Chips February 29th, 2016

Dan Sagalia, guest of Dick

Russ Marsan, guest of Dick

Kathie Stone- Assistant Dist. Governor and visiting Rotarian from Manchester Club

Peter O'brien, visiting Rotarian from Granville, Ny club

 

Bob Scracello

Kathy Scarcello

Jason Davis

 

Ron fined Wendy for being in the paper regarding an upcoming speaking engagement at Castleton University.

Colie bragged that Saturday was the last day of the basketball tournament. There were over 40 games, but it was a lot of fun and work. The Rutland Rec Dept. had 5 teams in the finals!

Lou bragged about his 3 free weeks spent in Florida, but was more saying how much he missed all of us back here and the fun and energy we bring into his life.

Joe bragged that he and his wife went to Barre over the weekend to see the Proctor basketball team win state.

Nick said that his pale face compared to Lou's golden glow was quite the contrast. Nick bragged about his 54th wedding anniversary coming up. Congratulations, Nick!

Chris said that he too, is a Proctor graduate and remembers when he went to school his soccer team having a 66-0 season..Incredible! Chris also bragged about the hardwork Rutland Mental Health has done to get the ship back on course and re-gain the state's trust.

Krista skipped last week's lunch meeting to take her grandmother to Porter Medical Center for some rehabilitation and physical therapy. She will be able to go back home soon!

Caprice said she got to sneak away to Florida over the weekend. She is going to Barcelona and Valencia to see a former exchange student soon as well...Got room for me, Caprice?

Brian said he was walking in Proctor with his wife, Vicky, and heard sirens. He wasn't sure what was happening and then a bunch of cars and trucks and cheering passed him...realized it was the state championship parade! He said it brought back a lot of memories for him as he was on the 2004 state championship team himself!

Krista said she just sold her first Red Sox raffle ticket!

 

Caprice-This Saturday is the Parent Child Center's annual Mardi Gras Celebration held at The Elks Lodge. Encouraged folks to come. A ton of fun, food, dancing, music, etc.

Kathie-Encouraged us to attend the District Conference in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.

Mark reminded us that next Tuesday is the Chamber's Business Show and that we will have a booth in the show to promote our club and the golf tournament.

 

$28 small pot and over $500 in the bigg'en.

Colie won the little, not so lucky on the big one!

 

 

Adaptive Martial Arts Association-Cathy and Bob Scarcello, Jason Davis

Cathy owns a martial arts studio and had never taught a disabled person before until Jason came in and wanted to learn martial arts. Cathy said that Jason was very lacking in abdominal strength and needed to develop his core. This helped him regain lots of mobility and function lost due to cerebral palsy. Her success working with Jason led to the word being spread about her patience and support of working with folks that have disabilities. She is now working with 12 other instructors whom she acts as a consultant for. She is actually teaching other instructor how to teach disabled people the discipline of martial arts and how to accommodate them where they are at in their abilities. Cathy believes martial arts is very important for these individuals to help promote confidence and defense skills, due to the fact that disable people are significantly more likely to become victims of abuse and assault. Jason came up and spoke as well and shared his story. He said that he grew up with normal siblings and parents that instilled a never give up attitude. He wanted to be like his siblings and worked extra hard to try and do everything they were doing. When they went out to chop wood, he went with them. When he grew up, he was told he was "unemployable" and "disabled" and like everything else he had faced in life, he decided to overcome those labels. He said, "I'll work like everyone else works!" Jason has been with the radio stations in town for 17 years and is the production director for 5 stations! He is also on the rescue squad and does everything to treat patients, except for lifting them. Growing up, his favorite movie was Roadhouse and that inspired him to want to learn Karate. Inspired to never give up, he decided to try Karate with Cathy and it has made a huge difference in his life. Through learning karate and his inspiration to share the possibilities with others, he came up with the idea to found Adaptive Martial Arts Association. He has been featured in Black Belt Magazine and even been given an honorary black belt through the Martial Arts Hall of Fame. He was absolutely and inspirational speaker and it made you feel appreciative of what you have. For those of you interested in seeing the Adaptive Karate in action, head over to their Pittsford facility just before the Police Academy on same road on Wednesday nights at 6:30.