Meets Noon Mondays at the Hilton

Rotary website: www.hbgrotary.org

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

ROTARY ROUNDUP: for March 5, 2007

Meeting at 333 Market Street at 11:45 A.M.

IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO ATTEND

PLEASE CONTACT LINDA

so she can order a Hilton boxed lunch.

Speaker: Gerald Zahorchak, D. Ed., Secretary of Education

Greeter: John D. Morefield

Invocation: Wil Everhart

Club Singing:

Publications: Tom Parker

Mini-Classification Talk: Donna Clark

Placing Rotary Roundup: Dudley Smith

HAPPY BIRTHDAY WEEK

Caryn Carr MAR 5

HAPPY MARCH ANNIVERSARIES

Harry Banzhoff 53 years

Bob Spicer 41 years

Al Schmidt 36 years

Chuck Friedman 29 years

Bob Hostetter 29 years

Janice Black 18 years

Charlie McNutt 18 years

Ron Guss 15 years

John D. Morefield 14 years

Edna Baehre 11 years

Joe Capita 11 years

John Judson 9 years

Shelly Myers 8 years

Marion Alexander 1 year

Geoff Dunaway 1 year

John Klobusicky 1 year

Laurie Saltzgiver 1 year

Diane Voda 1 year

Pauline Wallin 1 year

Bridget Whitley 1 year

PROGRAM:

Dr. Gerald L. Zahorchak was selected by Governor Edward G. Rendell to lead Pennsylvania's system of education as Secretary of Education.

Dr. Zahorchak has been a dynamic leader at every level of education. Prior to his nomination, Dr. Zahorchak served as the Pennsylvania Department of Education's Deputy Secretary for Elementary and Secondary Education, where he was responsible for the education of more than 1.8 million school children in the Commonwealth. As Deputy Secretary, he led the development and implementation of support systems for public schools that are working to meet the high demands set by Pennsylvania and the federal No Child Left Behind Act. Before assuming his duties with the Commonwealth, Dr. Zahorchak worked closely with students at virtually every level of education as a superintendent, principal, teacher and football coach.

Dr. Zahorchak has served in a number of civic leadership positions also. He is a former member of the school board of the Greater Johnstown School District and of the Johnstown City Council. In addition, Dr. Zahorchak served as Deputy Mayor of Johnstown. Dr. Zahorchak also serves on a number of boards including the Board of Trustees for Penn State and Temple Universities, the University of Pittsburgh, the Board of Governors for the State System of Higher Education, the Pennsylvania League of Urban Schools Board of Directors and the United Way.

Over his distinguished career, Dr. Zahorchak has received numerous awards and recognitions. In 2005, he was honored with the Pennsylania Association of Federal Programs Distinguished Educator Award and the Educational Excellence Award from the PA Association of Elementary and Secondary School Principals. In May 2006, the Johnstown business community established the Zahorchak Endowment to provide scholarships to high school students participating in the Dual Enrollment program - a program designed to help high school students attain college credits while also completing high school.

Dr. Zahorchak received his doctorate from The Pennsylvania State University, earned a master's degree from Indiana University of Pennsylvania and a bachelor's degree from St. Francis University.

UPCOMING PROGRAMS / MEETING LOCATIONS

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

PA Education Building 333 Market St. First floor- Heritage Room

Mar 12 Youth Community Development Team (YCDT)

Hilton

Mar 26 Ed Marsico, District Attorney

Hilton

Apr 2 John Lieghow, Director of the State Museum

Hilton

Apr 9 NO MEETING

For complete speaker programming go to our website: www.hbgrotary.org

March is Preserve Planet Earth Month

NEWS AND NOTES:

• Volunteer Opportunities here and Abroad

1. Rotary Dental Mission - March 3-9:

partnership with HACC for Foose Elementary School in Harrisburg, PA

Contact Linda or Connie Spark 600-2020 This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

2. Youth Exchange Weekend - March 17-18. The Youth Exchange Committee needs volunteers to help with the Youth Exchange Weekend. Spouses are welcome and encouraged to assist in this worthy endeavor.

Contact Linda, Terry Barnaby or Ron Guss.

3. Dominican Republican Dental Mission with Bob Hall- March 17-25

4. Rotary Eye Mission - April 11-19

for Foose Elementary School at HACC

Contact Linda or Connie Spark 600-2020 This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

5. Habitat for Humanity - May 19th

Contact Linda or Allen Westbrook

6. Peru Mission 2007 - May 27-June 10

Thank you for your "Service Above Self".

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• DISTRICT CONFERENCE Hershey Motor Lodge May 11-12

The District 7390 Conference will be held at the Hershey Motor Lodge on May 10 - 12. The Golf Outing will be held at Wren Dale Golf Course on Thursday, May 10. Plenary Sessions are Friday and Saturday, with evening dinners with RI Guest speakers and/or entertainment. Early registration discount deadline to save $15 is Mar. 1

Brochure and registration forms are on the information table and can be downloaded at

http://www.rotary7390.org/conference.htm.

• 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.

DEANGELIS, Thomas

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

HALL, Robert J.

HARTMAN, Fred R.

HANNA, Kendall

HENNINGER, Peter R. Jr.

HOOKER, Thomas

HOSTETTER, Robert F.

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.

MILLER, James E.

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.

PRESCOTT, Joan

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

TILL, Linda

TROGNER, Blair S. Sr.

UTLEY, Richard

WESTBROOK, Allen R.

WHITLEY, Bridget M.

WISMAN, Craig B.

YAVERBAUM, Harry I.

WINGATE, Charles

WISEHAUPT, Douglas E.

The ROTARY INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION makes miracles happen around the world all year long, but your donation now will help us reach our goal even sooner. Send your check to the Rotary office. THANK YOU for your support.

• YOUTH EXCHANGE INFO

Our 2006-07 exchange student, Jose Ricardo Zambrano, from Venezuela has joined his second host family, Dominic and Kristie Cavallaro, 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: 2/26/07 55%

Rotarians 67 Active Specials 9 Guests 21 Visiting Rotarians 3 = 100

Minutes by Karen Paris

PRESIDENT GARRY called the meeting to order at 12:07 on the dot, noting we had a full agenda for the day but not before reminding everyone that we are, indeed, among the first 25 Rotary Clubs in all the world (ok - #23).

CARYN CARR led singing of "My Country Tis of Thee" and Joe Summers gave a moving invocation that spoke to sharing both the bad and the good with those to whom we are closest and ending with the fact that we are all God's children to love.

BIG NEWS for all you computer geeks. KENT FRESE has developed a new website for the Rotary Club. Make sure you check it out. www.hbgrotary.org It has everything and it looks SO professional. Thank you Kent! Please don't ask me my password to get into the secret part of the sight. I forgot it already...

PRESIDENT GARRY reviewed two volunteer service opportunities in March - the first is March 3 to March 9 - a Dental Clinic at HACC for Foose School. Volunteers are needed. Spanish fluency is a plus. Between April 11 and April 19, a vision clinic will also be held. Linda will send out a sign-up sheet. Try to make one of these dates as multiple volunteers are needed.

MARK your calendars. May 10-12, 2007 is the District Conference at Hershey Motor Lodge. Please come and help support our DISTRICT GOVERNOR JANICE.

SHARON STABINSKI is selling candy on behalf of the YCDT. Two thoughts, Sharon. 1) You can't say "No Calorie" about chocolate at a Rotary meeting - our Four Way Test asks if it's the truth. 2) We all gave up chocolate for Lent so you're torturing us. (If you didn't give it up and you're into calories, see Sharon.) I must admit it looked good.

DEB ABELmoo was back to show us pictures of R.Belle in action. I wonder what the photo shop that develops those pictures thinks about Rotary...

CAROLYN DUMARESQ was up next asking for volunteers for the Inbound Rotary weekend. She especially needs "Creatures of the Night" to sleep on the floor at the "Y". If you're not up to that, how about accompanying the students to the Planetarium?

MARIE LICK introduced our visiting Rotarians and Guests. Among them was Margaret Kortze, who practically got a standing ovation because she is missed soooo much. She's now a member of Mechanicsburg North Rotary. Their gain. Our loss.

PRESIDENT-ELECT CARRIE WISSLER-THOMAS announced that all Committee Chairs are in place for the coming year. Great planning, Carrie. Now SHE needs YOU to sign up to work on the committees. A sheet is in your badge board. Please return to Linda.

BILL SPAHR had the privilege of introducing Students and Teachers of the month. We had students from Bishop McDevitt, John Harris, Harrisburg Sci-Tech, and Harrisburg Career Tech Academy. In process are a drama major, a graphic design major, an MD (who's looking forward to "cutting"!), and a General Motors technician. What a variety of students and so well-spoken.

AL BAKER (aka "No-Mike-necessary") got up and was promptly upstaged by the President who had a question for Rotarians (Who is the incoming RI President?) GARRY agreed to put double in the basket if anyone came up with the answer. AL heard from BILL BOLES, JEFF BOSWELL (note the alpha order these two got up in), MARGARET KORTZE, GINNY ROTH, MEG CONNERS, CAROLYN DUMARESQ, and KENT FRESE who knew the answer to the President's question - W. Wilkinson from Canada. (See, all that work on the web site and it "paid off".) AL capped off the news by bragging that he had been in Jamaica when the big storm hit. (Did you pay double for that comment, AL?)

Our guest speaker was Dave Brandt of Messiah College. He is the "winningest" (It must be an official word - it was in my Rotary Roundup) college coach at any level of NCAA men's soccer. He spoke about his insights into his teams' successes and his overall philosophy of life. His core values are:

1) We dare greatly

2) We work hard

3) We choose to be positive

4) We mean no offense and take no offense

5) We show no weakness

6) We finish strong

7) We walk like champions

8) We support the team mission regardless of our circumstances

9) We are a collection of friends first and soccer players second.

10) We seek excellence in all areas, not just soccer.

11) We want our four year experience to have an "unspeakable impact" on our lives.

His core beliefs are:

1) Positive team chemistry

2) The whole is greater than the sum of its parts.

3) You need a net of people to catch the elusive butterfly.

4) To matter is a higher calling than to be successful.

5) Leaders must serve in order to be true leaders.

6) All people want to be part of something great - they just leadership to get there.

7) Success is how close you are to the melody in your head.

Along with that is his goal: To be the best place to play college soccer. He emphasized that this is the win, not the score at the end of the game.

Nice talk, coach. Even those of us who are not sport fans in the audience got a relevant message.

PRES GARRY closed the meeting at 1:17 with a "See you all next week" at 333 Market Street at 11:45 as our speaker is going on first and we need to start early.