Club Secretary Alan Vilines Now A Paul Harris Fellow

Club President Alex Downey presented our new Club Secretary Alan Vilines with a Paul Harris Fellowship at our 19 September 2007 meeting. Bob Long held that position for 37 years and we're wishing Alan a long and successful tenure as well.

Skip Wirth Talks About the Benefits of Fitness

Thad Connally has certainly brought in the dynamic speakers this month. Skip gave an impressive talk on the multiple benefits of regular exercise and watching what we eat. He said that if we accumulated an average of walking 30 minutes on five days a week that we could reduce our cardiovascular accident and stroke risk by 50%.

Skip said that Kentucky is #1 in Adult Onset Diabetes incidence. It is estimated that 40% of adults get no exercise at all. In Kentucky it must be even higher.

Lots of Snores During Dr. Zacheck's Presentation

Actually the whole presentation was on snoring. Dr. Zacheck is a local Pulmonary Specialist and talked to us on 12 September 2007 about Obstructive Sleep Apnea. He estimates that between 5 and 9 percent of men have it and about half those percentages for women. I know members of our own club deal with it on a first hand basis. Vickie Elrod spoke about her experience with treating her husband for it. Great job Mike!

On another note the COG listed three prospective new members and solicited comments from the members. The names include former club president Chuck Coates; Greenwood Ford employee Jeff Keyes and Rodney Kirtley in Regional Development.

Understanding the Generations with Ty Bello

Thad Connally invited coaching and business development leader, Tyrone "Ty" Bello to talk to our club today about dealing with Generation X & Y. At the end of his dynamic presentation Ty invited Shaun Ayres to hop on his back. Ty is a baby boomer and had discussed the steps that boomers needed to take in order to work successfully with Shaun's generation (X) and even those younger called generation Y.

Ty lives in Ft. Wayne, Indiana but grew up in Yonkers, NY. His business is called Team@Work LLC.

It was also noted in our meeting that yesterday was Leroy Underwood's 96th birthday. Happy Birthday Leroy!