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| TODAY'S PROGRAM and
ASSIGNMENTS for: March
29, April 5, 2007 |
Program:
3/29: Carl
Hill: Legislative Update
4/5: Assembly
 Auction
item: Pratt, Sanders
Note taker: Friedman, Gambone
Thank speaker: Bedell, Assembly
future assignments
| FUTURE
PROGRAMS and EVENTS |
April
12, 2007 Pending final arrangements
April 19, 2007 Senator Jake Corman
April 21, 2007 Lederer Park clean up 8am
April 26, 2007 The German
GSE Team arrives
April 26, 2007 n/a (GSE arrives after we meet)
May 10-13, 2007 DISTRICT CONFERENCE
IN PITTSBURGH
June 23, 2007 Club picnic
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Visiting Rotarians: Mary Johnston
& Tom Kerr, from the evening club
Make-ups turned in: Paul Rutter at the
morning club
Guests: Mike Scott, a guest of Russ Brooks
50/50: Pat Coble drew a spade, but alas, ‘twas the wrong one.
There are 19 cards left and a pot of about $800.
Auction: None
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| ANNOUNCEMENTS:
(Please send announcements for the newsletter to Paul) |
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German
GSE exchange,
April 26- 30: Rutter, Williams, Pratt, Held, Brooks,
Dayananda.
Spaghetti
Tickets & Dinner, March March 20-21.
Tickets are being sold by ALL of us; For the event:
Names to be added soon!Please do what you can to be listed here!
Hosts
for International (Russia) Visitors:
Holmes, others?
Dictionaries
for Grade School:
Davis, and son Connor, others?
International
Project with a supplying a classroom in Istanbul with Furniture:
Mose, Hill, others?
2007
Entertainment Book committee:
Bedell, Geise, Jones; all of us are selling them. Top Seller
1/26 is PDG Carol Walsh with 29 books. Second is:_______ and Third
and Fourth are:____ ___
Holiday
Party , Dec 20. Marshall
Goldstein and his merry elves set this up. Quite good say the
returns! Well Done!!
Festival
of the
Trees, Dec 7-10.
Jim Eberly is in the lead with other club members.
Thanksed with happy bucks were: Carl Hill, Pat Coble, Clark Moose
(Meg's husband).
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Happy  Bucks
came from:  Doug and Carl
for the spaghetti dinner,
Roger because he had fun. Laurel
because she’s always happy (and to promote the Nittany Valley Symphony).
Chuck Niedermyer because
he could leave his hat, gloves, parka & boots at home.l
Hugh Mose was the winner of $10.50 with the closest guess on the number
of people served at the spaghetti dinner. The number of tickets collected
was 459.
There will be a 4-Way test speech contest at David Ostrich's synagogue
in which 4 SC high school students will compete at the end of the month.
The founding mothers & fathers of the Bellefonte Rotary club are
soliciting names of potential members.
Jana has $100 raffle tickets for a sculpture, drawing benefits youth
artists.
Our own foundation received a contribution from a member, honoring Buzz
Fowler. PDG Seymour "Bus" Fowler
passed away. Bus was an honorary member of our club.
The new Bellefonte Rotary club will hold a meeting soon. PDG Carol has
the info.
Don Bedell is still collecting money in for Dining & Entertainment
Books. Please bring money in.
Charlie Hackett received his "blue" name tag
Shoes for Nicaragua - Damons want to participate in this project they
will be a drop off site. Linda will be collecting shoes until the 2nd
week of May. This is continuing this week.
There was a plea for host families for inbound students.
PDG Seymour "Bus" Fowler
passed away this past week. Bus was an honorary member of our club.
The German GSE team will be arriving April 26. We will not be able to
host them at lunch, but we will will be hosting a meet and greet type
thing. The club GSE committee is Paul Rutter, Bob Williams, Adrian Pratt,
Russ Brooks, Dick Held, and Jim Dayananda. Bob Williams is hosting one
team member, others are being hosted by members of the two other Rotary
clubs. Information regarding activities will be shown later.
Marshall announced a change in date for our June Picnic in Tudek Park
from Sunday 6/24 to Saturday 6/23; details to follow closer to that time
Doug announced we are still looking for host families for visitors from
Russia (the thing Joel Pelletier spoke about in an earlier
announcement).
Linda handed out information from Governor Jerry about “The Shoes
for Nicaragua Challange”; a project coordinator will be assigned
for our club and will provide further information at upcoming meetings
Linda also reminded people that she is still looking for folks to audition
for the Pittsburgh conference “musical.”
Hugh passed around pictures of the furniture that the club purchased
for the school in Turkey.
Don Bedell reminded everyone to continue selling those D & E Books
and to keep handing over the $$$ to him
Don Bedell announced that he has collected $4,600 so far from the entertainment
book sale. Carol Walsh has sold 29 books so far.
Joel Pelletier announced that the District is trying
to establish an exchange program with 5 individuals from Russia. He is
hopeful that all of the clubs in the area will participate. He is putting
together the curriculum with the Help of Score and Rider Motors but is
in need of a volunteer from our club to assist him. He also needs host
families for the visitors. They are expected to be here sometime this
fall.
Spaghetti Dinner--PUT on your Calendar for March 21st with prep being
March 20th. Mt. Nittany United Methodist Church, 4-7 PM.
PDG Carol is taking over membership for Dana who is on a leave of absence
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We are looking for feedback about a club picnic tentatively scheduled
for June 24, We need input on locations of Tudek, Lederer, or Someone's
backyard where adult beverages could be consumed. Cooking necessities
would have to be brought in. Contact Frank, Marshall, Jim E., Carol, Mary,
Rainer, or Pat with your input.
Bob Williams mentioned the district is forming a Foundation
Alumni group for persons, including non-Rotarians, that have been
a part of Rotary Foundation events like the GSE or the Ambassadorial Scholarships.
Paul Bell received a Paul Harris Fellowship and
was made an honorary member of the club. Paul was a charter
member.
PDG Carol Walsh has sold 29 Entertainment books!
PDG Carol Walsh presented Paul Rutter with his second Paul
Harris Fellowship pin.
We are looking for hosts for inbound students for the youth exchange
for 2006-2007. Contact Laurel, Doug, or Carl if you are able to help out.
 The
Entertainment Book has been
passed out.Get to work selling your allotment and more now! We rely on
the funds this raises to get our many philantropic tasks completed.
Carl Hill is a charter member of the District Paul Harris Fellowship,
a group that pledge to contribute $1000 each year to the Foundation.
Carl Hill will be setting up this years youth exchange program. If anyone
is interested contact Carl.
The District Newsletter is available at the District Web
site,
GSE (Group Study Exchange): The team from Germany visiting us for a
few days starting April 26, 2007 was announced by the German district.
Their brief bios 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
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.
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.
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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Week's Speaker: Assembly |
Michael Jimbo, director of the Nittany Valley Symphony. Michael was
born in Honolulu, HI. He migrated to Chicago where he worked as a freelance
Violinist and then earned a Masters of Conducting at Northwestern Univ.
He continued to work as a violinist while looking for a job as a conductor
and eventually ended up in Maine. He arrived in State College as a guest
conductor/interviewee for the Nittany Valley Symphony and for several
years commuted to Happy Valley from Chicago and today he commutes from
Maine.
The NVS performs 6 concerts a year – 1 family program, 1 pops program
and 4 classical shows. The mission is to keep classical music alive. There
are about 70 performers for most programs and there is a music budget
of $8-10,000 per year.
The NVS will perform Shakespearean Tribute, Tuesday, March 27, at 7:30pm
at Eisenhower Auditorium. There is a discount for civic group members,
so if you identify yourself as a Rotarian you will receive $5 off the
admission price.
Note taker: Jim Eberly
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| Rotary Birthdays this month:
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Chris
Potalivo, March 28;
Gary Brytczuk, April 9; Mark
Meckstroth, April 11;
Bonnie Abramson, April 14; Brian Christian,
April 26; Jim
Dayananda, April 27
(if I please email me and let the club secretary
know too)
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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“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
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"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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district 7350; club 24095
State
College Downtown Rotary; P.O. Box 10742; State College, PA 16805- 0742
Contact
club webmaster & newsletter editor: Paul Rutter
Just
Curious Who Gets This Far:
Weird Facts to Know & Tell
Bickering Computers
An Angel and the Devil were having
an ongoing argument about who managed to get the most out of their computer.
This had been going on for days and God was tired of hearing all the
bickering.
God said, "Cool it. I am going
to set up a test that will run two hours and I will judge who does the
better job."
So down they sat at the keyboards
and typed away. They moused away. They did spreadsheets, they wrote
reports, they sent faxes, they sent out e-mail, they sent out e-mail
with attachments, they downloaded, they did some genealogy reports,
they made cards, they did every known job. But just a few minutes before
the two hours were up, lightning flashed across the sky. The thunder
rolled and the rains came down hard. And, of course, the electricity
went off.
The Devil was upset. He fumed and
fussed and he ranted and raved. All to no avail. The electricity stayed
off. But after a bit, the rains stopped and the electricity came back
on.
The Devil screamed, "I lost
it all when the power went off. What am I going to do? What happened
to the Angels' work?" The Angel just sat and smiled.
Again, the Devil asked about the
work that the Angel had done. As the Angel turned her computer back
on, the screen glowed and when she pushed print, it was all there. "How
did she do it?" the Devil asked.
God smiled and said "Angels
Save".
Do you have anything to share? Email
me and chances are it will find its way here.
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