July 21, 2017 . Briar Crier

BRIARCRIER FOR JULY 21, 2017

                      THIS DAY IN HISTORY

1861; The Congress convenes in Richmond, Virginia.

GUESTS: None

ROTARIANS PRESENT: 13

MEETING LEADER: President Mark Johnson

PLEDGE: Mark Johnson     SONG: Sy     Invocation via Anne with help from

                                         book "God with two "O"s"

HAPPY THOUGHTS

Anne, knew Bobby's wife

Howie, could walk here

Mark S. ($5) next week he is helping son move from Miami to go to medical

school

Stan, is just happy and last week was his birthday

Rich, happy birthday (to Stan)

Mark J. is back from vacation in Washington State, which he recommends

Elinor is happy that she won Paul Harris Fellow

Raffle, Elinor wins

TEXT: Elinor with helper S

 Last week our speaker was Robin Graham. Here are some brief notes from Sy about his talk:

Robin is CEO of the Peace Club, play football (our soccer) to make peace. HHis

club has 11 Virtues comprising commitment, respect, creativity, hope,

self-discipline, cooperation, initiative, sportsmanship, enthusiasm, trust

and responsibility. There should be three million players by 2030.

June 30, 2017 Briar Crier

BRIARCRIER FOR JUNE 30, 2017

                            THIS DAY IN HISTORY

1936: The Civil War novel, by M. Mitchell, "GONE WITH THE WIND" was

published.

This was the installation luncheon at Traveler's Rest on Route 100 and the

agenda was: Dr. Bob Maher as MC plus his remarks, there was a cold and hot

buffet, the PLEDGE by Sy Yuter and PRAYER by Bishop John. The guests

included Shona and Dr. Erica via Anne, Tamie, the wife of Mark Johnson,

Selina, the wife of Bishop John, Mindy, Scott's wife, and Joanna, the

mother of Steve Marotto, plus Alice and Demitri, the wife and son of

Nathan. Howie Kutscher and Steve became Rotarians. The Rotarians Present

are all except Michelle, Ellen, Carl, Lou and Sean. Then Remarks by Scott,

Assembly woman Sandy Galef, the Town of Ossining's Dana Levenberg and Mark

Johnson, our next President. 

REMARKS. Scott re happy to be President of Briarcliff Rotary, took over

from prior president who got a higher job at the Boy Scouts of America,

plus his one extra year as president, he attended many functions as

president of Briarcliff Rotary and met many ambassadors. Also, comments

from Mark Johnson, our next president. Plus in attendance was Nathan, a

high school counselor, and James, the superintendent of schools, plus

Debbie, the high school principal.

A Paul Harris Fellowship was given to Elinor Yuter, a club member with

perfect attendance, plus she got a Paul Harris Fellowship pin and

Certificate, plus many nice comments, especially from Eric (who had a

signed copy of Elinor's 2003 book "Around the World in a Wheel Chair") and

quoted her "If you can do the China Wall (re those who are physically

challenged, Elinor has MS) you can do almost anything because there are

always people around who volunteer to help a wheel chair person", plus

comments from Sandy and Dana. Also comments from State Senator David

Carlucci re New York problems and Chris Drosopoulos, a hs coach, who also

got Paul Harris Fellowships as Honorees.

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June 23, 2017 Briar Crier

BRIARCRIER FOR JUNE 23, 2017

                           THIS DAY IN HISTORY
1982: The princess of Wales has a boy, Charles, who will be next King of
England.

MEETING LEADER IS Anne Cargill (since Scott on his way to his son's camps).

ROTARIANS PRESENT: 19

PLEDGE: Anne     SONG: Sy      Inspiration: Anne via "Spelling God with
                                                      Two 'Os'".
TEXT: Elinor via helper Sy.

THIS FRIDAY is the installation dinner at The Traveler's Rest.

HAPPY THOUGHTS
Ken, ($30) for thirty years as a Rotarian
Eric, ($5) we have three Paul Harris Fellowships including our own Elinor
Yuter, he will miss Ken and his daughter whom he dated, finds good
locally, and attended St. Christopher's graduation
Dr. Bob Maher, at St. Christophers graduated 75 out of 79 and he is retiring
Bishop John is Not happy
Rich hopes Ken will visit us
Anne that both daughters are coming to installation luncheon
Mark J. is still celebrating his freedom (he will be next leader of club)
Mark S. re condos and most Briarcliffers are in Town of Ossining
Kris, we have another district.

TWO SPEAKERS re The Caucus, Larissa Wayne-Paulson who had elementary plus
high school plus a five-year course incivil engineering in Moscow, Russia
and
Aaron Stern, who went to elementary, high school and Baruch College, all
in Brooklyn.
                     SUMMARY OF TALKS
Via Larissa, gave summary of The Caucus including debates on issues facing
the Village of Briarcliff Manor, which was incorporated in 1902; and
Aaron Stern, past president of The Caucus and now vice-president. The
members of The Caucus do Not get paid and still looking for volunteers.
But Manager and the Mayor and Trustees get paid. Discussed taxes of
village residents. The golfcourse taxed separately and not according to
acreage. Thecourse is run by Donald Trump. The Caucus makesup letter and
sends it to residents once a year.The Caucus elected village Mayor and
Trustees since 1902 except for three years. If have any questions about
Caucus you can call him at 914-923-3343.