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Edition: #264
Editor: Paul Rutter
TODAY'S PROGRAM and ASSIGNMENTS: (May 19, 2005)
Program: (Moose) State College Friends School, Larry Boggess Head of School
Auction item
: Turley
Note taker: Brooks
Thank speaker
:
Domalski
Luncheon menu:
(monthly menu)
future assignments
FUTURE PROGRAMS and EVENTS

Rotary Centennial & History May 26, 2005 Denny Younkin, SCASD, Act 72 and new high school building renovation
June 2, 2005
Brian Lockman, Pres and CEO of Pennsylvania Cable Network
June 9, 2005
Youth Exchange-Gabriella Voloschin (Argentina) and Pomm (Thailand)
June 16, 2005
Assembly (Moved from the 9th)
June 23, 2005
TBA
June 30, 2005
Roger Fetter's last day in office!
July 7, 2005 TBA
July 14, 2005 TBA
July 21, 2005 TBA

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LAST WEEK IN REVIEW

Visiting Rotarians: Charlie Wilson and Tom Kerr from the evening R.C.
Make-ups turned in: Paul Rutter at the evening club, and Tyrone R.C.
Guests: Tracey Sepich, guest of the club
50/50: There are 20 cards left and about $1400 in the pot to split. Gary Brytczuk drew the 5 of hearts
Auction: none

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

June 20, 2005 International Conference
Rutter, Hill, Walsh,

May 15-16, 2005 District Conference--
Hill, Rutter, Walsh, Fetter, Davis

May 5-9 & May 15-16, 2005 Group Study Exchange Team visit
Rutter, Dayananda, Held, Brooks, Pratt, Mose, Williams, Friedman

April 16, 2005 Spring Clean up at Lederer Park--
Ferguson-x2, Rutter-2, Sanders-x3, Walsh, Fetter, Mose, Domalski, Myrick, Meckstroth, Smith, Gambone, Hill

April 13, 2005 Spaghetti Dinner--
Rutter, Staats, Kashanna, Beaver, Potalivo, Ferguson, Moose, Mose, King, Eberly-x2, Zimbler, Christian, Friedman, Collins, Hill, Holmes, Davis, Walsh, Bedell, Edwards, Abramson, Dearmitt, Domalski, Coble, Quinn, Kaufman, Meckstroth, Goldstein, Catalano, Bell, Dayananda, Myrick, Sanders

April 2-3, 2005 District Assembly-
Fetter, Rutter, Walsh, Hill

  • Happy Happy Bucks are funds paid to the club to speak up and tell all why you are happy!Bucks from: • Doug Holmes because his daugher finished another year of college. • Chris Potalivo was happy because hwnen the flew out of Washington D.C. he did not get arrested for flying in Federal air space restricted areas. • Pam Ferguson was happy because her son completed his Ph.D. course work in physics at Yale.
  • The following Rotarians lost their red badges to become blue badge holders by completing some new members stuff: Laurel Sanders, Pam Ford, Bernadette Koshanna, and Barbie Collins.
  • The Special Olympics is June 9-11.
  • The parklet project for which we are helping do things in scheduled for May 21.
  • The spaghetti dinner earned about $1500 for the auction portion.
  • The first section of the State College portion of the GSE visit is over. Everything so far as been okay if not as planned. The key has been in being willing to adapt to the teams wishes. The Italian Rotary District's GSE team will be in State College again on the night of May 15th. Thanks to Adrian Pratt, Carl Hill, Bob Williams, Linda Friedman, Hugh Mose, Dr. D, Dick Held, Russ Brooks, and Paul Rutter for offering to host or being a host back up for the visitors. This has been a great opportunity to participate in a huge part of Rotary and in learning what Rotary International is all about. Ask Paul Rutter for more information about the various events. It has been a hoot so far!
  • Have you seen the new Pennsylvania license tags for Rotary? Rotary vanity license plates are available. There's a link on the District Web site to get them.
  • The evening club is having their auction meeting on May 17.
  • Bob Williams is the most recent inductee to the club. Paul Rutter was his sponsor. Bob was on the GSE team to South Korea earlier this year. He works over at Nittany Office Equipment with Tom Kerr.
  • Be getting in shape to help with the manual labor part of the childrens village of the parklet. Sign up to help now! May 21st at 9:00 a.m.
  • It is a new tax year; perhaps buying bricks for tax year 2005 is in your strategy?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 April is available at the District Web site by clicking on the link to the current newsletter. http://www.district7350.org
  • 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: Dan Carter from Centre Stage.

    This week, we were visited by the Dan Carter the director of the Centre Stage theatre.

    Joining him was the marketing person Sherry Sinclair. Dan told us about the upcoming plays and told us how the theatre is going since moving downtown. They are celebrating their 20th year and are enjoying the new facility. The first production this year was "Fences." It will be followed by a musical review. In September there is a production on Jean Ritchie an American Folk artist and colelctor of folk music from Appalachia.

    There are reduced tickets available for the various shows. Additionally there are deals on parking too.

    Ranier Domalski thanked the speakers.

    This week’s note taker: Russ Brooks

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    Rotary Birthdays this month:

    Jana King, May 2; Mary Dearmitt, May 12; Carol Walsh, May 19; Linda Friedman, May 20; Don Bedell, May 21; Hugh Mose, May 28; Mark Whitfield, May 31;
    (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
    May 12
    Trudeau
    Biddle
    Dearmitt
    Moose
    May 19
    Turley
    Brooks
    Domalski
    May 26
    Walsh
    Brytczuk
    Eberly
    June 2
    Whitfield
    Catalano
    Edwards
    June 9
    Williams
    Christian
    n/a
    Asembly
    June 16
    Zimbler
    Coble
    Ferguson
    June 23
    Abramson
    Collins
    Fetter
    June30
    Amato
    Davis
    Ford
    July
    Bacastow
    To Be
    Posted
    Later

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