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

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ROTARY ROUNDUP: for May 7, 2007

Speaker: Rotary Community Service Award
Andrew R. Rebuck

Greeter: Charlie McNutt
Invocation: Jeff Boswell
Club Singing: Caryn Carr
Publications: Christopher Markley
Mini-Classification Talk: Una Martone
Placing Rotary Roundup: Charlie McNutt

HAPPY BIRTHDAY WEEK
Chuck Fromer MAY 7
John Griner MAY 7
Donna Clark MAY 8

HAPPY MAY ANNIVERSARIES
Duryea Cameron 50 years
Jack Carr 23 years
Hasu Shah 21 years
Jeff Boswell 21 years
Russ Maniglia 20 years
Mark Stone 15 years
Bill Spahr 13 years
Allen Westbrook 11 years
Jewel Cooper 10 years
John Sutliff 8 years
Karen Snider 4 years
Joan Prescott 2 years
Harry Yaverbaum 2 years
Peter Ostrowski 1 year
Keith Gillaspy 1 year

PROGRAM:
Our club members know today’s honoree is a happy-go-lucky individual that is very active with many aspects of Rotary here in Harrisburg. From Peaches for Polio to Pancakes Breakfasts, and more, Andy is quick to scoop or flip, as the case may be, his share in the name of fun and service.

Our honoree, Andy Rebuck, is a Sunbury native, son of Bob and Anne Rebuck and youngest of five siblings. His early years firmly planted the seeds of service as he watched his father and mother’s many activities in their community. This rich heritage of service continues to be punctuated today by his parent’s role in The Rotary Club of Sunbury.

Andy and his wife Gail have two children, Lauren a college sophomore at HACC and Peter a freshman at CV High School. Away from Rotary and away from work as VP/GM at Lamar Advertising, Andy has truly dedicated his community service to activities that involve his family and specifically, his children.

As a volunteer soccer coach for either his daughter or his son’s team, Andy went one-hundred percent to learn the game and to pass the game on to his players. There were always three rules for every team member: one, always do your best; two, always show respect to the opponent, the referee, etc and three, always do whatever Coach Andy asks!

The common theme of volunteering for activities that involve his children is quite evident in his participation with Keystone Area Boy Scouts and Troop 88. Andy volunteered as a den leader for the Tigers and Wolf dens then jumped in with both feet as Cub Master for the next three years. He then moved into Boy Scout Troop 88 and assumed the role of Committee Chair the past four years. Andy is also active on the District level as a Board member and as a five-year chairman of the golf outing which raises $30,000 annually.

Both Andy and Gail are quite active volunteers at CV School. Andy has chaired the fundraising efforts for the Eagle Foundation the past six years and helped to raise nearly 1 million dollars to support academic programs that would not exist if not for the dedication of the foundation. Right now the couple is co-chairing the annual yearbook efforts for the lacrosse club-which Peter plays-and are selling the ads and preparing the yearbook for the printer.

Our honoree has been blessed with many great opportunities to make a difference through community service. At the same time, this community service has rewarded him with challenges, growth, friendships and fun. His roles with the Council For Public Education, the Hospice Golf committee and West Shore Evangelical Free Church are just a couple other examples where the phrase when you give, you truly receive is just so true.

UPCOMING PROGRAMS / MEETING LOCATIONS

May 7 Community Service Award
Hilton

May 14 Best and Brightest from Patriot News
Hilton

May 21 Robert D. Hanson 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.

April is Magazine Month

NEWS AND NOTES:

• Please be sure to complete your 2007 Rotary Survey that was sent via e-mail. We really want to know what you think as we begin our Strategic Planning process on May 15th. Call or send an e-mail to Linda, if you can't find the survey e-mail.

• CONGRATULATIONS to Larry Means on his engagement to Mitzi Peterson.

• Sign up for Habitat for Humanity Project - May 19th at 100 N.13th Street at 8:15 AM.

• COMMITTEE CHAIRS - Please give Linda your complete Committee list so that it can appear in the Rotary Roster.

• Please return your updated Roster Information sheet, an updated photo (if you wish) and your 2007-08 committee selections.

• 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: 4/30/07 53%
Rotarians 54 Active Specials 7Guests 5 Visiting Rotarians 0 = 66

Minutes by Dave Freet
President Garry opened the meeting at 12:15 PM. Jean Beatty led the attendees in America The Beautiful followed by the Pledge of Allegiance to our Flag. Wil Everhart provided our invocation for the day.

When the meeting re-opened, Sandy Beck introduced the three (3) guests for the day and also had the newest Rotarian, Dave Epple of the Energy Association of PA stand for recognition as well.

For those not in attendance, you missed an excellent Mini-Classification talk by Chuck Wingate. Chuck works for the Bethesda Mission as Major Gifts Fundraiser. The Mission serves those who are desperate (their customers) who are down and out and need an opportunity to get a new start. He works with the Mission’s donors for money, services, clothing, etc. The product they provide is “HOPE,” they give away. The Mission has been in existence for over 93 years dedicated to helping people, much of which serves those with drug and alcohol rehabilitation in today’s world. Chuck spent 30 years working for AMP (now Tyco) doing marketing, a lot of which time was spent in Asia. The Mission has a capital campaign coming soon (they have serious need for remodeling at their very old building). One thing he’s noticed is the parallel values of Rotary with that of the Bethesda Mission. At the end of the day, it feels good doing his job knowing that he’s made a difference in someone’s life!

Our main speaker for the day was introduced by Edna Baehr, President of the Harrisburg Area Community College (HACC). The speaker was Nicole Ernst, Geospatial Technology Coordinator/Instructor at HACC, and very enthusiastic about his subject matter. Geospatial Technology is about the “application of Geographic Information Systems (GIS), which only limited by our imaginations.”

Map Quest is an example of GIS, as is GPS guidance systems and global positioning. GIS is: Smart Maps; an Interactive/Dynamic/Changeable process; Compromised of layers of information. There are five (5) data layers of “alike” features – lakes, states, roads, rivers, capitals. You 1/Ask a question-specific detailed parameters; 2/Combining various display methods-integrate information into questions; 3/ Questions GIS can answer are: location-what is there; condition-where specific conditions exist; trends-what has changed over time; patterns-how are patterns related; modeling-“what if” scenarios.

Applications of GIS are: Visualizations, Locator, Details about real estate, Crime mapping can all be asked and detailed replies back. HACC’s Geospatial Technology Program has been in existence since 2005 offering: Associates Degree; Certificate; GIS Resource Center – which does consulting and training. GIS is a very interactive technology that requires gathering data, loading data, and printing out results based on specific questions. It is not just sitting in front of a computer, but requires interpretations of data. It requires a substantial amount of research, establish parameters in the process of assembling your data. An exciting new field that has endless potential and one of our very best programs relating technology. If you missed it, you really should follow back and obtain an update for your personal and professional edification. You may be missing a very beneficial tool to help you in your business or personal life!