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ServiceAboveSelf

TODAY’S PROGRAM Program Chair of the Day: Jim Mills

July 29, 2011

Chartered in 1948

Bud McBrayerThe State of District 5810

COMMITTEE TIME

B ud was born in Portsmouth, OH and raised in Greenup, KY. He grew up learning the values of life through family,

church and community activities. Bud served in the U. S. Navy spending his tour of duty in the Far East. He returned attending the University of Kentucky as a co-op student with the U. S. Army Corp of Engineers. While on campus, he met his wife, Peggy, and they later married. Today, Peggy and Bud have two daugh-ters, Elizabeth Martin and Mary Jo Jones. Grandsons Kevin and Andrew Martin, Dylan Jones are RYLA graduates. The youngest, Aaron Jones is looking forward to attending Camp RYLA.

Bud began his engineering career in 1963 with the General Electric Aircraft Engine Group and retired in 1998 with the Lock-heed Martin Space Agency. He later represented two aerospace companies as a consultant serving as business manager and spokesperson at National and International Aerospace Confer-ences. His proudest achievements were working in many engin-

eering disciplines applicable to jet engines, aircraft, launch and space vehicles with teams always having mission successes.

Bud joined Plano West Rotary Club in 1980 becoming Club President in 1985-86. He served in all the club chairs and is cur-rently with Plano Sunrise Rotary Club having continuous perfect attendance. At the District-level, Bud served two-years as Ass't. Gov., one-year as Lt. Gov., two-years as Governor's-Aide, and RYLA/RILI staff. Bud and Peggy have attended eight Internation- al Conferences, Zone Institutes, PETS and Dist. Conferences. Bud is a charter member of the Paul Harris Society, Rotarian of the Year (2003-04), Dist. Service Above Self (2005-06), Dist. Exemplary Leadership (2006-07) and Dist. Pinnacle Award (2009-10). Peggy is a member of the North Texas Pioneer Rotary Club and a recipient of the Paul Harris Fellow award.

With your help, I proudly welcome the challenge and opportu-nity to serve our District and Rotary.

RCPC Blood DriveJuly 30 , 2011

NorthPark: In the Mall, near Dillard’s

3 Volunteer Shifts:10:00am to NoonNoon to 2:00pm

2:00pm to 5:00pm

Register on RCPC Website at Events. Questions? See Dwight Clasby

Pint for Pint

Ice Cream coupon for a blood donation!

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an excellent opportunity for service!

3rd Monday, or4th Tuesday of each month 

Meals On Wheels

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Vet to VetThe first monthly bingo and

ice cream social with our Vets for the new Rotary year will be on Wed, Aug. 3, 6:15-8:00pm at the Dallas VA Hospital Transition Care 

Vet to Vet had a great annual cookout on June 1st with a big bingo jackpot winner. A special thanks goes to Renko's Sausage Co. who provided the fantastic links this year for the cookout.

It was great to have our Dallas VA Vets join us on the Vet to Vet float and Goar Park festivities on July 4th.  This was the second

year for Horses for Heroes and they were a big hit, especially afterwards at Goar Park.  Both groups are planning on a return next year with our Scouts.

Dues Are Due!

Avoid Late Fees!Pay in Full or for the First Half of the Year before August 1st!Give a check to Laurie

Or pay by Credit Card on the RCPC Website.

This takes no more than 3 hours and you can bring a friend! Contact Hoyt Neal, hoytneal@gmail.com or 214.334.5205.

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THE HUBNewsletter of the

Rotary Club of Park Cities (Dallas)Betty Dawson, EditorShutterbug Committee

Bill Kelly, ChairBulletin/Internet Advertising

Dax Seale, Chair

OFFICERS and DIRECTORS2010-2011

Jim Mills, PresidentFred Brown, President Elect

Cleve Clinton, Vice PresidentMark Kashar, SecretaryBarb Jeffries, Treasurer

Mike Jarrell, Sgt. at ArmsSusan Rogers, Club Service I

Chris Clausen, Club Service II Michael Rainwater ,Community Service I

Tom Stutz, Community Service IITracy Gomes, Vocational ServicePam Carvey, International Service

Linda Tunnell, At LargeRick Amsberry ,

Immediate Past PresidentRod Pirtle, Parliamentarian

Charles Delphenis , HistorianLaurie Aldredge,Club Administrator6704 Snider Plaza

Dallas, Texas 75205Office Phone: 214-739-4170

Office Fax: 214/363-6980www.parkcitiesrotary.org

Email: club@parkcitiesrotary.org

Kalyan Banerjee, IndiaPresident, Rotary International

www.rotary.orgBud McBrayer, Plano Sunrise

Governor, District 5810www.rotary5810.org

LAST WEEKPresiding: Jim MillsInvocation: Nolan DuckPledge/Song Leader: Hoyt Neal Introductions: Will ReppetoPhotographer: Phillip BankheadChair of the Day: Cleve Clinton Speaker: Andy RittlerProgram: LBJ (IH-635) Construction

M T W Th F SAED = Defibrillator TrainingBl = Blood DriveBD = Board of Dirs. Mtg, 7 am LaMadeleine, 75 & MockingbirdCM = Circles of Success

Mentoring See T. GomesCn = PCR Connect Event.CP = ChildsPlay Work MtgD = District 5810 EventDH = Dentistry with a HeartFR = Family of Rotary EventF = Fellowship EventFF = RCPC Foundation Fund

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In- Interact at Hillcrest H.S, 8 am. See Tracy Gomes

M = Meals on Wheels (Differ-ent teams on each day) See Charles Delphenis

Mc = Ronald McDonald House-See Jina McDaniel

NM = New Member EventPr = Program Committee MtgReading and Radio Resources

See Hal CopelandSpE = Special Service EventVV = Vet to Vet - See Bob DillWeb-lite = after noon mtgBlue = Activities on own schedule

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President Jim Mills called the meeting to order and remarked on a meeting of twenty-two members to debrief on the Fourth of July Parade.

Pint Blood Drive, that everyone giving blood would receive a cou-pon for free ice cream.

Allison Griffin intro-

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Cub AmosCleve ClintonNolan DuckJim EvansKaren FerrisHoward FitchAllison GriffinMark KasharKennis KetchumBill KellyMary McMahonDoug MeansShawn MurphyPaul PirokWill ReppetoSusan RogersJeff SheehanChris ShortFred SpenoSandra StarrKirby Warnock

Members with guests

He said that everyone there believed in ser-vice above self. Nolan Duck gave the invocation and noted that Maryllyn Hargrave had had a

set back and that Hal Copeland had had a stroke and was in the hospital. Hoyt Neal led the Pledge of Allegiance, followed by

“The Star Spangled Ban-ner” and “Dal-las.” Will Reppeto introduced our visitors and guests, including PDG Gilbert Brown. Gregg Pappas introduced The Hub and the web advertisers.

Phillip Bankhead encouraged everyone to donate to the RCPC Foun-dation as soon as possi-ble rather than waiting un-til their names come up. He explained that the RC PC Foundation gives about $40,000 a year to initiatives either of the club or in the community.

Dwight Clasby announced the Pint for a

duced our speaker today, Andy Rittler, Director of Corporate Affairs of the LBJ Infrastructure Group. LBJ was built in 1969 for a capacity

of 180,000 cars a day. Today about 270,000 cars a day travel on LBJ, and by 2020 about half a million cars. Planning for the expansion began in 1987, with the first TXDoT plan hav-ing thirty lanes across. Local politicians and TXDoT have decided to build the new highway no higher and no wider than it is today, so the expansion will be built downward. LBJ is the third busiest highway in the state. The LBJ In-frastructure Group is an equity partner in the project, along with two others. The estimated cost of the project is $2.1 billion, including $496 million in taxpayer funds. The project extends from Valwood Pkwy. to Loop 12 and from Luna Rd. to Greenville Ave. This includes about seventeen miles of I-35 and 635, as well as rebuilding all of the bridges. Construc-tion will start in September with some of the bridges. This will require that traffic be shifted to the other side. Much of the work will be done at night or on the weekends. The new highways will have four toll-free lanes, but the managed lanes will have tolls. They will have an anticipated average speed of fifty mph and will have fewer exits. Highways that are built today must have a plan to move the traffic through. The new highway will be able to ac-commodate 350,000 cars a day, but the use of managed lanes will make it efficient. TXDoT will co-locate with them to assure that the managed lanes are working. They also have a safety plan; the accident response time is to be within fifteen minutes whether the accident is in the general use or the managed lanes. DART also has the option to put a line in this corridor, but to date has not planned to do so.

Information on the upcoming construction can be found at- LBJexpress.com

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THOUGHTS ON . . .Leadership

Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things. ~ Peter Drucker A sense of humor is part of the art of leadership, of getting along with people, of getting things done.

~ Dwight D. EisenhowerOne of the hardest tasks of leadership is understanding that you are not what you are, but what you're perceived to be by others. ~ Edward L. FlomLeadership is based on inspira-tion, not domination; on cooper-ation, not intimidation.

~ William Arthur WoodLeadership is communicating to people their worth and potential so clearly that they come to see it in themselves.

~ Stephen Covey

Our Funders for Next Week areJina McDaniel

Mary McMahonE.G. McMillanDoug McNair

CLUB ANNOUNCEMENTS

FOUNDATION FUNDERS

Blood Drive, Sat, July 30, 10am-5pm, at NorthPark, inside near Dillards, 3 shifts. Donors and Volunteers needed. See Dwight ClasbyVet to Vet, Wed, Aug 3, 6:15-8:00pm, at VA Hospital Transition Care. Bingo and Ice Cream! See Bob DillDues for 2011-12 are due! Pay in full or first half, by credit card on the website or by check to Laurie Avoid Late Fees!Support our RCPC Foundation! Make your voluntary contribu-tion now. Help fund our Grants to help the community!Meals On Wheels needs volunteers on the third Monday or the fourth Tuesday of each month for about 3 hours. Contact Hoyt Neal

Sign up at www.parkcitiesrotary.org

August 5 Dale HansenUpdate on Sports

August 12 Dr. Mark Roglán SMU Meadows Museum

UPCOMING PROGRAMSAugust 19 Dawson Orr, Supt. of HPISD

Texas Education

August 26 Larry North Health Fitness and Nutrition

ROTARY CONNECTED Interesting new thread: My 2011-12 RI

theme is "Reach Within to Embrace Humanity." I'd like to hear how you use the theme within your club? Tweet of the Week: Post your Twitter ID for follows from Rotarians. You can also establish a user group within your Twitter account

Interesting new thread: Romania is joining the Global Polio Eradication Initiative with a grant to provide polio vaccinations for 40,000 children.

RI has its own channel on YouTube offering a growing collection of videos and psas. Check out or add to RI’s Flickr group often, www.flickr.com/groups/familyofrotary/

ROTARY INTERNATIONAL

Happy BirthdayWe gratefully acknowledgeASTRO-GRAPHICS

for the partial funding of the weekly printing of The Hub.

Marc Hall 7.29Nancy Smith Becker 7.31Mike Jarrell 8.2Bob Womack 8.4

THEY PROFIT MOST WHO LAUGH BEST

A project supported by a Rotary Foundation Global Grant is giving children in Yirimadjo, Mali, hope for a malaria-free future.

Last year, malaria claimed the lives of al-most 750,000 people in sub-Saharan Africa, 85% of them young children. Some of the region’s poorest residents live in Yirimadjo, Mali, and are receiving protection from the disease through a Rotary Foundation Global Grant pro-ject supported by Rotarians in four countries.

Called Bite Malaria Back, the project is

Global grant project boosts malaria prevention and treatment in Maliproviding insecticide-treated bed nets, physi-cian services, and medications to help prevent and treat malaria. It is led by the RC of Bamako-Amitié, Mali, with the RC of Capitol Hill (Washing-ton, D.C.) and five others in District 7620. In the first three months Bite Malaria Back made possible more than 3,000 patient visits at the Yirimadjo Health Center. It also facilitated more than 12,700 visits by community health workers to residents’ homes, resulting in the treatment of almost 900 children with malaria.

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