September 30, 2013 The Slippery Rock Rotary “Colonel’s Crier” Newsletter for Slippery Rock Rotary Club District 7280 And Slippery Rock Satellite Club President: Brad Smith • Vice President: Ron Fodor • Secretary: Debbie Kaylor Treasurer: Ken Harris • Assistant Treasurer: Debbie King Meeting Location: NexTier Bank (lower level) Slippery Rock, Pa. 16057 Slippery Rock Satellite Club meets the 2nd and 4th Wednesday of the Month at 12N on SRU Campus Minutes from Monday, September 30, 2013 To Ron Fodor on October 6 Today’s Attendees: Hank Anna, Ken Harris, Judy Hughes, Deb Kaylor, Nicole Klaes, Joe Lofton, Joe Marks, Karen Pierce, Art Richards, Paul Rizza, Brad Smith, Warren Smith, Paul Suorsa, and Barbara Walwik. Rotary and other Guests: Dates of Upcoming Meetings/Other Dates of Interest: (Meetings in Blue) • Thursday October 3. Zone 28 and 29 meeting at the Double Tree in Pittsburgh. All are invited. Judy Hughes will be attending. • Saturday, October 5. Highway Cleanup • Monday, October 7. Nicole Klaes- Classification Speech followed by Board Meeting. • Saturday, October 12. Rain Date for Highway Clean up….if needed • Monday, October 14. No Meeting, Columbus Day • Third Thursday – October 17. TBD • Monday, October 21. Janette Hensler, VNA Hospice and VNA Inpatient Hospice. • Saturday, October 26 is “Make a Difference Day” Join us for Tulip planting in Memorial Park starting at 9 AM. • Monday, October 28. Program TBD • Monday, November 4. Club Assembly to prepare for Pancake Day. Board Meeting • Tuesday, November 5. Election Day Pancake Day at Slippery Rock Fire Hall • Monday, November 11. No Meeting, Veteran’s Day • Tuesday, November 12. Meet RI President Ron Burton in Cannonsburg. For more information, go to the District Newsletter on page 9 at rotarydistrict7280.org/documents/newsletters/2013/NL-SEPT-2013.pdf • Wednesday, November 13. Save the Date for the 100th Anniversary Celebration of The Rotary Club of Erie with keynote speaker, Ron Burton, Rotary International President. For more information, go to the District Newsletter on page 8 at rotarydistrict7280.org/documents/newsletters/2013/NL-SEPT-2013.pdf • Monday, November 18. Inferno Pizza. Pledge – Art Prayer – Joe L. Announcements • Brad called the meeting to order and greeted Rotarians and Guests. • Judy gave a report on Slippery Rock in Bloom. At the annual awards conference she shared we have a bloom rating of 2 Stars, and we won an award for Most Creative Design Using Bulbs which she proudly showed us. • Judy also shared information from the SRIB Board Meeting this morning. As we continue to try to bring Rotary and the Community together, we will be part of the Homecoming Parade where Bob Lanning will drive his jeep and we will have a “Bloom Mobile” with people dressed as blooms. We would also like to introduce a Flower Princess. More to come on that. • Hank, Judy, Brad, and Ron will be attending Erie Rotary’s 100 Anniversary Celebration in November, where Rotary International President Ron Burton will be the guest. If you would also like to attend, let Judy know. • Judy passed the hat for our two Rotaractors, Josh and Mariah who will be going to Prague to teach English as a second language. • The family of Frank Kohler, the gentlemen and fellow Rotarian who was killed in the Navy Yard shooting, requests donations be made to a college fund for the children or to the Lexington Park Rotary Club for which he was a member. The Rotary’s address is: P. O. Box 202, Lexington Park, MD 20653. Today’s Program Today we were to have Puddie Taggart speak about the Ambulance Service as part of the Slippery Rock Fire Department. As fate would have it, at the start of our meeting, she received and emergency call and had to respond. Her husband, Dave then spoke on her behalf. Puddie was 17 years old when someone needed an ambulance in Slippery Rock and the nearest one was coming from Grove City. At that moment she knew there needed to be an ambulance service in Slippery Rock and when she turned 18, she became an EMT and set the wheels in motion. Since 1974, Slippery Rock has had a Rescue team and will be celebrating its 4oth anniversary next year. The Fire Department has made 900 calls this year, 808 of which were EMS calls. They cover a 125 sq. mile area. They have 3 Advanced Life Support Ambulances which are staffed 24 hours. If a second call comes in at the same time, there is a second crew on call at home then they are backed up by Superior in Grove City and Butler Ambulance Service. They are the third busiest ambulance in the county behind Butler and Cranberry. They are licensed by the state for a 5 year period. The paramedics have a paid position and the EMT’s are usually volunteers. Dave is very proud of his wife; she is great at what she does. Building Project update. They should receive final approval from the state this week. The station will be built behind the current station which is currently a wooded area. They hope to break ground in 6 weeks. The ambulance building will be the first phase which will cost around 1 million dollars. The fire truck garage space is part of the second phase. Brad presented Dave with a check from our Rotary for $1000.00 Happy Bucks Hank is happy for our speaker. Ken H is happy for the Pirates. Go Bucs!!! Nicole is giving a dollar for Paul who had to leave early. Joe L is happy for Regina and the golf outing this past Friday. Joe M. is happy for Dave and the Fire Company. Karen is happy to be home from Omaha where she attended a Rural and Small Library Conference. She, looking on the bright side, was pick-pocketed in both Omaha and Chicago Airport, but her credit cards were almost maxed out so they won’t be getting much. Art is happy for the successful golf outing. Paul Rizza is happy to have given Nicole a buck for Happy Bucks as he had to leave. Warren is happy for the successful golf outing. Paul Suorsa is happy Josh Duman is from Nanty Glo as are some of Paul’s relatives and happy to say grandson Cameron who is on Youth Council in 4H where they had a successful auction. Barbara is happy to be picking up her little puppy at the vets at 2 who is having a plastic bottle cap removed from her tummy. 4-Way Test – Hank Lunch provided by North Country Brewing.
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