3-24-2011 meeting

The 3-24 meeting of the Chickasha Rotary Club came to order after a prayer, recitation of the the pledge and a song. Guests included Steve Clark, Jeremy McVey and Joe McIntosh. Visting Rotarians included Stewart Fairburn, who takes over as Chickasha city manager next month, and Harry Meister of the Bricktown OKC Rotary Club. Prayer concerns included Steve LaForge and Janice McVey. Among other announcements: • The Rotary Run is scheduled for May 14. A sheet asked for t-shirt sizes was circulated. • Ron Sanders updated club members about the upcoming Rotary-Kiwanis basketball game on Monday, April 4 for the benefit of the Chickasha Public School Foundation. Visting Rotarian Stewart Fairburn, 6-8, was recruited heavily by Sanders. President Mark said the Rotary team players would use the Rotary Run t-shirts as jerseys. He also announced that each club members was being billed for two tickets at $3 each for the event. • Phillip Went has been proposed as a new member by Conrad Duprez. Rotarian of the day was Ann Manchester who abdicated to Jerry Mottinger to introduce Rob Lake, administrator of Procure Proton Therapy Center in Oklahoma City. The center is one of nine in the United States offering the next generation of radiation treatment for cancer treatment. Lake said proton therapy is more precise, safer and more effective that traditional radiation because there is no wasted energy. It particularly effective on many tumors, including brain, pediatric, esophageal and prostate. He said proton therapy is lesser frequency of tumor recurrence and fewer complications. He said the upfront cost of the treatment is more than traditional radiation but longterm shows a 13% savings. The center, which partners with Integris, is located on Kilpatrick Turnpike. It was built at a cost of $120 and has an annual payroll of $5.2 million. The facility houses four treatment rooms and the Cyclotron, which is the technology that shoots in the protons. Thank you Rob for a very interest program. On March 31, our guest speaker will be Dr. Stephen M. Prescott, who will tell us about the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation. Prescott is expected to discuss the latest in cancer research and many other exciting breakthroughs at OMRF. The meeting concluded with recitation of the 4-Way test.