U P C O M I N G P R O G R A M S

March 6, 2008

This Week

Program Chair

Lou Barbich February 28, 2008 Meeting

Harry O. Starkey, Editor

March 27

Holly Mitchell

April 3

Dianne Hoover

Alpha Kappa Alpha "Fashionetta!”

Bakersfield Sports Complex

March 13

Horace Mitchell

March 20

Susan McKracken

CSU Bakersfield

Children’s Dental Health Network

President Daphne Harley

Kevin Oliver Ed

Western Colleen McGauley

Sergeant-at-Arms Paul

Sheldon Dave

Price “Fast” Eddie Payne

Steve Sanders Dr.

Shawn Shambaugh Dr. Madan Mukhopadhyay.

Chair Robert S. “Bob” Scott

Shawn

Kelly Kurt Wingate

called the meeting to order at 12:20

p.m. PST. provided a wonderful invocation.

led the club in the flag salute and

provided a nice lead for

introduced visiting Rotarians and Guests while

and provided and energetic and

somewhat competitive performance on the “roving” microphones.

President Daphne introduced the head table which included the

hard working program sponsor and Speakers

and

President Daphne expressed thanks to all members who

attended the Seven Club meeting from the previous week. She

also reminded the club of the Rotary Foundation Gala Celebra-

tion March 15th at the Marriott Ventura Beach Hotel. Rotary

Foundation Trustee of Cobuourg,

Ontario will be the guest speaker. Don’t miss this one as Bob

gives one of the best presentations about the amazing progress

for the Rotary polio eradication efforts. (Writers note:

and were involved in some terribly distracting

and dull chit chat that greatly limited the writer’s ability to develop

program notes. Offered for President Daphne’s consideration

would be an appropriate punishment of her choosing.)

CBCC was started by Dr. Ravi Patel in 1984 as a truly compre-

“Grand Old Flag”.

Announcements…

Program…

Castle & Cooke

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Castle & Cooke is a privately

held company owned by chair-

man and CEO, David H. Murdock

who controls the company's

diverse portfolio of businesses.

Castle & Cooke’s assets include

land holdings as well as real

estate developments and owner-

ship, including resorts, residential

communities and commercial

properties.

serves as

President of Castle & Cooke’s

Mainland Communities; responsi-

ble for development on new

residential master planned com-

munities, retail shopping centers,

industrial development, office

development, apartment develop-

ment, active adult communities,

and golf courses on the mainland

United States (i.e., excludes

Hawaii). Bruce will provide an

update regarding Castle &

Cooke’s activities nationwide.

Bruce Freeman

MONDAY

TUESDAY

WEDNESDAY

THURSDAY

FRIDAY

ROTARY OFFICE

- Noon

Holiday Inn Select

- Noon

Veterans Hall on Poplar Ave.

- Noon

Petroleum Club

- 6:00 p.m.

Bernardino’s

- Noon

Stockdale Country Club

- Noon

Heritage Inn

- 6:30 a.m.

Shafter Vet’s Hall

- 6:45 a.m.

Petroleum Club

- Noon

Jo’s Restaurant

2:40 p.m. BHS

Auditorium #301

- 5:30 p.m.

Los Pinos Restaurant

Noon

Bakersfield Art Museum

- Noon

Kelcy’s Restaurant

- Noon

Kong’s Dynasty

- 6:00 p.m.

Ewings

Noon

Veteran’s Hall

Bakersfield South

Wasco

Bakersfield North

Inyokern

Bakersfield West

China Lake

Shafter

Bakersfield Breakfast

Taft

Interact -

Frazier Park Rotary

Bakersfield Downtown -

Tehachapi

Delano

Kern River Valley

Bakersfield East -

Phone: (661) 325-0696

Area Meetingshensive cancer center whose mission is to provide compassionate

care for the diagnosis, treatment, education and prevention of

cancer using a state-of-the-art approach. That same year the first

clinical trials began.

introduced our very own

and to discuss the latest

and greatest from their practices at Comprehensive Blood and

Cancer Center (CBCC). Dr. Mukhopadhyay started his medical

practice in Bakersfield in 1978 and joined CBCC in 1995, where he

continues to be actively involved with patient care and clinical

research. He has a special interest in solid tumors and chemother-

apy. Prior to relocating to Bakersfield, he was Clinical Instructor of

Medicine at George Washington University in Washington, DC. He

graduated from Medical School in Calcutta, India and completed a

Residency in internal medicine at Howard University in Washing-

ton, DC.

Dr. Mukhopadhyay lead off with a global perspective on cancer,

providing perhaps some of the most detailed and technical

PowerPoint slides that Downtown Rotary has ever seen. Dr.

Mukhopadyay later focused his presentation on what has become

the fastest growing form of cancer, cervical cancer. He provided

interesting statistical information on the emergence of this cancer

in both the United States and in other countries. Apparently, cervi-

cal cancer is caused by the HPV virus. There are numerous forms

of the virus and as it turns out, the virus is commonly found in men

and women. Two forms of the HPV virus can lead to cervical can-

cer. The good news is that a vaccine has been developed that has

the potential of eradicating cervical cancer. To that end, Dr.

Mukhopadyay challenged the club to reflect on a Rotary project of

Steve Sanders Dr. Shawn

Shambaugh Dr. Madan Mukhopadhyay

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Officers

Board of Directors

R.I. President

District 5240 Governor

Assistant Governor

Group Representative

Rotary Office

Wilifred J. Wilkinson

Jane McClenahan

Dan Giordano

Brad Henderson

P.O. Box 1628, 93302

Phone: (661) 325-0696

FAX: (661) 322-2311

evelyn@bakersfield-rotary.com

www.bakersfield-rotary.com

Daphne Harley........................

Ray Watson ............................

Neil Sawyer.............................

Paul Sheldon......................

............................Steve Sanders

....................................Sheryl Chalupa

............................................Tracy Kiser

...........................................David Price

.................................Joe Drew

...............................................Ed Paine

.........................................Steve Roach

.........................................Mary Trichell

.........................................Greg Gallion

...................................Harvey McCown

Bakersfield East

President

Secretary

Treasurer

Sgt. at Arms

1 year

2 years

Past President

President Elect 2008-2009

Trenton, Ont. Canada

Ojai West, California

Bakersfield West

Officersvaccinating for HPV, similar to the Rotary International Polio vacci-

nation Project.

Dr. Shambaugh who is originally from Wasco and completed a

fellowship in Medical Oncology and Hematology at Penn State

University joined CBCC in 1994. He then introduced the subject of

treatment and provided a laymen’s view into cancer cells and the

treatment of cancerous cells. Numerous graphics were presented

that illustrated the inner workings of cancer cells and the various

treatment options along with an explanation for how and why

various forms of treatment work.

Certainly all of us have been touched by cancer in some way.

The local community owes many thanks to Dr. Shambaugh and Dr.

Mukhopadhyay for their professional dedication and work CBCC.

Happy Birthday!“I’m so lucky to know so many wonderful, thoughtful and generous

Rotarians. You certainly know how to put “Happy” in Happy Birth-

day. My thanks to each and every one of you.

Evelyn,

AKA Paula, Pauline, Paulette & Gladys

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