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Beacon News January 8th 2003 |
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Visiting Rotarians: Don Peck (Brockport)
Guests: None
Birthdays: Dave Fisher, Joe Darweesh, and Al Wallace – Paid to hear the club sing.
Anniversaries: Paul and Sheila Pickering
Fining with Paul: Table of Richard Antelli, Dan Barletta, Brian Cacia, Dave Fisher, Allan Wallace, Ed D’Angelo, and Judy Van Bramer – For enjoying the uniformed security services of Tod Meyers Tom Shay – Publishing the incorrect date for Ziti dinner Dave Koteskey – Trip to in-laws Elaine Gorman – Missed meeting Ralph Annucci – Cayman Islands trip Andy Velard – Ft. Lauderdale trip Linda Blossom – New car Dave Nagel – Duck hunting and fishing trip Paul Chatfield – Getting engaged over the holidays Bill Testa – Sending Greg Halstead out on mission of mercy for missing car keys which turned up before Greg arrived to help.
Announcements: Only three weeks until Ziti Dinner. Feb 2nd at the Diplomat. Some of the promotional posters/letters have had incorrect information. These have been corrected and are available from Tom Shay and Dianne Berardicurti. January 24th is the deadline for submitting ads to Dianne for the program. Work detail assignment sheets will be available at the next meeting. Members are reminded that there is a $100 fine to members not participating. Ticket sales are lagging behind last years numbers. Get monies to Gary Krause. Get more tickets for selling from Tom Shay.
Chuck Krause reported that the Mall LPGA ticket sales were a success. Sales were $29,000, a bit down from last year. The top sales shift was by Greece Rotarians Joe Darweesh, Paul Chatfield, and Steve Robbins with $1630 in sales.
Dave Nagel gave a report on our membership status. We currently stand at 99 active members. Our goal is for 110. Will Gallagher, the new YMCA director, has already been recruited. Members are encouraged to bring potential members as guests.
Brad Shea has an opening for a club speaker on February 12. Any suggestions for a speaker are welcome. (Note: See Below today’s program)
Scheduled speakers are: January 15th – Monroe County Economic Development, January 22 – Club Assembly, January 29 – Ziti final planning, February 5th – Mike Leone on the Polio Plus campaign.
The club will be meeting at away venues from Valentines Day to St. Patrick’s Day. February 19th meeting is at St. Joseph’s Villa, February 26th meeting is at Park Ridge Medical, March 5th meeting is at Holmes Rd Elementary School, March 12th meeting is at the RTS Bus facility
Del Smith reported that the board is near completion on incorporating the Greece Rotary Charitable Trust. This will establish us as a tax exempt organization and better enable the club to meet it’s immediate and long term goals for community and international service.
Today’s Speaker Due to length of fining session and important discussion about the upcoming Ziti Dinner today’s program has been rescheduled for Feb 12th
50/50 – Dick Baart
Greece Rotary’s Injured Reserved List The following members of the club or members of their families have had recent hospital stays. Telephone calls or cards are appreciated
Anita Vogelzang Ralph Rosati Gene Noga Bob Potter’s mother
Special Note Cos & Emily Plantone will be celebrating their 48th wedding anniversary this Wednesday. Cos gave this editor the following recipe he uses to explain the longevity of his marriage.
Anniversary Recipe A- Affirm your love daily. N- Never use abusive language N- Never ridicule your spouse. I- Inseparable, you should be. V- Victorious over defeat. E- Entertain happy thoughts. R- Relieve each other’s burdens. S- Save for the same goal. A- Anticipate each other’s needs. R- Respect other’s ideals. Y- Year after year love will grow with each passing Anniversary.
R- Relive happy memories. E- Encourage your mate. C- Center your efforts around God and spouse. I - Improvise with love about your difference. P- Patience is a virtue to be practiced often. E- Enormous amount of love will enhance the Anniversary.
Final Thought! Ziti is February 2nd. Sell those tickets and program advertising!
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