Next
Meeting
When............ November
10, 2009 at noon
Where........... The
Franklin Hotel
Program....... Kevin Slavinski, Afghanistan War
Coming Events
Nov.12……..…Rotary
Service Auction, Missy Graves
Nov. 16. . . . . . .Rotary Board Meeting, Savoy, 5:15 p.m.
Dec 1............ Rome Rotary’s 90th
Anniversary Celebration at The Franklin (PDG Mike Occhipinti)
Dec 18……….Rome
Hospital Christmas Party, Debbie Adamo
Attendance: Total Membership: 96. Absent or [Excused
or Exempt]: Bauer, Bird, Bottini,
Burch, Burns, Carey, Carnevale, Cole, Conway, Corbett, Costianes, DeMatteo, Donovan, Evans, Faldzinski,
Fay, Fusco, Geller, Glasso, Goodison,
Henry, V. Herrmann, Lockwood, Martin, Mattson, [Mercurio], Miller, Moore, Neiley C,
Neiley N, O'Hair, Panara, Pendergrast, Puma, Ramineni, Ramos, Reames, Recco, Riley, Roubian, Schonewetter De,
Schonewetter Do, Simons J, Simons K, Skogland, Smith, Speicher, Sperlik,
Swinney, Taylor, Trela, K.
Tuthill, Versace, Vescio, Weber, [Weed], Winberg, Wolf, [Zaleski].
10./29/09 Thurs Night Meeting - Bird,
Carey, Corbett, Fay, Graves, Midlam, Ramos, Townsend, Tuthill K, Tuthill W
Guests
and Visiting Rotarians: Guests: James
Cobb, Assemblyman David Townsend, Claudia Tenney, Justin Felski,
Visiting Rotarians: None.
50/50: Keith Butters had the winning number but did not draw
the Queen of Hearts. You have to play to win!
Make-ups: Carol Mooney, Halloween Part 10/22/09;
Val Carey, Halloween Party 10/22/09; Sandi Latimer Halloween Party 10/22/09;
Peter Costianes, Performance 70, Girls, 70, 10/23 -25; Donna Cole, after work
meeting 10/27/09; Jerry Haritatos, after work meeting 10/27/09; Bird, Midlam,
Ramos, Tuthill K – 10/22/09 Halloween Party. Fay – 10/22/09 Auction meeting; Carey, Townsend – 10/24/09
Zone meeting. Corbett, Midlam,
Tuthill K & W – 10/24/09 Int’l Student Day. Graves – 10/28/09 Auction meeting. Corbett – 10/29/09 Orientation.
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Quote
of the Week: "Martyrdom
is the only way a man can become famous without ability.” George Bernard Shaw. (Of course, he said that long before
reality television.)
Rotary Trivia
Rotary – There are about 1.2 million
Rotarians worldwide in nearly 30,000 clubs.
Announcements and Events
Jeanie Packer still needs Rotary Readers volunteers. It is K-4 at
Bellamy School, if interested please contact Jeanie Packer.
December 1 2009 is the 100th Anniversary Party/Combination
Holiday Party at the Franklin Hotel, 6:30 cocktails. $20 per person, it will be
a family style dinner.
Missy Graves stated she needs the tickets in by Tues., November 10, 2009
for the Rotary Auction on November 12th. Rob Tracy auctioned off the first item, leaf removal by Joe
Fusco. Cheryl Matt bid and won paying $50.00. Missy also stated a few new items
are 2 tickets to Jesus Christ Superstar at the Stanley and a $47.00 gift
Certificate for Edible Arrangements.
The Thursday night meeting collected $96 and challenged the Tues meeting
which responded and raised raised $129 for the Red Cross Food Baskets, so in
total, Rotary gave $225.00. Great Job Joan Kahler!
Board Meetings will be Third Monday of the Month at Savoy Restaurant at
5:15 p.m.
Program
The Capitol Theatre by Art Pierce and
Dan Althouse
Art
Pierce, Executive Director, presented a slide show of the history of the
Capitol and talked about the theaters in Rome before the Capitol. He stated
Joe, Mike and Sid Kallet from Oneida built the Capitol in 1927. The Capitol
opened on Dec 10, 1928 and at the time of the opening most films had soundtrack
dialog. The first movie shown was Lilac Time with Gary Cooper.
An organ was installed but wasn’t used very much due to sound being
put into movies. They had shown a dozen movies in 1929 where the organ was used
but after that it wasn’t till 2002 that it was used again.
In 1939 the Kallets decided to renovate the Capitol, but during the
renovation it was never closed. A concession stand wasn’t put in until 1939.
The original ticket booth has been restored thanks to our own Fred Normand and
will be returning shortly.
Dan Althouse, Board Member and representing the Restoration Committee, spoke
about the multi-year project to renovate the venue for world class entertainment.
We have already seen Sesame Street, and of course coming soon is The Glen
Miller Orchestra. There has been a restoration committee formed with a
mission statement and goals and they have also consulted with other venues in
regards to their campaign strategy.
The first project is the Marquee , then a facilities upgrade, storefront,
orchestra pit and moveable organ console.
If anyone is interested contact the Capitol Administrative Offices
315-337-6277 located at 220 W Dominick Street or at romecapitol@aol.com.
Please continue to support this Rome treasure – thank you Art and Dan!
Greg
Mattacola/Debbie Adamo
