President: John C ollis President- Elect:DonSchlueter Vice President: Peter Costianes Past President: Tony Recco September 8, 2015 Club established 1919 Club 4856 zone 29 Treasurer: Dave Burke Secretary: Missy Graves Dist 7150 Gov: Peter Cardamone ADG (Area 3): Clark Speicher Announcements: April 4, 2017 Next week s program will be presented by Tamara Catarano speaking about fitness class/children s book. Followed by: April 18: Elizabeth Sziek, Health Councilor April 25: OPEN Board of Directors meetings are on the 2nd Monday of each month at 5:30PM. Location: Ava Dorfman Senior Center on Black River Blvd. The Thursday night fellowship Rotary dinner meeting These are once a month meetings & will be held at different restaurants on the 3 rd Thursday of each month at 6:00PM. The April 20 th Fellowship Dinner will be held at the Boys from Italy restaurant on Dominick St. Food Drive collections are on the 2nd Tuesday of every month. We will collect for the Salvation Army on the April 11 meeting. 50/50 Tiffany Martin s ticket was drawn. She drew a card for the pot but did not win. (Draw the queen of hearts to win the big pot or Joker to win half) Remembering our Rotarians Donna Occhipinti is in room 513 and Mike is in 503. Cards and visits to Bethany Gardens 800 Chestnut St. Rome, NY 13440. Science Fairs approach Harry Winberg is taking charge of the Science Fairs and he will need volunteer judges for these events. There is one remaining Science Fair: Regional Science Fair: Utica College April 8 at 7:45AM.
Tuesday Lunch meetings to continue Membership has decided to continue with the Tuesday lunch meetings weekly. A once a month Wednesday breakfast meeting is to be added. The exact Wednesday has not been decided yet. Library Recycling Day May 24 (Wednesday) at the Jervis Library from 10:00AM to -4:00PM Library needs volunteers to help with this project. See Carla Till if you are interested in helping with this. Items that can be brought in for recycling: Books andmagazines, CD s, VCR s and cassettes; Electronics, document shredding, CFL and fluorescent bulbs, batteries, shoes,rigid plastic, scrap metal, and book donations. Do not bring: small appliances or air conditioners Service Scholarships Tiffany Martin took the anouncement for the Scholarships to RFA. They were posted and advertised for application by senior students. February 27 through the Counselor s Office. The applicants scholarship deadline is April 24 at RFA. Tiffany will distribute applications to the volunteer judges on May 2. She will need the judges selections on May 16. The luncheon for the winners of the Scholarships will be at the June 14 mneeting. Canalfest preparations Don Schlueter has compiled a list of area businesses that have supported Canalfest in the past. He asks that members contact some of these businesses to gain sponsorship for this year s Canalfest. The following list needs contact people: Alion Science & Technology, Dr. Stewart Anken, Chiropractor, Artistic Expressions, Cargo Earthworks Excavation, Cartridge World, Cathedral Corporation, Esquire Real Estate, First Choice Staffing, Hubbard Tool & Die, Lou s Bargain Barn, Mattacola Law Firm, Nat l M&D Realty, Plumley Engineering, Roback Financial Services, Clinton NY, Rowan Group Insurance, Savoy & Beeches Restaurants, Stanwix Veterans & Men s Club, Strategy Advertising Solutions, Toccolana Club, Twomey Home Improvements, United Parcel Services. If you feel that you can help with any of the above, please notify Don of your selections for contact.
Guests Bonnie Herrmann Tanya Davis Karen Roth This month we have five I shorted the Birthday wishes For March, will Run March another week Maria Dailey Missy Graves April wishes Pete Mike Sam Tony Don Costianes Occhipinti Pendergrast Recco Schlueter
Program Today s program was presented by by Bob Voelcker on the Cuban missile crisis, specifically on refueling planes from that era. Cuban Missile Crisis (www.history.com/topics/cold-war/missilecrisis) condensed A refresher for those who need it: During the Cuban Missile Crisis, leaders of the U.S. and the Soviet Union engaged in a tense, 13-day political and military standoff in October 1962 over the installation of nuclear-armed Soviet missiles on Cuba, just 90 miles from U.S.shores..On October of 1962, President John Kennedy (1917-63) notified Americans about the presence of the missiles, explained his decision to enact a naval blockade around Cuba and made it clear the U.S. was prepared to use military force if necessary to neutralize this perceived threat to national security. Castro had aligned himself with the Soviet Union and became dependent on the Soviets for military and economic aid. The two superpowers plunged into one of their biggest Cold War confrontations after the pilot of an American U-2 spy plane making a high-altitude pass over Cuba on October 14, 1962, photographed a Soviet SS-4 medium-range ballistic missile being assembled for installation. After President Kennedy was briefed about the situation on October 16, he immediately called together a group of advisors and officials known as the executive committee, or ExCom. They conferred for two weeks. Nuclear-armed Cuban missiles were being installed just 90 miles south of Florida. From that launch point, they were capable of quickly reaching targets in the eastern U.S. Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev had gambled on sending the missiles to Cuba with the specific goal of increasing his nation s nuclear strike capability. Russia knew that a number of nuclear weapons were targeted at them from sites in Western Europe and Turkey and missiles in Cuba would level the playing field. Another key factor in the Soviet missile scheme was the hostile relationship between the U.S. and Cuba. Kennedy and ExCom determined that the presence of Soviet missiles in Cuba was unacceptable. The challenge was to orchestrate their removal without initiating a wider conflict and possibly a nuclear war. They came up with a variety of options, including a bombing attack on the missile sites and a full-scale invasion of Cuba. But Kennedy ultimately decided on a more measured approach. First, he would employ the U.S. Navy to establish a blockade, or quarantine, of the island to prevent the Soviets from delivering additional missiles and military equipment. Second, he would deliver an ultimatum that the existing missiles be removed. In a television broadcast on October 22, 1962, the president notified Americans about the presence of the missiles, explained his decision
to enact the blockade and made it clear that the U.S. was prepared to use military force if necessary to neutralize this perceived threat to national security. A crucial moment in the unfolding crisis arrived on October 24, when Soviet ships bound for Cuba neared the line of U.S. vessels enforcing the blockade. The Soviet ships stopped short of the blockade. The tense standoff between the superpowers continued through the week, and on October 27, an American reconnaissance plane was shot down over Cuba, and a U.S. invasion force was readied in Florida. (The 35- year-old pilot of the downed plane, Major Rudolf Anderson, is considered the sole U.S. combat casualty of the Cuban missile crisis.). Soviet and American leaders found a way out of the impasse. During the crisis, the Americans and Soviets had exchanged letters and other communications, and on October 26, Khrushchev sent a message to Kennedy in which he offered to remove the Cuban missiles in exchange for a promise by U.S. leaders not to invade Cuba. The following day, the Soviet leader sent a letter proposing that the USSR would dismantle its missiles in Cuba if the Americans removed their missile installations in Turkey. Officially, the Kennedy administration decided to accept the terms of the first message and ignore the second Khrushchev letter entirely. Privately, however, American officials also agreed to withdraw their nation s missiles from Turkey. U.S. Attorney General Robert Kennedy (1925-68) personally delivered the message to the Soviet ambassador in Washington, and on October 28, the crisis drew to a close. Refueling of airplanes during the Cuban missile crisis Basically, the planes that required refueling during Bob Voelcker s time frame consisted of SAC U 2 s and CIA U2 s. Bob stated that he spent 3 years working with U2 s at with SAC and CIA. The wings were where the fuel wa0s stored and the refueling was done very close to where the pilot of the plane sat. Sometimes planes flew without clearance so that secrecy could be maintained until the last minute. There were two different fuels that were being used. They were JP7 s and JP4 s. Some refueling was done on the ground, but when necessary, it was done during flight. Photo of air refueling
Rotary Minute The following Rotary History bites are from a booklet published by Clifford L. Dochterman who was Rotary International President from 1992-3 called, The ABCs of Rotary. International responsibilities of a Rotarian As an international organization, Rotary offers each member unique opportunities and responsibilities. A Rotarian s first responsibility is to uphold obligations of citizenship of his or her own country but membership in Rotarian enables one to take a broader view of international affairs. In the early 1950 s, Rotary a philosophy was adopted to describe how a Rotarian may think globally as follows: World minded Rotarians: Look beyond national patriotism and considers himself as sharing responsibility for the advancement of international understanding, goodwill, and peace. Resist any tendency to act in terms of national or racial superiority. Seek and develop common grounds for agreement with peoples of other lands. Defend the rule of law and order to preserve the liberty of the individual so that he may enjoy freedom of thought, speech, and assembly, and freedom from persecution, aggression, want and fear. Support action directed toward improving standards of living of all peoples, realizing that poverty anywhere endangers prosperity everywhere. Uphold the principle of justice for mankind. Strive always to promote peace between nations and prepares to make personal sacrifices for the ideal, prepares to make personal sacrifices for that ideal. Urges and practices a spirit of understanding of others beliers as a step toward international goodwill recognizing hat there are certain basic moral and spiritual standards which will ensure a richer, fuller life. This is quite an assignment for any Rotarian to practice in thought and action. Community Events & Activities Rome Community Theater Wait until dark also at the Rome Community Center This is a psychological horror thriller in which Susie Hendrix (blind housewife) becomes a target for 3 con men searching for heroin hidden in a doll. Susie s husband, Sam innocently transported the doll from Canada as a favor to a woman who has since been murdered. The trio try to convince Susy that her husband will be suspected of murdering the woman, and the only way to protect him is to give them the doll, which connects him to her. Little do the men know that Gloria, a little girl in the upstairs apartment, has stolen the doll after finding out it was not a gift for her. April 6, 7, & 8 at 7:30PM and April 9 at 2:30PM. Reserve a seat by calling the Box Office, 337-5920, one week before the performance from 6:00-9:00pm. You can purchase online at https://rct.tixato.com
The Capitol Theatre In the Cinema Capitol Next to the Capitol Theatre United Kingdom Friday March 24-Thursday March 30 In 1947, Seretse Khama, the King of Botswana, met Ruth Williams, a London office worker. They were a perfect match, yet their proposed marriage was challenged not only by their families but by the British and South African governments. The latter had recently introduced the policy of apartheid and found the notion of a biracial couple ruling a neighboring country intolerable Fri & Sat: 3:45 & 7:15PM; Sun: 12:45 & 3:45PM; Mon-Thurs: 7:15PM Adults: $7.00; Students & Friends: $5.00 Also at the Cinema Capitol The Comedian Friday March 31- Thursday April 6 Friday & Saturday: 3:30-7:30PM; Sunday 12:30 & 3:30PM; Monday- Thursday: 7:00PM An aging comic icon, Jackie (Robert De Niro) has seen better days; Despite his efforts to reinvent himself and his comic genius, the audience only wants to know him as the former television character he once played. Already a strain on his younger brother (Danny DeVito) and his wife (Patti LuPone), Jackie is forced to serve out a sentence doing community service for accosting an audience member. While there, he meets Harmony (Leslie Mann), the daughter of a sleazy Florida real estate mogul (Henry Keitel), and the two find inspiration in one another with surprising consequences. Adults: $7.00; Friend and Students: $5.00 Rome Academy of Science: Weights & Measures Program to be presented at the Rome Historical Society April 11 at 7:30PM. There is also a dinner at 5:00PM. See Dave Kobernuss for further details. Robots & Riggies April 20 at the Beeches Conference Center from 5:00-8:00PM To benefit Project Fibonacci Foundation and the first Robotics World Finalists. Food and a Chinese Auction. Cost is $10.00. The Founder April 25 Dining and Community Hall of the Plumley Complex at the MVCC Rome Campus. 6:00PM; General Admission is $5.00; MVCC employees: $2.00 A Biography/Drama detailing the life of McDonald s founder, Ray Kroc.
District 7150 & RI News Rotary Month Celebrations Rotary Month Celebrations January: Rotary Awareness month. February: World Understanding month August: Membership & extension mo. March: Literacy month. September: New generations month April: Magazine month October: Vocational service mo. May: Promote Internat l. Convention mo. November: Rotary Foundation/World June: Rotary Fellowship month. Interact month July: Literacy and New Year month December: Family month The following information and excerpts from various Rotarians, newsflashes, Foundation minutes, and District newsletters Rotary District Websites Official Website, Rotary7150.org. Rotary International Website, Rotary.org. Rotary Leadership Institute, http://www.rlinea.org Youth Exchange calendar: http://www.rotarydistrict7150youthexchange D7150 Calendar of Events list of events from Credo/Newsletter RYLA Conferences: Cazenovia College http://www.rotary7150.org/sitepage/ryla Additional questions about RYLA: Phyllis Danks, chair: phyl7150@gmail.com Rotaract chair: Maria Pavelock: pavelockm7150@gmail.com District newsletter articles Please send future newsletter inputs directly to editor Lizzy Flinn-Brown at: ebrown@syracuse.com From District 7150 FYI: District group leaders: District Governor:Peter Cardamone: peter7150@gmail.com District Secretary: Val Collins vcobgyn@yahoo.com District Treasurer: Sue Reisman suereiscpa@gmail.com District Foundation Chair: Mark Matt: mmatt7150@gmail.com District Youth Exchange Chair: Tom Taylor: ttaylor@bhlawplle.com
Youth Service Leadership unfilled at this time. Interact s District Chair is Dennis Schonwetter. A club for young people in their community or school. Youth Exchange with District Chair Tom Taylor: this club gives young people exposure to new cultures and customs and promotes global understanding and peace. Students spend time in another country living with different host families and attending classes at the local schools. Rotary Youth Leadership Award with District chair Larry Richardson: An intensive training program for young adults ages 14-30. The program usually involves seminars, camps, or workshops organized by Rotarians and held over 3-10 days. Question about RYLA Phyllis Danks: phyl7150@gmail.com Rotary Global Rewards Program For more information visit: https://www.rotary.org/myrotary/en/member-center/rotary-globalrewards/offers#/offers%0d%0ajust 2017 Rotary District 7150 Conference April 21-23 2017 held at Gideon Putnam Saratoga, NY. Regular registration between October 1, 2016 and February 1, 2017 requires a deposit of $125.00 per person. Full payment of $250.00 is due by March 1, 2017. Register now at www.rotary7150.org Conference Schedule Friday April 21: Registration in Gideon Putnam Lobby starts at 3pm District Governor's Opening Reception at Saratoga Auto Museum 6pm DG Pete welcomes Rotarians and guests at this business casual event Enjoy unique dinner stations, music, fun & fellowship while browsing the latest exhibit. Saturday April 22: Continental Breakfast in Conference Center 7:30-9am Business Meeting with Club Presidents & District Leadership, Orenda Room 8am General/Break Out Sessions 9am - 12pm with 15-Minute Mid-Morning Break Learning Lunch Noon Rotarian Service Above Self Fellowship & Service Projects w/district 7190 1-4pm District Governor's Cocktail Hour & Country Fair, Arches 5pm Sunday April 23: All Sunday activities are in the main Conference Center Putnam Breakfast Buffet 7:30-9am; "In Gratitude" Ecumenical Sunday Service 8:30am Acknowledgements & District Awards 10am 2018 Conference Announcement Conference Close by Noon Rotary Youth Leadership Awards, Led by DGE Phyllis Danks, will be July 7-9, 2017 and once again at Cazenovia College. Applications are now available on the district web site (see the RYLA page under the Youth tab on the homepage menu). Clubs are encouraged to follow these recommended deadlines to ensure you commit your student(s) to the RYLA committee on time! Get the application in to schools by the end of the year Deadline for students to return applications: by March 15th
Conduct interviews, make selections & notify student(s) chosen: by April 15 th. It is $325.00 per student to be sponsored by each club. Students must be 10 th or 11 th graders. Confirmation must be completed by May 1. For more information check out the RYLA page under the Youth tab at: www.rotary7150.org Youth Exchange Committee Seeks Web Master Tom Taylor, chair of the district 7150 Youth Exchange Committee, is seeking a web master to oversee updates to their new web site, www.7150youthexchange.org. This person would spend approximately one hour each month updating photos, the calendar and content at the direction of the committee. The site was built using WordPress, so the system is very user-friendly to anyone with some tech skills. Is this you? Contact Tom at ttaylor@bhlawpllc.com. Great way to get involved! Rotary Youth Exchange assistance The Dr. Clarke T and Ruth Case Scholarship Fund was established in the 1960's by the Cases (Utica area Rotarians) as a charitable endeavor to provide funds for students in District 7150 who need financial assistance to participate in Rotary Youth Exchange. This is a wonderful opportunity to include in your charitable donations which furthers the object of Rotary and promotes world peace and understanding. Contributions may be made to the Dr. Clarke and Ruth Case Scholarship Fund, administered by the Community Foundation of Herkimer and Oneida Counties, Inc, 2608 Genesee St. Utica, NY 13502. Rotarian April 2017 condensed Driven to serve: Rotary road trip hits 14 West Coast cities to work with clubs and communities by Brad Webber A 25 foot recreational vehicle carrying two Rotarians and a district governor made a 2400 mile road trip that originated in Seattle nearly two weeks earlier, stopping for service projects in Washington, Oregon, California, Nevada, and Arizona. The road trip helped link Rotarians with charitable organizations in their home communities, encouraged clubs to partner with their cross-town counterparts, and illustrated the scope and value of Rotary. As they stopped at the Fess parker hotel in Santa Barbara, more than 400 Rotarians, some with spouses, piled onto buses and followed the RV to two Boys & Girls clubs in Santa Barbara where they hoisted paintbrushes, sandpaper, hammers, and rakes to revitalize the youth centers. Dozens stayed behind at the hotel to fill 400 backpacks that would later be given to the children. The point: a potent display of the power of Rotary.
Santa Barbara Rotarian Michael Baker is the CEO of the Boys & Girls clubs of Santa Barbara County which serves about 550 children every day, mostly underprivileged youth who find the clubs to an after-school haven. Members from the Rotaract Club of Victoria B.C. also rode on the bus and Past RI President William F. Boyd painted a door blue in a club to closely match Rotary s hue. It started off as a public image type thing he explained. We were trying to focus on what Rotary is doing on the West Coast and getting the word out there. The 14 city expedition was primarily organized by Danielle Lallemont, charter president of the Rotary Club of San Francisco Evening. She said that the RV trip was modeled after a similar journey in which four Rotarians drove an RV from Pennsylvania to Iowa a year earlier. Lallemont called this tour Connecting for Good. RI Director Brads Howard gave the road trip his stamp of approval. Inspired by the Chicago Young Professionals Summit, Lallemont and Howard developed their own zone summit to match young Rotarian professionals with older ones. We wanted to develop a network of emerging Rotary leader and put them in leadership roles, says Howard. The summit showed participants that, young or old, Rotarians all have common ground and share the same values and goals. After that trip, with four months of planning, Katie Coard, charter president of the Rotary Club of Downtown Victoria and four riders met in the Seattle area to undertake their first act of service, a project at Elk Run Farm in Maple Valley, Washington affiliated with First Harvest, a program that supports area food banks by growing produce and coordinating the distribution of imperfect, but nutritious donated vegetables and fruit. They motored to Oregon Food Bank and worked there. Many other projects branched out from these. Rotary International The Rotary International Conventions Future locations for Rotary International Conventions: Atlanta Georgia USA on June 10-14, 2017 Toronto, Ontario, Canada June 24-27, 2018 Rotary Club of Rome Organization and contact information: Board of Directors Pete Costianes Pat DeMatteo Dave Kobernuss Sandra Lattimer Nancy Neiley Don Schlueter New Membership Committee Co chairs: Pat DeMatteo & Don Schlueter Membership Development, Mentoring, & Orientation: Keith Butters, chair Rotary Foundation Bill Tuthill chair Polio Fundraising Mike Occhipinti chair
International Student Day Co-chairs: Pete Costianes & Franca Armstrong with Carla Till & Keith Butters Rotary Readers Jeannie Packer chair With Glen Bahr Carla Till chair Children s Christmas Party Shelly & Joel Gray co-chairs With Karin Tuthill & Joyce Midlam RYLA RFA Rotary Interact Nancy Neiley chair With Danielle Pugliano Rotary Youth Exchange Sam Pendergrast chair Science Fair Harry Winberg chair Scholarships: Tiffany Martin chair Pres. Elect Rome Rotary, PO Box 655, Rome, NY 13442-0655 Rome Rotary Website: http://romeny.rotaryclub.pro/ Newsletter Email Address: RomeRotaryNewsletter@gmail.com For any questions (if you need an immediate response): rrc_secretary@yahoo.com Find us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/romerotary Submit your participation points to: rrc_secretary@yahoo.com From your editor Jeannie L Packer