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 January 29, 2007

Program: John Judson
Topic: Rotary International in Haiti

Greeter: Barry Kain
Invocation: Doug Pieper
Club Singing: Tom Arnoldi
Publications: Carrie N. Wissler Thomas
Mini-Classification Talk: Donna Clark
Good News Reporting: Al Baker
Placing Rotary Roundup: Nick Connolly

HAPPY BIRTHDAY WEEK
Jack Carr JAN 30
Tom Conners JAN 31
Larry Gardner JAN 31
Bonnie McCarthy FEB 1
Jack Detweiler FEB 2
Jeff Habib FEB 4

PROGRAM:
John Judson completed medical school at Georgetown then general surgery and cardiac surgery residencies at Yale, University of Utah, and Mayo Clinic. His United States practice in both academic and private practices has been primarily in the field of cardiac and thoracic surgery. In 1968, while still in residency, John and his wife, Ann Marie first had their first opportunity to work in Haiti at the Hospital Albert Schweitzer (HAS) which had opened its doors in 1956. Between then and 1997, there were 30 to 35 short-term volunteer trips to Haiti as well as other trips to Nicaragua and Poland. During that time, John and Ann Marie also raised and educated their five children. Special problems at HAS in 1997 led John to leave private practice in Harrisburg so that he and Ann Marie could spend two years there serving in multiple capacities: for John - Chief of Surgery and Medical Director, for Ann Marie – housing director, assistant to the co-founder, Mdme Mellon, and numerous other tasks. On return to Harrisburg in 1999, John made an important career decision to leave the private practice of surgery in order to work in more administrative roles and to have more time for volunteer activities. This included completing a masters degree in Public Administration at Penn State, serving as interim medical director at Hamilton Health Center from 2000 to 2003 and currently as a board member at the Community Check Up Center in South Harrisburg. As a consultant for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, John now spends his working hours with the MCARE Fund (malpractice super fund operated by the state) and the medical licensing division of the state department. Both he and Ann Marie continue to return to HAS two to four times per year for volunteer service. Other volunteer trips in the past eight years have included Rotary missions to Haiti, Dominican Republic, and Ethiopia.

John was not active in Rotary until 1997 but had recognized the tremendous service provided to developing nations by this organization. Shortly after arrival in Haiti in 1997, there was an opportunity to form a Rotary Club in the neighboring town of St. Marc. John became one of their charter members driving an hour each way over dark very bumpy roads for weekly meetings. On return to the states in 1999, he first joined the Capital City Rotary and then moved to our club in 2003. During the last ten years, the humanitarian work of Rotary International has been the focus of John’s Rotary membership both in Haiti and Harrisburg.

January is Rotary Awareness Month

UPCOMING PROGRAMS / MEETING LOCATIONS

Jan 29 Dr. John Judson
Hilton

Feb 5 Executive Director, Pre-K Counts
Hilton

Feb 12 Rev. Dr. Nathanial Gadsen - Black History Month
Hilton

Feb 19 NO MEETING

Feb 26 Dave Brandt, Coach Messiah Men's Soccer Team
Hilton Leadership, Motivation and Success

Mar 5 Gerald Zahorchak, D. Ed., Secretary of Education
PA Education Building

NEWS AND NOTES:

• The Nominating Committee which consists of the past five Rotary Presidents will be meeting to consider members for the President-Elect position and the Board vacancies .

They welcome and will accept nominations from the membership at large in writing until January 27, 2007.

Please send nominations to the
Rotary Club of Harrisburg
P O Box 11587, Harrisburg, PA 171108-1587
or e-mail: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

The nomination should include:
1) Name of the person and whether they meet the stated requirement -All members eligible to be nominated as Directors must have served at least three (3) years in Rotary.

2) Why the person making the nomination feels the candidate should be considered.

• 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!
ABEL, Deborah
ALEXANDER, Marion C.
ALSEDEK, Donald L.
ANTHONY, Susan L.
ARNOLDI, Thomas V.
BAEHRE, PH. D., Edna V.
BAKER, Alfred W.
BALOGA, Stephen A.
BASHORE, Larry D.
BEATTY, Jean
BEDARD, Jacqueline
BEDARD, Joseph A.
BELL, Sandra Loy
BITNER, Nathan A.
BLACK, Janice R.
BOLES, William B.
BOSWELL, Jeffrey R.
BOWRA, Richard Alan
BREAM, Thomas A.
BRINTON, E. Garrett
BROWNE, Rosemary
CAMERON, Duryea
CAREY, Tama M.
CHRISTIE, Robert G.
CLARK, Donna M. J.
CLEVENGER, Charles
CONNER, Charles R.
CONNERS, Tom
CONNER, M.D., Kenneth B.
CONNOLLY, Nicholas
CRAUMER, Robert C.
COOPER, Jewel
CURL, Richard A.
DETWEILER, John R.
DERRICK, Harry
DOLAN, Robert J.
DUMARESQ, Carolyn
DUNAWAY, Geoff
FEINOUR, J. Stephen
FISHER, Watson D.
FREET, David E.
FRESE, Kent E.
FRIEDMAN, Charles E.
FRIEDMAN, Helen
GIBBONS, Miles J. Jr.
GLENN, CMPE, Albert L.
GOLDSMITH, Richard S.
GOODLING, Barry
GRAMMES, Louis F.
GROVE, Peggy A.
GRINER, John N.
GUSS, Ron
HARTMAN, Fred R.
HANNA, Kendall
HENNINGER, Peter R. Jr.
HOOKER, Thomas
HURWITZ, Harold S.
JUDSON, M.D., John P.
JOHNSTON, Thomas M. Jr.
KELLEY, PH. D., Janet K.
KATZMAN, Ronald M.
KLEIN, Sally S.
KOHN, ED.D., Gerald W.
KREMPASKY, Stephen
KRUFT, David K.
LEHMAN, David E.
LEVINE, Samuel
LOVE, J. Michael
LICK, Marie LeVan
LOWERY, Walter L.
MCCARTHY, Bonnie
MCNUTT, Charlie F. Jr.
METZ, Joseph U.
MILSPAW, Luther E. Jr.
MOORE, Robert
MOREFIELD , John A.
MOULTRIE, Richard P.
MYERS, PH.D., Shelly S.
NIXON, Tina L.
PARTHEMORE, Gilbert J.
PENROD, Catherine F.
PEPE, Raymond P.
POOLE, Donald R.
RAMPER, II, Barry
REITZEL, Robert K
REBUCK, Andrew R.
RHOADS, Henry W.
ROBINSON, William A.
ROTH, Virginia A.
SALINE, Robert S.
ROWLAND , James H. Jr.
SCHATT, Joseph F.
SCHMIDT, Albert S. Jr.
SHAH, Hasu P.
SIEGEL, Conrad M.
SKELLY, Barbara O.
SMELTZER, James A.
SMITH, M. Dudley Jr.
SNIDER, Karen F.
SMITHER, A. John
SNAVELY, Jack E.
STABINSKI, Sharon
STEWART, Richard W.
SPAHR, William T. Jr.
STONE, Mark A.
SUTLIFF, Gregory L.
SUMMERS, Joseph G.
THOMAS, Carrie N. Wissler
TROGNER, Blair S. Sr.
UTLEY, Richard
WESTBROOK, Allen R.
WHITLEY, Bridget M.
WISMAN, Craig B.
YAVERBAUM, Harry I.
WISEHAUPT, Douglas E.

• TEACHER IMPACT AWARDS seek to recognize teachers who have made a significant difference in the lives of their students. While students are strongly encouraged to nominate a teacher, anyone, including parents, administrators or oter co-workers may submit a nomination form. Please contact Linda if you have a special teacher in mind. She will give you the form that needs to be postmarked by January 26th.

• The District Office is seeking applications for a full-time position as Executive Secretary, beginning March 2007 as Pat Bish is retiring June 30, 2007. Contact Pat at the District office for more details. ( This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it or 854-7842)

• YOUTH EXCHANGE INFO
Our 2006-07 exchange student, Jose Ricardo Zambrano, from Venezuela has joined his first host family, the Creasons, and is attending school at Central Dauphin High School. We hope that you meet him soon. 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: 1/22/07 57%
Rotarians 72 Active Specials 9 Guests 23 Visiting Rotarians 2 = 106

Minutes by Steve Baloga
President Garry Brinton brought the meeting to order at the Hilton as customary with singing, the Pledge of Allegiance and an invocation.

Wil Everhart introduced visiting Rotarians and guests.

Program:
Dr. Madlyn Hanes, Chancellor of Penn State Harrisburg, gave a presentation on Penn State Harrisburg entitled The Engaged University. She indicated that the Capital Region has high schools that exceed the Commonwealth’s average graduation rate and college matriculation rate and a higher education environment that has reached a critical mass. She discussed the Campus’ history and mission, accessibility, and plans for growth. The Campus graduates approximately 1,000 students each year and is the second largest campus following University Park. Dr. Hanes also spoke about the school’s involvement in the community and coordination with other higher educational institutions such as HACC. She indicated Penn State has approximately a half million alumni – what can I say, I’m one of them. GO PENN STATE!

Mini-Classification Talk:
Bridget Quigley gave a mini-classification talk. She explained what she liked about her job with PNC Bank. She also discussed her community activities and encouraged Rotarians to reach out to young people to engage them in community activities.

Students and Teachers of the Month:
Pattie Hindermyer presented the Student and Teacher of the Month awards as listed in Rotary Round Up.

Announcements and Committee Reports:
President Garry congratulated Allen Westbrook, on his appointment as Chair of the Harrisburg Regional Chamber Board of Directors and Sally Klein and Bill Murray, for their appointments to the HACC Board of Directors.

Sandy Beck solicited testimonials from Andy Rebuck and Al Baker on the benefits of being a Rotarian and encouraged members to actively seek new members to share those benefits. A list of the “Top Ten Reasons Why You Should Join Rotary” was passed out at the meeting. Sandy suggested Rotarians to use this list to encourage potential new members.

Next Meeting:
At the Hilton – be there!