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Volume 94, Number 24 • December 10, 2007

  In this issue (click on line for article):
 
 Official Ballot - 2008-09 Officers and Directors

   Read Dave Jones' OD Landmine Article

  Perfect Nov. Attendance...And New Members

Officers 

President Ralph Imundo

Treasurer Carol Gilberti

Secretary Dana Jerrard

Sgt at Arms Jo Ann Golden

 
Board of Directors 

One Year

Mary Lou Caskey
Dave Jones 
Chuck Kershner
Bob Myers

Angela VanDerhoof

Two Years

John Burdick
Jo Ann Golden 

Jeff Jones
Norma Montagnino Gemza
Jim Turnbull

Three Years
Virginia Barney
Amy Klempay

Catherine McEnroe

JoElyn Wakefield Wright
Ken Williams

 

Utica Rotary Sports

Click on Your Favorite Rotary Sport For Scores, Standings and Commentary

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Click on photo to meet RI President Wilf Wilkinson

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Rotary Club of Utica
P.O. Box 323
Washington Mills, NY 13479
Tel: (315) 272-2468

Quote of the Week:

"Whoever said that the pen is mightier than the sword never encountered automatic weapons."

Douglas MacArthur

 Club News

Rotary At Its Best

Rotarians in the Mohawk Valley and in the Seattle area, working together,  have profoundly influenced the lives of the residents of a small village in Cambodia. The story is best told by the man who made it happen, and witnessed the results of our commitment to service. Please click on the link above (second link in the In This Issue box), for the story.

PP Dave Jones will be our program speaker on Friday, March 7.  If you bring a prospective member to only one program this year, make this the one.

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An Email Blast From the Past

Former Member Stays Connected Virtually

Fellow Rotarians,

I have so much enjoyed receiving the HUB over the years I have been on Staten Island. Many, many times I have bragged about the Utica Rotary and the wonderful work the club does. I actually think some of that bragging and sharing has paid off as the Staten Island Club is now venturing into areas that had not been part of the vision in the past – or maybe some just became tired of my pointing to the Utica website for inspiration!

Anyway – I am now in the process of retiring and moving to Connecticut. My last Rotary Club of Staten Island meeting was this past Tuesday.If you can keep me on the HUB list, my personal e-mail address is maarbilp@aol.com. I enjoy keeping up on what is going on.

If you have the opportunity, please extend my thoughts of a Merry Christmas and a Blessed New Year to the members of Utica Rotary (I just did. - Ed.)

Thank you,

Rev. Bill Preuss

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Let's Talk Turkey

Thank you to those Utica Rotarians who literally served others on Thanksgiving Day by participating in the annual meal delivery project:

Don St. Louis (chair)          Lou Steppello

Rick Holohan          Dick Dowe

Bob Myers          John Burdick

Ralph Eannace          Fran Pugliese

Bill Waszkiewicz          Bill Davies

Roger Breslow          Ralph Imundo

Dave Mathis          Neal Borenstein

Dave Griffith          Rick Sebastian

Jim Turnbull

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It's COOOOLD...And Winter Clothes Are Needed

Each Friday through the end of January, Utica Rotary's Urban Concerns Committee will be collecting winter clothes for local children.. Any cold weather item in good condition will be accepted. Please check your closets, attics and storage boxes for items, and bring them to Twin Ponds this Friday.

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'08-'09 Ballots Out This Week

From now through Friday, January 18, Utica Rotary is holding its election for officers and directors for the 2008-09 Rotary year. Balloting will be via a website (click on the link in the In This Issue box to go there), and the link will be sent via email this week.  Those not attached to cyberspace will receive a paper ballot via the US Mail.

Friday Committee Volunteers:

Reception - Angela VanDerhoof, Greg Benincasa

Chaplain - John Burdick

Good Cheer - Fellowship Teams

Visitors - JoElyn Wakefield Wright

Sergeant at Arms - JoAnn Golden

Upcoming Programs 

December 21 - Scrooge - The Players Theater - Linda Yost Dalton

December 28 - NO MEETING

January 4, 2008 - The Rescue Mission - Rev. Bill Dodge

January 11, 2008 - Afghanistan Veteran Col. Joe Bolton

January 18, 2008 - Robert Loomis - The Loomis Gang

January 25 - NJROTC - Master  Chief Williamson

February 1 - A Brief History of Utica Rotary Through the Pages of Club Newsletter, Part II - Dana Jerrard

February 8 - Pathfinder Village Bell Choir and Columbus Explorers

February 15 - We Meet at the Refurbished Stanley Theater

February 21 (Thursday) - 14th Annual Utica Rotary Poet Laureate Contest

February 29 - Oneida County DA Scott McNamara

Mark Your Calendar

January 10, 2008 - Annual Rotary Ski Trip to Gore Mountain - see John Burdick

February 21, 2008 - 14th Annual Poet Laureate Contest Sponsored by the memory of the Gold Fellowship Team - Fort Schuyler Club - see PP Dana Jerrard

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