August 4, 2011

Selinsgrove Area Rotary Club

Reach Within to Embrace Humanity

Vol. 85, No. 5President –
Patricia A. Pinkowski

Editor –Mike Flock

 

Next Meeting: Aug. 11 – Wesley Knapp classification talk, Board
Meeting follows. SVCC, 11:45 a.m.

 

August 4, 2011: Twenty-six members and Art Bowen’s guest Melissa Laniewski and John
Fischer’s guest Larry Lewellan learned about new member Sheri Hoffman. She was
born and raised in Milton
and still lives there with her husband and two children.After high school she attended the
Williamsport School of Commerce and also went on to attain a certification with
the International Association of Administrative Professionals.Until recently, she also served as President
of the Susquehanna Chapter of the IAAP. In her role at Economics PA she gets to
put her training and education to good use as the administrative assistant to
President of Economics PA in Selinsgrove.Her hobbies include bowling, golf, crafts and spending time with her
family.

 

Announcements: 9/12 is the date for the SACF/Rotary Golf
Tournament, more information available from John Fischer. Proceeds this year
will be split between the SACF and the Library Capital Campaign.SAVE THE DATE: New Member Orientation:
9/26/11 at Art & Karen Bowen’s, 20
Meadowbrook Drive
, Selinsgrove at 7:00 PM.

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Good News of Rotary: 24 Rotary Clubs from 5 Districts in New Orleans spent three days finishing and furnishing a
1,400 square foot library and reading room at the New
Orleans
Mission.

Sergeant at arms:Jeff Edmunds
(family on mission trip), Marv Rudnitsky (Selinsgrove Recycling & Toby), John Stokinger (Red Sox), Donna Long (Yankees), Tom
Gates (Yankee’s game), John Fischer (Sheri Hoffman & trip to Alaska), Pat
Pinkowski (trip to Alaska), Bill Clark (Melissa Laniewski), Art Bowen (Melissa
Laniewski & Sheri Hoffman), Michael Damiano (teachers hosting trip to
Europe) and Mike Flock (lots to be happy about).Club is looking for 100% participation in
Foundation support – any amount will help.

 

Future Programs:

Aug.
18 – Jeffrey Coup, District Chairman of Polio Plus.

Aug.
25 – Susana Falck, District Representative of World Community Affairs,
International Service Club, The Children of Nicaragua,Assembly led by Konrad Kempfe, SVCC, 11:45
a.m.

Sept.
1 – Anniversary Day, When Did You Join Rotary?, hosted by Club Service Comm.

 

Birthdays: August 15 – Kendra
Aucker; 16 – Earl Ferster, Konrad Kempfe; 25 – Justin Troup; 30 – Jay Lemons.
September 3 – Tom Gates, 5 – John Fischer, 9 – Hal Schriver, 24 – Don Summers.

 

Quotation: People seem not to see that their
opinion of the world is also a confession of their character.Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.(1841-1935)