September 25th Newsletter

ROTARY CLUB OF STOW MUNROE FALLS NEWSLETTER:  SEPTEMBER 25, 2013

Invocation:  Marv Mills began our meeting with an inspiring invocation.

Guest Announcer Christina Gary was welcomed as our popular guest announcer and had us all laughing at her joke about the Tickle me Elmo factory worker.  She also thanked Brad Jagger for helping Mark Lucco at the sign-in table today.

Fines: Brad Ruth was last in (but we were glad he was here) and Ron Alexander had no pin.

Happy Bucks: Marty Tass told us about the Echo Hills School fund raiser which will be a walk/run by the students on October 4^th for 60 minutes. They are looking for donations to sponsor the walkers.  The main point of this is to keep the students from going door to door with other fund raisers.  See Marty with your donation.

Christina Gary pointed out the fliers on everyone’s table about Stow Candidates’ Night which will be held on Tuesday evening, October 1 at Acker Moore.  Everyone is welcome to come to learn about and meet the candidates for election in November.

Chris DiMauro pointed out that this is the first time that the Stow High School football team has received a state ranking for the first time in 27 years.

Visitors:  Julie Cooper, Janice Mills and our speaker, Dr. Kevin Silver, were all welcomed as guests.

New Members:  We were glad that both Brad Jagger and Katie Wright were here today. They were finally awarded their “work shirts” which were not available when they were inducted.

Drawing:  Dick Spangler’s table had the winning ticket but the king of clubs was drawn.

Rotary Fun Fact: What is P.E.T.S. Training?  Pat Messmore gave the correct answer stating that it is a training seminar for newly elected club presidents.   Pat will be eating ice cream courtesy of Handles.

Special Days:

Rotary Anniversaries  Annie Hanson, 4 years; Marty Tass, 17 years; Bonnie Housley, 26 years and Lorrie Shaffer, 26 years.

Wedding Anniversaries: Pat Messmore, 21 years

Birthdays:   None

Presidential Announcements: by Bob Oborn   

·         Next week we will receive step-by-step instructions for getting into the new Rotary International website.  There are a couple of different ways to do this.

·         Get your ­Silent Auction Items to John Murphy or others on the committee.

·          There are now 2 tickets available for the Reverse Raffle.  See Mike Sekulich if you can use them.  Also, Mike needs to have the rest of the money turned in for the 60 tickets not yet paid for.   As the money is turned in, seating will be arranged.

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·         We will not have a morning meeting on Oct. 16^th because of the Silent Auction/Reverse Raffle that evening.

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·          October 2^nd will be the first night that the club will go to the Akron Canton Regional Foodbank, which is at 350 Opportunity Parkway in Akron, from 5:00-7:-00 p.m.     You are asked to enter through the front door.  Do not wear open-toed shoes and plan to spend time on your feet.  Dave Renninger can help with further information.  This is a valuable service project.

·         A banner has been ordered by the club for the high school Interact Club.  A club volunteer is needed to attend their 10/7 meeting.

·         Bob showed samples of a pullover and a windbreaker that can be ordered with the Rotary International logo.  The pullover is $55.00, windbreaker $65 and there will be golf shirts available for $40.00

·         Pat Messmore read the football pool results.   Club members who won this week were Bob Sweitzer, Bonnie Housley, Harry Newman and Steve Fry.

Member Moment:  Marv Mills told us that he has been married to Janice for 59 years.  They have 5 children and 8 grandchildren.  In 1994 he retired from Mills Decorating.  He had his first heart attack at age 55 and his second at age 62.   Later he developed congestive heart failure and was invited to participate in the study involving stem cells which is the topic of our speaker today.  Marv then introduced our speaker, Dr. Kevin Silver who studied at Brown University, Columbia University and the University of Massachusetts.  He has been an Interventional Cardiologist in Akron for 15 years, working with the Summa Hospital System.   He is currently the Director of the Coronary Care Unit and the Director of Cardiovascular Education at Summa.

Program: Dr. Silver talked with us about the medical use of stem cells and how they are a window into the future.   He stated that a stem cell is a cell that can reproduce itself repeatedly and can turn into something different.  The cells can be used to treat heart problems, strokes and Type-One Diabetes.   They are used to treat disorders where blood cells are abnormal.

There are both embryonic and umbilical cord cells.  The embryonic cells are rarely used because they can become cancer.  Umbilical cord cells are the ones that are used and can be modified for specific bodily needs.   More recently adults’ own stem cells are used because they have never been shown to become tumors and there is no rejection because they are the person’s own cells.  When stem cells are used for weakened hearts, they are injected into a weak part of the heart and usually in increase in heart function follows.   Interestingly, the catheters that are used to put the cells into the body were developed in Akron.

People we missed today were: Rick Archer, Jacqui Bowman, Geoff Besso, Jim Callahan, Roger Cline, Lou Dirker, Sara Drew, , Annie Hanson, Mike Jabbor, Carrie Leising, Chad Jones, John Long, Rich Lubinski, Jay Minkin, Karen Monbeck, Roy Mook, Harry Newman, Bruce Redmon, Lorrie Shaffer, Tim Stephan, Doris Stewart, Jim Stimler and Linda Trevorrow.