Fines - Christina paid into the coffers due to Nate’s surprise party last week & the Rotarians that came to celebrate! In addition, there was also a SURPRISE where Nate officiated a WEDDING that night as well!Bill was happy about his recent trip to Ireland & London – also a pleasant surprise to run into a fellow Vestal Rotarian at the airport abroad!How’s that for a small world!Lori was happy to report SHE was the other Rotarian!George was happy to report that even with the loss, the BILLS are still in 1st place in division.Andy was happy to report mysterious $2 bill tips (if you know you know).Aaron was elusive and shared that there will be a news release on Tuesday featuring a few other Vestal Rotarians and to be on the lookout for this – related to education about fraud prevention. Sal was happy to report a visit to his grandchildren recently.Carol was happy to have escaped any rath from hurricanes during her 5 weeks in Florida recently.Kent was happy about the Giants’ recent wins/status and shared a few events that he and his business will be involved in at Oakdale Commons focused on the Senior population.
Speaker:Steve McCormack, a retired aerospace and medical device engineer and enthusiast of “lifelong learning”.He is involved in The Lyceum program at Binghamton University (where he is an instructor) and participates in “Tango Tuesday” meeting held at Wegman’s café with others seeking knowledge!The topic of Neuroscience was what he chose to speak to Vestal Rotary about at the meeting.The biggest WOW factor was that we have about 86 BILLION neurons in our brain – together producing thought, speech, memory, music, mathematics and consciousness. Neurons communicate via electrical spikes & synaptic interactions.In a network, the pattern of spikes over time: carry & encode info, transform info, select and update internal states. He spoke of the term Emergence and gave a few examples of this.We thank Steve for working to enlighten our group! He invited all who would like to join, his upcoming program at Lyceum in February related to AI!
Special dates:
October 10th - United Way in partnership w/ Vestal Rotary - Halloween Costume “Shop” Be on the lookout for a sign up email coming QUICK!
October 11th - Vestal Rotary Pizza Party at Willow Point Nursing Home. Please see the schedule for WHO is going to be there!
October 17th - Riverbank Clean Up - Aaron had the sign up go out and there are 10 or so volunteers signed up to help!! THANK YOU!!
BIRTHDAY Celebrations - Christina has started a new tradition with providinig some type of head gear to those that are celebrating a Birthday during the month! This month hats were provided to both Kent and Nate and the club “sang” Happy Birthday to them. LOL
Assistant Regional Planning & Program Manager & Engineer for NYSDOT's Region 9
They will cover the larger projects within the region as well as the NY 17 Bridge Approach Slabs Replacement Project in Vestal. Both Bill and Jillian have years of experience, steeped in DOT's public outreach and meeting with members of the public to share information on our projects - discussing projects plans, goals, impacts, and outcomes with a focus on our how our work is helping to strengthen our transportation infrastructure, improve safety and mobility for motorists and pedestrians and ultimately better connect our communities.
