Selinsgrove Area Rotary Club
Light Up Rotary
Vol. 87, No. 41 President – Dave Lawer Editor – Dottie Anderson
Next Meeting: May 14, 2015 – Meet the 2015 Rotary/SACF Scholarship winners. Kendra Aucker is the host. SVCC, 11:45 a.m.
May 7, 2015: Twenty-six Rotarians and guests (Raven Rudnitsky and Susan Damiano) were present to hear Jerry Splitt, Coordinator of the Geisinger Medical Center Life Flight. Mike Flock was the host. Historically, the first know air medical transport occurred in 1870 in the Prussian War. The first hospital based program was in 1972 at St. Anthony’s hospital in Denver, CO. GMC program started in the 1970’s, when Dr. Thomas Royer was the ER Medical Director and asked Dr. Michael Leicht to investigate the possibilities. The program began on July 1, 1981 and will soon celebrate its 35th anniversary. Now with 5 different base locations and approximately 100 employees, there are 7 helicopters (2 backups), with night vision technology and 24/7 operations. Having National accreditation for the flight program, they are looking to establish critical care ground transport with the same equipment as the helicopters. This is truly a life-saving occupation and one providing major service in central Penna.
Announcements: The flag program is underway – at $25 per flag, available at Boro Office, VFW and Legion, with 200 available for sale. Members who are able will install the flags on 5/21. *Help identify four host families whom our inbound exchange student would live with for 3 months each. Fanny arrives in August. Please discuss with partners and others to help identify host families. ***If you or partner are going shopping, buy some Nutri-grain bars; individual boxes of cereal, juice boxes, boxes of peanut butter or cheese crackers, EZ Mack ‘n Cheese in cups, microwavable pastas; pop-top lid of soups, pastas, tuna (or foil packages); or any meal complete items that just add water and can be microwaved for the Meals for Seals program.****Mike Piecuch announced the 2015 Rotary Movie night program at Rotary Field is all scheduled. Flyer are being distributed. Scheduled movies: 6/11 – Despicable Me 2; 6/25 – Alexander and the Terrible…; 7/9 – Night at the Museum 3; 7/23 – Lego Movie; 8-13 – Frozen; 8/27 – rain date if needed. Start times vary depending on nightfall.*****Bob Soper shared that Jerry Rhoads is at GMC and is seriously ill. Card shower requested to Jerry at 2442 Route 35, Selinsgrove.******Grayce Heckman, the 4 Way speech contest winner from our club WON at the District Conference and received the prize of $1000.
Rotary Minute: Bob Soper spoke about Rotary Foundation and awarded Paul Harris Fellows to Marv Rudnitsky (2nd sapphire) and to Michael Damiano (3rd sapphire), who chairs RI for the Selinsgrove Club. Joyce Anderson presented a pin to Art Bowen for bringing in a new member. Good News of Rotary: Hal Dunkelberger, Dave Lawer, and Konrad Kempfe shared information the District Conference. Konrad especially enjoys the exchange students (inbound and outbound); Hal spoke about Retention and The District Governors panel, with an emphasis on keeping Rotary relevant. Dave spoke about the Water Buffalo project. Konrad also shared information about a project in Ghana related to sanitation and water and a project in Nicaragua installing septic tanks. Sergeant at Arms: Marv Rudnitsky collected happy fines as follows: himself (Raven, Mikes Damiano and Piecuch); Mike Flock (speaker, incident with motorcyclist, time alone); John Stokinger (song and new camper); Donna Schuck (late); Bill Clark (Chorale and Gates sponsorship); John Fischer (Golf Tournament 9/14 and both boards attending dinner); Dave Betz (speaker Danville grad); Joyce Anderson (awardees and Raven); Mike Damiano (wife and Italy trip); John Reed (late, speaker and GMC); Konrad Kempfe (DC and exchange students); Mike Piecuch (Mother’s Day); and Earl Ferster (+15 and Dave’s report).
Future Programs:
May 21 – At Rotary Field, Steve Fluter will speak about and demonstrate the Croquet Your Way fund raising program. We will have lunch catered by Isabella’s, in the pavilion and following the program, install the flags. John Stokinger is the host, Rotary Field, 11:45 a.m.
May 28 – Program about Camp Cadet, Speaker will be Trooper Richard L. Blair, Community Services Officer, PA State Police. Host is Don Rowe. SVCC, 11:45 a.m.
June 4 – Speaker is Margie Reier, National MS Society group leader from Lewisburg. Topic: Modern MS Treatment Group Therapy. SVCC, 11:45 a.m. This meeting will be preceded by a 2015-16 Board of Directors meeting.
June 11 – Speaker is Beau Baugh, SVCC Golf Pro. Don Summers is the host. SVCC, 11:45 a.m.
Birthdays: May 15 – John Stokinger. June 24 – Pat Pinkowski.
Quotation: Service is the supreme commitment of life.” Warren G. Harding