50/50

Sue won $6.00 for the 50/50 drawing, and Howard drew the 4 of Spades from the card deck. There is $96 in the pot and 38 cards in the deck.

Fines and Happy Dollars

Ray had a happy dollar because the Phillies won over the Mets on Monday night, the score was 9-2. Howard had a happy dollar for a good start for the school year.

Beaver Fair

Most of the supplies are at the stand ready for the Beaver Fair. The fair starts September 16th. Members can sign up to help in the stand at regular meetings.

Exchange Student

Flavia will be in Harrisburg tomorrow.

Chinese Auction

Anyone who has Chinese Auction items should try to bring them to the meeting next week. If you can't, they can still be added after Tuesday. Sharon can e-mail the letter for donations to anyone who needs it, just let her know. Thursday September 6th at 6:30 club members will meet at the Beavertown fire hall to unload the items. Anyone who wants to help can meet at the fire hall. Hopefully we can exceed last years 417 items.

Make-up visits

MaryLee and LaMar visited a Rotary club in Massachusetts. At this club fines ranged from $2.00 to $50.00, and it cost $100.00 to participate in their golf tournament, but they enjoyed visiting this club, and encouraged members to visit other clubs.

Bean Soup Parking

LaMar asked that anyone who would like to park cars at the Bean Soup give him a call, it is a project for the MACC.

Rotary Credit Card

Tammy will e-mail district news letters, and she also passed out Rotary credit card applications to anyone interested, the club will receive $25.00 for everyone who applies and is accepted.

Midd-West School District

Club member Elaine talked to the club about our Midd-West School District, and how she is a part of it. Elaine grew up in Pittston, and had a Bachelors degree in Speech Pathology. She later got a Masters degree and split her time working between Selinsgrove and Midd-West School Districts. Eventually she became a full time principal at the Beaver Adams and McClure grade schools. She also was a Special Education supervisor for the Midd-West School District. Some of her goals for the coming school year are to create opportunities for everyone in the school district, to establish a curriculum for all grades and all courses, to develop a marketing plan for the school district, and to study the plan for cyber schools that cost the school district three to four hundred thousand dollars, to upgrade the emergency plans for the district, and a 5 year upgrade plan for all the buildings in the school district. 100% of the teachers in the Midd-West School District have a qualified teacher status by federal mandates. Some of the goals already met this past year were 320 conferences for teachers and teacher aids, Summer teacher institutes for credit, a grant for classrooms for the future for teacher institute coach and equipment. Another goal is to maintain all curriculum without a tax increase. The No Child Left Behind Program requires a 90% attendance, 95% participation in the testing, and 90% graduation. The district met all the goals for reading and math. Some new programs in the district are to offer full day kindergarten, reading comprehension, every middle school student will receive a calculator, elementary science programs, and operation Safe Surf, and a program on the dangers of the Internet, 1 in every 7 kids are sexually solicited on line.

Upcoming Programs and Events

Sept 4     Linda Schrader

Sept 8     Chinese Auction

Sept 11     Clean fair stand

Sept 16-22     Beaver Fair

Sept 25     Clean fair stand

Oct 13     Rotary Leadership Institute - Berwick - level 1 & 2

Oct  20     Rotary Leadership Institute - Harrisburg - level 1,2, 3

Nov 3     UN Day