David Venditta is a retired news reporter and editor with The Morning Call. He joined us to share with his book, Tragedy at Chu Lai.
It is a story of the many lives affected when a soldier dies.
Nicky Venditti, a U.S. Army helicopter pilot with a love of fast cars and practical jokes, went to Vietnam in 1969 and was dead in 11 days, killed by an American Division grenade training explosion at Chu Lai.
The full story of the incident did not come out until the author, David Venditta (a different spelling), Venditti's cousin, made a chance discovery
that began a decades-long effort to find out exactly what happened, what the Army did about it and who was held responsible.
This book documents the Army's mishandling of the incident and the effects on the families and friends of Venditti and of the two other young soldiers who died with him.
Our fourth"First Thursdays at 5:30"will beheld at Artisan Wine & Cheese Cellars on W. Lehigh Street.
We hope to see more members and guests at our next First Thursdays on December 1.
Please mark your calendars and plan to attend.
This week, our speaker is Sue Burnett presenting on her experience in Nicaragua. Sue traveled to Nicaragua with Engineers Without Borders
and the Lehigh University Chapter of EWB to work on the project funded by our District Grant.
Mike Long has arranged for Morning Star Rotary to again take part in the Salvation Army’s Kettle Drive during the Holiday Season.
We are asking that Rotarians volunteer to ring the bell for one or two hours. Sign up sheets will be available at our meetings.
We will be at theMoravian Book Shop from 10 am to 7 pm on Saturday November 26th and at
Christkindlmarkt from 11 am to 8 pm Saturday December 3rd.
Save the Date– Morning Star’s HOLIDAY PARTY will be held on Saturday, January 7that the home of our gracious hosts, Mike and Terry Long.
Motivational Quote of the week:
A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself.
Morning Star Rotary will be serving dinner at the Bethlehem Emergency Sheltering Program again this winter. We have signed up for 4 Thursday nights over the course of the winter. Each night there will be a team captain that will coordinate menu, volunteers, cooking, cleanup etc. These are the following dates & captains:
December 15 - Janet Kolepp
January 12 - Jan Chicka
February 23 - Sue Reeps
March 16 - John Oesmann
A big thank you to those that volunteered as team captain. Please add these dates to your calendar!!!
Morning Star elections will be held in December 15 for 2017-18 Rotary year, which starts July 1.
The club needs 4 Directors to serve for 2 years (July 2017 – June 2019). Responsibilities include monthly board meetings, regular attendance at weekly club meetings, act as liaison for some committees, and involvement in committees, fundraisers and social events. Board meetings are typically held at Moravian Village on the 2nd Wed. of each month starting at 6 PM, and generally run 1.5 to 2 hours.
The VP position actually involves a four-year board commitment: the 2016-17 VP becomes Pres. Elect (2017-18), President (2018-19) and finally Past President (2020-21). Candidates should be willing to attend appropriate Rotary training.
We have some “newer” members who have stepped up on the board with fresh ideas as well as some “veteran” members to help us keep perspective.
If you are interested in serving, please contact me or President Sharon. We still need a Director and a Vice President.
Depending on the response, we may be contacting you to “volunteer” (aka be drafted).
It is as simple as having a notebook, pencil and glue. In Pavas, a poor district in San Jose, Costa Rica a packet of educational materials means the difference between an education and working on the street. Most public schools in Costa Rica are under funded and lack many basic supplies, so the Rohrmoser Rotary Club, Costa Rica developed a packet of teaching materials for students and partnered with the Vancouver Rotary Club, Canada to distribute 777 packets to children in five very poor elementary schools. US$100 buys 15 packets.
Without this project many students would not be able to continue their education and would be forced to drop out of school.
When Every Rotarian, Every Year participates, our foundation is able to continue to build a brighter future for the children of the world.
Some of us have wondered why we see only part of e-Bulletins we try to view in our smart phones or tablets.
In most cases this is because your phone or tablet's email client only downloads part of the code in the message --
giving you enough to see if you want to continue downloading the whole message (if it's something you want to read) -- or discarding it (if you don't).
Here's how to ensure you can see the entire e-Bulletin:
1. Scroll down to the very bottom of the email where you should find a link from your email client asking if you want to download the whole message. Click that link and the entire e-Bulletin should download to your phone.
2. If your email client doesn't cooperate -- and sometimes it doesn't, there is a link at the top of every e-Bulletin, that says "Having troubles viewing this email?" If you click there, it will open the internet browser in your phone or tablet and take you to the bulletin.
Great guidance provided courtesy of Al Philpotts (Club Webmaster Downtown Rotary Club).
3. If you don't know your Login Name or Password, click "New and existing users - Retrieve your password"
4. Fill in your last name and email address. ClubRunner will immediately email your Login Name and Password.
5. Note: the email address must match what ClubRunner has on file for you. If you can no longer access that email address, contact Jean Searfoss, Jeff Kicska or Ron Searfoss with your new address, and we will update it in ClubRunner for you.
After logging in, click on "Member Area" at the top right. Then look under "My ClubRunner" on the left side for a wide variety of club documents and information. Several Directory formats are available to print and/or download.To download member info in Word or pdf, the recommended line to click is eDirectory Report 2.0.
Club Information
Welcome to our Club!
Service Above Self
Thursdays
7:10 am Meet and Greet
7:30 Meeting Starts
Moravian Village
526 Wood Street
(Across from the Post Office)
Bethlehem,
PA 18018 United States
