Byesville Rotary sponsoring Red Eye to New York City fundraiser

Announcements:
* The District Govenor will be attending the September 20 meeting. There will also be a membership breakfast at this meeting. All members are asked to invite a prospective member to this meeting.

* There will be a reception with the District Govenor at 6:00pm on Monday night, September 19, at the Colonel Taylor Inn. All members are invited to attend. Board members should plan to attend.

* Workers are needed for the September 11 Chicken BBQ. so far only 6 people have signed up.

* The bus tour to New York City fundraiser needs to have more seats sold or it will have to be cancelled for this year.

* Members are invited to bring ideas for new fundraisers to the next meeting.

Byesville Rotary members are selling tickets for a trip to New York City. This fundraiser will raise money to support various local service projects supported by the Byesville club such as the Christmas Food Basket Program or the club’s literacy projects. The tour will leave for New York City the evening of November, Friday 11, and will return the morning of Sunday, November 13.

The New York trip is planned just at the beginning of the shopping season for Christmas presents. New York stores will be full of new ideas for the new year. Shopping is not the only attraction the Big Apple has to offer. On the last trip, several of the tour participants Rotary travelers took in a New York play. This November the musicals Book of Mormon, Spiderman, Jersey Boys (the story of the Four Seasons), and Wicked will be playing on November 12.

Other members of the bus trip toured choose to see the Empire State building and the Statue of Liberty. Others decided to enjoy the great food available in the Big Apple.

A seat on the bus can be reserved by contacting Tanya Hitchens at 740-581-2099 or jjhitchens@yahoo.com. The total cost of the bus trip is $99. Fifty dollars is due to reserve a seat

Trips were the topic of the day at the meeting. Dr. Mamidi, a club member, shared a picture montage of a trip he took to Russia. He and his wife took a 2 week river cruise that started in St. Petersburg and finished in Moscow. The couple toured the Hermitage which was once a Tsar’s palace and now contains one of the largest art collections in the world.

The Peterhof Palace was the highlight of his trip. Dr. Mamidi stated, “I saw the most beautiful garden I have ever seen.” He went on to explain that none of the many fountains in this garden used pumps. Each fountain was powered by natural gravity as the water flowed from its source in the mountains down to the gardens.

He and his wife also saw many churches which he pointed out are very different from Western churches because each is capped with an onion dome. Dr. Mamidi was told that the onion domes were meant to collect prayers.

The club meets 7:30 am every Tuesday at the Stop Nine Senior Center at 60313 (GPS use 60299) Southgate Road, Byesville. Anyone interested in learning more about the Byesville Rotary can call Membership Chairs Marty Patchen, 740-685-3828, or Randy Launder, 740-801-0017.