The Rotary Club of Ambler

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Vol. 82. Edition 1 July 5, 2006

(Publisher - Eric Faddis)

July 5 MEETING:

President John Snyder’s term in office got off to a flying start, as he and wife, Joan were in Austria where Joan is performing in a coral group. Meanwhile, back at the ranch, 1^st V.P. Pat McGee lead us in the Pledge to the Flag, singing “America the Beautiful” and Dave Roberts had a gracious invocation and led us in reciting the “Four Way Test.” 1^st V.P. McGee was feeling his oats as he suggested that Past President Tom has enough jokes left over so he should pay $1 every week to entertain us. Sounds good…

VISITOR: Although we had no visiting Rotarian, we were graced with the presence of Arvind’s daughter, Archana who has just returned from a year in Brazil as an Exchange Student representing the Blue Bell Rotary Club. How did that happen? At the urging of several people at his table, Jack Gomberg asked Archana several question in Portuguese. Archana received an A+ for her responses.

COMMUNITY IN CELEBRATION: (Happy Dollars)

• Bob McDowell announced that today would be his last day as an Ambler Rotarian. He has accepted the position of CEO of Wilton, CT YMCA. It IS expected that he will become a member of the Wilton Kiwanis Club. Bob also announced that Phil Albright has had an annual award at the YMCA named after him, as Phil has shown great leadership by raising over $600,000 over the years for the Y.
• Hunt and Billie Weber recently attended the graduation of their granddaughter from college; poked a little fun at Cary Fleisher in his handling of his son’s telephone call during the Scholarship awards program and thanked King Tom for his outstanding leadership during the past year.
• Bruce Braunewell also thanked the King and announced that he was celebrating his tenth anniversary as an Ambler Rotarian.
• Eric Faddis announced that his Daughter, Erica and her two children spent the 4^th weekend in Ambler and were returning to Florida latter in the day. He is recovering…

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

• Bill Strasburg announced that he was able to visit Ken West as he will be unable to attend Betty’s memorial service on Thursday evening. Betty and Ken were married for 57 years and she is survived by Ken and their three children.
• Bill Strasburg also announced that the new District Governor in SW Florida, where he and other members visit during the winter, is Tony Gallo, Past President of the Fort Washington Lions Club.
• Barbary Coast Committee meeting will be held on Friday Morning, July 28^th at 7:15 at the Pike Restaurant.

Rich Lawrence and J. R. Warner, co-chairs of the Inbound Student Exchange program, are looking for one volunteer family to host a female student who will be arriving in September from Quebec, Canada and will be attending Upper Dublin High School.. PLEASE call RICH at 484-530-5356 or J. R. at 866-883-6646 AND HELP OUR EXCHANGE PROGRAM.

• Remember we will be holding a “Guest Day” on Wednesday, September 20^th. So get busy and make plans to bring someone who you feel would do honor to our great club.
• Ken Crest’s annual golf tournament will be held on Tuesday, September 26^th at River Crest Country Club. See Paula Kadel for more details.
• Coming October 7^th: Barbary Coast Dixieland Band. The committee, under the leadership of Mark Waltz, is already at work. We need a full house, so your support is encouraged. Remember, that the proceeds from this event funds the five scholarships we fund each year. The more money we raise, the more we are able to award.
• The 2007 District Conference will be held on in May at the Pocono Manor. Start saving…

John Gerhard our incoming Program Chair asks that you notify him about any ideas you might have for a program. Know a sports star, a Past President, a TV celeb, attend a special program you would like to share with your fellow Rotarians? Contact John and let him know. If you want, he will even make that telephone call for you. Good programs are the heart and soul of our weekly meetings. Planning for 52 weeks is a big job for one person, so pitch-in and give John a hand. Call John at 215-885-1000.

PROGRAM:

Look at that smile, who’s your Dentist?

Graham Parkinson introduced two of the eight students who represented the Rotary Club of Ambler in the recently completed Camp Neidig. Camp Neidig is a leadership camp hosted by Rotary District 7430 of Eastern Pennsylvania. Each June, high school juniors from more than 60 local high schools and 130 students attend this leadership experience for a wonderful 4-day adventure. Once again we had the pleasure to listen to two outstanding young people. Go to the district web site to learn more about Camp Neidig and other District programs.

Susan Chung is a rising senior at Wissahickon High School and Co-President of the Wissahickon Interact Club.

Paul Campbell is a rising senior at Upper Dublin High School.

50/50:

The winner of $12 and a white tee was Bill McAuliffe.

UP-COMING PROGRAMS: (John Gerhard)

7-12 – National Park Service update

7-19 – Pen Dot update on Rt. 309 construction

7-26 – TBA

8-2 – Bob McDowell – Ambler YMCA update

ASSIGNMENTS: (Chair, Elaine Hubing) Remember that if you can't fulfill your service obligation, please provide a suitable substitute and call Elaine to let her know:

Set-up/ Prayer/ 50/50 Greeters

Take-Down 4 Way Test

7-12 – Jablokov Jacoby Irving Kadel & Kim

7-19 – McDowell McAuliffe Marinucci Miller & Bromberg

7-26 – Morrison B. Myers R. Myers Parkinson & Pribis

8-2 – Pugsley Reinoehl Reis Ries & Regan

8-9 – Schneider Smith Stranges Strasburg & Swansen

8-16 – Urban Waltz Weber Warner & Weir

8-23 – W. West Bass Zaffarano Williams & Woodland

8-30 – Bhakta Booth McDowell Blasko & Blumenthal

9-6 – Deragon Craig McGonagle Costa & Cox

9-13 – Fleisher Geraldino Holteen Graham & Howard

9-20 – Hummel Kadel Jablokov Irving & Kim

9-27 – Lawrence McAuliffe D. Landis Marinucci & Miller

ROTARY MINUTE ASSIGNMENTS: (Chair, Elaine Hubing)

7-12 – C. Dager 7-19 – S. Dager 7-26 – Ditter 8-2 – Douglass

8-9 – Faddis 8-16 – Gessner 8-23 – Gomberg 8-30 – Jacoby

9-6 – King 9-13 – G. Landis 9-20 - Lightkep

AMBLER ROTARY CLUB 2006 GRAND CLUB WINNERS: (Walt West)

WINNER SOLD BY

1^st WEEK  

$50 BARBARA  MOROSKY JOHN SNYDER

$50                  WM. McAULIFFE WM. McAULIFFE

$100 J.VIET                                                           WM. WEIR

2^nd WEEK 

$50 N. VIET WM. WEIR

$50                 GREGORY MARINUCCI                          G.MARINUCCI

$100 JOAN COLEMAN                                       J COLEMAN

 3^rd WEEK 

$50 ANDERA ROLENAPROKSON                 JOHN PUGSLEY

$50                  STEVE PRIBIS                                           STEVE PRIBIS

$100 K &  K DAGER                                            C DAGER

 4^th WEEK 

$50 SALLIE HELLER                                         DAVE LIGHTKEP

$50                  DAN RITTER                                              DAN RITTER

$100 JOHN WARNER                                          J WARNER

 5^th WEEK 

$50 KAREN GERHARD                                   JOHN GERHARD

$50                AL DOUGLAS                                             AL DOUGLAS

$100 KELLIE HUBING                                         E HUBING

 6thWEEK 

$50 KAY WALTZ                               MARK WALTZ

$50                PEDRO GERALDINO                            PEDRO GERALDINO

$100 DAVE FOX                                                   J SCHNEIDER

 7^th WEEK 

$50 GRETCHEN SCHNEIDER                        JOE SCHNEIDER

$50                GRACE LANDIS                                        GRACE LANDIS

$100 HOWARD LEVIN                                        ERIC FADDIS

 8^th WEEK 

$50 MONICA MARVIN                                     BOB KING

$50                RICHARD MYERS                                      RICHARD MYERS

$100 TIMMY WEST                                             WALT WEST

9^th WEEK 

$50 PAT McGEE PAT McGEE

$50                 PHIL ALBRIGHT                                     PHIL ALBRIGHT

$100 RON LARSON                                             R LARSON

10^th WEEK

$50 HUNT WEBER                                            HUNT WEBER

$50                 JOHN MAURER                                          SKIP URBAN

$100 JEAN CALOA                                              J GOM BERG

GRAND PRIZE - $1,000.00 - GRAHAM PARKINSON