BRIARCRIER
November 2, 2012 at The Briar's Restaurant, Briarcliff Manor NY Rotary Club
TODAY IN HISTORY
1917: British Foreign Secretary Arthur Balfour issued a declaration of support for a "national home" for the Jews in Palestine.
Meeting Leader – Eric Lebenson
PLEDGE - Sy Yuter PATRIOTIC SONG – Sy Yuter INVOCATION – Paul Rosen
HAPPY THOUGHTS – Scott L, tree fell on house but no one was hurt; Elinor – falling tree missed house but no power for 10 days
ROTARIANS: 16 present
GUEST – Marty Ketels from Phelps and the Pelham Rotary Club
ANNOUNCEMENT – Blood drive will be held at the Atria sponsored by Phelps Memorial Hospital Center
SPEAKER AND SUBJECT – Ken Shimazu – Live Better, Live Longer
Summary of Talk
Ken compared health care and health care costs of Japan and the USA to substantial benefit of Japan. He is 14 years old as a Japanese (Japanese have a good custom of resetting calendar at age 60.....everyone liked the idea!) He can live another 5 years as a Japanese (life expectancy of Japanese male is 79) but having lived in US for the last 50 years he may have only one more year left. (American male life expectancy is 76) He will be 40 on 2038 and promised to attend the rotary club meeting in Briarcliff.
Today Friday – My Plan As a Rotary Ambassadorial Scholar – Haruka Ue
Elinor Yuter, Reporter
Rachel Leihbacher, Expediter
