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R.I. President, John F. Germ, Chattanooga, TN District 7430 Governor, Linda Young, Saucon, Center Valley

Assistant District Governor, Area 9, Mike Seidner, North Penn Ambler Rotary President, Cary Fleisher

Volume 92, Edition 18 November 2, 2016

Be sure to visit our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/AmblerRotaryClub

Publisher /Photographer: Eric Faddis

Editor: Leslie Heffernen

The Rotary Club of Ambler P.O. Box 81, Ambler, PA 19002-0081

Chartered December 11, 1925 Club Number 5416 “Service Above Self”

OCTOBER IS VOCATIONAL SERVICE MONTH

Yesterday the #WordsworthAcademy #InteractClub planted 30 trees

for the #Wissahickon Valley Watershed. See more photos

on our Facebook page.

NOVEMBER 2ND MEETING:

President Cary opened the meeting and then asked us to silence our cell phones. Our song of

the day was, “God Bless America.” Anne Frank offered today’s invocation.

VISITORS / GUESTS:

Jim Auch from the Glenside RC.

John Leonard was a guest of Dick Booth.

Carol Pinder, who will soon be inducted into the Club.

COMMUNITY IN CELEBRATION (a.k.a. HAPPY DOLLARS:

Steve Paccione said that the Lower Gwynedd Township Manager (47) had a stroke last

week. While in the hospital they discovered a malfunction of his heart which was fixed

without surgery. He is now home recuperating.

Linda Kennedy said that next year’s exchange student’s had their second orientation

session and all went well.

Steve Bass said that the Wordsworth Interact tree planting went well yesterday. See

photo at the top of today’s newsletter. They planted at Cross Way Preserve at Cathcart

and Morris Rds. While there the Interactors got to see the trees that were planted in

2002 and 2009.

Bob King said that he missed last week’s meeting which was the actual 50th birthday of

Greg Marinucci. Bob said that he was actually going to sing a solo “Happy Birthday” to

Greg.

Dick Target said that on November 5th, Lower Gwynedd Township will celebrate their

3rd Annual Veterans Day celebration at the Township Park at Pennlyn Pike and

Bethlehem Pike between 11:00 A.M. to noon. Food will be available after the event.

Dick then said that he and Cathy have been married for 41 years.

NOVEMBER BIRTHDAYS:

Ambler Head Start. Diane Schueler will be purchasing books for each of the 18 students for their home library. We are also collecting gently used or new ‘preschool’ children’s books We sang “Happy Birthday” to Joan Coleman and Donna Buckley. Somehow Greg Marinucci got to be recognized again. Missing was Skip Urban. An Evening with Author Alice Hoffman at the Ambler Theater

Upper Dublin & Wissahickon Valley Public Libraries present the 3rd annual 2016 “Let’s Discuss it!” program: An Evening with bestselling author Alice Hoffman Thursday,

November 3, 7:30 P.M. at Ambler Theater 108 E Butler Avenue, Ambler, PA. It is in collaboration with the Towne Book Center & Café and the Ambler Theater. Flyer is attached to newsletter.

November 19 from 10 to noon, the Upper Dublin Lutheran Church “End Hunger “food drive to provide premeasured and package meals. In a period of two hours, we expect that over 30,000 meals will prepared. The November 30th meeting will be held in the William Penn Tavern. Enter via front entrance. There will be two meetings in the banquet rooms. Thursday, December 1st we will have our second “Happy Hour “at the Lucky Well on

Thursday December 1, 2016 5:30 PM. Please invite friends and family to join us!

We are supporting the Community Cupboard again this year. See the attached flyer and go get a few of the items listed. More will follow. PROGRAM:

Our speaker today was Eileen Cella, Managing Director of the Act II Playhouse in beautiful

downtown Ambler. Eileen explained the history and future of the playhouse in a well-

organized PowerPoint presentation. Eileen conclude her presentation by singing, “Until There

Was You.” She will be a welcome voice in the RCA, joining Leigh DeTato.

Want to get involved with the Playhouse? Here are some suggestions:

Go see a show

Subscribe to the Playhouse

Usher

Give to the Playhouse

50/50:

Bernie Fanini drew the white tee and received a free lunch. There were 20 white tees and 1 red

tee. Next week’s jackpot will begin over $1,205.50.

SPEAKERS: (Scott Stimson) who do you know that you can invite to speak to us? Do you

know any professional ball players, actors, TV or radio personalities, or famous people? Call

Scott at 610-279-1991 or send him an e-mail at sstimson@tompkinsfinancial.com. Let him help

you schedule your contact. Remember that our programs are a vital part of each weekly

meeting.

NOVEMBER 9 – Po Le--Po Le Cucina

15 – Board Meeting at Ambler Savings Bank

16 – Montgomery County SPCA

23 – No meeting

30 – Temple Ambler--Rhonda Geyer & Tara Stasik - In the William Penn Tavern

DECEMBER 7 – Rotaplast--Louise Zawadzski

14 – Philadelphia Theater Company--Elliot Schwartz

21 – Holiday Dinner: 6 PM - FAMILIES AND GUESTS ARE INVITED

28 –

JANUARY 2017

4 –

11 - 18 - Spring House Shopping Center--Steve Paccione/Craig MC Anally

25 - Wissahickon Valley Public Library--Anne Frank

CLUB ASSIGNMENTS: (Arlene Daniels) If you can’t fulfill your service obligation, please provide a suitable substitute and then call Arlene at 215-219-7620 to let her know who will be taking your place. Set-up Take-Down Invocation 50/50 Greeters NOVEMBER 9 – Ames DeTato Lightkep Geraldino /Ehlers

16 – Satterly Heffernen Greenbaum McGee / Parkinson

23 NO MEETING – THANKSGIVING

DECEMBER 7 – Mayor Kennedy Gerhard Kline / Marinucci

14 – McGee Kelly Snyder Daniels / Waltz

21 - HOLIDAY DINNER 6:00 P.M. – FAMILIES AND GUESTS ARE INVITED

28 - No MEETING

JANUARY 2017 4 – Ehlers Albright Ritter Greenbaum /Schueler

11 – Bass Satterly Fanini Mayor / DeTato

18 – McAneney Kadel Kennedy Myers /Ries

25 – Phillips Heffernen Lightkep Booth /Daniels

FEBRUARY 1 – King Frank Kline deSousa / Target

8 – DuPlat Marinucci Braunewell L Paccione /Swansen

15 – Kelly Parkinson Snyder Stimson / Dunnington

22 – Urban McAuliffe McGee Albright / Ehlers

MARCH 1 – Murphy Greenbaum Geraldino Snyder / Daniels

8 – Ries Ames Fanini Kline / Kadel

15 – Booth Bass Schueler Wenckus / Kennedy

22 – S Paccione Target Heffernen Weber / Arya

29 – Phillips DeTato Frank McGhee / Gerhard

DISTRICT 7430 STUFF:

Rotary UN Day Nov 12, 2016

RLI Event in Newtown PA Nov 12, 2016

Regional 4 Way Test Speech Contest TBD Rotary District 7430 Conference Eden Resort May 05, 2017 – May 07, 2017

ROTARY INTERNATIONAL STUFF:

How close are we to ending polio?

Watch an update on our progress toward creating a polio-free world. Top global

health experts and Rotary's polio ambassadors gathered at the headquarters of the

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, Georgia, on World Polio

Day, 24 October, to hail progress made by Rotary and its partners.