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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 May 21, 2007

Speakers: Robert D. Hanson Rotary Excellence Award

Greeter: John Dormuth
Invocation: Doug Pieper
Club Singing: The Four Tenors
Publications: Tom Parker
Student/Teacher of theMonth: Terry Barnaby
Good News Reporting: Wil Everhart
Placing Rotary Roundup: Nick Connolly

HAPPY BIRTHDAY WEEK
Tom Peluso MAY 26
Dave Kruft MAY 28
Bob Craumer MAY 29
Amy Sauertieg MAY 30
Bill Spahr MAY 31
Janice Black JUN 2

PROGRAM: Bob Hanson has been a role model for all and exemplifies the Rotary 4 Way test in his personal, professional and Rotary life. We are indeed honored to have had him as a member of the Rotary Club of Harrisburg and acknowledge his exemplary leadership in this manner. The 6th Robert D. Hanson Rotary Excellence Award goes to Robert S. Saline. Being the recipient of the Robert D. Hanson Rotary Excellence Award, Bob receives $2,500 toward expenses at the next Rotary International convention.

Robert “Bob” Saline, APR provides strategic communications research and counsel to corporations, associations and not-for-profits at the regional and national level. He brings more than 30 years of expertise to his clients and numerous volunteer organizations.

As an accredited member of the Public Relations Society of America, Robert and his wife, Deborah Saline, APR, Fellow PRSA conduct training sessions at the national level to those aspiring to become accredited in public relations.

Currently he is a board member for The Rotary Club of Harrisburg, serves as District 7390 Public Relations Chair and is a board member of the West Shore Chamber of Commerce. He has served as PR Committee Chair for our Club and served on the committee to develop the Youth Community Development Team.

Working with youth is a personal commitment as he counsels local and international students. He speaks frequently to public relations student groups at colleges and universities in Pennsylvania. He and his wife have sponsored and mentored for more than 20 years, Janeth, a Columbia native, now graduating from her nursing studies in Mexico.

Bob and Deborah have a son, Erik, living on the West Coast and working in the high technology industry.

The Four Tenors: Paul Pitts, who has appeared in over 5000 throughout the world Alajandro Olmedo, discovered and mentored by Placido Domingo and now also singing with major opera companies worldwide Keith Brant and Christyan Seay, well-known in Central PA for Harrisburg Opera productions as well as numerous solo, choral, and operatic appearances throughout the U.S. and abroad. William Ingraham, pianist, will accompany them. They will sing the opening song, "America, the Beautiful," and end the meeting with "La Donna e mobile," from the opera, La Traviata by Giuseppi Verdi.

UPCOMING PROGRAMS / MEETING LOCATIONS

May 21 Robert D. Hanson Rotary Excellence Award
Hilton

May 28 NO MEETING
Hilton

June 4 Dr. John Gavazzi
Hilton “Warning Signs of depression -treatment options”

June 11 Jay Risser, Director of State Street Academy of Music
Hilton

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

May is Group Study Exchange Month

NEWS AND NOTES:

• The District Conference is over and thank you's go to
Jewel Cooper - Chair
Sally Klein - Friday night reception and flowers
Gib Parthemore, Peggy Grove and Marie Lick - Silent Auction
Carrie W. Thomas - lining up the plenary speakers
Karen Snider - YCDT presentation
Norma Swain and Jack Snavely - entertainment
And our wonderful District Governor for leading us through a great year!

• ROSTER/WEB Advertising
Most Rotarians use their roster frequently and share it with others occasionally. By putting your company name on the roster it will serve two purposes, identify your company as a leader in the area and help us defray the costs of producing the roster. Fellow Rotarians, it’s time to step up and help your club again. Of course these spots will be going quickly, so whoever is first to contact Linda with your reservation and preferred position will get their choice.


ROTARY WEB COMBINATION
$500/back page
$100/1000 impressions
Back page plus 1000 web impressions - $550
$400/inside covers (full page)
Inside cover plus 1000 web impressions - $450

Back page and inside covers can be split with two advertisers ($250 each for back page and $200 each for inside cover)
1000 web impressions equal 3 to 4 months of sole advertising. Multiple ads can be rotated to extend the duration of impressions.

All web ads will be our homepage at this time. Web ads require web ready graphics.

• 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!

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
1. The Youth Exchange Committee has also received information on our prospective inbound student, Ange Sauvage. Ange is a 16-year old student from Lyon France. We will continue to update you as information is made available. If anyone is interested in serving as a host family for our 2007-08 exchange student, please contact the committee co-chairs Terry Barnaby or Ron Guss.

2. Our 2006-07 exchange student, Jose Ricardo Zambrano, from Venezuela has joined his third host family, Carolyn and Dick Dumaresq, and is attending school at Central Dauphin High School. 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: 5/14/07 57%
Rotarians 76 Active Specials 16Guests 22 Visiting Rotarians 1 = 115

Minutes by Karen Paris
President Garry called the meeting to order at 12:14 and Caryn Carr led singing of "America" followed by Howard Ammons who gave a moving invocation. During the member-to-member welcome, you’d think we’d not seen each other for a month because the greetings and handshakes were profuse.

Karen Snider introduced several members of the YCDT team who announced that this year’s grants were being targeted toward teens who had children. $6000 was given to two different programs which provide services to this population. The first program is geared to supporting the teen to allow him/her to remain in school. The second has a goal of providing medical coverage for these families. Garry thanked Karen Snider for her leadership and also the YCDT program for their diligence and efforts.

We have 4(FOUR !!!) new members. Bruce Grossman (aka the spouse of Janet Edwards) is a transactional attorney. Bruce, the common definition of TA is: a psychoanalytic theory of psychology developed by psychiatrist Eric Berne during the late 1950's. Berne postulated that there are three "ego states" - the Parent, Adult, and Child states, largely shaped through childhood experiences. (courtesy of Wikepedia). SOOOO, the question is, which State are you in, Bruce? (We only want to know because if it’s the child state, we’ll put you on the Chef’s Committee for the Pancake Breakfast. They love to make a mess). Our next new member, Jason Hicks, already received a "grilling" during his introduction. We now know that he is, indeed, married , loves reading and exercising, and is a grad of Cedar Cliff and Ship. Jason, that’ll teach you to come to a Rotary meeting without your proposer. The third member is John Logan, who is a transfer from BURRRadford (as in up north and cold) County, PA. He’s a past Rotary President and enjoys golf, skiing, motorcycling, etc. He survived sitting next to yours truly, so I think he’s in for the long haul. And, last, but of course, not least, is Amy Sauertieg, who is the Director of Development at the Jewish Family Service of Greater Harrisburg. Amy attended Boston University. Following Amy’s introduction, there was a round of applause.

Next we were treated to a rare group of "speakers" - the Best and the Brightest, a contest sponsored by the Hersha Group and who are selected by the Patriot-News and its judges. Our own Hasu Shah introduced the program, noting that in 2003 he was invited to be a judge in it. He and his wife felt that helping students hone their skills is a worthwhile endeavor and his corporation now underwrites it. Several Rotarians were asked to be the judges this year.

169 applications were received for the 20 awards. They will be featured on May 27, 2007 in the Patriot-News. All who applied had exemplary scholastic achievement and community involvement and some had overcome adversity as well. The applicants were asked questions and responded in groups of 4 - 5 to each of several audience questions.

1) How do you balance all of the aspects of your busy life? (Answers ranged from allocating specific time to each, combining activities, prioritizing, and making sure that you’re passionate about what you do).

2) Who inspired you and how? (Answers were - so many people, my sister, my mom, my teacher)

3) Events that have impacted you? (Answers - the death of Lisa Waller inspired me to go to Medical School to become a physician; my two cousins with disabilities have helped me decide what my career path should be; having spent time learning about my family who lived in Carlisle, I decided to go to Dickinson)

4) What challenges have you faced? ( Answers - the size of CV high school ; making sure our family has time together; being as good as my older brother.)

5) How do you feel about the future of our country? (Answers - It’s bright; with global warming and other things, our generation needs to and can change things; people see us as a generation that is going downhill morally and we need to show people that that is not true.)

6) Who is your favorite book/author/movie, etc.? (Answers - "Gone with the Wind", "The Aeneid", Tom Clancy, Harry Potter)

7) Do you see yourself coming back to Central PA after graduation or moving away? (Answers by all - "I’ll travel and then come back here because of family." "I don’t necessarily see myself in the midstate but someplace similar". " I’m not sure about coming back but I enjoyed growing up here".

"I have no idea". "I may move back here due to family ties unless something changes". "I’m going 1000 miles away to school and then into the Peace Corps". "I’d like to explore the world - maybe later in life I’ll be back because this area made me who I am." "I’m not sure - NYC is the fashion capital of the world. Or, I may go to Europe." "I grew up in Chicago so the big city appeals to me. I may join Medicins San Borders. "My dream is to go to NYC as a journalist." "I see so many problems, pollution, buildup, the State needs some changes. I’m going out to greener pastures."

Garry noted that the future is indeed bright and wished all the students well. He advised them that wherever they go, they should join a Rotary Club to help make the world a better place.

Announcements:
1) The District Conference was wonderful. Thank you to all of the Rotarians who helped from the Hbg. Club. Governor Janice held a great conference and Connie Siegel thanked all who participated in any way from the auction, to the YCDT presentation to the plenary sessions, to entertainment, to hosting the GSE team and students, and especially to Jewel Cooper who chaired the whole event..
2) Garry asked for signups for Habitat this weekend.

Rotarians in the News
1) Garry noted that Susan Anthony has been honored by the Hbg. Educational Association.
2) Al Baker made Kiplingers Magazine.

Next week: Play it again Sam - Same time/same place.