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Meeting Notes and Club News

Wednesday, August 29, 2001
Volume 61, Issue 7
Written and reported by Jim Blackburn

President Bill called us to order and Jeff Hutchison led us in the Pledge of Allegiance. In the absence of Maestro Duncan- Dos Jims, a Bob and the returning Leroy Fulton led those assembled in "America the Beautiful" and "Smile" accompanied by the wonderful Mike Oates. The latter later favored us with tunes by Billy Joel, etc.

Ronnie Hewett provided a brief but pithy Thought for the Day, i.e. The Greatest Risk is not taking a Risk! Amen!!!

Text Box: INTER-CLUB SOFTBALL CONTEST ENDS IN TIE!??The annual Fullerton Rotary Inter-Club game held at Wildcatter's Park in Brea ended in a three-way tie for the perpetual trophy. Fullerton South was given possession of the trophy by virtue of having won two out of three contests on the diamond. Post-game picnic cuisine and camaraderie between clubs assuaged any hard feelings on the diamond thus ending the fun afternoon on a positive note.??Standout performers: Rick Price, Fullerton Main, Al Burks, Fullerton Sunrise, Dave Schoen, Fullerton South ????Chris Lowe made the play of the day in right field. In the last inning of our game against Sunrise, we held a slim lead. A sinking shot was hit to right field and Chris came running in and made a textbook shoestring catch that saved our bacon. Here are some other "awards":??Strongest(and most erratic) arm: Jeff Hutchison, Most "foul" balls hit out of the park: John Christensen, Best bare handed catch: Vern Andrews, Best hitter: Chris Hunt, and Most timely catches: Art Levine??Prez Doc Bill told us about the similarities of wars and rocking chairs and introduced Dirty Dave Bates, who introduced visiting Rotarians from Brea (2) and the following guests:

Minard Duncan ( Mike Oates)

Chris Meyer (Buck Catlin)

John Kunan ( Bill Heaton)

Josephine Macauley (? any of us would be happy to have Josephine as our guest)

David Bailey and Michael ? ( Debra Koff)

Dr. Carla Sheel (Bob Jahncke)

Jim LePack ( Vern Andrews)

"Coach AKA the Skipper" Rick Price was made Rotarian of the Week.

The aforementioned Dave Bates won the opportunity drawing by drawing his own number, but failed to note the correct date of the USA going off the gold standard and received $10 from the Honorable Dick Jones.

As a special treat- Jack Hayes (our registered Thespian) delivered an original parody of "Casey at the Bat" that recounted with appropriate poetic license last week's exploits of the Fullerton Softball team.

Recognitions were noted for Keith Mills (anniversary several weeks late), Al Triay (anniversary today), Tony Amato and Pete Magoski received the senior citizens' discount for their respective B'days.

Chris Fraschetti offered an "advertisement" for her husband's place of business by introducing the programming from St Jude (no "s"). The topics were the expanding field of full body scanning and PET scanning.

Joan Taylor began by explaining St Jude's (the "s" is OK here) substantial capabilities for scanning and the re-arrangement of various cancer and surgical facilities. Her mention of an alternate to the ignominy of the traditional colonoscopy was greatly applauded.

Dr. Robert Morton provided the bulk of the program and supplied a great deal of information concerning the four major areas in which a one minute full body scan by either electron beam or spiral CT. These are: tests for coronary artery calcification, lung cancer, abdominal/pelvic scan and eventually the virtual colonoscopy. The first three can be obtained for about $1400 or less if only one or two analyses are done. Unfortunately, most providers of health insurance do not "cover" these procedures.
Dr Morton with Graphic Heart
Apparently, they prefer the older diagnostic tools, go figure!! (This was an editorial comment; Dr. Morton did not mention the insurance companies' proclivities.)

PET scans are a somewhat newer tool that can detect changes in metabolism rather than anatomy. The potential for this tool is very promising. Minute abnormalities (measured in millimeters rather than centimeters) can be detected without evasive methods, e.g. surgery. President Bill thanked everyone and dismissed us with a pun of some sort. Please don't blame Chris Hunt or Bill Schenk for the misspellings. I did the best I could. If you have a guest whose name is hard to spell or if you mumble or if the Rotagram editor is over the age of 50, please provide a note with the correct spelling to the Rotagram person or take your chances.

-SGM Blackburn