May 17, 2012: The meeting began with a moment of silence in memory of Harold J.
Schriver, Sr., long time Club member who passed away on May 11. Twenty-nine Rotarians
and “speakers” were in attendance as Mike Flock, Board Chair of the Selinsgrove
Area Community Foundation, and Kendra Aucker, Chair of the Scholarship
Committee described the history and then the process of selecting recipients. Kendra
chairs the committee of three (Dottie Anderson was the Rotary representative
and Heather Rowe represented the SACF). Kendra introduced Chris Lupolt,
Guidance Counselor, and the 2012 Rotary Club and SACF 2012 Scholarship winners.
They are: Autumn Kessler, Graduating from SUN Tech in Health Service, unable to
be at the meeting today because it is at the same time as her CNA test is
scheduled. She is the recipient of the two year scholarship. Chris shared that
Autumn is an excellent student who plans to pursue a nursing degree, first at
HACC and then Bloomsburg. Andrew Swineford, who will attend George Washington
Univ. as pre-med, intends to become a medical doctor.He has made mission trips to Guatemala and
Honduras, doing both medical missions and work with potable water projects.
Sarah Gray will attend Susquehanna University as a vocal music major. She has
been very active in both band and chorus activities, singing and playing the flute
and piccolo. Her senior project and time as a Girl Scout has inspired her to do
service work and to continue working as a volunteer at Mostly Mutts. Nicole
Deckard has been a member of both field hockey and basketball teams. She will
attend Longwood University where she will pursue studies in Biology/Pre
Pharmacy. She has also been a Mostly Mutts volunteer and, with her teammates
has helped clean up from the last floods.