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The Sunrise
Newsletter of the Skaneateles Sunrise Rotary Club
(Organized June 18,
2003) District 7150
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Dong Kurn Lee Larry
Calabrese James
J. Gascon Thomas
W. Seeley
RI President District
Governor Asst.
District Governor President
UPCOMING EVENTS, INFORMATION AND OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST
Programs
TODAY – Rotary Youth Exchange
Students, Lori Ruhlman
April 16 – Club Assembly
April 23 – Western Gateway
Project, Bridget Winkelman
April 30 – Lake Architectural,
Jessica Haas
May 7 – Club Assembly
May 14 – Why Buy Local, Erika
Davis
May 21 – 1-800-GOT JUNK, Dee
Johnson
Suggestions for future programs are always welcome. Please forward your ideas to Paul at pfrickey@adelphia.net.
Chief
Perkins: Skaneateles Police seeks community input
The
Skaneateles Police Department wants to hear from the community.
Chief
Lloyd Perkins encouraged our members to spread the word that our local police
department is always looking for feedback from the community to be sure it is
providing the best possible service to its constitutents. Chief Perkins updated
our club April 2 on the new police station and other projects the department
has been engaged in recently.
The
Village has put plans for a new, badly-needed police station on hold for the
time being. Although the plans
have been worked out, the economy cannot support such a large expenditure at
the present time. Instead,
the department has renovated portions of the former SAVES building to
accommodate some of the space needs.
One
new program the department is proud of is the “Child is Missing” program. Through this program, if a child is
missing, the department can coordinate phone calls to thousands of phone
numbers within a specified radius of the last place the individual was
seen. This can help locate a child
quickly and efficiently.
Another
program is designed to help veterans.
Historically, law enforcement agencies haven’t responded well with
soldiers returning from service in foreign wars. Working with the local Veterans Administration, the
Skaneateles Police Deparmtent now has a database of veterans. If a veteran is pulled over or is the
subject of a call, the department calls the VA pre-arrest. The idea is to quickly determine
whehter the veteran is having a problem that requires immediate intervention
before involving that individual with the legal system and allowing the problem
to continue.
Chief
Perkins also updated our club on the status of the truck enforcement. For budget reasons, the department has
decided to cut back its truck enforcement for the foreseeable future. On a positive note, however, the Chief
advised that New York City Mayor Bloomberg has called for the removal of the
city’s trash by rail rather than by trucks for environmental reasons, which is
expected to significantly reduce the truck traffic problems in the village.
Update
from the front lines
The following is from an
e-mail to Alice Purdy and her Girl Scout Troop from Dustin King on behalf
of the platoon which her troop adopted.
Hey Alice,
Yes we have been
getting all the care packages you have sent us and we are really enjoying
them. You have sent us so many
boxes we are having to share with the rest of the
company. One man can only eat so many
girl scout cookies. Its nice though since the other
guys dont get as much as us. Sadly they dont
have a motivated girl scout troop sponsoring
them. Keep it up!!!!.
I thank you all from the bottom of my heart, for myself and
my soldiers. 1LT Browning
is very busy, but ill make sure he sends you a response in the near future.
As far as items for the
boxes...... you are doing just fine. I cant
really think of much else the guys want.
They have plenty of snack food and munchies thx to you. Its awesome because where we are at
does not have a store, so for some of the soldiers in our platoon you are their
only source of american
goodies.
Please tell your girls
thank you for all their hard work.
We have your newspaper article pinned up in our central working station
where everyone goes through, so they can see how hard those little women
are working to help out some soldiers and
their country.
The local children appreciate
anything they can get. Hard candy
and things that will last a while are optimal. Any small toys, no matter how small are appreciated.
P.S.
We never get tired of beef sticks.
Club
Business &
Dates
to Remember
Call to Order; Pledge of Allegiance & Invocation
lIntroduction
of Guests/Visitarians
lHappy
Dollars & Fines
District Major Events
April 4 – RLI, BOCES, Verona, NY
April 25 – District Assembly,
BOCES, Verona
May 22 – Rotary Foundation
Dinner, Rosamond Gifford Zoo
June 1 – Literacy Golf
Tournament, Links at Erie Village
Old Business
Committee Reports
lClub Administration
President
– Tom Seeley
Treasurer
– Toni Feldmann
Secretary
– John Paddock
l
Service Projects
Food Pantry
– Daryle Pickering
Sea Scouts
– John Paddock
Programs
– Paul Frickey
Early Act
– Tom Seeley
Fire Equipment
– Chris Bruna
Service Committee
– John Rooney
lWinterfest
& Craft Fair – Seeley/Krauter
lMembership (& Retention)
– Beckwith/Feldmann
lFoundation/Community
Recognition Torrisi/Krauter
lSocial
Chair – Maggie Gilson
lSergeant
at Arms – Daryle Pickering
New Business
lExchange Students
Evening
Club Programs
TODAY – Club Assembly
April 16 – Steve Frackenpohl, Skaneateles Festival
Officers
& Directors
Officers
President – Thomas W. Seeley
President-Elect – John
Rooney
Past President – Marion Krauter
Treasurer – Toni Feldman
Sergeant-at-Arms –
Daryle Pickering
Secretary – John Paddock
Committee Chairs
Club Service – John Rooney
Food Pantry – Daryle Pickering
Membership – Sidney Beckwith
Program Chair – Paul Frickey
Rotary Foundation – Paul
Torrisi
Social Chair – Maggie
Gilson
Youth Exchange/RYLA – John Paddock
Members
Sidney
Beckwith, Christopher Bruna, Dave Cutten, Robert DeWetter, Toni Feldmann, Paul
Frickey, Maggie Gilson (visitor), Douglas Hill, Marion Krauter, John Paddock,
Daryle Pickering, John Rooney, Thomas Seeley, Mark Shafer, Paul Torrisi, Michael Wahlrab,
Rhett Weiss
Exchange Students
Miguel Rodenas (Spain), Charlotte Linden (Germany),
Bruno Caetanno Alves de Melo (Brazil)
Our District Website: http://www.rotary7150.org/
Rotary
International: http://www.rotary.org/
RYLA http://www.rotaryryla.com/
Skaneateles Rotary: http://www.skaneatelesrotary.org/
e-club http://www.rotaryeclubny1.com
Thomas W. Seeley 685-2311 Fax:
685-2460 tws@mlsattorneys.com
