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Tomorrow’s meeting:
At the Ithaca Country Club on Oct 3 (not Coltivare!)
Diane Cohen, Finger Lakes ReUse, Inc. “ReUse – Reducing Waste and Creating Opportunities”
Red Ticket Raffle Prize: Two tickets to see Don McLean at the State Theatre on December 9th. These coveted tickets are for Stage Left Orchestra Row S, Seats 2,4. The performance is part of the State Theatre's 90th Birthday weekend! September 26, 2018 As she opened the meeting this past week, President Mary Berens asked the group to join her in reciting the Pledge of Allegiance. Mary followed with the Thought for The Day: “The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.”
Rotarians introduced their guests. Linda Pasto brought friend and Ithaca newcomer, Colleen Schiefen, and Joanne Lamoureux welcomed Sharon Kaplan, a potential new member.
The group also welcomed visiting Rotarian Justinas Stankus from Vilnius Vienybe, Lithuania. Justinas is in Ithaca on a Fulbright in the Department of Anthropology at Cornell. His research is focus is legal anthropology; how rebel groups in Myanmar are redefining themselves.
And back among us, having taken both the high road and the low road, and still got to Scotland before most of us, was Rob Mackenzie, having just returned from his 6-month walkabout in Europe! Welcome back Rob! Can’t wait to hear some of your best stories!
The red ticket prize was a $30 gift certificate for The Commons Kitchen, Moroccan cuisine (yum!) on The Commons at 124 E. State St.
Once again: This week’s meeting is at the Country Club. If you go to Coltivare, have a nice lunch.
Two weeks of kettle collections for Seneca County flood relief totaled over $500! Thanks to all who contributed.
In District 7170 business: - Interested in a Rotary leadership position? If so, plan to attend the One Rotary Summit seminar, in Sidney on Saturday, October 27 from 8:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. The emphasis this year is on the question, “Why Rotary?” Click here for more info and registration.
- This year’s Rotary Foundation Dinner is Monday, October 29 at The McKinley in Endicott. RI President Barry Rassin will be the speaker. The cost is $48 per person. Read the payment instructions carefully when registering online. Click here for the event page with instructions on the 7170 site.
The History Center is moving to the new Tompkins County Center for History and Culture (the former Tompkins Trust building) at the end of 2018. “Moving History Forward; Be a Part of History” will take place on Sunday, October 21, during which you can help The History Center move by passing an interesting array of museum artifacts along a human brigade stretching a 1/3 of a mile from 401 E. State St. to 110 N. Tioga St., 2:00-4:00 p.m.
Share the Warmth has a sorting site! The now closed Immaculate Conception School. That will make moving goods to Catholic Charities a walk down the street! Sign-ups will start in early November.
The LAFF Gazette arrived, and is being or has been distributed to the community as you read this! Pick some copies up at the meeting tomorrow and get them out at your workplace and other locations before the show this coming Saturday. Most important of all, visit the advertisers and let them know you appreciate their support for our community grants. Fully three quarters of the LAFF revenue — grant funding — comes from Gazette advertisers!
And don’t forget to pay for your LAFF tickets, then come to the show with friends or family, sell your tickets, give them away, or give them back to Jack Roscoe so youth can attend.
Days for Girls: Linda Pasto reported on a grant she wrote to fund the next two Days for Girls events. The project sews reusable hygiene kits for girls to help keep them in school (and from being ostracized) when they are menstruating. A local group, Sewing Saints, will make 100 kits per day on Friday and Saturday, October 19-20 at All Saints Church in Lansing. The activity goes from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Mary Berens is helping with the project. Linda’s district level International Grant is a 3-year commitment for our Club to enlist volunteers and raise funds. Consider volunteering to help; tasks include sewing, ironing flat items, and trimming with blunt scissors. There will be food at the site!
Pride of Workmanship awards nominations are open. This is for employees who, often working behind-the-scenes, go above and beyond to make a difference in the day to day operations at their job. Talk it up at work! Deadline is Friday, Oct. 12. Full details on our Ithaca Rotary website. Kati Flynn is in charge.
Wizarding Weekend means many different things to different people, but to Ithaca Rotarians it means grilled cheese and tomato soup! Joanne Lamoureux is getting sign-ups now. The event is downtown on October 27-28.
The 45th Annual Election Day Pancake Day breakfast, lunch, and dinner rode into the hall on airborne spatulas, wiskes, and big knives all being juggled by the master chef, Frank Towner! Frank and Geoff Dunn are co-chairing this year, with Joe Metz as the all-day honoree. November 6, 7 to 7; get ready to volunteer. Vols are also still needed for key day-of management positions, so contact Geoff if you are willing and able.
New Member
George Gull introduced Dean Briere, and welcomed him as a new member just in time for Dean to be the week’s program speaker! In March 2017, Dean returned to Ithaca’s winters to lead the Sciencenter. Dean has been active in the science museum field since 1988 when he joined Discovery Place in Charlotte, N.C. He has served as the Vice President of Education, Programs and Guest Services at the North Carolina Museum of Life and Science, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer at Discovery Place, and Chief Finance and Administration Officer at Arizona Science Center. He is actively involved in the Association of Science-Technology Centers and has served local museum organizations throughout his career. Welcome Dean!
Aly Evans introduced Dean Briere, Executive Director of the Sciencenter. He is the final speaker in September’s science theme, speaking about “Sciencenter Myths.” His staff and board, he assured, make everything possible; before beginning, he added $20 happy dollars, making sure he covered all the events he will mention!
Myth #1: Sciencenter is just for kids. No. Adult-only events are offered, as well, including the upcoming “Wicked Plants” which explores some of nature’s most toxic flora and fauna. Visitors travel from room to room in a Victorian-era home and learn about various poisonous plants. It opened this past Saturday and runs through January 1.
For the 21 and over crowd there’s a lecture series, “History and Science of Craft Beverages.” The final event will be at Coltivare on December 12 at 5:30 p.m., “The Science of Food Pairing.”
Myth #2: Sciencenter is within the 4 walls. No; it’s so much more. They have eleven traveling exhibits (seven owned by Sciencenter with four on loan to them) that in 2017 touched 1.6 million people in 14 states.
In a national partnership with Head Start Programs, teachers are trained by Sciencenter staff. Our Sciencenter also provides resources to support museums partnering with local Head Start programs for teacher professional development and family engagement focusing on early childhood science (MuseumTools.org).
A partner in a national informal STEM network with many organizations, the Sciencenter works at the local level with family science nights in Dryden, Groton, and Moravia.
Myth #3: Sciencenter is supported by government funds. Dean agreed they do get some, but only through competitive grants. Grant funders include National Science Foundation, Institute of Museum and Library Services, our Community Foundation, Tompkins County Tourism. The Sciencenter currently has 30 active grants, however they represent only 18% of their budget. - Grants: 18%
- Donations: 18%
- Endowment & Other: 19%
- Earned Income: 45% (membership, admissions, touring exhibits)
Mary presented Dean with the speaker’s gift, a donation in his honor to Polio Plus to treat 25 people. And Dean selected the winning raffle ticket, held by Maricelis Acevedo.
Workers:
• Greeter, Larry Thayer
• Kettle, Dave Martin, Jo Ellen Hedlund
• Thought for the Day, Mary Berens
• Introductions, Rotary hosts introduced their guests
Set-Up: Joe Giordano, Harlin McEwen, Dave Martin
Bulletin Reporter: Loralyn Light
Photographer: Joanne Lamoureux
Bulletin Editor: Ted Schiele
Club Service Facilitators, Beverly Baker & Jeff True
Sunshine Chair, Kellyann O’Mara
October 3, 2018
Country Club of Ithaca, Cayuga Heights
Diane Cohen, Finger Lakes ReUse, Inc.
“ReUse – Reducing Waste and Creating Opportunities”
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