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Executive Director: Linda Freedenberg
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Telephone: 717-234-1208
Fax: 717-234-3234

April 18, 2011

Speaker: John Fea, Chair of the History Department Associate Professor of American History Messiah College

Increasingly the myths and projections of who were our Founding Fathers, their beliefs, their core values and commitments and the sources of their beliefs continues to swirl, as politics define them to it's own agenda! A highly respected historian/scholar will share his findings with us!

Greeter and Good News Reporter:  Nichole Baer
Invocation:  Carolyn Dumaresq
Club Singing: Marion Alexander
Publications:  Mark Stone

Corporate Member

PROGRAM:
John Fea (Ph.D, Stony Brook University, 1999) is Associate Professor of American History and Chair of the History Department at Messiah College in Grantham, Pennsylvania.  He is the author of The Way of Improvement Leads Home: Philip Vickers Fithian and the Rural Enlightenment in Early America (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2008), Was America Founded as a Christian Nation: A Historical Introduction (Westminster/John Knox Press, 2011) and co-editor of  Confessing History: Explorations in Christian Faith and the Historian's Vocation. (University of Notre Dame Press, 2010). John's essays and reviews on the history of American culture have appeared in The Journal of American History, The William and Mary Quarterly, and The Journal of the Early Republic.  He has also written for the Philadelphia Inquirer, New York Daily News, Houston Chronicle, Austin-American Statesman, Harrisburg Patriot News, Salt Lake City Tribune, Chicago Sun-Times, and other newspapers.  He writes a weekly column called "Confessing History" at the religion website Patheos and blogs daily at The Way of Improvement Leads Home

NEWS AND NOTES: 
• ROSTER ADVERTISERS!!!
Most Rotarians use their roster frequently and share it with others occasionally. By putting your company name on the roster it will serve two purposes, identify your company as a leader in the area and help us defray the costs of producing the roster. Fellow Rotarians, it’s time to step up and help your club again. Of course these spots will be going quickly, so whoever is first to contact Linda with your reservation and preferred position will get their choice.

GET YOUR COMPANY NAME IN FRONT OF AT LEAST 200 OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL PEOPLE IN THE GREATER HARRISBURG AREA. – ADVERTISE IN THE ROTARY CLUB ROSTER / WEBSITE.
2 @ $500 (2) for back cover and 4 total @ $250 each for inside front and back cover.  Copy is 3"w x 3.5"h

Contact Linda now if you are interested.

• Our condolences to Dave and Joe Bedard and their families on the loss of their mother.

• CENTENNIAL opportunity - To donate a tree in honor or in memory of a loved one make your tax deductible $250 check payable to Harrisburg Rotary Foundation.

• Please return updated Roster Information Sheets and your 2011-12 Committee Selections.

•Congratulations to John Judson – He will receive the “Essence of Humanity” award from the United Way on April 28th at 7:30 PM at Beth El Temple (Front and Wiconisco) Harrisburg.  For more information contact Heidi Neuhaus or Joe Capita at United Way.

• Congratulations to Ginny Roth - The Partnership of Packer, Oesterling and Smith (PPO&S) won four Service Industry Advertising Awards (SIAA) on behalf of their clients, the PA Association of Community Health Centers (PACHC) and the Pennsylvania Insurance Fraud Prevention Authority (IFPA). Recognized for creativity, quality, consumer appeal, execution, and overall break-through advertising content, PPO&S won a Gold Award for the PACHC Recruitment Video. For work done on behalf of the IFPA, PPO&S received a Silver Award for the annual report, a Bronze Award for the :30 television ad "Boyfriend," and a Merit Award for the 2010 Auto Show display. Nearly 2,000 entries from 400 advertising agencies and 1,000 institutions were received from across the country and a national panel of judges evaluated and rated the entries. Initiated in 2003, the SIAAs recognize the advertising excellence of the service industry.  PPO&S is a member of the American Association of Advertising Agencies and an associate agency of Hill & Knowlton, a leading international communications consultancy.

• Support the Troops:  40% have paid.  Please send in your $10 made payable to Harrisburg Rotary Foundation.  Linda will have list available for you to check if you have paid.

• MEMBERSHIP REPORT for 3 quarters: 
The Board accepts the resignation of the following Rotarians with regret:
Don Alsedek
Kirt Barden
Jack Carr
Larry Gardner
Tom Hooker
John Klobusicky
Marie Lick
John Logan
Kevin McNamara
William Miller
Pam Nelson
Lisa Paige 
Val Payne 
Robert Reitzel
Sharon Ryan
Jason Sanseverino
Joe Schatt
Mitch Tillett
Doug Wisehaupt

• DISTRICT NEWS:
District Conference – April 29-May 1

To view the Governor’s Newsletter, please use this link: http://www.rotary7390.org/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=QNFirodckfw%3d&tabid=113

BIRTHDAYS
Ira Packman   APR 18
Jeannette Archer-Simons  APR 19
Connie Siegel    APR 19
Peter Ressler  APR 21
Mark Koellner   APR 22
Robin Scaer  APR 22
John A. Morefield  APR 23
Barry Ramper  APR 25
Kent Frese   APR 27
John Lane  APR 27

UPCOMING PROGRAMS
at the Hilton
APR 18 Board Meeting 10:30AM-N

John Fea, Chair of the History Department
Associate Professor of American History Messiah College

APR 25   NO MEETING – Easter Monday

MAY 2 – Group Study Exchange

MAY 16 – Centennial Tree Dedication Ceremony in Riverfront Park  -RSVP needed
For complete programming go to our website: www.hbgrotary.org
and click on calendar.
For meeting cancelations:
Check your e-mail or call the
Rotary office at 234-1208.

Minutes by Jacqueline Jackson-DeGarcia:
The meeting began at 12:15pm with the invocation by Will Everhart and the singing of the National Anthem by John Hickey.  Bruce Grossman presented the guests and visiting Rotarians.
Our first order of business was to conduct the annual meeting.  A quorum of the Harrisburg Rotarians was present for the meeting.  Gary Brinton presented the slate of nominees for the 2011 Officer and Board positions. By unanimous vote, the membership approved the nominees.
Jeff Boswell presented proposed amendments to Article 1, section 1 and Article 2, sections 1-3 of our by-laws to reflect that the recipient of the Robert D. Hanson award will serve as a Board Member the following year. The change to the By-Laws was unanimously approved.
Dr. Packman reminded us that there will be no meeting April 11th due to the Red Cross Blood Drive.  There are still open slots remaining. 
Jack Detweiler, Chairman of Rotary’s Ecological Committee, presented its award and scholarship to Jessica Murray, a Carlisle sophomore, for her project “Over Your Head.”  Jessica received many awards for this project and it is well deserved.  Congratulations Jessica!
I have the distinct honor and privilege of taking the minutes each time that Rotary presents its quarterly award to Harrisburg student and teachers.  It is truly one of my favorite meeting topics (next to the Pancake Breakfast, of course).  This quarter the following received the award:  from Sci-Tech High School, Jeremiah Straubaugh (a well-spoken young man with a bright future) and teacher, Michelle Felton; from John Harris High School, Freshman Dorian Beasley and Teacher Colleen Forster; and, from Bishop McDevitt,Elizabeth Chicashaw, who will attend the University of Pittsburgh in the fall, and teacher Carol Bush, a 28-year veteran. 
Following these inspiring awards, our keynote speaker took the podium.  This week it was Gordon Tomb, Director of Energy Affairs for the Pittsburgh based PA Coalition for Responsible Government.  Mr. Tomb presented a speech with a message “There is No Free Lunch” focused on our role in picking our leaders.  His advocacy/editorial piece was light on fact but designed to evoke thought and response to how we choose leaders. 
We ended the meeting with a recitation of the Four-Way Test. 
Thank you to Dr. Judson for his year of service as President of the Harrisburg Rotary Club.  Dr. Judson you did a marvelous job and we are grateful for your service!!!
There is no regular meeting on April 4, 2011, and April 11th is the Red Cross Blood Drive.

OFFICERS:

DIRECTORS:

John P. Judson, M.D
Robert S. Saline               
Una Martone
Carolyn Dumaresq
Barry Ramper, II,             
William B. Boles
Richard Utley

President
President-Elect
Vice President
Immediate Past President
Secretary
Treasurer
Sergeant-at-Arms

Sandra Beck
Caryn J. Carr
John R. Detweiler
Kent E. Frese
Lisa Lewis
John J. McHenry
Andrew R/ Rebuck
Karen F. Snider