Rotateller Rotary Club of Owego, NY
Tuesday, September 12, 2006 Gary Williams, Editor

GUESTS:

• Kay Newberry, guest of John Spencer
• And our exchange students

Happy Birthday to Karla and Keith

MUSIC:

Carol and Carole led us in “America, the Beautiful”

FINES:

John Spencer fined

• Hal for winning in the raffle
• Judy for winning big in the raffle
• Everyone who has not brought a guest in the last six months

President Al wanted to be sure that I recognized Steve and the Picnic Committee for their excellent job!

CHAMBER OF COMMERCE:

Judy announced that we will have a table at the Chamber of Commerce show again this year. She is passing around a sign-up sheet. She said that besides working the booth, visiting the rest of the show is interesting. It will be on Thursday, October 5.

EXCHANGE STUDENT ORIENTATION:

The students have to be at Sherbourne-Earlville High School by 5:00 PM on Thursday, September 21. Al will take them and Laura is picking them up. Thank you to both.

INTERACT:

The Tioga-Central Interact Club will have a booth at the Pumpkin Fest on September 30. Some Rotarians would be a helpful addition.

YOUTH SERVICES COMMITTEE:

Will be meeting tomorrow morning at 7:30 AM

PROGRAM:

John Jones shared another of his trips with us. This one was a cruise last month on the Dnieper River through the Ukraine. I really appreciate this ability to see the world second-hand. I suspect that I will never get there. Maria and Mark Dixson got to Russia a couple of years ago and this is John’s second trip to that area. The Ukraine was devastated in WW II. The Germans massacred many of the citizens and many were lost directly due to the war and due to starvation and disease. Russia lost more people than any other country during the war and no one knows how many. It may have been as many as 6 million.

John showed many rebuilt buildings, especially Russian Orthodox churches. He said that Europe is also full of casinos which are run by the national governments. The Ukraine is doing well compared with many other countries in that part of the world and there is a great deal of construction going on. He showed the round table which was used at Yalta. A round table was decided on after it became obvious that a seating arrangement could not be decided on at a rectangular table.

50/50 Judy!

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