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State College, 16805

Edition: #316
Editor: Paul Rutter
TODAY'S PROGRAM and ASSIGNMENTS for: November 2, 2006
Program: Wayne Mowery, Esq.: Computer Law, Copyright, and Trademark Stories
Auction item
: Friedman
Note taker: Kauffman
Thank speaker
: Myrick
future assignments
FUTURE PROGRAMS and EVENTS

November 3rd, Wine Tasting at PDG Carol's; 7 PM
November 9, 2006 Club Assembly
November 11, 2006 Foundation Dinner in Hagerstown
November 16, 2006
November 23, 2006
November 30, 2006
Campbell Plowden on the Center For Amazon Community Ecology.
(recently
featured in State College Magazine)

December 7, 2006
Club Assembly
December 7-10, 2006 Festival of Trees
December 13, Charter party
December 14, 2006 Holiday Bash at Celebration Hall (Hoag's catering)
December 21, 2006
December 28, 2006

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LAST WEEK IN REVIEW

Visiting Rotarians: Mr. Sherwani from Islamabad, PakistanThe 4-Way Test
Make-ups turned in: Paul Rutter at Evening, and Breakfast clubs
Guests:
50/50: No notes. We are down to 37 cards with a pot of about $340.
Auction: no notes

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

Fall 2006 Entertainment Book committee: Bedell, Geise, Jones

Sept 10, 2006 Support to Operation Salute: Holmes, Mose, Davis, Domalski, Rutter, Dearmitt (x2), Abramson, Eberly (x2), Fetter, Christian, Williams

Fall 2006 Semester Hosting Youth Exchange Students-

April 22, 2006 Lederer Park Clean up: Pam Ferguson and her crew of Tracey Sepich and kids, Barbie Collins, Hugh Mose, Paul Rutter & wife Anne.

Mar. 22, 2006 Spaghetti Dinner Fund Raiser, We all are selling.

Happy Happy Bucks are funds paid to the club to speak up and tell all why you are happy!Bucks came from: No notes

 



  • The Festival of Trees will be December 7-10.
  • Carl Hill will be setting up this years youth exchange program. If anyone is interested contact Carl.
  • Dick Jones and Don Bedell talked about the coupon book preparations. If you have not signed up to contact restuarants you will be have one assigned to you. PLEASE REMEMBER THE MORE PARTICIPANTS THERE ARE ON THE FRONT END THE BETTER THE COUPON BOOK IS AND IT WILL BE A EASIER TO SELL ON THE BACK END
  • Teresa shared information about our meals at Damon's. Each week we have an option of a house salad or the entre prepared for us that day. At no time is anyone to request to have chicken or steak added to the salad. All that we are contracted for is the garden salad. Additionally when you request special salads; the orders for everyone else get backlogged because the server is also the one that has to prepare the salad. There is additional cost that is borne by the club when you place requests for extras too.
  • The committee assignments were placed on the tables; it was also proposed to have a "Minute Man" list for potential speakers available on a short notice if a scheduled speaker is prevented from coming.
  • Teresa shared news from the Penn State Rotaract club for the new academic year. Over 50 persons showed up to an informational session. These were students that had been involved with Rotary as Interacters in high school.
  • Todd passed out coins from the PA National Guard to all Rotarians that helped with the event.
  • The Rotary Foundation Dinner is scheduled for November 4, 2006 in Hagerstown, Maryland. Do not forget to register.
  • If you have coupon money please get that in. You can still sell those babies.Coupon sales are still happening. Extras can be picked up from Tracy Sepich. Sell Sell Sell your coupon books. Paul made a flier that might help sell these things which actually sell themselves: 49 coupons for various values in town! Contact Rotarian Dr. Tracy Sepich to get your coupon books. Her office is over by Lowes in the old Philatelic building.
  • Point your web browser to: http://www.rotilink.org/eClubs/ click on a club's Website and follow the directions to do make-ups with the e-club. At the end, you print out your make up slip and submit it to current secretary Rainer Domalski.


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    Previous Week's Speaker: No notes

    There were no notes so you have to put up with more bad jokes.

    An elderly Rotarian and his wife are having problems remembering things, so they decide to go to the doctor for a checkup. The doctor tells them that they are physically okay but they might want to start writing things down to help them remember. Later that night, while watching TV, the Rotarian gets up from his chair.

    Wife: "Where are you going dear?"
    Rotarian: "To the kitchen"
    Wife: "Will you get me a bowl of ice cream?"
    Rotarian: "Sure."
    Wife: "Don't you think you should write it down so you can remember it?"

    Rotarian: "No, I can remember that!"
    Wife: "Well, I'd like some strawberries on top. You'd better write it down 'cause I know you'll forget it."
    Husband: "I can remember that! You want a bowl of ice cream with strawberries."
    Wife: "I'd also like whipped cream. Now I'm certain you'll forget that, so you'd better write it down."
    Rotarian: "I don't need to write it down. I can remember that! Ice cream with strawberries and whipped cream!"

    He then grumbles all the way to the kitchen. After about 20 minutes he returns from the kitchen and hands his wife a plate of bacon and eggs.

    She stares at the plate for a moment and says, "Where's my toast?


    Service Above Self
    A woman was sitting at a bar enjoying an after work cocktail with her girlfriends when an exceptionally tall, handsome, extremely sexy middle-aged Rotarian entered.

    He was so striking that the woman could not take her eyes off him. The young-at-heart Rotarian noticed her overly attentive stare and walked directly toward her (as all men will).

    Before she could offer her apologies for so rudely staring, he leaned over and whispered to her, "I'll do anything, absolutely anything, that you want me to do, no matter how unusual?, for $20.00......on one condition." (There are always conditions).

    Flabbergasted, the woman asked what the condition was. The handsome Rotarian replied, "You have to tell me what you want me to do in just three words." (controlling, huh?)

    The woman considered his proposition for a moment, then slowly removed a $20 bill from her purse, which she pressed into the man's hand along with her address. She looked deeply into his eyes, and slowly, and meaningfully said....

    . . .

    . . .

    . . .

    . . .

    . . ."Clean my house."
    Ian White
    Winchester and District


    Notetaker: Wish there were.

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    Rotary Birthdays this month:

    Dennis Martella, November 5; Chris Turley, November 26; Joe Geise, November 30
    (if I missed yours please email me and let the club secretary know too)

    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 one of the E-clubs all over the world
    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
    November 2
    Friedman
    Kauffman
    Myrick
    November 9
    Gambone
    King
    n/a
    Assembly
    November 16
    Gatto
    Martella
    Ostrich
    November 23
    Thanks
    Giving
    No
    Meeting
    November 30
    Geise
    Moose
    Potalivo
    December 7
    Goldstein
    Mose
    n/a
    Assembly
    December 14
    Held
    Myrick
    Pratt
    December 21
    Hickey
    Ostrich
    Rutter
    December 28
    Holmes
    Potalivo
    Sanders
    January 4
    Pratt


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    “If we only listen to those whom we already see eye to eye, we will never create better understanding, a concept that is at the core of Rotary.”
    -Martin G Molony, District 1160 Governor, Dublin Central, Ireland
    in The Rotarian, January 2006

    "Of the things we think, say or do:

    Is it the TRUTH?

    Is it FAIR to all concerned?

    Will it build GOODWILL and BETTER FRIENDSHIPS?

    Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned?"

     


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