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Beacon News February 12th 2003 |
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Last meeting at Ridgemont before winter shutdown. Please see attached schedule for locations of upcoming meeting the next four weeks. Also attached is the sign up list for these meetings. If you plan on attending and have not signed up yet, please give Brad Shea a call or email (225-1288, bcshea@localnet.com ). If you have signed up and do not attend you will still be responsible to pay $10.00 for the catered food provided for the meeting.
Visiting Rotarians None
Guests Greg Barstrom – Rino Pappano
Birthdays Tom Shay - 50 Laurel Harrington - 29
Announcements Monthly Board Meeting -The meeting will be held at Dave Nagel’s house Monday Feb. 17th @ 7 pm. The meeting is open to all club members and counts as a makeup. If you plan on attending please give Dave a call (225-5075 [home], 227-1300 [office]), so he can plan refreshments.
President Bill read a letter from District Governor Don Alhart. He congratulated the club for the Kids Xmas party. He has received a book made by one class of kids who attended. The book was passed around at the meeting.
There is one week left to nominate a member for a Club achievement award to be presented at the District Conference in Montreal. Please contact President Bill for details.
All past presidents are asked to consider running for the office of district governor
Gene Noga has volunteered to be the club’s Redwing Representative for Rotary night at Frontier Field on June 1st. More details to come.
LPGA - Jim Gaudet Jim announced that there will be a new volunteer food/beverage policy this year. All volunteers will receive “Dimple Dollars” to purchase food/beverages. The amount each will receive will be based on how many shifts the volunteer agrees to.
LPGA raffle tickets change of policy. If an organization agrees to sell tickets 50% of the moneys collected will go back to the organization and the other 50% will go to the Monroe County Disabled Children.
Ziti Dinner - Turn in any moneys you may have!
Carlotta Update - Kim Putman has agreed to keep her until end of year. Club members are invited to call her to invite her to any functions they may want to have her at.
Fining with Paul Tom Lockwood fined for moonlighting as Greece Ridge Lions Club Vice President. Mike Sofia - missed meeting Cynthia Martone - missed school. Laurel Harrington - husband in Orlando on her birthday and Valentine’s Day. Spent weekend in Conn. With daughter and missed meeting. Gene Noga - fined for being 1st ESL Volunteer of the Year and for meeting Joe Torre. John Zink - spent weekend in Freehold New Jersey @ cheerleading tournament. He missed Ziti. He had a replacement at the dinner but was fined for his sub’s inactivity Jim Gaudet - missed meeting Al Wallace attended hockey game in buffalo Linda Blossom - fined for skiing outside the county. Bill Testa- fined for 4 days in Orlando but had his mother in law with him.
Today’s Program Dan Barletta gave an update on the ongoing Lake Ontario - St. Lawrence River Study. The Lake Ontario - St. Lawrence River Study Board is undertaking a comprehensive five-year study for the International Joint Commission (IJC) to assess and evaluate the current criteria used for regulating water levels on Lake Ontario and in the St. Lawrence River. The Study Team engaged by the IJC is a bi-national group of diverse experts from government, academia, native communities, and interest groups representing the geographical, scientific and community concerns of the Lake Ontario - St. Lawrence River system. The Study Team is committed to involving the public throughout the study by asking for their opinions, considering their input, and incorporating their concerns with the science work of the technical workgroups to deliver recommendations for new criteria and an updated plan for water level and flow regulation to the IJC. Public consultation is critical to the assessment of plan criteria. It is recognized that progress in addressing water levels issues is dependent in large part on public understanding of the causes of the water level problems, and the further understanding that most proposed solutions could have consequences for others. To achieve this understanding, it is recommended that the major interests and the relevant public be involved directly in the studies, by the formation of an Interest Advisory Group. This would allow individuals with diverse interests to find common ground on many aspects of the issues. The continuous involvement of all interests throughout the criteria review process is critical to the success of the study. The study has a web site with additional information the web address is: http://www.losl.org
50/50 - Linda Blossom
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