VOLUME LI | June 30, 2011 | Edition 52

TODAY’S PROGRAM

Our program today is a club assembly.

Club News

- We’re going to the Medical Supplies Network on Saturday, July 9, from 7 a.m. to 11 a.m. It’s located at 11th & Erie.

- Want to make your reservations for the Bellmon Awards on September 8? Talk to John Benjamin. It’s $150 for individual tickets.

A ROTARY MOMENT

Rotary offers a unique opportunity of personal growth, since each member can easily get involved in working at the club level. Such involvement offers growth of leadership quality, public speaking, and tolerance for each other; all this, while you continue to spend your time, energy, and resources towards helping your community and your world. Next week starts a new Rotary year, LET US ALL DO OUR PART!!

THIS DAY IN HISTORY (JUNE 30)

Events:
1950: President Harry Truman authorizes ground and air strikes against North Korea, during the Korean War.
1953: First Chevrolet Corvette is produced. it was the first plastic-laminated fiberglass sports car.
1971: 25th Amendment ratified, lowering the voting age to 18.
1985: Yul Brynner’s 4,625th and last Broadway performance as the King of Siam in The King and I.

Births:
1917: Lena Horne: American singer, actress. She was the first black person to sign a long-term contract with a major Hollywood studio.
1919: Susan Hayward: American Oscar-winning actress. (I Want To Live)
1934: Harry Blackstone Jr.: American magician.
1942: Robert Ballard: American oceanographer: Discoverer of the remains of the Titanic.

Deaths:
1882: Charles J. Guiteau: Hanged for assassination President Garfield.
2001:: Chet Atkins: American guitarist.
2003: Buddy Hackett: American comedian

AND FOR WHAT?

“And for what?” is a great question! If success comes at the expense of family, friends, or character; is it truly success? Temptations come in a variety of ways. Losing one’s soul to materialism is one of the oldest and most familiar strategies. It deceives far too many of us….

A LITTLE HUMOR

Policeman: “Did you get the license number of the car that hit you?”
Lady: “No, but it was a woman in her early thirty’s, wearing a pink blouse, gold earrings, a purple bow in her fake blond hair, and an imitation fur coat.”

A WILL ROGERS QUOTE

“Anything is just as good as the head of it and no better.”

“LETS GO”

To “let go” is not to criticize and regulate anybody, but to try to become what I dream I can be.
To “let go” is not to nag, scold or argue, but instead to search out my own short-comings and correct them.
To “let go” is to not be in the middle, arranging all the outcomes, but to allow others to affect their own destinies.
To “let go” is not to try to change or blame another; it’s to make the most of myself.
To “let go” is not regret the past, but to grow and live for the future.

A PARAPROSDOKIAN

Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit; Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.

TRUTHS FOR MATURE HUMANS

Sometimes I’ll look down at my watch 3 consecutive times and still not know what time it is.

DO YOU AGREE?

An old adage says that if you want to be successful, you must follow your dreams. While I would never suggest that anyone should abandon their dreams, the truth is, your life will follow your expectations. What you expect is what you will get. If you dwell on the positive side, your life will move in that direction; if you think negatively, you will live a negative life. You have to change your thinking before you can ever change your living. IT IS A CHOICE.

THE LIFESTYLE FACTOR

Every so often we’ll see the sentiment on a bumper sticker: “Eat right. Exercise. Die anyway.” Funny, but telling. There’s no question that certain lifestyle choices have been shown to extend healthspan and life span, but then every so often a George Burns will come along and live to a hundred despite years of smoking and throw all the theories to the wind.

Mark Twain said it perfectly at his seventieth birthday celebration in 1905: “I have made it a rule to go to bed when there wasn’t anybody left to sit up with; and I have made it a rule to get up when I had to. In the matter of diet, I have been persistently strict in sticking to the things which didn’t agree with me, until one or the other of us got the best of it. I have made it a rule never to smoke more than one cigar at a time. As for drinking, when the others drink I like to help. I have never taken any exercise, except sleeping and resting, and I never intend to take any. Exercise is loathsome.” (He was 75 when he died.)

ANOTHER ROTARY MOMENT

Everyone says the same thing about Rotary. “I became a Rotarian and my self-esteem went up.” “I joined because I thought I could do something for others, but I’ve received back so much more than I’ve given.” THIS TRULY IS THE STORY OF ROTARY…………………..

A CLOSING THOUGHT

“Increase comes in cans, not cannots.”

VOLUME LI | June 23, 2011 | Edition 51

ROTARIAN OF THE DAY

TODAY’S PROGRAM

Our speaker today is Mark Elam, the founder of Oklahomans Against Trafficking Humans (OATH).

Mr. Elam formed the Coalition O.A.T.H. in July 2008, to help combat the problem of human trafficking. OATH works closely with the Oklahoma Attorney General’s Victims Services Unit to create safe homes for victims and has partnered with over 200 federal, state and local organizations to service victims of trafficking found here in Oklahoma.

Additionally, Mr. Elam moderates the Central Oklahoma Human Trafficking Task Force as well as the Tulsa Human Trafficking Task Force where they are currently working active cases within our Oklahoma borders.

Mr. Elam was awarded the FBI’s 2010 “Directors Community Leadership” award for his efforts in this issue and conducts awareness 101 presentations and human trafficking training workshops around the state for law enforcement, DHS, OJA, DV shelters, health clinics, social workers, college campuses, schools and churches.

Mark, thank you for speaking with us today.

Club News

We have a potential member to publish!

Robert (Bob) Montgomery
Classification – Manufacturing
Sponsor – Tim Douglas

- Don’t forget, tonight is the Southside Rotorama Family Fun Night at Sheridan Lanes. Check-in is 6 p.m., bowling begins at 6:30 p.m.

A ROTARY MOMENT

As a member of Rotary, I am provided the opportunity to join an international membership whose purpose is to improve world peace and understanding. In our club, the community projects do make a difference. A deep sense of pride grows each day. I am grateful to be a Rotarian…..

THIS DAY IN HISTORY (JUNE 23)

Events:
1683: English Quaker William Penn signs a treaty purchasing land from the Pennsylvania Indians.
1845: Texas: Congress votes for annexation to the U.S.
1860: The U.S. Secret Service is established by Congress.
1865: Civil War: Last formal surrender of Confederate troops.

Births:
1929: June Carter Cash: American Grammy-winning singer. Wife of Johnny Cash.
1939: Bert Convy: American Emmy-winning game show host (TV: Super Password)
1946: Ted Shackelford: American actor (Gary Ewing on TV’s Dallas) A native Tulsan I might add…

Deaths:
1995: Jonas Salk: American physician. Discovered the polio vaccine in 1953.
2006: Aaron Spelling: American TV and film producer. (Charlie’s Angels, The Love Boat, Fantasy Island, Dynasty)

ONE OF THE GREAT CLASSICS

Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol” tells of Ebenezer Scrooge’s transformation. It shows how a man can become so enslaved to making money that it demonizes his relationship with everyone in his world. He falls for one of the oldest scams–confusing money for meaning, and riches for relationships. In his haste to cash in on his financial position, he sold out his very soul. The account of Scrooge describes the wake-up call he received from the nightmare of his life.

Martin Luther said there were two conversions. One is in our relationship with God. The other is in our attitude about money. We love “A Christmas Carol” because Scrooge became a new man. His conversion was evident by the way he treated people, which was best illustrated by his newfound generosity. He understood he was blessed to be a blessing. Scrooges of any era are blessed when they have a glad and generous heart.
– Tom Harrison

A LITTLE HUMOR

A six-year-old girl asked her mother, “Mommy, do all fairytales start with, ‘Once upon a time’?”
The mother answered, “No, some of them start with, ‘Honey, I’ll be working late at the office tonight.’”

A WILL ROGERS QUOTE

“One of the evils of democracy is you have to put up with the man you elected whether you want him or not, that’s why we call it democracy.”

ANOTHER ROTARY MOMENT

By being a member of Rotary, you can enjoy the pleasure of enriching the world.

DID YOU KNOW?

The first Rotary club banner to orbit the moon was carried by astronaut club member Frank Borman on the Apollo 8 flight in 1968. He was a member of the Houston Space Center Rotary Club.

EAT YOUR COLORS!

Scientific studies have confirmed that people who eat more fruit and vegetables, particularly the more deeply colored varieties, have less heart disease, cancer, diabetes, osteoporosis, and age-related neurological decline. Apparently, the secret is in the colors.

A PARAPROSDOKIAN

Dolphins are so smart that within a few weeks of captivity, they can train people to stand on the very edge of the pool and throw them fish.

TRUTHS FOR MATURE HUMANS

Even under ideal conditions, people have trouble locating their car keys in a pocket, finding their cell phone, and Pinning the Tail on the Donkey – but I’d bet everyone can find and push the snooze button from 3 feet away, in about 1.7 seconds, eyes closed, first time, every time!

ABRAHAM LINCOLN

Was said to be quite a joker. Lawyer Lincoln, so they say, was walking along a dusty road. Along came a farmer driving his wagon to town.
LINCOLN: Would you be good enough to take my overcoat to town for me?
FARMER: Glad to. But how will you get it back again?
LINCOLN: No trouble at all. I’m going to stay right inside it!

A CLOSING THOUGHT

“Children pay more attention to what you do than what you say.”

VOLUME LI | June 16, 2011 | Edition 50

Rotarian of the Day

It’s a surprise!

Today’s Program

It’s a surprise!

A ROTARY MOMENT

Rotary makes the phrase, The Human Family, real. It is an organization that looks past race, religion, and creed and makes us all a part of the universal human family.

THIS DAY IN HISTORY (JUNE 16)

Events:
1858: Abraham Lincoln states “A house divided against itself cannot stand. I believe this government cannot endure permanently half-slave and half-free”.
1893: Cracker Jack: R. W. Rueckhelm invents the popular confection. It was introduced to the public at the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair.
1897: Hawaii: The U.S. signs a treaty annexing the island territory. It was officially annexed the following year.
1903: Ford Motor Company is founded.
1903: Pepsi: The Pepsi-Cola trademark is registered with the U.S. Patent Office. The name is derived from its contents, pepsin and kola nuts.

Births:
1890: Stan Laurel: British-born American comedian, actor. He made over 200 films with his partner Oliver Hardy.
1907: Jack Albertson: American Oscar-Tony-Emmy-winning actor (Remember Chico and the Man on TV?)
1943: Joan Van Ark: American actress. (Remember Valene Ewing on Dallas?)

Deaths:
1878: Crawford Williamson Long: American physician, first to use anesthesia for surgery, he used diethyl ether during the removal of a neck tumor (1842)
1959: George Reeves: American actor (TV: Superman)

THAT LITTLE ROTARY PIN…

Do you wear yours?

DID YOU KNOW?

International Service has been a focus of Rotary since the early 1920s.

ROTARY CODE OF ETHICS

Was adopted by dozens of trade associations across the United States and in many other countries. That’s what we call Vocational Service. Rotarians act as ethical lighthouses, bright beams of integrity that are seen throughout their community and around the world.

A PARAPROSDOKIAN

To be sure of hitting the target, shoot first and call whatever you hit the target.

THE “3 ‘C’S”

It’s been said that there are three things employers look for in prospective employees, competency, chemistry, and character. Employers need competent people to work for them, and they need people who work well with others. But most importantly, employers want people who can be trusted. Of the three traits, character is the essential building block. People can be taught skills in the workplace. They can also be coached on how to get along with others. But if they do not practice strong values then everything else is liable to collapse. Having honest, loyal, fair, and kind employees reaps enormous dividends for all involved.

What is true at work is also true for marriages, families and for all relationships. While achievement and accomplishment are important, integrity always wins in the long run. There is simply no shortcut to lasting success.
– Tom Harrison

A LITTLE HUMOR

The reason for drive-in banks is so the cars can meet their real owners.

A WILL ROGERS QUOTE

“Only one way you can beat a lawyer in a death case. That is to die with nothing”

ANOTHER ROTARY MOMENT

Joining Rotary has added a whole new dimension to my life. We are all extremely busy with our families and businesses and have no time for helping others and meeting new friends. Rotary has changed all that for me. By spending a few hours in service to our club I have enhanced my circle of friends all over the place. Rotary has also raised my self-worth by allowing me to contribute to others in need both locally and internationally. I truly feel that my presence on this earth can make a small difference in the happiness of others.

VOLUME LI | June 9, 2011 | Edition 49

ROTARIAN OF THE DAY

Our Rotarian of the Day today is Robert L. Triplett, Jr. He graduated from the University of Tulsa School of Business in 1970.

Robert is President of Triplett Aerospace, Inc., a firm that supplies warehousing and logistic services for aircraft landing gear components to numerous commercial air carriers and the U. S. Armed Forces. Triplett Aerospace was formed 43 years ago and currently operates offices in Tulsa and Houston. Robert is also a pilot, currently holding an Airline Transport Pilot Rating.

In addition to aerospace-related businesses, Robert is a Certified Property Manager as well as a licensed real estate broker in five states (Oklahoma, Colorado, Georgia, Montana and Texas), and he operates, as President, Triplett Associates Inc., a real estate development, property management, and property tax consulting firm. His endeavors in this arena earned him the Award of Excellence for one of the most outstanding historical renovation projects in the nation from the U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development in 1981.

Robert has been involved in aerospace activities for over 45 years. He was appointed in January 1989 as the District 1 Commissioner of the Oklahoma Aeronautics Commission (OAC) by Governor Bellmon, and re-appointed by Governors Walters, and Keating.

For 12 years, Robert undertook a wide range of responsibilities to improve and enhance the state’s aviation infrastructure as well as promote the study of science and aeronautics education in the State of Oklahoma. Robert worked as Chairman of the Oklahoma Aeronautics Commission to help pass state legislation that created the Oklahoma Space Industry Development Authority, an entity created to oversee, encourage, and attract commercial aerospace development in the State of Oklahoma. Governor Keating appointed Robert to be the first Chairman of the Space Authority. Robert also served as chairman under Governor Brad Henry.

In 1991, Robert became one of the founding corporate directors of the Aerospace States Association (ASA) a national aerospace consortium of 40 states. Within the ASA, Robert served as the organization’s Treasurer for 5 years and has been a member of the Executive Committee and past Chairman of the Aeronautics Committee.

Robert attends Redeemer Covenant Church and is a past chair of the Church’s Leadership Team. He is married to his wife Sabrina. He has four children and seven grandchildren.

TODAY’S PROGRAM

It’s a surprise!

Club News

- On June 23, we’re having our Southside Rotaroma Family Fun Night at Sheridan Lanes. 6 p.m. check in; bowling begins at 6:30 p.m. $27 per person, which includes bowling, shoe and ball rental, pizza, soft drinks, prize fund. Cash bar is available. Please sign up and give your money to Brett or Jan (Precious).

A ROTARY MOMENT

As the world’s first service club, Rotary has reached out to serve:
1) The local community, as a way of giving back to the neighborhoods that patronized their businesses.
2) Internationally, with programs that encouraged peace and the relief of suffering.
3) Through their Vocations, with Rotarians taking the leading role in creating a Code of Business Tthics which thousands of businesses adopted.
4) Children, whom Rotarians taught job skills, and provided countless opportunities for those with disabilities.

THIS DAY IN HISTORY (JUNE 9)

Events:
1898: Hong Kong: China leases the land to Great Britain for 99 years.
1934: Donald Duck: The cartoon character makes his film debut with the release of The Wise Little Hen.
1943: Income Tax Withholding law is signed by President Roosevelt, requiring employeers to collect taxes from their employees as they are paid.

Births:
1892: Cole Porter: American composer
1910: Bob Cummings: American Emmy-winning actor
1916: Robert S. McNamara: American banker and former Secretary of Defense.
1961: Michael J. Fox: canadian-born Emmy-winning actor.
1963: Johnny Depp: American actor

Deaths:
1870: Charles Dickens: English author (Remember “A Christmas Carol”?)
1911: Carry Nation: American prohibitionist, known for attacking saloons with a hatchet.
1981: Allen Ludden: American game show hos. TV: Password

INTERESTING EXPRESSIONS

Here are some interesting expressions.
“She’s as busy as an octopus with an itch.”
“He’s as dumb as a bucket of rocks.”
“He’s got one foot in the grave and another on a banana peel.”
“She’s so narrow-minded she can look through a keyhole with both eyes.”
“He’s as happy as a hog in a fresh trough of slop!”
“He’s as nervous as a cat in a roomful of rocking chairs.”
“He was so ugly that we had to tie a pork chop around his neck to get the dog to play with him.”
“He was born so long ago that the crust of the earth was still cooling!”
“It is so potent it will knock the curl out of a pig’s tail.”
“She is so quick she can turn on a dime and give you nine cents change.”
“There isn’t enough material in her bathing suit to dust a fiddle with.”
There are fascinating ways we can say it. I hope we will learn how to express ourselves so that we will build folks up and strengthen them, not rain on their parade.
— Tom Harrison

A LITTLE HUMOR

1st Lady: “Did you wake up grumpy this morning?”

2nd Lady” “No, I let him sleep.”

A WILL ROGERS QUOTE

“Outside of traffic, there is nothing that has held this country back as much as committees.”

DID YOU KNOW?

That 56% of the people in Cameroun are without access to safe drinking water.

TRUTHS FOR MATURE HUMANS

I think the freezer deserves a light as well.

A PARAPROSDOKIAN

I used to be indecisive. Now I’m not sure.

WHAT DO YOU THINK?

Born Karol Jozef Wojtyla in Poland, Pope John Paul II (1920-2005) was elected leader of the Roman Catholic Church in 1978, the first non-Italian pontiff in more than 400 years. In 1951, the Vatican banned priests from joining Rotary because of a suspected connection with Freemasonry, but in 1979 the pontiff granted an audience with Rotarian leaders in Rome for the R.I. Convention. (The thaw had begun under Pope Paul VI.) In August of that year, his comments to the Rotarians were translated for the Rotarian (The Magazine).

SOME THINGS TO CONSIDER DOING, INSTEAD OF WORRYING

Important. Every night before bed, think of one thing you are grateful for that that you’ve never been grateful for before.

DID YOU KNOW?

There are 110 million land mines buried around the world. Watch your step.

THE ROTARY INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION

The Rotary International Convention just concluded in New Orleans, Louisiana. Tentative Convention sites for the future are:
2012: Bangkok, Thailand
2013: Lisbon, Portugal
2014: Sydney, Australia
2015: Sao Paulo, Brazil
2016: Seoul, Korea

A CLOSING ROTARY THOUGHT

Polio has been totally eradicated from the Western Pacific, from most of Europe, from China, the entire Western Hemisphere, and Rotary’s gift to the world is our pledge to have eradicated the scourge of polio from the fact of the earth. No individual, no government, not even the United Nations could accomplish such a miraculous achievement, but a group of motivated individuals united in Rotary’s ideal of service will.

VOLUME LI | June 2, 2011 | Edition 48

Rotarian of the Day

Our Rotarian of the Day today is a surprise!

Today’s Program

Our speaker today is a surprise!

A ROTARY MOMENT
Rotary membership has broadened my life personally, socially, professionally, vocationally, and educationally.

Personally, I have met hundreds of people, many of whom I now call my friends.

Socially, Rotary has given me access to a wide range of social experiences with a sense of belonging to a special group of people who contribute to others both locally and internationally.

Professionally, Rotary has allowed me to grow in my professional skills while sharing my expertise with others.

Vocationally, Rotary has connected me to a wide range of vocations broadening my understanding of business and community.

Educationally, I have been exposed to professional development on a weekly basis through contact with fellow Rotarians, guest speakers, specific projects and community involvement. I am proud to be a Rotarian.

I will be forever grateful to my proposer, Bill Crews, and I look forward to the future as a Rotarian.

THIS DAY IN HISTORY (JUNE 2)

Events:
1783: Slavery: New Hampshire constitution goes into effect. It prohibited slavery.
1886: President Grover Cleveland marries Miss Frances Folsom in the White House.
1899: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid: The notorous outlaws commit their first train robbery, netting them $30,000.00.

Births:
1904: Johnny Weismuller: American swimmer and actor. He is famous for his portrayel of Tarzan.
1929: Chuck Barris: American TV producer: (Remember The Gong Show)
1948: Jerry Mathers: American child actor (TV: Leave It To Beaver)

Deaths:
1941: Henry Louis Gehrig: American Baseball Hall of Famer. He died of the disease which now bears his name, Lou Gehrig’s Disease.
1990: Rex Harrison: British-Tony-Oscar-winning actor (Remember “MY Fair Lady”?)
2001: Imogene Coca: American actress, comedienne

WHO MOVED MY CHEESE?
In the clever little book, Who Moved My Cheese? Cheese is mysteriously provided for two mice, and two little people named “Hem” and “Haw.” They enter a maze every day and find it in the same, exact place. But one day, the cheese is not there. They’d noticed that the supply had been diminishing, and weren’t totally surprised. But, Hem and Haw were dumbfounded. They became paralyzed by fear, anxiety, and even anger instead of seeking new cheese, they became depressed. Finally, Haw overcame his fear, went out, and eventually found a bigger and better stockpile of cheese than ever before.

“Cheese” symbolizes anything that brings us happiness. It may be entertainment, friendships, food, health, or work. A fundamental reality of life it that cheese always moves. Contentment in life means we have to be flexible and continually make adjustments. Otherwise our fear of the future and of the unknown will trap us for life.
–Tom Harrison

A LITTLE HUMOR
Old doctor: “Your pulse is as steady as a clock.”
Patient: “Doc, you’ve got your thumb on my wrist watch.”

DID YOU KNOW
On July 20, 1969, Buzz Aldrin (1930-) became the second person to walk on the moon, after fellow Apollo11 astronaut Neil Armstrong. Aldrin, an honorary Rotarian whose father was a member of the Rotary Club of Spring Lake-Brielle, N.J., also planted a Four-Way Test pin on the lunar surface. In June 2008, he took a look beyond the horizon in an interview in the annual photo issue of the Rotarian (The Magazine).

A PARAPROSDOKIAN
The voices in my head may not be real, but they have some good ideas!

TRUTHS FOR MATURE HUMANS
Obituaries would be a lot more interesting if they said how the person died.

SEEN IN NEWSPAPERS
Wanted: Man to take care of cow that does not smoke or drink.

JUNE BIRTHDAYS
The following will have birthdays during the month:
Sean Kouplen
Tom Sawyer
Larry Boyer
Happy Birthday to each of you!

HOW ABOUT THIS
If there is no fun in it, something is wrong with all you are doing.

A WILL ROGERS QUOTE
“If I say something wrong, I can always come clear by saying I thought I was a Senator.”

A CLOSING THOUGHT
Aerodynamically the bumblebee shouldn’t be able to fly, but the bumblebee doesn’t know, so it goes on flying anyway.