The Program
Rianne Hekking is psychologist and wife of our own Jos Hekking. As a military spouse, she and her family moved to Hampton Roads from the Netherlands when Jos was assigned to work with NATO. For the past three years, she has been in private practice and specializes in a type of therapy called Brainspotting which is used to address a wide range of trauma, including pain, addiction, and anxiety.
Developed by Dr. David Grand, Brainspotting locates points in a person’s visual field that helps to access unprocessed trauma in the subcortical brain. Dr. Grand discovered that "Where you look affects how you feel." It is the brain activity, especially in the subcortical brain, that organizes itself around that eye position. To date, more than 13,000 therapists worldwide have been trained in this emerging and highly successful technique.
The Meeting
After song, pledge, and prayer, we were both distressed and relieved to learn that our own Greg Bockheim suffered a heart attack during the holiday season, but had recovered so well that he was able to join us for the day’s meeting! We were also saddened to learn that Dean Rogis’ brother had passed away that morning after a battle with cancer.
On a lighter note, we received the final tally for money raised working the beer tents at Festevents this past year. Thanks to our many volunteers, Rotary Club of Norfolk raised a grand total of $1,350.09.
Introduction of guests:
- Konner Pritchard, a commercial banker with BB&T and a guest of Pam Tubbs
- Jack Frost, a retired CPA brought by Bill Eisenbeiss
- Billy Nettles, a multifamily housing executive brought by his wife, Michelle
- Jennifer Morgan, a psychotherapist brought by Bryce Burton
Birthday celebrations included:
- Collins Gooch – January 2
- Ann Sullivan – January 3
- Greg Bockheim – January 9
- Ray Norton – January 10
- Ann Baldwin – January 18
- Tom Ambler – January 19
- Paul Sykes – January 19
And we celebrated the following Rotary anniversaries:
- Bill Jonak (1950), 69 years
- Chick Robison (1976), 43 years
- Jim Baker (1977), 42 years
- Chip Vogan (1977), 42 years
- Bob Ash (1983), 36 years
- Joe Massey (1998), 21 years
- Chip Finch (2006), 13 years
- Dalton Dunbar (2009), 10 years
Finally, we were blessed with this long list of Happy Bucks:
- Bob Ash for his 50th wedding anniversary.
- Bob Heely for his 43rd wedding anniversary.
- Ann Baldwin for her new book, Live it Up, which she is making available for free to all members.
- Sally Hartman for a wonderful trip to Japan where she was able to re-connect with the family that hosted her when she was a young exchange student.
- Jenny Lester for the big win by the Clemson Tigers!
- Jim O’Brien for a bet he lost when his Navy Midshipmen lost to West Pointers from Army.
- Pam Tubbs also agreed to pay up for the Navy loss!
- Chuck Spence had $20 in “sympathy” bucks for Ben and Pam as a result of the Gamecocks’ lost to UVA in both football and basketball.
- Joe New for his new Subaru
- Steve Schultz for his first ski trip in 25 years!
- Jim Kitz praised Norfolk Botanical Gardens for the New Year’s Day Fun Run/Walk that he enjoyed earlier this month.
- Judge Wilcox for an op-ed he wrote that was published in the paper.
The Drawing
Bob Latimer drew the winning ticket from the drawing, but not the winning card, so the pot continues to grow.