“Education is the most powerful weapon we can use to change the world.” – Nelson Mandela – 1918-2013 – Anti-apartheid revolutionary, political leader and philanthropist

 

“And one has to understand that braveness is not the absence of fear but rather the strength to keep on going forward despite the fear.” – Paulo Coelho – Author

 

“Remember that everyone you meet is afraid of something, loves something and has lost something.” – H. Jackson Brown, Jr. – Author

 

“Work for a cause, not for applause. Live life to express not to impress. Don’t strive to make your presence noticed, just make your absence felt.” – Grace Liechtenstein – Author

 

 

ANNOUNCEMENTS

(notes provided by the erudite Mary Hodson)

 

Andrew welcomed guest Anna Calcagno from the Urbana Park District.

 

We will continue the fruit sale this year.  Email your suggestions for fundraising recipients to Mary Kay.

 

The Board approved a donation of $1,000 to Shannon O Rourke Kasali’s Books for Eastern Congo.  Shannon and husband Bakara are expecting a baby in December.

 

Bucket money for August and September will go to Yankee Ridge Reading Recovery.

 

We will meet in person at the Hessel Park pavilion at 7 AM on October 1. Bring your own coffee.

 

The District Conference will be held virtually, 8:30 AM to 12:30 PM on October 3.   Rotary President Holger Knaack will speak and Nathan and Julie Gunn will perform.   Sign up no later than October 2 at the District 6490 website.   It’s free!   Please also send Mary Kay your ideas for a basket for the Polio Plus Auction.

 

Mary Kay asked new member Jerry Payonk to introduce himself.   Jerry belonged to the club until family duties forced him to resign.   He and his twin brother are both engineers.  He is Executive Vice President of  Operations in Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin for Clark Dietz.  His office is in the old Robeson building across from the Art Theater.  His wife is Assistant Highway Engineer for Vermillion County.   

 

 

PROGRAM

 

Bob introduced Caleb Miller, Senior Vice President of Surgery, Primary Care and Behavioral Health at Carle Hospital.   Bob asked Caleb to speak about Carle’s response to the Corona Virus Pandemic.

 

Carle already had a pandemic plan in place.   In January, they established their Covid-19 Command Center after a U of I student returned from Wuhan province in China with symptoms similar to Covid-19.   Carle saw its first confirmed case on March 15.   Caleb said that the Carle VPs rotate on-call duties and he happened to be on call when a lady who had visited Italy presented with Covid symptoms.   

 

Caleb said an “arms race” to get personal protective equipment (PPE) ensued.  They established a rapid response respiratory treatment center to receive patients presenting with symptoms and Covid-19 Isolation Units within the hospital.   Arrangements were made with the U of I ARC to serve as a backup 700 bed hospital.

 

Carle Clinic at the Fields quickly closed and employees began working from home.   Some jobs such as sports medicine had to be reassigned.  Employees donated $140,000 to an employee disaster relief fund.   About 100 employees have been diagnosed.  Most caught it from the community, including one who was exposed while playing golf and others who were exposed while boating.

 

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Reflection Rod Roberts Tod Satterthwaite Jarrod Scheunemann Jen Shelby
Notetaker Hodson Conforti Perry Penwell

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UPCOMING SCHEDULE (with program committee member responsible listed in parentheses)

*All meetings via Zoom unless otherwise noted*

 

September 10th – Bryant Seraphin, Chief of Police, City of Urbana  (Cary)

September 17th – Robert Lawless, Max L. Rowe Professor of Law, UIUC  (Tom)

September 24th – Sarah Livesay, Executive Director, Grand Prairie Friends (Andrew)

October 1st – Meet at Hessel Park Pavilion

October 8th – Dr. Barbara Jones, Chair of the Urbana Rotary Peace Building Committee (Mary)

October 15th – TBD (Ondine)

October 22nd – Dr. Vik Amar, Dean, UIUC College of Law, will talk about “The Flaws of the Electoral College and How to Replace It”  (Tom)

October 29th – TBD 

November 5th – TBD (Bob)

November 12th – TBD (Cary)

November 19th – TBD (Charlie)

November 26th – No meeting – Thanksgiving

December 3rd – TBD