Rotary Club of Beavercreek

President Barb DeMarey opened the meeting at 12:10, welcoming guests and members and thanking all those who had helped in various capacities.

Rev. Keven Wentworth gave the invocation, asking a special blessing for the family of Alexis Smith, the Beavercreek High School student who was killed in an automobile accident.

Secretary Kent Anderson reported there were 11 guests, 1 visiting Rotarian and 49 members for 73%.

Sergeant Dave Fleming took the podium, starting with the news. Kodak will no longer be making cameras and MRE's will now contain more fruit and vegetables. He then gave a brief sports report, followed by some Good Week/Bad Week stories, and concluded with some good jokes. Club birthdays include Larry Schweller and Jim Rudd, Ed Low's wife Marilyn is celebrating a birthday, Jim Gundel and his wife are celebrating their 46th wedding anniversary, Dave Haffey is celebrating his 19th year in the club and Jim Rudd is celebrating his 12th year with the club.

In Happy Bucks Phil Sparks said he had spent a wonderful week at the Home Show, Beth Root was elected 2nd Vice President of an organization for judges, Nick Apple reported that when he left Rotary last week there were 3 Rotarians guarding a large sack of tabs, Kari Sowder grudgingly said that her Valentine's Day present from her husband was a new attic ladder to replace the one she broke when she fell out of the attic, and Denny Jarvi is off for another jaunt to the Upper Peninsula and to Minnesota.

A guest (Phil Bloom) had the lucky number but failed to find the Ace of Spades to win the $146 pot. It continues to grow.

In announcements Barb DeMarey reminded the members that next Friday is the Valentine's Day dinner and that the club would have a field trip on the 24th to Greene County Career Center for our meeting. She said she would not be at the meeting as her nephew is graduating from the Highway Patrol Academy. She also said that Founder's Day will be May 11th. If you are concerned as to your attendance record see Kent Anderson. Jack Henderson passed the sign-up sheet for the dinner. The social hour beings at 6:30pm and dinner will be served at 7:15pm. Jonathan Hebrank said that the District Governor needed the names of anyone involved in scouting. Please let him know. The District Conference, which will take place on April 26th at the Dayton Marriott, is in need of an auctioneer. If you are interested let Jonathan know. He also said that the acronym PAIN is no longer accurate, it is now PAN as India is Polio free. Only Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Nigeria remain to be rid of the disease. Joe Manter reminded everyone of the TechFest, which will be held on Feb. 18 & 19 at Sinclair Community College in the David Ponitz Center.

James Investment Research, Inc. gave their eagerly awaited annual economic outlook for 2012. Dr. Frank James explained why there has been a slowdown in the recovery; good advice has been ignored, central planning has gone astray, there are excessive regulations, and the European woes.

Some positives for the economy are that the Federal Reserve's policies are accommodative, interest rates are low, exports thrive for now, and there are untapped energy reserves in the U.S.

In stocks, some negative signs are that stock valuations are high, corporate insiders are selling, voters disapprove of current policies, a strong U.S. dollar usually hurts earnings and exports, and profit margins are at risk.

In bonds, the strong returns of 2011 will be hard to replicate, inflation erodes real returns, low yields push investors into riskier assets, long term bond indicators are less favorable, and the great bond bull market is coming to a close.

Their conclusions for 2012 are that the economy will remain stagnant, unemployment will remain high, the dollar remains strong and will get even stronger, customers are spending their savings, and an energy boom is coming to the U.S. They suggest that companies not over hire and that there are opportunities in the future domestic energy boom.

For investors there is no bull market on the horizon, favor importers and high domestic sales, and look for bargain stocks with strong dividends.

President Barb DeMarey being ill, President Elect Jonathan Hebrank opened the meeting at 12:10, welcoming guests and members and thanking all those who had helped in various capacities.

Rev. Keven Wentworth gave the invocation, asking a special blessing for the family of Alexis Smith, the Beavercreek High School student who was killed in an automobile accident this past week, and for the service of our military.

Secretary Kent Anderson reported there were 2 guests, 2 visiting Rotarians and 45 members for 70%.

Sergeant Brian Lampton took to the podium, speaking of the unusually mild weather. He then said that the Super Bowl is this Sunday and he asked some trivia questions about previous Super Bowls. The most expensive ticket was $15,900. Madonna will be the half-time show this year and he had a number of humorous comments about it. In other news, congress voted 93 to 3 to make it illegal to use non-insider information for insider trading. Brian wanted to know who the three were, but was unable to find out.

In Happy Bucks Eric Marcus thanked Nick Apple for conducting the tour of the National Museum of the Air Force for our exchange students, Nick said that his 1975 VW just turned 200,000 miles on the original engine, Denny Jarvi reported that a sauna was being installed today at his house in our Finnish exchange student's honor, Ann Biedenharn just returned from India, and Nick Verhoff was happy at how well the boy's basketball team was doing,

Matt Bohn failed to find the Ace of Spades to win the $108 pot. It continues to grow.

In announcements Jack Henderson passed the sign-up sheet for the Valentine's Day dinner, which will take place at the Koehler Presidential Banquet Center on Feb. 17th, Jonathan Hebrank reported that the third annual Mike Dooley Pancake Breakfast would be held at the Beavercreek Church of the Nazarene on April 28th. He also reminded everyone that May 11th is Founder's Day. Scott Hadley told the club that there would be a community fundraiser and spaghetti dinner to raise money for the Alexis Hope Smith Memorial Fund on Sunday, February 12th from 5pm to 7pm at the Beavercreek Church of the Nazarene. Adult tickets are $10 each and students and children are $5.There will be a 50/50 raffle, basket raffle, and silent auction. Nicki Earley said that 5th/3rd bank was also taking donations for the memorial fund. Mick Lundy, having experienced almost the same tragedy, said how important the support from the community would be to the family and asked that everyone attend. Clete Buddelmeyer announced that the chamber would be holding two forums, one on the school levy and one for all the candidates for the upcoming election. This is the 17th anniversary in the club for Nick Apple.

Jennifer Martin, Volunteer Coordinator for Grace Hospice, was the speaker. She said that there were over 20 different Hospice providers in the Dayton area.

Grace Hospice is connected to the Visiting Physicians Organization and most of their patients come through them. A patient has the right to ask for any one of the Hospices, even though many hospitals or nursing homes work with a particular one and refer the patient to them.

The main difference between what a hospital does and a Hospice is that a hospital is curative, whereas, Hospices are strictly about making the patient comfortable at the end of life. There are no more tests or surgeries, just a dignified end.

A Hospice works with doctors, nurses, social workers, chaplains, and volunteers. They are mandated to have at least 5% volunteers.

These volunteers are drug tested, finger printed, TB tested, and background checked before they are hired. Then they are trained to help both the family and the patient.

Many times a patient will keep things inside, unable to express those things to family, with the volunteer they can just let go.

The volunteers do many things for the family, cleaning, babysitting, planting flowers, etc. They also help bring closure and acceptance.

Insurance or Medicare pays for Hospice service. There may also be a one-time co-pay, depending on the insurance.

Mike served 10 years in the US Army as an MP including a tour of duty in Germany where he learned to speak German, and in South Vietnam. On 27 Oct 1967, Mike was a member of the 509th MP company seen in this video, charging anti-war protestors at the Pentagon. He said after the pushing and shoving started, the 509th removed their bayonets since the protestors in the front were being pushed into them from the protestors in the rear. He was in I-Corps on a hilltop very close to the DMZ during TET 68. He told many stories of NVA and VC coming up the hill had his bunker being mortared. He was offered a commission in the Army but turned it down to leave the military and go to college at Marietta College. He worked for over 20 years for Cincinnati Electronics mostly as an auditor. Mike served as Senior Principal Engineer/Analyst on the Joint Council on Aging Aircraft Lead-Free Solder Survey. He had over 30 years experience with military contracts having worked on electronic and communication production and R&D programs as the AN/PRC-70, AN/PRC-77, AN/GRC-106, AN/PSC-3, HST-4, Air Force Sincgars development program and the KG-40A. During his tenure at ITB, Inc., he supported the JG-PP Lead-Free Solder project, and the Air Force Materiel Command Capital Purchase Program (CPP). In addition to providing support the Lead-Free Solder Survey, Mike was a IRCA certified ISO 9001:2000 Lead Auditor for Industry sectors: Aerospace, Engineering Services, Manufacturing, Construction, Electrical and Optical Equipment. In addition to program responsibilities he served as ITB, Inc.�s Contracts Director, Program Manager, and Facility Security Officer.

During his working career Mike held various executive and director positions in management, contracting, program management and finance. He earned a BA in Business Management from Marietta College and a master�s degree in Acquisition Management. Course work included quality and ISO auditing include Auditing and Registration of Management Systems to ISO 9001:2000, Auditor / Lead Auditor (IRCA/2245), Auditor/Core Tools ISO/TS 16949:2002, and industry training in Total Quality Management.

Prior to moving to Beavercreek he served as a Township trustee, was a member of the Lions for many years including a tour as an assistant district governor. He turned down the opportunity to serve as governor and his political career to devote his time to his new wife when he married Barbara.

President Barb DeMarey opened the meeting at 12:00, welcoming guests and members and thanking all those who had helped in various capacities.

Jonathan Hebrank first asked for a moment of silence for the passing of Mike Dooley and a young girl from Beavercreek High School. He then gave the invocation, giving thanks for service to the community and for our military.

Secretary Kent Anderson reported there were 4 guests, 4 visiting Rotarians and 53 members for 77%.

Sergeant Dave Fleming, starting with news of the day, reported about the woman from Kansas who was arrested for using a wheelchair for her luggage at the Dayton Airport and then for trying to grab an officer's Taser when he asked her to relinquish the chair for handicapped passengers. He gave a brief sports report before several Good Week/Bad Week stories. He concluded with several jokes on aging. This is Ann Biedenharn's second anniversary with the club.

In Happy Bucks Eric Marcus reported that it took him 22 minutes to get to work on his first day at the high school, Susan Phillips was delighted to announce that her son had gotten engaged, Nick Apple recently won two door prizes, one of which was a book signed by George Bush, Kari Sowder was thankful that when she fell out of the attic she only broke her arm and not her neck, and Tom Welsh was happy that Ohio State had named Urban Meyer as the new head coach.

Mick Lundy failed to find the Ace of Spades to win the $71 pot. It continues to grow.

In announcements Dan Tobias passed the sign-up sheet for the Valentine's Day dinner, which will take place at the Koehler Presidential Banquet Center on Feb. 17th, Bob Wilda said that the 4 Way Speech Contest would take place on Feb. 29th, and Jonathan Hebrank reported that the third annual Pancake Breakfast would be held at the Beavercreek Church of the Nazarene on April 28th. He said that the board is asking each member to either purchase $25 worth of tickets or to buy a $25 ad to make this event a money maker. Barb then suggested that since Mike Dooley had been instrumental in starting the first Pancake Breakfast the club should name it in his honor. It was approved. She also reminded everyone that May 11th is Founder's Day. Nick Apple said that some Cincinnati baseball players would be at the National Museum of the United States Air Force this weekend from 10:30am to 1:30pm, and Eric Marcus reported that the joint exchange student outing would be held this weekend and would include a Wright State University basketball game and an outing to the museum where Nick Apple would be their guide.

Congressman Steve Austria was the speaker. Steve is a member of the Xenia Rotary Club, but lives in Beavercreek. He has spent 14 years representing Beavercreek, first on the state level and more recently in Washington.

He said that the gridlock is appalling, both the president and congress have their lowest figures ever in the polls, and the national debt is over $15 trillion.

There is a philosophical difference between the Democrats and the Republicans. Democrats wish to expand the role of the government and Republicans wish to cut spending. There seems to be no middle ground any longer and certainly no compromise.

A major project that he is involved in right now is obtaining FAA approval of air space to test unmanned aircraft. Wright-Patterson A.F.B. is instrumental in the building and operating of these craft, but are unable to test them with the present restrictions.

If this air space could be approved, thousands of jobs would come to the area. The contractors could do everything here, as opposed to going elsewhere for testing.

He complemented his staff for their hard work, much of which never makes the news. Some of the examples included getting students out of Egypt during the uprising, obtaining benefits for veterans, and helping to bring home a couple from Haiti after the earthquake.

Steve explained the circumstances of the redistricting and why he chose not to run. He hopes to continue to be politically active.


Jim Rudd, on behalf of the Foundation, presented a check for $1,000 to Nick Verhoff for the multi-handicapped student's program. He then presented a check for $2,500 to Gussie Jones for Owen's Place.