BRIARCRIER
November 21,
2014 , Friday, 12:15, The Briar's Restaurant, meeting of
the Briarcliff Manor Rotary Club.
TODAY
IN HISTORY
1922:
Rebecca L. Felton of Georgia was sworn in as the first woman to serve
in the U.S. Senate.
MEETING
LEADER: President Eric Lebenson
PLEDGE: Zack SONG:
Sy PRAYER: Bishop
John Herzog
ROTARIANS
PRESENT: 16
HAPPY
THOUGHTS: Dr. Bob Maher re Christine Veit, it is good to have a
doctor in the house; Scott re newest member; Sy, third
facial operation re cancer but OK; Eric to have Christine and Sy as
members; Anne, happy Thanksgiving; Kris, next week is a
three-day week, and he had no heat but got by; Rachel that
Kris's house is OK; and other happy thoughts not correctly
recorded.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Christine Veit, MD becomes a Rotarian via Pres. Lebenson and
sponsored by Rachel and Anne; Dr. Bob Maher, Treasurer, we have
nearly $22,000 but have to stay under $25,000 to avoid a federal
problem; Via Kris, April 25-27 is District Conference in Valley
Forge, PA.; Rachel, the Turkey Trot is 11/28, and Christine will be
ambulance driver.
Speaker:
Dr. Rolande Hodel re her Cameroon medicinal factory for AIDSfree
Africa.
SUMMARY OF
TALK
We
have already received medical supplies from local hospitals. She goes
three times a year to Cameroon, which is in West Africa and bordered
by Nigeria, Chad and Central Afican Republic. There are 270 different
tribes in Cameroon each with their own language but most educated
Cameroons speak French and English. She communicates in English. She
was raised in Potsdam Germany but did her Ph.D. in chemistry at
University of Kansas. Rotary is well known in Cameroon. She
has four Cameroon children, all of whom are black. Most in Cameroon
have malaria. Her clinic is far from the main road and needs an
ultra-sound machine.
Next
FRIDAY AT THE BRIAR'S (Nov. 28): NO speaker since day after
Thanksgiving. Those who attend will sit in main dining room and order
off the menu and pay for what is ordered with a donation from club
for the regular luncheon cost.
Elinor
Yuter, Reporter
Rachel
Leihbacher, Expediter
