October 8, 2014 - Meeting Minutes

Guests:
Bonnie Hays, Jonas.

Missing in Action:
Gene Bassage, Brian Brooks, Wayne Brophy, Jim Bush, Mark Clement, Marie Cramer, Gary Haigh, Debbie LeMoyne, Jim Murray, Peter Park, Arnie Pechler, Dave Pray, Nancy Schrader, Maurina Schmidt, Joan Shaffer, Dave Stachnik, Eric VanZeilen, Leslie Vecchiotti, Andy Wahl.

Please keep the following in your thoughts and prayers:
Claris Schwing passed away.
Mark Crane is having surgery.

Fines, Happy Bucks and Confessions:
• Eric and Edy went to Pittsburgh, where they took in the Giants’ baseball wild card game.  The Giants won and are on to the playoffs.  Also, Buffalo won on Sunday.
• Kim had a happy buck for her granddaughter’s birthday last week, and another because she is back with us again with a new hip.
• Anne informs us that our outbound exchange student, Bailey Cole, has left for Brazil.  Also, she was able to watch the Ithaca Bombers play; her son Steven scored 4 goals in that game.
• Tom Breen told how he came to have that scratch across his forehead last week.  One of his cats used him as a launching pad in an attempt to catch a car’s headlights moving across the wall.
• Steve has set himself a goal to ride his bike from Savannah to Niagara Falls; last week he took a ride from Genesee Valley Park to Brockport.
• Bob Yost went to Houston to visit Nate.  They went to Reliant Stadium there to watch the Bills beat the Texans.
• Dianne travelled to Maryland and New Jersey with friends; they attended an Oprah Winfrey event there.
• Bob Sloan had a hopeful buck for the upcoming Bills/Patriots game.
• Tom Brighton was in Alaska for 12 days; welcomed grandchild number 16; and was in Fourth Lake for the largest gathering of canoers and kayakers (Guinness world record).
• Pam and Bill went to New York City and saw Derek Jeter play some of his last games.  They stayed in a hotel which Vicky had recommended and said the view of Manhattan was awesome.

Notes and Updates for the Club:
- The district’s Eastern Cities Fellowship Dinner will be October 27 at the Riverside Convention Center in Rochester.  The keynote speaker is Rotary Foundation Chair John Kenny.  Tickets are $45 per person until Friday, October 10, $50 per person after the 10th.  To register for the event, you may click here.
- The district is seeking volunteers to act as hosts for the Milt Matthews Governor-Elect Hospitality program, which is January 9-17.  Last year, 18 Governors-Elect from 14 countries participated.  If you are interested in hosting a Governor-Elect, more information is available at the district website.
- Rotary Leadership Institute has sessions available at the Inn on the Lake in Canandaigua Saturday, November 1 st.  Registration deadline is October 27.  Information and registration is available at the RLI website rlinea.org.  

Congratulations to Jonas, who was this week’s 50/50 winner on a donated ticket.

Rotarian Vicky and her guest Bonnie Hays are proud to have Historic Palmyra be featured in the Path Through History i-Phone app.

   Bonnie Hays was with us today, telling us about the latest happenings with Historic Palmyra.  She reminded us that Palmyra has 5 museums: the Alling Coverlet Museum, the Palmyra Print Shop, William Phelps General Store, Erie Canal Depot, and the Palmyra Historical Museum.  She talked about the birthday celebration for Sybil Phelps, as well as the Cemetery Walk in the old village cemetery on Church Street. 

   Bonnie told us how in 1964 the Federal Dep’t of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) approached Palmyra.  They wanted to tear down old buildings on the north side of Main Street and put in a walking mall.  They also wanted to move route 31, to by-pass the village, all in the interest or renewal and progress.  Historic Palmyra joined the discussion and persuaded the village not to follow HUD’s recommendations.  That’s one example of what Historic Palmyra is about.