TODAY'S PROGRAM and ASSIGNMENTS: (October
17 , 2002)
Program: Rotary Exchange Students Auction Item: Geise Invocation: Hickey Note Taker: Immel Thank speaker: Jim Eberly future assignments
since
April 17, 2002
FUTURE
PROGRAMS & EVENTS
October
24
Mike Majewski-US Navy submarines October 31
Classification talk-Mark
Whitfield November 7
club assembly November 14 Carol Walsh-polio plus initiative November 21 Classification talk-Doug Holmes November 28Thanksgiving December 5 Club assembly December 12 Classification talk-Rainier Domalski December 19 Holiday Auction December 26 Happy Holidays (no
meeting)
Visiting Rotarians: Betty and Larry White
from Scranton, PA Rotary. Make-ups turned
in: Guests: Tom Murray, guest of Carol Walsh 50/50: The winning number was held by Scott Rawson, but he had
the fortune (for the rest of us) to pull the 10 of spades thereby preserving
the $600+ pot until at least next week. You can
buy three chances for $2 now too, to make your chances better! Auction: A gift cvertificate to Wegmans was donated by Chuck Gambone.The
winning bid came from Ellie Beaverwith $35.00. Thanks to both!!
ANNOUNCEMENTS: (Please send announcements for the newsletter to Paul)
On Going through 12/12
Cruise Raffle All of us
(19 tickets each)
10/3
PNC-United Way
Day of Caring Marshall Goldstein, Jim Eberly, Meg Moose, Leanne Martin
9/28
Beaver Stadium Gates
Iowa-PSU game Ron Taverno,
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
Ron Taverno will be posting an announcement
via the List Serv to tell about Football gate working. The next game
is Northwestern on October 19. There
are 3 more games after that that will need workers. Call Ron Taverno
to sign up. It counts as a make-up and the club earns cash!
Rotary Youth Exchange deadline applications
need to be in to Carl Hill by October 25. On October 27 the committee
will be interviewing applicants at the Mt. Nittany Middle School.
Contact Carl for more information.
Hugh Mose congratulated those members who
have been successful in selling their raffle tickets and announced
that all club members have received their allotted 19 to sell. Hugh
noted that Dick Held has arranged for a table to sell at Wal-Mart
North Atherton on 5 October 2002 and there is still one slot open
for the morning (9:00 AM to Noon) session and a couple for the afternoon
session, Noon to 3:00 PM). Dick has also arranged for a sale table
at the Benner Pike Wal-Mart on Friday, 25 October. Only one member
has signed up to sell at that location so we still have two open slots
for the morning and three for the afternoon. Contact Hugh to qualify
for either of these sales opportunities.
The Penn State Rotaract club was a cosponsor
to the Distinguished Speaker Series held at Penn State on Thursday,
October 10.The Speaker for the evening was
former president
of South Africa F.W. DeClerk. DeClerk was responsible for freeing
Nelson Mandela after 26 years in prison, and allowing minority parties
to have a voice in their country. DeClerk was responsible also for
overseeing the end of apartheid. DeClerk spoke about globalization
and America's role as the only remaining super power. The Rotaract
club members and members of the two Rotary clubs in State College
had the opportunity to attend the speech and attend a reception afterwards
for President DeClerk.
Prior to the speech the Rotaract club leaders attended a special dinner
for President DeClerk.
Dr. D is the chair of the Group Study Exchange.
A press release should appear soon in the CDT. The study teams consist
of four (4) members plus a group leader. There has been a change made
on this program in that instead of sending and receiving a team every
year we will alternate each year between sending a team. We will host
a team from South Korea 19 April 2003 to 18 May 2003. In 2004, we
will send a team to South Korea.
Meg announced that Tom Murray, the new CEO
at the Centre Community Hospital has been approved for membership
by the membership committee. We are now in the 10 day member review
of Tom's candidacy. Tom is a past Rotarian from Louisville, Ky, and
promises to be a very active member in our club.
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 arrange a round that. It should be good enough though, for airfare
from Harrisburg to a carribbean cruise port, and a cruise of 7 days.
The second prize is a 27" color TV; 3rd prize is a cash award
of $250.
Meg announced that the Rotary Leadership
Seminar will be held in different locations around the state with
the nearest being held in Bedford, PA, on March 15. Our club is expected
to have at least 3 members attend. This seminar is directed towards
members who intend on holding leadership positions within our club.
See Meg if you are interested.
The Aids Project provided our speakers
for today. Nicole Flynn, M.S.W. and Kristi McNew, M.S.W. were on hand
to make a great interactive presentation for us.
The Aids project serves Centre and Clinton counties. They are a non-profit
organization and receive funding in part from the Untied Way. The
presenters started out by asking us definitions of certain terms related
to Aids and HIV. After an initial moment of hesitation quite a few
members offered answers to these and many other questions.
We were exposed to what Aids is and how one can get it and also how
one can avoid getting it.
Since the first reported cases of AIDS in 1981, the United States
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has carefully documented
and tracked the means by which HIV is transmitted. Because HIV is
carried in the blood and the semen or vaginal secretions of an infected
individual, the virus is primarily transmitted through sexual contact
and among intravenous drug users who share needles. CDC has reported
that "... no person-to-person transmission has been identified other
than through intimate contact or blood transfusion." Also, "there
continues to be no evidence of nonspecific transmission through casual
contact; insect bites; or foodborne, waterborne, or environmental
spread among AIDS cases."
The CDC reports that while it is not possible to prove that HIV cannot
be transmitted via a shared communion cup, there is abundant scientific
evidence that such transmission would be extraordinarily unlikely.
None of the nearly 600,000 cases of AIDS in the United States recorded
since the early 1980's has been attributed to a common cup or any
other shared drinking vessel.
The Aids project is located in State College at 315 S. Allen St.,
Suite 116, phone 234-7087. Their email address is AIDSproj@aol.com.
Melissa Aungst, October 22; Anatoly
Tmanov, October 23; Paul Bell, October 27;
Roger Fetter, October 29 (if I missed yours pleaseemail 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, District Web
site, or with your club secretary.
October
24
Mike Majewski-US Navy 
president
of South Africa F.W. DeClerk. DeClerk was responsible for freeing
Nelson Mandela after 26 years in prison, and allowing minority parties
to have a voice in their country. DeClerk was responsible also for
overseeing the end of apartheid. DeClerk spoke about globalization
and America's role as the only remaining super power. The Rotaract
club members and members of the two Rotary clubs in State College
had the opportunity to attend the speech and attend a reception afterwards
for President 
DeClerk.
Prior to the speech the Rotaract club leaders attended a special dinner
for President DeClerk.
