Meets Noon Mondays at the Hilton

  Rotary website:  www.hbgrotary.org

Executive Director:  Linda Freedenberg             Email:   This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Telephone:  717-234-1208                                 Fax:  717-234-3234

ROTARY ROUNDUP: for January 8, 2007

Program:                  Dr. Robert Siemers

Greeter:                           John Dormuth     

Invocation:                          Jeff Boswell         

Club Singing:            Marion Alexander

Publications:                        Mitch Tillet

Placing Rotary Roundup: John Smither

    HAPPY BIRTHDAY WEEK  

Tom Parker            JAN 4

Karen Snider          JAN 4

Jacqueline Bedard                JAN 6

Rosemary Browne JAN 6

Rich Curl                                JAN 15

Bob Reitzel             JAN 17

Marie Lick               JAN 19

January  ROTARY Anniversaries

Tom Hooker           34 years

Walt Lowery           29 years

Kent Patterson       27 years

Doug Pieper           23 years

Bob Christie           21 years

Ray Pepe                                19 years

Rick Conner          18 years

Carrie W. Thomas 18 years

Steve Baloga          13 years

Catherine Penrod 5 years

Dave McLane         5 years

Rosemary Brown   2 year

Lee Fortenberry     2 year

Tina Nixon             2 year

Jeff Habib                               1 year

Sandy Beck            1 year

Anne Alsedek        1 year

PROGRAM: Robert Siemers

The remarkable pianist Robert Siemers has delighted audiences throughout the United States as well as abroad.  Past solo recital appearances include the New England Bach Festival, the Shenandoah Valley Bach Festival, the Bach Festival Society of Kalamazoo as well as many recital appearances at performing arts series from coast to coast.  His performances abroad include solo recitals in London (Wigmore Hall) and Moscow (Glinka Museum).  In addition, Dr. Siemers has presented lectures and master classes throughout the United States as well as at the Moscow Conservatoire.

Robert holds degrees from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, the Eastman School of Music and Indiana University - Bloomington.  His teachers include Mary Jane Grizzel, Lee Luvisi and Menahem Pressler.  In addition, he has coached under the tutelage of Andras Schiff and Rudolf Serkin.  Robert's artistic lineage can be traced back directly to Beethoven.  Currently, Dr. Siemers teaches piano at the Milton Hershey School in Hershey, Pennsylvania.

January  is Rotary Awareness  Month

UPCOMING PROGRAMS / MEETING LOCATIONS         

Jan 8                       Dr. Robert Siemers,

Hilton                     Concert Pianist

Jan 15                     NO MEETING

Jan 22                     Madlyn Hanes, PhD.

Hilton                     Chancellor,  Penn State Harrisburg

NEWS AND NOTES:

• The Board accepts with regret the resignations of:

Gerry Aumiller

Sandi Loy Bell

Yvette Kane

Jeannine Peterson

• 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 23, 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 spambots. 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.

• 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

                WHP AM 580          WHP TV-  21                           ABC27-TV

                WRVV/FM 97.3       WLYH TV- 15

                Bob FM 94.9          KISS FM 99.3

                    or

• check your e-mail or

• call the Rotary office at 234-1208.

ATTENDANCE LAST ROTARY MEETING: 12/18/06      58%

Rotarians  60  Active Specials     12    Guests   23  Visiting Rotarians  0  = 95

Minutes by Jacqueline Bedard