«The Vista«

May 27, 2008       Vol. 37, No. 37       District 7170

Ithaca Cayuga Rotary Club

Chartered November 1, 1971     

Meets Tuesday Noon, Kendal at Ithaca

www.ithacarotary.org/cayuga    www.rotarydistrict7170.org

Editor: H. Murphy

 

Opening: President Dennis Mogil called the meeting to order and asked Doug Armstrong to lead the singing of God Bless America. Following the pledge to the flag Ev Morse offered the Thought for the Day including one from his own working experience and one from Winston Churchill.

Visiting Rotarians and Guests: Ed Moy introduced and welcomed Barbara Caldwell and PDG Gene Erickson of the Ithaca Rotary Club and our guests: Exchange student from Slovakia Tomas Bobovsky and Dennis' guest, his daughter Sarah.

Coming Programs

·   Next Week, June 3 our speaker will be Phil Penepent, who will report on his trip with fellow college students to New Orleans to help with the rehabil­itation of the hurricane devastated areas and buildings.

·   June 10 we will welcome back Melissa Doak who will tell us about her recent trip with the District's GSE (Group Study Exchange) team to South Korea.

Passing the Gavel from District Governor Dave Reynolds to D.G. Elect Lana Rouff, Monday, June 30 at the Vestal Hills Country Club, Binghamton at 6:00 p.m. $35 per person. RSVP by June 23.

Father's Day Pancake Breakfast, Sunday, June 15, 7am-lpm, sponsored by the East Hill Flying Club. All you can eat with Real Maple Syrup, eggs, sausage, orange juice, coffee, hot chocolate served with the hot off the grill pancakes. Aeronautic displays, antique and home built aircraft, plane rides, Cornell Raptor Program with a live peregrine falcon.

Ithaca Festival coordinator is looking for service club teams to man various booths and displays during the scheduled days, June 19-22. Work on the Commons or in Stewart Park. A good chance to wear our new T-shirts. Gene Erickson has more info.

The GSE Team from South Korea that visited District 7170 said their fare­wells in Oneonta according to Doug and were reported to have been very pleased with their month long tour of our area.

Interact for Lansing High received encouragement from Principal Michelle Stone, according to Pres. Dennis, who looks forward to its being launched this fall. Doug reported that both Homer and Cortland's newly chartered clubs are off to a flying start and Dryden also on the verge of following with their Interact Club in Dryden High.

50/50 was conducted by Alan Littlefair with Gene Erickson holding the winning number. Gene generously contributed his winnings to our treasury.

HAPPY/SAD $$ were collected by Chuck from Doug who was happy the Club benefited by Gene's generosity. He was also happy that the new family of four baby woodchucks and mother were heading away from his house. Ed Moy in conjunction with this blessed event has been eyeing various versions of the Have-a-Heart traps.

Sarah Mogill was very happy to have enjoyed a five day weekend from school. Dennis was very happy that his older daughter made the Dean's list and graduated from college as well as getting a job as an intern in forensic molecular biology. Art Muka was happy to get a plug in for the Flying Club's pancake breakfast.

Ed Siemon was happy to have his sailboat in the water and probably happy it depends on the wind rather than gas for its power. The weekend was quieter on the lake than usual. Gene Erickson is happy to be heading to Florida for the graduation of his oldest grandson, the start of a new phase for the family. Chuck was happy to have spent time with his nine year old grandson working on his model railroad layout with much singing of "I've Been Working on the Railroad". Tomas was happy to have attended the Senior Prom in Lansing with an outgoing exchange student. He is looking forward to the District's exchange student tour of 20 Plus U.S. states when the school term finishes.

Host Families Needed for Incoming Student from Cochabamba, Bolivia says Ed Siemon. She is l6½ and will be arriving in August for the year, attending Lansing High School. If you have any possibilities please contact Ed.

 

RESPONSIBILITY     GREETER                    THOUGHT -4-DAY         INTRODUCTIONS

June 3	Hank Murphy	Joe Quigley	Ed Siemon
June 10	Dave Thurston	AnnMarie Hautaniemi	Jim Shreve
June 17	Karen Besemer	Chuck Brodhead	Jim Lorbeer