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July 19, 2013 – Friday 12:15, The Briar's Restaurant, Briarcliff Manor Rotary ClubTODAY IN HISTORY1848: A ground-breaking women's convention convened in Seneca Falls, New York.MEETING LEADER – President Anne CargillMPLEDGE – Anne Cargill PATRIOTIC SONG – Sy Yuter Prayer – Bishop JohnHAPPY THOUGHTS AND BUCKS: Dr. Bob Maher, Thank you Ernie for dues advice and for Lou Fitzgerald as a proposed member; Bishop John, congratulations to our club.GUESTS: Beth Hussain, a Kris neighbor; Lou Fitzgerald, Haruka Ue
Ms.Beth Hussain with past Pres. Kris
ROTARIANS PRESENT - 19 Rotarians present.SPEAKER AND SUBJECT – Briarcliff Police Officer Tom Farrington on DARE (drug awareness resistance education) program.
SUMMARY OF TALKTom Farrington, on the police force for 26 years, is the police department's DARE officer. He was educated in the Briarcliff School System and leads the program in the fifth grade. He is fully aware of what is happening in our schools. The current main problem is the use of addictive prescriptive drugs although heroin and marijuana are still available. He spoke of bullying, cyber bullying. He teaches students how to say no to older siblings and to drug abuse in their lives. DARE shirts were given to them to remind them of what they were taught.This Friday at the Scarborough Church Chapel on Route 9 – Stopping Partner Abuse -- Terri SimonElinor Yuter, ReporterRachel Leihbacher, Expediter
