Rotary Club of Greensburg

A Flash from the Past

Rotary Flashes of June 28, 2005
June 28, 2005
Thoughts for the day: “If you want to change somebody, don’t preach to him. Set an example and shut up!” (Jack La Lanne)
“Service is the rent we pay for the space we occupy.” (Anonymous)
“Try not to become a man of success but rather try to become a man of value.” (Einstein)
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Rotary Club of Greensburg celebrates President Jeff , his leadership and accomplishments for our club… it was like this:
“It was a dark and stormy night..” but even that could not dampen (at least not too much) the good time we had honoring Jeff, and pulling his leg a bit.
It all began with a social time while waiting out the storm. We shared in some finger food and beverages with a lot of good conversation with each other. President elect Cathy Baumann called us to order, beginning the meeting in our usual manner with the pledge of allegiance, a verse of “God Bless America,” and the invocation by Mike Lucotch.
We shared in a sumptious banquet of Filet Mignon, fish, pasta, vegetables, salad, bread sticks, and topped it off with cheese cake and strawberries. The listing of the menu does not do justice to the presentation of the food or its delicious taste. UPG has served this club well. We thank them for their outstanding service.
Bob Bloom presented a Paul Harris pin to Bob Wilson for multiple Paul Harris Gifts.

Following the meal, past President Ed Nemanic was called upon to guide the tribute to Jeff. He noted the contributions of the committee: Cathy Baumann, Mary Clymer, Mary’s son Jerrod, Bob Wilson, Carl Rossman, and himself. The theme of the evening was Jeff’s signature piece: his Mini Cooper Car. A large wooden cut out of a mini Cooper was unveiled…(the masterpiece of this group.) Then signs in form of Jeff’s LED sign were lifted up: “sign Sign SIGN” – denoting the growth of the Centennial Project of our club, beginning with a small sign board in either Lynch Field or St. Clair Park (begun in Ed Nemanic’s term) and the development of the concept of the LED sign through the next President’s term, and finally coming into fruition in 2005 - as a matter of fact, the first messages were posted on the E. Pgh. Street Sign before the meeting.
Another sign was “Bulls Eye” – knowing that each President is at the center of the club for praise, comment, criticism..; “Silver Spoon” noted that one of the awards that was given Jeff at the District Conference was the “best food” award by the District Govenor for the meal he was served at our meeting. Finally, a “Congrats Jeff” sign acknowleged our gratitude for all the hard work he has done.
Jeff responded by noting several highlights during his term of office: The way the club members responded during the crisis of the death of Ken Ruoff at one of our meetings. The support of our membership for the Student Exchange program that changes many lives. The response of the club to the Rotary Foundation this year..(Cathy Baumann had noted this earlier in the program with Chuck Anderson enlisting our members.) Jeff reported that we were the #1 club in total giving for the year. $102. per member. He noted that he was so glad the LED Board was up and working. Training for the board will be tomorrow (Wednesday) morning. Call Jeff if you are interested.
But do it early.
Then he presented the gavel to Cathy - and brought the bell for her to ring at the end of the program.
Cathy presented Jeff with the past President’s pin, and thanked him again on behalf of the club for a job well done. She noted earlier that Jeff would be working as an Assistant Governor and our club would be one of his charges. Cathy asked that we end our meeting with a prayer for the past year, and for the coming year. It was done, the bell was rung and we went out into a stormless night. If you weren’t here, you missed a great time. Plan to attend our next special function. It is a treat!
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S.O.S. – we need some Rotarians who believe in Service Above Self – because there are still openings for the Rotary Booth at Twin Lakes Festival – especially on July 4. C’mon and lend a hand if you have not signed up. WE NEED YOU! Call Chris DeDiana 724-837-4656. Go on, you will make his day! Our scholarship fund will benefit..!
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Program next week: gathered from conversation at the dinner will be a special introduction of our new President and the goals, dreams, plans of the new board. Sounds as if we can have some input. Plan to attend!
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Bob Wilson is looking for someone to work with him for the Flash reporting. Since I do not always catch everything that is said, I need someone to assist my ears! Would you help? Please see me.
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One last thing about President Jeff that was not said at the dinner, but of which we should all be aware – that is, he has spent countless hours bringing our club into the computer age. Some of us did not really want to be there, but it is a real blessing, and keeps us up and running in today’s world. For the many hours, tribulations, complaints, and patience, we thank you Jeff – for keeping at us until we achieved a modicum of success.
Thank you, and when something doesn’t go right with this computer, we’ll be knocking at your door again.

Rotary Flashes of June 21, 2005
Words for Today:
I believe in luck! The harder I work the more luck I have.
Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it. (Ward)
A mountain shames a molehill until they are both humbled by the stars. (Anon.)

Today was the first day of Summer and the final regular meeting for Jeff as President of our Rotary Club!
Just remember that we have a special celebration next Tuesday at 6 p.m. at the University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg to honor Jeff for his many accomplishments as our leader.
Dress is business casual and the festivities will be held outside Lynch Hall. Special entertainment by James Boggs, Paul Harris Presentations , Recognition of the acts of Jeff during the year will be noted, and the passing of the gavel to our new President Cathy Baumann will take place. Hope to see you all there. Reservations are required.

June 21 Highlights:
Invocation by Mary Clymer
Sergeant at Arms, Dennis Cremonese reported we had just one visitor today, Kim Bloom, wife of our secretary, Bob Bloom.

Service Above Self Opportunities:
1. Mary Clymer noted that the clip board for signups for Birthday Celebration on the last meeting of each month was being circulated. Call Mary if you would like to serve the club in this manner.
2. Chris DeDiana noted that we still need help for the Arts and Heritage Festival – especially the afternoon shift for Sat., July 2 and July 4 both shifts are very light. If your name isn’t on the list, please call Chris now! We need you – bring your spouse along!
Also, if you want to help sponsor the booth for $100., your name/business will be displayed on the booth banner. All proceeds go to our scholarship fund. See Chris!
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Jeff’s announcements:
1. Club Directory will be available soon. Correction sheets were passed.
2. A Thank you from Ashley of Hempfield H.S. for the Rotary Scholarship was received and read.
3. Rotary Cookbooks are still available. Call Cathy Baumann if you want one! Some of Chef Dato’s recipes are in this book – worth the price!

Birthday Celebration Today
We celebrated the birthdays of our Rotarians who were present:
Bill Kern – June 26 – joined Rotary at the Oakland Club in Pgh.; then to the Mt. View Club; Charter Member of the Chestnut Ridge Club, Uniontown; back to Mt. View in 1988; joined Greensburg in 1998.
Joe Peluso – June 16 – joined Rotary June 30, 1981; sponsors Larry Williams, Tony Calteri (now deceased) . Working with Bill McGrath on “Docs for Homes.”
Karl Eisaman - June 23 – joined Rotary 11/23/82 Sponsored by Wakefield Murray. Idol: Jim Harrold;
(See the first commandment) Mayor of Greensburg!
Dennis Cremonese – June 2 – joined Rotary 6/12/02 Sponsored by Jeff Malloy; Community Organizations
Anthony Martino – June 29 – joined our club 7/17/01 – suggested this self reporting of birthdays from his experience in the Altoona Club.

Pete Cecconi, June 21, joined our club 10/26/76
Wayne Doyle, June 14, joined our club 9/5/2000
Susan McFarland – June 20, joined our club 1/13/2004
Happy Birthday to all of you!

Summer is a wonderful time for you to invite a potential member to one of our meetings! Look around you – I’m sure that someone you know would make a terrific Rotarian! Invite them today!

SPECIAL OPPORTUNITY!
President Jeff announced that the electricity to our new LED sign on E. Pittsburgh Street has been connected. He is to receive instruction on how to operate the sign on Friday, June 24. Anyone who wishes to learn with him is invited to the session. If you are interested, please call Jeff asap! Jeff really isn’t a sap but he does want you to call!
The procedure for accepting messages has yet to be established.

NEW BOARD TO MEET
Mary Clymer announced that the new board will be meeting on July 7 at Dingbats at 6 p.m.

NEW MEMBERS to be received on July 5. Plan to be here to welcome them.

The following is a list of the students that received Scholarship money recently from our Club.

CWTCC:

Samantha Guiddy $700.00
Amanda Bartlett $300.00

Central Catholic:

Meghan McClincy $1000.00
Natalie Weir $1000.00

Hempfield:

Joshua Momper $2000.00
Ashley Santavy $2000.00
Bradley Kauffman $2000.00

Greensburg Salem:

Nathan Boggs $2000.00
Jay Schmidt $2000.00
Nicole Dorko $1000.00
Emily Campbell $1000.00

Rotary Flashes of June 14, 2005
Words for June 14: (Flag Day)
My country is the world, and my religion is to do good.. (T. Paine)
After what I owe to God, nothing should be more dear or more sacred to me than the love and respect I owe to my country. (J.A. de Thou)

Invocation given by Dick McNeel

Sergeant of Arms Report by James Boggs:
Guests of Chuck Strobel:
Lyn, his wife; and Aya Komahara
Former exchange student from Japan who brought us up to date on her experiences.

President Jeff Malloy shared Rotary news concerning Polio Plus
In Nigeria where 39.5 million children were inoculated on Apr. 9 through 12!
And in India: several strains eliminated; June thru Nov. 4 more rounds of immunization to be done with the goal: 170 million children in one day. If you are visiting India during that time, please see Jeff for information to help there.
All of this has been made possible by Rotarians continuing to support the Rotary Foundation.

President elect Cathy announced a meeting for the new RI President in Pittsburgh on July 13. If interested, please see Cathy for details.

Greensburg President’s Day, June 28 at UPG - a delightful outdoor dinner, entertainment, and fun at Jeff’s expense. Dress is Work Casual. Several Paul Harris Recognitions will be given . We will also install our new President for 2005-06. Call Cathy if you have not signed up yet.
Rotary Cook Books have been distributed to those who signed up. If you desire one, a few are available. Again, see Cathy.

APPEAL FOR HELP ON JULY 4 at the Rotary Booth -- both shifts: 11-3 and 3-7.. Only 3 are signed up for the first shift and 0 for the final shift. It is imperative that we fill these hours. Please, please, make sure you sign up to help. Now is the time for all good Rotarians to come to the aid of their club…just do it!

Secretary Bob Bloom announced that Bob Wilson will be compiling the FLASH. Please submit articles to him.

Thank you for Greensburg Rotary Scholarship – received by Tony Martino from Joshua He has offered to come and entertain us by playing the piano. We wish him well.

Our speaker for today was Jay Carson from St. Vincent College, introduced by Ed Nemanic, program chairman for the month.
He shared the programs and goals of the college for us.

Program for next week:
Birthday Celebration and Induction of two new members.

Makeups: Chuck Strobel made up at Mt. View.

Attendance Today:
63 members
2 guests
1 speaker

Greensburg Rotary LED Message Center is now in place on E. Pittsburgh Street in the Eckard Drug Store Lot. Soon, we hope, it will be connected to electric power and sending out messages for the town and club! Watch for it!

Did you know?
…that on May 17th Mr. and Mrs. Griffith were presented with Paul Harris Fellow Awards? They have been a host family for many of our exchange students. It was especially fitting since they were not Rotarians that we recognize them in this special way.

Did you know that we have two incoming students for this year?
Carl Rossman has guided the placement of Jorge Garcia Salazer from Ecuador and Julie Mala from the Czech Republic.
We are going to have twice the fun this year that we have had in the past. With two students we will all have to pitch in and show them our way of life, our country, our ways of having a good life. If anyone can do it – it is Rotarians!

We celebrated our 100th Birthday of Rotary with Greensburg – not only by the installation of the LED Message Center, but also by sponsoring the first Concert in the Park this year. Tony Martino greeted the concert goers at intermission, and extended a Rotary welcome to them all. Thanks, Tony!