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9/20 PSU-Kent State football game gates Will you be listed here? Call Ron Taverno to find out how and help RYEX!! 6/4-8 Special Olympics Carol Walsh, Chris Turley, Gary Brytczuk, Roger Fetter, Rose Kauffman, Pat Coble, Ron Taverno, Richard Jones, Chris Potalivo, Chuck Gambone, Paul Bell, Hugh Mose (TWICE!), Meg Mose, Leanne & Abby Martin, Rainer Domalski, Linda Friedman, and Paul Rutter 5/24-26 Memorial Day Volleyball tournament fundraiser Whitfield, Kauffman, Gambone, Christian, Martin*, Bell, Brytczak, Lucci*, Fetter, Zimbler, Eberle, Hill*, Eberly*, Goldstein*, Holmes*, Edwards, Hudson*, Beaver, Dayananda, Domalski*, Mose*, Bedell, Hickey, Moose*, Held, Taverno*, Rawson * brought along spouse/family/friends to help including: Ben Martin, Dolly Lucci, Jan Hill, Sue Eberly, Harriet Goldstein, Kate Holmes, Katarina Litvinovic, Jackie Sheader, Eva Domalski, Janyce Mose & Clark Moose **Katarina worked 20+ hours**

• Help wwork football gates. You will receive a free parking pass, and a ticket with on field seats to the game. The commitment is to work 1-1/2 hours before the game taking tickets and sometimes working the first quarter or a portion of the first quarter. Our Rotary Club receives the hourly payment for the time served and these funds are deposited into our Youth Exchange Funds account. Please call Ron Taverno to get more information on helping. 814-231-3021 or rtaverno@collegetownship.org.
• Gary Brytczuk, Fellowship Committee, announced a new program. He asked that over the course of the next couple weeks, each member write down a bit of interesting personal history and give it to Gary. At each meeting, Gary, or another member of that committee, will read the trivia and see if the membership can guess who it is. Today's question was: Which member delivered their own child in the front seat of their car?
• The answer to Gary's question? Ben Amato. It seems that one of our newest members delivered his own child in the front seat of his car on 9 January 1963 on a day when the temperature was 9 F. He was given significant assistance by Claster's Lumber when he ran into the store and announced that his wife was having a baby in the front seat of his car, they wisely pointed him in the direction of the hospital. Ben started in that direction, but due to the intervention of a faulty fuel system, he never made it and delivered the child in the car. Next time you see Ben, ask him what he had for lunch that day.
• Teresa Davis began hosting a youth exchange student from Japan last night. She told us briefly about registering for classes etc. Doug Holmes is her host next.
• The United Way's Day of Caring will be on Thursday, 2 October 2003, immediately following our meeting. We will be packing food at the State College Food Bank. Please sign up soon.
• Rotary Foundation: Kelly Kerner informed the club of some of the beneficiaries of your Rotary Foundation efforts include, but are not limited to: water wells in Zimbabwe, mosquito netting to help prevent malaria in Bangledesh, and food programs for young children in the Phillipines.
• Linda Friedman - Polio Plus Coupon Book ­ please contact the two or three people you were assigned to, please let me know with an answer one way or another, as soon as possible. We could use a little help with public relations for the Coupon Book, if anyone is interested in helping. Sample Letter
• Help raise funds for Rotary Youth Exchange by working the gates during football games. Call Ron Taverno (home-238-6083; or work 231-3021) for more information.
• Hugh noted that the next Board meeting will be on 7 October 2003 and will be chaired by Roger as Hugh will not be able to attend.
• Maggie Pat Biddle was inducted into the club. She's the manager of the Atherton Hotel
• The Group Study Exchange to South Korea is looking for a back-up team leader and participants.
• If you are interested in the Rotary Leadership Institute, contact president Hugh Mose. It will be held in Tyrone on October 11 at the Church of the Good Shepherd and Lewisburg on October 25th.
• The club has a list serv. All active members are on it. The email address for it is SCDTROTARY-@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.