Beacon News March 27th 2002

 

President Del opened the meeting today and announced that we need someone to fix the bell.  There was an attempt to steal it today but the Rotary Emblem on top of the bell broke off and the bell came apart.  Immediate attention was given to Dr. Strauss who was in attendance today.  He denied any involvement in the incident but offered to pay for the repairs so he could attempt to steal it at a later date.

 

Visiting Rotarians:

Neal Teague - Rochester

 

Guests:

Jennifer Sciarabba - Diane Berardicurti

 

Birthdays:

Al Schneier - today was Al’ 37th anniversary of his 39th birthday.  Al paid to have the women of the club sing to him led by Joe Darweesh.

 

Anniversaries:

None

 

Fining with Tom:

  • Bill Testa - had tickets to the NCAA Sweet 16 and Sabre’s game.  He admitted he attended with Tom Shay and Joe Darweesh.

  • Don Riley fined for having his name in the paper.  His company received a National Award for the best Transit system.

  • Elaine Gorman - paid a fine on the behalf of her 82 year old father who is a physicist and recently received a Lifetime Achievement Award.

  • Steve DiGennaro missed a couple of meetings but presented a Doctor’s excuse from Andy Velard.

  • Jim Todd missed a few meetings because of funerals he had to attend.  His son has joined the Peace Corps and will be leaving for Africa. 

  • Dr. Strauss admitted he corrupted the bell, but will pay anything to get it repaired.

  • Gil Cooper - missed meeting but did go on vacation in Bronson Missouri.

  • Chuck Krause - missed meetings.  He was playing golf in Houston.

  • Frank Carberry - he has been away from Rochester for about a month.  He traveled in Australia and New Zealand.

  • Del Smith paid a fine for not attending the District Conference.

  • Don Riley fined Tom Shay.  He was fined for Attempted Felonious Assault on Don Riley because Tom is a member of the Knights of Columbus and at a recent event that Don attended; Tom tried to get his fellow knights to “stick “Don with their swords as he passed under them.

  • Tom fined Don Riley for “Skipping “during the St. Patrick’s Day Parade in front of millions of onlookers.

Announcements:

The District Assembly was held last weekend.  President Del could not make meeting because it is crunch time at work.  Sue Edgett gave the club a brief report on the meeting.  There were six other members who attended.  In the breakout sessions she attended, she learned there are only to types of memberships.  Those are “Active” and “Honorary.”  There has been a relaxation of the number of members in each club category to 5 members per category.  Sue will be giving a more detailed report at a later date.

 

LPGA Raffle Tickets - Del reminded all members today that we are asked to sell one book of eight tickets each to help the LPGA.

 

Chuck Krause gave a brief presentation on things happening at Camp Haccomo. 

May 18th - work day at Camp Haccamo.  9am - about noon.  The train will need work again this year.  Vandals broke into the camp and did some damage.

May 1st - Day of Caring - two volunteers are needed from the club to act as guides around the camp.

May 11th - Open House - 2-5 pm.

 

The Camp is taking applications for the upcoming season. The camp is also looking to expand the enrollment.  If you know of anyone who may want to enroll please contact Chuck Krause (225-7654 or krause.chuck@pmlmail.com ) or Dick List at the camp. 

 

LPGA - Brad Shea

April 23rd at Ridgemont there will be a recertification program run for those members who her certified by the Health Dept three years ago.  See Brad for details.

 

Health Dept. Certification Course for LPGA events

Several Rotarians have expressed interest in taking the 6 hour Monroe County Health Dept. Food Worker Certification Course - for the FIRST time.  Other Rotarians - 15 of us - will be re-certified at the 6:30 pm session on April 23 at Ridgemont CC.

The schedule for this 6-hour certification course, 2 sessions per course, will be held at the Monroe County Health Dept. offices at 111 Westfall Rd. on the following dates
April 3 & 4 - 1-4 pm each day
April 9 & 10 -9-12 noon each day
April 23 & 24 -5-8 pm each day
Please call Mary Bishoff direct at the Health Dept., 274-6869, to register for this course and she'll send an application to you.  Greece Rotary pays for any course fees.

 

Exchange Student - Mike Taylor is still looking for at least two more families to help host our exchange student.  If you need more information, please contact Mike (482-3131 or taylorroc@aol.com )

 

Today’s program and Speakers:

Our guest speaker today was Jennifer Sciarabba.  Jennifer is Vice-President in charge of Programs for the Junior Achievement.  The Junior Achievement was founded in 1918 as a group to help educate people about the world of work.

 

Jennifer is looking for volunteers to talk to a class of elementary students in the town about their jobs and needed skills for the position.  Jennifer had Rich Vogelzang and Diane Berardicurti tell of there efforts as volunteers in the organization.

Jennifer is looking for people to share 5 hours of their time in a Greece Elementary school.  Junior Achievement needs you to be a role model and share your work experience with the students.  They will supply you the training, curriculum and lessons plans and material you’ll need to do the job.  All that is asked is that you bring an enthusiastic smile, a supply of experiences to share and expect to be welcomed by warm, energetic children.

 

There is a need for 6 people to help.  If you are interested, you can contact Jennifer at the JA Office @ 327-7400.

 

50/50 – John Zink

 

Meeting Make-Up schedule:

http://home.rochester.rr.com/greecerotary/makeup.htm

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