April 27, 2005
This week’s Bulletin was written by Mary Dawe
This Week’s Meeting
President Ron Erbetta opened the meeting promptly at 7:30 a.m. The invocation was offered by Larry Nuffer, Joe Ciokon led the pledge of allegiance to the flag, and Jim Mulvaney, Jr., led us in "It's a Grand Old Flag."
Pete McGuire introduced several guests. The guest traveling the farthest distance to
join us came from
Announcements
Ø Congratulations to Warren Potts and Jerri Malana and their committee for a terrific fundraiser and party on Saturday night. The Midway was a great setting for a 1940's dance party, and thanks to all who dressed in period costume to make the event even more fun, especially the guys in red and blue suits. It is reported that the evening's take was very good and may even have surpassed the amount raised last year! Click Here For Some Great Photos!
Ø Thanks are due also to David Dawson and his team for the work done to rehab and beautify Everlena's home for Rebuilding Together. David has been working on this project for some weeks and, according to the article in Sunday's Union Tribune (thanks to Larry Nuffer's efforts), about 50 volunteers from our club were out on Saturday to clean, scrape, paint, etc. to make the home much more livable. A film clip of the day from channel 8 news was viewed (also thanks to Larry). David needs about 10 more volunteers this Saturday. Meet at Old Town Trolley parking lot at 8:00. Click Here For Some Great Photos!
Ø Ron announced that our Rotaract Club won the national Rotaract award for best fundraiser of the year with their "Ace of Hearts" event to benefit Juvenile Diabetes research. Congrats to Rotaract! Their "Jazz for Juvenile Diabetes" fundraiser is coming up on May 12 and everyone is encouraged to attend. Our board has agreed that our club will match the first $2000 raised at the event plus 10 percent of anything more than that amount.
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Ron also encouraged us to be at the
Ø Hon. Pat Cowett introduced Laura Galdorisi and John McCarthy from Qualcomm Corporation, who accepted our club's award to Qualcomm for being the "Corporation of the Quarter." Qualcomm is involved in a multitude of diverse giving programs. Their primary focus is math and science education and the corporation also supports health and science and arts and cultural institutions. The corporation pledges to donate one to two percent of pre-tax profits each year and about 1100 of its employees take part in volunteer activities.
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Rick Logan announced May 14 is scheduled for
Ø Jonathan Stone announced that May 21 is Adopt a Block Saturday when we will clean up and plant trees for two to three downtown city blocks.
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Mike Gilligan levied fines and sold posters from
the Midway party. Jenny Goodman bought
baseball tickets, Abbi Kelly paid a fine for winning plane tickets at
Saturday's party, and Joe Ciokon explained he missed the fundraiser because he
was at a reunion in
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Ron gave a Centennial moment which included the
fact that the first non-English-speaking Rotary club was in
Ø Carol Jensen asked all who would like to attend the Senior Community Services luncheon on May 13 to contact her.
This Week’s Speaker
Jerri Malana introduced our speaker, Dr. Brian Liang, MD,
PhD., JD, Executive Director and founder of the
Dr. Liang told us that a World Health Organization study has found that ten percent of drugs sold world-wide are illegitimate. He said in the past fake drugs were more often life style drugs, like Viagra or Oxyconten, but now the problem exists with life saving drugs as well. The illegitimate drugs may include the wrong ingredients, wrong dosage or concentration, or no ingredient at all. The reason for the problem is the high profits that can be made with fake drugs, worldwide as high as $32 to $48 billion each year. There is the danger of illegitimate drugs being used as a terrorist weapon. Fake drugs are easy to produce and traditionally the penalties are low. Problems exist in internet sales. Solutions to the problem include focusing on providing safe, affordable drugs and educating medical providers and the public.
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