Rotateller Rotary Club of Owego, NY
Tuesday, February 27, 2007 Gary Williams, Editor

VISITORS AND GUESTS:

• Greg Poffenberger, guest of Steve Lounsberry
• Mrinalini and Suzanne (non-guests)
• Patricia Sharpe (who has been successfully bringing her grandmother to meetings)
• Jocelyn Shafer from OFA Interact (which is having its “Precise Ball-Tossing Tournament” tomorrow)

FINES:

Fred Strauss fined all those who cannot pronounce Mrinalini and also those who did not wear their Rotary pins.

It is good to hear that Carole’s granddaughter who was in the car accident is doing much better.

Bill put a “would be happy dollar” in and a ride appeared for the students for next month.

Orv ran today’s meeting in Al’s absence.

Highlights- February 15, 2007 Owego Rotary Board Meeting

January attendance -72%; 18-100% attendance; total - 57 members.

Donations and expenses approved:

• $150 to Baden Powell Council of Boy Scouts
• $150 to Girl Scouts local chapter
• $200 to Owego Kiwanis “Radio Days” fundraiser
• $225 team registration cost to participate in Owego Apalachin Foundation for Excellence scholarship fundraiser
• $450 for one Interact member from Owego and one from Newark Valley Interact Club to join in the first-ever special Interact program at District Conference in May
• $1050 for three students from local schools to attend RYLA leadership conference in June

Approved Glenn Strope, past president, as an honorary member effective immediately

Began process of updating club by laws through efforts of Karla Johnson as committee chair.

Next meeting 7:30 AM March 15, 2007. All are welcome.

If anyone is counting, you can see why our fundraisers are so important. What may come of these contributions is impressive.

Orv recommended the article by the new RI President in the latest issue of The Rotarian. The theme will be “Rotary Shares”.

Rotary movie review and shopping team:

Mrinalini panned “Ghost Rider” but I believe that it was two thumbs-up for “Norbit”. Mrinalini will be moving to a new host family this weekend. Suzanne visited Kendra at the University of Rochester with Wendy and Colin. She also went skiing with Fred and Gillian Strauss and went shopping in Syracuse with Karla.

PROGRAM:

Sharon introduced Vanesa Gregory, Van Gregory, and Theresa Sarnoski from Lazer Innovations, who presented their histories and what they do with lasers for cosmetic enhancement.

I am pleased to share that Ann Lowdermilk has been proposed for membership in the Owego Rotary Club.

EPILOGUE:

I put these at the end so it is easy to choose not to read them since they are not directly related to Rotary or the week’s meeting. I am reading a book which I find to be interesting entitled: When Presidents Lie. It discusses lies in general and then covers four specific instances of lying.

The following caught my attention since most of us deal with systems to some degree or another and they are part of the degree of success we have in our days.

While this may not seem profound in 2007, I find it particularly interesting because it was written by Adam Smith in The Wealth of Nations which was published in 1776. It is also of note that he taught and wrote on ethics and morality before he wrote on economics.

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