Aug 16 Rotary Assembly
 

 

President Mike Markovitz brought the meeting to order at 12:15 PM at Purkey’s Pink Apple with Frank Oliver leading the Pledge of Allegiance and Dave Wilson giving the Invocation.

 

 

Beth and Ryan Visneski had a baby boy, Paul Ryan Visneski, on Aug 12.  Welcome to our newest Rotarian family member.

 

There will be a “Welcome home” parade from Ace Robbins to the High School to welcome the Girls Softball Team back home.  It will start at 4 PM on Saturday Aug 18.

 

Mary Tempest   Ad - BPW sponsoring a blood drive Aug 22 at St. Peters from 1-6 PM.

 

 

Membership Chair Ron Furman inducted Gina Suydam into Rotary.  George Gay was her sponsor.

 

L to R: George Gay, Gina Suydam, Ron Furman and Pres. Mike Markovitz

 

 

There will be a Board of Directors meeting on Tuesday, Aug 21 at 7:30 AM at Towne and Country Grille.

 

Annual dues of $135 are now due, so please pay ASAP. Make check payable to Tunkhannock Rotary.

 

It was a very nice picnic at Ron’s cabin on Sunday.  32 people were in attendance and no one lost a fender or muffler on their way up the mountain (at least that they would admit to).

 

Due to the Flooding in Lazybrook Park, the Sat August 18th Interfaith Day of Sharing was cancelled and is not planned to be re-scheduled this year.  Thus, we will not be selling Wine Festival Tickets on Saturday and we will not need volunteers to man the Rotary Table / Booth at the event.

 

 

HANDS of Wyoming County has relocated and is having an Open House on Thursday August 23rd at the Former Mehoopany Elementary School at 1687 Scottsville Road, Mehoopany, PA 18629. It will be from 5pm – 7pm. Tunkhannock Rotarians are welcome to attend.  Jim Welch and his musician friends will be providing some music as people tour the new facility. 

 

 

 

Posters and rack cards are now available for the Festival. We need as many volunteers as possible so please sign up for an assignment.  225 tickets sold so far online and 16 Rotary lounge tickets.  Local ticket sales started Aug 16.  We are seeing lots of traffic on Facebook.

 

 

Sat Oct 27 will be the next Drug Take Back Event.

 

 

Please donate to the Rotary Foundation as soon as you can, instead of waiting until the end of the Rotary year in June 2019.

 

 

No bulletin this week since website was under maintenance this morning.

 

We are seeing lots of Festival interest on Facebook. Thanks to Chamber of Commerce admin, who will be fielding questions for us that come in to them from the public. Carol provided them will all the pertinent info as well as a copy of the poster for them to publish in the newsletter etc.

 

 

 

If you are interested in helping man the Rotary Booth at the Harford Fair (Aug 20-25), please let Mike know so he can turn in your name, day and the time you are available.

 

 

Blakeslee Rotary is having their “Night at the Races” event on Sat Sept 22 at Long Pond, PA.

 

 

 

Normally Club Assembly is after the most recent BOD meeting, however we had to move things around as our speaker for next week is only available Thursday Aug. 23rd.

 

We have already gone over most of last month’s board meeting in one way or another since then.  However, there are a couple items that haven’t been mentioned:  

Are there any items the Club would like seen added to / considered in the budget that will be completed / approved soon? If you have any items, please let Pres. Mike know before the Sept Board meeting.

 

John Hovan suggested we consider a donation to Operation Smile to honor the girls softball team.

 

Gina is the President of the Wyoming County Chamber of Commerce that holds monthly educational meetings and after hour events.  They sponsor the 4^th Friday events.  Aug 24 is next one where businesses stay open until 8 PM to encourage people to shop locally.

 

Once we join the Chamber (in process) we will have access to their e-mail newsletter which is sent out every Thursday.  Rotarian representatives can attend their luncheons.

Gina grew up on a dairy farm in Forkston.  Donna LaBar is her aunt and she spent time with her at Lake Carey during her teen years.  She has been the President of the Chamber for 5 yrs. Her husband works at P&G and they have 3 children (a 13 yr old girl, 9 and 10 yr old boys).

 

 

Terri is from Tunkhannock and although she is very tall, she has no athletic abilities. She was born in Brooklyn NY and was adopted in 1970. She Went to Catholic School in Summerville NJ.  Her family also adopted 2 additional children. 

 

She attended the University of Scranton with majors in psychology and business. She worked at Dun and Bradstreet for a time during her career. She is buying the Lincoln Financial Security office in 1 month, where she currently works.

 

She and her current husband have been together for 16 years. She has a son James (in CA) and daughter Alison (senior at Penn State) from her first marriage. She also now has a 14 yr old daughter.

 

Terri is a Business and Profession Women state and local level officer and a Board member for Interfaith Friends. 

 

 

After Terri’s introduction, Pres. Mike asked all members present to introduce themselves, indicate how long they have been with Rotary, their occupation and favorite hobby.

 

 

At the end of the meeting, Frank led the membership in the recitation of the 4-Way Test.