Selinsgrove Area Rotary Club
Rotary Serving Humanity

Vol. 89, No. 32                                     President – Mary Peterhaensel                                Editor – Dottie Anderson

Next Meeting: March 9, 2017 – Cassidy Stumpf, Anna Piecuch, and Tanea Frazer, participants in Girls on the Run will be the speakers. Cheryl Stumpf is the host, Dottie Anderson is the greeter.  Board Meeting precedes this meeting at 11 a.m. SVCC, 11:45 a.m. 

March 2, 2017: A dozen or so Rotarians were present as we enjoyed lunch at Vinnie’s Italian Family Restaurant in Middleburg (located in the former Cole’s Hardware) followed by a tour of Shade Mountain Winery, conducted by Amy, the Zimmermann’s daughter. We got to see areas usually not seen by customers, including bottling of William’s Port, and meeting the winery white cat, a former stray. Needless to say, several of us took advantage of the opportunity to do some tasting and buying of wines. Started by Carl and Carolyn, now all four of their children are involved in the business, and it has grown substantially since the day when Rotarians first visited when it had only been open for a couple of years.  Do visit Vinnie’s – they have done a marvelous job renovating the facility, and the private room where we met would provide a nice atmosphere for lots of gatherings.  We will be rescheduling the tour at Timberhaven as they are anxious to have us visit and are most apologetic for the need to cancel today. Thanks to Toby for making the arrangements.

Announcements:   Mallet Madness – May 19-20, 2017 – planning continues.*Time to submit nominations to Joyce Anderson for the 2017 Distinguished Service Award.**Board has voted to increase dues beginning in July, 2017 to account for the increase in the District dues.***District Conference is scheduled for May 11-14 at Split Rock Lodge – see Hal for additional information.****The Four Way Test speech contest will occur this evening a 7 at the high school, thanks to Brittany Bunting-Specht’s efforts. Carol Handlan will serve as a judge, along with Pat Pinkowski and Dave Lawer.*****Please remember to call Tom Gates if you can help clean up after Putting Fore Pages on Saturday between 3 and 4 p.m.******The United Way Event – River Walk is occurring between 1 and 3 at the Commons on Saturday. Please consider attending.

Future Programs

March 16 – Club Assembly. Mary Peterhaensel presiding. SVCC, 11:45 a.m.

March 23 – Jonathan Cataldi and Kevin Marrow from Hope United Methodist Church, will speak about Upward Sports Program, Sarah Maneval is the host, Dave Betz is the greeter. John Stokinger will edit the newsletter. SVCC, 11:45 a.m.

March 30 – Heather Laubach, Camp Victory Director, will be our speaker. Dave Betz is the host. Substitute editor needed. SVCC, 11:45 a.m.

April 6 – TBA, Art Bowen is the host. Bill Clark is the greeter. SVCC, 11:45 a.m. Board Meeting precedes at 11 a.m.

Birthdays:    Mar. 15 – Mary Peterhaensel; 24 – Dave Lawer; 26 – Bill Clark; 31 – Ken Miller.

Quotation: “What comes with ease, goes with ease.”      Arabian Proverb