BRIERCRIER
Friday
noon, September 5, 2014, at the restaurant The Briar's of the meeting
of the Briarcliff Manor Rotary Club.
TODAY IN
HISTORY
1868:
The Japanese city of Redo was renamed Tokyo.
MEETING
LEADER: President Eric Lebenson followed by the president-elect Mark
Seiden.
PLEDGE: Antonia
SONG: Sy
PRAYER: George Camp
GUESTS:
John Crawford, Pres. of Ossining Rotary; George Camp, past district
governor.
ROTARIANS
PRESENT: 16
HAPPY
THOUGHTS: Ken is happy to be here; So is George Camp and John
Crawford; Dr. Bob Maher, our treasury is in order; Eric, has basel
cell carcinoma, which is not worrisome since it does not spread. Plus
other Happy Thoughts not correctly recorded.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Community day has been postponed to Saturday, September 13 with rain
day the following Sunday. All Briarcliff Rotarians should wear their
Briarcliff Rotary shirts. We will not be doing cooking
since local restaurants will be selling hamburgers and hot dogs.
SPEAKER
AND SUBJECT: Kristen Holmes Linder on History of Wall Art.
SUMMARY
OF TALK
We
have heard our speaker before but this time she talked about the
history of wall art and showed photos of how wall art changed the
characters of young wall artists for the better, for example, by
increasing their self esteem. Some wall art was on wet plaster.
Her grandfather was a mayor of Briarcliff Manor under the name
Holmes. She grew up in Briarcliff and attended the Ossining schools.
She taught at the Pleasantville Cottage School, the Ronald McDonald
shows and the Maria Fermi Hospital. She worked with children in
jails. She showed pictures of early wall art starting some 18,000
years ago and of the Renaissance, and those of her students. Also of
Egyptians. In hospitals, patients seem to recover quicker if there is
good wall art near them.
NEXT
FRIDAY TALK: Tomorrow, by Dr. Bob Maher on Ray Rice's career
and how one bad decision can alter your life forever.
Elinor
Yuter, Reporter
Rachel
Leihbacher, Expediter
