June 11, 2020

Selinsgrove Area Rotary Club

Rotary Connects the World

Vol. 92, No. 39 – President – Carol Handlan – Editor – Dottie Anderson

 

Next Meeting, weather permitting, will be at Rotary Field (bring a lunch and a chair – mask and social distancing apply). On Zoom if raining:  June 18, 2020 – Cheryl Stumpf will be both presenter and host on the topic of Distress Tolerance.

June 11, 2020 – Fourteen Rotarians (and four folks from Dental Arts) joined us for the meeting at Rotary Field. It was great to see folks as we brought lunch and a chair with us for a pleasant time outside. New member Stacey Napoli gave her classification talk, introducing herself to the members as Hal presented her with the new member folder and pin. She worked as a banker for several years and is experienced in working with her husband in both Isabella’s and Rocco’s. There son is a junior at Susquehanna, and daughter is a junior at Selinsgrove High School. She is active in a variety of community activities.  She had been formally inducted a few weeks ago at one of our Zoom meetings.  President Carol distributed the rack card for all of us to use to introduce Rotary to others.   Art Bowen had hip replacement surgery yesterday. Marty Blessing shared the book of the month on the brain and aging well. Decisions not yet made about Halloween Parade and Market St. Festival.

Announcements:   Please consider volunteering to assist with events at the Gazebo – check e-mail sent out via Carol and Melissa.*more later about the Rotary Banner and posting signs of gratitude and/or inspiration; **Decision about Sept. golf tournament will be made later this month;**The Rotary Board, based on communications from the Country Club, is in the process of planning our return to meeting at the Club on July 9.  Social distancing will be possible in the large room, food will not be buffet, but either a box or plated lunch. ***PLEASE, READ THE DRAFT OF THE 20-21 ROTARY CALENDAR – PLEASE REVIEW TO SEE WHERE YOU ARE SCHEDULED TO BE HOST AT THIS POINT – IF YOU KNOW THAT DATE WILL NOT WORK, PLEASE BE IN TOUCH WITH ART BOWEN or Dottie Anderson ASAP. Note – you may appear more than once, so please review whole document.

sergeant at arms:  Marv Rudnitsky collected happy fines as follows: Carol Handlan (Stacey, seeing Earl, repair of water wagon); Dave Lawer (Stacey, Tom Gates, Carol and rack cards); Ken Miller (thanks to Tom for pulling weeds, Ken and grandson trimmed low tree branchs); John Fischer (Stacey and seeing people); Tom Gates (Stacey) and Earl Ferster (good to be here).

Future Programs:

June 25 – Installation of 2020-2021 Officers and Directors.

July 2 – no meeting in recognition of July 4th holiday

July 9 – Back at the SVCC, 11:45 a.m., host is Brian Neitz, speaker is Tom Webb from Spy Glass Winery.

July 16 – SVCC, 11:45 a.m., Dottie Anderson, host, speakers are co-directors of the Summer SEALS Day Camp, Kelsey Kline and McKenzie Sweet who will speak about the 2020 camp program.

Birthdays:  June 24 – Pat Pinkowski

Quotation: “The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort but where he stands at times of challenge.” -Martin Luther King, Jr.