Samuel Gillespie is President of Advanced Audiology of Greater Omaha located at Lakeside.
Dr. Sam Gillespie grew up an hour southeast of Omaha in Red Oak, IA, and was introduced to the audiology profession in high school during an entrepreneurship class. He was able to work with an audiologist in the area who showed Dr. Gillespie the importance of hearing healthcare. Both of Dr. Gillespie’s grandfathers suffered from hearing loss and he saw firsthand the impact this had on family interactions and their overall quality of life. While attending the University of Iowa, Dr. Gillespie took classes in Speech and Hearing Sciences to prepare for an eventual Doctor of Audiology degree from the University of Kansas Medical Center.
After graduating, Dr. Gillespie joined Associated Audiologists, Inc. in their Prairie Village, KS location and went on to manage the Manhattan, KS clinic. Working with a team of skilled audiologists, he was able to learn and grow as a clinician specializing in treating hearing loss and tinnitus.
As an audiologist, Dr. Gillespie is held to the highest standards in the industry to treat patients and provide solutions for their hearing health care. This profession allows him to significantly impact the quality of life of his patients and families.
Rotarians......Our Rotary finances need to be discussed in the coming weeks. In reviewing the data that Rita compiled, our breakfast costs vastly exceed our breakfast income. In a recent twelve month period, our meal costs totaled $6,182.45 while our meal receipts were only $4,357.00; for a loss of $1,825.45. That is more than a scholarship! What do we want to do?
Also, do we need both regular and decaf coffee? Again, a discussion topic.
Thomas J. Anderson has been an Iowa and Nebraska attorney since 1980. His areas of practice include real estate, probate and business law. With lots of trial experience, public speaking for Mr. Anderson is common, and he will present a topic that affects families everywhere. Now sixty-two years old, the sixth of nine siblings, and grandfather of six youngsters, in 2013 Mr. Anderson was met with the challenge of his lifetime, cancer. He never missed work and did well through the process. Without a miracle cure, but with inspiration and guiding principles, he will share how Hodgkin’s lymphoma was beaten. The more we know about how to survive, the more we can help our loved ones know what to expect and the more we can understand what they are going through.
Here is the P & L put together for the year ended June 30, 2017. If you like the format or have suggestions for change, I’ve started again for this year.
Notice on the one of the tabs, the anatomy of a $200 due. It didn’t realize so little actually stayed in the club. We lost about a $1000 is cash over the previous fiscal year; mostly due to the HyVee costs. Rex has lowered the breakfast count to 12, which should help this year.
There were 20 members in attendance on this cold day. We welcomed no guests other than our speaker.
We were led in prayer and pledge by Judy Ackland
Treasure Rita reported $3,449.01. Our semi-annual dues of approximately $1,335 will be paid in the next several days, however there are no other anticipated expenditures in the near future.
Jim was noticeably absent (hope he is feeling better), but the Lunch Bunch meeting is on for next Wednesday at noon at Shevy’s (I recommend the Hartman Burger)
The Club’s Post Christmas Party is scheduled for Sunday evening, January 21st at Farmer Brown’s in Waterloo. The social hour will begin at 5:30 with dinner to follow at 6:30. Dinner will be $25 per person. (I recommend the steak). If you are planning to attend, please bring payment to a meeting before the party. There will be a White Elephant gift exchange but please do not take this literally as my predecessor seems to have.
Speaking of Ron, he nominated himself as the Club’s Administrative Assistant and ran unopposed. This will allow him to be privy to all of the necessary websites and communications to help keep the WDC Club running like a well-oiled machine. The club voted to approve his appointment and we are grateful for his dedication to the organization.
President Mike shared more of his knowledge by letting us know that the first New Year’s Eve “ball drop” occurred in 1908.
Neil introduced the morning’s speaker, Pat Hines who has been a leader of a Girl Scout Troop for many years.
Pat shared her recent experience of taking 6 scouts, ages 12-17, to Japan.They visited Omaha’s Japanese sister city, Shizouka, as well as Tokyo and Hiroshima.A few of the girl’s scaled Mt. Fuji but, according to Ms. Hines, do not necessarily recommend it.
The girls do recommend karaoke bars and participating in the “dress like a Geisha” rituals.(I recommend karaoke).They also enjoyed visiting a tea farm and learning about those harvesting methods.
During the Q & A, we learned that Girl Scouts are not going to plan to allow boys to join, unlike their BSA peers.We also learned that Girl Scout cookies will be going on sale in early February (I recommend the thin mints)
Dave Rosacker had the winning ticket (claimed for him by Judy who is far too honest). But alas, the orange ball remained unscathed.
There were 20 members in attendance on this cold day. We welcomed no guests other than our speaker.
We were led in prayer and pledge by Judy Ackland
Treasure Rita reported $3,449.01. Our semi-annual dues of approximately $1,335 will be paid in the next several days, however there are no other anticipated expenditures in the near future.
Jim was noticeably absent (hope he is feeling better), but the Lunch Bunch meeting is on for next Wednesday at noon at Shevy’s (I recommend the Hartman Burger)
The Club’s Post Christmas Party is scheduled for Sunday evening, January 21st at Farmer Brown’s in Waterloo. The social hour will begin at 5:30 with dinner to follow at 6:30. Dinner will be $25 per person. (I recommend the steak). If you are planning to attend, please bring payment to a meeting before the party. There will be a White Elephant gift exchange but please do not take this literally as my predecessor seems to have.
Speaking of Ron, he nominated himself as the Club’s Administrative Assistant and ran unopposed. This will allow him to be privy to all of the necessary websites and communications to help keep the WDC Club running like a well-oiled machine. The club voted to approve his appointment and we are grateful for his dedication to the organization.
President Mike shared more of his knowledge by letting us know that the first New Year’s Eve “ball drop” occurred in 1908.
Neil introduced the morning’s speaker, Pat Hines who has been a leader of a Girl Scout Troop for many years.
Pat shared her recent experience of taking 6 scouts, ages 12-17, to Japan.They visited Omaha’s Japanese sister city, Shizouka, as well as Tokyo and Hiroshima.A few of the girl’s scaled Mt. Fuji but, according to Ms. Hines, do not necessarily recommend it.
The girls do recommend karaoke bars and participating in the “dress like a Geisha” rituals.(I recommend karaoke).They also enjoyed visiting a tea farm and learning about those harvesting methods.
During the Q & A, we learned that Girl Scouts are not going to plan to allow boys to join, unlike their BSA peers.We also learned that Girl Scout cookies will be going on sale in early February (I recommend the thin mints)
Dave Rosacker had the winning ticket (claimed for him by Judy who is far too honest). But alas, the orange ball remained unscathed.
Happy New Year everyone, I hope you have been feeling better than I have the past couple weeks, that flu junk has been traveling among our entire family and just doesn’t want to go away.
This Wednesday, January 10th will be our first Lunch Bunch meeting in 2018. We will meet at Shevy’s in Elkhorn at noon. I don’t have a speaker scheduled but I would like to have a meaningful conversation about the value of continued Rotary lunches, so please plan to attend an express your thoughts.
Our forthcoming holiday party will be at Farmer Brown's in Waterloo on Sunday evening, January 21st. The white elephant gift rule applies and what an excellent opportunity to "regift" recent holiday presents!
