The Squeaking Wheel
Rotary District 6200
The Governor’s
Newsletter
Volume 2004/05, Issue 11
Pam Daniels, DG
May 2005
The
Squeaking Wheel, The District Governor’s Newsletter,
is a monthly publication of Rotary International, District 6200, edited by the District
Secretary, Drake Stansbury & General Secretary
Janice Bradshaw
Table of Contents
•
Governor Pam’s
Message
•
Calendar/
Upcoming Events & Reminders
•
Message from
President Glenn E. Estess Sr.
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Rotary is Now
in 167 Countries
•
“Spinning in the
District”
–
District
Governor for 2007-2008
–
Ambassadorial
Scholars Chosen March 26th
–
RYLA ~
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Traveling with
Heather to
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Council on
Legislation
•
2005 RI
Convention On-Site Registration
•
The Story
behind “Rotary Ann’s”
•
Medicine ~ A
Vaccine’s Gift (Polio)
•
Group Study
Exchange Thank You!
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Attendance
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District Foundation Goals
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Oil Drops
Governor Pam
Daniels’ Message
Dear Fellow Rotarians:
This Centennial year will be as all other Rotary years
before it, although more memorable because of the 100th Anniversary. We will be
making history, accomplishing our goals and continuing “Service above Self”.
We have a grand opportunity this Centennial year to
increase the number of Paul Harris Fellows. Tons come through the generous offer
of PDG Lou Capozzoli to help each member finance his/hers Paul Harris
Fellow. This is how it works. Whatever amount of money you donate now, will be
matched by the Capozzoli Foundation. For example, if you had $500.00 in your Paul
Harris account, you could put up $250.00 and have it matched with $250.00 from
Lou. If you had nothing, you could put up $500.00 and that will be matched by
Lou. We need to take advantage of this
most generous offer. Clubs can use this to give a Paul Harris Fellow to deserving
community members. If you have any questions, contact District Foundation
Chairman PDG Frank Bradshaw or District Secretary Janice Bradshaw.
RYLA (Rotary Youth Leadership Award) camp is rapidly
approaching and will be held at
Governor’s Message (Cont’d)
will last a lifetime. They also show the knowledge of Rotary’s
fundamentals of service and fellowship. Volunteer Rotarians participate as camp
directors, counselors, speakers & role models as well as area Rotary clubs
come and prepare the noon & dinner meals. This enables Rotarians the
opportunity to interact with the campers and enjoy the fellowship. Everyone is
welcome to our camp at beautiful
The opportunity of a lifetime is approaching. The Centennial Celebration of Rotary in
Calendar of Events 
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May 5 – Monthly
Attendance Report due to district office
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May 14 – District
Assembly at Hotel Acadiana in
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President Glenn’s Message
As you open this issue of The Rotarian, final
preparations for the 2005 RI Convention in
The RI centennial convention will be the greatest
celebration in Rotary’s history. We
already anticipate the largest attendance of any North American RI convention,
and have planned several events new even for seasoned convention goers –
including a centennial parade through downtown
Of course, there will also be the inspiring presentations, exciting outings, and unmatched opportunities for fellowship you will always find at an RI convention. This annual meeting is always the best way to met Rotarians from around the world, and many lasting friendships and club partnerships have had their beginning at these wonderful events.
Rotary crosses geographic and cultural barriers like no other organization, and the convention is a living demonstration of how international Rotary really is. As Host Organization Committee Chair Richard Galitz notes, “A Rotarian doesn’t understand the true meaning of the ‘International’ on their Rotary pin until they attend an RI convention.”
Your Rotary pin is a passport to a kind of travel that most people will never now – one that values people over places, homes over skylines. Through Rotary, you can voyage around the world just by visiting one convention – through the House of Friendship, the booths and exhibits, and simply the opportunity to chat with Rotarians from dozens of countries you might never have thought to visit. At the convention, they will come to you.
We are truly privileged to be a part of Rotary in this
landmark year. I look forward to seeing
each of you as we Celebrate Rotary with service, fellowship, and
good friends in
With charter of
By Vukoni Lupa-Lasaga
Rotary International News
Ambassadorial Scholars Chosen March 26th
District 6200 selected the following Ambassadorial Scholars who will study abroad in 2006-2007:
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Allison Cecilia Augusta Adams will receive the
Laura Capozzoli ‘French’ Ambassadorial
Scholarship. Allison is from
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Mary Erica Zimmer is from
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Meredith Baker Barousse
will receive the Lou Capozzoli ‘
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Ruth Eden Yemane is
from
Spinning
in the District
District Governor for 2007-08
Governor
Pam has announced that Charles L. Spencer, Rotary Club of
Congratulations
are in order to the other Rotarian who interviewed. Our District is incredibly fortunate to have
knowledgeable, dedicated Rotarians of such high caliber who spire to be
District Governor. Either one of the
candidates who interviewed would make outstanding Governors. The District is grateful for their willingness
to serve.
In
accordance with Rotary
International By-Laws, Article XIII, Sections 13.020.7, the Rotary Clubs of
District 6200 are notified that they have until
RYLA
~
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Governor Pam is in need of Counselors for
• Please poll your clubs and respond favorably to either Governor Pam (wpdaniels@cox-internet.com), Mimi Brooks, RYLA Co-Chair (lilreaux@teche.net) or AG Richard Louviere and RYLA Co-Chair (rjlouv@bellsouth.net).
• Your help is needed! Here’s thanking you in advance for a favorable response to our plea for Camp RYLA Counselors. Thanks!
Traveling with Heather to
Sulphur resident and Southwest
Daily News Editor Heather Regan is one of four young professionals in Rotary
District 6200 to be selected to travel to
Regan will be responsible for making presentations about
Regan will be sending back information about her journey. Below is another article from the traveler.
Hello
I have been having some difficulty in communicating, as
many of the words in Spanish are the same but for one letter.
I’m forgetting a lot of Spanish today because our host wants
to practice his English and the tour we were on was given in English.
I told someone I was married instead of tired and, in
using another word for tired, insisted I was very lucky.
Our final meal in Coyhaique
last night was salmon prepared three different ways. The first was a raw preparation with lemon
juice, garlic and corn. The next course ws salmon cooked with panseda (a
type of bacon) and butter and cooked in a wood stove. The third was cooked in a normal oven with
oil.
Traveling with Heather to
It has become apparent that I now need a second job to support my newfound love for this fish.
Today we visited the Pesca Nova, a business that
implements all aspects of the salmon industry.
Chilean fare is a good deal healthier than what I’m accustomed to as it
consists mostly of fresh fish, vegetables and fruit. The desserts are delicious but healthy as
well. Many of the cakes are layered with
fruit and don’t contain much sugar.
After a lovely lunch of more salmon, we were taken to Parque
Aiken del Sur, a private
park in
Near the end of the trek was a waterfall that tosses about 840 liters of water
down the mountain per second. It is
almost impossible to describe the beauty of this country.
Tomorrow we travel back to the airport fin Balmaceda
to catch a flight to Puerto Montt where we will stay
four days.
More
later, Heather
Council on Legislation
The 2007 Council on Legislation is tentatively scheduled
for
District 6200s representative will be PDG Billy Foster
with PDG Lance Linscombe as alternate. They were chosen at the District Conference
in
Individual Rotarians can learn about the issues and express your opinions by going to the RI website (www.rotary.org) in the future, closer to when the event will be held.
2005 RI Convention On-site Registration
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It's not too late to join the Rotary
Centennial Celebration at the RI International Convention in
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ROTARY'S Past and Present: Celebrate Rotary's
accomplishments and ideal of service in fellowship with Rotarians around the
world.
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ROTARY'S Future: 100 years from now Rotarians will know about
your projects and dreams for the future by reading the letter you have placed
in the Rotary time capsule.
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Now it is easier than ever to register and
reserve housing with:
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A Streamlined On-site Registration Process: just
fill out the enclosed On-site Registration Form and bring it with you to one of
the 30 on-site registration stations in and around Room S-102 at
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Þ Thursday,
16 June: 1500-1900 hours
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Þ Friday,
17 June: 0800-1800 hours
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Þ Saturday,
18 June: 0800-2000 hours
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Þ Sunday,
19 June: 0800-2000 hours
2005 RI Convention (Continued)
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Þ Monday,
20 June: 0800-1800 hours
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Þ Tuesday,
21 June: 0800-1800 hours
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Þ Wednesday,
22 June: 0800-1300 hours
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Accepted forms of payment are VISA,
MasterCard, JCB and American Express,
credit cards, U.S. dollar travelers' checks and U.S. dollar
cash only.
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Abundant Housing at Standard Rates in Downtown Chicago:
rooms are available for all attendees at all downtown properties in Rotary's
Chicago Convention block, including the Hyatt Regency Chicago, the Official
Participant hotel, and the Hyatt Regency McCormick Place. Make your
reservations no later than
• Reserve online: http://www2.expoedge.com/chicago/0506rotord/11.asp?group=Null&FName=&LName=&Title=&Comp=&Addr1=&Addr2=&City=&State=&Zip=&Cntry=&Phone=&Fax=&Email=&PaxID1=&PaxID2=
• Download a form: http://www.rotary.org/centennial/resources/conv05.html
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One Stop
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• Telephone 1-847-282-2529 Fax 1-847-940-2386
• E-mail rotaryinternational@itsmeetings.com
• Convenient Transportation: All hotels in the RI Hotel block will be serviced by a shuttle bus system. The registration fee helps pay for this cost. Wearing your Rotary centennial convention badge is your ticket to ride the shuttle bus system throughout the convention.
2005 RI Convention (Continued)
• Don't forget to:
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Reserve a place on the exciting HOC tours: register
online for your choice of tours of
• Place your club's centennial letter in the Rotary time capsule and be a part of history!
• Download a sample letter: http://www.rotary.org/centennial/resources/conv05.html and have your photo taken in front of the Rotary time capsule.
• For a preliminary program of the convention:
http://www.rotary.org/newsroom/downloadcenter/pdfs/c05_preliminary_program.
The Story behind “Rotary Anns”
Wives of Rotarians around the world originally were –
and sometimes still are – called “Rotary Anns,” as
in, “Meet my Rotary Ann, Christine.”
With the spread of feminism and an increasingly negative attitude
against the all-male movement, some considered “Rotary Ann” a demeaning term. But it had an interesting genesis and when
coined with a term of endearment.
In 1914,
MEDICINE ~ A Vaccine’s Gift 
Fifty years after Jonas
Salk’s discovery rescued a polio-threatened nation, a movement is on to
celebrate its legacy of success. Below
is an article that appeared in the health section of the Los Angeles Times on
the 50th Anniversary of the Salk vaccine and the opening of the Smithsonian
exhibit “Whatever Happened to Polio?”.
The article includes several mentions of Rotary International.
In the midst of the Great
Depression, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, a survivor of polio, sparked one
of the greatest biomedical breakthroughs of the century. He did it by starting a fundraising campaign.
His efforts drew ridicule
from those who said the nation could never defeat polio when citizens could
barely feed their families. But
everyone,
It was April 12, 1955, a
decade after FDR’s death, when the nation erupted in celebration. Dr. Jonas Salk’s polio vaccine had been
declared safe and effective.
The Salk vaccine, now being
celebrated on its 50th anniversary, marked the beginning of the end for
poliomyelitis in the
Now, in a nation where many
children aren’t even aware that polio existed, the anniversary of the vaccine
is bringing about a renewed effort to tell the historic tale of success.
Celebrations were underway
last week at places including the
Recently released books,
including “Polio: An American Story,”
by David M. Oshinsky, describe how polio changed the
social and medical landscape of the country.
Others, such as “Living With Polio:
The Epidemic and Its Survivors,” by Daniel J. Wilson, focus on more personal stories.
The polio vaccine is also the
focal point of an exhibit that opened Tuesday at the Smithsonian Institution’s
National Museum of American History in
“It was a great national victory, and a wonderful example of
the will and determination of everyday people to fight back and overcome
terrible adversity,” said Dr. Jennifer L. Howse,
president of the March of Dimes, which is sponsoring the Smithsonian exhibit
with the Salk Institute and Rotary International.
Smithsonian curators katherine Ott and G. Terry Sharrer are using iinteractive
displays to interest younger visitors. A
science station allows visitors to create a model of the polio RNA sequence and
visitors can experience a tank respirator – otherwise known as an “iron lung” –
in which many polio victims were confined.
MEDICINE ~ Polio Article (Cont’d)
Some of the artifacts on display include FDR’s leg braces
and a wheelchair used by Ed Roberts, a
“With hindsight, we see all the places where polio had an impact,” Ott said. Many aspects of the universal design movement, such as level subway platforms and lowered water fountains, accommodated the physical limitations of polio survivors.
Rita Bourgois, who contracted the disease in 1954, applauded the effort to bring its story back to life. She and her brother, who also had polio, were told by doctors that they were the only polio patients to walk out of their treatment hospital that year.
“As a child, we didn’t know what was going on,” she said. “We knew we had polio, but we didn’t know how serious it was, or all the fear it created.”
The effort to eradicate polio globally is still underway. Polio was present in more than 125 countries in 1988; by 2004, only 11 countries reported the disease.
“We knew in 1985 that the virus didn’t represent a great
threat against
The polio virus requires a living host, and poses the
biggest challenge in densely populated countries with many children, such as
Immunizing Muslim communities has proven difficult, said
Anil Garg, a Rotarian who has traveled to
Rotary has pledged that it will stick with the campaign until the disease is documented as being eradicated, which requires three years free of outbreaks.
“Anything worthwhile goes through these sort of things,”
Sergeant said of the setback in
By Sara K. Clarke, Times Staff
Writer
Group Study Exchange Thank You 
Dear Friends in Rotary:
After a long and
exciting journey, we've had a good return home, where we had many things to be
done. But as soon as I had some time on my hands, I wanted to write to you to
thank you, one more time, for all the fine attentions you offered us during our
stay in your homes and Rotary clubs. It was a great experience to know parts of
Eduardo Sepulveda F., Team Leader
GSE 2005 ~ District 4350-Chile
Rotary District 6200 Attendance for April
2005
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Club |
Members as of |
Current Members |
% Attendance |
Rank |
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GROUP I |
Membership |
To 25 Members |
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Baker BR Capital City Denham Springs DeQuincy False River/New Roads Golden Meadow Grand Isle Kaplan Mamou North Ascension |
18 15 21 17 14 17 13 19 21 12 13 23 22 18 20 21 |
22 12 17 18 14 22 12 21 20 11 12 24 28 15 23 21 |
76.00 72.90 67.00 81.95 89.58 81.25 90.00 62.00 75.00 56.00 90. 70 84.44 100.00 |
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GROUP II |
Membership |
26 to 50 Members |
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Beauregard DeRidder Donaldsonville East Ascension Kinder Oakdale Patterson Plaquemine Port Allen St. Martinville Ville Platte Welsh Zachary |
29 30 28 47 46 37 27 47 41 37 46 28 28 49 29 32 49 35 44 |
33 33 28 42 45 30 28 53 41 31 48 29 27 49 24 33 53 34 41 |
94.75 68.00 66.00 72.45 89.29 80.66 71.00 78.87 70.00 58.00 88.65 69.50 71.50 88.00 84.88 |
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Club |
Members as of |
Current Members |
% Attendance |
Rank |
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GROUP III |
Membership |
51 to 75 Members |
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Abbeville Eunice Gonzales Greater St. Francisville |
55 70 69 59 54 57 71 69 58 56 71 |
52 64 65 64 53 69 76 69 63 50 71 |
63.87 80.00 45.64 88.73 77.94 83.67 69.00 87.98 58.43 71.84 |
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GROUP IV |
Membership |
76 and over Members |
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514 133 155 99 |
503 125 154 95 |
62.13 71.00 66.43 58.07 |
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District Totals |
2592 |
2567 |
77.07% |
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2004-05 Foundation Goals for Clubs of
District 6200
CLUB GOAL 0405 CLUB GOAL 0405
Abbeville 5,600 2,650
Baker 2,000
Baton Rouge
35,000 28,273
BR –
Baton Rouge Sunrise
12,000 10,075
Beauregard-Vernon Sun1,400 100
Denham Springs 1,700 1,016
DeQuincy 1,300 New Iberia 2,000
DeRidder 2,000 1,650 North Ascension 1,000
Donaldsonville 1,200 850 Oakdale 4,000
East Ascension 3,000
Eunice 2,200
False River/New Roads1,000 Patterson 1,500
Golden Meadow 600 Port Allen 1,500 3,350
Gonzales 4,000 4,350 St. Francisville 5,600 2,190
Grand Isle 400
Greater
Kaplan 1,000 Welsh 2,800
Kinder 3,000 2,700
T O T A L $138,074
