Selinsgrove Area Rotary Club
Vol. 84, No. 25 President – John L. Stokinger Editor – Dorothy M. Anderson
Next Meeting: Dec. 30, 2010 – Mike Flock hosts a special program with Jim Charles describing the work of the Isle of Que River Guides. Mike Flock will edit the newsletter. SVCC, 11:45 a.m. This will be our last meeting at the SVCC until mid-February. Signup sheet for 1/13 program and lunch at SUN Area Technology Institute will be circulated.
Dec. 23, 2010: Twenty-seven Rotarians were in attendance for a presentation by Susanna Falck and PDG Carl Askew about District 7370’s 10 years of water projects in Ecuador and the new projects to be undertaken in Nicaragua. Konrad Kempfe introduced the program and served as host. Projects in Ecuador have included senior centers, schools, rehabilitation centers, day care centers, and prisons. Finding way to provide potable water in rural areas has improved school attendance and health in general. A former seminary is now being renovated and will within a year provide a place for training and housing volunteers. Susanna and some other Rotarians will be visiting in Nicaragua in February in order to identify locations for water projects to occur over the next three years. The Club received a thank you note from Mary Seiler for the flowers sent to her while she was in Health South.
Announcements: Club will meet at BJ’s January 6, 20 and 1st two weeks in February while kitchen at SVCC undergoes renovations. Jan. 13 we will meet at the SUN Area Tech Institute in New Berlin, with lunch being served at 11:30 a.m. Jan. 27 is Urban-Rural Night, hosted by Jerry Rhoades.*”New” location for bell ringing was a good one.
Sergeant at arms: Marv Rudnitsky collected fines from: Art Bowen (baptism of 5th grandchild, article about Jeff Edmund’s son, leaving early); Mike Hayes (Susanna and Carl); John Stokinger (wrong dates corrected); Mike Flock (Williamsburg family trip, SAYF donations); Jeff Edmunds (his son and potential); Konrad Kempfe (speakers); Bill Clark (daughter’s successful surgery); Donna Long (Mom’s successful surgery); and Earl Ferster (back, Jake Edmunds, and our speakers).
Future Programs:
Jan. 6 – Rabbi Nina Mandel, hosted by Bill Reibschied. BJ’s in Selinsgrove, 11:45 a.m.
Jan. 13 – Hosted by Ken Miller, Club will meet at the SUN Area Tech. Institute in New Berlin, with a presentation by Administrator Dennis Haine. 11:15 a.m., with lunch served at 11:30 a.m., followed by tour. Sign up a must by 12/30.
Jan. 20 – TBA, BJ’s, Selinsgrove, 11:45 a.m.
Jan. 27 – Urban Rural Night, hosted by Jerry Rhoads. Chicken and waffles dinner at Christ Community United Methodist Church, 3939 Park Road, 6:00 p.m., partners and guests welcome.
Birthdays: Dec. 30 – Dottie Anderson & Diane Alderson; 31 – Donna Long. Jan. 3 – Shane Hendricks; 5 – Michael Damiano; 13 – Mike Piecuch; 14 – Don Harnum; 24 – Mike Flock.
Quotation: “An optimist is a driver who thinks that empty space at the curb won’t have a hydrant beside it.” Changing Times