The Gainesville-Haymarket Rotary meets every Wednesday at 7:30 am at the Piedmont Country Club. Here's the address:

14675 Piedmont Vista Drive, Haymarket, Va 2016

Please sign on to the District Club Database and review/update your membership information.

Anybody can run an empty calendar. More uncertain times require more, even extraordinary leadership. That’s where you come in, my friends. You are the extraordinary leaders of our community. We in Rotary should recognize and assume this mantle, because certainly, those who would do our country harm have historically recognized us as leaders. Even despots have.

Want proof? My WWII-veteran uncle left me the book, History of World War II, by Francis Trevelyan Miller, published 1945. It has captured the details of the country-by-country imposition of the Reich during Hitler’s systematic destruction of Europe. It turns out Hitler did this by targeting, well…you. That’s right, Rotarian.

Author Miller explains that the process of Aryanization included the sale of non-Aryan property, businesses, and other sources of income exclusively to Germans at a fraction of their value and under the protection of the Gestapo. We know that this process was suffered of course most egregiously by Jewish citizens, but Miller adds the following historical footnote:

“Aryanization was extended beyond Jews to Rotarians, Masons, and Benes sympathizers.”

Hitler knew that he had to destroy Rotarians in order to destroy the fabric of Europe. As we celebrate our freedom of choice in the coming weeks, never question that your participation and your leadership matter. Today’s hard times will pass, and it will be your leadership that will ultimately carry the day.

Kecia Wolf, PACE West

Kecia Wolf has been working with children with special needs for 15 years now. She has been at PACE as a Social Worker and Special Education teacher for the last 5 years. Her role is to counsel and teach students from 1st grade thru 12th grade. All of these students have very unique circumstances that have prevented them from being successful at their base school and they need a small, highly intensive therapeutic setting in order to be successful.

Joe D'Andrea - Classification Talk

Joe is Army Veteran who earned 3 Battle Stars while serving his country in World War II. He enlisted at the age of 18 and refused to go to OCS school because he would not leave his buddies. After being assigned to the Ordinance Department, he eventually found himself on a ship headed to Africa and went on to serve in 8 different countries. Joe joined Rotary in the 90's where he resided in New York and was awarded a Paul Harris Fellow for bringing in 24 new Rotary Members in just 14 months. He currently has a consulting business with over 2,000 clients. Joe and his wife are looking forward to spending the winter months at their second home in Florida, where Joe plans to act as an ambassador for our club as a visiting Rotarian.

The Rotary Foundation – Our Club’s avenue of service outside our area.

AND Half of this money returns to our District and our Club can access this money through grant applications.

Sustaining Members: We are more than 1/3 of the way toward our goal.

Goal: Every Member Every Year

Paul Harris Fellows: Currently – 18

Goal: Every member working toward or beyond

Date	Speaker	Description	Guest Of
November 5	Nicole Negvesky	Classification Talk	member
November 12	Craig Cole	The Key to Organizational Life	Amelia Stansell

Date	Event	Time
Sunday, December 14	Christmas Brunch at Fargos	11:30 AM
Monday, December 22	Salvation Army - Bell Ringing	TBD

2008-2009 Board of Directors

Officers	Name	Directors	Name
President	Dennis Fargo	The Rotary Foundation	Russ Tuck
President Elect	Charlie Mills	Club Administration	Lori Power
Vice President	Alan Myers	Membership	Linda Marlow
Secretary	Don Rusch	Service Projects	Marilyn Karp
Treasurer	John Grezjka	Club Public Relations	Amelia Stansell
Sergeant-at-Arms	Ali Sayed	Rotary Community Corp	George Layne
Interact Club	George Layne	Past President	John Grezjka

Places to make up a meeting

Excellence is the result of:

• caring more than others think wise
• risking more than others think is safe
• dreaming more than others think is practical
• and expecting more than others think is possible

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