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Upcoming Events
Rotary Flash Meeting - Bogey's Shadowbrook
Jun 21, 2018
5:15 PM – 5:30 PM
 
Rotary International Convention
Jun 23, 2018 – Jun 27, 2018
 
Founder's Day Rotary Booth
Tioga St.
Jun 23, 2018
10:00 AM – 4:00 PM
 
Officer Installation and Awards Banquet
Shadowbrook Resort
Jun 28, 2018 5:30 PM
 
July 3rd Fireworks
Memorial Stadium
Jul 03, 2018 6:00 PM
 
Board of Director's Meeting
Towne & Country Grille
Jul 17, 2018
7:30 AM – 8:30 AM
 
Board of Director's Meeting
Towne & Country Grille
Aug 21, 2018
7:30 AM – 8:30 AM
 
Board of Director's & Foundation Board Meetings
Towne & Country Grille
Sep 18, 2018
7:30 AM – 8:45 AM
 
Harvest & Wine Festival
Lazybrook Park
Oct 13, 2018
11:00 AM – 5:00 PM
 
Board of Director's Meeting
Towne & Country Grille
Oct 16, 2018
 
Speakers
Jun 21, 2018
Jun 28, 2018
Jul 05, 2018
District Governor
Jul 12, 2018
Missionary Trip to Mexico
Aug 02, 2018
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National Awards Services Inc.
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News
May 24 Luncheon
Pledge and Invocation:
 
President Elect Mike Markovitz brought the meeting to order at 12:15 PM at Purkey’s Pink Apple with Ron Furman reciting the 4-Way Test and leading the Pledge of Allegiance and Dave Wilson giving the Invocation.
 
Guests:
 
 
Club News:
 
Frank Gaus spoke about the Fran Turner Testimonial.  The Oct 13 date will not work due to our Festival, so he is looking at other possible dates. Wants suggestions from community organizations on what and when to do it.  Do we want a sit-down dinner or what?  Set up a committee and decide and get with Sam or Mike to get outcome.
 
Secretary’s Report
 
Bulletins went out last night and website updated.
 
President’s Messages
 
We received a Thank You note from the Special Olympics for our donation.
 
Remember that the DARE graduation is Friday, May 25 at 1:45 PM at the Middle School.
 
Tree Planting – Ron Furman
 
The tree planting on Sunday will be dry where they are planting. Please be there at 1 PM Sunday using directions to the pole barn that Ron sent everyone.  It will happen rain or shine. Bring a shovel to plant the 50 trees.  Also, bring a lunch.
 
Committee Reports
 
Harvest & Wine Festival – Ron Furman
 
Nothing new to report.
 
Founder’s Day – George Gay
 
Founder’s Day is Saturday, June 23 and a sign up sheet will be forthcoming for volunteers to man the Rotary Booth. We will be advertising the Harvest & Wine Festival and the first Festival tickets will be available for sale.

 
Our next Meeting will be Thursday, May 31. Our guest speaker will be Dr. Michael Coyer - Forensic Toxicologist who will talk about the Opioid Crises
 
President-Elect Mike Markovitz adjourned the meeting at 1:30 PM.

 
Guest Speaker: 
Robert Robinson and Patrick Robinson
Tunkhannock Shade Tree Commission
 
Robert Robinson reported on the trees planted in Tunkhannock in Nov. for our Rotarian Veterans. The 10 trees contribute to the sustainable resources in our town.
 
The distributed a list of the trees planted, their locations and some photos of the planting and the trees themselves. The Ruby slippers will hold onto their seeds through the whole year. The seeds on some of the trees will turn red all year long and almost look like flowers.
 
All 10 trees took and are doing very well. They were planted in Nov. to get Fall rains and snowfall, and then they get the spring rains and get a good start.  In July, they will put tree gators on the trees and water them every 2 weeks.
 
They had 5 High School students from the Future Farmers of America curriculum help with the planting.  
 
Patrick Robinson then showed photos of the tree planting.  The brown leaf tree is the oak tree.
 
He then described how they evaluate the tree and technical features of the plantings. He imparted a planting tip: the 3:3:3 rule. Mulching should be 3 inches away from the base of the tree, 3 inches deep and 3 inch in circumference.
 

Patrick Robinson
 
 
Amy Markovitz and Ben Hall
Tunkhannock Ambulance Association (TAA)
 
Amy has been an EMT for 6 yrs and Ben for 8 yr. Amy is a training officer at the TAA.
 
We are applying for a Rotary District Grant for $6000 for the QCPR Rescue Annie and Baby,  new mannequins to use to train people on cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR).
 
TAA’s coverage area includes 6,000 residences.  They provide EMS and rescue services for the county and neighboring counties as needed, particularly since some areas do not have paid daytime employees. Their mandate also includes community training, thus they provide classes for police, churches, boy scouts and many community organizations.
 
They are seeing more and more drug overdoses.  Drownings are an issue for the summer. In most cases, they can save those that are not in the water for a long time.
 
For successful rescue by CPR, chest compressions are what they need to do first although mouth breathing is also important.  Three minutes after a cardiac emergency, you start to see brain damage.  Compressions alone can save them or sustain them until EMS arrives.
 
Training is very important since it builds muscle memory. CPR training for EMS personnel is done several times per year so they have good reaction time and muscle memory. Compressions need to be to the right depth to be successful.
 
The new mannequins will feed back to the computer and it will tell them how good they are, compression depth, compression rate, hand placement and other salient facts. Can also be attached to AED so be sure they are going well.  This system will give the best training available.
 
Ben demonstrated CPR using the old mannequin and then with the new baby mannequin they borrowed for todays demo.  Emphasis for CPR is now on constant compressions to increase survival rate.   Bystander CPR results in 45.5% survival based on 2600 incidents nationwide in 2016.
 
For the dive team, they use a different standard and can do CPR for up to 30 min until the body warms up.
 
Amy quoted some statistics regarding heart incidents that indicate a 57% survival with CPR but only 8% without CPR assistance.
 
Currently using the old mannequins, they can only see visually if he is doing it right. They use the song “Staying alive” to get the right tempo for the compressions.
 
Ben then demonstrated the baby QCPR mannequin and showed what feedback they get on the computer monitor. The system can also gauge respirations to get steady constant peaks of air.
 
There is a Good Samaritan law that if you dial 911 and they tell you to start compressions, you are covered if something goes wrong or if you break their rib(s). Cracked ribs could and does happen when you give CPR.
 
When they give a class, they use 2 instructors with several mannequins for a class of 7-10 utilizing various emergency scenarios.
 

Ben Hall and Amy Markovitz from TAA
 
 

Amy Markovitz shows the output on the TV screen while Ben performs CPR on the baby mannequin.
Birthdays & Anniversaries
Member Birthdays
Dick Stark Jr.
June 7
 
Sandy Lane
June 17
 
Tom Schicktanz
June 17
 
Al Noble
June 20
 
Karen Fuller
June 30
 
Join Date
Tommasina Fiorillo
June 1, 2015
3 years
 
Wayne Krause
June 1, 1987
31 years