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Posted by Lee Broad 
on Sep 16, 2013
 

Rotary Meeting September 16, 2013
 

Door: Matt Balling

 Pledge: Roger Gross

 Anthem: Tim Henderson

Four Way Test: Kevin Fling

Grace: Richard Wojtowicz               


Visiting Rotarians: None

Guests:  Michelle Skalyo, wife of Williamsville Rotarian Gary Skalyo, and their two daughters Madeline and Evelyn Meyers.

Program: Our speaker was Cecilie Kragelund, our Rotary Exchange Student from Denmark who is attending Williamsville East. Cecilie is being hosted by our fellow Williamsville Rotarian Gary Skalyo and his family. Below is an excerpt from her longer letter, which has been shared with the Club.   

Cecilie covered several topics during her PowerPoint presentation: 

·         Denmark’s geography and population

·         The four seasons in Denmark

·         Typical Danish foods

·         Her family, house, and neighborhood

·         Denmark as a welfare state—many services; taxes at 50+%

·         Her spare time activities: soccer and handball

·         Danish Christmas

·         Her first four weeks in the US 

Announcements: 

·         Ed Stachura:

o   Golf event on 9/23. No meeting. Dinner after golf, around 7:00pm.

o   Rotary grant seminar on Saturday, October 5 at Salvatore’s. Kathy Behan is going. Need one more attendee or we can’t submit any grant applications this coming year.

o   District Conference on October 25, 26, 27 in Niagara Falls, Ontario. He sent out the information in an email.

o   Board meeting this Thursday at 8:00am. All members are welcome to attend.

o   We need more speakers

o   Everyone should consider pledging under Every Rotarian, Every Year to support the Paul Harris Foundation.

         Bill Thuman: Do we want to participate in the Gateway Longview Christmas gift program this year? We donated 30 gifts in 2012. Answer: YES!! We committed to 35 gifts. Gift and child information to follow.

o   Rotary Foundation meeting will be held on September 26 in Vicki D’Angelo’s office.

·         Paul Banas and Roger Gross: Plea last week to help the Haitian Health Foundation met and exceeded the goal of raising $1,000 to build a house. Have $1,050 and expect a little more soon.

 

Fines: Paul Banas, Fine Master.

·         Norm Mattar—late to the meeting (and settled big case)

·         Carrie Leed—no pin

·         Mark Storch—no pin

·         Ron Prazmark—no pin

·         Tony Cangialosi—no pin

Happy Dollars:

·         Richard Wojtowicz—happy dollar for great speaker

·         Lee Broad--$10 for selling over 10,000 Kindle ebook copies of his book

·         Roger Gross—happy dollar—Lee’s book is good

·         Paul Banas—happy dollar—Lee’s book is good

·         Michael Sirianno—the countertop showed up so we can have a place to eat

·         Doug Littlewood—daughter Catlin won her tennis match

·         Tim Henderson—happy dollar for the Tall Ships and Waterfront being so wonderful and getting people to talk about moving back to Buffalo

50/50 Ticket Sales:  Ace of Hearts Winner: Kathy Behan drew the 4 of hearts and won $4. She donated it back. The pot is now $1,628  

                        We missed you on Monday: Vern Anderson, Ron Axelrod, Richard Bergman (Leave of Absence), Mary Biddle-Widman, Mike Burns, Shirley Carnall (Leave of Absence), Bob Chur, John Crawford, Vicki D’Angelo, Rashmikumar Desai, Jay DiPasquale, Joe Fiorella, Elizabeth Ingold, Mike Prinzback, Frank Ralabate, Ed Rath, Larry Read, David Whipple.