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State College, 16805

Edition: #318
Editor: Paul Rutter
TODAY'S PROGRAM and ASSIGNMENTS for: November 16, 2006
Program: TBA
Auction item
: Gatto
Note taker: Martella
Thank speaker
: Ostrich
future assignments
FUTURE PROGRAMS and EVENTS

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 14, 2006 No Regular Lunch Meeting
December 14, Charter party &
Holiday Bash at Celebration Hall
December 21, 2006 Holiday/Christmas stocking stuffer auction
December 28, 2006 No meeting

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LAST WEEK IN REVIEW

Visiting Rotarians: Dan Parish of the Chestertown, NY RC. He was in town visiting his daughter a doctoral student in the Penn State College of Education!The 4-Way Test
Make-ups turned in: Paul Rutter at Evening, and Breakfast clubs
Guests:
50/50: Chuck Gambone drew the 7 of hearts. We are down to 35 cards with a pot of about $375.
Auction: The auction item was lunch for two from Spats. Highest bidder was Laurel Sanders.

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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: Theresa for having an 11 year old little boy or having survived an 11 year old boys bithday party. Doug was happy about seeing the Producers, andGeorge Trudeau was happy that Doug was happy about seeing the Producers.


  • The Festival of Trees will be December 7-10.
  • Carol Walsh is selling raffle tickets to benefit the District 7350' Rotary Foundation. The lucky winner will receive a rocking chair with Rotary insignia. Tickets are $5 each. The winner will be announced during the Rotary Foundation dinner on November 11 in Hagerstown.
  • Judy Myrick is selling raffle tickets for a huge backet of goodies to be sold at the Foundation Dinner.
  • In honor of the Rotary Foundation month, which is November, and to promote Paul Harris Fellowship participation, our club's Foundation Committee members are gathering a number of attractive items, which are added to a huge gift basket. The committee is sponsoring a raffle of this gift basket and the proceeds of the raffle will be donated to the Rotary International Foundation in our name. The raffle tickets are $5 each, and the basket, consisting of various books, wine, beer, cookies, chocolates, movies and more will be on display during our meetings until November 30 when the lucky winner will be chosen.
  • Wine tasting party was held on November 3 at Carol Walsh's home. Thanks to all who participated. This was a fun evening and raised over $250 for the club.
  • Thank you to those who helped place labels on the dictionaries last week.
  • 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: Club Assembly

    Secretary: 50 members and 66% attendance

    Treasurer: Back inthe Black!

    Public relations: Grant for funds from RI to do radio spots and new signs

    GSE: The team from Germany visiting us in April was announced by the German district.We will need help housing them for a few nights and activities for them to participate with. Their occupatiosn are:

    • Lutheran minister (team leader); age 52, male, married
    • Industrial sales for a sausage factory; visit business school, retailers; age 32, male, single
    • Inport/export, logistics solutions, Sales manager; age 31, male, single
    • Jeweler, creates, journeyman goldsmith; age 28, female, single
    • Accountant, training instructor; age 29, female, single
    • Export sales for industrial company; age 39, male, married

    Youth Exchange: Looking for outbound students, (interviews will be in December)

     

    Note taker: Rose Kauffman

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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 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
    Johnston
    Pratt
    Sepich


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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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