Rotarian David Piper died Thursday, Feb. 10th at St. Joseph's Hospital. Divid joined The Skaneateles Rotary Club June 27, 2013 and was very dedicated Rotarian and active in club activities and projects. David served faithfully as the Club's Secretary for over four years. His smile and wonderful sense of humor will be missed by all who knew him.
Family and friends are welcome to attend calling hours at Robert D. Funeral Home, Skaneateles from 4 to 7pm on Wednesday, February 16th. Funeral services will be held at St. Mary’s of the Lake Church in Skaneateles on Thursday, February 17th at 10am. Burial will be in St. Mary’s Cemetery, Skaneateles.
The Beginnings - President Terry called the meeting to order & led the Inn & zoom attendees in the Pledge.
The Program - Janice Wiles - Growing food & native perennials to protect Skaneateles Lake water
Bill Conole introduced Janice Wiles, a co-founder & spokesperson for the Doce Lume Farm.
Janice opened her remarks by noting that she has lived in the Skaneateles area since !986. For the past thirty plus years Janice has been interested in & worked in growing herbs & plants that are nutritious & will help preserve the wildlife & watershed in & around Skaneateles. The mission of Doce Lume Farm is to re-naturalize the Skaneateles Lake watershed with native plants to mitigate polluted runoff from increasingly frequent heavy rainfalls & address the growing challenges of insect collapse & bird population decline. Janice stressed that the 2017 harmful algal bloom was a shocking wakeup call for everyone who cherishes Skaneateles, which is unique in the US in providing unfiltered potable water to over 220,000 homes in CNY. Today there are more than 2600 home in the watershed & 1000 homes & camps on the 35 mile of shoreline. Doce Lume Farm techniques can help preserve our watershed by building healthy “wild” soil. Janice described this process. Doce Lume Farm is working with SUNY ESF to create meadows with natural plants. Lume Doce farms can show watershed property owners, in a step-by-step process, how to landscape with native plants so they can turn a patchwork of green spaces into a quilt of restored habitat. Janice encouraged everyone to go to the Doce Lume Farm Intagram site – CLICK HEREto gain more information on the many benefits of growing food & native perennials to protect Skaneateles Lake.
Janice responded to several questions. Janice said she will send more information on Doce Lume Farm to Ward & Bill so all the SRC members can learn about this vital enterprise. CLICK HEREto view that information.
The Endings - Terry reminded everyone of the Rotary Foundation Meeting (see ad and link below) on Feb 23rd. Ward reminded members of the scheduled Board of Directors Meeting for the coming Monday, th 14th.
The Closing - We all joined in reciting the 4-Way Test.
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Jun 19, 2022 - Skaneateles Fathers Day Breakfast (TBD)
SKANEATELES ROTARY CLUB'S
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See SPEAKERS below orCLICKon the Speaker's tab on our website's Home Page. Please contact Bill Conole atconolew@gmail.comor 315-857-1260 if you have a suggestion and/or input on a potential club program.
26 W. Genesee St
Skaneateles, NY 13152 United States of America
We currently meet via Zoom and the Sherwood Inn due to COVID.
Guests are invited to join our meetings by contacting
our President:Terry McCormick (email link by clicking on his name)
listed under Club Exec & Dir (below - right column)
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watershed in & around Skaneateles. The mission of Doce Lume Farm is to re-naturalize the Skaneateles Lake watershed with native plants to mitigate polluted runoff from increasingly frequent heavy rainfalls & address the growing challenges of insect collapse & bird population decline. Janice stressed that the 2017 harmful algal bloom was a shocking wakeup call for everyone who cherishes Skaneateles, which
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