AM CLUB —Meets at 7:30 am on the 2nd and 4th Wednesday of each month on Zoom or in person at Northwest Arena
FALCONER — Meets on the 1st and 3rd Thursday of each month at 7 AM at the Falconer Fire Department Exempt Hall located at 1 Coleson Drive Falconer NY, 14733.
WESTFIELD / MAYVILLE — Currently meeting on the second and fourth Tuesdays of the month at 5pm via ZOOM. Contact Janese Berkhouse at 716-397-8801 for Zoom details.
FREDONIA/DUNKIRK —
Meet Thursdays at 12:00 PM - Zoom Teleconference Meetings - Effective until further notice - Fredonia, NY 14063
Committee meetings or social events can also be used as make-ups.
Rotarily Yours - February 5, 2024
Today’s Chair: President Ruth Lundin called the meeting to order at 12:05 p.m. with a reciting in unison of the Pledge of Allegiance, responsive reading of the Rotary Four-Way Test.
Invocation: Sharon Hamilton
Visiting Rotarians and Guests: President elect Marion Beckerink introduced Tori Irgang’s guest, Jody Osgood.
Announcements:
Tim Edborg’s enthusiastic and spirited reminder about the Jamestown Rotary Club’s May 18th “Treasure Trove Auction” at the Moon Brook Country Club. (Only 13 noon meetings left before this celebrated, once-in-a-lifetime event!) More auction items are invited and members are encouraged to enjoy and be part of the excitement. Doors will open at 5 p.m., cash bar snacks and dinner at 6:30 p.m. 50/50 raffle at 7:15 p.m. and the live auction will take center stage at 7:30 p.m., tickets $50. Starting on May 1, members will be able to register, view items up for auction, and bid by logging on to jnyrotary.afrogs.org. The highest online bid at the opening of the live auction will be the opening bid for the evening.
Our next Social will be Wednesday, March 6, at Chautauqua Suites in Mayville, at 5:30 p.m. for the virtual golf tournament between 6 and 8 p.m.
Marion Beckerink invited walkers and participants to take part in this year’s “Coldest Night of the Year” walk/fundraiser (1 or 3 miles) on February 24 contact Marion for more details. Rotary foundation has pledged a $500 match for additional contributions. In addition, members can attend the Rotary leadership Institute (via Zoom) on February 6, 13, 20 between 6:45 and 9 p.m. by logging on to rotary7090.org.
50/50 Drawing: Dan Heitzenrater conducted the 50/50 drawing which was won by Mark Olson
Sergeant at Arms: Doug Conroe, then thanked Vince Horrigan for last week announcing the success of the United Way campaign.
The Birthday Table was not presented this week due to unspecified technical difficulties, postponed until next week.
President Ruth invited Dan Heitzenrater to introduce the days speaker, Brian Pender, to talk about the Mayville Winterfestival and Ice Castle, the present status and long and distinguished history. Brian is a Fairport New York native but has local ties, his parents Don and Elsie, founders of the popular and well-known Hogan’s Hut. Brian is a financial professional and president and founder of Fairway Healthcare Partners. He is also the chair and board representative for the Chamber of Commerce in the Mayville, New York area. Brian and his wife, Doctor Erin Pender, own and operate Chautauqua Lake Dental practice in Mayville, New York.
Brian briefly described Chautauqua Lake Dental practice by way of introducing the club to his wife, their partnership, their new facilities, and their appreciation to the entire Mayville region for their warm welcome. Concerning the Winter Festival, February 16, 17, 18 at Lakeside Park in Mayville, Brian described his personal--and the community’s continual--pride and enjoyment in welcoming more than 10,000 people every year for this beautiful and historic event. Unfortunately, as Brian noted, the winter of 2024 has been too mild and uncharacteristically warm to build this year’s ice Castle. Nevertheless, this year’s vendor lineup, an amazing new selection of great entertainment venues, and the growing list of local events has continued to get more exciting every year. Brian also thanked the region’s businesses, entrepreneurs, and advertisers for their ongoing and outstanding support of the Winterfestival, and the town of Mayville itself for sponsoring the always inspiring and spectacular fireworks display. Overall, another goal of the Winterfestival is to highlight Chautauqua County as a true four-season vacation destination attracting guests from across the region and the nation. He also described his own family’s (and especially his grandfather’s) long, multigenerational, and key founding involvement in this Chautauqua County signature event. In conclusion, he challenged us all to honor our own “crazy ideas,” like the improbable, long-ago origins of the Mayville Ice Castle and Winterfestival, as ideas that also might one day become a time-honored tradition living on within the culture of our communities.
President Lundin expressed the appreciation of the entire club for Brian Pender’s time and presentation with a contribution in his name to the Rotary worldwide Polio Eradication project to eliminate polio from Planet Earth.
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