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Vol. 80, Number 9 February
28, 2008 Editor:
John Shannon jms@mlsattorneys.com
SRCÕs Officers for
this 2007-2008 year: SRCÕs
Directors: Active Members: 58
President Dick
Kokosa 2008 Gary Caldwell, John May
President Elect John
Hennessy Jim
Messenger & Lee Overstrom
Past President Ralph Jurgensen 2009 Robin Jowaisas, Umesh Patil
Vice President Doug Rutan Lori
Ruhlman, Roberta Williams
Treasurer Sue
Keefe
Corr. Secretary Art
Fellerman
Rec. Secretary Duane
Weaver Sergeant at Arms: Lee Overstrom
Committee
Chairs – Administration, Chuck Williams; Fundraising, Dale
Zabel; Membership, Roberta Williams; Public Relations,
Lori Ruhlman; Rotary Foundation, Dick Poppa; Service Projects,
Doug Rutan and Leadership, Dick Kokosa.
Exchange Students: Sarah Bierbaum (Germany) – Scholz
Family, Lucas Grob (Switzerland) – Trapani Family, Eddy Tasia (Belgium) – Figura
Family
Last WeekÕs Program: Kokosa, Roberta Williams & Dale Zabel
– Induction of New Member, Jack Emmer; Membership Vote on Corresponding
Secretary; Membership and Fundraising Reports; Check Presentation to
CAAR/Literacy Volunteers of Cayuga County
This WeekÕs Meeting
and Program: Dave Penfield –
Lightning 70th Anniversary Regatta: July 4–6, 2008
Birthdays in February: Price (12th)
Rotary Anniversaries
in February: D. Lee (4th), Roche (15th),
Shannon (16th), Caldwell (26th), Messenger (40th)
February 21st
Missing Faces: Adams, Caldwell, Conole, Corcoran,
DÕAngelo, Jowaisas, Keefe, D. Lee, McLennan, Moody, Patil, Poppa, Rademacher,
Roche, Ruhlman, Shannon, Stevens, Tarnow, Vuillemot, Whalen, Williams, Wisner,
Zabel (weekÕs attendance: 49%)
February 21st
Guests: Alisa Hunt –
Literacy Volunteer
February 21st
Visitarians:
None
Roving Rotes: Skaneateles Sunrise – Hennessy,
eClub of Southwest – Vuillemot, YE student/parent meeting and student
interviews – Price
Weekly Setup
&Ticket Sales:
2/28 – Weaver & Whalen, 3/6 – Whittingham & Wisner, 3/13
– R. Williams & Zabel, 3/20 – Adams & Bennett, 3/27 –
Bentivegna & Buterbaugh, 4/3 – Caldwell & Corcoran, 4/10 –
Coye & DÕAngelo, 4/17 – Dorris & Feldmann, 4/24 – Fellerman & Hennessy (Please find a replacement if you wonÕt be available for
setup & ticket sales.)
Future Meeting Programs
& District Major Events
Mar 6 Ruhlman
– Club Activities: Youth Exchange Students; Classification Talk
Mar 13 Arnie
Rubenstein – Antique Boat Show (Board Meeting – 5:00 p.m.)
Mar 20 Kokosa
– Club Assembly; Classification Talk
Mar 27 Tanya
Hacker – Events Planner
Apr 3 Roberta
Williams – Membership Event
Apr 10 Jack
Luchsinger (Poppa) – Rotary Foundation (or 4/24/08); (Board Meeting
– 5:00 p.m.)
April 17 Kokosa
– Club Assembly; Classification Talk
District and Other
Programs & Events
Mar 14-15 Multi-District
President-Elect Training Seminar (PETS) - Double Tree Hotel – Carrier
Circle, E.Syr.
April
15 RLI
– Verona, NY
News and Notices:
Welcome
to our Newest Member: Last week we inducted Jack Emmer
as a new member. We look forward
to having him join us in our endeavors.
Be sure to introduce yourself to Jack and make him welcome to our
fellowship.
Syracuse City
Rotary drafting Club support for B-ball tourney: Carol
Bildstein of the Syracuse Inner City Rotary Club visited the Skaneateles
Sunrise Club this week seeking the clubÕs support for its annual Hoops for
Peace basketball tournament. Hoops
for Peace was founded three years ago as part of an effort to improve
graduation rates among city youth.
The event partners with Syracuse University and the Hamilton Street Boys
& Girls Club. Boys and Girls
ages 11 to 15 are eligible to participate. Teams compete in games from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. every Saturday
from March 1 and April 5. The
final four games are held at Manley Field House and on April 8, all
participants are invited to participate in an end of the year ceremony at
Hendricks Chapel. The Syracuse
club is looking for Rotarians to set aside one Saturday to come and cheer on
the kids. For more information,
contact Rachel Gazdick at 374-8860 or ragazdic@syr.edu.
Save These Dates for the Pancake
Breakfast!
ItÕs that time of year when we all are beginning to look at our long range
plans so please donÕt forget to include the following dates in your calendar for
our annual FatherÕs Day Pancake Breakfast. FatherÕs Day is Sunday 6/15 so
please reserve Friday 6/13 and Saturday 6/14 from 8-10AM for set up, Sunday
7AM-2PM for the breakfast itself and Monday 6/16 from 8-10AM for tear down.
Every Rotarian is expected to pitch in so please save these dates.
Rotary Timeline – 2002: Europe is declared polio-free at the RI
Convention in Barcelona, Spain. By the end of the year, only seven countries
remain polio endemic. As clubs around the world count down to the Rotary Centennial
in 2005, RI zeroes in on the final push to eradicate polio, with the
announcement of an US$80 million campaign to help fill a $275 million funding
gap.
The first Rotary World Peace Scholarships are
awarded for International Studies in peace and conflict resolution.
There are 1.2 million Rotarians in 31,314 Rotary
clubs spanning 164 countries. After admitting new clubs from Eastern Europe and
Russia in the 1990's, Rotary expands further to Muslim countries by welcoming
new clubs in United Arab Emirates and East Timor.
RI
Headquarters - The present RI
Headquarters building was erected in 1970 as American Plaza by American
Hospital Corp. RI HQ moved in 1987 and renamed it as One Rotary Center. The
Hall of Honour was dedicated in 1990.
Rotary International was
first headquartered in Chicago, the first Rotary club in 1910, serving 16
clubs.Then known as the "Central Office," it relocated over the years
in various rented offices until 1954. In that year, RI moved into a facility
built and owned by the association in Chicago's neighboring north suburb of
Evanston.
By
1987, however, Rotary had outgrown these quarters and purchased a modern
18-story office building in Evanston, solving its long-term space needs. A
mortgage on the building was retired in 1993. RI leases nearly two-thirds of
the building to commercial tenants.
Notable
attractions for World Headquarters' visitors include the presidentÕs office,
the Board room, the Paul Harris room featuring memorabilia of Rotary's founder,
and ÒRoom 711Ó a recreation of the room where the first meetings of the Rotary
Club of Chicago were held.
To
learn more about the Headquarters, and Rotary History, visit: http://www.rotaryfirst100.org/