Next Meeting
When............ May
4, 2010 at 12:00 p.m.
Where........... The
Franklin Hotel
Program....... History
of Railroads, John Weber
Upcoming Events:
May 11 – Teacher of
the Year Award
Attendance: Total Membership: 99. Please note that the newsletter now lists those present, not those
absent from meetings: PRESENT: Adamo, Bahr, Baker, Bird, Bottini, Butters,
Cole, Conway, Dailey, DeMatteo, DiPerna, Donovan, Evans, Fay, Foreman, Fusco,
Gray, Haritatos, Hermann, B., Latimer, Mattacola, Normand, Occhipinti, Packer, Panara,
Rapke, Recco, Riley, Simons, Skogland, Speicher, Summers, Till, Tracy, Trela, Versace,
Waters, Waters, Weber, Weed, Wieners, Winberg.
Guests: None.
Visiting Rotarian: None
After
work meeting 4/22/10:
Carey, Midlam, Townsend, Tuthill K , Tuthill W. 4/15/10: Bauer, Carey, Corbett, Midlam,
Townsend
Make-ups: All Make Ups submitted were recorded in
the attendance records.
Quote of
the Week: “There are some people that if they don’t know, you can’t tell
them.” Louis Armstrong.
Rotary Stuff
The Rotary Wheel logo, seen above, was
adopted in 1923 and it was said to illustrate “Civilization and Movement”.
Announcements
and Events
Rotary will have a booth at the Chamber
of Commerce Home Show on May 1 and May 2 to sell Duck Tickets and to promote
Rotary. Past President/Co-Secretary
Adamo is heading this up – please see/contact Debbie at 335-2593.
The
District Assembly is Saturday May 1 at VVS High School in Verona, New
York. Approximately 7 Rome
Rotarians are attending – great job!
The
Rome Area Chamber of Commerce annual breakfast meeting is May 27 – Rotary is
getting an award from the Chamber at this meeting for its community
accomplishments and contributions – please consider attending this important
meeting to support the Chamber and Rotary. Please call the Chamber at 337-1700 to rsvp.
The
American Red Cross is having an Art Auction on Saturday May 8 at the Griffiss
Institute, admission is $5.00, includes wine/cheese reception. Proceeds to
benefit the American Red Cross – for tickets, call Laurie Fusco at
337-0177.
Board Meetings will be Third Monday of the Month at Savoy Restaurant at
5:15 p.m.
Program – Rome Main Streets
Alliance – Joe Ferlo
Joe Ferlo of the Rome Main Streets Alliance delivered a very interesting
program on the Alliance’s efforts.
They concentrate their work on four main areas – Design, Organization,
Promotion and Economic Restructuring.
He pointed to their work in assisting the commercial façade program, the
“Light Up Rome” initiative which involved the exterior illumination of the Tomb
of the Unknown Revolutionary War Soldier, Old City Hall Bell Tower, the Oneida
County Court House and the Rome Historical Society. He also spoke at length about their current project – the
purchase and renovation of the old Aquino’s building on North James Street and
the large yellow building directly to the south of it – these are huge projects
and once they are completed, will be sold for a mixed use purpose – commercial
and residential. One can help the
Alliance in all of these worth initiatives by buying “stock” in downtown, each
share costing $15.00 and which will give you discounts at area businesses. Please call the Alliance at 225-4259 if
you are interested in purchasing stock or helping them by volunteering for
their committee and board. Thank
you Joe!
