Welcome Rotarians and Guests - Watkins

CHARTER NO. 1058
DISTRICT 7120
BULLETIN #10 (2015-16)
Welcome Rotarians and Guests
March 19, 2015
Program: WGHS Shrek Production Preview
Speaker: WGHS Students
Host: Michelle Benjamin
Greeter: Chris Burns
Meets Thursday 12:10 p.m.
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Watkins Glen Elks Lodge
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Watkins Glen, NY
Thought of the Week: “My goal is to live life in such a way that when I die,
someone can say, she cared.”
~ Mary Kay Ash
The news from March 12
WELCOME, GUESTS: Our WG SOTM, Alexandra
Joslyn and her parents, Ann and Ryan, and
presenter, Kelly Muir; Interact advisor Nancy Ruda
and students, Colin McDermit and TJ Lawton-Stone;
District Governor, Scott McDonnell
FROM OUR PRESIDENT
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THOSE WE MISSED:
JC Argetsinger, Jim
Bacalles. John Callanan,, Jim Chedzoy, Tom
Clifford, Ed Cullen, Marcia Douglas, Ginny Eaton,
Dominick Franzese, Jim Guild, Doug Hagin, Matt
Hayden, Dean Hilliard, Brian Kenney, Shirley
Kohena, Jim Loose, Gary Mead, Anne Meehan,
Dennis Morris, Kevin Murphy, Michel Ray, David
Ryan, Jeff Schultz, David Sidle
MAKEUPS: Ed Cullen, online
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FROM CLUB MEMBERS
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CLUB PAID: NA
Judy Phillips was a great greeter!
Congratulations to our Raffle Winner!
Stan Beaver
The Four-Way Test
Of the things
we think, say or do:
~ Is it the TRUTH?
~ Is it FAIR to all concerned?
~ Will it build GOODWILL and
BETTER FRIENDSHIPS?
~ Will it be BENEFICIAL
to all concerned?
Ed Cullen is recuperating well and he hopes to return
next week.
Sign up sheet is going around for volunteer help at
the Antique Show at the Community Center on
Sunday, March 22.
Sign up sheet for the District Conference auction is
going around. All Clubs in the district are asked to
provide a gift basket of items. Members are asked to
bring a Watkins Glen Montour Falls related gift item
for the basket. Please write down the item you would
like to bring on the list going around, so we can avoid
duplication.
Welcome to District Governor, Scott MacDonnell. A
reminder to register for the District Conference.
A District Training Assembly is on 4/1. We must pay
for attendance and would like to send 2-4 people.
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Don Stocum...Sign up sheet for Antique Show is
going around - we need lots of hands on deck!
Tony Fraboni...NCAA Auction is March 17. Please
drop off food items at the Elks by 6 PM. Auction starts
at 7 pm. Feel free to come to volunteer or enjoy the
event.
Celebrations & Confessions
Bridgette Stewart...Congratulations SOTM, Welcome Interact,
Missed meeting, missing a meeting next week for South
Carolina trip
Don Stocum...Missed meeting, SOTM, take a flyer to your
place of business
Jim Preston…Welcoming a 4th great granddaughter, for WG
Girls Basketball team
Rich Greenberger...Missed meeting for business
Mike Learn...Congrats SOTM, For girl’s basketball team
Stewart McDivitt...Congrats SOTM, secretary broker her
shoulder happy that she just returned
Judy Cherry...Congrats SOTM, Girls Basketball team, feels like
an official spaghetti tester attending all the charity spaghetti
dinners in the area
Danielle Hautaniemi...Missed meeting
Meredith Williams...Missed meeting
Rebekah LaMoreaux...Missed meeting, Please vote for WG
State Park into top 10 parks! Go to Chamber Facebook page
March 12 Program: WGHS Interact Club
HOST: Chris Burns
PRESENTER: Nancy Ruda, TJ Lawton-Stone, and Colin McDermit
Chris Burns introduced WGHS Interact advisor, Nancy
Ruda and co-presidents, TJ Lawton-Stone and Colin
McDermit. Colin and TJ summarized the purpose and goals
of the Interact Club. “Service gives us all a purpose,” Colin
said. Colin explained how former advisor, Marie
Fitzsimmons inspired him to join Interact and how under her
leadership, the club became to feel like a family. The
Interact Club has about 30 active members ages 12 to 18
and is inclusive of all students, including students with
developmental disabilities. Before Marie left for international
travel, she installed Colin and TJ as co-presidents. And
even though Marie’s shoes were hard to fill, Colin said
Nancy Ruda has a done a “phenomenal” job in the advisor
role.
For TJ, being part of Interact has helped her mature, make
new friends and develop social skills, work skills, team work
skills, and project planning and organization abilities.
“Interact is about making international connections and
having fun.” The Interact Club’s goals are to obtain as many
members as possible, volunteer whenever they can, and to
be inclusive. Interact is involved with many community
events including The Arc dinner, Humane Society
breakfast, Labor of Love dinner, United Way dinner, and
the local mobile food pantry. They are currently conducting
a pashmina scarf sale as a fundraiser to help the 7th grade
Watkins Glen students with their Water for South Sudan
project. They recently presented a $1,000 check to the 7th
Glenda Gephart...SOTM, Girls basketball team, Jonas did a
great job speaking at WG Library and had a full house in
attendance
Tony Fraboni...SOTM
Judy Phillips...Forgot badge
Nancy Loughlin...Interact is selling pashmina scarves as a
fundraiser to support Water for South Sudan project, Jen
Sweet is taking over as YEX officer for Lybia and Richard is
taking over for Japan.
Nancy Peters...Missed meeting, went to Venice, FL
Jim Howell...Congrats SOTM, has to leave early
Chris Burns...Congrats SOTM, welcome Interact, Happy St.
Patrick’s Day
Terri Orbin...Congrats SOTM and parents, Missed meeting
Michel Ray...Congrats SOTM, Visions is sponsoring free
admission to Cinderella at The Glen Theater over weekend
Scott MacDonell...Always enjoy being in Watkins Glen and
happy to see the youth involved with Rotary
grade students. One of the club’s new goals is to create
videos for Catholic Charities’ food pantry that would
demonstrate to people how to use some of the more unique
food items they receive. The program ended with President
John presenting Colin, TJ, and Interact member, Alex
Joslyn with a $300 check from Rotary to support the Club’s
projects.
WG Student of the Month:
Alexandra Joslyn
The Watkins-Montour Rotary
Club honored Watkins Glen
High School student Alexandra
Joslyn as its March Student of
the Month. Teacher Kelly Muir
said Alex has impressed a lot of
people even though she’s only
been at Watkins Glen for a
couple years. In a vote among
teachers for student of the
month, Alex won by a landslide.
She is smart, always prepared,
patient, and has a great sense
of humor. She is also a big help to teachers as a
teaching assistant. Teacher, Mr. Richmond said that
Alex is a making great strides to better her school and
community and demonstrates strength of character and
a global mindset. Alex is involved in SADD, Interact, and
Habitat for Humanity. Alex said she is honored to
receive Rotary’s recognition and happy to be part of
WGHS and the Watkins Glen community. She thanked
her family and mentors who have inspired her and
taught her to love teaching. Alex aspires to be a History
Teacher and has already been accepted to SUNY
Geneseo. She looks forward to further incorporating
herself in the community.
CLUB CALENDAR
Thanks to Dominick Franzese
for being today’s bulletin sponsor!
March 26
Program: Overview on Wound Care Services
Speaker: Dr. James Winkler
Host: Michelle Benjamin
Greeter: Meredith Williams
April 2
Program:
Speaker:
Host:
Greeter:
Dates to Remember
APRIL AUCTION
The following members are reminded to bring auction items for March:
Jennifer Sweet, Andrew Tompkins, Meredith Williams
Looking for a Make-Up Meeting?
March 22: Antique Show
May 15 - 17: District 7120 Conference
Rotary District 7120 Facebook Page
www.facebook.com/RotaryDistrict7120
~ Chemung Sunrise: Wednesdays at 7 a.m., Courtyards
at Bethany Village
~ Corning: Thursdays at 12:15 p.m., Radisson Hotel
~ Dundee: Wednesdays at Noon, Classic Café
~ Elmira: Tuesdays at Noon, Elmira Riverview Holiday
Inn
~ Elmira Heights: Thursdays at 6:30 p.m., Rounding
Third Regale, 2447 Corning Road, Horseheads
~ Horseheads: Wednesdays at Noon, Horseheads
Holiday Inn
~ Trumansburg: Thurs. at 6:30 p.m., American Legion Post
~ Online Makeups: www.rotaryeclubone.org (Choose a
makeup page to read or watch, then go to the bottom of the
page and request a makeup. Click submit and print.)
www.watkinsmontourrotary.com
OUR MEMBERS
P* ARGETSINGER, J.C. - Law
BACALLES, Jim - Government
BAKER, Holly - Public Relations
P* BEAVER, Stanley - Landscaper
P* BELL, Kenneth - Floral Greenhouses
P* BENJAMIN, Michelle LaDue - Public Relations
* BLOWERS, Carl - Consulting
* BURNS, Chris - Health Care
P* CALLANAN, John Sr. - Law
P* CHEDZOY, James - Funeral Services
P* CLIFFORD, Thomas B. - Automotive
P* COLE, Charles - Pharmacy
P* CULLEN, Edward - Crane Manufacturing
DOUGLAS, Marcia - Social Services
* EATON, Virginia - Ambulance Services
P* FRABONI, Anthony - Banking
* FRANZESE, Dominick - Real Estate
P* GEPHART PHOENIX, Glenda - Journalism
P* GIFFORD, Thomas - Banking
GREENBERGER, Rich - Environmental
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GUILD, James - Retail Clothing
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HAEFFNER, Charles - Journalism
HAGIN, Doug - General Insurance
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HALL, Fred - Government
HAUTANIEMI, Danielle - Cooperative Extension
HAYDEN, Matt - Law
HILLIARD, Dean - Public Service
P* HOWELL, James Jr. - Environmental Control
KENNEY, Brian - Construction Contractor
KING, John - Engineering
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KOHENA, Shirley - Education
LaMOREAUX, Rebekah - Chamber of Commerce
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LEARN, Michael - Automotive
LOOSE, James A. - Salt Production
LOUGHLIN, Nancy - Education
McDIVITT, Stewart E. - Law
McKINNEY CHERRY, Judy - Public Service
MEAD, Gary - Audit Manager
MEEHAN, Anne - Accounting
MORRIS, Dennis - Law
MURPHY, Kevin - Building Materials
ORBIN, Terri - Accounting
PETERS, Nancy A. - Public Service
PHILLIPS, Judy - Public Health
PHOENIX, Bill - Retail
PRESTON, James - Education
PRASCHUNUS, Brenda - Banking
RAY, Michel - Banking
RYAN, David - General Insurance
SCHULTZ, Jeff W. - Dentistry
SIDLE, David L. - Bonds-Insurance
STEWART, Bridgette Goodman- Publishing
STOCUM, Donald - Postal Service
SWEET, Jennifer - Cooperative Extension
TOMPKINS, Andrew - Museum Director
WILLIAMS, Meredith - Chamber of Commerce
WILSON, Kenneth J. - Banking
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*Paul Harris Fellow