File written by Adobe Photoshop® 5.2Kutztown Rotary Bulletin

Publication of the Kutztown Rotary Club, District 7430 - Organized April 1, 1926

Wed. @ 6:30 PM at Seasons Grille – 15305 Kutztown Rd, Kutztown; east end near 222 Bypass

Club 5433, Mailing Address:  P.O. Box 127, Kutztown, PA  19530


November 5, 2008 – The club hosted the high school students-of-the-month. Meghan Ferry of Brandywine Heights High School is the daughter of Janet and Stephen Ferry. She was Brandywine’s representative to  the Berks County Outstanding Young Women competition. She has participated in Concert Choir, Choraliers, Key Club, Spanish Club, County Chorus, District Chorus, NHS, and Genesis Bible Club. She is active in her church. She works as an after-school babysitter.
Adam Galczynski of Kutztown is the son of Denise and Jerry Galczynski. He is has participated in baseball, football, track & field, NHS, and student council. He has assisted with youth sports and with church dinners. He works at the Dryville Hotel.

November 12 – Patt McCloskey introduced the evening’s speaker, Dr. Derek Mace, professor of psychology at Kutztown University. He demonstrated that our memory is a “kaleidoscope,” rather than a mirror, Rolodex, or even an Etch-a-Sketch as one of us opined, that we take in information and associate it with other bits of information that our mind already holds, to some strange outcomes. He gave us lists of associative words to remember, left the topic, and five minutes later asked us to write down all the words we remembered. Most of us remembered the word “sleep” although it wasn’t on the list, because sleep was the theme of the list. He had us look at a picture and answer the question about the speed the cars were probably going when they “smashed” or “hit” depending on the version we received. Usually, although not for this rational Rotary group, faster speeds are estimated for the “smashed” question than for the “hit” question. We were tested on our memory of the head of a penny, and whether there was a woman in the crashed-cars picture. All proving hindsight is kaleidoscopic.

November 19 – At the Club Assembly, Jim Springer asked each of us to explain why we joined Rotary and asked for our help regarding membership. Terry Simmons from the West Reading/Wyomissing club gave examples of clubs with membership-building strategies that are working. District Governor-elect Mike McCarthy, Pottstown club, talked about the RI Foundation and why “Every Rotarian Every Year” is important. Then Yvette Palmer asked for support of the on-air auction which was devised to provide funding for matching the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Grant of $100 million for PolioPlus.
In other business, D. Lutz reported that we have $5,559 in checking and $9,464 in savings. Jim Springer reported that we earned about $2,000 on Flatworks and that we are committed to continuing the yearly event for the next 2 years (we made that agreement with Synergy, the credit-card processing supplier).

November 26 — Thanksgiving

Announcements

Birthdays

Anniversaries

Programs

Board Meetings are the Third Wednesday of the Month


Kutztown Rotary Club Officers

President Keith Snyder 610-944-6891  
President Elect Marie J. De Filipps 610-682-0936
Directors: Peter Keegan 610-682-6140 B: 610-683-3525
     
     
Directors at Large: Bill Bender 610-987-3552
Jim Springer 610-682-7764 B: 610-683-7011
Corresponding Secretary Jean Boyer 610-683-3256
Secretary Steve Henning 610-987-6184
Treasurer Dennis Lutz 610-683-6026 B: 610-926-8900
Bulletin Editor Patt McCloskey 610-683-6546
Sergeant at Arms Larry Biehl 610-562-3374
Past President Amy Kohler Howard 484-332-9239
Program Director Jean Boyer 610-683-3256

Avenues of Service

CLUB SERVICE

Barry Martin
VOCATIONAL SERVICE

Tom Turner
COMMUNITY SERVICE
Keith Snyder
INTERNATIONAL SERVICE
Marie J. De Filipps
Program Coordinator
* Jean Boyer

Attendance
* William Bender

Classification, Membership
and Orientation
William H. Bender
Larry Biehl
Nancy Hildenbrand

Fellowship
Club Bulletin

* Patt McCloskey
Stephen M. Henning
Jean Boyer

Audit
* George S. Barrell
Rural-Urban
* Patt McCloskey
* Jim Springer
Larry Biehl
William H. Bender
Jean Boyer

Camp Neidig
* Patt McCloskey
Dean G. Wetzel

Youth / Student of the Month
* Larry Biehl

Scholarship / Awards
* Amy Kohler Howard
Karissa Barrell
Dr. Brenda Winkler
Golf Classic
Thomas Turner
Jim Springer
Dennis R. Lutz
Peter M Keegan
George S. Barrell
Larry Biehl

Dog Show
* Marie J. De Filipps
Nancy Hildenbrand
Dennis R. Lutz
Larry C. Biehl
Peter M. Keegan
Barry Martin

Public Relations
* Stephen M. Henning
Larry Biehl
Tom Turner
Peter Keegan

Ways & Means
George S. Barrell
Jim Springer
William H. Bender
Dan Breidegam
Tom Turner
International Service
* Robert Hobaugh
Peter M. Keegan
Stephen M. Henning

Rotary Foundation
* Larry Biehl

Youth Exchange
* Patt McCloskey
Robert Hobaugh
George Barrell
Dennis Lutz

International Fellowship
of Scouting Rotarians

* Stephen M. Henning
Slate Altenburg

Rotary Programs



Board Meetings
Third Wed. of Month

Meetings: Seasons Grille – east end of Kutztown near 222 Bypass; Wednesdays @ 6:30 PM

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