Selinsgrove Area Rotary Club

Be a Gift to the World

Vol. 88, No. 27                                    President – Mike Piecuch                Editor – Dottie Anderson

Next Meeting: February 4, 2016 – The speaker is Helen Walter, President of the Selinsgrove Area Chamber of Commerce and owner of The Cottage on Pine.  John Stokinger is the host and Dan Mahoney is the greeter. 11:45 a.m., SVCC.

 January 28, 2016:  Despite “competition” from some other evening events (Mike Flock’s retirement party and a Borough meeting looking at vision and goals for Selinsgrove), 36 Rotarians, Young Farmers, and presenters from the Future Farmer’s, plus partners and guests, were present for Urban/Rural Night dinner and program at the Christ Community United Methodist Church. The church’s Busy Bees group did their usual wonderful job in preparing the chicken and waffle dinner. Jerry Rhoades had set up the program and President Elect Mary Peterhaensel presided. Wes Knapp provided the invocation. Presenting the parliamentary demonstration they are preparing for regional and state competition, the students, assisted by co-advisor Valerie Fry, did an excellent and entertaining job. The students attending were Kevin Dressler (who will attend Penn State as a Ag student in the fall and whose SAE is at Dressler Farms); Addie Lannan, Alyssa Landis, John Merroth, Michael Huggins, and Nathan Moyer.  Only one of the students’ lives on a farm, and the most unusual project involves a cockroach colony.

Announcements: Club winter weather policy: if SASD is closed, we will not have a meeting.* Wed. 2/17 will be our Polio Plus fund raising event at Texas Roadhouse.**The Four Way Speech Contest is at SASC is scheduled for 2/29.

Future Programs:

Feb. 11 – Hospital to Home program, a Community Paramedicine Program, will be described by Nick Klose, Director of Pre-Hospital Services and Matt Myers, Paramedic. , Donna Schuck is the host. Greeter is Bob Soper. Fanny, our Exchange Student, her sister Zoe, and Britany Specht will be present. SVCC, 11:45 a.m.

Feb. 18 – TBA, Toby Skinner is the host. John Fischer is the greeter. SVCC, 11:45 a.m.

Feb. 25 – TBA, Bob Soper is the host. Don Rowe is the greeter, SVCC, 11:45 a.m.

March 3 – Speaker will be Holly Morrison of the Central Susquehanna Community Foundation and the SACF, Marv Rudnitsky is the host. Bill Clark is the greeter. SVCC, 11:45 a.m.

Birthdays:  Jan. 17 – Wes Knapp; 24 – Mike Flock. Feb. 3 – Toby Skinner.

Quotation:  “Character is not made in a crisis, it is only exhibited.”  Robert Freeman