Director: Steve Blass Fine Master: Steve Blass Table/Split: Brandon Blatz Ken Writer: Alex Fursman Invocation: Tim Glor Guest Speaker: Lynn Marinelli, New Member Talk
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President Steve called the meeting to order at 12:15 p.m. with the Pledge of Allegiance
and Tim Glor led us in the invocation.
Announcements:
• October 24-Isle View clean-up was a success. Lots of trash picked up.
• November 2 nd – No Meeting
November 4 th – Dinner Meeting (Make it if you can!)
November 14 th – District 7090 Grant Management & Awards. $30 per ticket. Let
Steve know if you can attend.
Rotary Club of Amherst South - Trivia Night on November 20 th
Marine Toy’s for Tots Foundation is holding Bike Repair Workshop - November
12 th at 9am to 9pm (St. Paul’s Lutheran Church at 4007 Main St)
Foundation is accepting grant applications until Mid-November.
Charities is accepting grant applications until October 31 st .
Freedom Shrine Dedication – Tuesday, November 10 th at Mang Community Park
Guest Speaker:
Lynn Marinelli was our speaker today and told her a lot about herself.
She has lived in the Lincoln Park area for 15 years. Lynn has a daughter (Jessica) that
runs ‘Buffalo Rising’. She also has a dog and two cats (all rescues). She graduated as
an English Major from Daemon College. She worked for the United Press (UPI) in
Buffalo writing sports articles for horse races and minor league baseball. She
eventually went on to write sports articles for the professional teams in Buffalo, (Sabres
& Bills). Lynn worked for the Bisons during the 1985 season as a writer.
Lynn ran and won 10 primaries and 3 general elections. She was the first woman to
chair the legislature in Erie County. She helped fix up Ellicott Creek Park to what it is
today (drainage, soccer fields, playground equipment, bike path, etc.).
She has worked with rails and trails, served on the Niagara Greenway Commission.
Fun Facts:
She has a fleet of bicycles, including an E-bike, a Racing Bike and a 1972
Cruiser Bike.
Her very first concert was ‘The Who’.
No piercings or tattoos.
A part of three book clubs, avid jig-saw puzzler, and gardener.
Plays piano and guitar – but not well LOL
Moto – Carpe Diem
On the board of Friends of the Riverline
Favorite color changes but she mostly likes the purples and blues
Lynn finished her speech in under 20 minutes and handed out little skeletons and
pumpkins!
Split/Ace of Spades:
Stephen’s ticket was picked for the split and he won $7. Stephen’s ticket was picked for
the Ace and he chose the 4 of Hearts. The pot is up to $188.
Happy Dollars:
Cathy spent 2 weeks in Sicily.
Steve went to New Orleans for 4 days.
Tim confessed that he was in Europe for Octoberfest and visited grandchildren for their
birthdays in Virginia and Maryland over the past couple of months.
Fine Master:
If anyone didn’t go to the clean up this past weekend, you had to put in a dollar.
If anyone wasn’t wearing their nametag, you had to put in a dollar.
Meeting was adjourned at 12:58 p.m. with the Four-Way Test.