.

3) The need to know what to expect. This will help the person to stay in control.  In order to help with this, the family/caregiver/friends need to acknowledge their own pain, to understand that physicians are overly optimistic in survival estimates, to help determine what the individual most wants if time runs short, to have a durable healthcare power of attorney, and/or to get the “Five Wishes” booklet which allows you to make these choices.

4) A need to find meaning to their life, their living, and their dying. This means that we need to help them attend to relationships, to help a young parent make recordings for each child and to write them letters that can be opened on key future dates for the child, to help the family understand that they are not giving up if they prepare for the worst, that it’s ok (no, it’s good) to laugh, even if it is sometimes off-color, and that there is no time like the present to do things.

5) A need to help their loved ones. The role of family in achieving this final goal is to help their loved one with unfinished tasks, to let them plan the funeral if they desire to do so, to get support for the family from outside, to learn what hospitals, nursing homes, etc. can offer, and to get hospice care in.

She ended with statistics, noting that people who have living wills or “Five Wishes” in place tend to die at home.  She directed us to her website at www.lindarhodes.com .
Karen Paris offered members copies of “Five Wishes” in return for an email letting her know they would like a copy.

President Carolyn thanked the speaker and got us “up and out” at 1:14 PM.  Great meeting, CD!

OFFICERS:

DIRECTORS:

Carolyn Dumaresq           
John P. Judson, M.D.      
Robert S. Saline               
Barry Ramper, II,             
Carrie N. Wissler Thomas
William B. Boles                
William M. Tillett

President
President-Elect
Vice President
Immediate Past President
Secretary
Treasurer
Sergeant-at-Arms

Caryn J. Carr
John R. Detweiler
Kent E. Frese
John J. McHenry
Lawrence M. Means
Maria B. Persico
Andrew R/ Rebuck
Karen F. Snider