Meetings have been canceled until April 2 due to the novel coronavirus. This will be evaluated again early next week. A note from our Club President: "We are glad everyone has endured the pandemic thus far and hope that the good health of our members and their families continues. Please continue to be vigilant and adhere...
As a result of global warnings and the declared National Emergency related to COVID-19, the Rotary Club of Martinsburg is suspending meetings for two weeks. On Sunday you should have received an email from District Governor Swan Stull recommending we consider canceling our meetings. “I am recommending that clubs not meet in person for two...
Programs: Last week – Dr. Rich Cassucio spoke in costume as Dr. Benjamin Rush, little-known Founding Father who instigated the Boston Tea Party after being radicalized by the passage of the Stamp Act that imposed huge taxes on written material coming from abroad. He cast the deciding vote for independence from England, he believed in education...
Programs: Last week – Mark Baldwin, Martinsburg City Manager This Week: Dr. Rich Cassucio, George Washington and Colonial American Medicine March 12 Tony Martirano, Studio123 and the Arts in Berkeley County March 19 Chief Maury Richards, Martinsburg Police Department March 26 Donna Van Metre, James Rumsey Technical Institute April 2 Kaitlyn Smith, Good Times Show Choir April 9 Tony Zelenka, CEO, Berkeley...
Programs: Last week – David Welch is the Inaugural Director of The Bonnie and Bill Stubblefield Institute for Civil Political Communications at Shepherd University. It was created with a $1 million gift from the Stubblefields. The three pillars of the institute are Listen, Learn, Engage. A couple goals are to get people talking about politics and...
Programs: Last week – Charlotte Norris shared with us the story of the Green Hill Historic African-American Cemetery on E. Burke Street. It is known to be the final resting place of at least 100 people, with some burials as early as 1850. There is a group of individuals actively working to care for the site. This...
Programs: Last week – Mary Gunderson King and Clifford Huie, lay pastors with Immanuel’s House, talked about the basic services they provide to people in need, including jail and prison ministry. It is an ecumenical church that welcomes different faith expressions coming together. They have a rotation of pastors from a variety of churches. This Week: Charlotte...
Programs: Last week – A Club Assembly was held. Some key points: Treasurer Pete Dufourny indicated we have $14,473 in the bank and all is well. President Steve said he used President’s Discretionary Funds to give $500 to support the Girl Scouts’ Women of Distinction event and the Boy Scouts’ Distinguished Citizen event. Gordon Gee will...
Programs: Last week – John Lustrea from the National Museum of Civil War Medicine in Frederick, MD, spoke about the state of medical treatment during the Civil War. He explained that two thirds of the deaths during the Civil War resulted from disease and not from battle wounds and that 95% of surgeries were performed with...
Programs: Last week – Michael Holly, Vice President of Product Supply at Clorox, talked about their new cat litter plant in Berkeley County. This week John Lustrea, Museum of Civil War Medicine January 30 Club Assembly February 6 Mary Gunderson King, Immanuel House February 13 Charlotte Norris, Burke Street Initiative (tentative) February 20 David Welch, The Bonnie and Bill Stubblefield Institute...