Announcements

Farmers Market proceeds for Saturday were $800 and our "juicer" is really working well!  Volunteers are still needed to complete the fall farmers market schedule.

President Tom is sending out a Rotary survey which seeks feedback on our club.  Thanks in advance for your time in completing it.

Robert Gavin was approved as a new member for our club!

Our District Governor will be visiting our club on 10/15.  Our club goal for that meeting is 100% attendance.

 September 24 - the District is having a training meeting - See President Tom for details.

The will be a Bike repair workshop on 10/1/13 at 506 East Sixth.

The Club is working with the United Way to develop a reading and mentorship program for West Des Moines students.

 Three Minute Speaker

Joe Willis was the three minute speaker.  Joe graduated from Valley High School in 1973 and obtained his Finance and Insurance degree from the University of Iowa.  Joe owns a Property and Casualty Insurance firm - Willis and Moore which represents varoius insurers for the firm's clientele.  Willis and Moore was started in 1923 by Joe's grandfather.  Joe joined the Company in 1980 and he acquired a 100% interest in 1993.  Joe competed in the Big Creek Triathlon in 1989 and enjoys cycling and currently uses a personal trainer.  Joe has been involved with the "Friendship Force" which has allowed him do do some foreign travel over the years.

 

 

 

 

 Program

 Jim Stafford introduced Dr. Steven Dorm, M.D. who provided a lot of information about his specialty which is in the area of Sleep medicine.  The following information is reproduced form Dr. Zorn,s website:

 

Dr. Steven Zorn

Dr. Steven Zorn, M.D., F.C.C.P
Diplomate, American Board of Sleep Medicine

Dr. Zorn believes that sleep medicine is an active, growing and wonderfully fascinating field. He is progressive in feeling that his patients should explore the field of sleep with him and know as much as possible about their sleep problems. Dr. Zorn enjoys the one-on-one interaction with his patients.

Dr. Zorn is Board Certified in Sleep Medicine. He is also Board Certified in Pulmonary Medicine and Internal Medicine. His interests in sleep medicine date back to 1975, when he was a Pulmonary Fellow at Yale University. When Dr. Colin Sullivan made the breakthrough discovery of CPAP for the treatment of obstructive sleep apnea, Dr. Zorn realized an increased need for sleep medicine expertise in the central Iowa area. He founded The Iowa Sleep Disorders Center in West Des Moines. Since then, the center has grown and is a nationally accredited sleep center by the American Academy of Sleep Medicine.

Dr. Zorn received his medical degree from the University of Wisconsin. He subsequently completed his internal medicine residency and fellowship at the Cleveland Clinic. As a Pulmonary Fellow at Yale University Medical School, he received a NIH research fellowship award.

He has been awarded memberships in the Delta Chi Sigma Honorary Science and Mathematics Fraternity, the American College of Chest Physicians, the American College of Physicians, the American Thoracic Society, and the American Academy of Sleep Medicine. Dr. Zorn has published articles in the journals of Geriatrics, American Review of Respiratory Disease, Thorax, Reticuloendothelial Society, Lung, Clinical Research, and the CRC Handbook Series of Clinical Laboratory Science.

Dr. Zorn enjoys lecturing, both locally and nationally. He has delivered lectures to the Des Moines and West Des Moines School Districts on “late start times for high school students". He is involved in sleep disorder lectures to the Des Moines University medical students. College students at Grinnell College have listened to his lectures on insufficient sleep. Dr. Zorn has presented programs for many civic, business and community groups on a variety of sleep issues, including shift work sleep disorders, sleep disorders in women, pain sensitivity and fragmented sleep, obstructive sleep apnea and insomnia.

Dr. Zorn has been interviewed by Channel 5 TV News regarding verbal fire alarms for sleepy children. The Des Moines Register has interviewed him concerning sleep and daylight saving time.