Kutztown Rotary Bulletin
Kutztown Rotary Club, District 7430, Club 5433 - Organized April 1, 1926
Address: P.O. Box 127, Kutztown, PA 19530
Wed. @ 6:30 PM at Moselem Springs Inn – Rt 662 & Rt. 222 West of Kutztown
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Aug 24 – This evening 30 Rotarians, wives and guests enjoyed our annual steak/chicken fry. Thanks to Nancy Hildenbrand, Jean Boyer, Pete Keegan, Dan Breidegam and all of those who provided dessert for a wonderful evening.
We got to meet Celso Santin our exchange student from Brazil.
Aug 31 – This evening’s guest’s included DG Roger Whitcomb, PhD, DG Whitcomb’s son Jeff, Asst. DG LeRoy Seip, Fleetwood Pres. Pete Miller, Celso Santin our Exchange Student, and Rotaract representatives from KU Anthony Ferrara and Joey Pecha.
DG Whitcomb presented a President’s Citation to the Club for various projects completed during Nancy’s year as Pres. He also presented a President’s Citation to the Rotaract Club for their highly successful food drive project last year.
Dr. Whitcomb was born and raised in central Pa. and graduated from Gettysburg College. He taught political Science for 32 years retiring from KU. He also taught at Albright College and at Oxford University in England. He has lived and traveled in 109 countries. Dr. Whitcomb joined Rotary in 1980 and was his Club’s Pres. in 1991-92.
He spoke about how Rotary’s Student Exchange program provides a forum for better understanding between nations.
He announced that the District was donating $5,000 to the Red Cross for hurricane Katrina victims and he asked all of us to donate in some way. He asked that we report our donations to Patt so that he can tally the amount of donations from all of the Clubs in the District.
Dr. Whitcomb also spoke about the tremendous amount of Rotary resources that have been raised and provided to humanitarian projects world-wide from the rotary Foundation, which was established in 1917, including $5 billion since WWII, $650 million for Polio Plus. Since there are hundreds of millions of people in the world that suffer from religious and political persecution, famine, poverty, terrorism and war; Rotary is one of the major sources for assistance that helps human beings obtain dignity and sustenance. He challenged us to help undertake a District project to adopt a village specifically in SE Asia where the tsunami caused such widespread devastation.
Dr. Whitcomb spoke about Rotary membership recruitment and retention and how we must become more diversified as an organization. He closed his presentation with a short video showing a Rotaplast team working in Venezuela. The team performed 61 operations that would have cost $375,000 here in the US.
Birthdays -
Anniversaries – Shirley/Larry Biehl, 9/7; Ellen/Tom Turner, 9/10; Florita/Bob Hobaugh, 9/14; Verna/Wil Gaul, 9/16, & Nancy/Art Hahn, 9/26.
Programs –
· 9/7 – Robert Marcus
· 9/14 – Indoor Mini-golf – Jim Springer
· 9/21 – Dean Wetzel
· 9/28 – Fellowship and singing
· 10/5 – Student of the month – Larry Biehl
· 10/12 – Opportunity House – Dave Werley
Board Meetings
Third Wed. of Month
Kutztown Rotary Club Officers
President Elect / Jim Springer / 610-682-7764 / B: 610-683-7011
Directors: / Amy Kohler Howard / 610-944-1715
Barry Martin / 610-683-8106 / B: 610-478-3147
(vacant)
Directors at Large: / William H. Bender / 610-987-3552
Margaret (Peg) Grossman / 484-646-9154
Corresponding Secretary / Jean Boyer / 610-683-3256
Club Secretary / Steve Henning / 610-987-6184
Treasurer / Dennis Lutz / 610-683-6026 / B: 610-926-8900
Bulletin Editor / Larry Biehl / 610-562-3374
Sergeant at Arms / Jim Baldwin / 610-683-3858 / B: 610-413-2898
Past President / Nancy Hildenbrand / 610-683-3526
Program Director / Jean Boyer / 610-683-3256
CLUB SERVICE / VOCATIONAL SERVICE / COMMUNITY SERVICE / INTERNATIONAL SERVICE
Patt McCloskey / Amy Kohler Howard / Jim Springer / Barry Martin
Program Coordinators
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 / RuralUrban
* Robert Hobaugh
Larry Biehl
William H. Bender
Art Hahn
Jean Boyer
Camp Neidig
* Dean G. Wetzel
Isaac R. Evans
Youth / Student of the Month
Larry Biehl
Scholarship / Awards
* Amy Kohler Howard
Dr. Brenda Winkler / Golf Classic
Thomas Turner
Jim Springer
Dennis R. Lutz
Peter M Keegan
George S. Barrell
Larry Biehl
Dog Show
Nancy Hildenbrand
Dennis R. Lutz
Larry C. Biehl
Peter M. Keegan
Barry Martin
Public Relations
* Stephen M. Henning
Larry Biehl
Tom Turner
Daniel D. Breidegam
Peter Keegan
Ways & Means
George S. Barrell
William H. Bender
Dan Breidegam
Tom Turner / International Service
* Robert Hobaugh
Peter M. Keegan
Rotary Foundation
Larry Biehl
Youth Exchange
* George Barrell
Dennis Lutz
Rotary Programs
Board Meetings
Third Wed. of Month