Selinsgrove Area Rotary Club

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Vol. 86, No. 32

President – Donna SchuckEditor – Dottie Anderson

Next Meeting: March 13, 2014 – Speaker will be Jane
Korbar, owner/operator of Patchwork Farms and Alpaca Shop. Toby Skinner is the
host. SVCC, 11:45 a.m.

March 6, 2014:
Twenty-nine Rotarians were in attendance
for Scott Heintzelman’s presentation about the Northumberland County Historical
Society’s restoration of the Fort Augusta model. Bob Soper was the host. Scott,
who is the Ex. VP and Trust Officer at Northumberland National Bank, is also
President of the Northumberland Ct. Historical Society. Fort Augusta was bu8ild
in 1756, in response to the Penns Creek Massacre. Deliberately placed at the
junction of the branches of the Susquehanna, Gov. Morris named it after the mother
of King George III. The 1/6 scale model was built as a WPA project in 1939, on
the front lawn of the historic Hunter House. The Historical Society took
ownership of the property in the early 1990’s, the state has removed the model
and cleaned it out in the 1980’s – fortunately, a resident of Northumberland
had taken what remained of the model and had it in his back yard. The
restoration of the model had been on the agenda of the Society for a number of
years, and required the Society to raise just under $200,000 (with 30,000 still
to go), to engineer it in a way that would preserve the restored models.Rocky Baer engineered the project. All are
invited to visit both the Historical Society museum and the model.

Announcements:
Mike Flock reported that the 4 Way Test speech contest was successful and the
first place winner will be attending the District Contest. Mike, Donna Schuck,
Pat Pinkowski, and Marv Rudnitsky served as judges and timer. *3/9 8-10:30
Pancake Breakfast Fund Raiser at Pepper Tree for SSDC, by Kayleen Long, one of
the first campers. The only tickets left are at the Pepper Tree. **New members
Rocky Baer and Donny Rowe were introduced by the President.***A brief Board
meeting followed.

Good News of
Rotary: Konrad Kempfe spoke about an annual medical project called
Operation Footprint, designed to provide treatment for children in Honduras with
clubfoot and other physical deformities.

Sergeant of
Arms: Marv Rudnitsky collected happy fines as follows: himself (40 year
anniversary of opening practice in this area); Mike Flock (speaker and Marv’s
40^th); John Fischer (Marv and his work on behalf of non-profits);
Chad Cohrs (winter/spring sports, spotting Robins); Rocky Baer (Coaching yough
Hockey and tournament placement); Art Bowen (relationship with Marv, playing
ice hockey with grandson); Ken Miller (Selinsgrove Field Hockey in National
Tournament); John Thompson (personal bets, Keurig); Sherri Hoffman (kids in
musical, Econ. Pa honoree); Melissa Laniewski (picture in paper for professional
accomplishments and thank you to Art); Gaston Carrol (flood plain legislation
relief, potential for leaving early); Donna Schuck (Art, Pat, Toby, Dottie,
Gaston, Melissa – stepping up on new projects); Bob Soper (speaker and Marv’s
work); and Earl Ferster (+15 and speaker).