• New Member Proposals
  The Ithaca Rotary Club Board of Directors will be considering
  membership applications from the following people listed below. Any
  concerns about these proposed members should be made in writing to
  the Secretary of the Club by January 31, 2003.

  Name: Rob Mackenzie
  Classification: Medicine, Administration
  Employer: Cayuga Medical Center
  Position: CEO
  Sponsor: Paul Steiger, Rich Spingarn

  Name: Catherine Stulir
  Classification: Employee Benefits, Consulting
  Employer: The Bay Ridge Group
  Position: Employee Benefits Consultant
  Sponsor: David Flinn

• Dreams Can Come True with an Ithaca Rotary Small Grant!

  Applications for a small Rotary Grant are due on January 31. Please submit
  your proposal to
  Pres. Jean McPheeters or Sec. Scott Russell
  c/o Ithaca Rotary Club
  P.O. Box 306
  Ithaca, NY 14851

  If you have any questions, please contact the Chairperson of the program,
  Jessie Ripple at 257-6454 or 254-2372. We look forward to reviewing your applications!

• Perri LoPinto and Gene Erickson discussed the revived effort of Rotary International to raise enough funds to make it possibly to snuff out polio from the Earth once and for all. Our Club must rise to this momentous occasion and raise money to help make a real affect on the world. Please keep this important project on your mind as you consider your valuable contribution.

• January Birthdays!
  1: Darlene Wychick
  3: Patrick Sayer
  6: John Barradas, Charlie Trautmann
  9: Kelly Damm
  10: Dave Dunlop
  12: Nancy Loncto
  13: Stan Shepardson
  16: Robert Ainslie
  18: Judy Pastel
  20: Pres. Jean McPheeters
  21: John Hays
  23: Barlow Ware, Scott Whitham
  25: Simonetta Antenucci
  27: Michael Horigan, John Dietershagen
  28: Chuck Bartosch
  30: Rod Ghearing
  31: Siu-ling Charloemtiaran

• Ambassadors
  1/02: Mary Lynn Cummings (Trumansburg)
  1/07, 1/14: Phil Meyer (Ithaca-Cayuga)
  1/14: Gene Erickson (Ithaca-Cayuga)

• Visiting Rotarians
  Paul Banfield (Ithaca Sunrise)
  Steve Garner (Mahopac, NJ)

• Students
  Risa Takashima (Japan)
  Samuel Dricot (Belgium)

• Toni Fraboni was happy for this great winter, and for the recent five days
  worth of savings on his electricity bill!

• Charlie Schelah was happy about the Rotary Foundation program.

• Dave Cook thanked the Rotarians for our efforts raising over $500 for the
  Salvation Army at our last meeting.

• Ross Lynch was happy to announce that his nephew in Pleasantville was
  recently elected president of their Rotary club.

• Susan Blumenthal thanked Dick Charsky for presenting the City of Ithaca with
  a sculpture on behalf of NYSEG.

January 15: "Over Time and Through The Seasons"
Don Rakow, Director of the Cornell Plantations

Fellow Rotarian Don Rakow presented to our club a review of the Cornell
Plantations. The entire plantation system consists of several sections
covering over 3,000 acres. This includes Fall Creek Gorge to the north and
Cascadilla Gorge to the south, which surround Cornell's campus with corridors
of green. Most visitors see the gardens in the Spring, but each season brings
out a special beauty and color that is worth see again.

The purposes of Cornell Plantations are to manage, protect and enhance the
living botanical collections and natural areas around Cornell for the benefit
of the university community and the public. They also strive to be an
important resource for the plant and natural sciences on campus providing
resources for research, education, and cultural growth.

To learn more about the Plantations before you visit, check out their website.

• Please view the calendar posted on the main page of this website for the most up-to-date information. [View Rotary Calendar]

Program Chair: Barry Rothfeld
Kettle Watch: Bettsie Park, Jack Burns
Greeter: Nancy Pringle, Phil Meyer
Thought: John Hays, Doug McDonald
Introductions: John Barradas, Chuck Bartosch
Happy Dollars: Toni Fraboni
Music: Jack Burns, Siu-ling Charloemtiaran
Photography: John Ziegler
Setup: John Hays
Editor: Matthew T. Dearing

Please address all correspondence to the club to:

Ithaca Rotary Club
P.O. Box 306
Ithaca, N.Y. 14851
Attn.: Scott Russell, Secretary

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