General News                                                                                                                   

Tuesday May 2nd the meeting will be held at Fernando's. The club voted to meet at Fernando's the first Tuesday of each month. 

The annual golf tournament has been scheduled for August 11th.  Please reserve this date and plan to help out.  All members will be asked to form a golf team.  Additional details will be announced at a later date.

Reminder: attendance should be at least 60%, if you can't make a meeting you can do a make-up on the web at the following address:  http://www.rotaryeclub7890.org/makeup.htm

Notes from the April 25th Meeting - Program Chair - Kirk Hutton

Kirk's guest for the day was Dr. Curt Barr who spoke about disasters - natural and manmade.  Curt talked about local disaster preparedness plans.  Curt is part of the local area response team for disasters.  He feels that the current threats do exist in the area for nuclear, biological and chemical events.  The Omaha area can be considered a target area due to SAC, Offutt Air Force Base,  telecommunications and two nuclear power plants.  Additional concerns exist given the predominance of agriculture in the area.  

Curt talked about the governmental response effort that would be deployed in the area if there was an "event."  Curt talked at length about the "push pack" which contains pharmaceutical supplies that could sustain a population of 830,000 for 3 days.  The pack includes I-V's, medications and equipment and could be delivered to the area in 12 hours.  The pack comes from the strategic national stockpile.  Distribution can be made in 12 hours because the push packs are always mobile, either on the road or in the air.  

Curt encouraged all members to prepare at home by stocking up water and food.  The best prevention for all of us is to be prepared for a period of three to seven days at home.

Rotary Question of the Week

Who is the 2006-2007 District 5650 Governor?  Which club is he from?

Rotary Fact of the Week (from  the RI or District Website)

Jim Mastera, Area 5650 District Governor for 2006-2007, has been a member of the Lincoln #14 Rotary Club since 1983.  He served as chair on a variety of committees, a member of the Board of Directors in 1988-90, and as President of the Club in 1994-95.  He is a multiple Paul Harris Fellow, a major donor and a Rotary Foundation Benefactor.  

Active in the banking industry, Jim is a former member of the Nebraska Bankers Association Executive Council and has served on numerous committees of the organization.  Jim holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Business Administration and a Masters of Administrative Arts Management from Doane College.  Jim's wife, Georgianne, is an Associate Dean of Academic Affairs at Nebraska Wesleyan University.  she is also a Paul Harris Fellow.  They have two children and one grandson.

 Thought of the Week

"Educations purpose is to replace an empty mind with an open one."  Malcom S. Forbes

May Birthdays
Ed Jipp - 12th
Jim Peterson - 16th
Ken Rhoades - 22nd
Blake Dillon - 27th
Dan Veskrna - 28th
George Hall - 26th