April 4, 2023 – It was great to have our fellow member Dr. Lydell Nunn speak to us about astronomy and astrophotography. In 2019, he began a master's program in space studies with a concentration in astronomy from American Public University, which he completed in February 2021. He built an observatory in his backyard, from which he captures images of the cosmos, two of which were published in Sky and Telescope magazine. He is a member of the York County, Rittenhouse, and American Astronomical Societies. Lydell described how the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) was launched on Christmas morning 2021, providing a welcome, albeit delayed, gift to professional and amateur astronomers around the globe. He reviewed the history of the JWST's predecessor, the Hubble Space Telescope, and explained the background, development, and construction of the most powerful telescope ever launched into orbit. Webb often gets called the replacement for Hubble, but he prefers to call it a successor. After all, Webb is the scientific successor to Hubble; its science goals were motivated by results from Hubble. Hubble's science pushed us to look to longer wavelengths to "go beyond" what Hubble has already done. In particular, more distant objects are more highly redshifted, and their light is pushed from the UV and optical into the near-infrared. The observations of these distant objects (like the first galaxies formed in the Universe, for example) require an infrared telescope. This is the other reason that Webb is not a replacement for Hubble; its capabilities are not identical. Webb will primarily look at the Universe in the infrared, while Hubble studies it primarily at optical and ultraviolet wavelengths. Webb also has a much bigger mirror than Hubble. This larger light collecting area means that Webb can peer farther back into time than Hubble is capable of doing. Hubble is in a very close orbit around the earth, while Webb will be 1.5 million kilometers (km) away. The JWST is peering into the past to unlock the mysteries of our universe.
Children's Aid Society
Sandi Graham, Eric Chase, Deb Klinedinst, Brandon Gething
April 11, 2023 – Eric Chase, Executive Director Children’s Aid Society of York, spoke at our weekly meeting. Children’s Aid Society was organized in 1913 at the home of Sudie Mae Wingert of Waynesboro as an outreach of the Southern Pennsylvania District Church of the Brethren that promoted rescuing neglected, dependent and orphaned children. Soon thereafter, they began offering foster care services and opened a children’s home in Carlisle, PA. As times and society’s perception of orphanages changed, Children’s Aid Society adapted its focus to concentrate on meeting the emotional needs of children as well as their immediate physical needs. Through the dedication and contributions of many loyal supporters, especially devoted people of faith, Children’s Aid Society has been able to open and operate four centers that address child welfare and child-parent relationships.
The Lehman Center offers emergency respite care for children newborn through six years of age in a 24-hour crisis nursery, child-centered creative art therapy, family advocate services, and parent educational and support groups. Frances Leiter Center offers child-centered therapy and individual counseling for children and adolescents ages 2-18, referral services, support groups, and community education. The Nicarry Center offers art and child-centered therapy, God’s Closet clothing bank, the Healing Garden Greenhouse, and the Children’s Garden and houses the administrative offices for Children’s Aid Society. Cornerstone Youth Home is a community-driven solution serving students, ages 6 through 18, who are experiencing homelessness and transience. They provide long-term, stable housing to the children while working with their families to resolve issues surrounding education, employment, health, and housing.
Children’s Aid Society’s vision is to keep all children safe and feel loved by empowering children and their families to build stronger healthier lives through compassionate and professional programs.
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April 18, 2023 -York County Children & Youth Services presented by Ms. Stacy Broad and Ms. Marla Speir reviewed how they protect the children in our communities. Ms. Broad and Ms.Speir gave us an overview of the Agency, what it does, the challenges faced, and what a day in the life of a caseworker involves. The Agency provides child welfare services that are designed to keep children in their own homes, prevent neglect, abuse and exploitation, help overcome problems that result in dependency, neglect, and delinquency; and to provide in foster family homes and child caring institutions adequate substitute care for any child in need of such care due to abuse or neglect. Services are available to children 0-18 years of age who reside in York County. This Agency’s mission is to promote and protect the health and welfare of children. They also focus on keeping families together through preventive services. When placement does occur, the goal is to reunite the child with the family as effectively and timely as possible. The job of a social worker is very stress full and demanding with lower than average compensation. Currently of the 97 budgeted positions approximately only 50 are filled. They often get a bad rap in the media and we as a community should recognize how difficult the task is and support them as much as possible.
Student Scholarship Awards
Left to right: Bob Straw, Committee Chair; Beth Salaga, Counselor, Hannah Kuhn; Noah Rutter; Samuel Shaw, Counselor
Each year, the York East Rotary Club presents a $2,000 scholarship to two area high school senor students who demonstrate outstanding academic achievement and who also exemplify “Service Above Self”, the motto and core mission of Rotary. This year’s scholarship award recipients are Hannah Kuhn of York Suburban High School and Noah Rutter of York County School of Technology.
Junior students Reese Mckenna of York Suburban and Jonathan Hernandez of York Tech were awarded the Rotary York Leadership Scholarships. Rotary Youth Leadership Award (RYLA) is an intensive leadership experience held at Messiah College where students develop skills as a leader while having fun and making connections.
Each of the recipients excelled academically and received numerous academic accolades. Further, each demonstrated outstanding service qualities to their schools in leadership roles of various organizations, as well as to the community at large through many hours of volunteer service.
Accountability for Life
Russ Stoner with students
April 25, 2023 – Russ Stoner was a star athlete at West York in the late 1980s, Stoner was hired at York High in 2016 after a four-year stint as head coach at Spring Grove from 2011 to 2014. He was also an assistant coach at Central York for 16 years. When he took over the York High football program, the Bearcats were coming off an 0-10 season. Stoner has said there were only 14 players in the program at the time. The Bearcats have produced a number of collegiate football players during Stoner's tenure. Six players from the 2020 graduating class plan to play college football, and 14 of the class's 17 players are expected to attend college. Stoner's effect on the program has also been noteworthy off the field. Stoner and York High assistant coach Mike Teyral created the nonprofit Accountability for Life (AFL) to mentor at-risk kids in the community through a revival of the lost pathway of developing strong, traditional core values that were such a prevalent part of our parents' and grandparents' generations. Students must maintain a 2.75 GPA and stay out of trouble in school to join AFL. They provide coaches, educators and other community-based partners with a character-building resource toolkit aimed at promoting the importance of accountability in all areas of a student-athlete's life by teaching and modeling the concept of integrity and requiring ownership of one's actions.AFL has recently acquired a building on Vogelsong Rd where all kids can feel safe, workout, get help with school work and counseling. Coach Stoner dares the kids to be great in the classroom, in their community and on the competition field.
Club Information
Welcome to our Club!
Service Above Self
Tuesdays at 7:30 AM
Currently meetings are held both in person and using Zoom (contact secretary for a Zoom invitation)
Heritage Hills Resort
2700 Mount Rose Ave
York, PA 17402-9207 United States of America
An alternative meeting has been established on the 2nd and 4th Wednesday of each month at 5:30 PM. The meeting location is the Victory Athletic Club at 471 South Ogontz Street.
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