PROGRAM:

Daniel R. Schuckers, Esq. is the Prothonotary of the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania, having previously been the Deputy Prothonotary for Law. A graduate of Colgate University (B.A.), Stanford University (M.A.) and Dickinson School of Law (J.D.), he is a former law clerk to Judge (later Justice) Wilkinson, former instructor at Penn State University’s York campus, former Assistant Chief Counsel for the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry and former Deputy Attorney General in the civil litigation section of the Pennsylvania Attorney’s General office. Having argued cases before all three Pennsylvania appellate courts, he also is admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals and the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania. He has co-authored several law review articles including “The Labor Dispute Disqualification of the Pennsylvania Unemployment Compensation Law,”50 Temple L.Q. 211 (1977), “The Proper Use of the Declaration of Public Policy Section of the Pennsylvania Unemployment Compensation Law,” 87 Dickinson L.R. 507 (1983), “History of the Strike-Lockout Distinction of Pennsylvania’s Unemployment Compensation Law,” 30 Duquesne L.R. 477 (1992) and “Toward a Unified Theory of Unemployment Compensation Eligibility for Replaced Striking Employees,” 61 U. of Pittsburgh L.R. 499 (2000), and numerous articles in major Pennsylvania Bar Journals. A member of the James S. Bowman American Inns of Court, he was a co-author of the first edition (1986) and the second edition (1994) of “Pennsylvania Appellate Practice,” a two-volume treatise on appellate litigation in Pennsylvania.

UPCOMING PROGRAMS / MEETING LOCATIONS:

• July 30 Dan Schuckers, Cumberland County Prothonatory
  Hilton "Economic and Political Glue in America"
• August 6 Judge Rich Lewis
  Hilton "As I see it from where I sit”
• Aug 13 Mel Chiabelli, President and CEO, Harrisburg University
  Hilton “An Owner’s Manual for a New University”
• Aug 20 Amy Kaunas, Esq., Executive Dir.
  Hilton Humane Society

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

NEWS AND NOTES:

• 2007-08 Rosters will be distributed. Extra rosters are available for $3.
  
  
• Happy Hour at Al Baker’s: AUGUST 23rd 5:30-7:30 PM
  Minimum contribution $10 to HRF
  
  
• MEDIA RELATIONS SEMINAR: Tuesday, August 7th Wyndham Garden Hotel, 765 Eisenhower Boulevard, Harrisburg 5:30 PM - 8:30 PM. A light supper will be provided at no charde but you must register by August 1. This program can benefit your and your business. Please see Linda to sign up for this excellent program which includes: relationship building with themedia, determining what is news, understanding our ultimate audience, prepariing media interviews, setting the scope of an interview, conducting an interview, dressing for an interview, following up with editors and reporters and evaluating your performance.

• KATRINA RELIEF: Our Club is exploring the possibility of participating in a Katrina Relief project in Biloxi, Mississippi, from Oct. 6-13. We hope to do this in conjunction with the Colonial Park club, and several other Clubs in our District. With enough participation, we can most likely rent a bus so all can travel together. Volunteers stay in the Bethel Church, with meals provided, at only $20 per day. The projects to be tackled will include painting and finishing tasks for a house. If interested, please contact Linda Freedenberg at the Rotary office. Financial support is also needed to purchase supplies for the work crews and building materials for the homes we adopt. More details will be provided as they become available.
  
  
• MARK YOUR CALENDAR for the annual District 7390 Clean-Up Night at the Susan P. Byrnes Health Education Center on Thursday, August 23. Light supper at 5:00 PM with work details with lots of fun and laughter following. Contact Linda or Vicki Sanderlin 848-3064 X235 or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it to sign up.
  
  
• 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.
  
  
• Danish International Student Group Study Exchange Host Opportunity:
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• HACC will once again be hosting students and faculty from Minerva Business College (formerly Randers Business College), in Randers, Denmark, this September. Students will be accompanied by their faculty and will spend just over 2.5 weeks on campus studying, touring area businesses, and meeting with business, industry and government officials. Part of their course of study will include work with HACC faculty Marty Wise and his International Business students. Please consider this request and contact Linda Lefevre, Associate Dean of the BHET Division, with any questions you may have. She can be reached at 717-780-2366 or by email at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

• 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: 7/23/07 52%
Rotarians 82 Active 13 Specials Guests 11 Visiting Rotarians 1 = 107

Minutes by Andy Rebuck:

Why did the chicken cross the road? Where can you go on August 23 to enjoy a cold drink, hot food and scintillating conversation? When is 13 a lucky number?

Yes, please continue to follow along to possibly learn the answer to these three questions and much more revealed at today’s meeting of the Rotary Club of Harrisburg.

A full-house was in attendance as President Carrie wielded the gavel at 12:10 sharp. Speaking of sharp, Tom Arnoldi led the group in the Star Spangled Banner, followed by an impromptu prayer from Albert Schmidt and introduction of guests and visitors by Wil Everhart. (We enjoyed seven guests, including past exchange student, DJ!)

Which answers question number one above…”to get to the Harrisburg Rotary meeting, of course!

Bob “Dominican” Hall took four minutes for a “Rotary Minute” presentation where he eloquently expressed his deep appreciation for our international efforts especially during days like the time he was a part of a team that inoculated nearly seven hundred thousand children in one day in India !

August 23 there is only one place to be, yes, that’s right, plan to be at Al Baker’s humble abode for a happy hour event filled with, you guessed it, cold drinks, hot food and scintillating conversation.

Tom Imholte wowed the attendees today with his mini classification speech presented in poem format! We learned that certain words are difficult for a civil engineer with Dawood Engineering to rhyme and many in attendance will now argue that Tom may have earned the honor of most creative mini talk ever!

Our club flipped enough pancakes this past fall to generate $13,000 check which Jewel presented to the Harrisburg School District ’s Pre-K program. (Now you know when “13” is a lucky number!) We also learned that past support has aided the District in securing more than 500 books for 35 different classrooms!

Our very own Geoff Dunaway introduced today’s speaker. We thoroughly enjoyed an energetic, enlightening and edible presentation by Sec. of Agriculture Dennis C. Wolff. Sec. Wolff highlighted the department’s efforts relative to food safety. We learned about the many tasks involved in licensing, inspecting, educating and regulating more that 5000 manufacturers, 2200 warehouses, 1500 retail outlets, 27,500 restaurants, 2600 school cafeterias, and more.

With headlines on spinach, Chi-Chi Restaurant and various other food scares, it was very comforting to this scribe that Sec. Wolff and the many department employees have prevented any food borne safety issues from ever emanating in Pennsylvania. This scribe believes that we are very fortunate to have the Department of Agriculture working full time on our behalf.

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