Next Meeting
When............ April
7, 2009, at noon
Where.......... The
Franklin Hotel
Program...... Syracuse Symphony —
Daniel Hege, Conductor
Coming Events
Apr 04.......... Rotary Leadership Institute at BOCES
May 12......... Mr. Gillison — DFAS Director
May 16......... District Assembly at BOCES
Jun 23.......... USAF Computer Technology — Dr. Richard
Linderman (AFRL)
Jun 30.......... Past President’s
Day & Changing of the Guard
Jul 31-Aug 2 Canalfest
Dec 04......... Rome Rotary’s 90th
Anniversary Celebration at The Beeches (PDG Mike Occhipinti)
Attendance: Total
Membership: 101. Absent or [Excused
or Exempt]: Adamo, Bauer, Bird, [Boguhn], Bottini, Burch, Burns,
Butters, Cantor, Carey, Carnevale, Casadei, Conway, Coon, Corbett, DeSimone,
[DiPerna], [Donovan], Faldzinski, Fusco, Geller, Glasso, Gray, Henry, Kahler J,
Kahler R, [Kryczkowski], Lockwood, Martin, Mattacola, McMahon, Mercurio,
Miller, Mitchell, Moore, Neiley C, Neiley N, Nolan, Occhipinti, O'Hair, Pabon,
[Pfendler], Puma, Ramineni, Ramos, Rapke, Recco, Riley, Rouillier, Schonewetter
De, Schonewetter Do, Simons J, Simons K, Skogland, Smith, Speicher, Sperlik,
Swinney, Taylor, Toukatly, Townsend, Tracy, Trela, Tuthill K, Versace, Vescio,
[Zaleski].
Guests and Visiting Rotarians: Guests: Nancy Weed (Weed); Lisa Matte (Nolan); Jack Mineo (Wolf); Lisa
Kramer Lape (Speaker, Latimer). Rotarians: None.
After-Work Meeting 3/26/09: Rome Rotarians: Carey, Corbett, Neiley N, Ramos, Schonewetter De,
Schonewetter Do, Speicher, Trela, Tuthill K, and Tuthill W.
50/50: Carl Reames
won the 50/50 and took the $10. You have to play to win!
Make-ups: Conway
(Waterville RC 3/19); Costianes (Regional Science Fair at Utica College 3/28);
Tuthill, K (VVS FFA Pancake Breakfast 3/21, R. Reader 3/26); Weber (U&MV
Chapter NRHS 3/24); Latimer (R Reader 3/24 & Twigs 3/24); Mammolito (Prison
Library);
Happy Birthday in April to: Darlene Burns (18); Peter Costianes (15); Ava Dorfman (30); Rick McMahon
(21); Mike Occhipinti (27); Frank Puma (5); Tony Recco (14); Daniel Rouillier
(29); John Toudatly (26); and Ron Townsend (24).
Anniversaries of Rome Rotary Membership in April: Missy Graves (2003); Mark Kaucher (2002);
Sandie Latimer (1999); Dave Rapke (2003); Carl Reames (2007); and Dan Rouillier
(2002).
Quote of the Week: "The measure of a man is not necessarily his title or
his position, but rather how he treats others." — Victor L. Brown.
Rotary Information
The
Rotarian and
the Rotary World Magazine Press — The month of April is
designated as Rotary’s Magazine Month, an occasion to recognize and promote the
reading and use of the official RI magazine, The Rotarian, and the
Rotary Regional magazines, which make up the Rotary World Magazine Press.
The
Rotarian
has been around since 1911 as the medium to communicate with Rotarians and
advance the program and Object of Rotary. A Primary goal of the magazine is to
support and promote key programs of Rotary. The magazine also disseminates
information about the annual RI theme and the philosophy of the RI president,
major meetings, and the emphasis of the officially designated months on the
Rotary calendar.
The
Rotarian
provides a forum in which both Rotary-related and general interest topics may
be explored. The magazine serves as an excellent source of information and
ideas for programs at Rotary club meetings and district conferences. Many articles
promote international fellowship, goodwill, and understanding. Regular readers
usually have superior knowledge of the activities of Rotary and understand how
each Rotarian may be more fully involved in the four Avenues of Service around
the world.
In
addition to The Rotarian, the Rotary World Magazine Press includes 30
regional magazines printed in 23 languages with a combined circulation of more
than 750,000. Although each regional publication has its own unique style and
content, all provide Rotarians with up-to-date information and good reading in
April — and all through the year.
[Rotary
ABC’s, RI 2006, p. 7]
Rome Rotary and Literacy
· 
Dave Nolan is the President of the Board at
Jervis Library and reports that after years of no increases, the library budget
has been cut, and the available funds to purchase books is down 50%, despite an
increase library usage of 7% a year. Dave is asking Rotarians to sign a petition
to put an increase on the library tax, to be voted on in May. The average
household would see an increase of about $15 a year. See Dave or watch for the
petitions.
· 
Carla Till continues to collect children’s
books to be sent to Africa. Books should be in new or good used condition and
preferably for the elementary age level. Textbooks are accepted. Books may be
brought to Rotary or contact Carla for further information.
· Dee Mammolito has sent over 350 books to
Marcy for the new Wellness Library at the prison. There has been great
excitement over these titles. She will gladly accept additional books, preferably
self help or motivational.
· 
MVCC recycles books each spring. As you do
your spring cleaning, this is another outlet for those titles that you may no
longer find useful and those that may not fit into the two above categories.
See Barbara Evans.
· And lastly… look for the article and picture
in the Sunday Sentinel on the Rotary Readers.
Thank you!
A Rotary “thank you” to Rosellen Mattson for
the generous check of $500 she donated to Canalfest on behalf of the
Rosellen Mattson Insurance Agency.
Rotary Announcements
· The Rotary District Assembly will be held on
Saturday 16 May (note date change) at Oneida-Madison BOCES from 8 AM to 1:30
PM. The program will focus on the next year in Rotary. The club pays the cost
of attending. Breakfast and lunch are included.
· Rotary will have a booth again this year for
the Rome Home Show on 25–26 April. Members are asked to give an hour of time
Saturday or Sunday to help sell duck tickets for Canalfest. Three people are needed for each shift. Watch for the sign-up sheet
or see PP Debbie Adamo. Canalfest IS our fundraiser this year. Please
help!!!
· Dave Kobernuss is looking for corporate sponsors
for Canalfest and needs your input and ideas. Much of the
money generated by Canalfest comes from
sponsorship. Contact Dave for more information.
· The YMCA will host a Healthy Kids Day this
Saturday from 9 AM to 1 PM. The focus is on combating childhood obesity. There
will be fun activities, games, gifts, and raffles. It is open to the public,
and there is no charge.
· The B Sharp Musical Club will present a free
concert at the Westminster Presbyterian Church at 714 Washington Street in
Utica on Sunday 5 Apr at 3 PM. The concert will include instrumental and vocal
performances. There will be another free concert on Sunday 26 Apr at 2 PM at
Munson Williams Proctor Arts Institute Auditorium, presented by the B Sharp
scholarship winners. These are musicians from surrounding counties, currently
in grades 10-12, who participated in a competition for talented students sponsored
by the B Sharp Musical Club. This concert will be followed by a reception at
Fountain Elms at MWP. For more details see Pete Costianes.
Program
American
Red Cross, Lisa Kramer-Lape
Lisa Kramer-Lape is the account
representative for the American Red Cross for Apheresis.
A term unfamiliar to most of us,
apheresis means “taking away” and refers to a part the blood donor program. An
apheresis donation takes only part of the blood, and donors experience fewer
side effects.
Lisa spoke specifically about
platelets and plasma donation. The blood is taken from one arm and centrifuged
under sterile conditions to extract the blood products needed, and the
remaining blood components are returned to the donor via the other arm. This
method reduces waste by returning the red cells, which are the byproducts of
plasma or platelet extraction, to the donor. Because it takes less time for a
donor to recover, it decreases the length of time between donations. The
process is maximized.
Lisa spoke about the various
situations where the different types of blood products might be used, platelets
for surgeries or cancer patients, and plasma for burn or trauma patients, for
example. She reviewed the various blood types. Those in demand for whole blood
donation differ from those types needed or preferred for plasma or platelet
donation.
There is an apheresis center in
New Hartford. For more information on becoming a donor or to schedule an appointment,
call 1-800-545-4086 or email an inquiry to apheresisdonor@usa.redcross,org.
For information online go to www.donatebloodnow.org/apheresis.
“Thank you” Lisa for visiting
Rome Rotary and sharing this important part of the work of the Red Cross.
Cindy
Roubian, Editor
PP
Dennis Schonewetter, Technical Editor
