The Skantarian

The Skaneateles New York Rotary Club (SRC)

a member of RI District 7150 - Area 11

 http://www.skaneatelesrotary.org

 

Vol. 81, Number 13                                          April 2, 2009              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

                                                                                                                                                                       

 

Spring Service Project / Ball Diamond Fence Screening: Peter Adams & David Lee should be ready to begin construction work details as soon as the weather breaks (assuming spring will once again show itself). Skaneateles Sunrise Rotary (with its ball field improvement interest) will be participating along with us. More details by our April 9 Club assembly with actual work to begin as soon as weather permits.

 

Benediction & Atonement: Lori Ruhlman will lead us in a thoughtful invocation while Brad McLlellan  will provide some coffer lining by denting our wallets.

 

Last Week’s Program:  Jacque McConnaghy and Pat Snyder with Skaneateles Outreach were the evening’s speakers discussing its continuing contribution to our surrounding community.

 

This Week’s Program: Straight from a consecutive third term election Mayor Bob Green will visit us once again, present a “State of Skaneateles” outlook for the village and answer related questions. Interestingly, some ball field improvements were Bob’s suggestion for a Rotary service project a year ago.

 

Next Week’s Program - April 9: Monthly Club Assembly (Rotarians only) follows our April board meeting. John O’Sullivan will brief the Club on his ad hoc committee’s assessment of the SRC / SRF coordination along with some suggestions for smoothing out and streamlining worthy cause disbursements. Also, we will have a review with an opportunity for comments and questions of both our April and March board sessions.

 

NCAA Quiz Answer: The Utah Jazz’ legendary guard, John Stockton is the only notable Gonzaga University basketball player to continue as a professional.

The Beasts from the Big East dominate spots in the Elite 8 (Connecticut, Villanova, Louisville, Pittsburgh) and Final Four (Uconn & Nova) after placing an historical and unprecedented “5” teams in the Sweet 16 which included Syracuse.

 

March 26th Attendance & Missing Faces:  There were “17” Rotarians at last week’s meeting (attendance 48%).  Missing: Adams, Buterbaugh, Corcoran, D'Angelo, Emmer, Gregg, Hennessy, Keefe, Langley, May, McLennan, Moody, O'Sullivan, Patil, Poppa, Price, Priest, Rademacher, Renner, Roche, Ruhlman, Sardino, Veverka, Vuillemot, Weaver, Wisner, Zabel.

March Birthdays:  Osborne (4th), Ruhlman (7th), Hennessy (13th), Jurgensen (16th).

 

March Rotary Anniversaries:  Buterbaugh (2), Bennett         (18), Bentivegna (16), Gregg (1).

 

March 26th Guests:  Cheryl Silvestrini, Jacque McConnaughy, Pat Snyder.

 

Roving Rotes:  Vuillemot –3/20 – Syracuse RC, 3/21 – BFTW Project with Utica, N.Utica & GUS RCs, 3/24/09 – D7150 Literacy Comm, 3/26/09 – D7150 Training Comm, 3/26 - Skan SR;

 

Weekly Setup & Ticket Sales:   4/2 – Sales: Messenger & Moody, Set-up: O’Neil; 4/9 – Sales: Osborne & Overstrom, Setup: Patil; 4/16 – Sales: Plank & Poppa, Setup – Price

 

 

“Character may almost be called the most important means of communication.”

                                                                                        Aristotle