Bainbridge Rotary Club
District 7170 -- New York, USA

1/4/01: left:  Acting President Howard Reeve.  Right:  Mary Drachler, Historian. Mary Drachler talked to the club about the Historical Society and its obtaining the "Grange Hall' for $1.00. She told all about plans to establish this the "Museum of Bainbridge History." 1/18/01:  Jeff brought us Shay Rhinelander who spoke to the club about Scottish Deerhounds.  They are an old and fairly rare breed and they make great pets, even though they are big.  Great in chasing things, especially wolves, coyotes and rabbit.s

1/25/01: Michelle Shirkey brought us Lawrence Tallman of the BG Music deparmtnet.  He is very pround of the program and said that we have one of the largest string groups in the area.  BG also has some of the highest participation of most of the rural schools with over 60 students at Greenlawn alone.  He said the school is working hard to meet the new State requirements.  There will be a faculty recital on Feb. 8th. 2/1/01: Deb brought us Donna Fletcher and Jackie Mokowski who are customer advocates for NYSEG. They showed us a video about NYSEG's power partner program that covers 42 counties in NY. The NYSEG program helps low income families budget for their utility needs and works with the customer to pay existing bills.
2/8/01: Manon Chevalier told us about her home in La louviere, Belgium. Manon had pictures of her family and home. She said our cars and houses are larger than at home. Manon has 2 brothers ages 22 and 7 and her mom is a teacher and her dad travels a lot. Manon said she enjoys school here and she misses her cats at home. Thanks Manon 2/8/01:  Michelle brought the officers of the Student Council along for lunch.  Michelle Shirkey, left, with Student council officers Paul Volkert, Heather Barton and Liam Fox.
2/15/01: Linda brought us George Gull, a Rotarian from Ithaca. George also works at Cornell in the astronomy department. He builds devices that link to telescopes to detect infrared light. George works with NASA and does a lot with telescopes in airplanes. It was an excellent slide program and one of the better programs we've had lately. Thanks Linda 2/22/01:

2/15/01: Barlow Ware, is know as Mr. Foundation for Rotary district 7170 with Mike Wilcox the Bainbridge Rotary Club's Foundation Chairperson.
3/1/01: Andrew Bauerle Bainbridge mayor discussed the upcoming water project. Andy discussed the history of the municipal wells, the old pumping station, the problems resulting from the switch and what is needed to correct the problems. He also discussed replacing the 4 inch water mains and adding loops to the dead end mains, approximate costs and funding.
The mayor also discussed the grant for last year of $9800 for upgrading the computer equipment and plans for requesting a grant this year for updating radar and purchasing mobile phones and mobile radios and base stations. Thank you Mayor for an informative meeting.  

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