Happy New Year, Morning Star Rotarians!
 
Hope you all had a wonderful holiday season with family and friends.  It is hard to believe the College Football Bowl Season is down to one game! Although it is a beautiful sunny day today, Mother Nature has definitely taken back control of the thermometer. May bode well for the skiers!
 
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Reminder – (Post) HOLIDAY PARTY
this Saturday!!! 
January 9th at the home of our gracious hosts, Mike and Terry Long. (We'll email the address to members later this week.) The club will provide ham, plus beer, wine and soft drinks. If you’d like to attend but were not able to sign up at the meetings, please email jsearfoss@cementemployers.com with the number of people and the type of food you plan to bring. (Appetizer, salad, side dish, main dish, etc. Not too many desserts, please.)
 
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We look forward to seeing you all this Thursday January 7th when our speaker will be Susan Koomar who will talk to us about the Gift of Life – Organ Donation!
 
 
Have you invited your guests to join us at our club Membership Event at Goosey Gander on January 28th?  Details coming soon!
 
 
Just in case you missed this –
We conducted our 2016-2017 elections at the December 17th meeting.
Previously elected are:
  ♦  President Sharon Fontana
  ♦  President Elect Kristian Schafer
  ♦  Secretary Val Walk
  ♦  Sergeant-at-Arms Russ Pacala
  ♦  (Treasurer to be elected at a later date.)
  ♦  Directors through 6/30/17:
        Dave Cincera
        Jeff Kicska
        Alex Shnaydruk
        Geoff Wright
 
► Special congratulations to Cheryl Baker who will serve as Vice-President 2016-17, then as President Elect in 2017-18 and President in 2018-19.
 
The following Rotarians have been elected to two year terms on the Board of Directors starting July 1, 2016 through June 30, 2018:
  ♦  Marianne Aronson
  ♦  Janet Kolepp
  ♦  Rick Morissey
  ♦  John Oesmann
 
Please join me in congratulating these Rotarians and thanking them for stepping into these leadership roles for our club.
 
If you would like to learn more about either Bethlehem Morning Star or Rotary International, please contact Ron Searfoss at rsearfos@ptd.net or 610-504-1460.
 
President Ron