Wednesday, September 19, 2007

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.

Thursday, September 13, 2007

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.