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

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We celebrate Veteran’s Day this week. It’s impossible for me to think about Service Above Self without thinking about veterans of military service, especially those with whom I have emotional bonds. It is also difficult to describe for non-military colleagues – as I want to do so much - how military service writes the imperative sentences into a veteran’s life-script. There is no other experience like it. Perhaps like you, I have traced my lineage and it includes many who served. Close family further swells their ranks. This week as we call the roll, I remember:

(4th Great Grandfather) Moses Fargo, Montville, CT – mustering Sergeant, 4th Company (Captain Coit), 6th Regiment (Colonel Parsons), Revolutionary War, 1775 – served at Bunker Hill

(Great Grandfather-in-Law) Louis Johnson, Monroe, WI - Bugler, Civil War, 1863-1865

(Great Grandfather) Timothy Lynch, Erie, PA – Private, Company F (Captain Read), 11th U.S. Infantry, Indian Wars, 1878-1881 – served at Ft. Laramie

(Great Uncle) Otto Wilhelm, Erie, PA - Regimental Sergeant-Major, 112th Infantry, WWI, 1915-1918 – gassed in France

(Uncle) Harold Calbert, Erie, PA – Lieutenant Colonel, U.S. Infantry, WWII, 1943-1945 – mortared in Italy

(Uncle) Richard Fargo, Erie, PA – Sergeant, U.S. Infantry, WWII, 1942-1945 – malaria in the Philippine Island Campaign

(Uncle) Harold Fargo, Erie, PA – Sergeant, U.S. Infantry, WWII, 1942-1945 – Aleutians Campaign

(Father) Kenneth Fargo, Erie, PA – Captain, First U.S. Army Air Force, WWII, 1942-1945 – slated for Operation Olympic invasion of Japan

(Brother) Brian Fargo, Erie, PA – Sergeant, U.S. Marine Corps, Vietnam, 1963-1965 – only living veteran on my list

Thank you for your service. I will always remember you. In my mind’s eye, I still see all of you in rank and file, smartly turned out. Ready to serve. And I salute you.

Craig Cole, Executive Director, Five Talents

Before coming to start Five Talents in 1999, Craig spent four years with Food For the Poor, one of the largest relief and development organizations based in the US. He held several program and fundraising positions while working extensively with churches in Latin America and the Caribbean, especially in Haiti. He has a master’s degree in economic development from Eastern College, St. David’s, Pa., While there, he worked as a consultant with two non-profit organizations in inner-city Philadelphia. He has given workshops and speeches on economic development in a variety of settings and countries. He has a B.A. in journalism from the University of Iowa and worked for the Daily Herald newspaper (Chicago) for five years. His father and brother are both Episcopal priests. He is married to Deborah. They have one daughter, Paige, and one son, Carter.

John Clark, The Key to Organizational Life

John H. Clark III is founder and President of The Positive Information Exchange, a firm dedicated to providing organizations and individuals with positive and constructive life leadership skills.

In May 1993, John earned a Bachelors of Business Degree at the University of Memphis, and in 2003 a Masters of Business Administration from the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California.

In his recently published book, “God’s Heartbeat,” John discusses a powerful premise for achieving true life leadership. And in his next book, “Getting Out,” which is scheduled to be released in January 2009, John speaks directly to today’s youth about the powerful potential of defining a vision for the future.

In addition to founding The Positive Information Exchange, John is a published poet and energetic speaker. As an active-duty Naval Officer, he has served our country for over 20 years, and currently lives with his wife and two daughters in Virginia.

Nicole Negvesky, Classification Talk

Nicole gave us insight into how she got involved in employee benefits and into her family life - she is the very proud mother of 3 young children. She is an active volunteer in her church and became interested in joining Rotary because of her father and her uncle, both active Rotary members themselves. Her uncle attended our meeting to support her last week and presented our club with a $500 check to the Rotary Foundation in Nicole's name! With the matching funds available in our district, this makes Nicole eligable to become a Paul Harris Fellow. Congratulations Nicole!

IMPORTANT

Rotary District 7610 has received a contribution that will be used to match member contributions (minimum of $100.00) that are made to the Rotary Foundation.

This means that your gift can be matched dollar for dollar until the gift money has all been spent. There is reason to believe that the matching money will all be spent very soon. One member of our club has applied to have a $500.00 contribution matched and the total $1000.00 contribution which will result in a Paul Harris Fellow Award. This was sent in immediately and we hope that it is received before the matching money is all spent.

Strong suggestion---If you plan to make a Rotary Foundation gift, do it now. I will receive checks and mail them to the Rotary Foundation immediately and hope that they will be matched. All contributions apply toward the Paul Harris Fellow award or the next highest award.

Date	Speaker	Description	Guest Of
November 19	Sharon Henry	Supervisor, Community & Business Engagement, Prince William County Schools	Midge Teahan
November 26	No Meeting	Happy Thanksgiving!
December 3	Fr. Jack Fullen & Kelly Rose	House of Mercy	Lori Power

Date	Event	Time
Sunday, December 14	Christmas Brunch at Fargos	11:30 AM
Monday, December 22	Salvation Army - Bell Ringing (Dominion Valley Giant)	9am to 9pm

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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