The Spoke - Archive  Nov 4, 2008

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And the winner is.....

Guests and Visiting Rotarians:  No visitarians this week. 

Guests this week included, Chris Casey, guest of Bill Lundregan and Dave Benson brought his son.

Recognitions and Fines: 

John Neely announced his daughter is home from South Africa for a month.

Lefty judged the Halloween Costume Ball at the Hawthorne.

Roberta spent a weekend at a conference in Baltimore with 150 college presidents.  The title of the conference…”Ego Strength”

Viktoria reminded us all to vote and if we didn’t have enough incentive already, Starbucks was giving away free coffee if you voted and Ben and Jerry’s was giving away free ice cream.

Juli is thankful that Halloween is over and she and her staff survived another year!

Hoop returned from a series of trips including one to Westport, ME where he stayed with Trip Mason’s stepmother.  Hoop’s wife Joanie showed a painting in Bass River, ME and awoke to the Sunday Maine Gazette to see the show and her paintings referenced in the arts section.

Jim Haskell and his wife celebrated their wedding anniversary.

John Keenan paid a fine for reminding us today is election day, vote for him and invited us to a celebration and results watching event held on election night at the Hawthorne.

Program for the November 4th Meeting:

Speaker:   Norman Kraft, Owner of the Acupuncture Center of Salem

Norman Kraft is an acupuncturist, herbalist, clinical hypnotherapist and author living and practicing in Salem, Massachusetts. In this holistic health and wellness practice his areas of expertise include:

* Headaches/Migraines
* Environmental Illness
* General Wellness
* Infertility (male and female)
* Men's Health
* Musculoskeletal Disorders
* Oncology Support
* Psychological/Emotional Disorders
* Sports Acupuncture
* Stress and Anxiety
* Traumatology and Pain Management

As a former competition martial artist, Kraft has been immersed in Chinese philosophy and medicine for most of his life. His first acupuncture treatment was given by a childhood martial arts teacher, to treat a sprained ankle. That experience led to a life-long interest in Chinese medicine, a complete professional system of healthcare.

The Founding Dean of the Canadian College of Oriental Medicine and a former faculty member of the Pacific College of Oriental Medicine, Mr. Kraft has been practicing Chinese medicine since 1980. He has a masters degree in Traditional Oriental Medicine (cum laude), from the Pacific College of Oriental Medicine, one of the oldest and most respected schools of acupuncture in the U.S., and completed additional graduate studies in counseling and clinical hypnotherapy. He is a Licensed Acupuncturist (L.Ac.) in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and is nationally board certified in acupuncture by the National Certification Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine. He is also a Certified Hypnotherapist with the National Guild of Hypnotists.

Kraft spoke to the club about acupuncture, its history and the benefits of acupuncture and Chinese medicine.  Acupuncture has been around for thousands of years, and it is a practice which was developed through trial and error.  One of the basic tenets of Chinese medicine is imbalance.  It is based upon looking for the imbalance and balancing us back out.  According to Kraft, acupuncture works in many ways like the Japanese method of manufacturing, Kaizen. You work on one thing, making small changes which kicks larger changes into motion.  He also pointed out that the real strength of Chinese medicine is prevention.  For more information on acupuncture and Chinese medicine, go to http://www.myacudoc.com.

Events to be aware of -- Save the Dates!!

 Upcoming Speakers: 

11/18   Ambassadorial Scholar

11/25   Thanksgiving Mtg at Danversport Y.C.

12/2     Rotary Annual Mtg c/o Pres Dave
12/9     E. K. Grief...Mt Everst c/o Jeff S.

                          Please visit the calendar section of our web site

                                       for additional important dates.  

And now a few announcements....  

President Dave thanked everyone who brought food for the food drive,

No meeting on November 11, in honor of Veteran’s Day.

Salem Rotary directories are now available.  Make sure to pick yours up at the meeting.

November 18 meeting remember your checkbook for the turkey drive collection

November 25 meeting will be the joint meeting with Beverly at the Danversport Yacht Club

Board meeting November 18, 10:45am Hawthorne

Quote of the Week:

 “You will find as you look back upon your life that the moments that stand out are the moments when you have done things for others.”  Henry Drummond

Stumpers  

This week's stumper:

What ailment does Dr. Kraft, the acupuncturist most commonly treat in Salem in the winter?

Last week's stumper:

Answer to last week's stumper:

Happy Birthday to:  

.Dave Gendall, Mark Shaw, Anita Blackaby, Frank Corcoran, Bill Lundregan, David Westcott, Gig Michaud, Rob Lutts

Committee Chair:  Brenda Smith

Editors:  Brenda Smith

Photos: John Quinn (Jay Cue), Trip Mason and File

Graphics and Photo Editing:  Rich Eisner

Members:  Denise Flynn, Jim Haskell and Sandy Heaphy