Today's Chairwoman: President-Elect John Healy
Weather: Cool and overcast
Invocation: Sue Jones – Creator and Sustainer
Visiting Rotarians and Guests: Randy & Heidi Anderson; Peggy Sweeney; Denise 1/ Todd Allen; Taylor Scott – prospective member on Zoom.
Moment of Silence for Karen Oakes, former District Governor who passed away suddenly.
Announcements:
7090 District Conference will now be a virtual event. Members are encouraged to attend some or all of the sessions. Please
click here to register.
2nd Annual Pedal for Polio Event this Saturday – our club has raised $1,000 already! $1,725 is our goal. Please donate to help us reach our goal. Jake Schwrantz, Chris Anderson and others from the Greater Jamestown AM Rotary will be cycling for 23 miles. They plan to begin their ride at 10am from McCrea Point in Jamestown on Jones & Gifford.
Octoberfest Fundraiser was a great success. The weather was wonderful and attendees has a great time. The even raised approximately $1,500. Thank you to Michelle Jones and the committee for planning a great event!
Highway Cleanup will be this Saturday. Meet Mags at the Park N Ride on Route 60 at 8am sharp!
Membership Announcement – the board and membership committee reviewed and approved Stacey Rasmussen – Director at Compeer as a member – please notify Kevin Sixbey within 10 day’s time if you object to this nomination.
RCJCSF Committee – has a quick meeting after today’s meeting.
Youth Exchange – Cheri Krull reported that it looks like we will have youth exchange again! Cheri will provide more details as they become available. Please think of host families…
50/50 Drawing: $36 – Sue Jones won!
Sergeant at Arms: Doug Conroe -Maple Grove and Frewsburg soccer wins; 1781 – Conrwall surrendered on this day.
Happy Bucks: Diana Meckley; Russ Diethrick – speech about baseball!; Andy Goodell – saw Vince in his Air Force Colonel uniform!; Amy Rohler – for Octoberfest fundraiser – & Jamestown Rebels game – lots of fun!; Lee Magnuson – one more chance to do Highway Cleanup!
PHF Presentation (by Sue Jones)
Todd Allen was presented with his third Paul Harris Award in recognition of his gift to the Foundation. Allen was raised in Franklinville, NY and attended Elmira College, where he graduated with a bachelor’s degree in international business and Spanish. He is a Certified Financial Planner who joined Morgan Stanley in 1995 and is currently 1st Vice President of Morgan Stanley Wealth Management in Olean, NY.
Allen is presently on the Board of the JCC Foundation, the Southwestern Central School Foundation Board of Directors and is a member of the Chautauqua County Chamber of Commerce and the Erie Regional Chamber and Growth Partnership. He was formerly Board Chairman of the Jamestown Community Learning Council and was the President of the Rotary Club of Jamestown in 2014-2015.
Mr. Allen’s gift of $1,000 afforded him the opportunity to present a Paul Harris Fellow to an additional person of his choice. Todd’s thought was to present this award to an individual who has made major contributions in making the Jamestown area a better place to live and play. With that in mind, Allen named Randy Anderson, as the recipient of the Award.
Anderson is a life-long resident of this area, graduating from Jamestown High School and SUNY Fredonia with both a bachelor’s and master’s degree. He became a teach at CC Ring elementary school and then at Jamestown High School where he was the first coach of the Jamestown High School Girls Soccer Team. He was twice the Post Journal Coach of the Year and the Western Niagara Frontier Women’s Officials Coach of the Year.
He is one of the founding members of the Board of Directors of the new Jamestown Tarp Skunks baseball team. In addition, he is the publisher of the baseball history book “Our Game – From “Unknowns to Tarp Skunks” – 155 Years of Baseball in Jamestown.”
Anderson is known as the local premier stock car racing historian and authoritarian. He was involved in several movies about local racetracks. In addition, he served 30 years as a member of the pit crew for Dick Barton, winningest driver at Stateline Speedway.
Currently, Randy serves as the President of the Sports Hall of Fame, where he has led numerous efforts by the Hall of Fame to the stores of the rich history of sports in Chautauqua County.
Congratulations to these deserving gentlemen on receiving these honors.
