This document is the weekly bulletin for the Plano Rotary Club. It provides information about upcoming meetings and speakers, including health and wellness topics. It also summarizes the previous meeting, recognizing visitors, new members, and birthdays. The main speaker discussed the Adventure Camp run by the YMCA, which provides outdoor activities for children to encourage healthy living and combat obesity.

1. Fall
Weekly
Reader
Volume 47, Issue 111 November 21, 2013
UPCOMING
MEETINGS
December 5
Dr. Al Johnson
“The Wellness Revolution:
Take your Health into Your
Own Hands to Feel, Think
& Live Better.”
December 11
(Wed @ 7pm)
“Holiday Party @ Haggard
Party Barn and Coat Drive.”
December 12
No Meeting
December 19
“Memorial Elementary
Holiday Program”
December 26
Christmas No Meeting
Hello, Muddah. Hello, Faddah.
N
athan Barbera ascended the podium
with the announcement that this was
week four of “No-shave November.”
What’s the point?
He can’t possibly
catch up with DG
Santa. Oh, I get it;
Best Beard
must be the tiebreaker in the Plano Rotary Fantasy Football League Tournament, that vastly intellectual exercise that
occupies the dozen denizens every fall.
Riiiiight.
President Bell rang up
at 12:15, calling upon LB the Good
to Pray and Mark Geller to
Pledge. Scary Bob had a run for his
money in a volume contest but
won handily. Tino Trujillo was
recognized for Exemplary Greeting,
and then Nathan took the stand.
DECEMBER
BIRTHDAYS
Bryson, Vance
Lowe, James
Simpkins, Earl
Barbera, Nathan
Lewis, Johnny
Wilson, Kenny
Jolly, Jamee
humphrey, Nancy
Roberts, Lori
Cooper, Jim
Hoxie, Sr., Herbert
Morgan, Chuck
Dec 03
Dec 03
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Dec 11
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Dec 27
The Plano Rotary Club
www.PlanoRotary.com
We recognized Matt Shaheen visiting
from Frisco Rotary and then moved on to
guests. These included Eddy Bader (Sara
Akers), Bob King (John Caldwell), Randy
Jackson (Plano East coach brought by Gerald
Brence), and April Spigner (Reedy). Nathan asked Reedy when we were going to
induct April; she’s been coming longer than
some of our new members!
Inside
the
Rotarian Studio found a loquacious victim in
the City Manager
to the Stars (by
several independent
standards), Bruce Glasscock.
Born in
Winchester, VA, the son of a Postal Inspector, Bruce calculated, at first, the Statute of
Limitations, and, deciding that it’d past, answered that he had been “a rambunctious
kid.” He played Lacrosse, among other
sports, at Metropolitan State and U. Colorado before graduating with a degree in
Public Administration. He started in Plano
as Police Chief in 1990.
Since he had the City Manager on the
spot, Nathan inquired casually about the
fiasco at Preston & Legacy and was told that
Bruce had addressed the question only yesterday at another Rotary where he offered to
“put it back the way it was” with all the at-
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2. tendant congestion, if Nathan liked. A Rotarian for 25
years, Bruce’s favorite Rotary Moment was our aborted
Soap Box Derby.
Kirk honored James
Youngblood
and
Patti
Schwartz on the occasions of
their birthdays. He then credited Jo Via with her 22nd Rotary
Anniversary. Clearly, she joined
prenatally.
Scary Bob had danced ‘round
in front of the pair, angling for a
good photo, causing Kirk to
notice and comment upon his
combat boots. Scary Bob didn’t oblige by photographing
them.
The President then remarked that it was the Last
Day to donate funds for our Angel Tree Project. What he
didn’t mention was that Camille is becoming desperate
for volunteers for buying, wrapping, and delivering the
presents. So the usual suspects are called upon to come to
the Club’s aid once more. Actually, if you are one of the
unusual suspects, you might give this simple sweat equity
job a try, or, better yet, condemn your spouse to it! Shopping at WALMART¬ at 7:30 am on Dec. 3 (6001 NCE…too late
as you read this), wrapping at Viewpont Bank at 7 pm on
Dec. 10 (1201 W. 15th), or party at 2:15 pm on Dec. 15th (1301
Dolphin Drive #706) at Plano Children’s Theatre.
The reason Dec. 3rd is too late is THERE WOULD BE
NO ROTARY NEXT WEEK (Thanksgiving)!
LB the Radiant rose to offer Kirk’s
tickets (how generous of him) to that evening’s 5810 event “somewhere down by the
new bridge.” We’ll presumably hear more
about it at a subsequent meeting.
Cary Israel was called upon to
brag about Ceilidh CharlestonJennings, Collin College’s 6th Best
Texas Professor of the Year, besting
Cornell and UC Berkeley.
Making the mistake of leaving time for other brag
moments, Kirk prompted Flash to tell a shaggy dog
story about time itself (just in time for the 50th Anniversary of
Doctor Who, the Time Lord). He postulated Rotarians, insufficiently inebriated at a local drinking hole, who repair
to the domicile of one to continue celebrating they forgot
what. One excuses himself to visit the loo, and returns to
ask about the gong in the bedroom. He’s told it’s a clock,
and to prove it, the owner strikes the gong and is rewarded
with an angry shout from his neighbor saying, “For God’s
sake, Kirk, it’s 2:30 in the morning!”
This earned Flash a $5 fine.
But Howard Shapiro saved the
day, announcing that he and Florence
have become grandparents for the 11th
and 12th time with the birth of twins of
late. Senator Florence could have done
without the count, Counselor.
John Parker, substituting for ashould-have-been-gone Dave McWhorter, introduced Alyssa Womack, the
Associate Marketing Director for the
YMCA Collin County Adventure Camp,
“the best-kept secret” in Texas.
Doing penance for his egregious
pandering to Jordan Pugh’s publicist, Dave had penned his shortest ever
introduction:
She is a graduate of the University of Texas
at Austin, where she studied Public Relations.
She is an alumni (sic) of Camp RYLA (Rotary
Youth Leadership Awards), and her father is a
member of the Gilmer Rotary Club.
Alyssa told us that not only her Dad but also her
Grandpa has been a Rotarian.
She polled the audience on former campers and admitted to being among their number. She said that the Adventure Camp has been in existence since April, but almost no one’s heard of it. It’s near Anna off 121. It has
evolved from a Summer Day Camp started in 2006 with a
mission to bring the smart phone generation out of doors.
Using a bond approved by the County, YMCA’s CCAC
has a dining hall, ZIP lines, and activities for children and
adults ranging from archery through BB guns, to a water
slide and fishing. The camp’s primarily for 5th graders (up
to high school), but it caters (perhaps literally) to all responsible groups, churches through corporate entities. There
they learn team building and environmental awareness,
and there is even a financial assistance program through
the Y. She screened a screaming video until Hubert came
to our audio rescue.

3. Plano Rotary Club
Board of Directors
2013-2014
President
Kirk Bell
President Elect
Three schools worth of 5th graders are currenta Happy Chanukah. Scary Bob noted that Chanu- Earnest Burke
ly at camp, many of whom are “camping” for the 1st
kah falling on Thanksgiving won’t happen again Secretary
time (or rather “dorming” for the 1st time). They prowl
until 2070! (Randy W. claims it’ll be 79,811 A.D.)
Karla Oliver
the lake, catching lake fauna for analysis, then reRick reminded us of the free half-hour makeup Treasurer
turn to school, continuing their lessons from the
possible at Christie Elementary that day. Not to
Ben Criste
camp. This effort is supported by the PISD Educabe outdone, Alex Johnson reminded us that
tion Foundation.
Bruce Glasscock would be his wingman at Ander- Past President
The experience requires
son Elementary for another Citizen of the Month Lynn Schwartz
“parent chaperones,” so many
Sergeant at Arms
program.
are encouraged to accompany
Kirk reminded us that during Rick’s admin- Nathan Barbera
their children to act as camp
istration, the market fell to historic lows while dur- Membership Chair
counselors. Adventure Camp is
ing his own administration, it recovered. It Pam Little
owned by Collin County and
couldn’t be his financial acumen, now could it?
Membership Vice Chair
operated by the Y, so it has the
He led us in the Four-Way Test and rang us Jayson Killough
Y’s mission elements:
off at 12:52.
Service Chair
1. Youth Development
Larry Bisno
2. Healthy Living
Service Vice Chair
3. Social Responsibility
Today’s students spend 27
David Bowman
hours per week on TV (and innumerably more on
Public Relationship Chair
smart phones) so 16% are obese. To combat this,
Mary Jo Dean
the Y has raised $16K but given away $100K to get
Public Relationship Vice Chair
students moving in fresh air!
Camille Ussery
Alyssa thanked Rotary “for what you do for
Club Admin Chair
your community,” and accepted questions.
David McWhorter
Rick Maucieri asked about acreage and terClub Admin Vice Chair
rain and was told that Adventure Camp occupies
John Parker
over 427 acres of Blackland Prairie including beautiful creeks, lakes, and deciduous trees.
Foundation Chair
In response to a question about costs, Alyssa
Gary Basham
said that the camp experience lasts a week and
Foundation Vice Chair
costs $200. The camp also serves Y guides and
Alan Feigenbaum
princess groups.
New Generation Chair
Kirk thanked Alyssa with our Rotary Clock
Rick Horne
and commented upon Thanksgiving saying, “You
At Large
know you’re full when you have to let out your
Robert Epstein
bathrobe.” And he noted that the meal “takes
Lori Roberts
hours to prepare but only 15 minutes to eat. It is
Susan Shuler
no coincidence that half-time lasts only 15
Bill Wray
minutes.”
Bob Pikna
Our Politically Correct President wished
Kyle Walters
Howard (and, presumably, Cary, Lenny and Scary Bob)
Alex Johnson
Business Secretary
Lynette Pieper
Guests & Visiting Rotarians
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