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Edition: #253
Editor: Paul Rutter
TODAY'S PROGRAM and ASSIGNMENTS: (Feb. 10, 2005)
Program: (R. Brooks) Tom Murray Mt. Nittany Medical Center
Auction item
: Meckstroth
Note taker: Trudeau
Thank speaker
: Brooks

Luncheon menu:
(monthly menu)
future assignments
FUTURE PROGRAMS and EVENTS

Rotary Centennial & History February 17, 2005 (D. Holmes)Tony Lopinski, State College Bureau of Police Services, Identity Theft
February 22, 2005 Jt. meeting with Pleasant Gap & State College RC
February 24, 2005
Meeting moved to Feb 22!!!
March 3, 2005 Club Assembly
March 10, 2005 TBA
March 17, 2005
(P. Coble) Ernest Boyd, State College Food Bank
March 24, 2005
(Bacastow) Rob & Jackie Oshinskie, Victory Sports and Fitness, “Facts and Fallacies of Fitness”

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LAST WEEK IN REVIEW

Visiting Rotarians: DGN Jerry Friedman of the evening club
Make-ups turned in:
Guests: Ray Papale a guest of Dana Catalano
50/50: There are 32 cards left. Meg Moose had the winning number but lost out to the A of Diamonds. There is $850 in the pot to split.
Auction: Flowers, went for $15 to Marshall Goldstein

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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

  • Happy Happy Bucks are funds paid to the club to speak up and tell all why you are happy!Bucks from: • Ray Papale, happy to be at Rotary



  • Attendance at 70%,
  • Harry - spaghetti dinner date change to Wednesday April 13, same price of $6.50 adults, need help, committees forming, meeting on Thursday Feb. 24 (in place of regular meeting),
  • GSE team in town May 6-10,
  • Jim Eberly - brick sales rising, wrap up by end of March,
  • Dana - sell coupon books!,
  • Joint dinner with 4 clubs 2-22 w. invitations sent.
  • No meeting Feb. 24th.
  • Dana Catalano and Linda Friedman introduced a team sales board for the coupon books and requested that we keep selling coupon books. The coupons really are a great value! Coupon Books. Highlights or changes to the coupon book this year include three Indian restaurants, Red's cheeseburgers and others. Team 2 is gonna come through and do well.
  • Roger Fetter & Jim Eberly announced the need to sell more bricks for the Central Parklet for the Children's Play Space. Our Club is competing with the Evening Club, and the winning club will be served lunch by the losing club at a future date. That's one more incentive to see bricks! We need to sell bricks. Sign your Brick Pledge today! We can meet our goal if everyone buys one and sells one.
  • The District Newsletter for January is available at the District Web site by clicking on the link to the current newsletter. http://www.district7350.org
  • The District Conference will take place from May 13-15. Registration forms are available from Carol or on the District website.
  • RYLA. The RYLA event will be held at Juniata College this ummer. Nominations for attendees are being taken now. LeAnne Martin is the contact person in our club. Students that are juniors in highschool now are eligible.
  • 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!
  • Paul Rutter announced that the State College & State College Downtown Rotary Club's will be hosting the GSE Team from Italy this spring from May 5th until May 10, and again on May 15 for their departure to Italy from the State College Airport on the 16th. We are looking for host families for the time period. One night or each night what ever you can help out with will be great. A lsit of activities is in the works and once we know more about the visiting team we will finalize things. Highlights though will be a trip to Niagara Falls for the day.
  • 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: Two Classification Talks

    Pam Ford gave classification talk. Her family has 3rd generations of Rotarians, 30 years United Methodist Pastor, currently at St. Paul's in State College, Husband Roger is a retired teacher, 2 grown daughters ages 23 and 20 still live in area, graduate of Dickenson College - Duke Seminary - Drexel for doctorate received one year ago with thesis on 21st century leadership, spoke about how it's a new day for the church, the need to reach out more, coffee shop started in State College, hobbies include travel, photography, family.

    George Trudeau gave classification talk. Moved to area in July 2004 to become Director of the Center for the Performing Arts at Penn State. Came from Utica, NY where he was director of performing arts for Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute (the Munstitoot!). Grew up in Oregon, BA from Western Washington University in Bellingham Washington, Seattle for three years as musician/teacher, went to Boston with wife, both received masters from New England Conservatory. Worked for NEC then went to Utica in 1986. Wife Debbie is professional violinist with Syracuse Symphony and Glimmerglass Opera. Twin sons are soon 18, planning to attend Penn State. Family is in NY this year so sons can finish high school there. Active in Utica Rotary and looking forward to continuing with Downtown Club. Activities include skiing and biking.

    This week’s note taker: George Trudeau

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    Rotary Birthdays this month:

    Todd Bacastow Feb. 5; Jim Eberly, Feb. 10;      (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
    Feb. 17, 2005
    Moose
    Turley
    Brytzcuk
    Martella
    Feb. 24, 2005
    Mose
    Walsh
    Catalano
    Coble
    March 3, 2005
    Myrick
    Whitfield
    n/a
    Club Assembly
    March 10 , 2005
    Potalivo
    Zimbler
    Christian
    tba
    March 17, 2005
    Quinn
    Abramson
    Coble
    tba
    March 24, 2005
    Rutter
    Amato
    Davis
    tba
    March 31 , 2005
    Sanders
    Bacastow
    Dayananda
    tba

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