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 20169

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Our chapter inducted three new members into it's ranks at our meeting on April 29. Pictured here are our three new members, Betty Babolin, Peggy Fargo and Eric Latham along with their sponsors. Congratulations and welcome to all of you!

Members of the Gainesville-Haymarket Rotary Club got together last Friday for an evening of fellowship and a delicious dinner at El Vaquero West restaurant in Haymarket. Here are a few photos of our club members and spouses enjoying a wonderful evening together. Photos courtesy of Don Rusch.

CURT AND MARGARET DIERDORFF, Volunteer Chaplains

Curt and Margaret are engaged in a number of volunteer opportunities including the Industrial Commercial Ministries (ICM) chaplain program. They both serve as chaplains at the Gainesville Health and Rehab Center where they have been since the facility first opened. Both Curt and Margaret are members of the ICM National Board. In addition, Curt is presently involved with chaplain work at Dulles Airport where he is working with the Assistant Fire Chief to establish a chaplain program for the firefighters.

In their professional lives, Curt and Margaret were employed by Department of Defense and Freddie Mac Corporation respectively. Curt served as the senior human resources executive for a DoD intelligence component with a worldwide mission. Margaret was a mortgage underwriter for Freddie Mac focusing on non-performing loans.

Curt and Margaret have two children and two grandsons all of whom live locally. They are members of Floris United Methodist Church in Herndon. They are both active in a Christian weekend retreat weekend called The Walk to Emmaus and have served in leadership positions with that organization

Timothy Burtch, Aircraft Accident Investigator - National Transportation Safety Board

Tim gave an interesting presentation on the science and teamwork that goes into investigating airplane accidents. He described the procedures for gathering data and studying the evidence to piece together what caused the accident in order to try to prevent the same types of problems from happening in the future. He described his work as "CSI for airplanes".

Date	Speaker	Description	Guest Of
May 13	Jan Nelson	National Wildlife Federation	Marilyn Karp
May 20	Bonaventure Gonsalves	Bonefish Grill	Jim Miller
May 27	Eric Latham	Walk Across America	Don Rusch
June 3	Austin House	Farthest Corners	Marilyn Karp
June 24	Congressman Gerald Connolly		Amelia Stansell
July 1	TJ Hassan & Kevin Turner	Forum International	Amelia Stansell

Date	Event	Time
Saturday, September 26	Childrens Wellness Festival

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 Grzejka	Club Public Relations	Amelia Stansell
Sergeant-at-Arms	Ali Sayed	Rotary Community Corp	George Layne
Interact Club	George Layne	Past President	John Grzejka

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• 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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