October 10, 2012 - Meeting Minutes

Guests:
Sheelah Zink, Phil Opdycke, Rena Haigh, Shirley Bassage, student Emily Travers, Mila

Missing in Action:
Bill Dean, Pam Dean, John Denniston, Chase Ellsworth, Gary Haigh, Jeff Johncox, Dick Kirchhoff,  Arnie Pechler, Joan Shaffer, Cortney Surline.

Please keep the following in your thoughts and prayers:
Craig LeMoyne was undergoing bypass surgery this morning.
Pat’s grand-daughter (who had amnesia) is having her gall bladder out.

Exchange Student Update:
Mila tells us she had a really good week.  She attended a concert at the Eastman Theater, where her host-sister performed; her swim team won league; and she scored 39 out of 40 on an English essay.

Singing:
Kim led us around a few choruses of Ro-Ro-Rotary (sung to the tune of “Row, Row, Row Your Boat”).

Fines, Happy Bucks, Confessions:
- Gene had a happy buck for the nice picture of him in the crier.
- Tom had a sack buck, as he is suffering from Bell’s palsy.  However, there was an offsetting happy buck in honor of the Texans’ Monday night victory.
-Eric took a trip to California.  He saw the Dodgers lose, and the Bills, too.  But the fans in San Francisco were nice to him - they shared their tequila shots with him, which helped soften the blow.
- Cindy pitched in a buck for the barn sale.  Even though the weather was not so great, the sale went well.  There were few things left over from the last sale, and they raised $60 for Rotary.
- Jim Bush celebrated a “significant birthday for his bride.”
- Peter offered a happy buck in Mila’s honor.  He was quite impressed with her performance on the essay.

Notes and Updates for the Club:
• The Naples Rotary Club is hosting their Annual Appreciation Dinner and Benefit for Camp Onseyawa.  The event will be Saturday, October 27 at Bristol Mountain Resort.  Dinners are $35 per person.  Deadline for reservations is October 17.  More details are available, and reservations can be made, at the Naples club website http://naplesnyrotary.org/campo.php
• Our annual Christmas dinner will be held December 19 at Parkwood Heights in Macedon.  More details will follow.
• The Murder Mystery Dinner is tentatively scheduled for February 16.
• Dictionaries and Thesauruses have arrived.  We are working on setting a date for their distribution.
• Reminder for those who signed up for it - the Rotary excursion to the Bills game is October 21.  Cost is $75 per ticket.  Please pay Tom as soon as possible.

Nancy won $1 in the 50/50 raffle, which she donated to the fair booth fund.

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Next meeting: Noon, October 17, at the American Legion in Palmyra.



Again this year, our club has sponsored scholarships to the local not-for-profit daycares.  Each received a check for $500, presented by President Dianne.  Pictured, left to right, are: President Dianne, Sheelah Zink from the Children's Center, Phil Opdycke from Canaltown Nursery School, and Rena Haigh from Creative Environment Daycare.