Rotary Club of Wahiawa-Waialua

District Governor
Eric Kaler

Volume 7 Issue 22 – December12th, 2019

“Making a Difference in our Local and Global Communities”

President
Alexander “Alex” Kanamu

The strength of our Club lies in its members

It’s an Al Wonder
Christmas!
Service Above Self – Making a Difference

December is Disease Prevention andTreatment Month
We believe good health care is everyone’s
right. Yet 400 million people in the world can’t
afford or don’t have access to basic healthcare.
Disease results in misery, pain, and poverty for millionsof people worldwide. That’s why treating andpreventing disease is so important to us. We leadefforts both large and small. We set up temporary
clinics, blood donation centers, and training facilities inunderserved communities struggling with outbreaks andhealth care access. We design and build infrastructurethat allows doctors, patients, and governments to work
together.
Our members combat diseases like malaria, HIV/AIDS,
Alzheimer’s, multiple sclerosis, diabetes, and polio.
Prevention is important, which is why we also focus on
health education and bringing people routine hearing,vision, and dental care.
HOW ROTARY MAKES HELP HAPPEN
We educate and equip communities to stop the spreadof life-threatening diseases. Rotary members havehundreds of health projects underway around theworld at any given time.

Pakistan and Nigeria replace paper-based
reporting with fast, accurate cellphonemessaging
By Ryan Hyland Photos by Khaula JamilMobile phones and simple text messaging may be thekeys to victory in the world’s largest public healthinitiative: the eradication of polio.

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Editor – PP Geoff Horvath

As the disease retreats from the global stage, thriving
in only a few remote areas in three countries, it’s up tohealth workers to deliver vaccines and share
information with speed and accuracy.

Health workers in Pakistan are receiving cellphone ande-monitoring training at the Rotary Resource Center inNowshera, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
Rotary and its partners in the Global Polio Eradication
Initiative are strengthening the lines of communication
by giving cellphones to health workers in Pakistan andNigeria, where a single text message could save a life.
In Pakistan, Rotary has been working to replace
traditional paper-based reporting of maternal andchild health information, including polio immunization
data, with mobile phone and e-monitoring technology.
Community health workers across the nation havereceived more than 800 phones through a partnershipwith Rotary, the Pakistani government; Telenor, thecountry’s second-largest telecommunications provider;and Eycon, a data monitoring and evaluation specialist.
Organizers plan to distribute a total of 5,000
cellphones by the end of 2018.

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Health workers can use the phones to send data via
text message to a central server. If they see a potential
polio case, they can immediately alert officials at
Pakistan’s National Emergency Operations Center.
They also can note any children who didn’t receive thevaccine or parental refusals – and record successfulimmunizations. In Pakistan, the polio eradication effort
aims to reach the nation’s 35 million children under age
five.

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The result is a collection of real-time information that
officials can easily monitor and assess, says Michel
Thieren, regional emergency director of the World
Health Organization’s Health Emergency Program.
Pakistan health workers are replacing traditional
paper-reporting with accurate and timely cellphonebased reporting.
“Cellphone technology signals tremendous progress inthe polio eradication program,” says Thieren, who has
directed polio-related initiatives for WHO in Pakistan.
“The data we collect needs to have such a granularlevel of detail. With real-time information that can berecorded and transcribed immediately, you canincrease accuracy and validity.
“This gives governments and polio eradication leaders
an advantage in the decisions we need to make
operationally and tactically to eliminate polio,” Thierensays.

RI President: Mark Daniel MaloneyDistrict: Eric Kaler
Asst. Dist. Govt: Sonya Mendez
Club President: Alex Kanamu
PP: Lilette SubediPresident Elect: Keoni Ahlo
Exec Secretary: Alison Kanamu
Recording Secretary: Jackie Barnes
Treasurer: Kate Butts
Sergeant-at-Arms: Dr. Carver Wilcox
Asst. Sergeant-at-Arms: Austin
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Oli – No Chant today

Within D5K
ADG Sonya Mendez – West Pearl Harbor RC

and how you wish to give. Recognition is offered atmany giving levels.

Hawaii Rotary YouthFoundation (HRYF)
Seni Kaseli – Mililani Walmart – Guest of the ClubNo update

No recognitions until the New Year

None

Spouse’sBirthdaySeni Kaseli with President Alex Kanamu

Nahoku Ahlo – President, Wahiawa Lions – Guest ofPE Keoni Ahlo
Waialua High School Science, Techn, Engineeringand Math (STEM) Team with two Advisors, Glenn
Lee Victoria Pescaia– Guest of the Club

None

Anniversaries

None

None
HIGiving

No HI $5s

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complete the project, and at the same time build
bridges of friendship and world understanding.

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ROTARY MINUTE

World Community Service

Jan 9th 2020 – Ron Mizutani – CEO Hawaii Foodbank

qWorld Community Service is the Rotary program bywhich a club or district in one country provides
humanitarian assistance to a club in another country.
Typically, the aid goes to a developing community
where the Rotary project will help raise the standardof living and the quality of life. The ultimate object ofWorld Community Service is to build goodwill andunderstanding among peoples of the world.
One important way to find a club in some other part of
the world which needs help on a worthy project is to
use the WCS Projects Exchange, a list of dozens ofworthy activities in developing areas. The exchange list
is maintained in the RI Secretariat in Evanston and isreadily available upon request. It outlines projects,
provides estimated costs and gives names of theappropriate contacts.
Clubs which need assistance, or are seeking anotherclub to help with a humanitarian project, such asbuilding a clinic, school, hospital, community water well,library or other beneficial activity, may register theirneeds. Clubs seeking a desirable World Community
Service project may easily review the list of needs
registered in the Projects Exchange. Thus, the exchange
provides a practical way to link needs with resources.
Every Rotary club is urged to undertake a new World
Community Service project each year. The WCS
Projects Exchange list is an excellent tool to find a realneed, a project description and cooperating club in adeveloping area. The job then is to "go to work" toRotary – 114 Years of Service to the World!

Dec 26 – DARKJan 2, 2020 – DARKJan 11 - 2020 District 5000 TRF Mahalo Fundraiser
Dinner - 6pm – 9pm, Lotus Hotel, 2885 Kalakaua Ave,Honolulu, HI 96815

No announcements“I BELIEVE THAT EVERY RIGHTIMPLIES A RESPON SIBILITY; EVERYOPPORTUN ITY, AN OBLIGATION ; EVERYPOSSESSION , A DUTY.”John D. Rockefeller Jr.

When was the 45-rpm record introduced into the U. S.
and what was the name of the company that
introduced it?

An Al Wonder Christmas for Our
Special Guests the ARC at Wahiawa!

ARC at Wahiawa facility

Today we held our 52nd Annual Al Wonder Christmas
Party for our special ARC Wahiawa family. Thistradition was started back in 1967 when, President, atthat time, J. Al Wonder (1967-68) and the hosted aChristmas party for the ARC clients.
The Rotary Club of Wahiawa-Waialua were also
instrumental in building the Wahiawa ARC facility
The ARC in Hawaii Chapter, part of The ARC of theUnited States, was founded in 1954. The ARC of theUnited States was founded in 1950 by a group ofparents of children with intellectual disabilities. Theorganization is a nonprofit agency that serves people
with intellectual and related developmental disabilities
in nationally and here in Hawaii. ARC in Hawaii is partof the largest national organization devoted solely toworking on behalf of people with intellectualdisabilities.
An estimated 7.2 million Americans have intellectual ora related developmental disability.
Throughaggressive advocacy at the local and national level,
The ARC ensures that these individuals have access tothe services and supports they need to grow, develop
and participate in communities across the country.

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Mission: The Arc in Hawai'i provides services forpeople with intellectual and developmental disabilities
on Oahu. Together with its affiliates, The Arc in Hawai'ipromotes and protects the rights of people withintellectual and developmental disabilities and actively
supports their right to be included and fully participate
in the community throughout their lifetime.
The ARC in Hawaii offers community-based supportand day services to more than 200 individuals in theHonolulu, Pearl City and, Wahiawa areas. They
provide individualized services that include respite andrehabilitation support and supported employment.
They also offer residential services through more than
12 developmental disabilities domiciliary homes andseveral apartment buildings. The ARC in Hawaii
staffed members are trained and certified by the stateof Hawaii’s Department of Health Visions Program.
Wahiawa office was opened 20+ years ago and has
been providing care to about 54 clients. Some live athome, others live in foster homes. For the past 18 years,
the facility has been in the capable hands of Renee
Subee.
What a day! What a party, what a terrific MC, Rene
Mansho made!! The atmosphere was filled with love,music, song, kindness, joy, and CHRISTmas! The true
feeling of Christmas filled the Dot’s Pineapple Lounge,
which was decked with great decorations. Members
outdid themselves with the table decorations.
Everything was done to perfection. One of the things
that made this year’s party such a success is the hard
work of Marie Abatayo, Kate Butts, Mansho and PP
Lilette Subedi, and all those that assisted in setting up
early. Members reported to Dots at 9:00 to startdecorating the room, delivering cakes, and decorating
the tables.
What made this Golden +2 Al Wonder Christmas
Party so very special was the support we received fromthe community, like Walmart Mililani, Waialua HighSchool STEM and Robotics Team, led by Glenn Lee,and other team staff, ARC Wahiawa Staff, and ofcourse, Dot’s and Marian’s Catering.

Mililani Walmart Store

Mililani Walmart Store donated $1,500 in support of
our Al Wonder Christmas party. This is the third year
they supported our Club. Seni Kaseli loves what weThe Rotary Club ofWahiawa-Waialua

do, Mililani Walmart graciously contributed the checkwith cheer and goodwill form the Mililani store.

Ace of Hearts

No Ace of Hearts today.

Seni Kaseli presenting a check for $1,500.00 to Club President,
Alex Kanamu

Our guests arrived in special vans driven by ARC staff
members. As the guests entered the Pineapple Lounge,
they were all presented with special handcrafted
Christmas lei made by members PP Lilette Subedi.
These special lei were placed around their neck of ourspecial guests by our special elves.
Once the guests were seated, we started off by singing
Christmas Carols with our guests joining in. After all
were warmed up, our special elves and club served theguests with a great chicken lunch and two special cakesfor desert. The food was well received by all.
We shared more Christmas carols with our special
guests, with some of them joining in the fun up front withClub members and elves, making up this special choir.
When we finished caroling, Santa Kool (Doc CarverWilcox) came out swinging and dancing to, “HereComes Santa Clause.” This, of course, brought the housedown with cheers, shouts, and laughter. After Santa
finished his break dancing, he, with the help of ourdarling elves, handed out gifts to all the special ARCguests. As names were called out, you could hear
excited cheers, yells, and screams of Joy!
Thanks to the hard work of our many members andfriends, our 52st Annual Al Wonder Christmas party
was a complete success. All our guests had the time of
their lives, with a personal greeting and receiving gifts
from Santa! The decorations were great and festive.
The food was most excellent, and the fellowship wasunbelievable! We all had a wonderful and joyful time
spreading the Love of Christmas and celebrating theReason for the Season! We are looking forward to our
53nd Al Wonder Christmas Party!
Thanks to Marie Abatayo and dear friend, Joan
Kutaka, who shopped for the presents and wrapped
them all, and to Kate Butts working hard to get us
under the D5K’s 501(c)3 umbrella.

Answer to this week’s Question
January 10, 1949 by RCA Victor

The History of the 45-RPM Record
http://historysdumpster.blogspot.comrd

In the late 1940s, record sales were great. The
Depression and the war had passed and America wasentering a new period of comfort and affluence. Just
sit back and relax, Truman was going to take care ofeverything.
But there WAS one little problem......the records
themselves.
Recording technology had changed tremendously since
Emile Berliner's first gramophone records in the 1890s.
We had gone from unresponsive acoustic recordinghorns and direct to disc master recording to fullelectrical recording and tape masters.
But very little had changed with the records themselves.
They still rotated at 78 RPM, still made of noisy shellac
and extremely fragile.
RCA Victor, Columbia's long time rival was also working
on a newer and better record at the same time asColumbia. When Columbia came out with the LP record,
RCA scrambled on it's own project and in 1949,
unveiled the 45 RPM record.

""Texarkana Baby" Eddy Arnold (1949), the world's firstcommercially released 45 RPM record.

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The RCA 7”-inch 45 RPM record was cute, VERY small,and RCA's very colorful vinyl (each genre of music had
its own color of vinyl!) made it an instant hit withyounger people. Popular releases were on standard
black vinyl. Country releases were on green vinyl,
Children's records were on yellow vinyl, Classicalreleases were on red vinyl, "Race" (or R&B and Gospel)
records were on orange vinyl, Blue vinyl/blue label
was used for semi-classical instrumental music and blue
vinyl/black label for international recordings.

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Santa arriving!

Decorationg the Pinapple Lounge

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Elf Jackie Barnes

Elf Kate Butts

Christmas lights Elf, Doc Lynn GoyaGrand Planner Marie Abatahyo and little Friend

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A Big THANK YOU to MILILANI WALMART!

The final touches

Ready for our guests

The Christmas Bow Elf, Doc Carver Wilcox

The Waialua Highschool Elves arriving
The Lei Elf, PP Lilette Subedi and Song Bird Elf, Rene Mansho
Pineapple by

The two Head Elves, Glenn Lee and Victoria Pescaia
Presents nice!

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Elves presenting lie to special ARC guests

Buffet Elves serving foodKate Buttgs making a special delivery to one of our guests
Elves presenting lie to special ARC guests

Marie Abatayo, Seni Kaseli, Alison Kamau, Kate Butts, and PP
Doc Mckenzie
Elves waiting for the second wave of special guests

Two crooners with Songbird, Rene Mansho

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Walmart check presentation

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ADG Sonya Mendez with a special gift for our clubClub members enjoying fellowship

Full house of Club members and Guests

Group shot!
Club members with special ARC Guests and Staff

Our Two special Elves, Jackie Barnes and PP Lilette Subedi

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ADG Sonya Mendez, PP Geoff Horvath, Jackie Barnes, Victoria
Pescaia, and PP Lilette Subedi