Rotateller Rotary Club of Owego, NY
TUESDAY, APRIL 10, 2007 Gary Williams, Editor

VISITORS AND GUESTS:

• Kevin Johnson, guest and spouse of Karla and today’s speaker
• Jeremy Lewis, Keith’s nephew

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Bob Fisher on the 13th

MUSIC:

Orv and Carolyn led us in The Get Together Song. The piano was great, but Maria said that she has heard it sung better at library story hours.

YOUTH ACTIVITIES:

Susanne enjoyed Easter celebrations and did “normal things.” No shopping this week, though. Mrinalini and Interacters were absent.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

• APRIL 11 (Wednesday) – Youth Committee meeting at 7:30 am at the Treadway.
• APRIL 13 (Friday) – A reception at John Spencer’s home (260 Main Street, Owego) at 6 pm for the GSE team from France. Speedies, wine, and desserts are on the menu. If you have NOT signed up and wish to come, please let John know – 687-4094.
• APRIL 18 (Wednesday) – A Taste for Reading. Dessert sampling from 6:30 to 9 pm at the Treadway to benefit Literacy Volunteers of Broome and Tioga Counties. Tickets are $20 each or two for $35 and are available at the door. Or call the Literacy office at 748-5478.
• APRIL 24 (Tuesday) – Bring guests to lunch and Merl Lessler will pay (for the guests) !. This is an opportunity to introduce interested community members to Rotary.
• MAY 8 (Tuesday) – Final balloting for 3 Rotary board member seats for 2007-2009.

PROGRAM:

Kevin Johnson gave a very informative program on new procedures for dental implants. Kevin, an Air Force retiree, is a Certified Dental Laboratory Technician at Progressive Dental Labs in Endwell. New procedures in implants involve inserting titanium alloy screws into the jaw. Osteointegration then takes place over six months and permanently bonds the screw to the jaw bone. A crown is later glued or screwed into the implant. This method avoids having to reduce the size of surrounding teeth as in the traditional crowns and bridge tooth replacement technique. Partial dentures can now be fixed and removed from permanently inserted titanium posts in the jaw allowing dentures to be firm and steady and wearers to eat foods they have not had in years. Titanium is not rejected by the body which is what makes this procedure possible. A non-dental application of the titanium technology is in prosthetic fingers and limbs which can be attached to posts in the bones.

50/50: Judy Kip

NEXT WEEK’S PROGRAM: Karla Johnson

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