Friday, July 28, 2006 - Stroke Awareness Program with Amy Thweatt

Stroke Awareness Report From Amy Thweatt

      Today, Union City Rotarians welcome Amy Thweatt, Senior Health Service Coordinator and Corporate Trainer for Life Line Screening of West Tennessee and Northern Mississippi.
     Life Line Screening is the largest mobile vascular screening company in the United States—performing well over 60,000 screenings each month. 
     Amy is originally from Brownsville, TN, and is a graduate of Mississippi State University.  She and her husband live in Cordova.  Their daughter, Anna Claire, was born in January.
     Amy has been with Life Line Screening for nearly four years. Since joining this company as coordinator for West Tennessee, she has conducted hundreds of educational workshops on stroke awareness and prevention.  Her talk today will focus on the warning signs and risk factors for vascular disease and osteoporosis.
     Welcome Amy!

District Governor ‘Slick’ Frazer to Visit UC Rotary

      Next Week, the Union City Rotary Club will play host to Rotary 6760 District Governor Scheley “Slick” Frazer, of Murfreesboro.
     A native of Marion, Ky, Gov. Frazer attended UT-Martin and graduated from UT-Knoxville with a B.S. Degree in History and Political Science.  He earned his Master’s Degree from East Tennessee State University. Gov. Frazer has done post-graduate work at Middle Tennessee State University, where he has also taught insurance courses as an adjunct professor.
     Upon graduation from UT, Slick was commissioned as an officer in Armor Branch of the U. S. Army. He commanded units on three different continents. During his 23 years in the Army, Scheley attended various schools, including the British Staff college and the U.S. Army Command and Staff College.
     Slick has been a Rotarian since 1985 with perfect attendance for 15 years.

Wayne Rowe Reports on Medical Duty in Iraq

      Last week, Rotarians heard from Wayne Rowe, LPN and Operating Room Technician at UC-BMH. Armed with a graphic slide presentation of his two tours of duty in Iraq—Wayne discussed in no uncertain terms—the ugliness of war.
     His 19-year military career has included two trips to the war-torn Middle East. The first stop was in 1990 with the 807th Forward Surgical Team serving in Operation Desert Storm. The most recent trip in 2003 was with the 936th FST, stationed out of Paducah.
     “Prior to deployment to Iraq, we had to go to Miami for some training on pigs,” Wayne said. “A lot of us don’t do this stuff Mondays through Fridays, so the Army figured we’d better beef up on our medical skills.”
     Once in Iraq, Wayne’s unit set up shop in ten tents—an operation designed to be flexible enough to move to any location within one hour’s notice.
     “Our team only dealt with life-threatening injuries,” Wayne said. “Broken bones and lacerations were not our specialty. We dealt with head and chest trauma, amputations and gunshot-bomb-related injuries.”
     Interspersed throughout his photo album, “Life in the ER—War Style,” were pictures of desert varmints such as scorpions, snakes and spiders—all of which fit the general mood of wartime. Then there was the issue of sand storms and sand fleas.
     Wayne thanked those who sent him and his unit care packages from home during his most recent deployment to Iraq.
     Wayne ended his talk by apologizing for the horrific photos he showed, but emphasized such is the nature of war!

Coming Attractions

8/4       District Governor Scheley J. “Slick” Frazer
8/11     Obion County Fair Youth Musical, We are Family—A Motown Review
8/18     Coach Jimmy Fishel—UCHS Football
8/25     Coach Jason Simpson-UTM Football
9/1       BMH-UC---Hospitalist Program

            
Happy Birthdays

7/29     Bill Simrell
7/31     Skipper Bondurant
7/31     Scott Gilliam

Happy Anniversaries

7/29     Randy and Debbie Chism
7/29     Bill and Linda Simrell
7/31     Jimmy and Barbara Jones
8/1       Stephen and Nancy Raines
8/1       Jim and Martha Rippy, Jr
8/1       Bart and Jean Ann White
8/2       Harold and Glenda Cozart
8.3       Jim and Jenna Glasgow, Jr

Oxymorons

          Computer Security            Accurate Rumor
          Airline Food                      Non-working Mother
          Plastic Glasses                  Attorney Ethics
          Educational Television     Political Science
          Same Difference               Microsoft Works
          Successful Suicide            Minor Crisis
          Unsung Hero                     Holy War
          Working Vacation             Ill Health
          Only Choice                      Least Favorite
          United Nations                  Domestic Bliss
          Peacekeeping Force          Mild Heart Attack
         Amicable Divorce             Student Athlete
         Congressional Action       Tax-Free
         Objective Opinion            Virtual Reality
         Unbelievably True            Government Worker
         Constant Change               Unsolved Mystery
         Old News                          Toll Free
         Convenience Store            Solo Ensemble
         Deliberate Mistake           Safe Guns
         Practical Joke                    Service Station
        Accurate Estimate             Soft Rock
        Pretty Bad                         Doing Nothing
        Almost Always                 Speed Limit

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