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Edition: #273
Editor: Paul Rutter
TODAY'S PROGRAM and ASSIGNMENTS for: January 5, 2006
Program: Assembly
Auction item
: Held
Note taker: Moose
Thank speaker
:
n/a
future assignments
FUTURE PROGRAMS and EVENTS

Dec 29, 2005 No Meeting
January 3, 2006 Board Meeting at the AutoPort 8:00 a.m.
January 3, 2006 Orange Bowl (See ya there!!) 8:00 p.m.
January 5, 2006 Club Assembly
January 12, 2006
Bacastow
January 19, 2006 Bedell
January 26, 2006 Gambone
February 2, 2006 Club Assembly
February 7, 2006
Board Meeting at the AutoPort 8:00 a.m.
February 9, 2006
Rutter, Penn State Sports Museum
February 16, 2006
Mose
February 23, 2006
Beaver "Smart Start Update"

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LAST WEEK IN REVIEW

Happy New Year, Go PENN STATE!Visiting Rotarians: Fran Stevenson from the evening Rotary Club,
Make-ups turned in:
Guests: Katie Holmes daughter of Doug Holmes.
50/50: This week Russ Brooks drew the 6 of hearst breakign all of our hearts, leaving ___ cards to draw from next week with a pot of about $1100 to split.
Auction: Marshall Goldsten pulled double duty as our auctioneer and the donor of a gift certificate to Best Buy. Paul Rutter (yours truly) made out like a bandit with a high bid of $36. Thanks very much to Marshall!

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

Dec. 21, 2005 Holiday Party, Brytczuk-Great party, Gary! Thanks!

Dec 10, 2005 Festival of the Trees-a lot of us, names coming

Fall Semester Hosting Youth Exchange Students-

Value Coupon Books- Collins, Sepich, (all of us selling)

 

  • Happy Happy Bucks are funds paid to the club to speak up and tell all why you are happy!Bucks from: •Paul- because his wife was leaving town only with him this time• Gary for having learned his sons became custodian of his child, • PDG Carol because her daughter was recently married! And something about being a grandmother!!
  • The district Newsletter is ready. You can check it out at the district Website:http://www.district7350.org. There is a great story about the Youth Exchange student in Germany now.
  • Rose mentioend the foudnation of the club met and reminded usthat she will do estate planning , i.e. wills on the cheap if you are leaving a gift for the club's foundation. remember the club foundation also in yoru end of the year tax planning gifts.
  • Carol passed out a new breakfast club survey. Please fill these out and return to Carol with info on prospective members.
  • Tracy mentioned the blood drive going on today at her office (Sepich Eye Care, Tracy's an optomatrist) over near the old philatelic center. Blood donors will receive meals to Outback which is near by.)
  • Chris acting as the days master at arms or sergenat at arms depending on your branch of service requested folks to please place name badges in alphabetical order to save time picking them up.
  • Marc offered recognition to Gary and Sharon Brytczuk for hosting last nights holiday party.
  • Carl offered thansk for our lunch and offered words to highlight diversity among Rotarians and joining together to enjoy and bring thanks. Hannakuh begins at sundown on December 25. Christmas is December 25th also.The first day of Kwanzaa is December 26th and Boxing Day is December 26th for the Scots among us!
  • The Bowl Games Football Pool is underway now too. The link to an entry form is on the Web site at http://centreweb.com/rotary/club/football.html. You can have your family members play too! Double the fun!
  • Hugh Mose announced we have received a matching grant for our World Community Project that is trying to outfit 8 classrooms with furniture at a school in Istanbul, Turkey. Our club commitment is $2000 and the total pledged between our club and district and the club and district in Turkey is $19,000.
  • Pam Ferguson was named department chair of the English Department at South Hills. Yahoo!!!
  • 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 and the old Philatelic building.
  • Point your web browser to: http://www.rotaryeclubone.org/index.html click on Programs 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 Ms. Friedman.
  • 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 relatively 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.

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    Previous Week's Speaker: Maureen Carstetter and Phil Clark from Mt. Nittany Medical Center

    Maureen and Phil updated us on what is new with the medical center (not just it's name!). They have a new neurosurgeon for brain and neck work and there is a new Open MRI center at the hospital. The Medical Center has long been recognized for excellence in hips and joint surgeries, and it seems the number of births is on the rise. There is a shortage of nurses and the staff regularly recruits nurses and professional staff.

    The medical center does not have a transplant unit or a burn center because fortunately there is not enough demand for either.

    This week’s note taker: Paul Rutter

     

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    Rotary Birthdays this month:

    Barbie Collins, Jan 2; Harry Zimbler, January 3; Teresa Davis, January 6;
    Dr. Tracy Sepich, January 20;

    (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
    December 29
    No Meeting ...
    See ya at the
    Orange
    Bowl
    Go LIONS!
    January 5
    Held
    Moose
    Assembly
    n/a
    January 12
    Hickey
    Mose
    Trudeau
    Bacastow
    January 19
    Hill
    Myrick
    Turley
    Bedell
    January 26
    Holmes
    Nucciarone
    Walsh
    Gambone
    February 2
    Johnston
    Papale
    Whitfield
    Rutter
    February 9
    Jones
    Potalivo
    Assembly
    February 16
    Kauffman
    Pratt
    Williams
    Mose
    February 23
    King
    Rutter
    Zimbler
    Beaver
    March 2
    Martella
    Sanders
    Abramson
    March 9
    Meckstroth
    Sepich
    Assembly
    March 16
    Moose
    Smith
    Amato
    March 23
    Mose
    Taverno
    Bacastow
    March 30
    Myrick
    Trudeau
    Beaver

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