July 28, 2017 . Briar Crier

BRIARCRIER FOR JULY 28, 2017

                   HISTORY FOR THIS DATE

2016: Ticks' numbers and territory grow.

MEETING LEADER: President Mark Johnson

GUEST: Jenny Doane (she is a Rotarian and A.G. from Baldwinville, NY.)

ROTARIANS PRESENT: (COUNTING JENNY) = 18

PLEDGE; Mark J.     SONG; Sy      Invocation: Mark J.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: via Rachel: Community Day will be like last year with Food

Trucks providing the hamburgers and hot dogs. Dr. Bob Maher, treasury is

OK if future members pay up dues. Kris says future leaders should go to

Hartford meeting.

TEXT: Elinor with helper Sy

NEXT FRIDAY August 4 we have Dusty Berke who will talk on Memorial.

HAPPY THOUGHTS

Jenny ($10), it is nice to be here

Rebecca ($5) her son Anthony is 32 years-old

Steve (our speaker) is happy

Kris is delighted that Jenny here

Joe ($100) that his wife is back home from hospital

Eric ($20) great to see Jenny, he went to golf game at Sleepy Hollow, and

met girl who turned out to be his wife

Mark J, his granddaughter is coming from Chicago

Anne, her daughter Joanna is now 50

Rich is happy he has a place to go to on Friday

Dr. Maher is happy that Joe's wife is better and he lost at tennis.

SPEAKER is Steve Marotto who talks about Investments. He went to

Elementary School in Staten Island and High School in Carmel, NY. Then a

B.S. in Finance from Ithaca college and a M.M. in Finance from Iona,

College, both in N.Y.

                              SUMMARY OF TALK

He is an investment broker with David Lerner Associates in White Plains

and gives his graduate degrees. Investment depends on your interests. He

first sold insurance then moved to Investments. You need a lot of money

because there are different markets. It is like buying a home, a matter of

supply and demand. You can use different forms of currency. He gives

difference between a hedge fund and a mutual fund.

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.

June 9, 2017 Briar Crier

Friday's Meeting Speaker: The People's Caucus via Larissa Wayne-Paulmeno

Scott will be away (driving campers to Maine) someone please lead the pledge .

For those who have RSVP-ed for the Installation and next year's membership "THANK YOU!"

If you have not responded to Eric or I PLEASE do so ASAP!

Have a great meeting!
Scott

Here's the Briarcrier:

BRIARCRIER FOR June 9, 2017
THIS DAY IN HISTORY
1858: President Abraham Lincoln said "A house divided against itself
cannot stand."

MEETING LEADER: President Scott Lanoff + Champagne Toast (via Rachael)

PLEDGE: Scott     SONG: Sy   INSPIRATION: Mark Johnson via St. Francis

GUESTS: John Randazzo (via his father)

ROTARIANS PRESENT: 20

TEXT: Elinor with helper Sy

NEXT FRIDAY: The People's Caucus via Larissa Wayne-Paulmeno

ANNOUNCEMENTS: June 30 luncheon is at The Traveler's Rest on Route 100, 25
Saw Mill River Road in Ossining, and Elinor will get a Paul Harris
Fellowship

The Installation Luncheon is paid for already for members + Spouses and
Significant Others = $50 + Guests = $75. 

Per our treasurer, Dr. Bob Maher, we are all set for the rest of the year

Via Rachael, at the Library Friday's film is La La Land, call library for exact time and date.

HAPPY THOUGHTS
Eric, there are three Paul Harris Fellowships, Elinor Yuter, NYS Senator
David Carlucci and coach Chris Drosopulos, Eric's/Rachael's toast
Scott is happy to be President, and to have the Guests here
Mark Johnson's grandson is getting married
Michelle to be back and daughter is graduating from high school
Rich re Father's Day
Bishop John to be here
Dr. Bob re Scott and Ossining food pantry
Anne re Robert Burns.

SPEAKER is Marty Engelhardt, who will speak about the Ossining Food
Pantry, He has an elementary (St. Anthony) and high school degrees (from
Fordham Prep) an A.B. from Fordham College, an LL.B. from Fordham Law
School, and an LL.M. in taxation from NYU Law School.
SUMMARY OF TALK
He is the president of the Ossining Food Pantry and is happy to
get-to-gether with our club.  They give out food in bags on Thursday from
6:30 to eight and Friday morning from 10-12 at the Trinity Church in
Ossining,  to needy recipients, and looking for more volunteers,
especially to those recipients who can't leave their homes. He started the
food pantry with his first wife and now has second wife, Jody. He has 10
grand children and gives thanks to the Lord's Program. Every penny donated
helps. They have a budget of $300,000 per year via donations. They
purchase a lot of the fresh food at Food Markets, like Stop and Shop,
where they get a discount. Recipients have to be resident in Ossining or
Briarcliff.

June 9, 2017 Briar Crier

Dear Members, Friends and Guests,

Tomorrow I'll be leading be my second to last regular Rotary meeting as our club's president.  (I promise not to get too teary-eyed.)

It's shaping up to be another fabulous, inspirational meeting with Atty Marty Engelhardt, Director of the Ossining Food Pantry - an organization we've historically supported and a cause right in our wheelhouse.  Let's please welcome Marty with an enthusiastic well attended meeting.

Our Annual Installation Luncheon is Friday, June 30th, 2017 

We'll be honoring NYS Senator David Carlucci, Briarcliff's Coach Chris Drosopoulos and our own Elinor Yuter with the Paul Harris (award).  If you'd like to attend or make a donation in honor of our recipients please contact me or Eric Lebenson atericlebencon@gmail.com; 

Meeting Info:

The Briarcliff Club will be delighted to have you join us on Friday.

We meet at the Briars Restaurant, 512 N State Rd, Briarcliff Manor, NY

We gather at Noon and the meeting begins at 12:15P.

The cost of lunch is $20.00 for which there is a choice of many entrees, soup or salad, coffee, tea, desert and beverage.

We sell 50/50 raffle tickets at the door - 1 ticket for $2.00 & 3 tickets for $5.00 as well as "happy bucks" which is an opportunity to briefly address the club with a comment, recognition or toast - costs as little as a buck ($1.00).

With best regards and in Rotary Service,

I hope you can join us!

YIRS,

Scott

BRIARCRIER FOR JUNE 9, 2017

THIS DAY IN HISTORY:

1943: The federal government began withholding income tax from paychecks.

MEETING LEADER: President Scott Lanoff

GUESTS: Meg Derasse (via Scott), Ed Placke (via Eric) and Maneesha Lal
(via the speaker)

ROTARIANS PRESENT: 16

PLEDGE: Scott     SONG: Sy     INSPIRATION: Anne via Living the Truth book

TEXT: Elinor with helper Sy

NEXT FRIDAY is Marty Engelhardt who will talk about the food pantry.
ANNOUNCMENTS: We are in healthy financial condition for the whole year,
including the installation dinner, says our Treasurer, Dr. Bob Maher; and
via Rachel there is an event at Law Park re the burning of flags by our
local Boy Scouts of America.

HAPPY THOUGHTS
Anne, she is getting older happily
Ernie, Paul Rosen has cancer and he is a Charter member
Eric ($20) re Paul Rosen and guests, and guest Lal has a beautiful voice
Dr. Bob Maher ($20) re Ed Placke, a former superintendent of school district
Scott ($5) is happy to be here and went to Around the World Rotary meeting
Etrusca is happy to be here and that Elinor is getting a Paul Harris
Fellowship
Joe is happy to be here
Maneesha was a Paul Harris Fellow in India
Stan is happy to be here
Rich is happy to be here.

SPEAKER is Cornelia Schimert, an RN, who went to elementary and high
school in Chicago and who has a B.S. in Nursing from NYU.
                           SUMMARY OF TALK
She is Director of the Visiting Nurse Association of the Hudson Valley,
and includes hospice care in Westchester and Putnam counties of the State
of New York. She is in charge of the Home Health Services and can be
reached at 914-774-8040, which is her cell number, and her Association is
a non-profit group. Their services are free. And she is honored to be here
to talk about the visiting nurses. The organization has been around for
over 100 years and was pioneered years ago. Her Visiting Nurse Association
works from birth to death and her Association is in touch with Ellen Woods
at Phelps. The Association is funded by Medicaid, Medicare and Insurance
Companies. Her group works on Alzheimer's disease and she is particularly
attracted to young families. They have their own chaplain. Many of her
patients love music and memory, and she tries to keep patients out of the
hospital. She is in charge of The Caring Circle Program which includes
Bereavement Services. Their corporate office is in Tarrytown and their
Putnam Office is in Brewster.