December 5, 2006: Members of the Losing Team in the Chicken Barbeque ticket sales competition served breakfast to the winning team.  Congratulations to TA Ward and his Team.  TA Was presented with the Foghorn Leghorn Trophy.  Coral Stengel was initiated as our latest new member.  Congratulations Coral!

November 28, 2006: Ray Dennin spoke about Verizon's new concept of bringing broadband fiber-optic networks into households and small offices.  These networks permit speeds of 30 to 100 Megabits per second which is significantly faster than cable Internet.  Our guest was Coral Stengel, potential new member.

November 21, 2006: USC High School seniors Anna Kate Babnick and Melissa Kaduck gave a presentation on the activities of the High School Interact Club.  The club has sponsored and organized a series of charitable events that benefit both local and national groups of needy people.  Anna Kate was also the lucky winner of the 50/50 Jackpot, with Melissa drawing the winning ticket.  Guests were ADG Dennis Crawford, Don Paterni and Coral Stengel, Realtor and potential new member.

November 14, 2006: We celebrated a successful Chicken Barbeque fundraiser with a dinner and party for our volunteers at Al's Cafe.

November 7, 2006: Club Assembly.  We initiated Dan Rocco and Bill Hulin as new members, proposed by President Scott and Brian Schill. Pete Muck gave a brief overview of his profession as the controller of a company that produces close-captioning for television broadcasts.  Brian Schill offered out-of-the box ideas on adding and, more importantly, retaining new members by involving them in club activities.

October 31, 2006: Rotarian John Hopper from the Washington Rotary Club gave a presentation about Habitat for Humanity, a Christian ministry that raises money and provides volunteer labor for housing projects around the world.

October 10, 2006: We initiated Greg Saltzman and Pete Lenneman as new members, using a new initiation ceremony thought up by Brian Schill.  Our club is growing - please congratulate Pete and Greg on their membership.  The picture shows Rotarians Scott Williams, Greg, Pete and Dr. Alan Axelson
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September 30, 2006: A fully successful Chicken Barbeque marked the end of our 2006/07 fundraising effort.  Congratulations to Barbeque Chair Mike Giglotti and all members who sold tickets and helped put this event on.  Get ready for next year!

August 29, 2006: DG Bob Rupp came to visit and presented his agenda for this year.

August 26, 2006: Jennifer Malecki organized our Summer Picnic at the Upper St. Clair Recreation Center.

August 22, 2006: Club Assembly. Chicken Barbeque preparations are in full swing.

August 15, 2006: Mark Mansfield from the Upper St. Clair Township presented a plan for the Community Recreation Center in Boyce-Mayview Park.

August 8, 2006: Patty Becker joined us from the South Hills Pregnancy Resource Center

August 1, 2006: Club Assembly.  Mike Mirchich reflected about his career as a Nuclear Engineer

July 25, 2006: Vince Gastgeb, Allegheny County Councilman from Bethel Park, discussed the experience with the new electronic voting machines.  Overall, voters and administrators were pleased with the new system.

July 18, 2006: Penny Layne from Paws With A Cause and her Labrador, Fawn, came to demonstrate the skills of a trained assistance dog.  Fawn can help open doors, pick up dropped objects such as keys, coins, bills, credit cards etc. and help a wheel-chair-bound person with many skills.  She can even pull a bedspread over a person to keep her warm.  Many Assistance Dogs have been credited with saving their owners' lives.

July 11, 2006: Club Assembly. President Scott Churchill reviewed some of his plans for this coming year’s activities.  Scott is focusing on recruiting new members and improving current members' attendance.

June 27, 2006: Doug Muetzel, CEO of Wesley Spectrum Services, gave us an overview of their work caring for special needs children and youth.  Each year, the Institute provides services to over 3,000 children.  Pete Muck introduced our speaker

June 20, 2006: Was our annual "Changing of the Guard" Dinner at Valley Brook CC.  Scott Churchill was inducted as the 2006/07 President. Congratulations  and good luck, Scott.  Scott and outgoing president Jürgen Brune pinned Jennifer Malecki and Scott Williams as new members.  Welcome to Jennifer and Scott!

June 13, 2006: Rotarian John Gisleson spoke on the controversy about the International Baccalaureate (IB) program at the Upper St. Clair School District.  The School Board had voted to end the program but re-instated it following a lawsuit brought by the parents of the students affected by the cancellation.

May 23, 2006: Jennifer Malecki, prospective new member, spoke about Promoting Health and Wellness in the Community.  Scott Churchill introduced our speaker.

May 16, 2006: John Walsh, owner of the Bethel Bakery, spoke about his family business and the changes it underwent during its long history.  John's father Morris founded the bakery in 1955.  Today it specializes in making cakes and pastries for all occasions including weddings.  Orders can be placed from the web site which offers many choices of custom decorated baked goods. 
Jennifer Malecki was our guest and potential new member.

May 9, 2006: Rotarian Jim Lombardo presented a delegation from Thailand who is currently visiting Upper St. Clair Schools.  Principal Dr. Kanda Moore and Teacher Ms. Sunantha introduced their award-winning schools. USC parent Luck Groves, a Thai native, helped organize the program.
Also visiting were German GSE scholars Nicol Herholz and Verena Meinert.    Nicol spent a vocational day with Rotarian Brian Schill at the USC Police Department and Verena went on to visit Mt. Lebanon High School.

May 2, 2006: Rotarian Mike Lloyd gave his Mushroom talk, an annual entertainment event at our club.  Each year Mike comes a bit closer in telling us exactly where the good stuff grows only to hold back the final details. We heard it's near Bethel Church Road - wonder if it has something to do with what they're smoking while driving along...

April 25, 2006: We pinned Pete Muck and George Fraudin as new members.  Congratulations Pete and George! Superintendent Dr. Tom Knight spoke to us about his new position and the challenges and opportunities at the helm of the Bethel Park School District.  Scott Williams of Fisher Scientific was our guest and potential new member.

April 18, 2006: Our speaker was John Swiatek.  He spoke to us about the Washington "Wild Things" Baseball Club.  The Wild Things play outside Washington PA at Falconi Field.  This is minor league baseball with a family touch and seats that are affordable and close to the action.

April 11, 2006: Barry Martin spoke about the science of employee assessments and about matching employee skills, abilities and personalities to the requirements of the job.

April 4, 2006: Club assembly. Preparations have started to get the chicken barbeque organized.

March 28, 2006: Linda Paterni gave a presentation about the Grand Residence and its function as an assisted living facility in Upper St. Clair.

March 21, 2006: Cindy Gilch was our speaker and talked about Rebuilding Together Pittsburgh.  Our club will participate in a rebuilding project for a house on Beechview on April 29.

March 14, 2006: Judy Neely from AL-ANON spoke about alcohol and drug addiction and the family related services that her organization renders to support families of addiction victims that struggle dealing with the addicts.

March 7, 2006: Was our annual Evening of Giving with many of the charitable organizations present that receive donations from us:  Carol Popp and Cindy Scherer from SHIM, Shirley Fierro from the Washington City Mission, Tim Ishman from the YMCA Camp Aim, Barbara Giglotti for the YMCE Camp Kon-O-Kwee, Batty Becker from the Pregnancy Resource Center of the South Hills, Carol and Tom Ritouski from the early Learning Center, Cindy Gilch and Dave Matta from Rebuilding Pittsburgh and ADG Milt Hamel representing the Rotary Foundation.

February 21, 2006: Our speaker was State Representative John Maher.  John gave us a brief legislative update about lobbying legislation and the "right-to-know" law reforms for Pennsylvania.

February 14, 2006: Valentine's Day speaker was Bob Titus, pastor at Mt. Lebanon Presbyterian Church.  Bob spoke about adopting children with the help of the American Worldwide Adoption Association.  The association holds seminars and provides information to guide prospective adoptive parents through the formalities.
Our guests were spouses Peg Findle, Renee Brune and Don Paterni, Pete Muck and incoming ADG Bob Brindley from the Forest Hills club.  Bob presented Past President Susan Hicks with a special award for her outstanding Rotary spirit at the District Assembly golf outing.  Congratulations Susan!

February 7, 2006: Club Assembly.  We discussed upcoming events including the Evening of Giving on March 7 and the Group Study Exchange in April / May.

January 31, 2006: Today's guests were Ty Freyvogel and Dave Young from Freyvogel Communications.  Ty explained how important personal relationships are for successful business relationships - people need to "give" first to promote a relationship before they can "get" benefits back from it.

January 24, 2006: Today's program on the Upper St. Clair Regional Environmental Education Center (REEC), located in Boyce-Mayview.  The program was presented by Rick Jacobs, the Chairman of the Board of the REEC. The REEC is preparing a new season of outdoor education to school students as well as adults.  Rick pointed out the importance of teaching our community  respect for nature and its delicate balance between growth and recycling waste products such as leaves and dead wood into fertilizer for new plants.

January 17, 2006: Todd Murgi was our speaker, he spoke about the Chick-Fil-A company. 

January 10, 2006:  Doug Miller and Marlene Hagerty gave a presentation about the Family Hospice that provides palliative care to terminally ill patients.  The caritative work of the Hospice is of great help to both the patients and also their families who are often overwhelmed with caring for their loved ones knowing that they will lose them.  We pinned James Lombardo, superintendent of Upper St. Clair Schools, as our 45th member.  Congratulations, Jim!

January 3, 2006:  Club Assembly.  Our camera donations have arrived in Iraq and we are expecting a few pictures back.  The commander of the unit sent us a flag flown over their camp as a thank-you for keeping our soldiers in our thoughts. Funds raised from our 2005 Chicken Barbeque got us back to the funding levels of 2003 so that we are able to make considerably higher donations again.

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