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Vol. 80, Number 39 September
25, 2008 Editor:
John Shannon jms@mlsattorneys.com
Officers: Directors: Committee Chairs:
President
John Hennessy 2009 Robin Jowaisas Administration Phil D’Angelo
President
Elect Doug Rutan Umesh Patil Fundraising Dale Zabel
Past
President Dick Kokosa Lori Ruhlman Local
Gov’t. Robin Jowaisas
Vice
President Roberta Williams Bill Stevens Membership Roberta Williams
Treasurer Sue Keefe 2010 Lee
Bennett Public Relations Lori Ruhlman
Corr. Secretary Art Fellerman Phil D’Angelo Rotary Foundation Dick Poppa
Rec. Secretary Brad McLennan Todd
May Service
Projects Doug Rutan
Dale
Zabel Youth Exchange Lee Bennett
September 18 Attendance & Missing Faces: There were “32” Rotarians at our
assembly dinner, highest number since this past Spring (% attendance 69%). Missing: Adams, Bennett, Conole, Fellerman, Gregg, Keefe, McLennan,
Poppa, Priest, Roche, Veverka, Weaver, Whalen
Last Week's Program: Board & Club Assembly meetings. Peter Anderson gave us synopsis
of the just concluded District Conference. Roberta Williams outlined a general plan for a “new
member” night in conjunction with “youth exchange” emphasis. Our annually sponsored Halloween party
was reviewed by Todd May.
This Week's Program: From Auburn Hospital, Dr. Jamie
Ciaccio will give us an update on the state of local emergency health.
Next Week's Program: From Syracuse
University, Kristen Sanford will discuss the Women’s Rowing Team and her
challenges and rewards as its Head Coach.
Humm, would Skaneateles Lake be a good potential spot for scull
racing???
Benediction & Atonement: Jack Emmer will provide
thoughtful guidance and Todd May will collect appropriate “donations”
from worthy contributors for worthy causes!! Thanks men.
September Birthdays:
Lee(4th), C. Williams(9th),
Mercurio(16th), Anderson(21st), Hyatt(24th), J.
May(27th), Vuillemot(28th)
September Rotary
Anniversaries: J. May (19th)
September 18 Visitarians: None
September 18 Guests: Makayla Moody visited again with
her dad and gave a great assist to Jim Dorris with fines and happy
dollars.
Roving Rotes: Vuillemot – GSE Team Tour Skaneateles Water Treatment,
GSE Team Tour Welch Allyn, Skaneateles Sunrise Club Meeting; Ruhlman &
Tarnow – Sept. 10th Rotary Youth Exchange; Price, Ruhlman
& Tarnow – Sept. 15th Rotary Youth Exchange
Weekly Setup & Ticket
Sales: 9/25 – D’Angelo & Emmer, 10/2 – Feldmann & Fellerman, 10/9
– Gregg & Hyatt, 10/16 – Hennessy & Jowaisas, 10/23 –
Jurgensen & Keefe, 10/30 – Kokosa & Langley
(Be courteous & get a
replacement if you won’t be available for setup & ticket sales, please!)
Future Programs & Events
Skaneateles
Club Programs & Events:
Oct 2 Kristen Sanford – Women’s
Rowing Head Coach, Syracuse University
Oct 9 Club Assembly – Rotary
Members Only – Board Meeting @ 5:30 p.m.
District and Other Programs & Events
Oct 25 D1750 Rotary Foundation Seminary
– location TBA
Nov 1 Rotary Leadership Institute
– Canandaigua, NY
Nov 8 Rotary United Nations Day
News and Notices:
District
7150 Conference at Alexandria Bay: Sept. 12-14, 2008 - Happy moments, good
fellowship, and fun were experienced by the Skaneateles Rotarians, Youth
Exchange students, and their families at the Edgewood Resort in Alexandria Bay
NY. Attending were: Bill Stevens, Tara Renner, Ruth & Peter
Anderson, June Vuillemot, Miguel Lorda, Jan & Ralph Jurgensen, Scott
Wisner, Mary Stevens & Amy Wisner. Bottom left to right are:
Bruno de Melo, Kai Wisner, Charolotte Linden, Taryn Wisner & Ward
Vuillemot. Great Conference, Great
People & Great Fun!
....
Ward Vuillemot
Board Bullet Points: Admirably
filling in for Art Fellerman as he toured western national parks was Patty
Langley; nice job and thank you!
*Roberta proposed an away from the Sherwood dinner (likely
at a Skaneateles school) to introduce exchange students to the community and
also to recruit potential new Rotarians to our club.
*Todd gave a brief update for the Christmas Basket dinner
at the SCC on 12.11.08. Gift donations were discussed.
*Lori reviewed a Halloween "event" including
Interact & "jazzing up" this traditional event. A specific evening date for the event
was also discussed since there was some thought that Halloween itself might not
be the best date.
*Doug mentioned that the "worthy cause"
approval process between SRC & SRF might be streamlined and improved; Bill
& John to review.
john
hennessy
Picnic
focuses on pancakes: Fall meeting looks back at
work Rotarians did in spring .... Lori Rulhman
The people who flip the
pancakes, crack the eggs, sell the tickets and pour the orange juice gathered
for a picnic at Lourdes Camp Thursday to pat each other on the back for the
best Rotary Pancake Breakfast on record.
It was the annual thank-you picnic, where Rotarians
provide dinner for the volunteers who help them pull off the pancake breakfast
so that they can give the profits back to the Skaneateles area community.
“We had record sales of $21,520,” Rotarian Roberta Williams,
told the crowd. That resulted, she said, in a profit of $12,609, which
will go back into the community to support a wide range of projects and groups,
including the food pantry, boy scouts, youth exchange, the community band and
literacy efforts – locally and worldwide.
Williams said that the annual picnic “celebrates the
hard work of the many volunteers who make our annual Fathers Day Pancake
Breakfast the success that it is.”
She said that this year, 150 people volunteered at the breakfast. That is
not even counting all of the Rotarians who worked to make it happen.
“Without the volunteers, very frankly we wouldn’t be
able to put on the breakfast,” Williams said. The volunteer crews
included 35 Boy Scouts who managed trash control and five volunteers from the
fire department on traffic control. Other volunteers included spouses,
partners and family members of Rotarians; youth exchange students, parents and
host families; Rotarian friends and neighbors; students and Interact Club
members; and members of neighboring Rotary Clubs.