PROGRAM:

Graham Hetrick is the Dauphin County Coroner since 1990. He has supervised investigations of over 200 homicide cases and has performed forensic facial reconstruction. He is a Professor of Medical/Legal Investigation Central Pennsylvania College and his specialty is in crime scene management and shallow grave recovery. Mr. Hetrick was president of the Hetrick Funeral Home from 1975-2003. He served in the United States Army Service from 1965-1968. He has received many honors including a Commendation by Mayor Stephen Reed of Harrisburg - Dillion Serial Murders, Commendation by Swatara Police Department - Joe Miller Triple Homicide, Third Degree Black Belt - Isshinryu Karate (2003) and Mu Sigma Alpha Award for Academic Proficiency - Pittsburgh Institute of Mortuary Science (1973)

Mr. Hetrick is the Past Chairman of: Dauphin County Hospital Authority and a Former Susquehanna Township Commissioner. He is Member of Pennsylvania Coroner’s Association, Mass Disaster Committee and Pennsylvania Republican State Committeeman and Member and Chairman of the Board of Pennsylvania Family Support Alliance.

UPCOMING PROGRAMS / MEETING LOCATIONS:

• Aug 27 Graham Hetrick, Dauphin County Coroner
• Hilton "CSI- Harrisburg"

• Sep 3 NO MEETING
• Sep 10 Jessica Myers, President of Harrisburg Young Professionals
  Hilton "Harrisburg's Brain Gain"
• Sep 17 World Fellowship - Dominican Dental Clinic
  Hilton
• Sep 24 Lou Barletta, Mayor of Hazelton
  Hilton “Illegal Immigration”
  
  

For complete programming go to our website: hbgrotary.org and click on calendar.
August is Membership Month

NEWS AND NOTES:

• Volunteers Needed for a one (1) week trip to Biloxi, Mississippi to help rebuild - Sunday through Saturday, September 30th - October 6th, 2007
  This trip focuses on one thing: you and your help. You do not need tools, special skills, or the ability to build a rocket ship. What is needed are helping hands, and people willing to commit their time and energy to help clean up an area ravaged by a hurricane. You need to arrange travel to Baltimore (car) and then to Biloxi (flight from BWI). The church will pick up volunteers from the airport and provide food and lodging. Costs for the trip are minimal: your travel and airfare (about $180 r/t) and $20/day for lodging in the church. Your reward is knowing that you have invested in a community working to rebuild, and that you have helped a community grow stronger.
  
  Interested? Here's what to do:
  Schedule time off from work!
  Contact President Brad at 805-5495 for more details regarding
  departure, return, and other details.
  
  Pack your bags.
  
  
• SAVE THE DATE: 11th Annual Apple Harvest Pancake Breakfast When: October 27th
  Where: John Harris High School
  TIME: 8 Am- Noon
  Please sign up to volunteer, bring an auction item, take a placemat ad and/or sell tickets.
  SEE YOU THERE!
  Karen Paris and Jacqueline Bedard, Co-Chairs
  
  
• YOUTH EXCHANGE INFO
  The Rotary Club of Harrisburg will sponsor Ange Sauvage from Lyon , France. Ange will be attending Susquehanna Township High School. The Youth Exchange Committee will be interviewing host families (they do not need to be Rotarians) in Susquehanna Township. Ange will stay with 3 host families during the school year. He will stay with each family about 3 months. Host families are to treat him as you would your own child. Ange will receive an allowance from the Club. If you are interested in hosting Ange or you know of someone else in Susquehanna Township who would want to host him, please contact Linda Freedenberg or Ron Guss ASAP.

• SUPPORT OUR TROOPS PROJECT
  Donate $10 cash or check payable to the Harrisburg Rotary Foundation, in support of our 2007-08 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.
  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: 8/20/07 65%
Rotarians 95 Active Specials 14 Guests 14 Visiting Rotarians 1 = 124

Minutes by Andy Rebuck:

Are you an animal lover? Do you have a pet dog, cat or other animal who has become a true family member? If yes, then you would have really enjoyed today’s meeting of the Rotary Club of Harrisburg.

First, let me back up a bit here. It was raining cats and dogs this afternoon, but our meeting attendees sure seemed to be in a “sunny” mood. Perhaps this started with the more than twenty, first-year Rotarians meeting in the corner of the room prior to the noon start led by Pattie Hindermyer. Perhaps it was the eleven guests our membership invited today that had our group running on high energy.

It may remain a mystery to this scribe why our club was flying at warp speed, but nonetheless it needs to be reported that in fact, President Carrie rang the bell at 12:14 sharp, Rotarian Caryn Carr led us in song and Al Schmidt offered the invocation. “Soccer Referee” Steve Feinour (I bet you didn’t know that about Steve) then introduced our ten Rotarians who brought guest today, including our French exchange student, Ange and his host “mother”.

Certainly our meeting was running like a well-trained dog when Rotarian Judson did indeed take one minute on a “Rotary Minute” presentation where he highlighted the value of wonderful international initiatives and Rotarian Andy Hetrick did indeed take three minutes for his three minute mini-classification presentation! We did learn from Andy that he is a native of Harrisburg , a long time bank employee with M&T bank and the proud father of an 8 and a 10 year old.

This meeting was not going to the dogs, no far from it as our very own, Karen Snider introduced today’s speaker, Amy Kaunas, Esq. Amy is the Executive Director of the Humane Society and she brought her “partner” with her today, Dartanion.

Amy is new to this post, but she has a long history of passion for animals and that became quite evident to our club members throughout her presentation. We learned that the Humane Society has been serving greater Harrisburg since 1911 and that there are 36 employees deploying a budget of nearly 1.5 million dollars to care for our pets and animals.

There was no need to “beg” for information as Ms. Kaunas informed us on many programs offered by the Human Society: adoption, which is their largest program, the safe haven program, animal rescue program, vaccination, spay and neuter and others were all outlined with a passion and conviction for this community-supported facility.

We all left the club today with our umbrellas extended and a warm feeling for the efforts of the Humane

Please support our Officers and Board by serving our club and our community as we begin our new Rotary year!