| A Flash from the Past Rotary Flashes of 04-24-01 ROTARY FLASHES GREENSBURG ROTARY CLUB NO. 250 CHARTERED OCTOBER 4, 1916 Volume 71, No. 42 .. April 24, 2001 Inside This Issue Wise and Otherwise Next Meetings Program Listing Our Weekly Meeting and Birthday listings Places and times to make up a meeting WISE AND OTHERWISE The invocation, given today by Michele Bononi: "Dear God, as spring unfolds, allow us in this Club to also bloom. Inspire us to take our thoughts and actions so that they will work for the good of all mankind and make this world a better place." Our Sergeant At Arms, John Hanna, announced that we had 1 visiting Rotarian - Tony Martino from the Johnstown Club. We had 2 guests: Donnice Bietel was a guest of Larry Plundo and Patricia Jachimowicz was a guest of her husband Tom. Our student guests were Meredith Kerner from the Hempfield Area Sr. High School and Nicole Love from Greensburg Salem. Thanks to our drivers Jim Steeley and Judy Ross for bringing these students to the meeting today. TODAY'S ATTENDANCE was 68. This included 59 members, 1 visiting Rotarian, our 4 speakers, 2 guests and 2 students. MAKE-UPS: Gary Rutter and Elinore McMahan attended the Hempfield Club. Joe Cameron attended the Latrobe Club. Ed Nemanic attended the Monroeville Club. Our newest member: Bobbi Watt-Geer was inducted into the Club. Bobbi is the Executive Director of the Community Foundation of Westmoreland County. Rick Nedley sponsored her. WELCOME. Arts and Heritage Festival - Cathy Daversa needs 3 more team captains that are willing to supervise the booth at Twin Lakes for one of the days. Please contact her at her office - 836-7455. RECOGNITION: Rev. Kenneth P. Rutter will be honored at the University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg graduation ceremonies being held on April 28th. Ken will receive the President's Medal for Distinguished Service. Kevin Metsger reported that our Health Screening Project was another success! Final numbers will be given at a later date, however, it was reported that more members of the Club volunteered and participated as well as more persons had the health screening performed. Thanks to all involved! Correction for your Rotary Directory: Will Brown's new email address is Wbrown@mbjinsurance.com Membership resignation: Lynda English has terminated her membership with the Club. URGENT REGUEST FROM PRESIDENT ADIB NEXT WEEK'S PROGRAM - Cesare Muccari, Program Chairman for May, will present Joseph Rotellini who will speak on the Marconi PA Golf Classic. Mike Guidas, head of our Club's Interact Program, presented 4 officers of the Hempfield Area High School Interact Club. Mike started the program stating that there are 6,600 Interact Clubs internationally. Interact Clubs are for young men and women ages 14 - 18. Community service and service above self is the same for this group as for our Rotary Club. The speakers said that the Hempfield Club is the largest club in their school. There are 500 members of which 250 are very active. The students create their own projects and meet on a monthly basis to discuss needs and details for each of their projects. Several teachers provide guidance, and information can be obtained from Interact International. Ashley Nocca, Secretary, spoke about the Operation Santa Claus program where members spent a day filling stockings for needy families. She also said that Senior Prom, an evening out for senior citizens, was a good success. Chelse Burzio, Vice President, told of Fun Night. This has been held 3 times for 6 elementary schools in the district. Younger students are invited to the High School for swimming, games, concession stands, etc. Tim Mediate, Treasurer, spoke of visiting a Pittsburgh area hospital where he saw premature infants. He was impressed on the hospital's ability to save many of these tiny infants allowing them to live normal lives. This March of Dimes operation led to the Interact Club's sale of "booties" for $1 each to raise funds for the March of Dimes. There is also a walk scheduled for this weekend to help raise additional funds. Phil Randolph, President, informed us that the club has organized the "You Got a Friend Day" for special needs children that is held at Twin Lakes. They also help ring bells for the Salvation Army in 3 hour shifts over the holiday season. Birthday Table MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY
Rotary Flashes of 04-17-01
WISE AND OTHERWISE The invocation, given today by Ed Nemanic, gives thanks for the opportunity to gather together and for all the blessings that have been bestowed upon us. Our Sergeant At Arms, John Hanna, announced that we had 2 visiting Rotarians: Ron Eberhardt from the New Stanton/Youngwood Club and Bill Smith from the Mt. View Club. We had 2 guests:Tom Tridico was a guest of Tom Sphon and Adam Bergamasco (a recent academic scholarship recipient) was a guest of Mark Barnhart. Our student guests were Ruth Coleman and Kotomi Yamazaki from the Hempfield Area Sr. High School. Thanks to our driver Jim Harrold for bringing these students to the meeting today. TODAY'S ATTENDANCE was 60. This included 53 members, 2 visiting Rotarians, our speaker, 2 guests and 2 students. MAKE-UPS: Gary Rutter (twice) and Elinore McMahan attended the Hempfield Club. Daniel Krezenski (twice) attended the New Stanton/Youngwood Club. REMINDER - This Saturday, April 21st is the final Health Screening that will be done at the Greensburg Salem Sr. High School. Please report to the school at 5:45 am. Gene James is heading a project to raise funds to help the people of India whose lives were devastated on January 26, 2001 by a horrific earthquake. Gene has been in touch with the District Governor in India where 80 percent of the devastation was located. That DG said that they need money to help house those who are homeless. Gene has coordinated his efforts with other Rotary Clubs in the area. Dr. Nicoletti of the Mt. View Club says that they have pledged $500. Bryan Valentine from the University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg is coordinating the RotarAct Club (the college division of Rotary) and other students who are enthused about international help. They will secure funding through several means, including street corner collections and possibly collections in front of Wal-Mart. Your generosity is needed. You may send a check to Mark Barnhart, Treasurer, 505 E. Pittsburgh Street, Greensburg, PA. 15601, payable to the Rotary Club of Greensburg. "Please memo it India earthquake assistance." You may also request that an amount be billed to your quarterly dues. See Mark Barnhart about this also. URGENT REGUEST FROM PRESIDENT ADIB The Hempfield Rotary Club is holding their 13th Annual Golf Outing at the Cherry Creek Golf Club in Youngwood, PA on May 24, 2001. It will be a 4-person scramble with a shotgun start at 1:00PM. Charcoal steak dinner at 5:00PM. Those interested please contact Bob Slone at (724) 834-2990. NEXT WEEK'S PROGRAM - Mike Guidas will present a program regarding INTERACT. Tom Sphon, Program Co-Chairman for April, introduced Trooper Jeanne Martin, a 17-year veteran of the Pennsylvania State Police. Trooper Martin spoke to us concerning Camp Cadet. She has been involved with the Camp since 1992 and is the former president. She advised us that Al Bish started the original program in 1970 from the Butler County Barracks. Mr. Bish wanted to build better relations between youth ages 11 - 15 and law enforcement by introducing them to the State Police. The Westmoreland County camp started in 1986. There are presently 22 Camp Cadet programs in existence in the Commonwealth. Camp Cadet is a non-profit organization that is not funded or organized by the State Police. Currently, boys and girls ages 12 through 14 can attend the Camp free of charge. It is hoped that a group of 50 young men and women will attend. The youth start the program on a Sunday and complete it with a graduation ceremony on Saturday evening. The camp is set up like a police academy atmosphere. There is the teaching of discipline and respect along with strenuous physical exercise such as marching and 2 mile runs. Each morning begins at 6:30am. The cadets are introduced to programs presented by Mutual Aid (CPR instruction), the Fire Departments, Sheriff's Blood Hound Teams, guards from the State Prison and also visit the prison to be shown how life differs at that institution. Last year's attendees included 8 young ladies and 24 young men. Trooper Martin and other officers volunteer the 16 hours per day that they spend at the camp after their 8-hour shift on the job. She hopes that more public relations will help to add numbers to the Camp each year. Some former attendees have gone on to serve in the Armed Services while a few others have joined some form of the law enforcement community. The Camp Message is: Our greatest natural resource is our children, for they are tomorrow's leaders. MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY
ROATRY FLASHES OF 04-10-01
WISE AND OTHERWISE The invocation, given today by Dick McNeel, thanks the Creator for His grace in allowing us to share in this holy time of the year. Our Sergeant At Arms, John Hanna, announced that we had 3 visiting Rotarians: Guy Nicoletti (guest of Gene James) from the Mt. View Club, Douglas Komandt from the Delmont-Salem Club and Ronald Pastor from the Latrobe Club. We had three guests, Bob Teeter and Bryan Valentine were guests of Gene James and Nancy Veyo was a guest of her father, Joe Cameron. Our student guests were Seth Hunter from Greensburg Central Catholic, Mike Stewart from the Hempfield Area Sr. High School and Alyssa Bishop from Greensburg Salem. Thanks to our drivers Ed Nemanic, Bill Barger and Karl Eisaman for bringing these students to the meeting today. TODAY'S ATTENDANCE was 58. This included 48 members, 3 visiting Rotarians, our speaker, 3 guests and 3 students. MAKE-UPS: None reported. Rotary International has recognized Bill Kern, Past District Governor. He was one of 133 Rotarians who was recognized from the 1.2 million total membership of Rotary for his Service Above Self. Rotary International Past President Chuck Keller presented the award to Bill. I goes without saying that this is quite an accomplishment
.and well deserved. We are honored to be associated with you. Congratulations. In keeping with the theme Service Above Self, Joseph A. Cameron became our most recent Paul Harris Fellow. Joe has been a faithful member with the Greensburg Club since 1989. His contribution of $1,000 to help fund international assistance was driven home after hearing the current District Governor speak. Joe said that "he saw and understood the need." He also took action! Joe was presented the PHF by Mark Barnhart and with the assistance of his daughter Nancy. Cesare Muccari is looking for housing for the incoming GSE (Group Study Exchange) Team from India. The dates are set for May 27th - June 1st. This would be a great opportunity to interact with persons of a different culture. Why not consider hosting for these several days. We need housing for 5 team members. There are 2 females and 3 males. Please contact Cesare as soon as possible if you can help! Kevin Metsger reported that the Health Screening Project went off very smoothly last Saturday morning. The new "flow" through the school helped. A fire alarm resulted in no fire and the pledge of Chief Hutchinson that 100 firefighters will stop by on the 21st of April to have their health screening tests performed. Isn't it funny how things work out? (OK, who was the genius that pulled the alarm?) Membership termination: Patty Long for non-payment of dues. Gene James is heading a project to raise funds to help the people of India whose lives were devastated on January 26, 2001 by a horrific earthquake. Gene has been in touch with the District Governor in India where 80 percent of the devastation was located. That DG said that they need money to help house those who are homeless. Gene has coordinated his efforts with other Rotary Clubs in the area. Dr. Nicoletti of the Mt. View Club says that they have pledged $500. Bryan Valentine from the University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg is coordinating the RotarAct Club (the college division of Rotary) and other students who are enthused about international help. They will secure funding through several means, including street corner collections and possibly collections in front of Wal-Mart. Your generosity is needed. You may send a check to Mark Barnhart, Treasurer, 505 E. Pittsburgh Street, Greensburg, PA. 15601, payable to the Rotary Club of Greensburg. "Please memo it India earthquake assistance." You may also request that an amount be billed to your quarterly dues. See Mark Barnhart about this also. URGENT REGUEST FROM PRESIDENT ADIB NEXT WEEK'S PROGRAM - Tom Sphon, April's Program Co-Chairman, will present Jeanne Martin, Pennsylvania State Trooper. Her presentation will be on Camp Cadet. Karl Eisaman, presented Malcom Sias from Westmoreland Parks and Recreation, who spoke to us about the linking of our communities through trails such as The Five Star Trail, Export to Saltsburg Trail and the Yough River Trail. Malcolm said that 1 out of every 10 households got a survey to see what suggestions the residents had about parks and recreation in the county. Surprisingly, 58% of the respondents said that they would pay more than the current 1% of taxes that were currently being allocated for Parks and Recreation. He stated that the survey also showed that Twin Lakes Park is the most visited of the parks and recreational areas in Westmoreland County, there was a need to expand trails and that more public relations were necessary. He advised us to look for the supplement, "Westmoreland Parks Horizons" that will be with the newspaper on April 24th. Currently there is a 6-mile stretch of trail from Greensburg to Youngwood. The department is working with the Hempfield Township Sewage Authority to get an agreement for them to use the right of way for their needs and in turn the trail can be improved and extended another 2 miles. Plans are to extend the trail to Scottdale. Also, a section of trail is proposed from Youngwood to Mammoth Park. Construction of the trail is under way through a 2-mile section of the Westmoreland County Community College. There are other plans to have it extended from Scottdale to Mt. Pleasant (Coal and Coke Trail). The final connection would be from Scottdale to the Yough River Trail. He commented that the majority of parks and recreational areas are located in the eastern part of the county. There is a need to increase park areas in the western and northern parts of the county where a lot of the population lives. The Export to Saltsburg Trail should be expanded and apparently 10 miles should be very easily obtained to make that happen. MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY
Rotary Flashes of 04-03-2001
WISE AND OTHERWISE Reverend Bob Wilson offered the invocation stating that it was wonderful to be rejoicing in the day that we share together and that our gift of life is to be shared with one another. Our Sergeant At Arms, John Hanna, announced that we had no visiting Rotarians. We had two guests, Margie Solochier was a guest of Jeff Malloy and Bobbi Watt-Geer was a guest of Bob Bloom. Our student guests were Lauren Newhouse from Greensburg Central Catholic, Laura Jankovic from the Hempfield Area Sr. High School and Brandi Lux from Greensburg Salem. Thanks to our drivers Jeff Long, Cesare Muccari and Keith McIlwain for bringing these students to the meeting today. TODAY'S ATTENDANCE was 59. This included 53 members, our speaker, 2 guests and 3 students. MAKE-UPS: Ed Meadows attended the Hempfield Club and Roberta Stemmler-Guest attended the Rotary Club of Ocala, Florida. Cesare Muccari is looking for housing for the incoming GSE (Group Study Exchange) Team from India. The dates are tentatively set for May 27th - June 1st. This would be a great opportunity to interact with persons of a different culture. Why not consider hosting for these several days. We need housing for 5 team members. There are 2 females and 3 males. More details will be given later. REMINDER - Those who have signed up to help with the Health Screening Project this Saturday morning, April 7th, are asked to be at the school at 5:45am. You should be finished around 10:30am. Thank you!!!!!! Board members are reminded of the monthly meeting on Thursday, April 5th, at 6pm at Mt. View Inn. NEXT WEEK'S PROGRAM - Karl Eisaman, April's Program Co-Chairman, will present Malcolm Sias from the Westmoreland County Parks. Tom Sphon, April's Program Co-Chairman, introduced Lt. Walter Lyons who spoke to us regarding Community Policing. Lt. Lyons is entering his 28th year of police work, the last 11 as a lieutenant. The purpose of community policing is to develop a rapport with the community to maintain public safety through educational programs and initiatives presented by the police department. Programs that are offered and conducted by the police department use multi-media, sound, graphic and photos as a way to help educate youth, teens, adults and seniors about crime prevention and safety issues. Programs include telemarketer scam information for seniors, drug and alcohol information for teens, safety programs such as bicycle training for youth and seat belt and car seat training. There is the Walk and Talk program that allows the police officer to get out of his cruiser and to walk the sidewalks of the city and talk to residents. Information regarding crime prevention can be discussed: such as proper lighting around a residence or business, the need to trim shrubs so that it is not as easy for a burglar to attempt a break-in under the cover of overgrown shrubs and the need to securely lock all doors and windows. Residents are shown how to mark their valuable items by engraving them. Lt. Lyons said that a criminal needs the willingness, ability and opportunity to commit a crime. By removing the opportunity the crime may be avoided. The interaction provided by Walk and Talk helps to build a better relationship between the police department and the community. There is a bike patrol that allows officers to police areas that are not accessible by vehicles. There are DUI checkpoints, officers assigned for traffic control for school safety, McGruff the Crime Dog, Stranger Danger who instructs during the Halloween season, Officer Phil and many other informational programs. All these programs are to address the crime prevention and the public safety issues that are in our community. Working together with the residents of the community, businesses and civic organizations, the police department hopes that the trust and rapport can and will create a safer and healthier environment for us to live in. A few other items mentioned were the use of the APHIS fingerprint national database. This allows the police department the ability to input fingerprints into the system and search for matches. In years past, prints from a crime scene and the perpetrator could only be matched when he or she was caught. Also, Lt. Lyons said that there would be an upcoming DUI awareness program involving students who will drive golf carts around cones in a parking lot. Then they will try to drive the carts while wearing specially designed DUI goggles that will show them what it would be like to drive while under the influence. A substantial commitment has been made by the City of Greensburg and the members of the police department to make our community a safer place to live. THIS MONTHS BIRTHDAYS: MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY
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