WELCOME TO PEQUANNOCK VALLEY ROTARY ! 
PEE VEE VIEWS WE’RE WELL INTO OUR SIXTY-FOURTH YEAR OF ‘SERVICE ABOVE SELF!"
PROGRAM SCHEDULE: Here are the official Program and VIP responsibility dates through mid January. The list for 2018, prepared by Dave Baker, is now on our printed PV Views cover page.. December 6 – Joe Gruzdis; December 13 – Herb Hamilton, December 20 – Business Meeting; December 27 – Avery Hart; January 3, Halsey Hunt; January 10 – Erick Jackowsky. Please let Dave Baker, Program Chair know the topic of your speaker., mayordave1@yahoo.com If for any reason you will not have a speaker on your day, please find a substitute and let Dave Baker know who it will be or inform him in the event you are unable to find a speaker or cannot present a program.
A REPORT OF OUR NOV. 29th MEETING FOR OUR December 6th LUNCH at BARDI’S
GIFT OF LIFE - SUPER BOWL TRIP RAFFLE TICKET STUBS AND CHECKS ARE DUE!
Erick asks that all of us help him by getting our Super Bowl Trip Raffle Ticket Stubs and checks to him on or before Dec. 13th (NEXT WEDNESDAY) to allow him enough time to get them to District! Remember the raffle benefits the GIFT OF LIFE 
RICK RAFFERTY: Past Assistant District Governor, Rick Rafferty, pictured at right, was our speaker last week and gave us updated information on the Research and Recognition Project which is delivering "a new, fast and effective treatment for PTSD using the Reconsolidation of Traumatic Memory (RTM) protocol. Rick was guest of Paul Franco.
DATES TO REMEMBER: NOW – SUPER BOWL RAFFLE TIX - Erick asks that you please get your Super Bowl Trip Raffle Ticket Stubs and checks to him on or before Dec. 13th (NEXT WEDNESDAY) to allow him enough time to get them to District! Raffle Benefits GIFT OF LIFE! DEC. 13 – PV ROTARY FIRESIDE MEETING – Annual Planning MeetingFor All Members, 56 Deerfield Road, Wayne DEC. 15. – PV ROTARY COOK_OFF CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY PARTY @ Pat W’s, Jim Cutillo has contest sign up sheets. DEC. 18 – ROBBIN’S ICEHOUSE BBQ AND GATHERING – Station Road, Lincoln Park, NJ FEB. 10 – VALENTINES DINNER DANCE at a new location, The Barnyard MAY 26-31 - DISTRICT CONFERENCE CRUISE TO BERMUDA, on the Royal Carribbean Anthem Of The Seas http://rotarydistrict7470.org/event/district-cdonference/
GUESTS: Honorary Member Walt Muehling; Rick Rafferty, Past Assistant District Governor & speaker, guest of Paul Franco. Prospective member in waiting Maria Rodriguez, it was noted that she is now paying for her own lunch! WELCOME TO PEQUANNOCK VALLEY ROTARY !
PRESIDENT ERNIE’S NOTES: Erick and Ernie asked all of us to get their Super Bowl Trip Past Assistant District Governor & speaker, 
guest of Paul Franco Raffle Ticket Stubs and checks to him on or before Dec. 13th (NEXT WEDNESDAY) to allow him enough time to get them to District! The raffle benefits GOFT OF LIFE. *** Ernie reminded all of our annual FIRESIDE MEETING DECEMBER 13. 7:00 PM. at 56 Deerfield Road, Wayne, (just over the Jackson Ave Bridge, hang a right, then the first left). The FIRESIDE MEETING is our annual meeting for the 2018-2019 PV Rotary year. Rotarians only, no spouses or partners!
They are of course, welcome, two days later at our PV ROTARY COOK-OFF and HOLIDAY PARTY, which will be at Pat’s delightfully decorated home on December 15th (770 Turnpike, Pompton Plains). Jim Cutillo has the COOK-OFF CONTEST sign-up sheet for the different categories, $20 for members to enter. This year, Donna is in charge of the prizes for each category. The $20 entry fee goes to servers, paper goods. NOTE: Spouses and significant others, no charge. Members not entering the contest pay $20 as well, plus a "penalty" to be determined. (Singing was last year’s penalty!) *** Robbin announced that the ROBBIN’S ICEHOUSE BBQ AND GATHERING will be in December 18, at his icehouse on Station Road in Lincoln Park.
*** The VALENTINES DINNER/DANCE will be on February 10 @ The Barnyard. *** This year’s DISTRICT CONFERENCE will be a five day Bermuda cruise on the Royal Caribbean Line’s "Anthem of the Seas" on May 26 to May 31, 2018. http://rotarydistrict7470.org/event/district-cdonference/
HAPPY/SAD DOLLARS: In email edition!
"MY FIRST CAR" Pat had a great idea for us each to pay $1 and tell what our first car was – see the email edition for the response and photos! These funds are going to our Installation Dinner Cruise around New York next June.
THE RESEARCH AND RECOGNITION PROJECT – TREATING PTSD – Rick Rafferty
Rick told us that the overall mission of the Research and Recognition Project is to support, coordinate, and fund rigorous scientific research in the field of RTM protocol and related intervention strategies. The Research and Recognition Project has developed the RTM protocol that helps PTSD. Current PTSD treatments require extensive commitments of time and money and are often ineffective. Reconsolidation of Traumatic Memories (RTM) uses a short visualization process to retrieve and alter the memory. The therapy, currently in the research phase has shown early indications of success and projectsions for additional research are also positive. The belief is that RTM, administered early, will remove years of suffering and disablity for our veterans and billions of dollars in extended years of payment for PTSD syndrome treatment. It is non-traumatizing and permanently relieves the anxious elements of the disorder. Professors from Marshall, Ohio, Emory, Columbia, U.N.C. amf Montana State Universities have observed RTM Protopcols’ clinical administration and are supporting further research. www.researchandrecognitionproject.org/#!
(The district Veterans Committee is considering supporting this program, but has other applicants and has not yet made a decision, according to Margit.)
33/33/33 – Cary, 20 points, but no joker. Photos and words by scribe Jay.
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