On a beautiful (seemingly) almost spring day we gathered at the IACC and Valerie Miller, doing an excellent job filling in for president Karan, called our meeting to order today at 12:15 p.m. Dana Camphous-Peterson led us in the Pledge of Allegiance and the national anthem. Don Carnaghi led us in “The Four-Way Test” and Bob Lee led us in prayer. We had a delicious lunch with salad, sausage with grilled peppers, beans, and cake.

 

 

 

 

Mashell Carissimi announced the guests and visitors today. Today we were joined by our speaker, Randy Baker as well as Christine Hage from the Rochester Library.

 

 

 

 

Patty Kaufman handled the flowers.

 

Birthdays:

    Valerie Miller was present as the stand-in president

    Scott Chabot and Chuck Dib had birthdays but must have been too busy partying to come the meeting.

Spouse Birthdays:
    Jim Huttenlocher
    Jan Davies

 

Val bought a flower for Christine Hage for being her sponsor to be in Rotary. Patty bought a flower for Dana for bringing patients to her dental clinic. Gary bought a flower for Tina (as usual) for her excellent work. Larry bought a flower for Val. Sam bought a flower for Jessie because he missed her. Don bought a flower for Kris Howell for a speedy recovery. Glenn bought a flower for Eric - I think it was some kind of man crush but not sure on that. Patty bought a flower for Glenn Burton.

 

 

Ed Mastry led us in music today with a choice that I think only he knew -  “Friendship” and “Sing a Song to Rotary” (which we sang to the wrong tune, but it wasn’t any worse than most of our other singing.)

 

 

Glenn’s wife and son are at Joan Rose. They brought  25 pairs of boxing gloves so there’s obviously some fun being had.

 

 

 

 

Eric Pierson was up for recognition!

Bob was fined because he needed Mary Ann’s help on what a mill was.
Larry became one of 12 members of the American Library Association Board which obviously was fine-worthy.

Only Mary Ann and Bill had their hands on their hearts for the national anthem so everyone else owed $1.
Stephanie was fined for her trip to Egypt.
Ray apparently had a PDA at the library (quite a while ago apparently) but that cost him.
Ed was fined for needing notes to remember two songs.
Gary was fined for playing the wrong song. Ted’s broken card cost him $3.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Randy Baker was our guest speaker from Naturalist Endeavours.

 

He talked to us about his Kenya tour and a lot of the wildlife that you might find in Kenya.

They usually go to the Mara region in the northern Serengeti Desert.

 

Guests stay in “tents” complete with water, beds, bathrooms, etc.

 

 

 

Some of the animals you might see include:
White rhinos - They have wide mouths for grazing as opposed to some other species. They can run 30 mph, so stay in your car.

Giraffes weigh 2,500-4,000 lbs. Have only seven vertebrae in their necks just like humans. They can walk or gallop but nothing in between. Their heart weighs 25 lb.s to pump blood all the way up to their heads

Cape Buffalo - Deadliest animals in Africa because people don’t stay far away; Live in large groups that are led by a female

Zebra are black with white stripes.

There are 1,000 species of tropical birds in Kenya. This is more than the US and Canada combined.

Nile Crocodile 8-12 feet and occasionally up to 21 feet. Account for a few hundred to 1,000 human deaths/year. Can run 30 mph for 30-foot bursts.

Hippos 11-17 feet; walk five miles from the water at night; have two chemicals in skin - one for antibiotic and one sunscreen

 

 

Mashell won the 50/50 and very generously donated the money back to the club.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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