BRIARCRIER
May 25, Friday Noon, The Briar's Restaurant, N. State Road, Briarcliff Manor NY Rotary Club
TODAY IN HISTORY
1979: Etan Patz, 6, vanished and after 33 years a New Jersey man admits killing
MEETING LEADER: President Dean Dykeman
PLEDGE, Sy SONG, Sy PRAYER, Rev. Lee Carrozzi
HAPPY THOUGHTS: Carl, that Eric L. raised $54,000 for a good cause; Lee, with breakfast for Veterans; Anne who survived the week; guest Donna, no school today
Guest: Donna Bernachina, guest of Antonia
SPEAKER AND SUBJECT: Dr. Sy Yuter on Kauai Rotary Clubs
SUMMARY OF TALK
Sy gave talks (on the Iran nuclear issue) to three of the six Aloha Rotary Clubs in Kauai, Hawaii. They are the Kapa'a Kauai Rotary club in Kapa'a on the East coast, the West Kauai club in Waimea and the Hanalie Bay Rotary Club in Princeville, Kauai, at the North coast, and Sy displayed their flags. Elinor joined him and thus maintained her perfect attendance of nearly four years with Sy at 23 years. Each club was different. The Kapa'a club had the minimum program but displayed the Hawaii flag (surprise, with a Union Jack in its upper left corner) together with the American Flag and no other banner. It met at a pasta restaurant with each member given a choice of two main dishes plus a salad. The West Kauai is a small huggy-kissy club with its leader handing out a cv of Sy from his web site, and Elinor and Sy ate off the extensive menu of a very fancy restaurant with the club picking up Elinor's cost, contrary to the other two clubs. The Kapa'a club gave Sy a nice pen, the West Kauai club an expensive collection of local passion fruit sweets but the Hanalei club only offered to give a book to the local library which Sy was asked to sign and take credit for the gift. The Hanalie Bay club met at the most expensive hotel in Kauai ($350 a night) and the ($25) lunch was only a pasta dish and a chocolate cookie, plus ice tea. The Hanalie Bay club had the most banners and the most in attendance, nearly 50, with many visiting Rotarians, mostly from what they call stateside.
This Friday: Islamic Terrorism, Kaj Ahlburg, husband of ex-Rotary member Laura.
Elinor Yuter, Reporter
Rachel Leihbacher, Expediter
