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Edition: #247
Editor: Paul Rutter
TODAY'S PROGRAM and ASSIGNMENTS: (Dec. 23, 2004)
Program: (Judy Myrick)
Auction item
: Immel
Note taker: Myrick
Thank speaker
:
Amato
Luncheon menu:
(monthly menu)
future assignments
FUTURE PROGRAMS and EVENTS

Rotary Centennial & History December 30, 2004
January 6, 2005
January 13, 2005
January 20, 2005
Janaury 27, 2005
February 3, 2005
February 10, 2005
February 17, 2005

February 22, 2005 Jt. meeting with Pleasant Gap & State College RC

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LAST WEEK IN REVIEW

Visiting Rotarians: Chuck Carroll, and Geoff Wilson from the evening R.C.; Carol Logan from Altoona R.C.
Make-ups turned in:
Guests: Laurel Sanders a guest of the club, Bill Rook, a guest of Teresa Davis; Katie Holmes, the daughter of Doug Holmes; and Sylvia O. Presley, a guest of Jana King.
50/50: There are 39 cards left. The ace of clubs was picked from the deck leaving the ace of the deck for another day and another winner. Brian Christian was the lucky person this past week.
Auction: A Cheesecake from Doug Holmes, wife. The cake was topped with raspberries. The high bidder was Hugh Mose at $26

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

12/8-12/2004 Festival of the Trees-Zimbler, Hill, & 38 of the rest of the club (names to be posted shortley)

12/1/ 2004 Coupon Books (Catallano, Friedman, DeArmitt, Coble, the rest of the club as sellers-names to be psoted shortley)

11/13/ 2004 Foundation Dinner-
Hill, Walsh, Held, Rutter, Fetter, Davis, Domalski, Gambone, Friedman

11/14/2004 Rotary Youth Exchange Interviews-Hill, Zimbler, Taverno, Eberly, ?

Nov & Dec 2004- Coupon Books Committee- Friedman, Catalano, ?

  • Previous Mystery member's experience: no info this week.click for answer
  • Happy Happy Bucks are funds paid to the club to speak up and tell all why you are happy!Bucks from: •Dana Catalano, for his son who is all of 6 years old, and participated in his first wrestling matches and came in second in a tournament.

  • Thanks to the 40 members that helped out for the Festival of the Trees. Preliminary indications are that we did quite well selling snacks and soup.
  • The District Newsletter for December is available at the District Web site by clicking on the link to the current newsletter. http://www.district7350.org
  • Hugh asked people to contribute to Easter Seals 1 million penny campaign.
  • Don't forget to sell your coupon books. Highlights or changes to the coupon book this year include three Indian restaurants, Red's cheeseburgers and others.
  • Carl passed around a sheet to sign-up for a dinner he and his wife Jan are hosting to support raising money for Youth Exchange and the club.
  • Three new prospective members aare coming up on the end of their ten days period this past week: Bernadette K.(Carl Hill proposer), Ted S.(Paul Rutter proposer), and Laurel S. (Paul Rutter proposer). If for any reason you have an issue with these folks as members please contact Roger or Terry.
  • We need to sell bricks. Sign your Brick Pledge today! Maybe it would be a good idea to take care of this for tax year 2004. All contributions go through the new Club foundation-a 501(c)3 organization that was established last year.
  • The holiday party was held at Sharon & Gary Bytczuk's home last Thursday night. It was a good time for all there! Thanks to Sharon & Gary!
  • The club stationery is online in MS Word format
  • Welcome to new member Pam Ford. Pam's email is pford@stpaulsc.org.
  • The District Newsletter is online at the district Web site.
  • Please do your make-ups. One can use the E-club if needed.We need to get our attendance numbers higher.we were at 55% in November.
  • Jim Eberly reported about Rotary's Central Parklet Project sponsored by the two SC clubs. The new "Children's Play Space" will be lot of fun for kids. The total costs of the project are $50,000. 50% needs to be raised by the two SC clubs as part of Rotary's 100th anniversary in 2005. Bricks are on sale ($100 for first kid name, $50 for each subsequent). The bricks will be used for the walkway. A pamphlet was distributed. Please be selling bricks!
  • The club has a list serv. All active members are on it. The email address for it is SCDTROTARY-@LISTS.PSU.EDU. 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.
  • There are two new Web pages up. One is for Rotary Foundation Program alumni.The hope or goal behind this page is to keep members aware of persons in our community that might benefit further from Rotary by membership or participation in other things we are doing. The second page is on the District Web site. It honors the Veterans in our Rotary community. Both pages are still in an initial building stage so if you know of anyone that has been left out, please let me know so I can include them.
  • mystery answer: none this week.
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    Previous Week's Speaker: Centre Wildlife Care (Robin Grabowski)

    Robin Grabowski, a licensed animal caretaker and rehabilitator, spoke to the club in her capacity as director of the Centre Wildlife Care center.
    Over 900 annimals are rescued annually. There all kinds of animals and birds. Half of these are birds that are orphans. All kinds of injured animals are taken in, most as the result of some type of human interaction. Especially bats that need to kept safe for the winter.

    There are 30+ volunteers and interns. Feeding is a large and time taking task.

    Here's what to do if you find an injured or orphaned animal:

    • Call someone-Centre Wildlife Care or animal hospitals, and (Dept. of Wildlife--although the DWL will probably put the animal down)
    • Don't handle the animal
    • Don't give them anything to eat or drink
    • Don't keep peeking at them-it scares them!
    • Use cardboard boxes for cages/transportation

    Centre Wildlife is 100% supported by donations and is located in Lemont.

     

    This week’s note taker: Hugh Mose

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    Rotary Birthdays this month:

    Mary Ford, December 13; Doug Holmes, December 16;  Harry Zimbler, January 3; Teresa Davis, January 6;      (if I missed yours please email 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, or District Web site.

    NEIGHBORING CLUBS- check out the web site listing or the E-club
    MEMBERS- check out the web site listing
    COMMITTEE CHAIRS- check out the web site listing

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    DATE
    AUCTION
    MEETING
    NOTES
    THANK
    SPEAKER
    PROGRAM
    Dec. 23
    Immel
    Myrick
    Amato
    Myrick
    Dec. 30
    Johnston
    Potalivo
    Bacastow
    Zimbler
    Jan. 6, 2005
    Jones
    Quinn
    Club Assembly
    Jan. 13, 2005
    Kauffman
    Rutter
    Beaver
    Jan. 20, 2005
    King
    Taverno
    Bedell
    Jan. 27, 2005
    Martella
    Trudeau
    Bell
    Feb. 3, 2005
    Martin
    Turley
    Club Assembly
    Feb. 10, 2005
    Meckstroth
    Walsh
    Brooks
    Feb. 17, 2005
    Moose
    Whitfield
    Browning
    Feb. 24, 2005
    Mose
    Zimbler
    Brytzcuk
    March 3, 2005
    Myrick
    Abramson
    Club Assembly
    March 10 , 2005
    Potalivo
    Amato
    Catalano
    March 17, 2005
    Quinn
    Bacastow
    Christian
    March 24, 2005
    Rutter
    Beaver
    Coble
    March 31 , 2005
    Taverno
    Bedell
    Davis

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