Opening and Invocation led by Kevin Mooney
Wellness Report – Susie Earl will hopefully come home from the hospital on Friday, 10/18
Guests: Tanya Taylor, Director of Newark Public Library, guest speaker; Barbara and Daouda Camara, guests of Evie and Steve Taylor
Announcements:
Scott Healy — collecting for Polio Plus. World Polio Day is October 24. Please send some of your “loose change or bills” to Scott Healy to benefit Polio Plus – better yet, bring them to the Service Above Self Dinner and put them in the bucket designated for the collection.
Service Above Self - $32.00 per person. Please contact Jean Bendix to make your reservation. Bring your cash or checks made payable to “Nanas” to the dinner.
Friday, November 1st at Club 86 the Camp Onseyawa Annual Fall Dinner. The guest speaker will be a heartfelt testimonial from a parent of a camper. Please consider attending.
By-Laws Proposed Change: change the amount of time for membership feedback on prospective new member application. Here is the proposed wording:
"Section 4 - If the decision of the board is favorable, the prospective member shall be informed of the purposes of Rotary and of the privileges and responsibilities of membership following which the prospective member shall, at an information meeting, be requested to sign the membership proposal form and to permit his or her name and proposed classification to be published for one week in the club bulletin."
"Section 5 - The general membership (active members only) has seven days following the initial publication of the information to send objections to any member of the board. Objection(s) may be submitted either in hard copy or electronic form stating reason(s). If no objection is received by the board within the time frame stated above, the proposed person, as prescribed in these bylaws, shall be considered to be elected to membership. If any such objection has been filed with the board, it shall vote on this matter at its next meeting. If approved, despite the objection, the proposed member shall be elected to membership."
Steve Taylor commented that he thought this was a good change that will speed up the membership process.
Motion to accept the above change to the Newark Rotary Club By-Laws made by Adam Olschewske
Second made by Kevin Mooney
Action: Passed unanimously
Happy Moments:
Ryan Kreuser participated in a Triathlon in Spain!
Susie Earl should be coming home from the hospital tomorrow.
Mary Jo’s granddaughter will be getting married this weekend
Doug Doebler - kids in orphanage in Haiti started school this week
Bob and Jean Bendix just returned from a trip to California to celebrate their grandsons 1st birthday.
Birthdays: Donna Johnson and Mark Lockwood
Club Anniversaries: Lynne Mooney, 4 years; Jorge Bueso, 14 years
Queen of Hearts. Guest Daoudua Camara did not pick the Queen - the pot continues to grow.
Program: Steve Hallagan introduced Tanya Taylor, Director of the Newark Public Library. Tanya studied at Buffalo State College. She has worked at various libraries beginning with Buffalo & Erie County branch library in 2002, took some time off to be a stay at home mom after the library system experienced significant layoffs. She returned to her library work in 2006 in Geneva, where she spent 16 years as Children's Librarian, the Youth Services Librarian, and then the Assistant Director holding dual positions. Tanya has been the Library Director of Newark Public Library since October 2022. She lives in Canandaigua with her husband, daughter, son, and their four pets: three dogs and one spicy cat named Pepper!
Tanya was a voice of enthusiasm and shared about the services that the OWWL system provides:
Books by mail
Books to Go
Community Visits
Family Literacy
One Book, OWWL Kids
The Great Giveback
And more!
Library Cards - they offer physical and digital cards. Download the OWWL app on your phone and a world of resources open up to you! The Online Resources section can help you find the perfect book, learn a new skill, or conduct the research that’s important to you. Check it out here!
There are some changes at the Newark Library — there is a nice reading area with a fireplace in the front area — come and see us.
Some tools you may not be aware of like: Materials Requests - if you are looking for a specific title that you don’t see it in the OWWL system and it has been released within the past 12 months. You can fill out a form (either online or in person at the library) requesting the title. If the library purchases it then they notify you and put it on hold for you.
Newark and Lyons are a fine free library. If you return a title late there is no fine, however if you lose the book then you must pay to replace the title.
The library offers so much more than just books: Passes to museums and parks, dvd’s, music, video games, books in spanish, adaptive learning tools, and more. All programs are free - for family, teens, children and adults. Please visit and support your local library!
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