 
THE HUGE AND GROWING PROBLEM
FEBRUARY PROGRAMS February 20 - Senator Jim Bunning February 27 - Mary Hammond, Tourism by the Numbers Rick Coltharp - February program chair ANNOUNCEMENTS Twenty-one Rotarians are celebrating birthdays in February. Congratulations to Mike Muscarella who was the winner of this week's Valentine-inspired gift basket provided by the Lone Oak Flower Gallery. Mike is celebrating his 50th birthday today! Jamie Futrell was pleased to announce that for the second month in a row, Club attendance was 59%. Seventy-three Rotarians had 100% attendance, and fifty-five others had an attendance rate of 50% or better. Kelly Nuchols was the winner of this month's attendance prize drawing, two tickets to the Focus Series at West Kentucky Community and Technical College. District 1610 Leadership Day will be held at CSI on Saturday, Feb. 9th. Rotarians from Kentucky, Illinois and Tennessee will attend, including four Paducah Club members. Thanks to Missy Eckenberg for her help in organizing the event! The Scholarship Committee will meet February 7th at noon at the Rotary Office. The Rotary Speech Competition is also February 7th at 4 pm at the McCracken County Library. Kristin Williams says although she currently has all the volunteer positions filled, she would like have a few back-ups, in case of a cancellation. Prime Rib and Concordia, the acapella vocal groups from Paducah Tilghman, will again be offering singing Valentines. For $50, these well-dressed young men and lovely young ladies will perform your choice of song, a personalized card and a rose to your Valentine from Tuesday, February 12th through Friday, February 15th. For more information call Cheri Paxton at 442-3857. CHARITY DONATION Scott Taylor, a member of the Market House Theater Board of Directors, accepted a donation from the Club on behalf of the organization. Taylor said MHT has touched the lives of 30,000 area school children through its outreach programs. He said 97 cents of every dollar spent on tickets to the theater's main stage productions stay in the community. FEATURED ROTARIAN DAVE PERRY
NEW MEMBER PROPOSED Upon recommendation of the Classifications and Membership Screening committees, the Board of Directors, the following person has been proposed for membership in the Rotary Club of Paducah. Objections must be filed in writing to the Club Secretary within seven (7) days. Sarah Bynum Marketing Director for Federal Materials - proposed by Mike Stone; Classification of Market/Construction Materials GUESTS Brent Stringer - Randy Bratton; Dona Rains, Jana Dawson, Lora Croley, Marra McMillan, Sarah Keith, Tiffany Blazina - Pat Withrow;Iftakhar Choudhury, Stephanie Choudhury, Katherine Polk, Lindsey Helm - Mike Muscarella; Sarah Bynum - Michael Walker VISITING ROTARIANS PDG Anne & Bill Robertson - Fulton Rotary Club STUDENT GUESTS Maggie Fort - CCA; Zia Choudhury - Lone Oak; James Sledd - Reidland REPORTED MAKEUPS Gear Teeth: Desiree Owen Invocation: Ron Stonecipher Song Leader: David Jernigan Family of Rotary Committee: June Antony Sgt. At Arms: Art Feather, Marvin Devers, Chuck Heyduck, Ken Schuppert Program: Rick Coltharp Featured Rotarian: David Comperry Student Guests: David Jernigan Other Clubs: Bill Gore - Naples Bay Rotary Club eClub One: Marie Liang REAP Committee: Dwane Tucker, George Shaw, John Halsell, Scott Taylor, Ed Hely, Debbie Stone, Jim Sigler 100% ATTENDANCE FOR JANUARY Glenda Adkisson, Glen Anderson, John Anderson, III; June Antony, Ron Bacon, Don Barger, George Bolane, Jim Brockenborough, Jamey Brown, Amy Clevidence, Michael Cochran, Rick Coltharp, David Comperry, Ken Cooper, Cathy Crecelius, Marvin Devers, Darlene Dreyer, Bill Dyer, Missy Eckenberg, Danny Evitts, Suzanne Farmer, Art Feather, Jamie Futrell, Joni Goodman, Bill Gore, John Halsell, BA Hamilton, Tony Hamilton, Jim Harris, John Harris, Ronda Hays, Chuck Heyduck, Den Johnston, Bob Johnston, Jackie Jones, Kyle Katterjohn, Dan Key, Amy Kight, Tara Kolb, Andrew Long, Lisa Long, LV McGinty, Phil McIntosh, Chris McNeill, Melanie McNeill, Mike Muscarella, Tommy Nuckolls, Kelly Nuckols, Kathleen Overlin, Desiree Owen, Dave Perry, Lee Powell, Larry Propst, Mike Resnick, Carolyn Roberts, Harvey Sadow, Ken Schuppert, Robyn Shapiro, George Shaw, Steve Shrewsberry, Jim Sigler, Bo Sullivan, Hal Sullivan, Scott Taylor, Shawn Turner, Anita Ward, Debbie Wattier, Ken Wheeler, Erin Whitlock, John Williams, Jr.; Pat Withrow, Erik Wolfe, May Louise Zumwalt 75% ATTENDANCE FOR JANUARY Robert Alexander, Brenda Allcock, David Bailey, Randy Bratton, Steve Bright, Bruce Brockenborough, Jill Chambers, Eileen Duobinis-Gray, Trevor Gough, Bill Hay, Ron Jackson, Robert Johnston, Pat Kerr, Lanny King, Brian Laczko, Gerry Montgomery, Wally Montgomery, Bev Reed, Lorraine Schramke, Chris Sims, Barry Smith, Elaine Spalding, Jeff Steiner, Debbie Stone, Mike Stone, Tim Taylor, Dwane Tucker, Dick Veazey, John Williams, Sr. Jim Zumwalt 50% ATTENDANCE FOR JANUARY Jim Brown, Roger Cain, Jennifer Dearness, Herschel Dungey, Royce English, Gregg Flanigan, Rick Grana, Mary Hammond, Betty Higdon, Gwen Kaiser, Joe Kauffman, Lynn King, Terry McKee, Donnie McKinney, Charles Moffitt, Tina Mundy, Bill Pinkston, Bud Qualk, Hardy Roberts, Deborah Simon, Jay Siska, Ron Stonecipher, Michael Walker, Keith Wilke HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
CLUB ANNIVERSARYS The
following are celebrating the date of their induction into Rotary:
Today's editor -Desiree Owen List of Unfilled Classifications
Artist/Retail,
Arts Administration, Attorney (Civil, Commonwealth, Social Security
Administration, Marine Law), Banking (Mortgage Lender, Trust Management),
Bed & Breakfast/Hospitality, Building Materials, Cable TV/Advertising,
Chemical Plant, Chemical Plant Management, Commercial Door Contracting,
Communications Systems Integration, Community Development/Administration,
Contractor/Commercial, Day Care Management, Director/Substance Abuse
Prevention, Education ( Pre-school, Administration), Employee Leasing
(Permanent, Temporary) Engineering/U-235 Plant, Equine Farming,
Facility Manager, Film Making, Financial Management/Jewelry Business,
Financial Planning, Government/Risk Management, Hardware/Retail,
Hospital, Human Resources, Industrial Supplies/Wholesale, Information/Management,
Information Technology, Information Technology/Internet Director,
Insurance - Sales, Judge/Family Court, Judge/District, Law (Corporation,
Litigation, Domestic), Medical/Podiatry, Medical Center Management,
Medical/Public Relations, Men's Clothing/Retail, Ministry/Christian,
Motion Pictures Theatres, Moving & Storage, Municipal Human Relations,
Nursing/Geriatric, Orthodontics & Facial Orthopedics, Photography
Equipment & Supplies, Public Service/Emergency Services, Rape Crisis
Manager, Real Estate/Commercial, Refined Oil Products/Retail, Restaurant/Italian,
River Transportation/Port Authority, Sales - Temporary Employees,
Scout Executive, Space Education, Special Gifts/Retail, Total Wellness,
Waste Water Utility
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Despite
what many think, smoking is not the most common cause of heart disease.
Obesity is actually the bigger threat to our health, and it is a
"huge and growing" problem. Which is why Dr. Pat Withrow, the Director
of Western Baptist Hospital's Heart Center and the American Heart
Association, are joining forces to encourage the local business
community to "Start" something new in the workplace that could help
stem the tide against weight gain and its many resulting health
problems.
David
Comperry introduced this week's Featured Rotarian, who is David
Perry, a member of Rotary since he moved to Paducah in 1992.
Although not a native of Paducah, he was fortunate enough to
meet and marry the daughter of one the city's oldest families,
Carolyn Katterjohn, while both attended graduate school in Phoenix.
David has lived throughout the west and midwest, but has deep
roots in Nebraska, where his great, great grandmother was an
1867 homesteader and political activist. He's also a graduate
of the University of Nebraska. In 1992, while David and Carolyn
were living in Dallas, where he worked for Ross Perot's EDS
corporation, the opportunity arose for the couple to purchase
her father's business, Owen Cleaners, and move to Paducah. Owen
Cleaners is celebrating it's 88th year of operation this month.
David has been active in the community and has served on the
boards of Paducah Bank and CSI, and he has been the finance
chair of the Broadway United Methodist Church. His hobby is
ham radio. He and Carolyn have two children, Emily and Matthew.