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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 – 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.
Bedrock
balks Skaneateles Rotarians’ Ballpark Project progress
Skaneateles Rotarians displayed remarkable
resilience in the Simms Baseball Field improvement effort last weekend.
What began as a simple, two-day project to repaint
posts, install fencing to protect the kids from errant foul balls and replace
the aging existing backstop fence was quickly slowed by the presence of granite
bedrock packed in shale & silt hardpan, to paraphrase.
In the words of John Hennessy in this week’s
Skantarian, himself paraphrasing reported remarks: “The soils and
subsurface ground layers turned out to be other than Iowa fertile loam or Long
Island sandy stone as it turns out.”
Sunrise Rotarians Mark Schafer and Tom Seeley joined
Skaneateles Rotary Club members in hacking away at the enormous boulders to dig
posts for the new fences.
Sunrise Rotarian Maggie Gilson and her husband John also assisted,
primarily in the painting of the existing posts which were re-used.
The project is now expected to be done by Tuesday
or Wednesday.
The project was spearheaded by Peter Adams
and the work performed under the leadership of onsite general contractor, David Lee. The new fence will significantly
improve the look and feel of the field while protecting youth baseball players
age 9 to 12, their coaches and spectators from injuries associated with errant
baseballs while learning to play ball on the field.
Western
Gateway project will offer Western welcome mat to Town
The Western entrance to the Village of Skaneateles will
soon offer a much more welcome greeting to motorists.
Acting pursuant to a $324,000.00 federal grant, the Town
government has been working to create a better transition from the rural area
just west of the town to the commercial and residential section of the
town.
When completed, the western gateway will extend the
sidewalk from the village line to a point just beyond the Red Apple. New signs will greet visitors welcoming
them to our town. The final
design for the signs is still pending.
The project also hopes to have an additional sign board identifying the
various service organizations that are active in town.
Pancake
Breakfast Kickoff
The
Skaneateles Rotary Club kicks off advance sales for the pancake breakfast this
week. Tickets are available for
our members. We are again, as in
the past, been asked to sell as many tickets as we can in advance of the
breakfast. Reminder that the
evening club folks were instrumental in making our Winterfest successful. Let’s show our gratitude by offering
all the assistance we can to make this the best pancake breakfast ever!
Platoon
receives care packages
Top –
1st Lt. Nicholas Browning shows a box of Girl Scout cookies and an
article from the Skaneateles Journal about the Skaneateles Adopt-a-Platoon
effort. The platoon has received
five bankers boxes of Girl Scout cookies along with many other donated items
from Skaneateles. Below –
Private First Class Reusch shows some of the boxes of goodies from Skaneateles
received by the platoon in Afghanistan.
Reusch, of Michigan, works as an intelligence analyst and is also in
charge of all our interpretors. He
plan to return to college after completing his service.
Club Business &
Dates to Remember
Call to Order; Pledge of
Allegiance & Invocation
lIntroduction of
Guests/Visitarians
lHappy Dollars & Fines
District Major Events
May 22 – Rotary Foundation
Dinner, Rosamond Gifford Zoo
June 1 – Literacy Golf
Tournament, Links at Erie Village
June 21-24 – RI Convention,
Birmingham, England
June 30 – Changing of the Guard,
Dibbles Inn
August 5 – Youth Exchange Welcome
Home, Rusty Rail
September 24-27 – District Conference, The
Desmond, Albany
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
q Club Assembly
Evening Club Programs
TODAY –
Pancake Breakfast Kickoff
May 14 – Club Assembly
May 21 – Trends in Transportation, John O’Sullivan
May 28 – Slides of Brazil with commentary by Seb
& Bruno - Seb Bentivegna
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
