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Tomorrow’s meeting:
— John Guttridge, “Rebuilding the 100 block of West State Street” August 15, 2018 If you haven’t yet caught up with why this past weekend’s Phish concert in Watkins Glen was canceled, it was because, for example, in the 24 hours ending at 7:00 a.m. on Tuesday, 8-3/4 inches of rain fell in Hector, just up from Watkins on the east side of Seneca Lake! Wow! That is a lot of rain on steep ground that empties into the lake. The runoff and other associated collateral damage fouled the area’s drinking water, resulting — yes — the Phish out of water.
The state did not canceled the concert until Thursday, so the long-planned jam was still plugged in on Wednesday when President Mary Berens opened our meeting by leading the Four-Way Test.
Lenore Schwager provided three Thoughts for The Day taken from Ralph Waldo Emerson: - “For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness.”
- “To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.”
- “The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.”
Club members introduced their guests, and a visiting Rotarian from the Dryden Club was welcomed.
Joanne Lamoureux has been on a winning streak with her red ticket prize procurement, and last week was no exception: one bottle each of wine and hard cider from Cellar D’Or on The Commons. And the winning ticket was held by … our speaker, Nicole Pagano from the Green Street Pharmacy just at the other end of the Home Dairy Alley! Be sure to thank Cellar D’Or when you go there!
Last Saturday was the first day for Rotary Harvest, and there are still two weekends to go. So consider volunteering and check in with Heidi Goldstein to sign up — or just show up! Vols meet at 8:30 a.m. at the Ithaca Farmers Market this coming Saturday and next to collect and pack food donations, then deliver the boxes to families. The whole activity wraps up by 11:00, though any amount of time you can spare is totally appreciated. If you missed the RH video a couple of weeks ago, you can check it out here.
Highway crew boss John Barradas and his 8-18-18 gang were all set to sweep Route 13 last Saturday, but even desperados don’t roam road shoulders, guardrails, and steep drop offs in the pouring rain. The rescheduled Highway Clean Up is this Saturday, rebranded as the less catchy by equally tenacious 8-25-18 gang. Don’t miss out! Meet at the Chamber of Commerce parking lot at 9:00 a.m.
LAFF is beginning to rise on the eastern horizon, and Ron Provus put out a call for sponsors. LAFF, originally the Little Apple Fall Follies, is a delightful evening of entertainment put on by our Rotary Club, The Savage Club of Ithaca, and the Ithaca High School Fine Arts Boosters. Through ticket sales and advertising in the LAFF Gazette, this event funds the Community Grants Program that we’re hearing about at our meetings this month. The event is a gas, the grants are one of the best things we do all year, and advertising support from you or your business — or your neighbor or your neighbor’s business — is important and appreciated. Talk to Ron or Jack Roscoe to sign up or get more info.
Jeff True has been to Los Angeles, where he dropped in at the Rotary Club of Los Angeles. The Club is known as “LA5,” because it was just the fifth Rotary Club formed worldwide. Jeff returned to Ithaca with an LA5 banner, which he presented to President Mary. If you are out traveling the country or the world, visit a local Club. And before you go, purchase an Ithaca banner to present at your visit, and trade it for a Club banner to bring back with you.
The 5th Annual Rotary Road Rally went off without a hitch on August 12, and was the biggest Rally yet! Kudos to the committee that pulled it all together, Jessica Gosa, Geoff Dunn, Eric Harrington, Linda and Ray Brisson, and of course, chair Kelly Buck. Many thanks also to Homewood Suites GM and fellow Club member, Mohamed Abdelrehim, for arranging to stage registration and roll-out from his Triphammer Mall hotel. A total 23 vehicles and 66 people ran the rally, which ended at Greek Peak and raised a total of about $1,250 for the Club. (By comparison, last year the event drew 16 cars and 45 people with a total $1,040 raised.) Congrats to all!
Finally, last week’s report by the 2017 Community Grants recipients was given by Michael Roman from St. John’s Episcopal Church. St. John’s was awarded $1,000 to purchase washers and dryers for their Laundry Love program. The church has carved out space in their cellar to set up the equipment — three each washers and dryers — which can be used for free by anyone in need. The laundry is open during the same hours that Loaves and Fishes operates.
 For the second in his downtown series, Gary Ferguson introduced Nicole Pagano, owner of and pharmacist at the Green Street Pharmacy, across the street from the Green St. parking garage. Nicole’s father was a pharmacist, and having been influenced as a child by his service to those in her community, she followed in his footsteps. She studied at the Albany College of Pharmacy, and opened her shop in January 2010.
 It was slow going at first; being a pharmacist is all about building a trusted body of patients. Nicole dedicated herself to that and now her business is growing so fast she has a hard time keeping up.
Green Street Pharmacy is the only independent pharmacy in Tompkins County. As such, it competes with the big boys — Wegmans, CVS, WalMart — who, Nicole said, “don’t play fair.” Nicole described ways her small independent store has been affected by their business behaviors.
Building personal relationships with people and other agencies is what Nicole loves most about a community pharmacy. Over the years, she has developed partnerships with United Way, the Downtown Ithaca Alliance, and the Community Foundation, and has specifically stepped up to assist those affected by the opioid crisis. Even though as a student she was warned not to help addicts — it would only bring trouble — she saw a need and is helping to meet it. In response to her efforts, Nicole won the 2016 Cardinal Health Generation RX Champions Award from the Pharmacists Society of the State of New York, “for her passionate pursuit to reduce and prevent prescription drug addiction in Tompkins County.” Nicole is a true asset in our community.
Ambassadors: None
Visiting Rotarians: Tracy Evan Kurtz from the Dryden Rotary Club.
Students: None
Workers:
• Greeter, Catrina Decker
• Kettle, Emily Parker
• Thought for the Day, Lenore Schwager
• Introductions, Member hosts
Set-Up: Joe Giordano, Ron Provus, Harlin McEwen, Dale Flinn, Dave Martin, & Brad Carruth.
Bulletin Reporter: Kelly Buck
Photographer: Kelly Buck
Bulletin Editor: Ted Schiele
Club Service Facilitators, Beverly Baker & Joanne Lamoureux
Sunshine Chair, Kellyann O’Mara
August 22, 2018
Coltivare, S. Cayuga at Clinton St., Downtown Ithaca
John Guttridge, “Rebuilding the 100 block of West State Street”
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