Thursday, February 4, 2016

Jan. 29 2016 Briar Crier

BRIERCRIER FOR JANUARY 29

                             THIS DAY IN HISTORY
1973: A ceasefire went into effect in the Vietnam War.

MEETING LEADER: President Scott Lanoff

PLEDGE: Scott    SONG: Sy, PRAYER: Anne, reading from Robert Byrnes, who
                                       was a Scottish Bard who wrote Auld
                                       Lang Syne.

GUESTS: Amir Asadi from Bronx Rotary, Chris Vernia (via Scott) and Mindy
Lanoff.

HAPPY THOUGHTS
Bob Maher ($10) for Stan Thompson featuring an interact club at St.
Christopher's
Scott, Bishop John is back
Bishop John is happy to be back
Anne, happy for Amir
Amir is visiting all clubs in his area
Kris for Amir
Eric via Scott, please sell more boxes

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Scott is going to Ft. Lauderdale with wife for one day to
attend a birthday party and the President Elect of International Rotary is
John Germ; Rachel, the Caucus has picked new candidates

SPEAKER: Stefanie Schwartz re Heart Food, has elementary and high school
degrees from Chappaqua system and BS from Hunter in exercise physiology
and MS in clinical nutrition.

                           SUMMARY OF TALK
Like Mediterranean diet which is mostly vegetables.  Dislikes all white
carbohydrates which are converted to sugar.  Go easy on red meat. 1% milk
is OK as is wild Salmon and dark chocolate.

TEXT: Elinor via Sy, helper