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: for April 23, 2007

Speaker: Dr. Anker Buch
Danish Violinist and Comedian

Greeter: Larry Bashore
Invocation: Joe Summers
Club Singing: Tom Arnoldi
Publications: Jacqueline Bedard
St/Teachers of Month: Anne Alsedek
Placing Rotary Roundup: Jim Miller

HAPPY BIRTHDAY WEEK
John A. Morefield APR 23
Barry Ramper APR 25
Kent Frese APR 27
John Lane APR 27

PROGRAM:
Please join us for this unique meeting of comedy and music. Denmark's acclaimed violinist, Anker Buch has appeared in more than 7000 concerts, with symphony orchestras and in solo concerts. A comedian in the style of Victor Borge, with whom he has performed, he has also appeared on numerous American talk shows, including the Johnny Carson, Merv Griffith, and Today shows. Founder and director of the famous Denmark School for Strings, he is a graduate of The Juilliard School. Noted for his virtuosic playing and his humor, Mr. Buch often starts his concerts with "Good ladies, evening and gentlemen" and after a few bars of music, turn the composition into a riot of showpieces displaying a dazzling technique. His masterful blending of classical music and side-splitting comedy has thrilled audiences on every continent. He will make his first solo Harrisburg appearance at the Forum on Sunday, April 29, at 3 PM. with his nephew, Odin Rathnam, and the Wednesday Club Youth Chamber Orchestra.

UPCOMING PROGRAMS / MEETING LOCATIONS

Apr 23 Dr. Anker Buch, Danish Violinist and Comedian
Hilton

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 Tina Nixon and her family on the passing of her mother and Tim Imholte and his family on the passing of his father.

• The Board of Directors accepts with regret the following resignations:
Patti Boccassini, Tom DeAngelis and Bridget Montgomery.

• 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.

The theme of the Silent Auction is “Gifts from the Vine”. It will focus on upscale bottles of wine, but will include specialty baskets of wine glasses, cork screws, cheeses, crackers and other items associated with wine. In addition to the aforementioned items we are hoping for numerous “other” donations ($50 value and up) such as gift certificates, gift cards, and actual items such as new TVs, new stereos, or something along these lines. We feel this variety will appeal to a much broader range of attendees.

In addition to encouraging you to support Janice with your presence at the conference, we are asking you to donate any wine related, or non-wine related item (or gift basket) with a value of $50 or more. With your help, we can make this a very successful auction that enhances the delivery of services provided by the 40 clubs that make up District 7390, Rotary International.

You may contact Gib Parthemore at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it to arrange delivery or request a pick-up of your item. We would like to have your donation in hand prior to April 14, 2007. Thank you in advance for your donations and core belief in “Service Above Self”.

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: 4/16/07 64%
Rotarians 91 Active Specials 13Guests 9 Visiting Rotarians 0 = 113

Minutes by Mitch Tillett
Meeting was called to order at 12:10 p.m. by Garry Britton. It was a full house today and quite a lively group at that. I give praise to the Hilton for a fantastic lunch. After the usual pledge of allegiance and prayer, the meeting officially kicked off with a mini-classification by John Hickey. John is the Executive Manager of Sutliff Chevrolet. John filled us in on the breadth and scope of the Sutliff Chevrolet Organization in Harrisburg. Quite an impressive organization at that!

A couple of committee reports were completed. Jewel Cooper reported on Harrisburg Rotary Club Foundation. Jewel
stressed that the deadline for contributions is June 30th. If you have not already done so, please make your check payable to Harrisburg Rotary Club Foundation. Please see that Linda gets it ASAP. Norma Swain reported that the Wednesday Club is proud to announce that Anchor Buch from Denmark will be doing a recital next Monday at the noon meeting. Anchor is the nephew of Odin Rathnam. Kent Frese reported that the Strategic Planning Committee's on-line registration is going very well. If you have not done so, please visit the on-line web site. Also, all members of the Strategic Planning Committee will be asked to complete a personalized behavior report survey (sounds controversial to me). Last but not least, there will be a general membership survey conducted. It should be brief, perhaps as many as 10 questions.

Three new members were introduced today. They are Mike Carbone, Andy Hetrick and are you ready for this? (drum roll please -( HAROLD AMMONS). He's now a member of the Harrisburg Rotary Club!! On a side note, in an attempt to start controversy, Jacqueline Bedard also was the last member to show up today. Thanks Jacqueline for gracing us with your presence at 12:40 p.m.

Mayor Reed was introduced by Peggy Grove. Four things about the mayor's presentation;
1. He claims that the wind velocity was actually greater than his longest speech.
2. The Mayor amazed us with fact after fact pertaining to the continual rise in education and economic development in
downtown Harrisburg.
3. The biggest project currently slated is the Southgate Corridor Project.
4. Mayor Steve says this will double the size of downtown Harrisburg.

Basically, to summarize the Mayor's presentation, there was too much good stuff to write about. We are lucky to have such a good Mayor in Harrisburg. See you next week.