Announcements: Next week s program will be presented by our international student, Sandie Li.

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1 President: Dave Rapke President-Elect: Joel Gray Vice President: Tony Recco Past President: Joyce Midlam Club Established 1919 Treasurer: Dave Burke Secretaries: Karin Tuthill & Karen Roth Dist 7150 Gov: Dennis Schonwetter ADG (Area 3): Jana Haldenwang May 27, 2014 Announcements: Next week s program will be presented by our international student, Sandie Li. Board of Directors meetings are on the 2nd Monday of each month at 5:30PM. Location is St. John s Lutheran Church 502 W. Chestnut St. A change in the Thursday night Rotary meetings These will become once a month meetings and will be held at different restaurant locations. Nancy Neiley will be scheduling these. The meetings will be the last Thursday of each month. The first of these will be held at Lake Delta Inn on May 29 at 6:00PM. The cost will be $20.00 per person There will be no meet ing Food Drive collections are on the 2nd Tuesday of every month with the previous Thursday for the Thursday After Work night attendees. There will be a collection taken at next Tuesday s meeting. 50/50 John Collis s ticket was drawn and he drew a card which did not win the pot. Newsbites Changing of the Guard June 24 will be the changing of the guard at our (Rome Club) Tuesday meeting. The changing of the guard for District 7150 will be on June 26. More details to follow. Fourth of July program Rob Tracy will speak at the Tomb of the Unknown Revolutionary Soldier at 9:00PM on the fourth of July.

2 Honor America Day Parade The event will be held on July 26. Harry Winberg needs a vehicle with an open space such as a convertible or open truck for those who cannot walk the whole distance. He needs volunteers to carry the flag. A visit for a dedicated Rotarian Dave Kobernuss states that Dick Kahler is in room 323 at the Rome Memorial Hospital and will not be going back home. If you would like to visit him, he would like that. Sympathy needed Ava Dorfman is recovering from heart issues. If you would like to send her a get well card, her address is: 202 Maple St. Rome, NY Kay DeSimone s sister Sue passed away. If you would like to send a sympathy card, her address is: 1306 Craig St. Rome, NY Glen Bahr s mother passed away. If you would like to send a sympathy card, his address is: 7638 Gifford Rd. Rome, NY Rotary Reader Party/Presentation

3 A good time was had by all. Membership dues Co-Secretary Karin Tuthill has composed this message to all members: The Rotary International year begins on 1 July and ends on 30 June dues of $ are due by June 30, There are three payment options available. Annual payment $220 - Only $ if paid by June 15, Semi-annual payments of $110 each (due in June and December Quarterly payments of $55 (due in June, September, December, March) Additional recommendation: the Board recommends that you become a Rotary Foundation Sustaining Member by contributing $100 to The Rotary Foundation. The Rotary Foundation is Rotary s charity it does good things at home and throughout the world and it is completely tax deductible! It is a worldwide goal of Rotary International for each Rotarian to contribute $100 each year to the Foundation, so please give this recommendation your serious consideration. Please return the completed form at the end of the newsletter with your payment to Treasurer Dave Burke at a meeting or mail to this address: P.O. Box 655 Rome NY Checks should be made out to the Rome Rotary Club (the Club will submit your TRF contribution for you in your name). Deadline: June 30, 2014 Rome Hospital Foundation s Annual Golf Classic June 23, 2014 at the Teugega Country Club of Rome Registration begins at 10:30AM with shotgun start at 12:00PM Cost is $ per golfer and $1, per foursome. The fee includes: golfer gifts, lunch, 18 holes of golf and cart, dinner, on-course refreshments, awards presentation and raffle in the evening. Call or turn in the form that will be on each table at the next meeting of Rotary. Registrations must be received by Friday June 6.

4 Citywide Garage Sale June 7 at 9:00AM at the Ft. Stanwix parking garage on James St, Rome Sponsored by the Rome Main Street Alliance. There will be crafters, Antique Dealers, and anyone with stuff to sell will be welcome. There is a fee to participate as vendor. FREE to public. Last year more than 1,200 people attended! For more information: call Saranac Wednesday June 4, 11, 18, &25. from 5:30 to 8:30PM at the Savoy restaurant on the patio and is sponsored by the Savoy. This is the first event of the season with Lead band: Tiger and Mike Place Grillin and Chillin June 5, 12, 19, and 26 from 5:00PM at the Beeches sponsored by the Beeches. Cookout buffet and live music on the patio John B. Jervis, Pioneering American Engineer June 7 from 10:30AM to 12:30PM at the Jervis library. Wade Lallier from the Clinton Historical Society will discuss the life and career of civil engineer John B. Jervis ( ), followed by a tour of the 1858 Jervis House by Jervis Librarian Lori Chien. No registration necessary. Guests Today s guests include: Betty Kobernnuss & Bonnie Trainham Devon Kilpatrick

5 Linda LoRusso Birthday Wishes This month we have 2 birthdays Happy Birthday! Dave Heburn John Weber

6 Program visiting with Pres. Rapke Today s program was presented by Wayne Mahar. Wayne is a native of Brunswick, Maine and received his training from the National Weather Service in Portland Maine. He and his wife, Dianne, have two adult daughters, Emily and Caitlin. They currently live in Baldwinsville, NY. Before beginning his career in television, Wayne founded Precision Weather Service, a private weather consulting firm that serves hundreds of clients worldwide in several industries including: radio and TV broadcasting, transportation, tourism, and the Hollywood entertainment industry. Additionally, Wayne lends his meteorological expertise to the state Supreme Court, providing expert testimony in weather related cases. (Maine, USA) Wayne has been a professional member of the American Meteorological Society for more than 30 years, and holds the AMS Television and Radio Seals of Approval for excellence in weather broadcasting. In 1984, the United States Jaycees organization recognized Wayne as one of the Outstanding Young Men in America. Wayne is the chief meteorologist on CNY Central s weather team. Wayne delivers the forecast on NBC3, weekdays at 5, 6, and 11 p.m. and occasionally on CW6 and CBS5. Wayne s contributions to meteorological education include "Wayne's Weather Workshop" for high school earth science classes and a co-authored course workbook on the science of meteorology, sold worldwide. In 2007, with the help of meteorologists Chris Brandolino and Peter Hall, Wayne developed an educational mock weather disaster that is used in the curriculum requirements for a college degree in emergency preparedness. He became the first fulltime meteorologist on Central New York television, which began a whole new era of taking television weather more seriously. In 2008, Wayne founded the Priscilla Mahar Animal Welfare Foundation, a notfor-profit organization with the mission of raising funds to support animal welfare initiatives throughout Central New York. He established the organization in honor of his mother, who passed away in She, like Wayne, had a unique connection with and love for animals. To learn how you can support the Priscilla Mahar Animal Welfare Foundation, Wayne at wmahar@cnycentral.com. Wayne told Rotary members that in the beginning of weather reporting, the weatherman would rip off data from a tickertape type machine and read it on the air with the use of a cardboard map and a magic marker. Now, there are satellites, radar green screen weather maps, computer graphics, Internet, Facebook, twitter and cell phones to master the use of along with a school for future meteorologists. He states that his news organization was the first to have Doppler radar. He said that news and sports could read their report from teleprompters while weather personnel must be extemporaneous while having ear plugs with time prompts, buttons to press to switch graphics and gesture with the other. The SUNY Oswego now has a Meteorology program.

7 Wayne spoke about Doppler the weather cat who actually was 3 cats before the last one died of old age. The first Doppler turned up during weather reporting outside in the news station s fenced in area where there was a small table.. The cat jumped up on the table and sat during the report and did this on a daily basis and earned the sport of Doppler the weather cat thereafter. Someone asked, What is a polar vortex? (By Jon Erdman Published: January 6, 2014) One of several semi-permanent weather systems over the Earth, the polar vortex is an area of low pressure in the upper atmosphere that, on average in the Northern Hemisphere, typically has centers in two main areas: near Canada s Baffin Island and over northeast Siberia. The vortex is strongest in winter, thanks to an increased temperature contrast between the Polar Regions and the mid-latitudes, including the United States. Occasionally, the polar vortex can either be forced well south of its typical position, or a significant piece of the larger spin can break off and plunge south into the U.S. Incidentally, this eastern Pacific ridge of high pressure aloft has been a persistent feature since December, helping to keep particularly the central U.S. stubbornly cold. In essence, instead of cold, Canadian air grazing the northern tier of the U.S., then draining off into the North Atlantic Ocean, the heart of this Arctic air plunged south into the U.S. A Rotary Minute The following Rotary History bites are from the book presented to Rotarians attending the 2013 Rotary Institute for Learning. Title of the book is, A century of service by David C. Forward. This will be ongoing. Rotary s History The Cold War Just as Rotary clubs in Eastern Europe saw a glimmer of hope at the end of WWII, Soviet communism arrived. For the next 44 years, former Rotarians were forbidden to enjoy the Rotary that they used to have. These countries included Czechoslovakia, Poland, Hungary, Bulgaria, Romania, Baltic and Balkan states, E. Germany, Cuba and China. There was no freedom of speech or assembly. When democracy finally emerged in 1989 and the Berlin Wall fell, no group played a greater leadership role in reintroducing Rotary then German Rotarians who made many visits to help establish 80 new clubs in the east. More next week Community Events & Activities Rome Community Theater The next theater production will be the play Kindertransport to be shown June 5-7 at 7:30 PM and June 8 at 2:30PM. Fred Normand says that this will be an excellent production and encourages people to attend it.

8 Capitol Theatre of Rome A Concert with the Easy Money Big Band June 14 at 7:00PM Hear Steve Falvo's Easy Money Big Band play jazz and swing hits from the 1930s, '40s, '50s & '60s! General Seating $8.00 The Capitol Summerstage 9 to 5 the musical July at 7:30PM Sponsored by the First Source Federal Credit Union Directed by Peter Loftus Adults $17; Seniors $16; Capitol friends $15; Students and Children $13. District 7150 & RI News Rotary International themes: May is the Promote international convention month. The following are articles and excerpts from various 2014 Credos 7150 Information New Website Rotary 7150 is finally here! Official Website, Rotary7150.org. Rotary International Website, Rotary.org. The Rotary International Convention Will be held in Sydney Australia from June 1-4, Bruce Aylward, assistant direct-general at the World Health Organization (WHO), will be a speaker at the 2014 Rotary International Convention and will bring together some of the world s leading experts on water, polio, and social media. You will find new ideas for service and maybe a new partner for creating change. For details go to: New information: Safe water, improved sanitation and hygiene education are essential for health human development. Although access to water has increased dramatically, progress on sanitation lags far behind. Rotarians traveling to Sydney, Australia for the 2014 RI Convention June 1-4 can learn more about these issues at the World Water Summit held by the Water and Sanitation Rotarian Action Group on Friday May 30. Keynote speakers include Bob Scott (Rotary s International Polio Plus Committee chair), Vanessa Tobin (former head of water, sanitation and hygiene at UNICEF and Braimah

9 Apamabire also director of the Center for International Water and Sustainability at the Desert Research Institute) Future locations for Rotary International Conventions: São Paulo, Brazil on 7 10 June, 2015 Seoul, Korea on 29 May 1 June, 2016 Atlanta, Georgia, USA on June, 2017 Toronto, Ontario, Canada on June, 2018 Did you know that the Senior Rotary International Leadership is voted into office at the International Convention? They are! Since not many Rotarians from our district actually go to the Rotary International Convention, each Rotary club has received an titled Voting Delegate Card for 2014 RI Convention. These delegate cards should be filled out by the club secretary, signed by the secretary and president, and then sent to DGE Deb Glis-son. DGE Deb will be attending the Convention in Sydney in June and will represent the clubs in our district who are not able to send a member to vote for them. D7150 Calendar of Events list of dates from Credo Jun 26, 14 - District 7150 Changing of the Guard D7150 Website Calendar D7150 Youth Exchange Calendar The 2015 District Conference will be held at the Welch-Allyn Conference Center near Skaneateles on April Tidbits from the May issue of The Rotarian 2014 Doing good in the world Over 70% of Lima s drinking water comes from the Rimac River which is polluted with high levels of cadmium, copper, lead zinc, and arsenic. The Rotary Foundation and its partners supplied water filters to 5,000 families living along the river. They are not just giving us a concrete box. They are giving us health and our children a better quality of life. Contributions to the Annual Fund help The Rotary Foundation provide clean drinking water and improve sanitation facilities worldwide. Take action by making a gift today. Up front from the May 2014 issue of the Rotarian. This is a watershed year for women in Rotary. Anne L. Matthews is the first female RI Vice President and there are more female directors on the Board than ever before. Ann- Britt Asebol, who serves as a member of Sweden s parliament when she s not in a Rotary boardroom says she s proud to be a part of the transformation. She states that women are taking on more and more leadership positions in Rotary, but we still have a long way to go to have 50 percent female membership. Dolly Parton Imagination Library of Herkimer & Oneida Counties $50,000 Challenge (from April Credo 2014)

10 Grant Received The Community Foundation of Herkimer & Oneida Counties, Inc. has awarded a $50,000 challenge grant to DPIL-HOC to expand in the two counties. All donations received by the end of 2014 will be matched dollar for dollar by The Foundation. Expansion in Herkimer County will include the Dolgeville and Herkimer areas and the Town of Webb. Additional City of Utica neighborhoods, Whitestown, Marcy and the Sauquoit Valley will be added in Oneida County. Education is a priority area for The Foundation, said Foundation CEO & President Peggy O Shea. Re- search shows programs such as Imagination Library are imperative in improving literacy and kindergarten readiness two initiatives The Foundation and its partners are very committed to. To meet the $50,000 match, participating Rotary Clubs are formulating a fundraising plan that will in- include grants, additional business sponsors, special events, a web site, and individual donations from the community. For more information about how to donate or become a sponsor, us at dpil2hoc@gmail.com or call Rotary Club of Rome contact information: Rome Rotary, PO Box 655, Rome, NY Rotary Website: Newsletter Address: RomeRotaryNewsletter@gmail.com For any questions (if you need an immediate response): Secretary@romerotaryny.org Find us on Facebook: Submit your participation points here: Submit Rotary Participation Report From your editor Jeannie L Packer Rome Rotary Dues application Name Address (Please check the appropriate blocks below) Annual Dues $220, $198 if paid by June 15, 2014 Semi-Annual Dues $ Quarterly Dues $ TRF Sustaining Member Donation ( ) $ Total Amount Paid....