The Skantarian

The Skaneateles New York Rotary Club (SRC)

a member of RI District 7150 - Area 11

 http://www.skaneatelesrotary.org

 

Vol. 81, Number 14                                          April 9, 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

                                                                                                                                                                       

Last Week’s Program: Mayor Bob Green was our guest and gave an update on the state of Skaneateles (village). Among his topics were the village’s efforts to curtail its costs during the recession. Bob also discussed what he believes would or would not be dollar savings with a village / town consolidation of governmental services. Several questions were asked and answers given. 

This Week’s Program: Club Assembly (Rotary members only) dinner meeting following the April board session (scheduled for 5 p.m.).  John O’Sullivan will give a recap on his ad hoc committee’s suggestions for better SRC / SRF co-ordination.

Robin Jowaisas will brief us preliminarily on the upcoming pancake breakfast.

Either Peter Adams or Doug Rutan will discuss the ball field protective screen project which we would anticipate beginning and completing this month. A “Simms Field” line drawing is being sent with the newsletter mailing for your review. There will be a board meeting review as time permits with board “bullet points in next week’s Skantarian from both our March and April sessions. As part of our Assembly / business session we will begin to line up workers for some ball field fence building. Weather permitting the plan is to do some preliminary work on Saturday, April 25 with actual construction May 2 & 3. David Lee will manage the actual construction as he did with both the pavilion & gazebo. 

CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD A COPY OF A PLAN VIEW OF THE FENCE

Next Week’s Program: Steve Frackenpohl with the Skaneateleds Festival will present an overview of this year’s program running from August into September. This is perhaps Skaneateles’ premier event and the early insights into the 2009 version should prove exciting and informative.

Benediction & Atonement: Enjoying a forgetful reprieve last week, Brad McLennan will handle fines and happy $$$ for us. Chuck Williams will provide us with one of his thoughtful pre-meal invocation. Thanks to each of you!

April 2nd Attendance & Missing Faces:  There were “25” Rotarians at last week’s meeting (attendance 52%).  Missing: Bennett, Bentivegna, Buterbaugh, D'Angelo, Fellerman, Gregg, Keefe, Kokosa, Langley, Lee, Moody, Patil, Poppa, Price, Priest, Rademacher, Renner, Roche, Ruhlman, Veverka, Weaver.

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

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

April 2nd Guests:  Skaneateles Mayor Robert Green.

Roving Rotes:  Vuillemot – 3/28 RLI Owego, 3/31 Oswego RC,     4/01 RLI Officers Mtg, Newburgh, 4/02 Skan Sunrise RC.  Wisner – 3/29 District Outbound Orientation, Rusty Rail.

Weekly Setup & Ticket Sales:   4/9 – Sales: Osborne, Plank & Price, Setup: Patil; 4/16 – Sales: Plank & Poppa, Setup – Price    (Be courteous & get a replacement if you won’t be available for setup & ticket sales, please!)

 

The real “Final Four” -- Toyota, Honda, Volkswagen & Ford.

Jeff Stahler, Columbus Dispatch