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Edition: #249
Editor: Paul Rutter
TODAY'S PROGRAM and ASSIGNMENTS: (Jan. 6, 2005)
Program: Club Assembly
Auction item
: Jones
Note taker: Quinn
Thank speaker
:
n/a
Luncheon menu:
(monthly menu)
future assignments
FUTURE PROGRAMS and EVENTS

Rotary Centennial & History January 13, 2005
January 20, 2005
Janaury 27, 2005
February 3, 2005
February 10, 2005
February 17, 2005

February 22, 2005 Jt. meeting with Pleasant Gap & State College RC

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LAST WEEK IN REVIEW

Visiting Rotarians: none
Make-ups turned in:
Guests: Laurel Sanders, a guest of the club; Katie Holmes, a guesto f Doug Holmes; and Ray Papale, a prospective member and guest of Dana Catalano
50/50: There are 37 cards left. The wrong card or right card depending upon your perspective! was picked from the deck by Laurel Sanders leaving the ace of the deck for another day and another winner.
Auction: A bottle of champagne wine was auctioned off along with lunch for two at a local restaurant. Darren Johnston provided the item and the high bidder was Dick Jones.

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ANNOUNCEMENTS: (Please send announcements for the newsletter to Paul)

12/8-12/2004 Festival of the Trees-Zimbler, Hill, & 38 of the rest of the club (names to be posted shortley)

12/1/ 2004 Coupon Books (Catallano, Friedman, DeArmitt, Coble, the rest of the club as sellers-names to be psoted shortley)

11/13/ 2004 Foundation Dinner-
Hill, Walsh, Held, Rutter, Fetter, Davis, Domalski, Gambone, Friedman

11/14/2004 Rotary Youth Exchange Interviews-Hill, Zimbler, Taverno, Eberly, ?

Nov & Dec 2004- Coupon Books Committee- Friedman, Catalano, ?

  • Previous Mystery member's experience: no info this week.click for answer
  • Happy Happy Bucks are funds paid to the club to speak up and tell all why you are happy!Bucks from: •Hugh Mose was happy to have 13 house guests. •Linda Friedman was happy to have happy bucks, and •Laurel was happy to spend the holidays with her father. (she's been in Europe for a number of years.)

  • There is a board meeting at 8 at the Auto Port on Tuesday January 4th.
  • Don't forget to sell your coupon books. Highlights or changes to the coupon book this year include three Indian restaurants, Red's cheeseburgers and others.
  • Thanks to the 40 members that helped out for the Festival of the Trees. Preliminary indications are that we did quite well selling snacks and soup.
  • The District Newsletter for December is available at the District Web site by clicking on the link to the current newsletter. http://www.district7350.org
  • We need to sell bricks. Sign your Brick Pledge today! Maybe it would be a good idea to take care of this for tax year 2004. All contributions go through the new Club foundation-a 501(c)3 organization that was established last year.Only 15 members have purchased bricks so far. We can meet our goal if everyone buys one and sells one.
  • The District Newsletter is online at the district Web site.
  • Please do your make-ups. One can use the E-club if needed.We need to get our attendance numbers higher.we were at 55% in November.
  • Jim Eberly reported about Rotary's Central Parklet Project sponsored by the two SC clubs. The new "Children's Play Space" will be lot of fun for kids. The total costs of the project are $50,000. 50% needs to be raised by the two SC clubs as part of Rotary's 100th anniversary in 2005. Bricks are on sale ($100 for first kid name, $50 for each subsequent). The bricks will be used for the walkway. A pamphlet was distributed. Please be selling bricks!
  • The club has a list serv. All active members are on it. The email address for it is SCDTROTARY-@LISTS.PSU.EDU. Email Paul Rutter to see about your admission. It is a private listserv not open to the public. If you are already on it and want help with it please call or email me.
  • There are two new Web pages up. One is for Rotary Foundation Program alumni.The hope or goal behind this page is to keep members aware of persons in our community that might benefit further from Rotary by membership or participation in other things we are doing. The second page is on the District Web site. It honors the Veterans in our Rotary community. Both pages are still in an initial building stage so if you know of anyone that has been left out, please let me know so I can include them.
  • mystery answer: none this week.
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    Previous Week's Speaker: Katie Holmes (the Walt Disney World College Program)


    Katie Holmes, daughter of Doug Holmes spoke to the club today regarding her recent experiences as an intern for Walt Disney World. The program is for college kids from all over the world. By her count there are about 15,600 interns each semester.
    Most of the participants in the college program are students with a hotel, restaurant, and tourism major. Katie though is a geography major.
    She heard about the program through a flyer in her dorm, Waring Commons.
    Katie offered reasons for doing the program: to make money, gain experience, and something to put on a resume.
    College credits can be earned but PSU doesn't offer accept them.

    Todd Bacastow (A geography/GIS professor), noting Katie's major, thanked her for the presentation.

    This week’s note taker: Paul Rutter

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    Rotary Birthdays this month:

    Harry Zimbler, January 3; Teresa Davis, January 6;      (if I missed yours please email me)

    Etc.

     

     M  A  K  E  -  U  P  S

    Reminders on makeup's:
    All makeup's are good for credit toward meetings missed 14 days before or 14 days after the makeup. Makeup's made at other Rotary Club meetings also get a dues credit. Makeup's at service projects get attendance credit only. All makeup cards should be turned into the club secretary promptly. To find out where you can makeup, check the RI Club Directory, or District Web site.

    NEIGHBORING CLUBS- check out the web site listing or the E-club
    MEMBERS- check out the web site listing
    COMMITTEE CHAIRS- check out the web site listing

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    DATE
    AUCTION
    MEETING
    NOTES
    THANK
    SPEAKER
    PROGRAM
    Jan. 13, 2005
    Kauffman
    Rutter
    Beaver
    Jan. 20, 2005
    King
    Taverno
    Bedell
    Jan. 27, 2005
    Martella
    Trudeau
    Bell
    Feb. 3, 2005
    Martin
    Turley
    n/a
    Club Assembly
    Feb. 10, 2005
    Meckstroth
    Walsh
    Brooks
    Feb. 17, 2005
    Moose
    Whitfield
    Browning
    Feb. 24, 2005
    Mose
    Zimbler
    Brytzcuk
    March 3, 2005
    Myrick
    Abramson
    n/a
    Club Assembly
    March 10 , 2005
    Potalivo
    Amato
    Catalano
    March 17, 2005
    Quinn
    Bacastow
    Christian
    March 24, 2005
    Rutter
    Beaver
    Coble
    March 31 , 2005
    Taverno
    Bedell
    Davis

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