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 | TUPPER ROTARY CLUB MEETING/ April 21, 2010 |
 Tupper Lake Rotary
April 21, 2010
at the Aaron Maddox Hall
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Opening: Our song was led by Greg Gachowski and Dave Reed gave the blessing today.
Announcements: Dave Reed announced that he and Nick Cervelin attended the Rotary Club in Malone last week to lay the groundwork for the May 6 Allstar pitch for ads.
Gail passed around a sign up sheet for reading to the LP Quinn students.
Gail announced a May 13th 4 club meeting at the Nonifina in Saranac Lake. 7pm.
Today' Program AllStar Update : Mark provided the update including committee structure. Mark Moeller reviewed the advertisers lists and members signed up for those advertisers they will be responsible for. Further work on this next week. Dick Meisburger completed his ad work prior to his surgery. Monies are in. Great job Dick.
Nick called for a short board meeting to discuss membership issues.
Anniversity: Fred and Rene Schuller, April 22
Members present today: 11 of 21 plus one prospective
Today's 50/50-Happy Dollars Winner: ?
Coming Programs
April 28- Eric Sears
May 5- Dick Meisburger
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| TUPPER ROTARY CLUB MEETING/ March 31, 2010 |
Tupper
Lake Rotary
March
31, 2010
at the Arron Maddox hall
rotaryallstars.com
Announcements:
All luncheons meetings will be held at the Arron Maddox Hall
at this time.
Dave
Reed announced that Dick Meisburger had developed pnumonia while having
heart surgery and was flown to Albany Medical Center. At last
information Dick is now recovering at home. Dan King has agreed to be a
"Rotary helper" with the Washington Street Rotary Tin Man station this
year.
AllStar
Update : Nick, Bengt and Dave will be visiting other
area Rotary Clubs to get them involved in supporting and selling ads for
the AllStar Game. Ricky Dattola suggested that the trio also take a
coach with them to speak with the other Rotary groups.
They hope to get the Saranac Lake coach to go to some of the clubs with
them and to have the Massena coach accompany them to the Malone and
Massena Rotary meetings.
Lind Provo announced
that she will bring with her next week the master advertising list to
get each member assigned to places to go to get ads.
As Club President
Eric Sears discussed at today's meeting, last years programs were too
dark. We will try to get copies of the 2008 and 2007 programs for
members to have on hand to show prospective advertisers what the ads
look like. Eric plans to be physically present this year at the printing
to assure that the photos and print in the programs are clear and easy
to read.
This year the East
Pizza party and chalk talk will be at the VFW in Plattsburg and the West
event will be at the K of C in Canton.
All Rotary members
are invited to attend. Look for information coming soon or talk to Nick,
Bengt or Dave.
Menu for Wednesday
April 7: Roast Pork Dinner
Members present today: 8
of 21
Meeting info:
Meetings at Arron Maddox Hall (adjacent to the Adult Center downtown.)
Coming
Programs
April
7-Nick Cervelin
April 14-Karen Pioli
April
21-Bengt Ohman
April 28- Eric Sears
May 5-
Dick Meisburger
Note: Please check the calendar at the website to see
when you are scheduled to provide the weekly program.
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| TUPPER ROTARY CLUB MEETING/ March 17, 2010 |
Tupper
Lake Rotary
March
17, 2010
at the Pine Grove
www.rotaryallstars.com
Opening:
Rick Wilburn gave the blessing today.
Announcements:
Dave Reed will be contacting Dick and Shirley Meisburger to see how he
is doing. His hospital stay has taken longer than he had hoped. We are
all looking forward to having Dick back with us soon.
Steve
Wilson announced that Greg Gachowski is a grandfather again.
Congratulations to Greg and Barbara !
AllStar
Update : Linda Provo announced that we will need to contact
the coaches by the end of this month to determine who will be playing in
the game in July. Dave Reed said that he and Nick Cervelin are looking
for a past Allstar player to accompany them to the "Chalk Talk" Seminars
with the players to help explain and answer questions about the Allstar
Games. All rotarians are also encooraged to go and participate in these
fun discussion sessions with the ball players. More information soon on
when and where !
Guests
Today: Town Supervisor Roger Amell, Enza Poeleth, Phyllis
Thompson
Today'
Program: Guest Speakers today
were Town Assessor and Code Enforcement Officer Paul O'Leary, KLW
Municipal Services Company Representatives Robert Koszarck and Gary
Schwaibold, and New York State Office of Real Properties Property
Analyst Cynthia King.
Club President Eric Dears introduced Mr. O'Leary to those assembled.
Mr. O'Leary explained that the new town real property evaluation is
being done on all town properties to replace the 2007 evaluation.The new
assessments will be based on property values as of July 1, 2010. The
new values will be used to determine county, town and school taxes
beginning with the town/county taxes due in September 2011.
Mr. O'Leary introduced Cynthia King, and Mr. Koszarck and Mr.
Schwaibold. The gentlemen work for the own's contractor, KLW , which is
the company that will be looking at each property and determining the
value for the town's property data base. Mr. Schwaibold is the lead data
collector.
Mr. Koszarck explained that he was happy to be present to "Explain
the Process" of property re-evaluation and assessment. He said that 75
to 80 % of the data has already been collected. He said that they have
started from "scratch" and are looking at every building, shed, deck ,
etc on every property. Their goal is to determine a "fair and equitable "
value for every property. They will be looking at numerous values
including size, quality and character of each property.
Some members present said that they were concerned that because
there have been so few sales of local real properties in the past few
years, since the market high when the last valuation was done , that
there would be difficulty determining fair values. Mr. Koszarck
explained that they would go to other similiar Adirondack communites if
necessary to get comparable values.
During questions Mr. Koszarck explained that his company has
previously valued property on Lake Ontario and at a community in the
Catskills. He said that the sales used to determine your property value
will be disclosed to you. While many members appeared to believe that
market values have decreased significantly since 2007, the State Real
Property Representative explained that she believes that some property
values, including some in Tupper Lake, may have actually increased.
Every property owner will have an opportunity to meet with a
representative of KLW after receiving their new assessment disclosure
notice on March 1, 2011. Besides stating the new assessed value, this
document will also state what your taxes would have been during the
previous year at the new assessed value. Anyone can call Town Assessor
Paul O'Leary(359-3580) at any time to get information on the assessed
value for you or other properties.
Members present today: 10
of 21
Today's 50/50-Happy Dollars Winner: Guest, Phyllis Thompson
Meeting
info: The March 31 meeting is tentatively scheduled to be
at the T.L. Adult Center/Arron Maddox Hall
Coming Programs
March
24-Steve Wilson
March 31- Dave Reed or Eric
Sears-Roof Top Hiway or Civil War re-enactor
April
7-Nick Cervelin
April 14-Karen Pioli
April
21-Bengt Ohman
April 28- Eric Sears
May 5-
Dick Meisburger
Note: Please check the calendar at the website to see
when you are scheduled to provide the weekly program.
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| TUPPER ROTARY CLUB MEETING/ March 10, 2010 |
Tupper
Lake Rotary
March 10,
2010
at the Pine Grove
www.rotaryallstars.com
Opening:
Song Master Greg Gachowski led the club in song today. Rick
Wilburn gave the blessing.
Announcements:
President Eric Sears announced that the Pine Grove will be closed on
May 26, June 2 and June 9. Marti Mozdzier is in charge of seeking
another location or locations. nick Cervelin suggested that we try to
attend at the TL Senior Center on at least one of the ocassions as it is
a fund raiser for them.
Gail Auclair announced that she has arranged with Eileen Hayes at the LP
Quinn school for us to read to the students there in May. More details
and sign up information will be forth coming.
Bengt Ohman announced that he will be away until March 22. In the mean
time as the advertising committee chair for "Allstars" he would like us
to do the following:
1.
Print or make arrangements for the printing of the game tickets.
Eric
said that he would contact the Free Press as they did this last year.
2.
Each of us should look at last year's program and approach those
advertisers that we contacted and got ads from last year. If we can get
most of them signed up now, we will have that out of the way. The Rotary
Allstar ad copy guidelines should be at our web site. Eric and other
members have copies if you need some. Just give any one a call. The
former advertisers shouldn't have to do anything except "pay" if they
want to run the same ad.
The
rates are the same-$70 for business card size,$135 1/4 page, $250 1/2
page, $400 full page, $500 for inside front or back cover.
3.
As members we can by our own ad wishing "good luck to the Allstars or
any other appropriate greeting to them , Rotary, etc.
Nick Cervelin announced that he and Mark Moeller will be at TLHS next
Thursday, March 18, at 7 pm to speak to interested student and parents
about the outbound Rotary Youth Exchange program. Interested students
must be able to return to complete at least their senior year at home.
Today's
Speaker: Dave Reed introduced Jason Clark Chair of the
"Northern Corridor Transportation Group". Mr. Clark, who is also
Director of Development for the Village of Massena explained that the
proposed "interstate 98 is a highway to connect I-81 near Watertown
with I-87 between Roses Point and Plattsburgh. Currently the project has
support in the form of resolutins from 110 local and county governments
including all 5 countys that it would transit. No studies have been
done to show how the project might affect commerce in the central
Adirondack communities.
More
information is available from Mr. Clark at 315-769-8484 or jc@massenaworks.com
Today' Program: Members present today: 11
of 21
No 50/50-Happy Dollars today
Coming Programs
March
17-Sandi Strader -Speaker on T.L Real Property Assessment Revaluation
March
24-Steve Wilson
March 31- Eric Sears- Civil War re-enactor
April
7-Nick Cervelin
April 14-Karen Pioli
April
21-Bengt Ohman
April 28- Eric Sears
May 5-
Dick Meisburger
Note: Please check the calendar at the website to see
when you are scheduled to provide the weekly program.
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| TUPPER ROTARY CLUB MEETING/ March 3, 2010 |
Tupper Lake Rotary
March 3, 2010
at the Pine Grove
www.rotaryallstars.com
Opening: Song Master Greg Gachowski led the club in song today. Rick Wilburn gave the blessing.
Announcements:
President Eric Sears announced that a request for training tuition of
approximately $150. for a TLHS student to attend a seminar has been
received. Eric suggested that the request be considered at the next
Board meeting. Eric also announced that he has taken down last year's
Rotary allstar game information from the web site to prepare it for
this year's information.
Nick
Cervelin announced that a Youth Exchange Program presentation was
recntly done at the High School. Nick asked members to inquire and then
inform him of any prospective high school students who may be good
candidates to spend a year abroad. This would be for a 2011 departure
to a foreign country to spend a year of studies.
Dave Reed announced that he will be heading up the Washington Ave Timan
Aid Station again this year. Dave thanked Sandi Strader for running
the station last year. Dave will be looking for individuals to spend a
couple of hours this summer at the station on the day of the run.
Today' Program: Marty
Mozdzier's guest from the Dept. of Labor was unable to appear at our
meeting today so Marti spoke about the program which deals with large
employer closures like the Jarden plant closure in Tupper lake last
year.
Marty also spoke about how the Adirondack Park Agency Visitor centers benefit tourism. There is concern that the Agency will
close them this year as part of the state's austerity/ cost cutting
program as it is in the Agency's decision making authority to decide
where its cuts will be.
There is also concern about the nomination of boat builder Peter
Hornbeck as the next APA board member. While he supports the use of the
waterways for his premier very light kayaks and asserts that he is an
Adirondack businessman, he has publicly announced that he does not
support any development such as the ACR project and appears not
support other uses of or other access methods or uses of the
Adirondacks.
A "steering committee" has been set up by Andy Flynn , Adirondack
author, to try to save the Visitor Information Centers. For more info
please contact the Tuppaer Lake Chamber. Thaer will be an Open House at
the Chamber on March 12 to feature Microsoft 7.
Other news- Rick Wilburn is back from the Vancouver, B.C. Olympics and will tell us all about it soon !
Members present today: 15 of 21
Today's 50/50-Happy Dollars Winner: Bengt Ohman
Coming Programs
March 17-Sandi Strader -Speaker on T.L Real Property Assessment Revaluation
March 24-Steve Wilson
March 31- Dave Reed or Eric Sears-Roof Top Hiway or Civil War re-enactor
April 7-Nick Cervelin
April 14-Karen Pioli
April 21-Bengt Ohman
April 28- Eric Sears
May 5- Dick Meisburger
Note: Please check the calendar at the website to see when you are scheduled to provide the weekly program.
Tupper
Lake Rotary
March 3, 2010
at
the Pine Grove
www.rotaryallstars.com
Correction/
Addendum:
There is a
meeting today March 10 at the Pine Grove at noon.
Last week Marti
discussed Andy Flynn's efforts to keep the VIC s open.
The group/steering
committee trying to save / or find a way to operate the
Visitor Information Centers (at Paul Smiths and Newcomb which are
presently operated by the Adirondack Park Agency) is comprised of the
DEC, the AECD, the Natuaral history Museum of the Adirondacks, the ANCA,
the API, the NCCC, Audubon NY and Boces.
Also- Please note-The Tupper Lake Chamber of Commerce will
have its open House beginning at 4:30 pm this Friday, March 12.
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| TUPPER ROTARY CLUB MEETING/ February 24, 2010 |
Tupper Lake Rotary
February 24, 2010
at the Pine Grove
www.rotaryallstars.com
Opening: Song Master Greg Gachowski led the club in song today. Rick Wilburn gave the blessing.
Today' Program: Today's program was discussion about the Allstar Football "Programs" which will be sold at the Allstar Game in July. The
"Programs" feature the advertising that is sold by the membership to
various businesses and they also include the player information.
Club
President Eric Sears began by explaining that he will have the Sunmount
Printing Department print the programs again this year. There was
discussion about the programs and especially the printed ads and the
photos in the ads being "too dark" and the player jersey numbers and
names not being available in last years "Programs." Eric said that he
planned to be physically present at this year's printing
to assure that the "Programs" will not be "too dark "
The
membership discussed apparent difficulties that have occured with
knowing what the player jersey numbers were going to be at the time of
the printing of the "Programs" This information was not available in
last years program and some members of the public complained.
It
was proposed that if the jersey numbers can not be known prior to the
printing of the "Programs" that we can "stuff" them with a sheet of
paper with the player name and number information after they are
printed and before the game.
It
was, however, also discussed by the club president, that the programs
could be published a few days before the game and that therefore
advertising could be accepted up to the last minute if
necessary. Nevertheless we will be giving advertisers a date certain
well in advance of our final possible printing date.
Beng
Ohman is looking for an up to date listing of last year's game related
activities to determine where we can get advertising dollars. Bengt
would like to have more information from the coaches and booster clubs.
We also need help from other Rotary Clubs to sell ads and we want to
get other service clubs involved and split ad money with them on the
ads that they get. Bengt needs three other people to help him with this.
Mark
Moeller and others suggested that we also try to print and sell tickets
early and before the game to maximumize income from ticket sales as
some folks that purchase tickets may eventually not get to the
game. We hope that some ticket sales could be done through the
booster club and discussion about an incentive for the booster clubs
occured.
Bengt Ohman will be distributing a listing of advertisers for each club member to contact.
Members present today: 10 of 21
Today's 50/50-Happy Dollars Winner: No Happy Dollars Today
Coming Programs
Next week-March 3-Sandi Strader
March Regular Program-to be announced-no evening assembly
March 17-Marti Mozdzier
March 24-Steve Wilson
March 31- no assignment
April 7-Nick Cervelin
April 14-Karen Pioli
April 21-Bengt Ohman
April 28- Eric Sears
May 5- Dick Meisburger
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| TUPPER ROTARY CLUB MEETING/ February 17, 2010 |
Tupper Lake Rotary
February 17, 2010
at the Pine Grove
www.rotaryallstars.com
Opening: Song Master Greg Gachowski led the club in song today. Rick Wilburn gave the blessing.
Announcements:
Club President Sears said that the club had received a thank you card
from the family of Win Benoit. including Kitty, Tom, Kim, Joe and
Marie. They expressed how much Win had enjoyed being a Rotarian and his
participation in Tupper Lake Rotary. Rick Wilburn mentioned to the club
that he had invited Win's oldest son, who comes to Tupper Lake
occassionally, to
come to any of our meetings.
Marti Mozdzier
announced that the Annual T.L. Chamber of Commerce Awards Dinner is
Saturday, February 20 and that tickets are available at the Chamber
Office for $35. each.
Bengt Ohman said
that, if there is time next week, he would like to discuss advertising
for the AllStar Program. Although Doug Wright is scheduled to provide
the program for February 24, Eric said that he would arrange for Doug
to provide the program on another date so that we could devote the
program on the 24th to Bengt's discussion of the AllStar Game Program
Ads.
Today' Program: Pam
Martin filled in for the scheduled speaker who was TLHS teacher Cathy
Eldridge. Cathy was unavailable today due to a family illness. Pam
explained that Cathy is mentoring a "Green Team" within the High
School. The "Green Team is a group of students who are working on
issues of climate change.
They
have been working with the Wild Center and have obtained materials from
authors and reserchers to promote and discover environmentally friendly
ideas that can be used to created a cleaner world. The group was
developed out of the climate change seminars that occured last year at
the Museum.
Pam explained that her presentation is a "teaser" for the future
program later this year to be presented to us by Cathy and another
teacher and five of the students.
Members present today: 13 of 21
Today's 50/50-Happy Dollars Winner: Mark Moeller
Anniversary: Brad Parker and Eileen Stott, February 14
Coming Programs
Next week-February 24-Bengt Ohman-AllStar Advertising
March 3-Sandi Strader
March 10-6:00 pm Assembly-speaker to be announced
March 17-Marti Mozdzier
March 24-Steve Wilson
March 31- no assignment
April 7-Nick Cervelin
April 14-Karen Pioli
April 21-Bengt Ohman
April 28- Eric Sears
May 5- Dick Meisburger
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| TUPPER ROTARY CLUB MEETING/ February 10, 2010 |
Tupper Lake Rotary
February 10, 2010
at the Pine Grove
www.rotaryallstars.com
Opening: Song Master Greg Gachowski led the club in song today. Rick Wilburn gave the blessing.
Announcements:
Club President Eric sears announced that a thank you note had been
received from ARISE and that the club web site has been updated.
Sandy Strader
announced that in coordination with Town Assessor, Paul O'Leary, plans
are being made to have a representative of the contractor doing the
real property evaluations speak at our March 17 meeting. Sandy
suggested that we invite the general public to attend.
District
Governor Nominee Mr. Bill Gray will be the District Governor in 2011.
Mr. Gray was introduced and spoke briefly to the club. He has been to
57 clubs in the District. He discussed the "power of invitation" and
the "possibility of yes" in getting individuals involved in Rotary
activities.
Mr. Gray said that
the upcoming Rotary International Convention in Montreal is a great
opportunity to meet people from all over the world and to make life
long friendships. Information is available through www.rotary.org
Paul Roalsvig
annonced that the All Star Press release has gone out. The press
release and related stories have already benn published in some local
papers !
Today' Program: Betsy
Lowe was introduced by Paul Roalsvig. Betsy, who was last a guest
speaker a couple of years ago, is the individual behind the creation of
the "Wild Center" Museum and is currently the Director of the NYS Dept.
of Conservation District 5.
Betsy explained
that so far the Museum has seen over 100,000 visitors. Betsy is on
multiple boards including the Museum's , AP and ORDA and was on the
Quadracentenila board for the Lake Champlain 400 year discovery
anniversary.
Ms. Lowe discussed
declining staff numbers in her department and some of the issues facing
her department today. These included the affect of highway road salt,
power lines needed to support wind turbine developments, and invasive
species concerns. Betsy said that our area is a good place to conduct
climate change studies.
Ms. Lowe explained
that her department is involved with everything from the rebuilding of
the Crown Point Lake Chaplain Bridge to the construction of the Malta
computer
chip plant.
Guests Today: Rene-Paul Forier , Rotary Assistant District Governorl and Bill Gray, District Governorl Nominee
Allstar news: Linda Provo announced that 11 of the 17
scholls contacted ( including 7 west and 4 east ) have returned packets that include a total of 81 seniors so far.
Members present today: 12 of 21 members
Today's 50/50-Happy Dollars Winner: Dave Reed
Reminder: Annual Dues are
$150.00 payable in July. However they may be paid in two installments
of $75.00. If you are or would like to pay dues semi-annually you can
pay half now, in January! See Club Treasurer Sandy Strader at the next
meeting. She is always willing to take your money which is what keeps
our club able to serve the community!
Coming Programs
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| TUPPER ROTARY CLUB MEETING/ February 3, 2010 |
Tupper Lake Rotary
February 3, 2010
at the Pine Grove
www.rotaryallstars.com
Opening: Song Master Greg Gachowski led the club in song today while Rick Wilburn gave the blessing.
Announcements: Club
President Eric Sears announced that the club received " thank yous"
from Family Champions for our $500. donation and from K-Ellen Cleary of
the Imbassi Orphanage and from our sponsored student Ingabaire Claudia
for our club's educational tuition support. The Orphanage is in
Ruwanda . It was support by our club abnd other Rotary clubs. As the
orphans are now growing up, last year we decided to support one of them for their education.
Today' Program: Gail
Auclair spoke today about her attendance, on behalf of the club, to the
local club Presidents meeting held last week in Ausable Forks.
Rerpresentatives of the three tri-lakes clubs and the Ausable Club attended this meeting with Assistant District Director
Rene-Paul Forier. gail explained that Rene-Paul would like all four
local clubs to meet once each year. To encourage such an event for this
year, Rene-Paul has proposed to give $400 to the club with the best
percentage of attendance at a get together event to be held this
spring.
There will be other awards as well.The key is to have the best
attendance possible. He and others are looking for a venue in the
area that will accomodate about 100 people.
The Ausable Club will be holding a Foundation walk on May 2.
No Guests Today:
Allstar news: Linda
Provo announced that player packets have been received back from 9 of
the 17 scholls including recent responses from Plattsburgh, Massena and
St. Lawrence Central High Schools.
Family Champions:
Karen Pioli would like everyone to know that Family Champions is now
open Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 9am to 1 pm and is open on
Saturday 1 to 3pm. Further information is available by calling 359-9110
Members present today: 12 of 25
Today's 50/50-Happy Dollars Winner: Dave Reed
Reminder: Annual Dues are
$150.00 payable in July. However they may be paid in two installments
of $75.00. If you are or would like to pay dues semi-annually you can
pay half now, in January! See Club Treasurer Sandy Strader at the next
meeting. She is always willing to take your money which is what keeps
our club able to serve the community!
Coming Programs
Next week-February 10-Paul Roalsvig
February 17-Pam Martin
February 24-Doug White
March 3-Sandy Strader
March 10 - Evening Assembly
March 17- Marti Modzier
March 24- Steve Wilson
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| TUPPER ROTARY CLUB MEETING/ January 27, 2010 |
 Tupper Lake Rotary
January 27, 2010
at the Pine Grove
www.rotaryallstars.com
Opening: Song Master Greg Gachowski led the club in song today. Rick Wilburn gave the blessing.
Announcements:
Club President Sears announced the passing of Winn Benoit. Winn was a
Rotarian for many years. In many ways, Win gave great service to the
Club and to our community. We will all miss Winn greatly and we mourn
for his wife, Catherine, and his family.
The
Club will meet at the Fortune ,Stuart, Keogh Funeral Home at about 5:45
to 6 pm this Friday, January 29 to participate in the funeral Service
for Winn. Dave Reed will email the membership with any updates or time
changes for this gathering.
Today' Program: Club
Member Nick Cervelin discussed the Poilo prevention program. Nick has
traveled to Ghana, India Tanzinia and Nigeria to help fight Poio and
Malaria. Nick explained that Polio still exists in Nigeria and India.
It has been isolated to one state in each of these countries. The major
worldwide Polio eradication initiative which has also been a major
intrnational Rotary program began in the 1985 to 1988 period and was
supposed to eliminate Polio worldwide within 20 years. Polio is a virus
which takes residence in fecal mater
in polluted drinking water and can
therefore be transmitted through lack of sanitation systems and poor
personal sanitation habits. It can be prevented by a vacine which costs
only pennies per dose and is admistered orally. With poor sanitation
and without the vacine a child can become crippled for life, can be
required to live inside an iron lung or can die.
Nick
showed the film "The Final Inch." The film portrayed the challenges of
getting to the young children and dealing with the political and
religius objections that some parnets may have to the vacine which will
save the lives of their children.
Polio
eradication was further described in the film as the largest non
military human effort in history. It has involved over 20 million
individuals volunteering to reach the world's children. Polio can creap
back into a society from only a handful of children who do not receive
the vacine. Therefore it is paramount to reach and vacinate all
children.
Guests Today: Today
we were visited by Jim Tinney from Welsley Island who was a guest of
Sandy Strader. Accompanying Dave Reed today were Jay (also known as Dan
) and Jennifer King of the Hammersong Ornamental Iron metlas
fabricating, welding and blacksmithing business in the Junction ( at
the old Wheel Inn and in the rear of Larkin's Gulf )
Allstar news: Linda Provo announced that player packets are being sent out to 21 interested players from Franklin Academy
(Malone)
Family Champions:
Karen Pioli would like everyone to know that Family Champions is now
open Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 9am to 1 pm and is open on
Saturday 1 to 3pm. Further information is available by calling 359-9110
Members present today: 13 of 25
Today's 50/50-Happy Dollars Winner: Linda Provo
Reminder: Annual Dues are
$150.00 payable in July. However they may be paid in two installments
of $75.00. If you are or would like to pay dues semi-annually you can
pay half now, in January! See Club Treasurer Sandy Strader at the next
meeting. She is always willing to take your money which is what keeps
our club able to serve the community!
Coming Programs
February 3-Gail Auclair
February 10-Paul Roalsvig
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| TUPPER ROTARY CLUB MEETING/ January 20, 2010 |
Tupper Lake Rotary
January 20, 2010
at the Pine Grove
www.rotaryallstars.com
Opening: Greg Gachowski led our singing and Rick Wilburn asked for our blessing today.
Announcements:
Club President Eric Sears announced that the club received a thank you
from the Family Champions for filing cabinets and chairs made available
by TL Rotary. The Family Champions Center at the former "rebel's Video"
store is now open and in use 6 days every week.
Linda Provo announced that a sheet with advertising info
for advertisers in the Allstar Program has been prepared. This info
sheet answer all potential questions that potential advertisers may
have. It tells advertisers what they are buying, what the prices are
and what they need to do to provide ad copy. Questions?-need copies?
Contact Linda or Mark Moeller.
Dave Reed announced that the speaker next week will be
Jason Clark from Massena who will spaek about and explain the proposed
"Roof Top Highway" Dave also suggests that we all telephone any members
that we haven't seen lately and invite them to come to the next
meeting.
Today' Speaker: Tom Helms, Helms Aero Service, Long Lake, NY
Mr Helms, who spoke to the club one year ago returned to
speak again about the past year's efforts to work to keep float plane
access to Low's Lake. Low's Lake is a man made water body about 15
miles southwest of the south end of Tupper Lake. Over the years most of
the Adirondack's remote lakes have been closed by DEC and APA
Regulations to float plane operations. Low's Lake is one of the last
remaining (of any size lakes) still open. However regulators and
environmental organizations have been working to make sure that this
lake is closed as well.
Over the past year APA proposed to continue to allow
float planes at Low's, with lots of restrictions which would make
useage unsafe and impractical and would have still caused a large
business loss to the two remaining commercial float plane operators.
The DEC Commissioner said that if the operators can not agree to the proposed changes, then the lake should just be closed.
Since then the float plane operators have been working
with representatives of DEC and APA to find a substitute lake that they
might be able to operate from. Although there are hundreds of remote
lakes in the Adirondacks, many are owned by private persons or
corporations( and closed to public use) while others are owned by
government entities that will not allow public use (ie-Catlin Lake
owned by SUNY) and the remainder are in state forest lands that have
more recently been delared as "wilderness" and therefore not open to
any motorizes access. Mr. Helms explained that the APA said that there
were 11,000 bodies of water but he explained
that only 3000 were suitable for float planes. Mr. Helms organized the
entire list of these water bodies and eliminated the ones that were
closed by government regulators, and not suitable for float plane use
and came up with less than a handful of small remote lakes still
available for float plane use.
This is why keeping Low's lake open to float planes is
so important. It represents 40 percent plus of the float plane
business.
Guest Today: Patrick Donnelly from Tupper Lake.
Members Present Today: 14
Todays 50/50 winner : Patrick Donnelly
Coming Programs
January 27-Dave Reed
February 3-Gail Auclair
February 10-Paul Roalsvig
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| TUPPER ROTARY CLUB MEETING/ January 13, 2010 |
Tupper Lake Rotary
January 13, 2010
at the Pine Grove
www.rotaryallstars.com
Announcements:
Club President Sears announced that Win Benoit is at the hospital. A
get well and wishes card was circulated to the members for signing to
send to Win.
An inquiry was received from the NYS Tea Party regarding
an offer to speak about government debt, taxes, jobs, and other
subjects. Discussion followed. It was decided to not entertain
their offer to speak.
President Sears announced that Linda Provo has returned to membership in the club. Great news-! Glad to have back, Linda !
Today' Speaker: Rick Donah spoke to the
club today about his involvement with ARISE. Rick and his family are
from Tupper Lake. Rick's grandfather was a Rotarian and Rick's parents
ran the J.C. Penny store here in Tupper Lake.
Rick was in the Seattle area for 13 years and then
worked in LK Placid for the USA Luge Team and then was employed in the
Albany, NY area. More recently Rick was the "Locations Manager " for
the feature movie titled "Recreator" which was filmed in Tupper Lake
and will be coming out this spring.
Recently Rick has been helping his girl friend ,Michelle
Blair, at P-2's Bar and has been the volunteer coordinator for the Big
Tupper operations. Rick explained that there are three paid managers at
the ski slope and that everyone else working there is a volunteer.Using
his business experience, Rick divided the ski slope operation into four
departments. They are: Lift Operations, "Snow" School, Guest Services
and Ski Patrol. There is a corp group of 25 people in each department.There are over 220 volunteers now.
Work on the slope started last July with the thought of
running the t-bar. It was soon learned however that the best piece of
lift equipmet was chair 2. It was the most modern and was in the best
and most reliable condition. It was determined that repair and
operation of the t-bar was more costly.
Mr. Donah explained that most modern ski slopes and golf
courses are accompanied by housing and the residences (both rental and
private homes ) of individual interested in the sport(s). He explained
that economic support of on site residents is why the ACR project
ultimately is important to both the ski slope and the golf course.
The ski slope's biggest expenses are for insurance. Currently 200 tickets are sold each day. The web site www.skibigtupper.org is busier than the one at Whiteface. The other local ski facilities have been very supportive.
The ski slpoe continues to welcome new volunteers.
Rick will be opening an internet payroll and employee
management business in the former J.C. Penny Store across from
Stewart's. Rick is a Rotarian and was a member in the Albany area. We
look forward to Rick's joining Tupper Lake Rotary.
RAFFLE Today: Dave Reed raffled the holiday basket that he donated to the club last week. Sandy Strader "won" the raffle.
The $26.00 raffle earnings were donated to ARISE. Thank you Dave and Sandy!
Today's program: Members present today: 11 of 25
Today's 50/50-Happy Dollars Winner: Nick Cervelin who donated his winnings to ARISE. Thank you Nick !
Reminder: Annual Dues are
$150.00 payable in July. However they may be paid in two installments
of $75.00. If you are or would like to pay dues semi-annually you can
pay half now, in January! See Club Treasurer Sandy Strader at the next
meeting. She is always willing to take your money which is what keeps
our club able to serve the community!
Coming Programs
January 20-Brad Parker
January 27-Dave Reed
February 3-Gail Auclair
February 10-Paul Roalsvig
Reminder to think about:Our
District AG Rene-Paul Forier announced in November, at our club, that
he will be meeting with the four area Clubs this month about a
"celebration of spring project common project" requiring our all out
participation !
Note: Please check the calendar at the website to see when you are scheduled to provide the weekly program.
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| TUPPER ROTARY CLUB MEETING/ January 6, 2010 |
Tupper Lake Rotary
January 6, 2010
at the Pine Grove
www.rotaryallstars.com
Announcements:
Thank you received from T.L Junior Honor Society for our club's
participation in the toy drive. Club President Sears announced that
Wynn Benoit is still rcovering. We wish Wynn and his family the very
best.Dave Reed donated a "holiday basket " to the club for a raffle.
Today's program: The Rotary All Star Game
Mike Hunsinger opened discussion of this now annual T.L.
Rotary event, held in July at the LP Quinn School, by discussing its
history. Mike explained that the idea for the games was brought to the
club by former TL Rotary member Jim Carr who had experienced the Rotary
football held in San Jose, California.
The games were a great fundraiser
for Rotary and a great event for the players and their families.
Jim Carr along with former members Jim Merkle, Dick Cotrupe, Mary
Sparks, and Ricky Dattola and member Steve Wilson (and with help from
other members) had been primarily responsible for the allstar game
project and event.
With most of those members gone, last year most all of the duties of
the event fell to Ricky. Mike explained that if we are to continue this
great event, it needs to be done by a club effort.
Mike said that if we chose to do the event this year we would need to reconstitute the committees for this year's game.
In discussion that followed in today's meeting there was agreement that
the game was a good fundraiser for the club and that both the community
and the players and families really benefited from the annual event.
Mike and other members present today said that the allstar game is a
"great pre-college" and once in a lifetime experience for many of the
players.
Mike explained that we already have commitments from the coaches who
will coach the two teams. There are two aspects to putting on the event
for this summer-they are the Game itself and the fundraising. The
preparations have to begin now.
Responsibilities
Game Fundraising
Head Coaches Program Ads
AllStar nominations Program Player data
(packets to and returned publish,print and
from players) sell programs
Order Uniforms
Gather player data
hold "chalk talk"events
(get player photos)
practices
pre and post game parties
Mike explained that many of the forms and documents needed for the
players to fill out (the packets above) and to send to coaches for
player nominations and other purposes are assembled from previous
years. We need,however, to collect every document, proceedure, press
release , ad., etc. that we do or create this year, so that it may be
placed on a disc or other electronic data base in a generally familiar
format so that it may be collected and placed with all the other
documents for use in future allstar game preparations.
Discussion followed that we (as individual Rotarians)need to go to
other communities Rotary meetings to solicit the help of their Rotary
clubs as we have in the past to ask them to gather advertising for a
split of the proceeds.
Further discussion about the responsibilities
and timeline for activities followed. There will be future
discussion. Members present volunteered for specific responsibilities
as follows.
2010 Allstar Game Sub Committees Structure:
Game Co-chairs - Mike Hunsinger & Mark Moeller
Assistant for Coaches and Officials - Dennis Klossner & Pam Martin
Assistant for Players - Rick Wilburn & Sandie Strader
Registration- Steve Wilson
Game Secretary - Linda Provo
Public Relations - Paul Roalsvig
Game Treasurer - Sandie Strader
Advertising Co-Chairs - Bengt Ohman & Nick Cervelin with Dave Reed
Advertising Sellers: Everyone !
Game program Editor and Assistants-Eric Sears with Linda Provo and Brad Parker
Special thanks to everyone and to Linda.
If you were not at the meeting please feel free to join a particular sub committee ! Everyone is needed and appreciated !
Members present today: 13 of 24
Guest: Linda Provo
Birthday's /Anniversaries: Bengt Ohman and Mike Hunsinger -January 5, Anniversary-Mark and Sue Moeller-January 2
Today's 50/50-Happy Dollars Winner: Gail
Auclair
Reminder: Annual Dues are $150.00
payable in July. However they may be paid in two installments of
$75.00. If you are or would like to pay dues semi-annually you can pay
half now, in January! See Club Treasurer Sandy Strader at the next
meeting. She is always willing to take your money which is what keeps
our club able to serve the community!
Coming Programs
January 13-Mark Moeller
January 20-Brad Parker
January 27-Dave Reed
February 3-Gail Auclair
February 10-Paul Roalsvig
Reminder to think about:Our
District AG Rene-Paul Forier announced in November, at our club, that
he will be meeting with the four area Clubs this month about a
"celebration of spring project common project" requiring our all out
participation !
Note: Please check the calendar at the website to see when you are scheduled to provide the weekly program.
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| TUPPER ROTARY CLUB MEETING/ December 2, 2009 |
Tupper Lake Rotary
December 2, 2009
at the Pine Grove
www.rotaryallstars.com
Announcements: The
Assembly/Christmas Party will be on Wednesday, December 16 with
cocktails beginning at 6pm followed by dinner at 7pm. at the Pine Grove
Restaurant. Club President Eric Sears announced that photos taken by the Assistant District Governor are now posted on our club's Web site.
Eric announced that he has checked up on both Winn
Benoit and Kurt Heindrick. Things have been difficult recently for Winn
while Kurt is doing well.
Discussion- We did not do the in school reading this
year for the kids at L.P. Quinn. Can we do this soon, as we did in the
past? Nick Cervelin will check into this.
Today's program: Club member and
local Family Champions founder Karen Pioli spoke to the club today.
Karen chronicled the history of Family Champions from its beginning in
2005 to today.
The organization began with the need to create a "resource book" that would explain all the various
programs and opportunities available to families needing
services and assistance. Karen found that there was not a single place
where all of them were referenced.During 2005 Karen also started doing
help groups in her home and put on meetings about autism, a ladies
conference, and linked with "Families Together " for mental health
issues. In 2006 Karen started gathering clothing for needy folks and in
2007 found that her house and garage were not large enough as she also
started to collect furniture. Karen to Rotary to seek a storage
facility. A board of Directors for "Family Champions" was also
established.
In 2008 Family Champions worked with the Salvation Army
on behalf of 60 familys to provide presents for kids to have and to
give and clothes for all for Christmas. Family
Champions also received their first contract with Franklin county to
provide services and received IRS 501 c (3) non profit designation. In
2008 the OWD cafeteria space was made available for storage and sorting.
This year Family Champions moved to the old Mandy Maroun
store location on the west end of main street in the Junction and then
just recently moved to 46 Pine street under a 5 year lease at the old
"Rebels Video" store location. This location will allow for training
conferences and meals for the conferences. This year FC has been used
as a location where those doing "community service" work may go as
required for public assistance programs. In addition, this year, Family
Champions will also be working with the T.L. Independent Living Center
and the social service agencies of both Franklin and St Lawrence
Counties. Family Champions plans to have a web site soon.
Members present today: 13
Guest: Bill Cooper
Birthday's /Anniversaries: Winn Benoit-December 3-last week 45th wedding anniversary for the Ohman's !
Today's 50/50-Happy Dollars Winner: Dick Meisburger and Steve Wilson
Coming Programs
Note: Please check the calendar at the website to see when you are scheduled to provide the weekly program.
Next Meeting -December 9: Please bring a toy or toys!!- The Junior Honor Society will be represented and speaking to us will be collecting Christmas toys.
December 16:Assembly/Christmas Party at
the Pine Grove-Program-Cocktails at 6pm Dinner at 7pm- Prime
Rib-$20.00, Shrimp Scampi- $18.00 and Chicken-$16.00. If you have not signed up already please contact Dick Meisburger as soon as possible!
January 6: Mike Hunsinger is coordinating the Allstar Game this year. At the meeting on Wednesday, January 6 Mike plans to discuss
the plans and needs for this years prepartions for the Game.
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| TUPPER ROTARY CLUB MEETING/ November 18, 2009 |
Tupper Lake Rotary
November 18, 2009
at the Pine Grove
www.rotaryallstars.com
Announcements: There will be no meeting on Wednesday, November 25. Happy Thanksgiving to all!
The Assembly/Christmas Party will be on Wednesday,
December 16 with cocktails beginning at 6pm followed by dinner at 7pm.
at the Pine Grove. All members should please try to be prepared at the
meeting on December 2 to let Donna know how many members and spouses
will be attending the Christmas assembly.
President Eric Sears announced that the Rotary
on line calendar at rotaryallstars.com has been updated
to June 2010 and is now operational again. The internet site also
includes new photos frm Honduras.
President Sears announced that his President's project
for this year which was originally the heating system assitance for the
Family Champions was being changed at the request of Family Champions.
Family Champions has enterered a 5 year contract for the use of the
former "Rebel'sVideo" location. Therefore they will no longer need the
heating equipment but they will be offering parenting and anger
management training as part of their community resources program.
Family Champions has asked that T.L. rotary provide 2 circular tables,
8 square tables 40 chairs and 3 locking file cabinets.
A motion made to the board, during the club meeting, by
President Sears, to purchase these items was seconded by board member
Rick Wilburn and was then approved by the board.
Today's Guest Speaker: Rene
Paul, Assistant District Governor- President Sears greeted and
introduced Mr. Paul who began by presenting Presidental Citations to
our club. Mr. Paul, who provided an excellent presentation, explained
that French is his primary language and that he feels that Rotary is
the best of its type of organization in the world today. Mr. Paul
shared that he used to be a Factory/mill operator and that 6 of the 7
mills that he operated are still working today.
Mr. Paul said that he wanted to meet together with all
of the District Club Presidents during the second week in January of
2010. Mr. Paul said that there were two parts to the reasons for his
visit to our club today. First, he wants to directly participate in one
of our projects.
Secondly he wants to make a significant contribution to
a "celebration of spring "common project supported by all 4 central
Adirondack Clubs (T.L., S.L. , L.P. and Ausable Forks) The
participation of each club inthis project would have to be at least 50%
of it's membership.
Members present today: 14
Birthday's /Anniversaries: Muriel Ginsburg was 100 last week! Also remembering P-2 LeBlanc birthday Saturday November 21.
Congratulations to Gail and Archie Auclair-
Happy Anniversary -November 21.!
Today's 50/50-Happy Dollars Winner: Mike Huntsinger (donated back to the club)
Next Meeting: December 2 at the Pine Grove-Program- Karen Pioli
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| TUPPER ROTARY CLUB MEETING/ October 28, 2009 |
Tupper Lake Rotary
November 11, 2009
Veteran's Day
at the Pine Grove
Announcements: Next week's meeting on Wednesday November 18, at the Pine Grove will feature the assistant Rotary District Governor, Rene Paul.
There will be no meeting on Wednesday, November 25.
The T.L
Rotary banquet and awards dinner at the Park Restaurant with
the Tupper Lake Football teams and coaches last week was a great time!
Thank you to Coach Klossner and the players and supporters of the team
and thank you to Greg Gachowski and all Rotarians for this producing
this event.
Club President and Webmaster Eric Sears announced that
the web calendar is broken and that he is working to fix it. It may
have been attacked by an internet "hacker." President Sears also
announced that he had received a request from the high school to
provide a yearbook advertisement.Discussion
followed. Some members pointed out that T.L. Rotary has not placed ads
in the yearbook in the past and asked if we wanted to start a
new yearly obligation at a time when club revenues were reduced.
Treasurer Sandy Strader announced that T.L. Rotary made
$280.00 at the Holloween event at HGA and asked if we should match the
amount and give it all to A.R.I.S.E. Nick Cervelin asked that we send
a "thank you" to Guidos Pizza and Little Italy for the free pizzas that
they provided for the Rotary refreshment sales at the event.
Sandy agreed to draft those "thank you" notes.
Bengt Ohman said that he had recently spoken to former
T.L. Rotary member Jim Merkle who now resides in Idaho. He has now
moved from his trailer into his new home and wants to get his local
Rotary club involved with supporting the Working Boys Club in Quito,
Ecuador. Dave Reed also recently spoke to Jim and says that Jim says
"hello" to all his friends at T.L. Rotary.
Marti Modzier announced that there may be money making
opportunities this winter for the club at the BIG TUPPER Ski Slope. The
Slope may be looking for non-profits to provide food service ouside the
facility. We will keep this mind as a possible opportunity to
participate at the ski slope on the weekends this winter.
Gail Auclair reminded everyone that Thursday evening 3-7pm is the 100th birthday party for Muriel Ginsburg at the Museum !!
Today's Speaker: No speaker today
Members Present today-13
50/50 winner: Bengt Ohman
Next Week- Assistant District Director Rene Paul at the Pine Grove
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| TUPPER ROTARY CLUB MEETING/ October 28, 2009 |
Tupper Lake Rotary
October 28, 2009
at the Park Restaurant
Announcements: This Friday Rotary will participate in the T.L. Youth Council Holloween activities beginning at 6 pm
at HGA. T. L Rotary will be selling already prepared foods. Proceeds from this event for the T.L youth will go to A.R. I .S. E.
Marti Modzier announced that businesses on Park and Main
St will be participating in a Holloween trick or treat from 2-5pm on
Friday.
Please call the Chamber for more information.
The assistant Rotary District Governor, Rene Paul, will
be at our club for the November 18 Luncheon meeeting at the Pine Grove.
Kelsey Tebo who received help for Forensic training from
T.L. Rotary sent a card of thanks and an offer to come to a T.L. Rotary
meeting to spaeak about that training.
President Sears announced that photos from the GSE visit
at the Wild Center will be posted on the rotaryallstars web site. Eric
also announced that new member Paul Roalsvig, an attorney now
associated with Dave Johnson, has been appointed to the T.L. Rotary
Board
Greg Gachowski announced that next Thursday
T.L Rotary will have a banquet and awards dinner with
the allstar players and coaches beginning at 6pm for cocktails and 7pm
for dinner at the Park Restaurant. This gathering will replace next
weeks luncheon meeting.
Please contact Greg if you plan to attend and hve not been counted by him yet for the Turkey Dinner.
Today's Speaker: Sandy Strader
introduced Bill Cooper who is a retired but currently very
active Episcopal Minister. Bill lives in Onchiota and is currently the
minister of the Episcopal Church in Tupper Lake.
Bill is also active with the Sisters of Mercy "Mercy
Care " Program. This is the new ministry of the Sisters of Mercy who
previously operated the Uhlein Center in Lake Placid and
Mercy Hospital here in Tupper Lake among other ministries.
Mr. Cooper explained that the Adirondacks now have the
oldest population of anyplace in the U.S. The function of Mercy Care
is to try to facilitate comfort and living for older persons here who
need various ammenities and assistance. The program is composed of
three parts. They include
1. Friendship volunteers who are trained and assigned to
assist older individuals with tasks and personal needs that require
assistance.
2. Parich Nurses: Nurses who can answer questions and provide information to older folks in the community.
3.Advocacy, training ,seminars- Mercy Care is working on
programs to connect youth to older persons including sharing knowledge
from older persons with things like teaching youth about home
economics (Making jellys, sewing , weaving , etc); promoting better
sidewalks and greater public safety.
Reverand Cooper asks the question" How can we make it easier for people to stay in the Adirondacks as they get older?"
An "Aging in Place" committee met yesterday in Lake
Placid to discuss public policy and zoning, housing, transportation,
and volunteerism and how these items can better be directed and managed
to serve the needs of all of us as we age in the Adirondacks.
Please contact Rick Wilburn if you would like to receive
more information about or tho volunteer or paqrticipate in the Mercy
Care Programs.
Members Present today-11
50/50 winner: Marti Modzier
Next Week-no meeting on Wednesday-
Football Banquet Thursday Evening at the park Restaurant
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| TUPPER ROTARY CLUB MEETING/ October 21, 2009 |
TUPPER LAKE ROTARY
October 21, 2009
at the Pine
Grove
Opening:
Eric started our opening songs.
Rick gave the blessing.
Guests:
There were no guests this week. (more evidence that summer is over)
Announcements:
Eric announced that Bob Hanna would like a head count for the "What's
Rotary" seminar to be held this Saturday in Lake Placid. Brad Parker
sent out information to all of us on Tuesday morning. This would be an
especially good program for newer members. If you can attend, either
let Eric know or reply to me and I'll let Bob know.
Mark discussed the "mischief night" program to be held at the HGA
from 7 to 10 on the evening of October 30th. The evening will feature
a band, then a DJ , food and more. The evening is intended to give
young people an alternative to the tradition of causing trouble in town
on that evening before Halloween.
Nick Cervelin will be doing the food table that night and a few
volunteers from the club would be helpful. They could use help with
cleanup and perhaps collecting the money. Proceeds will go to ARISE.
Today's Program:
Bengt Ohman was recently in Sweden visiting relatives and one of his
favorite places, the Vasa (or Wasa*) museum. Bengt first discussed,
then showed a video, describing the history, recovery, and preservation
of the Wasa. The Wasa was an incredible ship for its time. It set sail
and, unfortunately, sank the same day in 1628. The problem was that it
was top heavy, didn't have enough ballast to overcome that, and the gun
ports were quite close to the water line. Wind pushed it over enough to
let water pour in the gun ports and it was lost.
It's location was discovered, or re-discovered in 1956. In 1959, they
drilled under it and placed cables to see if it could be lifted from
the bottom with flotation from above. It lifted and they moved it to
slightly shallower water. In 1961 they floated it completely and took
it into port and began the restoration. Polyethylene glycol was used to
drive out the water in the wood and harden the surface. In 1988, it was
moved to the current museum site where the museum was being completed.
*for more on the different Vasa/Wasa spelling see this site:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasa_(ship)
No other large ship exists that is even near to this age because most
were destroyed by ship worms. The Wasa sank in cool brackish water
where it was relatively safe from ship worms. Read more about it
online. It's quite a story.
Attendance:
10 members were present.
50/50:
Dick Meisburger let Bengt draw the ticket. Did our speaker of the day
draw his own ticket for the 3rd week in a row? No, he drew Dick's
ticket.
Upcoming Programs:
** remember that we are at the Park Restaurant for the next 2
meetings** Usual time, different location.
Next week: Sandy Strader
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| TUPPER ROTARY CLUB MEETING/ October 14, 2009 |
TUPPER LAKE ROTARY
October 14, 2009
at the Pine Grove
Opening:
Once again, Greg Gachowski and Rick Wilburn were present to lead us in song and offer the blessing.
Announcements:
Our next meeting (October 21st) will be at the Pine Grove as usual. Due to some vacation time for the Pine Grove, the next 2 meetings on October 28 and November 4 will be held at the Park Restaurant on Park Street.
We also made the decision to cancel the meeting that falls on the day before Thanksgiving. That meeting has often been poorly attended due to members traveling that day.
Today's Program:
Marti Mozdzier introduced our speaker, Dan (Booney) Carmichael. Dan spoke on the computer recycling program that he has been running for some time now. In this case, recycling means cleaning, restoring, and testing used computers that are given to people, families, and local schools who can use them. As of Wednesday, the program had placed 817 computers with more, bringing the total to 822, soon. Dan gives a lot of credit to others, but it's obvious that without him, the program probably would have never happened.
The major source for the used computers has been Skidmore College. They have replaced many of their computers every year and have donated them to Tupper Lake. Budget problems have made them decide to not replace computers this year. One last truck load was available and credit was given to Mark Fuller who provided a truck, driver, and helper to go get those last computers. Credit was also given to Roy Savard for coming up with the idea to recycle computers. Roy knew a man who needed a computer and he asked Dan to come up with one. The program developed from there.
Attendance:
13 members were present plus our speaker.
50/50:
For the second week in a row, our speaker was asked to draw the winning ticket and managed to find their own.
Upcoming Programs:
Bengt Ohman will provide the program on the 21st.
October 28: Sandy Strader
November 4: Pam Martin
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| TUPPER ROTARY CLUB MEETING/ October 7, 2009 |
TUPPER LAKE ROTARY
October 7, 2009
at the Pine Grove
Opening:
Greg Gachowski led us in the opening song.
Rick Wilburn gave the blessing.
Guests:
Betty Maus - our speaker
Announcements:
A sad announcement today. Don Lewis announced that this would be his last meeting. He explained that he resigned at Mercy and, since his house is in Bloomingdale, it no longer makes sense to drive to Tupper Lake for a Rotary meeting.
Today's Program:
Betty Maus gave a program on the Tupper Lake Food Pantry. So far in 2009, 79 families have depended on the food pantry at least once. Betty noted that this year, more have been single people rather than larger families as in the past. The food pantry is open on Tuesdays 9-12, Thursdays 1-4, and on the 2nd and 4th Mondays in the evening 6-8.
Every fall, the post office does a food drive. This year, someone decided to move it from its usual October date to September 11. The change was so poorly publicized that even the food pantry was not aware of the change. The drive resulted in only 4 bags of groceries. The Boy Scouts will still be doing their fall food drive and hopefully, they can make up some of the difference.
Betty also discussed the Extra Helpings Program. This program offers special food assortments at good prices. The October program offered the main Extra Helpings menu, 2 special packages and a Meat Box ranging in price between $13 and $32. This program is available to anyone. It's not a drain on the food pantry in any way and, in fact, they actually make a very small profit for doing it.
Attendance:
We had 12 members present today.
50/50:
Don Lewis gave out the 50-50 tickets one last time. I believe our speaker drew the number and managed to pull her own.
Upcoming Programs:
October 14: Marti Mozdzier
You can always check the next date that you are responsible for the program by checking the Rotary calender: http://rotaryallstars.com/webcalendarcvsb12/month.php?
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| TUPPER ROTARY CLUB MEETING/ September 30, 2009 |
TUPPER LAKE ROTARY
9-30-2009
at the Pine Grove
Opening:
Greg Gachowski led us in song and Rick Wilburn provided the blessing.
Guests:
We had visiting Rotarian Jim Lohnas from Los Olivos, California. We exchanged banners.
Announcements:
Dave Reed inducted Paul Roalsvig as a new member of our club.
Today's Program:
Greg introduced Jim LaValley who spoke about ARISE and the progress of running the Big Tupper Ski Area volunteer project. The goal is to run chair 2 starting on December 26th if snowfall permits. They will be open on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday only except on holiday weekends when they will be open on Monday as well.
Jim says that ORDA is being supportive and there was a crew from Whiteface Mountain there this week helping to mow the trails. Some of the trails will not be able to be cleared of the trees that have grown up in recent years. This will allow "glade skiing", which is skiing between the trees on the slope. The safety patrol is in place and Kitty Villeneuve has volunteered to run a ski school.
Jim figures that the volunteer project will be good for about 3 years. Hopefully, a year or two after that, Michael Foxman and his group will have approval to start the big project, the Adirondack Club and Resort. They then will spend an estimated 15 to 20 million dollars to completely rebuild the ski area.
Attendance:
14 members attended the meeting.
50/50:
Won by Mark Moeller.
Upcoming Programs:
October 7: Gail Auclair
October 14: Marti Mozdzier
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| TUPPER ROTARY CLUB MEETING/ September 23, 2009 |
TUPPER LAKE ROTARY
September 23, 2009
at the Pine
Grove
Opening:
Greg Gachowski led us in the opening songs.
Lacking another volunteer, Nick Cervelin provided a brief but adequate
blessing.
Guests:
Pidge Curtiss joined us for lunch again.
Paul Roalsvig joined us for the last time as a guest.
Today's Program:
There was no speaker but Eric got us caught up on incoming mail and
other announcements.
Attendance:
There were 10 members present. 11 if we count Paul (see below).
Announcements:
The club voted to accept Paul Roalsvig as a new member. The induction
is expected to take place next week. Welcome aboard Paul!
Nick is selling raffle ticket to benefit the youth exchange. See Nick
to purchase tickets.
50/50:
Don Lewis was the winner. Don had to leave before the drawing but I'm
sure the money is in good hands. (Actually, I think he left
instructions to donate it back if he won.)
Upcoming Programs:
Sept. 30: Greg will be bringing in our former member Jim LaValley to
speak. Jim will probably speak on ARISE (Adirondack Residents Intent on
Saving their Economy). Jim is a great speaker; it will be a good
program no matter what the subject.
According to our Rotary calender here are the member responsible for
programs in the near future:
October 7 - Gail Auclair
October 14 - Marti Mozdzier
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| TUPPER ROTARY CLUB MEETING/ September 16, 2009 |
TUPPER LAKE ROTARY
September 16, 2009
at the Pine Grove
Opening: Greg Gachowski led the opening songs and Rick Wilburn gave the
blessing.
Guests: No guests this week. (Summer must be over.)
Today's Program: We had no guest speaker but we had a much needed
discussion about the future of the All-Star Football game. Rick Dattola
had contacts with the area coaches and just generally did a huge amount
of the work. We may have to figure out how to do some of this without
him.
We also started a discussion on bringing in new members. We have lost
some members in the last couple of months and two good members will be
moving away at the end of the month. Our club total membership will be
well below 30 for (I believe) the first time in several years.
No decisions were made but we all should be thinking about this.
Attendance: Fourteen members were present this week.
50/50: Eric Sears was the big winner.
Upcoming Programs:
The next programs listed on the Rotary online calender are......
September 30: Greg Gachowski
October 7: Gail Auclair
October 14: Marti Mozdzier
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| TUPPER ROTARY CLUB MEETING/ September 9, 2009 |
TUPPER LAKE ROTARY
September 9, 2009
at the Pine Grove
Guests: Rich and Scott Dirlam from the local area. Carol and Jeff
Denit, also local.
Announcements: At the end of September, we will be loosing two members
due to leaving the area. Father Kris Lauzon is being transfered to
Ausable Forks. Jan Blankenship will be leaving for Alaska.
Today's Program: Our speaker was Loren Lefebvre. She spoke about the
Tri-Lakes Center for Independent Living. Loren gave an interesting
talk, telling what the Center does.
The major goal is to help people with disabilities live independently.
Another responsibility is educating employers on the American's With
Disabilities Act.
Attendance: 16 club members were present.
50/50: Jan Blankenship was the big winner this week.
Upcoming Programs: Eric mentioned last week that our program schedule
is a bit jumbled for a few weeks. Refer to the calender web page for
upcoming programs or to check when you are next responsible for the
program: http://rotaryallstars.com/webcalendarcvsb12/month.php
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| TUPPER ROTARY CLUB MEETING/ August, 12 2009 |
Tupper Lake Rotary
August 12, 2009
Opening: Greg Gachowski led today's singing and Rick Wilburn gave today's blessing
Guests: Dick Meisburger introduced Matt Baker of Clark County Virginia, Cliff Donaldson from the NYS Dept. of Labor and Andy Flynn of the publication "Meet the Town."
Announcements: Dues are Due!
Club Secretary Wilburn announced that members should pay at least the half year dues of $75.00 before Sept.1 Invoices will be sent to those who have not paid dues by that date.
The GSE team will be coming in October. They will be traveling from Saranac Lake and Nick Cervelin has made arrangements with assistance from Mike Hunsinger to have them tour the "WILD Center."
TL Rotary won over the Lions Club in the annual Golf Game. Congrats to all the players!
Next week we hope to discuss the membership items including creation of a monthly evening get together/cocktail hour,
committee reformation and assignments and this year's projects. There will also be a board meeting next week after the lunch meeting.
Guest Speaker: Carol Drury President of the Saranac Rotary Club explained that he father came to the area in the 1940's for the "cure"
and that she returned to the area over 10 years ago as the result of her career with the DEC. Carol is a cancer survivor who was invited as a guest speaker to the S.L. Rotary Club some 10 years ago and was told at the end of her presentation that she was now a member of the club (Can we do that ?)
Carolsaid that she has a "great team " . They have worked on projects to improve the Berkley Green and the Riverwalk in Saranac Lake and they sell Cotton candy at many of the community events.
Carol said that their club was plagued with a "rotating door" of folks becoming members . She said that the club had to examine how to make members feel needed and they also decided to invite the general public to come to pay for lunch and listen when community speakers and other persons of interest were going to be speaking to the club. Carol also suggested that changing to quarterly billing for lunches (upfront) might help attendance in that members had already paid for their lunches.
Carol said that when the Group Site Exchange folks come in October that she would like to invite T.L. Rotary members to come to join in in a luncheon at the Cantwell Room in the Saranac Lake Library.
Anniversaries: Wynn and Kitty Benoit-August 16-Happy Anniversary !!
Attendance:12 of 24 members present today.
Happy Dollars Winner: Marti Mozdzier
Next week: Club discussion about member activities/committees and projects. Board metting afterward.
August 26: program-Nick Cervelin
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| TUPPER ROTARY CLUB MEETING/ July 15, 2009 |
TUPPER LAKE ROTARY
www.rotaryallstars.com
Weekly Meeting
July 15, 2009 at the Pine Grove Rotary Allstar Football-Kickoff 7:05pm, Thursday July 16 at Frank Tice Memorial Field/L.P. Quinn School
Opening: Today, Club President Eric Sears led our singing and Kris Lauzon led today's blessing. Announcements: Allstar Football Game Thursday Evening. All members are asked to come and participate and be part of this event. Other Items: Eric will coordinate with Stuart Nichols of the Lions Club about the annual Lions/Rotary Golf Tournament. Discussion showed that coordinating responsibility normally rotates between clubs. Bob Tebo has coordinated this event most recently for our club. Rotary shirts are available for $20.00 today. Pay Ricky on the honor system or see Ricky Dattola to purchase a shirt at a later date. With sadness it was noted that former Rotarian John Baker died recently. Dr.Baker was a tremendous contributor to Rotary and the community. President Sears asked Dick Meisburger to send a card of sympathy on behalf of T.L. Rotary to the noted contacts and family of Dr. Baker There are so far 40 participants signed up for the track and field events this weekend.Sandy Strader asked for 2 members to help with gate collections for these events. Participants will all receive a substantial discount for attendance at the Wild Center Museum. Today's program- No Program-everone asked to come to the game and be presnt and help out as needed if you don't have an assignment. Birthday- Happy belated birthday wishes to Greg Gachowski ! Present today: 15 of 32 members' Guest- Pidge Curtiss Happy Dollars/50-50 Winner- Eric Sears Coming Programs- July 22- Kris Lauzon July 29-Don Lewis August 5- Brad Parker |
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| TUPPER ROTARY CLUB MEETING/ July 08, 2009 |
TUPPER LAKE ROTARY
Weekly Meeting
July 8, 2009 at the Pine Grove Rotary Allstar Football-Kickoff 7:05pm, Thursday July 16 at Frank Tice Memorial Field/L.P. Quinn School
Opening: Today, Club President Eric Sears led our singing and Wynn Benoit led today's blessing.
Announcements: Rick Dattola reminds everyone that the Allstar Football Game is next week. All members are asked to come and participate and be part of this event.
Nick Cervelin announced that Helen Macro is now in an assisted living facility.
Nick also said that the club should be seeking an individual interested in being the club historian.
Today's program- Linda Provo discussed San Antonio, Texas. San Antonio was originally an Indian village and later a spanish military post. The area became a cattle ranching region and is now the 8th largest city in the U.S. It is the second most popular travel destination in the country and the home of many colleges and nearby military bases. San Antonio is also known as the home to many ghosts or haunted places.
Present today: 16 of 32 members' Guest- Pidge Curtiss
Happy Dollars/50-50 Winner- Peter Curtiss
Coming Programs- July 15-Ricky Dattola
July 22- Kris Lauzon
July 29-Don Lewis
August 5- Brad Parker
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| TUPPER ROTARY CLUB MEETING/ July 29, 2009 |
Tupper Lake Rotary
rotaryallstars.com
July 29,2009
Meeting at the Pine Grove
Opening: Today's singing was led by songmaster Greg Gachowski and the blessing was given by Rick Wilburn.
Announcements: The Rotary District Governor will be our guest and speaker next week! Please come.
The Lake Placid Rotary Club is holding a cocktail hour fellowship this Friday 5 to 7pm at 302 Bear Cub Lane , off Old Military Road just south of the Uihlein Mercy Facility-casual dress-rsvp to stowe@roadrunner.com if you will attend.
There will be a Rotary membership seminar from 8:30 am to 1pm at the Canton SUNY on Saturday, August 8.All members are invited.
Family Champions plans a Grand Opening in August. Currently they are open at the former Mandy Maroun Store, 112 Main St from 8:30am to 4:pm on Tuesdays and Thursdays and open for drop off of your household items on Wednesday's from 8:30am to noon and 1:30 to 3:00p at the former OWD Lunch room just west of the Wisebuys plaza. Karen Pioli will also be teaching parenting classes. They are 6 week sessions on Mondays for two hours beginning on August 17. There are two classes available. A class for those with infants and toddlers goes from 11am to 1pm while a class for those with children from 6 to 16 years of age goes from 2 to 4 pm.
President Eric Sears announced that Linda Provo has, for personal reasons, resigned from the club.
Eric said that the club regrettfully accepts Linda's resignation and that all members hope to work with her on projects within the community and would always be ready to welcome Linda's return to the club.
Eric is seeking golfers (or anyone who would like to be) to join in this year's golf challenge of the Tupper Lake Lions Club. Please see or contact Eric to sign up.
New Member Doug Wright, who is the village Attorney was elected unanimously by the membership present as TL Rotary's newest member. Welcome Doug!
Today's Program: Today, club member Don Lewis,
administrator of the Mercy Health Facility in Tupper Lake, reviewed the plans and timetables for the new projects underway there this year. The new Medical Office Building is currently under construction and completion is expected in January or February 2010. The new center will house some diagnostic facilities and the Tupper Lake Health Center and doctor's offices that are currently in the physicians building.
Across the street in the former hospital building many changes and upgrades will and are occuring.
These include, (among others), new furniture in all the resident rooms, a sprinkler system throughout, more meal menus, much more and new kitchen equipment. a more home like, rather than institutional atmospere for residents, dialysis facilities, and an epi scan apparatus that helps to determine the risk for "pressure sores." The entire facility will be engaged in rework and changes over the next several months.
A 10 bed rehabilitation center will be created.
Don announced that a ground breaking ceremony will be held at the Mercy Center soon to begin these projects there and will include the appearance of the new Mobile Dental Van.
Today's attendance: 14 of 24 members present
Guest Today: John (Neil ) Shofey (Three Pillars)
50/50: Dave Reed
Next Week : District Governor addresses Tupper Lake Rotary Club!!
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| TUPPER ROTARY CLUB MEETING/ July 01, 2009 |
TUPPER LAKE ROTARY
www.rotaryallstars.com Weekly Meeting
July 1, 2009 at the Pine Grove Note: Congratulations and Thank You to T. L. Rotary member and former T.L. Rotary President Mark Moeller who received the Paul Harris Award at this year's Rotary Banquet on June 24. Opening: Today, Club President Eric Sears led our singing and Marti Modzier led today's blessing. Announcements: President Sears welcomed everyone to the first meeting of this new Rotary Year.President Sears announced that the 27 previous club committees had been consolidated to 12. Some functions were merged and others did not need to be handled by a committee. President Sears also announced that the budget appears to be able to pay all of our international obligations in the same amounts as last year.He hopes also that T.L. Rotary will be able to assist family Champions this year with a portable heating system and some outside paint and possibly a sign for their new location in the Junction. Eric said that he also plans to contact the village about and then work to cover or remove the graffiti at the Rotary pavilion in the village park on Raquette Pond. Other Announcements: Karen Pioli, T.L. Rotary Member and Family Champions Director said that she hopes to have the Family Champions location (in the old Mandy Maroun Grocery Store) open by the end of next week. Karen thanked all Rotarians and others who helped with the moving and organizing the materials. Mark Moeller and Nick Cervelin explained that T.L. Rotary will be sponsoring this year's Thistle Boat Races on August 28 and 29. Rotary will be covering the races with our insurance (General Liability). Former T.L. Rotary Member Jim Carr had been involved with bringing this event to Tupper lake several years ago. Nick Cervelin and Chamber Director and T.L. Rotary Member Marti Modzier thanked everyone for help with this year's Timman Events. Club Treasurer Sandy Stader announced that Club Dues are due ! please see Sandy soon to pay your dues or mail them to T. L Rotary P.O. Box 1055, tupper Lake, NY 12986. Yearly dues are $150. but may be paid in two installments of $75.00 now and $75.00 this winter. Rick Wilburn announced that he had received an email from John Kopp who had received a communication from a Grass river land owner or group that complained about a canoe paddling brochure produced by John Kopp. The communicant said that contrary to the brochure "Burnt Rock," which is suggested as a resting place on a canoe trek on the Grass River, is private property and that trespassers would be prosecuted. Mark Moeller announced that the T. L. High School Honor Society had sold $170.00 of tickets to this year's Allstar Game and that the Honor Society was always interested in helping with Rotary Projects. Marti and Eric took turns reading thank you notes received from students who acheived Scholarship and other awards including awards from Rotary. Thank you notes were received Schloarship receipents from Scott McGowan, Katy Dattola and James Merrihew. Notes were also sent by middle school "Spirit Award " winner Katey Stewart, History Excellance winner Daniel Lamiere, Science 7 Excellence winner Lizy Zurich and English 7 Award winner Jennifer Durfee. A thank you was also received from High Peaks Hospice for the T.L. Rotary recent donation during High Peaks Hospice Radio Day. Members Present: 18 of 33 members Guests Today: Pidge Curtis, Neil Shoffy and Douglas Wright Birthdays- Eric Sears-July 4 !! Happy Dollars/50-50 Winner- Karen Pioli Coming Programs- July 8- Linda Provo July 15-Ricky Dattola July 22- Kris Lauzon July 29-Don Lewis August 5- Brad Parker |
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| TUPPER ROTARY CLUB MEETING/ June 20, 2009 |
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TUPPER LAKE ROTARY
www.rotaryallstars.com Weekly Meeting
June 10, 2009 at the Pine Grove Opening: Today, Club President Eric Sears led our singing and Rick Wilburn led today's blessing. Announcements: Club President Eric Sears announced that Mark Moeller has been selected to receive the Paul Harris Award at the annual T.L. Rotary Banquet on the evening of June 24 at the T.L. Country Club. Eric also asked for club member imput or assistance in writing the dedication this year for the Allstar Football Program. The program will be dedicated to former Rotarians P-2 (Joseph ) LeBlanc and Roger Sullivan both who passed away this year. Eric said that he would like to have a face to face meeting with the Football program printer soon. Sandy agreed to arrange this. A "sign up sheet" was passed around for jobs associated with this year's football game. Please sign up to help with the game activities! Upcoming Board Meeting- Eric announced along with Rick Dattola that a Board meeting will be scheduled soon to discuss and consolidate plans for the Allstar Football program and game and to discuss and make committee assignments for the coming year. Eric and Ricky would like to have a dinner (hamburger cookout) meeting at the "Buck a Year" club. Date and time to be announced very soon! AllStar Football Program Advertisements: The "Drop Dead" date for football program ads is June 20. Please tell any potential advertisers (kindly and politely) that the need to get their ad and money in to P.O. Box 1055 Tupper Lake, before June 20 (if they haven't done so already) Check with Eric to see if your advertisers have gotten their ads in! Sandy Strader announced that the T.L. Rotary Scholarships of $500. each went this year to Katy Dattola and Scott McGowan. Pam Martin annopunced a thank you note from TLHS honor Society members Emily Mitchell and Lauren Staves. Tinman is Coming! - Sandy is this year's Tinman Aid Station Coordinator for the Washington St. refreshment and aid station that has been traditionally operated by the TL Rotary Club for the Tinman running event. Please contact Sandy or Eric to sign up to help with this event. Also Eric needs to know your T-Shirt size as all volunteers will be getting T-shirts to wearwhile helping out at the Aid Station. The date for this event is June 27.The aid station needs to be manned from 9am to 4pm. There are three shifts so you only need to spend two or three hours on a shift handing out drinks and assisting runners. Other Items today: Diana Foley showed the wonderful banner that she has obtained from A&M Distributing for the roadway to advertise the AllStar game. Rickey Dattola announced that the "chalk talk" get togethers with the football players went well this past weekend and asked that everyone in the club please sign up to help put on the ball game in July. The Wild center Museum will be giving the club 25 tickets for free admission for T.L. Rotary to distribute during the following Saturday the Rotary Track and Field Events and the Museum will have a reduced admission of $10.00 for others on the day which is also the "Celebrate Tupper Lake "day. Rickey and the Track and Field Group would like Rotary members to attend the track and Field Events and wear Rotary Garb-(hats, shirts etc) and mingle with the other folks attending to show rotary support. Dave Reed announced that he had heard from former T.L. Rotary member Jim Merkle who is doing well and says hello to all, and who hopes to visit us in the future. Attendance-there were 15 of 33 members attending today's meeting Happy Dollars-50/50 Winner-Winn Benoit Upcoming - next week's ( June 17 ) meeting will be at the Pine Grove. June 24-Paul Harris Award Dinner and beginning of the T. L.Rotary year- at the Country Club. Please contact Mike Hunsinger right away if you plan to attend and have not spoken to him. |
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