State College Downtown Rotary Weekly Newsletter, Paul Rutter-Editor

Visiting Rotarians: Betty and Larry White from Scranton, PA Rotary.
Make-ups turned in: none
Guests: Tommy Miller, a guest of Linda Freidman, Brian Knox, our speaker
50/50: Meg Moose had the winning number and drew the 6 of clubs. There are 33 cards left and the pot keeps growing at c$400 now! You can buy three chances for $2 now too, to make your chances better!
Auction: From Pam Ferguson, a basket of local goodies that went to a high bid of $47 from Jana King. Thanks to both!!

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

Ron Taverno will be posting an announcement via the List Serv to tell about Football gate working. The next game

On Going through 12/12
Cruise Raffle
All of us (19 each)

9/21 Beaver Stadium Gates
La Tech-PSU Game
Betsy & Dick Held, Paul Rutter, Ron Taverno

9/14 Beaver Stadium Gates
Nebraska-PSU Game
Anne Hoag & Paul Rutter, Patty & Ron Taverno

is Iowa on September 28. There are 4 more games after that that will need workers. Call Ron Taverno to sign up. It counts as a make-up.

Please contact Roger Fetter with speaker ideas.
The club has a list serv. All active members are on it. The email address for it is SCDTROTARY-L@LISTS.PSU.EDU. It only works if you are a subscriber so if you aren't on it and want to know even more about the club 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.
The fund raising committee passed out tickets for use to sell for the cruise raffle. The cruise doesn't have a date it has be taken within. The value of the cruise is $3500. Winners can arange arround that. It should be good enough though, for airfare from Harrisburg to a caribbean cruise port, and a cruise of 7 days. The second prize is a 27" color TV; 3rd prize is a cash award of $250.
The State College Food Bank is having its 20th anniversary on 9/24 from 6-8 PM.
Paul Bell announced the Community Academy for Life Long Learning wil have an auction on September 24 from noon until 4 PM.
Carol Walsh announced a membership promotion. 5 member teams responsible for bringing in 1 new member. There will be ten teams. Prizes for success.

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Previous Week's Speaker: Brian Knox - Forests are our Future

Brian Know, the executive director of Save the Forest from Bedford spoke with us this past week. He gave us information about forests and their preservation or lack of it. In Pennsylvania, the state's forests employ over 100 thousand workjers making it the 4th largest industry in the state. We are number 1 in hard wood. Some problems with our forests include high vegetation that prevents seedlings from growth. He said that forest management is not working. Over 25% of forests are privately owned with the average plot being 23 acres. There are over 6.5 million deer in the state or 23 per square mile. There were 500,000 at the turn of the 20th century.
Brian's job focusses on assisting property owners to develop a plan for their trees based on their personal goals.

This week’s note taker: Dick Held

DATE	AUCTION	INVOCATION	NOTES	THANKS
October 3	Friedman	Hampton	Holmes	Club Assembly
October 10	Gambone	Held	Hudson	MaryAnn Eberle
October 17	Geise	Hickey	Immel	Jim Eberly
October 24	Goldstein	Hill	Johnston	Edwards
October 31	Hampton	Holmes	Jones	Ferguson
November 7	Held	Hudson	Kauffman	Club Assembly
November 14	Hickey	Immel	Chris Kerner	Fetter
November 21	Hill	Johnston	Kelly Kerner	Friedman
November 28	Thanksgiving	No Meeting	Have a safe Day	Gobble Gobble
December 5	Holmes	Jones	King	Club Assembly
December 12	Hudson	Kauffman	Lucci	Gambone
December 19	Immel	Chris Kerner	Martin	Geise
December 26	Christmas	Holiday	Have a	Safe One
January 2	to	be	announced

Contact club webmaster: Paul Rutter