Thursday, March 23, 2017

March 17, 2017 Briar Crier

BRIERCRIER FOR MARCH 17, 2017

GUEST: Dr. Olusola Oriniowo (He is a Rotary member and received his M.D.from Ibadan, Nigeria.)

ROTARIANS PRESENT; 16

ROTARY LEADER; President Scott Lanoff

PLEDGE; Scott     SONG; Sy     PRAYER; Rachel

HAPPY THOUGHTS
Scott: He invited Dr. Oriniowo, attended a Yonkers Event, and Anne and
Bishop John ok, with Kris back home.
Eric: for guest plus daughter Julia, now a sophomore, spent three nights
at Model UN event in NYC, plus Rotary fundraiser (See Maher below).
Rebecca is happy to be here.
Rich Z. is happy it is a beautiful day.
Dr. Maher ($20) David passed away (apparently from St. Christopher's) and
re Rotary fundraiser at Capt. Laurence on May 1, cost $50 per person for
all you can eat. The treasury is ok.
Mark J. is happy that the snow is mostly gone.
Etrusca is just happy.

SPEAKERS; Mark J. re: Global Peace Convention - Also, brief remarks from Dr. Oriniowo
SUMMARY OF TALKS
Mark J. re: Global Peace Convention in Manila from February 28 to
March 3, attended by many, mostly young people. The first convention was
in 1909. The Phillipines has almost 7,000 islands. Attended by three
ex-presidents. Not a Rotary affair but nonprofit. Included reunification
of North and South Koreas.  Sponsors included IBM and EPSON.
Dr. Oriniowo (IN ENGLISH) re: fundraiser from his Rotary Club in Abadan,
Nigeria.

Meeting Info:
The Briarcliff Club will be delighted to have you join us on Friday.
We meet at the Briars Restaurant, 512 N State Rd, Briarcliff Manor, NY
We gather at Noon and the meeting begins at 12:15P.
The cost of lunch is $20.00 for which there is a choice of many entrees, soup or salad, coffee, tea, desert and beverage.
We sell 50/50 raffle tickets at the door - 1 ticket for $2.00 & 3 tickets for $5.00 as well as "happy bucks" which is an opportunity to briefly address the club with a comment, recognition or toast - costs as little as a buck ($1.00).
With best regards and in Rotary Service,
I hope you can join us!
Scott