HAPPY BIRTHDAY WEEK Jeff Habib          FEB 4 Craig Wisman    FEB 4 Deb Abel           FEB 6	HAPPY February Anniversaries Larry Bashore    30 years Dave Lehman    17 years Jean Beatty       16 years Nick Connolly     16 years Jack Detweiler   14 years Susan Anthony   12 years Bob Dolan         9 years Barry Ramper    7 years Joe Bedard        5 years Barbra Skelly     5 years Peggy Grove          5 years Tom Pelusa        1 year Una Martone      1 year

PROGRAM: Derek Hathaway’s executive career spans more than four decades of service to Harsco Corporation and the community.

In 1966, he founded Dartmouth Investments Limited in his native United Kingdom, building a group of engineering businesses into a public corporation acquired by Harsco in 1979.  Joining Harsco’s world headquarters in 1984, he became involved in the wider management of the corporation, serving first as Senior Vice President – Operations of the Engineered Products Group.  In 1991, he was named President and Chief Operating Officer and elected to the Board of Directors, and in that same year he became a U.S. Citizen.  In 1994, he was elected Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer of the corporation.  Under his leadership, Harsco has grown to become a $3.4 billion worldwide industrial services company with more than 21,000 employees and operations in over 45 countries.

Mr. Hathaway has been awarded honorary doctorate degrees from Messiah College, the Dickinson College School of Law, and Elizabethtown College in recognition of his leadership in business and the community.  In 1998, he received the prestigious Ellis Island Medal of Honor from the National Ethnic Coalition of Organizations, joining former United States Presidents, members of Congress, industrialists, entertainers, religious leaders, and Nobel Laureates.  He was named Business Leader of the Year by the City of Harrisburg in 1997, and was selected by Pennsylvania Governor Tom Ridge to serve on the Governor’s Commission on Academic Standards.  He has served as a Trustee for the Eisenhower Exchange Fellowships; Keystone Regional Vice-Chairman of the National Association of Manufacturers; Council Member of The Pennsylvania Society; and Trustee of the Manufacturer’s Alliance.  He has also been a Director of the Pennsylvania Business Roundtable, the Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry, and Chairman of Whitaker Center for Science and the Arts.  He is a member of The Lunar Society in the United Kingdom, and served as a magistrate in the criminal law courts, having been appointed as one of Her Majesty’s Justices of the Peace.  He also served as Vice Chairman of the Blue Coat School, a 400-pupil, co-educational preparatory school for children ages 4-13 in the United Kingdom.

UPCOMING PROGRAMS / MEETING LOCATIONS:  

• Feb 4                      Derek Hathaway, Chairman and CEO HARSCO Corp.
  Hilton                     Educating our youth in our expanding world"
• Feb 11                   Dr. Randy Lee, Constitutional Professor Widener Law School
  Hilton                     Getting concrete with our Constitution
• Feb 18                   NO MEETING
• Feb 25                   Patirck Meehan, US Attorney
  Hilton           Public integrity…..violent crime and terriorism

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

NEWS AND NOTES:  
• Congratulations:  Marion Alexander - 2008 YWCA Legacy Award

•  Ambassadorial Scholarships Sought for 2009-2010
 Applications for the 2009-2010 Rotary Foundation Ambassadorial Scholarships are now available from Rotary District 7390.  Our club deadline is May 1, 2008. Required, in-person interviews will be held Saturday, June 21, 2008 at the Wyndham Garden Hotel, Harrisburg, PA.  For further information and to print an application, go to The Rotary Foundation (Foundation Educational Grants) section at http://www.rotary.org/foundation/programs.html (click on Ambassadorial Scholarships, application in download).
          
The scholarships, which are designed to further international understanding and goodwill, provide for study abroad for one year in one of the 162 countries and 35 geographical regions where Rotary clubs are located.  Some 1,200 scholarships will be available from clubs worldwide.
          
Academic-Year Ambassadorial Scholarships are for one academic year abroad and provide funding for round-trip transportation, tuition and fees, room, board, necessary educational supplies, and language training (if necessary) up to a maximum award of US $23,000 or its equivalent.
          
During their studies abroad, Rotary Foundation Ambassadorial Scholars act as "ambassadors of goodwill."  Through appearances before Rotary clubs and districts, schools, civic organizations, and other forums, the scholars represent their homelands and work to further international understanding.

NOTE: District 7390 offers one, one-year Academic Ambassadorial Scholarship each year. 

The program calls for those volunteering to fly to Biloxi on a Sunday where local volunteers meet them. Meals and housing will be “dormitory style” in the fellowship hall of a local Lutheran Church. Volunteers are asked to provide their own airfare (about $265 from Baltimore) and $20/day for food and housing expenses. Some members are considering flying down privately. The local arrangements committee provides tools and transportation to the work site.

The construction work varies from week to week. January will involved general construction. February will involve drywall, taping, spackling, orange peel spray coating, and insulation. March will need interior finishing: painting, installing cabinets and fixtures, trim, doors and flooring. Also needed are people to prepare meals and provide clerical and administrative support. People with all levels of skill are needed.

The World Fellowship Committee and President Carrie hope that a large number from our Club can participate in this humanitarian service. You will hear more at our Club meeting Monday. Please pick up a registration form at the meeting Monday and indicate all possible weeks of service, What a plus for our club to have members working  together!  Applications will be on the tables and on our website: www.hbgrotary.org
Tom Johnston or John Judson
 
•   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: 1/28/08       67%    $160 from Good News Reporting/Auction
Rotarians  98   Active Specials  14    Guests  4    Visiting Rotarians 0  =  116

Minutes by Jeff Gelburd: 
First Year Rotarians had their chance to coordinate and conduct our last meeting in January, 2008.

President Tom Imholte called the meeting to order at approximately 12:15 PM to a mostly full room of Rotarians in the Second Floor Ballroom at the Harrisburg Hilton.

Invocation was performed by Chuck Wingate.

Rotary Minute was conducted jointly by Donna Clark and Betty Hungerford. Donna and Betty gave a very thorough presentation on the life of Paul Harris, the founder of Rotary International.

Following a very good “Lawyer” joke, Tom introduced Joe Schmidt who provided the Introduction of Visiting Rotarians and Guests.

The Mini-Classification Talk was done by Marc Scaringi.

Sam Levine auctioned off two tickets to the Central PA Jazz event coming up and also a basket of Girl Scout Cookies.

Tom Conners spoke briefly on the Biloxi effort.

Good News Reporting was conducted by Guy Patterson.

The Pancake Breakfast Committee reported on their final fund raising results. Jacqueline Bedard, Karen Paris, Garry Brinton were involved in the check presentation of $18,486 to the Harrisburg School District. Additionally, $2,000 will be presented to the Rotary Scholarship Foundation.

Program:
Today’s speaker was Rev. Dr. John Betylon, chaplain in the Pennsylvania Army National Guard currently assigned to Joint Forces Headquarters, Fort Indiantown Gap. He is Senior Pastor at Trinity Methodist Church, Hummelstown, PA.

John thanked everyone in attendance for their support of our troops abroad and those at home at Walter Reed Hospital. He spoke on his personal experiences on being deployed with our soldiers in Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm and then in Afghanistan in 2003/04 and finally with the relief efforts following Hurricane Katrina.

John was the highest ranking chaplain in Kabul during his tenure there. He spoke of helping the Fins and Swedes get acquainted with Kabul when he was there and helped distribute clothing to the children there.

John was also in charge of taking soldiers to help the victims of Katrina. He remembers arriving soon after the Hurricane hit and relief efforts being disorganized. He and his soldiers first had nothing to do so he was able to give them chain saws and began helping the neighbors in Mississippi and Louisiana.

Closing:
Tom summarized the President’s Announcements and Rotarians In The News and our meeting adjourned at 1:20pm.

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