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January 18, 2017 President Dale gonged the meeting in using a rake handle that set-up regular Joe Giordano had found outside in the … well, never mind about that. The sound was poor, but the group did take note and come to order, perhaps as much due to the spectacle of Dale wielding a large stick as by the faintly familiar sound.
The Thought for The Day was presented by James Brown, who quipped that he has been absent for such a long time, he might be mistaken for a visiting Rotarian. James brought three quotes to make up for this. Two from Bishop Desmond Tutu: “A person is a person through other persons.”
and, “A solitary human being is a contradiction in terms.” The bonus thought came from Charlotte Whitton (as suggested by James’ wife): Whatever women do they must do twice as well as men to be thought half as good. Luckily, this is not difficult.
 Dale’s Chautauqua Irrelevancy was the first of his Medicine Cabinet series (you may insert your own partisan political “cabinet” joke here, if you like). This past week was about Listerine, the mouthwash that has at various times been promoted as something that everyone hated, but used anyway. Turns out that the name was not the product of a PR firm, but instead coined in honor of Dr. Joseph Lister, a pioneer in antiseptic surgery practices during the mid 1860s. St. Louis-based Dr. Joseph Lawrence developed the liquid germicide, and in 1881 licensed the formula to Jordan Wheat Lambert, who soon after started Lambert Pharmacy Co.
Rich Higgins introduced guests and visiting Rotarians — Terry Burke from Glenwood Springs, Colo., Brian Klotz from nearby Corning, N.Y., and Darlynne Overbaugh from even closer by in Tburg and right down the street at Life’s So Sweet.
District Conference: May 1, in Canandaigua. Register soon. Carpooling and caravaning is being set up.
Salvation Army Sunday meals: Our Club is back on fourth Sunday duty. For this month that was last Sunday, next month it will be May 22. Your volunteer time commitment begins around 2:30 p.m., the meal is served at 3:00, and you’re done by around 4:00. Your volunteer heart reward lasts a lot longer. Typically around 50–60 meals are served. See Jeff True for details and to sign up.
Books for The World: An update was given by Dan Weed. At a recent BfTW activity, 100 boxes of surplus books were unpacked and sorted for repacking and shipment to Houston and beyond. Thanks to Gary Reinbolt, Steve Johnson, Dale Flinn, Walt Cottrell, and I think a couple of others I’m forgetting (forgive me).
Rotary Road Rally: This July 23; gets great reviews from those who have attended the previous two years. Mark your calendar! Kelly Buck and Angela Sullivan are the masterminds behind the event, and the people to see to get on the volunteer list.
 Diaper Drive: Jean McPheeters and crew — Gary Reinbolt, Jim Johnston, Mary-Lynn Cummings, and Dale Flinn — purchased a pick-up load of diapers (= 4,600) on April 18, and delivered them to Catholic Charities. New volunteers are now needed to help re-package the diapers into bundles of 10–15 for distribution from CC out to community members in need. (If you have BfTW experience of unpacking and re-packing, take comfort in knowing that the diapers aren’t quite as heavy as the books.) IF YOU CAN HELP re-packing, please contact Heidi Goldstein today.
 New Member: Rob Mackenzie introduced John Dennis. John hails from Leesburg, Va. and Nantucket, Mass. He first came to Ithaca as a Cornell undergraduate and then earned his Ph.D. He returned in the 1990s to raise a family. John is the president of the Chris Dennis Environment Foundation. He is a long-time member of the Tompkins County Environmental Management Committee, and is currently chairing the Environmental Review Committee. Welcome John!
Paul Harris Fellow: Steve Johnson welcomed Eric Harrington into the fold of Paul Harris Fellowship. Eric has been a member of our Club since 2010, during which time he has worked Pancake Day, Rotary Harvest, Youth Soccer, and Books for The World. Eric is the Director of Occupational and Environmental Health for CALS at Cornell. A Groton native and current resident (go Groton!), Eric also volunteers with the Groton Educational Fund, and splits his free time between motorcycles and Morgan horses. Thank you Eric, for all you do for our Club and the community.
TC3 Foundation: A ceremony to introduce TC3 scholarship recipients will be held at Coltivare this coming Friday, 4/28, at 11:45 a.m. Two of those scholarships are funded by our Club. If you are able to attend this event as a representative from our Club, please let June Losurdo know.
April program chair Bob Gravani introduced the speaker, Marc Magnus-Sharpe, the Director of Cornell Outdoor Education (COE). Magnus — his go-to name — is the fourth director in COE’s 45-year history. He arrived a few years ago after 11+ years as an Outward Bound director and instructor, and 12 years on the National Ski Patrol, among many other accomplishments. He has been an EMT and a paramedic for 27 years.
Magnus opened with a simple phrase to illustrate what COE strives for: “Plus est en vous,” You have more in you than you think. It is in this spirit that COE welcomes the entire community into its programs. Featured attractions are the 8,000 square feet of climbing surface at the Lindseth Climbing Center, and the Cornell Team & Leadership Center on Mt. Pleasant. At the latter, 5,000 individuals go through the Hoffman Challenge Course every year.
Safety is of primary concern for COE, and Magnus illustrated the program’s success with a “safety by the numbers” game; numbers placed on every table were matched with particular settings as the number of injuries per 1,000 population of the setting. So for example, the average injury rate on most college campuses is 2.0 per 1K. At Cornell, it’s 2.8 injuries per thousand (think hills, snow and ice). However, for COE that number is just 0.19 injuries per 1,000 participants. Other examples were 5.0 for the NCAA, and 0.75 for Outward Bound.
COE not only has impact on enriching our community, but its reach — as with so much of Cornell — is global. COE collaborates with research teams to collect samples and data on all manner of things, ultimately training local people to continue the work in order to sustain the benefits. On our continent, Cornell Tree Climbing scales western Redwoods to collect cones for seed banks. Check out this amazing video for a breathtaking view from the top.
Magnus packed a lot of information into his presentation, and all of it came down to this: COE provides leadership skill training, and followership skill training. For more information about all the programs, visit the COE website at coe.cornell.edu. Also, take a few minutes to check out this video, BOCES & COE Teaming up for their students at the Lindseth Climbing Center, and this article from last August in the Cornell Chronicle, “Outdoor Odyssey group rescues injured hiker in Vermont.”
Ambassadors: None
Visiting Rotarians: Terry Burke from Glenwood Springs, Colo., Brian Klotz from Corning, N.Y., and Darlynne Overbaugh from Tburg.
Students: None
Workers:
• Greeter, Christian Averrill
• Kettle,
• Thought for the Day, James Brown
• Introductions, Rich Higgins
Set-Up:
Bulletin Reporter: Ted Schiele
Photographer: Mike Brown
Bulletin Editor: Ted Schiele
Club Service Facilitators, Beverly Baker & Joanne Lamoureux
Sunshine Chair, Kellyann O’Mara
Club Service Facilitator Emeritus, Dave Barr
April 26, 2017
Coltivare, S. Cayuga at Clinton St., Downtown Ithaca
J. Andrew Noel, Meakem Smith Director of Athletics and Physical Education, Cornell University, “What it takes to win championships in the Ivy League - the answer will surprise you”
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