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Welcome, Cice!
Pres ident S yd ’s Corner
So many people have made my
duties as President, much easi-
er. Our Executive Committee is a dedicated and talented group.
Forrest has been following up on our community project of reno-
vating the Rotary Shelter at
Suggett Park. He has spent several hours of planning and
meeting with Director John McNerney and others at the
Youth Bureau to determine the
work that needs to be done and the costs. He has secured the
matching grants that will allevi-ate the cost to our club to get
the shelter back to something
that proudly represents our club.
Sheila is a wonder. As our Sec-
retary, she keeps the attendance
records, is our Rotary Foun-
dation Local Community
Chair, faithfully sends out our weekly reminder and
agenda, and makes sure that all reports and paperwork
are recorded and sent on to
Rotary International in a timely manner. This in addition to count-
less other tasks, is all done with a smile and a “no problem” attitude.
Denny and Don have had the addi-tional and tedious task of counting
all of the change in our Every Ro-tarian Every Year Rotary Founda-
tion Campaign. It might have been
my request for everyone to save their spare change in their little
plastic boxes in order to have 100%
of our club members contribute to
the Foundation, but it has been Denny and Don,
who have counted and recorded who has
contributed and kept the running total. By the way, 35 members have returned their “boxes”
to the tune of over $1200.
Our club can be very proud of the Internation-
al projects currently underway. The HIV Pre-vention and Education Project, spearheaded
by Bill Cadwallader, will save hundreds of lives. Our coffee project that Doug Larison
has worked on and secured matching dollars
for will give individuals the opportunity to
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Events
October 22—Chicken BBQ at the
YMCA, Cortland, 10 AM—3 PM
November 1—Invite a Veteran to
Lunch at noon at the Elks Club
November 8—Pancake Day at the
Elks Club
November 11 & 12—
Bon-Ton Community Shopping Days
Fundraiser; see JoAnn Wickman
For special Coupons
November 29—Club Assembly
December 20—Holiday Party
December 27—Post-Christmas
“Casual Meeting” (Lunch and
Conversation but no program)
Meetings Held
Tuesdays at Noon
Cortland Elks Club
The Clatter
October—December 2011 Volume 3, Issue 2
Rotary Club of Cortland, NY
Board of Directors
President Syd McEvoy
President-elect Forrest Earl
Vice President To Be Announced
Secretary Sheila Abbey Co-Treasurer
Don Kline Co-Treasurer Denny Wright Past President
Bob Howe
2010-2012 Directors Mary Ann Gotie
Mick Leary Jim Nichols
Judy Riehlman Bob Ross
2011-2013 Directors Jack Carr
Jack Hubbard Jane Snell
Grant VanSant Ron Walsh
2011 EXCHANGE STUDENT
MARIA CECILIA DE MENDONCA
Cecilia comes to us from the city of Recife
(population 1,422,000), in the Province of
Pernambuco, Brazil. She lives in a 10th floor
flat of a twenty-story building with her fa-
ther, Jose Augusto, and her mom, Diva Ma-
ria. Both are economists. She has a twin
brother and two sisters. Cice’s favorite sub-
jects are biology, history, geography and
gym, and she hopes to attend law school.
improve their lives, by giving them the skills they need to be entrepreneurs.
On the local level, our club’s response to the needs of our fellow Rotary Members, their families and communities during the recent devastating floods, has been
heartwarming to me. Thanks to Bob Ross and Dave Jones for being the liaisons, collectors, and deliverymen for the supplies that you all gave so generously. As we move into fall, we have many activities and fundraisers scheduled ahead for the club. A second Chicken BBQ is scheduled for October 22nd. In November we
hold our Bon-Ton Fundraiser. Election Day brings the annual Pancake Day-this year at the Elks Club. Holiday Dinners for area needy families begin at Thanksgiving. December brings the sale of poinsettia plants.
Please know how important your contributions are to our communities, both locally and globally. It is imperative to get involved as an active member of our great club as we work together to live out our motto “Service Above Self.”
President Syd
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Pres ident ’s Corner (C o n t i n u e d f r o m p a g e 1 )
Greg Masler, Outbound Student, Reporting In
Hello to everyone!
Sorry for the delay in sending out
the second installment; as you can
probably imagine, it's very easy to get
caught up in everything! Since my
last email, I have settled in to a steady
weekly routine. School in the morn-
ing, futebol and a nap in the after-
noon, and futebol and Disney channel
in the evening. Weekends are a com-
pletely different story, though. This
past weekend was the Festival of
Santa Maria, which is the name of a
neighborhood as well as an important
saint. All of the festivals are of the
same format yet very different. My
host mother said that during the
spring, winter, and fall there is a festi-
val/party every weekend, but during
the summer everyone is at the beach
so there's no point! Sounds like a
good plan to me.
My Portuguese has been improv-
ing steadily. My cousin, Alberto, re-
cently characterized my progress very
accurately. "Ele entende, mas fale um
pouco. (He understands but speaks a
little.)" I have been able to express
myself a little and have been able to
hone my facial expressions in order
to get my point across. This has made
school easier as well. In fact, I got a
10 (all grades are out of 10 here) on
a math test last week. Granted this is
Algebra and simple Geometry I took
five years ago, but it was still pretty
cool to understand the questions
enough to know what I was supposed
to do. I also got a 7.1 on a Chemistry
test because I couldn't understand the
note at the bottom of the page saying
that all work needed to be shown.
That hurt my grade a little.
On Saturday there is a Rotary
meeting here in Antonio Carlos. By
meeting I mean barbeque with really
good food and not much official busi-
ness getting done. Should be fun! I
have been to one meeting in Floria-
nopolis but that was way back when I
didn't understand anything. It will be
completely different this time around
on multiple levels.
Thanks for the interest and I prom-
ise there will not be as long as a lag
before the next update!
Greg
Photo: Provided by Bernice Potter
Masler. Sent on September 17, he is
shown with other Floripa Exchange Stu-
dents, Rotex members and students who
are likely going on exchange next year.
Greg is third from the right in the middle row.
Page 3 Volume 3, Issue 2
Leland B Taylor-Member Profile, by Jane Snell
Leland Baridon Taylor was born in Poughkeepsie, NY, on July 5, 1920, a son of Alexander and Elsie Jane (Van Wyck) Taylor. He received a B.S. in accounting from Syracuse University in 1942 and graduated from the university’s School of Law in 1948.
He married Rosemary Olcott Coon in 1945 and they are the parents of four children, Barry Eugene Taylor, Craig Cameron Taylor, Mark Alexander Taylor, and Meg Olcott Taylor Casey.
In 1948, he was admitted to the bar in New York State and that same year joined John D. Fitzgerald at Fitzgerald and Taylor, a law partnership in Cortland, NY. He remained a partner until his retirement in 2000 and then remained of counsel with the firm (now renamed Pomeroy, Armstrong, Casullo, and Monty) until 2010, a total of sixty-two years.
Lee was a member of the Cortland County Bar Association, the New York State Bar Association, and the American Bar Asso-ciation. He was admitted to practice in New York Courts, Feder-al Court and the U.S. Supreme Court. He served as president of the Cortland County Bar Association and served the New York Bar Association as vice president, secretary, and chair of the finance committee.
In 1951, he was elected City Judge of Cortland. He served two successive terms from January 1, 1952-December 31, 1957.
In 1954, he joined the Cortland Rotary Club. He has served his club in many ways during his fifty-plus years of membership, including chairing and serving on most committees within the club. Both he and his wife Rosemary are Paul Harris Fellows.
His contributions to the Cortland community are numerous. Over the years, he served as president of the Cortland Memorial Hospital Board, president and trustee of the Cortland Free Li-brary Board, president of the Cortland Jaycees, chair of the Cortland Chapter of the American Red Cross, chair of the Board of Trustees of the United Presbyterian Church of Cortland, direc-tor of the First National Bank of Cortland, director of the Cortland College Foundation, president of Syracuse University
Varsity Club of Syracuse, director of the Automobile Club of Syracuse, director of the Monroe Title Corporation, and member of the Cortlandville Lodge #470 F.&A.M.
Many honors have been given to Lee for his outstanding service to his community. In 1952, he was named Cortland County’s Young Man of the Year by the Junior Chamber of Com-merce and New York State’s Young Man of the Year by the N.Y. State Jaycees. In 1977, Syracuse University honored him as Letterman of Distinction. In 1990, SUNY Cortland honored his work on the College Foundation with the College-Community Appreciation Award.
In June 2011, Lee was honored by the Cortland Free Library for his fifty-five years of service as a board member, officer and trustee by naming the new addition housing the entrance to the Youth Department and elevator for him. Rotarian Warren Eddy, former Director of the library, said of Taylor at the dedication, “Lee Taylor was a giant in library history and in area history.”
When asked for some favorite memories of his years as a member of the Cortland Rotary Club, Lee recalled two areas of service that he particularly enjoyed. He was chair of the Rotary Fellows Committee, a program that existed prior to the current Youth Exchange Program. The club each year selected a high school student who then spent a year abroad. Lee remembered students such as Gail Ashcroft (now Loomis) from Marathon who was the first female student selected and Richard Carpenter, Robert Swartwout, and Harry Ames, son of the late Donald Ames, a former club member.
A second area of service that has given him much pleasure was his service to the Group Study Exchange Teams that visit Cortland from other parts of the world. He has often taken re-sponsibility for finding host families for the team members, and he and his wife often serve as hosts.
The Cortland Rotary Club is most fortunate to have a mem-ber like Lee Taylor and club members are appreciative of the “Service Above Self” that Lee has provided and continues to
provide.
Update on the Jim Place Colombia Challenge, by Douglas Larison
During the summer of 2010 the club was challenged by Rotarian Jim Place to match his donation of $1,000 for a humanitarian
project in Colombia. The club membership responded by over half the members donating $2,200 to meet the challenge. Our
own Dr. Cadwallader contacted the Centro Los Senderos Rotary Club in Bogota, Colombia to find an appropriate project.
Ideas for projects differed and in the fall the Cortland Rotary Club Board of Directors selected one project to help the Zua
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Rotary Club of District 7170
Club #4869
No 506 Organized June 3, 1919
P.O. Box 5248
Cortland , NY 13045
www.clubrunner.ca/cortlandnoon
Newsletter Editor—Judy Riehlman
Phone: 607-749-4292
E-mail: [email protected]
Photo Journal
From
Chicken BBQ
September 17, 2011
The Four Way Test
Is It The Truth?
Is It Fair For All Concerned?
Will It Build Good Will and
Friendship?
Will It Be Beneficial To All
Concerned?
Board News
Points of Interest from Treasurer
Denny Wright (as of 9/20/2011):
Unbudgeted Assets:
Walter Angell Fund $1,188
Papa John Fund 1,340
Cortland Library Funds 5,470
Given in Honor of Lee Taylor
RI Foundation 1,228
Every Rotarian Every Year Collection
Revenues:
September 17 BBQ Net 950
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Member Resignations: Matt
McSherry—moved to Breakfast Club;
Gary Decker—Promoted to Scout
position of Director of Field Service
in the Seneca Waterways Council in
Rochester.
New Member: Mary Curcio, Superin-
tendent of McGraw Schools;
Returning Member: Tom Mar-
grave, retired, Episcopal Clergy
Foundation in its effort to create a safe home for families that have been misplaced by drug
violence in Colombia. The major portion of the project is the refurbishment of the coffee
plantation where the families are being placed. This would ensure a means to make a living
for the community once the work is completed. The forest needs to be cleared so coffee
trees can flourish and some replanting can take place, and a process developed to roast,
grind and seal coffee. This plan is at the center of our club’s support of this project.
The newly-formed community, comprised primarily of women and their children, had a
great need for a community center as well. This would serve the function of a space where
the families could learn all types of social and life skills. Cadwallader found another interna-
tional partner in a club in Edmonton Canada. Both districts 7170 and 5370 matched the local
contributions of $5,000 with another $5,000. The grant was then submitted to Rotary Inter-
national where it was also approved. The total grant is $37,975. All of this is from a simple
challenge made by Jim Place to our Club. Thanks for your vision Jim.
Jim Place, Bob Ross, Doug Larison, Gina Sikora and Bill Cadwallader will be visiting the
plantation site October 24—29, 2011.
Yum!! Cice’s waiting for Pres. Syd to
take the chicken off the cooker!!!
Ben Herman—A Rotarian in the
making!
Update on the Jim Place Columbia Challenge (Continued from page 3)
Matt Schrader (center), nephew of Ro-
tarian Gary Decker (left), working on his
Eagle Scout Project during the BBQ.
Matt and fellow scouts and volunteers
are constructing a horseshoe pit on the
west side of the YMCA. His Advisor, YM
Executive Director and Rotarian Don
Kline (right), is also an Eagle Scout.