BRIARCRIER
June 15, 2012, 12:15 at The Briar's Restaurant, Briarcliff Manor NY Rotary Club
TODAY IN HISTORY
1954 – The words “Under God” were added to the Pledge of Allegiance.
Meeting Leader – President Dean Dykeman
PLEDGE - Sy Yuter PATRIOTIC SONG – Sy Yuter INVOCATION – Bishop John
HAPPY THOUGHTS – Ken Reng’s son, Steven, for his activity in the Horace Greeley HS Rotaract club. Mark Seiden, on time for a change. Dean, on only two more weeks as President. Elinor, for wearing a silk scarf given to her at the Alexandria, Egypt Rotary Club. Linda in memory of her friends.
Rotary Minute – Rachel spoke about Rotary International Scholarships in light of our recent Rotary Scholarships for two Briarcliff High School Students which were presented by Eric Lebenson.
GUESTS – Mindy Lanoff, Steven Reng
ANNOUNCEMENTS –none
SPEAKER AND SUBJECT – Dean Dykeman and Kris Chittur – Rotary Board Installation
Dean opened with this year in review asking what each one did. He named Eric Lebenson as Rotarian of the Year. Two outstanding seniors were awarded Rotary scholarships for their community service -- Brikell, $2000, Johnson, $500. Paul presented perfect attendance pins to Sy for 23 years, Elinor for four years and himself for 31 years. Kris, our incoming president, outlined plans for next year. Paul amused us with jokes and funny stories. We enjoyed a special installation lunch.
Friday: Haiti Project – Andrew Speiser
Bio
Andrew Speiser works professionally as an Environmental Scientist for a private consulting engineering firm that provides civil engineering, traffic engineering, land surveying, architectural design, landscape architecture, drafting, and environmental evaluation services to Federal, State, County and local municipal clients. On a volunteer basis, he is associated with DOXA Foundation International and their efforts in helping to progress a school construction and water well installation project in a rural village in Haiti. The presentation to follow will highlight portions of his recent trip to Haiti for the inception of the construction project.
Elinor Yuter, Reporter
Rachel Leihbacher, Expediter
