Meets Noon Mondays at the Hilton
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Executive Director: Linda Freedenberg
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Telephone: 717-234-1208
Fax: 717-234-3234

Speaker: Lieutenant Colonel James Stanford, Carlisle Army War College
Topic: "WE CONTINUE WHAT THEY SO ABLY STARTED: New Directions in Strategic Leadership"

Greeter:  Michael Hanes
Invocation:  Bridget Montgomery
Club Singing: Tom Arnoldi
Publications:  Steve Baloga

Corporate Member

BIRTHDAYS
Chris Cavanuagh   NOV 10
Julie Girsch            NOV 10
Bob Saline             NOV 10
David Morrison     NOV 11

UPCOMING PROGRAMS
at the Hilton
Nov 15 Sandy Beck "BALANCING LIFE:Taking a Look at Life Differently!"

Nov 22 Interclub Thanksgiving

Nov 29 NO MEETING
For complete programming go to our website: hbgrotary.org and click on calendar.
For meeting cancellations due to inclement weather.... Tune to ABC27-TV or check your e-mail or call the Rotary office at 234-1208.

PROGRAM:
United States Army Lt. Col. James B. Stanford assumed the position of Student at the US Army War College in July of this year.    Stanford is a native of Bellevue, Neb.  He was commissioned a second lieutenant in 1988 after graduating from Tulsa University, Tulsa, Okla., with a Bachelor of Arts in Communications. Stanford graduated from the Transportation Officer Basic Course in 1989 and his first assignment was as a truck platoon leader with the 471st Transportation Company, 214th Field Artillery Brigade at Fort Sill, Okla. After completing the Combined Logistics Officer Advanced Course, Stanford was assigned as the group transportation officer with the 501st Corps Support Group at Camp Red Cloud, Korea.  In 1995, he assumed command of B Company, 426th Forward Support Battalion, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) at Fort Campbell, Ky. He then returned to Korea as the operations officer for the 837th Transportation Battalion, Military Traffic Command at Pusan.  Some of his other troop assignments included operations officer and support operations officer for the 203rd Forward Support Battalion, 3rd Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division at Fort Benning, Ga., which included a seven-month rotation in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom in the spring of 2003.

Stanford’s next assignment was as chief of the Exercise Branch, U.S. Transportation Command, Scott Air Force Base, Ill.  Stanford returned to command in June 2007, assuming command of the 831st US Army Transportation Battalion, Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command in the Kingdom of Bahrain.   Stanford then assumed the position of joint logistics officer for the Defense Distribution Center’s directorate of Planning and Supply Chain Integration in July 2008. His personal decorations include the Bronze Star Medal with two oak leaf clusters, the Defense Service Meritorious Service Medal, the Meritorious Service Medal with two oak leaf clusters, the Joint Service Commendation Medal, the Army Commendation Medal with two oak leaf clusters, the Joint Service Achievement Medal, the Army Achievement Medal with one oak leaf cluster,  the National Defense Service Medal with one oak leaf cluster, the Iraq Campaign Medal, the South West Asia Campaign Medal with three bronze stars, the Korea Defense Service Medal, the Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal, the Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, the Army Service Ribbon, the Saudi Arabia Kuwait Liberation Medal, the Combat Action Badge, and the Air Assault Badge.

Stanford holds a master’s degree in Business Administration from Touro University International.  His military education includes the Transportation Officer Basic Course, the Combined Logistics Officer Advanced Course, the Support Operations Course, and the Command and General Staff Officers Course.  Stanford is on track to earn a Masters in Strategic Studies from the US Army War College in June 2011. 

NEWS AND NOTES:
• Remember to Support the Troops and $100 Harrisburg Rotary Foundation contribution is due!  64% have paid 2010-11 to date.

•  Congratulations to Janice Black and Betty Hungerford on the Sage Award presented Thursday, November 4th at Messiah Village.  The 6th Annual SAGE Award winners as determined by Harrisburg Magazine and Messiah Village recognize
savvy, active, growing and enlightened older adults who make a significant difference in the lives of others.

•  Congratulations to Sam Levine and Irene Berman-Levine on the marriage of their son Isaac.
• 2011 RI Convention in New Orleans, Louisiana, May 21-25, 2011
Sign up and register by December 15 for discount http://www.rotary.org/en/members/events/convention/pages/ridefault.aspx

• We are looking for tickets to sporting events, cultural events, HersheyPark, etc. for our new Exchange Student Javier from Madrid, Spain and his host families.  If you would like to donate tickets, please contact Steve Feinour at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or Ron Guss at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .  
Thank you for your support of Rotary Youth Exchange.
Steve Feinour & Ron Guss, Youth Exchange Committee Co-chairs

• DISTRICT NEWS: The District Outbound Interviews are Saturday, November 13th from 8:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. (students) and 2:30 p.m. (DYE Committee and Interview Team Leaders) at York County School of Technology, 2179 South Queen Street, York, PA 17402.

We need Rotarian volunteers to be on the interview teams.  Each club is expected to send at least two (2) interviewers per student being sponsored.  Please contact me with the name, address, and email of your Rotarian volunteer(s) immediately so they may receive the necessary materials and information to participate. Interviewers do not have to be Rotarians.

Both the student and parent(s) will be interviewed.

Please contact Ron Guss This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it '; document.write( '' ); document.write( addy_text62704 ); document.write( '<\/a>' ); //--> This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it if you can participate. Thank you for your cooperation and support of the District 7390 Youth Exchange program.

ATTENDANCE:
LAST ROTARY MEETING:  11/1/10       65%
Rotarians    83      Active Specials  9          Guests  15          Visiting Rotarians 1    = 108

Minutes by Karen Paris:
Our meeting started at 12:08 PM when President John called us to order noting that he was starting early because we have a “HUGE” agenda to cover.  He suggested we “eat and listen”.   Wil Everhart gave a thoughtful invocation, noting the many things that we can be thankful for.  Then Caryn Carr led us in a verse of “America.”   President John thanked Norma Swain for filling in at the piano, noting she is happy to do so whenever asked.

John’s style sometimes allows us to go back to our “chat rooms” at this point, but today but he again stated that the agenda was “HUGE”, so we went right on to recognizing the students and teachers of the quarter.

President John then noted that, unfortunately, a fire alarm went off at noon on Saturday, interrupting the last few minutes of both the Pancake Breakfast and the Auction.  That means we have an auction item for today.  President John brought Peggy Grove to the podium who expressed her appreciation for everyone’s efforts on Saturday, noting that a lot of auction items had to be transported back to her office as a result of the fire alarm; she thanked the crew who helped to do that.  She introduced the two co-chairs, Jacqueline and Karen, to give a quick summary of Saturday’s breakfast.

Jacqueline noted that the day was great and that there were Rotarians “all over the place”, She said that we had a “huge rush of people at 10 AM”  (John, your word “huge” is getting contagious!).  This resulted in “controlled chaos” (editor’s description of the kitchen and serving lines), constant pancake refills, etc., all with lots of fun in the kitchen as we tried to keep up with the 400++ customers who came in all at one time. Jacqueline thanked UGI for donating a griddle that helped us to keep up with the orders – what a generous donation!   Yours truly then noted that we had 870 people in attendance and that the staff in the kitchen all need to sign up again for next year because there wasn’t one pancake that didn’t meet the standards of the chef.   I also thanked those who came early (as on Friday) and stayed late (as in after the fire dept. let us back in the building to clean up).   Chef-du-jour Rebuck announced that the family who won the iPad has vowed to be supporters of the Rotary Club of Harrisburg forever!  Dr. Knight brought a wonderful video with lots of photos of the breakfast and some great background music (“We are Family”) to share with the group.   She noted that we are family and thanked the Club for its support.

Fred Hartman noted that he has 8 box seat tickets to Disney on Ice on Friday.  The seats come with 3 parking passes and Fred has agreed to throw in food.  Peggy asked Fred to auction this great item off and after looking back at Peggy with a strange look on his face, Fred pointed at me and told me to do it. (I’m sitting in the back from now on with Rebuck and his gang.)   Do I look like an auctioneer, Fred???  I managed to get $275 for the tickets because Ginny Roth took pity on my poor bid-getting and Mr. Williams, father of our student from McDevitt, chimed in with a bid that actually resulted in a small bidding war.  Mr. Williams, who bid highest on the tickets, turned right around and donated them to the Boys and Girls Clubs for the Disney show Friday after our speaker’s presentation.  What a true service above self act, Mr. Williams!  Thank you for your very kind gesture.  President John closed with a sincere thank you to the Pancake Committee on a great team effort.

Ron Guss said the District is seeking two interviewers from our Club to meet with potential outbound students.  Call Ron or Linda if you can do this.  Also, Javier, our inbound student,  needs a tutor in English and American history.  Call if you can habla Inglese bueno.

Yvonne Echols Hollins of the Boys & Girls Clubs was our keynote speaker today.  She’s also an active member of the Colonial Park Rotary Club.  She grew up in Harrisburg and she can remember being told that she should not consider attending college as that was “outside the box”.  However she followed her heart and became a teacher and then an administrator. Yvonne started to work for the Boys and Girls Club about two years ago, noting that the agency was in danger of closing when she took over.  She said she’s known as the “clean-up” lady, since she’s had to do a lot of that.

Yvonne started with a thank you to the United Way for their support of the agency.  Today’s youth who are raised in poverty grow up with a glass ceiling that discourages thinking of any future outside of their current environment.  She noted that there are so many children who have nothing, no material possessions, no guidance, and worst of all, no hope.  She stated that we both need to raise the bar on expectations and also be supportive.   She cited several examples of “kids” who attend and some of the issues that they face in life.

The Boys and Girls Club has a 6 hour program daily for 200 youth that emphasizes academics, expectations, mentoring, and hope.  Yvonne thanked Channels and the Harrisburg School District for also providing a full meal for the attendees.                        .

After thanking Yvonne, John wrapped up a busy day at Rotary.  See you all next week.

OFFICERS:

DIRECTORS:

John P. Judson, M.D
Robert S. Saline              
Una Martone
Carolyn Dumaresq
Barry Ramper, II,             
William B. Boles                
William M. Tillett

President
President-Elect
Vice President
Immediate Past President
Secretary
Treasurer
Sergeant-at-Arms

Sandra Beck
Caryn J. Carr
John R. Detweiler
Kent E. Frese
Lisa Lewis
John J. McHenry
Andrew R/ Rebuck
Karen F. Snider