Next Meeting
When............ June
16, 2009 at noon
Where.......... The
Franklin Hotel
Program...... Healthcare Professional of the
Year
Coming
Events
Jun 23.......... USAF Computer Technology —
Dr. Richard Linderman (AFRL)
Jun 28.......... Summer Picnic at Sylvan
Beach, 12–4 PM
Jun 30.......... Past President’s Day &
Changing of the Guard
Jun 30.......... District 7150 Changing of
the Guard at Dibbles Inn
Jul 21........... Brother's Tonight — by
Rock Versace —fundraiser for Polio
Jul 31-Aug 2 Canalfest
Aug 04......... David Lupinski —
Oneida-Herkimer Solid Waste Authority
Aug 11......... DG Fred Cholet’s Official Visit
Sep 25–27.... Annual District Conference at
the Desmond Hotel in Albany
Oct 24.......... International Student Day,
Dr. Cantor
Dec 04......... Rome Rotary’s 90th
Anniversary Celebration at The Beeches (PDG Mike Occhipinti)
Attendance: Total Membership: 100. Absent
or [Excused or Exempt]: Adamo, Bahr, Bauer,
Bird, Cantor, Carey, Casadei, Conway, Coon, Corbett, [DiPerna], [Donovan],
Faldzinski, Fariello, Geller, Glasso, Graves, Gray, Hairston, Henry,
[Kryczkowski], Mammolito, Martin, Mattson, McMahon, [Mercurio], Mitchell,
Moore, Neiley C, Neiley N, O'Hair, [Pabon], Panara, [Pfendler],
Ramineni, Ramos, Rapke, Reames, Recco, Riley, Roubian, Rouillier,
Simons J, Simons K, Smith, Swinney, Taylor, Toukatly, Trela, Versace,
Vescio, Waters G, Waters S, Weber, [Weed], Wolf, [Zaleski].
Guests and Visiting Rotarians:
Guests: too many to list. Visiting Rotarians: none.
After-Work Meeting 5/28/09: Rotarians: Carey, Neiley C,
Neiley N, Puma, Schonewetter Do, Townsend, Tuthill K, and Tuthill W.
50/50: Sandie Latimer won
again but drew the Three of Diamonds. You have to play to win!
Make-ups: Tuthill (R Reader
6/4); Butters (R Reader 6/8); Tuthill W (Books for the World 6/9); Foreman,
Fusco (RFTL 6/9); Carey (Rome DSO 6/3); Carey, Schonewetter Do, Townsend
(Membership 5/27); Packer (R Reader 5/28, 6/1; Books for the World 6/2, 6/9);
Mooney (Red Cross 5/29, Relay for Life 6/6); Foreman (R Reader 6/3).
Happy Birthday in June to: Debbie Adamo (10); Janine Baker-Gaffney (20); Keith
Butters (20); Debbie Conway (17); Eileen Foreman (19); Dee Mammolito (26);
Nancy Neiley (5); Jeannie Packer (27); Cindy Roubian (18); Dennis Schonewetter
(16); Donna Schonewetter (30); June Sperlik (3); and Rob Tracy (7).
Anniversaries of Rome Rotary
Membership in June: Val Carey (2003); Ron Casadei (2000); Jackie Corbett
(2006); Bruce Hairston (2006); Bob Marston (1992); Steve Mitchell (2008); Cindy
Roubian (2001).
Quote of the Week: "The day will come when, after harnessing, the winds, the
tides, gravitation, we shall harness for God the energies of love. And, on that
day, for the second time in the history of the world, man will have discovered
fire.” — Pierre Teilhard de Chardin.
Rotary Information
More Rotary
Firsts
• Rotary became bilingual in 1916 when the first club was organized
in a non-English-speaking country--Havana, Cuba.
• Rotary established the "Endowment Fund" in 1917, which became
the forerunner of The Rotary Foundation.
• Rotary first adopted the name "Rotary International" in
1922 when the name was changed from the International Association of Rotary
Clubs.
• Rotary first established the Paul Harris Fellows recognition in
1957 for contributors of $1,000 to The Rotary Foundation.
• The Rotary club which first held meetings on a weekly basis was
Oakland, California, the Number 3 club.
• The Rotary emblem was printed on a commemorative stamp for the
first time in 1931 at the time of the Vienna Convention.
• The first Rotary club banner (from the Houston Space Center) to
orbit the moon was carried by astronaut Frank Borman, a member of that club.
• The first Rotary International convention held outside the United
States was in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1921.
• The first head of state to address a Rotary convention was U.S.
President Warren G. Harding in 1923 at St. Louis.
[Rotary ABC’s]
Announcements
and Events
·
Good news! Rome Rotary will once again host a
Youth exchange student in 2009-10. Juan will be arriving from Venezuela in
August. Host parents are needed to welcome Juan into their homes for three to
four months. This is a wonderful opportunity to personally participate in
international friendship and understanding, as those who have done so in the
past will attest. The program is available to Rotarians and non-Rotarians. If
you or someone you know may be interested in hosting Juan, please contact Chris
or Nancy Neiley, nneiley@aol.com,
827-4303.
·
Mark your calendars for the Rome Rotary Summer
Picnic that will be held at Sylvan Beach on Sunday, 28 Jun. Party barges will
cruise up Fish Creek. Details later.
·
District 7150 Changing of the Guard Dinner will
be held at Dibbles Inn on 30 Jun — $30 per person before 13 Jun or $35 after
that date. See PE Bob Herrmann or Secretary Dennis for more information.
·
Dues for 2009–10 are due by 1 Jul. Members
paying dues on or before 16 Jun receive a discount ($180 versus $200!). The RRC
will match the first $100 of any new Rotary Foundation Sustaining Member. (See
Dennis for dues. See Bill Tuthill for information on The Rotary Foundation.)
Program
Roses for the Living
This program was a wonderful
evening of praise and celebration for some of Rome’s community benefactors.
Brothers Tom and Howard Sears and their sister Barbara Sears DeHimer were all
present to receive the 2009 Rome Rotary Club Roses for the Living Award. The
Sears Family, both directly and through their family foundation, has made a
very real difference in the lives of the people of the Rome area.
Roses Chair
Darlene Burns served as the MC for the dinner and Rotary President Ron Townsend
opened and closed the event as we do our normal meetings.
Darlene
Burns Ron Townsend
The two prime
examples (of too many to recount) were their leadership donation to the
recently completed Rome Memorial Hospital Emergency Department and the yearly
donations in support of the Rome Rotary Club Christmas Party for needy children.
When Rome has a need, the Sears Family has made themselves part of the
solution. Several organizations such as the Jervis Library, American Red Cross,
and the Rotary Club all had speakers extolling the contributions of this year’s
winners of the Roses for the Living Award
Congratulations
and best wishes for these outstanding community volunteers and contributors.
Cindy
Roubian, Editor
PP Dennis
Schonewetter, Technical Editor
