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Welcome to the Friendly Westwood Village Rotary Club Meeting Thursday noon at the UCLA Faculty Center 480 Charles E. Young Drive East, Los Angeles, California 90095 USA |
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Minutes - Westwood Village Rotary Auxiliary - Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2010
Co-president Kathie Gauld called the meeting to order at
12:45 p.m.
She thanked Roz and Don Nelson for letting us meet in
their home and Pauline gave the thought for the day.
Our visitors included Dr. Colby Smith, WVRC Rotarian who
is the day's speaker; Ed Gauld and Lynn who is Jessie Robinson's daughter.
Treasurer Margie Dowie reported our balance is
$5,953.73.
Corresponding secretary Marie Rolf has sent cards to Ava
Peplow (new
SOME DATES TO REMEMBER:
Roz said that our trip to the Getty Villa in Malibu on Wednesday, May 11,
2011, will start with the group meeting at Roz'
A memorial service for Margie Viau is at the United
Methodist Church at 10 a.m. on November 20, 2010.
The Oceanaires will sing at the Rotary Auxiliay's
Holiday Party on Wednesday, December 8, 2010, with a catered lunch at Eloise
Siskel's home.
The Westwood Village Rotary Club's Holiday Party, to
which Auxiliary members are invited, is Thursday, December 16, 2010, and will be
a festive roast turkey luncheon at the Angelino Hotel, 10070 Church Lane, off
the 405 and Sunset Blvd.
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Sook Heikkila introduced our speaker, Dr. Colby Smith,
WVRC's youngest member, who teaches at UCLA Dental school and has a private
practice in Westwood. He is
marrying a future Auxiliary member, Stacy Fejtak, a marine biologist, next May.
Colby is director of the Venice Dental Center (Part of
UCLA -- and named after WVRC member William Bloomfield).
He said that dentistry has made many changes in recent
decades, partly because people are living much longer and their teeth are not
designed for such longevity.
There now are four materials available for filling teeth
-- the old ones such as gold and silver, and the new ones such as composite and
porcelain which look better but do not last as long.
"The health of the mouth is related to the health of the
body," he said.
People's hearts ad gums are especially related and the
same blood plaque bacteria can be found both places.
He advises patients to brush regularly so their gums stay healthy and
this will also help keep their blood vessels healthy.
He said that tooth plaque is a factor in both heart disease and strokes.
He suggested that electric toothbrushes are helpful for
most people, tending to get their teeth cleaner than manual brushes can do.
And no one should use a brush harder than one marked 'soft' or 'extra
soft.'
He said that plaque itself is soft and needs only wiping
to remove and this is the reason that babies' teeth can be cleaned with a wash
cloth. The plaque, however, hardens
when it remains for a time on a tooth and eventually it must be removed by
professional cleaning.
And after a person is 20 years old he is not likely to
get decay on the biting surfaces of his teeth but the sides between the teeth
are more susceptible to problems.
This is the reason for flossing teeth -- to clean the sides.
With medical problems or with aging a person tends to
produce less saliva, a healthy fluid that washes away the decay-causing bacteria
that comes from food. This lack of
saliva is one of the causes of gum recession which is the origin of the
expression 'long in the tooth' when referring to an elderly person.
In answer to a question Colby said that puffy gums can
be caused by mild inflammation from
plaque, from too strenuous brushing, or from bacteria living under the gums.
And to a question about tooth-whitening tooth-paste he
said this product can remove surface stains but it is abrasive and can damage
teeth over time.
Queried about the advantages of implants and bridges he
said the older procedure of bridges involved a removed tooth and then a new
tooth was attached to the teeth located on either side, but this process can
cause problems in time. A newer
procedure is the implant. It
involves replacing the root of a damaged tooth and then attaching a new tooth to
the root, but it takes several months for the new root to become attached to the
jawbone so it can support pressure from the activity of the new tooth.
He said that nothing is as good as a person's natural
teeth.
After many questions the Auxiliary finally got around to
asking him about his own tooth care.
He uses an electric toothbrush and flossing.
And his toothpaste? Colgate
Total -- without the tooth-whitening material.
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ELOISE's CHICKEN SALAD (included by request of
several Auxiliary members)
3/4 c hot water
2/3 c Minute rice
1 c mayonnaise
1 T lemonjuice
1 T grated onion
1/2 t curry
1 t pepper
1 1/2 c diced cooked chicken
1 c chopped
celery
1 c drained pineapple tidbits
1/2 c coconut
Cook and cool the rice then mix all ingredients together
and refrigerate a few hours. Serves
8.
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Respectfully submitted,
Pat Anderson, Secretary