Next Meeting
When............ April
13, 2010 at 12:00 p.m.
Where........... The
Franklin Hotel
Program....... Identity
Theft, Trooper Alan Cordary
Upcoming Events:
April 20 meeting – Genealogy, Cindy Roubian
Attendance: Total Membership: 99. Please note that the newsletter now lists those present, not those
absent from meetings: PRESENT: Bahr, Baker, Bird, Butters, DeMatteo,
Foreman, Haritatos, Kahler, D., Kobernuss, Latimer, Matt, Mattacola, Midlam,
Mooney, Nolan, Normand, Occhipinti, Packer, Panara, Roubian, Speicher, Summers,
Till, Townsend, Trela, Versace, Waters, Waters, Weed, Winberg.
Guests: Hon. Daniel Wilson
Visiting Rotarian: None.
After
work meeting 4/1/10: Carey, Corbett, Graves, Hermann
B., Tuthill K., Tuthill W., Guests: Rotary Exchange Student,"Juanki"
(Graves),
Make-ups: All Make Ups submitted were recorded in
the attendance records.
Quote of
the Week: “Correct me if I’m wrong but hasn’t the fine line between sanity
and madness gotten finer.” George
Price
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 and Past President/Co-Secretary Adamo is circulating a
sign up sheet. Please see Debbie
to volunteer so we can raise awareness, get members and sell Duck Tickets. Please
contact Debbie at 335-2593.
There is a Rotary Leadership
Institute on April 10 at VVS, interested Rotarians should contact President
Bob. There is also going to be a
District Assembly on May 1st.
If interested, please contact President Bob.
Board Meetings will be Third Monday of the Month at Savoy Restaurant at
5:15 p.m.
The after work meeting invites all Rotarians to dine out at Luigi’s on
N. James St. on Thursday April 15th at 6:30 p.m.
Program – State of the Court System, Hon. Daniel Wilson
Rome City Court Judge Daniel
Wilson gave an interesting summary of the court system as it stands today. Judge Wilson commented on how much the
court has grown in his time on the bench, some changes for the good, some not
so. He pointed out that the
judicial system is still, for the most part, addressing problems on a ‘band
aid’ approach instead of looking at the underlying problems and addressing
those problems. He noted that in
years past, schools, churches and family structures had a much bigger impact
and power over young people than today.
Now, the respect for institutions is lacking and people are looking to
the courts and judicial systems to solve these problems. In all, it was a very frank and honest
discussion of the court system from a man who has literally seen it all in his
time on the bench. Thank you Judge
Wilson!
