BRIARCRIER
January 11, 2013, The Briar's Restaurant, North State Road Briarcliff Manor, NY
Briarcliff Manor Rotary Club
TODAY IN HISTORY
1935 – Aviator Amelia Earhart began an uncompleted trip across the Pacific. She was the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean.
MEETING LEADER – President-elect Anne Cargill for President Kris Chittur
PLEDGE - Sy Yuter PATRIOTIC SONG – Sy Yuter INVOCATION – Dean Dykeman
HAPPY THOUGHTS: Bishop John – Mother's family born in Barbados and going on cruise; Eric loves to sing; Bob Maher for his students.
GUESTS – Jeff Taylor with Ernie, Debbie Okoniewski with Frances Chu
ANNOUNCEMENTS –18 Rotarians present
ROTARY NEWS – None
SPEAKER AND SUBJECT – Lisa Howard – Rotary Ambassador Scholar from Barbados, Sustainability Management
Barbados is the eastern-most island of the West Indies. The English settled the island in 1627. Its population is predominantly black. Yearly temperatures are the average of 79 degrees. Bridgetown is the capital. Sugar is a chief crop and tourism is most important to its economy. Lisa is the Rotary Ambassador Scholar for 2012-2013 from the Rotary Club of Barbados and is at Columbia University in NYC seeking a masters in sustainability management. Although born in Barbados she speaks like a New Yorker. During her first semester as a Rotary Ambassador Scholar in this Columbia University program, she knows she is in the best place for her. Lisa connected with other ambassadorial scholars and the District Governor Greg Arcaro and Helen Lynch who also spoke to our club. As 2013 comes into focus she has become even more aware of the Rotary motto “Service Above Self” in her day to day actions. Her passion in life is to help other people and to be involved.
Friday – Pamela Lewis, Esq. – The Nuts and Bolts of Divorce
Elinor Yuter, Reporter
Rachel Leihbacher, Expediter
