Rotary Meeting January 18, 2024
The club met for lunch at the Corning Radisson soon to be Doubletree Hotel. President Dale called the meeting to order at 12:25pm with the ringing of the Rotary bell after a delicious roast pork lunch. This was followed by the singing of My Country ‘Tis of Thee and recitation of the pledge of allegiance. Dick Puccio then delivered the invocation.
Club Service:
Greeter: Katrina /Gail Hostuttler
Invocation: Dick Puccio
Photographer: Gil Sweet
Cogs Editor: Ernie Danforth
Guests: Stu Sammis introduced Danielle Strong. a gardening friend. Elise Johnson-Schmidt introduced her colleague, Eric Lundberg. This is Eric’s 3rd meeting.
Announcements:
- Gail Hostuttler announced that the YMCA had recently received a $4000 grant for a water safety program.
- Stu Sammis:
- plugged out next event the Ground Hog Day Pancake Supper scheduled for Thursday February 1st at the American Legion Hall in South Corning. Ticket sales and volunteers are NEEDED! Proceeds will go to benefit the scholarship fund.
- Stu also noted that the Octoberfest application is going forward. The expectation is that with adequate support we should be able to raise funds to support most of our programs, except for the International Committee for an entire year.
New Member: Dr. Bob Cole introduced Damien Barrett as our newest club member.
Damien comes to us most recently from NJ. He lives on Beartown Rd works for Corning Inc. in IT (Andy is thrilled to hear this.) Damien explained that he has lived all over the world. He is a twin. He was almost born on a reservation. Damien spent one summer with his mother, father, and 4 siblings in a two-bedroom cabin Yellowstone. He has spent time as a teacher, and he was working in NJ when he was recruited by Corning Inc. to work for Corning Inc. He has been and continues to be active with the Boy Scouts and is attracted to Rotary because it is a service organization. Welcome, Damien!
Good news
- Gil Sweet announced that his daughter, Hilary, recently received the Athena Award for professional excellence in Elmira.
- Stu announced that his daughter, Stephanie, started a new job this week.
Program: President Dale presented the audience with a state of the Corning Rotary Club summary at the halfway point of his presidential tenure.
50/50: Eric Lundberg won the $9 prize, but the big pot survived. It now sits at $431.50.
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00:00 - Start | 00:14 - Welcome | 01:50 - Pancake Supper and Oktoberfest update | 03:20 - New Member | 08:52 - Good News | 10:11 - From the President - where we are today | 43:43 - 50:50