This evening, three members spoke about their life and how they came to be in Little Falls Rotary.

John Stevenson, pictured right, grew up in the Lower Hudson Valley where his family had settled in 1848. He graduated with a degree in Biolgy and went into the Family funeral home. After leaving the business for a period of eleven month, he saw an opportunity for his experience in Little Falls, so he decided to make the move where he currently works for Eana Funeral Homes. While in the Hudson Valley, John joined Rotary in North Rockland, was Vice-President at the Tapensee Club and President at Sloatsbury Rotary Club.

Dr. Om P. Wadera MD, pictured left, was born in India. He specializes in both Family Practice and Internal Medicine. He studied at
University of The Punjab / Allama Iqbal Medical College and completed his Residency at Chester County Hospital in New Jersey.
Married to Usha Wadhera, who is also a Family Practitioner Doctor, they have two sons and two grandchildren.

Larry Sargeant lived much of his life by impulsive decisions, believing that he could achieve anything. Graduating in 1960, he spent three years in the Marines Signal Corp Band as a Saxophonist. Became hooked on sky-diving and ran a club after only a year of joining. While living in the Hudson Valley, he worked for awhile as a carpenter before joining IBM as a trainee programmer. Jobs followed in Danbury, then Waterbury CT before moving to Plattsburg in 1970, finishing his graduation in 1972. He opened a shy-diving school in Lake Placid and had the distinction of crashing his only plane on the first day of operation! Needing a job, he went into teaching, also working a successful operation supplying fairground rides, including a Ferris wheel to local fairs. His next job was in St. Johnsville before moving to Daniel Green, Dolgeville followed by Tic-Tac-Toe in Gloversville. Like many businesses in upstate New York, the company closed and Larry again was looking for work. An opportunity came up to become a teacher at Little Falls, and as they say, the rest is history.

For the record books, Larry's highest jump was from 13,500 feet and his last jump, number 2034, was on June 19th 1981