Meets Noon Mondays at the Hilton
Rotary website: www.hbgrotary.org

Executive Director: Linda Freedenberg Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
Telephone: 717-234-1208 Fax: 717-234-3234

ROTARY ROUNDUP: April 30,2007

LOCATION: Wildwood Conference Center HACC

Parking lot is off Industrial Road

Speaker: Nicole Ernst
Topic: What is Geospatial Technology?

Greeter: Sandra Beck
Invocation: Wil Everhart
Club Singing: Jean Beatty
Publications: Dave Freet
Mini-Classification Talk: Charles Wingate
Good News Reporting: Wil Everhart
Placing Rotary Roundup: Dudley Smith

HAPPY BIRTHDAY WEEK
Laurie Saltzgiver May 1
Fred Hartman MAY 2
Sandy Beck MAY 3
Bill Miller MAY 4
Garry Brinton MAY 5

PROGRAM:
Nicole Ernst is a GeoSpatial Technology Instructor/Coordinator at Harrisburg Area Community College (HACC) in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Nicole is responsible for teaching Introduction to GIS, Cartographic Design, Remote Sensing, and Advanced GIS. In addition to her teaching duties, Nicole is the coordinator for HACC’s GIS Resource Center. The GIS Resource Center at HACC provides GIS services and training to industry, business, and government.

Previously, Nicole worked for the National Park Service at Bighorn Canyon, Wyoming and for the Outer Banks Group of Parks in North Carolina. As a GIS Coordinator for the NPS, she supported a number of Park divisions (Resource Management, Law Enforcement, Management, Interpretation, and Maintenance) conducting projects ranging from shoreline mapping, historic structure and landscape mapping, noxious weed infestation mapping, fire mapping etc.

More recently, Nicole worked as a GIS Analyst for the Berks County Agricultural Land Preservation Board. In this role, she used GIS to annually rank applicants to the Agricultural Conservation Easement program.

Nicole has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from Slippery Rock University, a Bachelor of Arts in Environmental Studies from Montana State University, and a Masters of Arts Degree in Geography from East Carolina State University. Her thesis research used LIDAR, a remote sensing technology, to quantify a sediment budget for Hatteras Island North Carolina.

UPCOMING PROGRAMS / MEETING LOCATIONS

Apr 30 Nicole Ernst
Wildwood Conf. Center at HACC

May 7 Community Service Award
Hilton

May 14 Best and Brightest from Patriot News
Hilton

May 21 Robert D. Hanson Award
Hilton

May 28 NO MEETING
Hilton

June 4 Dr. John Gavazzi
Hilton “Warning Signs of depression -treatment options”

For complete programming go to our website: hbgrotary.org and click on calendar.

April is Magazine Month

NEWS AND NOTES:

• CONDOLENCES: The Rotary Club extends condolences to Jack Carr and his family on the passing of his wife Pamela.

• CONGRATULATIONS: To Laurie Saltzgiver on the birth of her son Britton.

• Please return your updated Roster Information sheet, an updated photo (if you wish) and your 2007-08 committee selections.

• Breakfast with REACH Program
In appreciation of the Rotary Club of Harrisburg’s generous 2006-07 donation to the Harrisburg School District Early Childhood Program, please join Dr. Gerald Kohn, Superintendent, and members of the board of the Harrisburg Public School Foundation for breakfast at Camp Curtin School on Tuesday, May 15, at 8 a.m.

We hope you can join us. In just one hour, you will be inspired by what you observe. Please RSVP to Lisa Paige, Executive Director of the Harrisburg Public School Foundation, at 717-703-4113 by May 5th.

• DISTRICT CONFERENCE Hershey Motor Lodge May 11-12
The District 7390 Conference will be held at the Hershey Motor Lodge on May 10 - 12. The Golf Outing will be held at Wren Dale Golf Course on Thursday, May 10. Plenary Sessions are Friday and Saturday, with evening dinners with RI Guest speakers and/or entertainment. Brochure and registration forms are on the information table and can be downloaded at
http://www.hbgrotary.org

• Feel Good! Be included in the Harrisburg Rotary Foundation Community Grants and Scholarships. Send in your $100 contribution today. We thank those Rotarians who have already paid. It's not too late…please contribute today…we need your participation!

The ROTARY INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION makes miracles happen around the world all year long, but your donation now will help us reach our goal even sooner. Send your check to the Rotary office. THANK YOU for your support.

• YOUTH EXCHANGE INFO
1. The Youth Exchange Committee has also received information on our prospective inbound student, Ange Sauvage. Ange is a 16-year old student from Lyon France. We will continue to update you as information is made available. If anyone is interested in serving as a host family for our 2007-08 exchange student, please contact the committee co-chairs Terry Barnaby or Ron Guss.

2. Our 2006-07 exchange student, Jose Ricardo Zambrano, from Venezuela has joined his third host family, Carolyn and Dick Dumaresq, and is attending school at Central Dauphin High School. We would like to remind you that we are always looking for activities and American cultural experiences that our exchange students will enjoy. If you have any suggestions, opportunities or tickets available, please contact Ron Guss, Jose Ricardo's counselor, or Terry Barnaby, Co-Chair of the Youth Exchange committee.

• SUPPORT OUR WOUNDED TROOPS
Donate $10 cash or check payable to the Harrisburg Rotary Foundation, in support of our 2006-07 goal to raise another $2,000 to assist the non-profit “Wounded Warrior Project” minister to the personal needs of our severely wounded troops who face long-term rehab in military hospitals.

Your contribution is 100% tax deductible.

• The 2006-07 Rotary International Convention will be held in Salt Lake City, UT, June 17-20. Registration packets are available online at www.rotary.org.

• MUSIC on MONDAYS
We now have the Al Morrison CD. Contact Linda to buy a copy.
Donation: $20 to Harrisburg Rotary Foundation.

• For meeting cancellations due to inclement weather.... Tune to

ABC27-TV
or
• check your e-mail or
• call the Rotary office at 234-1208.

ATTENDANCE LAST ROTARY MEETING: 4/23/07 60%
Rotarians 71 Active Specials 13 Guests 22 Visiting Rotarians 2 = 106

Minutes
President-elect Carrie Wissler Thomas filled in for President Garry. Tom Arnoldi led the club in “America” and Joe Summers gave the invocation. Larry Bashore introduced visiting Rotarians and guests, Anne Alsedek introduced the Students and Teachers of the Month and Linda reported on Al Baker’s donation to the Harrisburg Rotary Foundation - his thank you for Rotarians gifts to MDA. Norma Swain introduced Dr. Anker Buch, Danish Violinist and Comedian. The Club was treated to a wonderful performance .