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State College, 16805

Edition: #398
Editor: Paul Rutter
TODAY'S PROGRAM and ASSIGNMENTS for: October 16, 2008

Program: Olympics & Dr. John Lucas
Auction: Jones
Greeter: Hickey
Note taker
: Geise
Thank speaker
: Sanders
future assignments

FUTURE PROGRAMS and EVENTS

October 17, 2008 Wine Tasting Fund Raiser at PDG Carol's home
October 23, 2008 Rockview State Correctional Superintendent Frank Tennis
October 30, 2008 Tom Murray from the Mt. Nittany Medical Center
November 1, 2008 Dist. Foundation Dinner Rocky Gap Lodge
November 6, 2008 Club Assembly
November 8, 2008 Rotary Leadership Institute in Bedford
November 13, 2008 SCASD Master Plan
November 20, 2008 Rotary Foundation

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LAST WEEK IN REVIEW

Visiting Rotarians:
Make-ups turned in: none
Guests: Samantha Futhey, exchange student 2007-2008 returning from Finland.
Dawn Deppe, a guest of Tracy Sepich
50/50: Currently, the total pot stands at nearly $0 because Tracy Sepich won last week. She drew the ace from a deck of about 29 cards and two jokers and split about $1,000 with the club!
Auction: A certificate to Dantes restaurants from Darren Johnston. Purchased by Laurel.

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

Farmers Market, Food delivery to Food Bank, Each Friday 2008
Rotarians? Email Roger Fetter

PSU Football Games, Fall 2008: Rotarians? email Paul
C.Carolina: Rutter x2, Dunlap x2, Moose x2,
Oregon St.: Rutter x2, Mose x2, Dunlap x2, Moose x2,
Temple: Rutter, Moose, Snowe x2
Illinois: Rutter, Moose, Snowe x2,
Michigan: Rutter x2, Moose, Dunlop x2,
Indiana: Full
Michigan St.: Full

The summer baseball outing at Spikes August 10:
Goldstein and his entertainment committee! AGAIN!

The summer picnic at Tudek Park June 28:
Goldstein and his entertainment committee

Tunisian GSE Exchange, May 6-12: Rutter, Sepich, Williams

2008 Lederer Park Clean-up: Brad was in charge coordinating this event, and all of us!

2008 Spaghetti Dinner committee: Jim Eberly, Don Bedell, and all of us!

2008 Entertainment Book committee: Jim Eberly, Meg Moose and all of us!

2007-8 Hosts for Highschool International Youth Exchange: Whitfield, Potalivo

Happy Happy Bucks are funds paid to the club to speak up and tell all why you are happy!Bucks PDG Carol was happy three times, 1 for NPR and the Global Fund for Children. A former Ambassadorial Scholar to Africa began the GFC and has raised over 12 million dollars for needy children. Also her daughter in law is in Iraq safely now and her son is in Kirkuk, Iraq and is settling in.Laurel was happy for her oldest daughter and knowledge masters and for being the editor of a national magazineLinda was happy about speaking to a group of architects in Boston.


  • The GSE Team from the Philippines met at Paul's camp Monday night for a cookout and we all hada terrific time. Burgers, Beer, Brats, and Smores! Thanks to Hickeys for the beer!
  • 56% attendance last month... pretty poor IMHO. We can help raise our attendance using virtual club make-ups by going to one of the e-Clubs.
  • Wine and Cheese party will be at Carol Walsh’s house on Fri Oct 17, 7PM.
  • The club welcomed Mary D'Armit back to the club.
  • Paul Rutter will host visiting Rotarians at his cabin.
  • Don't forget the wine tasting at Carol's on the 17th.
  • Still space at Rotary Leadership Training session in Bedford. See Rose.
  • Check your contact information so the listed can be updated.
  • There was a question on what counts as a make up. Rose will check.
  • Roger Fetter reports that the Food Bank project is continuing every Friday. We have delivered more than 1,000 lbs so far
  • Football volunteers had another great time helping and watching the Illinois game down on the field! We have a full slate of volunteers for the next game against Michigan. Yee Haw!!
  • Get out and see the folks you signed up to visit and get them into the D&E book! Get info to Jim Eberly.
  • The Big Apple Express is up and running again. This is the bus from SC to NYC and back over a weekend.
  • Sam Jordan was proposed as a new member by the board of directors. He will be coming from the Bellefonte club. Members have 10 days to comment on his proposal to join our club.
  • Rainer and Rose passed around via email and paper a membership list to have all of us correct for release soon.
  • Rotaract on Penn State's campus is soliciting help to increase membership
  • The district needs applicants for the Rotary GSE trip to the Philippines. At the same time the club and State College area Rotary clubs are planning for the exchange. The Philippine team will be here in October.
  • Carl said dues statements are coming out, but why wait? It's $115 per quarter and that includes your lunch each Thursday for 13 weeks!
  • Thanks to everyone who has helped work the gates before the PSU home football games. There are no more openings for helping this year. Thanks to Roger Dunlop, Kat Snowe and husband Dave from the breakfast club, Bob Williams, Hugh Mose and wife Janyce, Nicole Webster from the breakfast club, Tineke Cuning and husband Jack from Breakfast club, my wife Anne, Meg Moose for having one of her colleagues and many other helpers for helping us fill the slate for all games. For more information on what we do and to be on a waiting list for Indiana or Michigan State ask Paul 863-3387 office. Your get free field seats and parking passes for helping. Also if you are interested in helping next year for the 2009 season let me know to reserve your spot.
  • 10/18/08 vs. Michigan 4:30 p.m.
    11/15/08 vs. Indiana TBA
    11/22/08 vs. Michigan State TBA

    Check out the latest press releases

  • Polio Plus Challenge - The $1,000 Anonymous donation was sent in from outside the club, not from a club member. Currently, 9 members have donated matching funds up to $570. We need more donations from Club members to hit the $1,000.
  • Rotary is matching donations of up to $10,000 for polio vaccinations.
  • Leadership Institute seminars are also available; check the district website for the schedule
  • Congratulations to the new Paul Harris Fellows and continuing PHF. New this year was Sue Eberly being named by husband, Rotarian, and PHF Jim Eberly, also Anne Hoag who was named by her husband, Rotarian, and PHF Paul Rutter, also continuing multi-status PHF to Carl Hill, Dick Held, Ed Zeiders, Rainer Domalski, Frank Gatto and others to be named. Several sustaning PHFs were recognized too and can be found on the club's PHF Web page.
  • 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.
  • Previous Week's Speaker: Samantha Futhey Youth Exchange to Finland

    Map of Finland and the district the GSE team visited on Dick Held's year.Samantha Futhey, a freshman at Penn State returned from Finalnd where she spent last year. She was on the Baltic Sea coast between Helsinki and the Russian border. It was cold and chilly. She visited Lapland and saw the Northern Lights.

    In Finland, the folks are shy. They use the Euro and are in the EU. They do open up to you once they know you. For food, potatoes were a food staple in every meal. Herring and fish were often served too. The language is hard to learn but many people speak English. The Rotarians were extremely nice to her. She stayed with two host families.

    Carl Hill had us preview his exchange student recruiting presentation. He and Doug will be using the slides to recruit the outbound student for the next exchange.

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    Rotary Birthdays this month:

    Paul Bell & Jim Dayananda, October 27; Roger Fetter, October 29

    (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
    GREETER
    MEETING NOTES
    THANK SPEAKER
    Oct 23
    Kauffman
    Hill
    Goldstein
    Sepich
    Oct 30
    King
    Holmes
    Hackett
    Slocum
    Nov. 6
    Martella
    Johnston
    Held
    n/a
    Nov 13
    Meckstroth
    Jones
    Hickey
    Snowe
    Nov 20
    Moose
    Kauffman
    PDG Hill
    Trudeau
    Nov 27
    Happy
    Thanksgiving!
    No
    Meeting
    Dec 4
    Mose
    King
    Holmes
    n/a
    Dec 11
    Potalivo
    Martella
    Johnston
    Turley
    Dec 18
    Pratt
    Meckstroth
    Jones
    PDG Walsh
    Dec 25
    Happy
    Holidays
    No
    Meeting
    Jan 1
    Happy
    New Year
    No
    Meeting
    Jan 8


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