BRIARCRIER
November 16, 2012 at The Briar's Restaurant, Briarcliff Manor NY Rotary Club
TODAY IN HISTORY
1806 – Explorer Zebulon Pike sighted the mountaintop now known as Pikes Peak in present day Colorado
MEETING LEADER – President Kris Chittur
PLEDGE - Sy Yuter PATRIOTIC SONG – Sy Yuter INVOCATION – Bishop John
HAPPY THOUGHTS – Anne – going to Texas; Bob Maher’s St. Christopher’s; Bishop John – many things
GUESTS – None, 18 Rotarians present
ANNOUNCEMENTS – Rachel – non-perishable food needed for the Food Pantry, especially with holidays approaching; December 14th meeting at Tuscan Grille instead of The Briar's; Eric - Our Club supported the Rotary Club of Wall Street with $1000 to aide Hurricane Sandy victims; Ernie – grapefruits are coming, all are needed to support the sales.
SPEAKER AND SUBJECT – Ben Wolff – The Box As a Gift
Ben Wolff entertained us with his cello. Seated, he played high notes and low notes and soft notes, explaining all about the music of the cello. He talks about “being boxed in may be a good thing”. In 1954 Life Magazine published an article on why young American school children were not reading well. Boredom was the answer and it was deemed necessary that children have fun reading. Two hundred simple words were decided on to teach seven year olds. Fantasy and whimsy might make reading fun. Rhyming words and sentences could make it happen. Ted Geinsler, (Dr. Seuss), wrote his book, The Cat In The Hat. It was 61 pages long and the children could not put it down and started them liking to read. Ben gave us all a small box with a chocolate inside.
No meeting November 23. Thanksgiving Holiday
Elinor Yuter, Reporter
Rachel Leihbacher, Expediter
