September 4, 2015 Briar Crier

BRIARCRIER FOR SEPT. 4, 2015

                                                                                          THIS DAY IN HISTORY

1868: The Japanese city of Edo was renamed Tokyo.

MEETING LEADER: new President Scott Lanoff

Pledge: Scott      Song: Sy      Prayer: Bishop John

GUESTS: Dr. (Dentist) Victor Sternberg (potential new member), Nancy Bolvstein and Mindy Lanoff (Scott’s wife)

ROTARIANS PRESENT:  16

HAPPY THOUGHTS

Sy is happy that he is speaker though Monday is Labor Day

Scott has a new friend, Dr. Sternberg

Bishop John is happy that he is sitting next to a beautiful blonde

Ken will leave for Japan for three months

Kris is just happy

Mark J. went toRotary Mt Kisco looking for money for his cookstove project

Anne is happy to be new secretary and her (fourth) daughter Joan is a new teacher

Rich is happy to be here

Mindy is happy that this is first day at Briarcliff High School

Eric is happy that his wife is a teacher.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:  Community Day is Saturday, Sept. 12.

SPEAKER:  Dr. Sy Yuter re Mideast Update. He has an AB is physics from Hofstra and the LL.B., LL.M. and J.S.D. (doctor of juridical science) from the New York University School of Law.

Today's speaker, our own Sy Yuter

                                                              SUMMARY OF TALK

• His doctoral committee gave him one more year to fill out his dissertation which was for a Universally-Binding Nuclear Test Ban which outlawed all nuclear tests, even by non-signatories. He supports the U.S. – Iran agreement on theory that Iranian people are pro-Western (U.S.) although pessimistic that Clerical Leadership will remain as against the Great Satan (U.S.) and little Satan (Israel) and latter should be extinguished so no wonder that Israel is against agreement, which provides for Iran to become a nuclear power. 
• Next Friday will be a memorial for passed Rotarians led by president Scott Lanoff. 
• Text: Elinor; helper, Sy
• **we meet at The Briar’s restaurant at 512 N. State Rd. every Friday around 12:15. 914-762-0111

Our New President Scott Lanoff

Only a few month into 2015-2016 term our newly installed president Jim A. Lupfer had to move away to Buffalo due to unforeseen new (and better!) assignment.
Our board lead by the immediate past president Eric quickly and successfully persuaded Treasurer Scott to assume the presidency for the rest of the year.        He was installed without much fanfare but showed his leadership immediately and organized a fresh start in Interact at the BHS for which we all have high hope.        Thank you Scott for your willingness to serve and for your leadership.          We are all happy to have had seamless transition.       Good luck in leading us for the rest of 2015-2016 term.

August 28, 2015 Briar Crier

BRIERCRIER FOR AUGUST 28

THIS DAY IN HISTORY

1963: Dr. Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech in front of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D. C.

 

MEETING LEADER: President Scott Lanoff

 

PLEDGE,  Scott    SONG, Sy     PRAYER, Bishop John

 

ROTARIANS PRESENT: 16

 

GUESTS; None

 

HAPPY THOUGHTS

Scott($3): Happy Jim Lupfer got new job in BSA in Buffalo

Eric ($5): Thanks to Scott and Anne, we have a working club plus other thoughts

Mark J: Happy he played Golf yesteday

Ken: Good Luck Jim

Rachel: Just Happy. Also, article about club in The Gazette

Etrusca: Have good time and don’t cry

Anne: Grandchild in medical school and others not in jail. Also, every other Monday Elderact at Atria meets at 3:30. 

Antonio: Is happy Etrusca is happy.

 

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Via Rachel, school starts Thursday. Club accepted Jim’s resignation and made Scott new president. So we need a new director. Kris nominated by Anne. Treasurer, we have about $15,700 to spend. Paul Rosen may return as member. 

 

SPEAKER:  School Superintendent Jim Kaishian.  He was raised in Ct. where he went to elementary and then high school. He got a B.A. and MS.  in English at Fordham Univ. And is just shy of his dissertation (on Student Motivation) for his doctorate at the same University.

                                                        SUMMARY OF TALK

All graduates of High School going on to college, including Cornell (for whom Elinor used to interview). He is doing a good job. Also, students are entrepreneurs re start-up companies. We are maintaining our identity and among top schools in country. (We (club) hope he will join us as a member.) The State and Federal Government pays for pre-kindergarten disabled students. But District pays for K-12 classes. We have something for everybody. 

 

This Friday—Mideast Update by Dr. Sy Yuter

 

TEXT, Elinor, HELPER, Sy