BRIARCLIFF MANOR ROTARY CLUB MEETING
August 21 2009
QUOTE OF THE WEEK
“The families of one’s friends are always a disappointment.”
-- Norman Douglas
THIS DAY IN HISTORY.
On this day in 1994—August 21st—Ernesto Zedillo won the Mexican presidential election. And the world has never, never been the same since.
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MEETING OPENING: Briarcliff Rotary Club president, Mark Seiden, opened our meeting promptly at 12:15, accompanied by a trumpet voluntary and a bevy of dancing girls..
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SALUTE TO OUR FLAG, PATRIOTIC ANTHEM, AND PRAYER: The Salute to Our Flag was rendered by the irrepressible Sy Yuter, Paul Rosen led us in a Salute to Our Flag, and Reverend Lee rounded things off with a thunderous appeal to The Almighty.
PRESIDENTIAL COMMENTS: President Seiden announced our participation in the upcoming Briarcliff Community Day, urging us all to show up, wearing our Briarcliff Rotary shirts, as walking advertisements for our Club. He also spoke interestingly on a number of other matters, to numerous to mention.
HAPPY THOUGHTS, ANNOUNCEMENT OF COMMUNITY NEWS, AND A COLLECTION OF THIS AND THAT. O.K., I give up!! You caught me; I might as well confess!.My weekly notes were lost--or stolen--by either Zen Eidel or Roger Federer, so the following account may be scattered. Or missing. Or both.
I swear, tennis-jealousy does terrible, terrible things to a person!
NEXT WEEK’S SPEAKER: Our speaker next week will be the Director of the Taconic Opera Company. In our rendition of our National Anthem next week, everyone is asked to sing their best. Please!
THIS WEEK’S SPEAKER: Our speaker this week was new-member Mike Risko, owner and proprietor of the Ossining Music Center.
He was fascinating, displaying, as he did, various guitars and recounting his Ossining Music Center adventures. (Confession: I took guitar lessons from him at one time. Mr. Risko is very, very good--and has a world of patience. I was a failure—to this day, one of his major disappointments.
Mike illustrated his talk by showcasing various guitars—some mellow and some offering a little more bite—all with a beguiling sound—all the while speaking about matters musical and about his charming wife, who assists him at the Center.
It was an intriguing talk. Mike is going to be a great addition to Briarcliff Rotary!
THE DRAWING: The winners of this week’s lottery were Mr. ? and Miss ?
(See loss-confession, above.)
THE CONCLUSION OF OUR MEETING: Our weekly meeting ended precisely at 1:32 pm, with a release of pigeons and Bishop John’s hilarious impression of Kate Smith.
Respectfully submitted by
Recording Secretary, Don Wilde
8/21/09 Attendance - Robert Amsterdam, Frances Chu, Antonia Conte, Etrusca Cosentino, Zachary Cosentino, Dean Dykeman, Zenith Eidel, John Herzog, Geraldine Mahoney, Ernest Pacchiana, Paul Rosen, Mark Seiden, Ken-Ichi Shimazu, Donald Wilde, Elinor Yuter, Sy Yuter
