March 5, 2014 - Meeting Minutes

Guests:
Prospective member Maurina Schmidt, Linda Schumacher, Students Cheyenne McPherson, Kyle Arthur, Rob Orr, and Szabi.

Missing in Action:
Gene Bassage, Brian Brooks, Wayne Brophy, Gary Haigh, Bob Ike, Debbie LeMoyne, Anne Morrell, Peter Park, Arnie Pechler, Dave Pray, Dave Read, Bob Sloan, Dianne Sloan, Dave Stachnik, Eric VanZeilen, Pat VerPlank, Leslie Vecchiotti, Andy Wahl, Roger Wilbur.

Please remember the following in your thought and prayers:
Gary’s mother had knee surgery.

Singing:
With Kim back to lead us, we sang one of her original compositions, the “Winter Sucks Song”, to the tune of Mary Had A Little Lamb.

Fines, Happy Bucks, Confessions:
• Tom Brighton visited his 12 grandkids in Utah; tried to cram six months’ of fun into two weeks.
• Mark had a happy buck for Kim and her fast recovery.
• Vicky and Bob spent the weekend in New York City.
• Maurina attended two pasta dinners over the weekend.

Notes and Updates for the Club:
- The District Assembly is scheduled for Saturday, April 5 in Geneseo.  There is no charge for any member to attend; new members in particular are encouraged to attend.  Please let Tom Breen know if you would like to go – deadline is March 27.
- The annual joint meeting of the Lions and Rotary clubs will be 7pm April 2 at Parkwood Heights.  More details to follow.

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   Our own Past President Cindy Surline spoke to us today about the Ralph Cator Trust.  This trust was created to honor the last wishes of Palmyra resident Ralph Cator.  Mr. Cator bequeathed money to the Palmyra Ambulance, but PVA disbanded.  The court allowed the money to go into a trust to help the residents of Palmyra with medical needs.  Cindy sits on the board, along with representatives from the Lions Club and the American Legion.  Paul Rubery is the board president.  Last year, the Cator trust helped to provide automated external defribillators for the Palmyra area.  The board is currently seeking proposals/requests for medical needs in the town and village of Palmyra.  The trust’s charter is very specific, in that any project must be for Palmyra only.  This limits its ability to work with the schools, for example, because the district overlaps Macedon, and funding for the benefit of Macedon residents would need to be secured separately.  If you know of a need or have a suggestion, Cindy would be happy to hear about it.