Salem Rotary - The Spoke - Archive (Oct 7, 2008)

No visitarians this week. There were three guests to our club week. Ted and Zack Warren of Warren Light Craft were guests of Tim Clarke, and Rich Blazo brought Jeff Scuteri as a guest.

Liz Bradt did her duty for the Salem High School Prom Committee and wore a witch costume in downtown Salem. She probably fit right in!
Frank Campbell’s son got married in Florida last weekend.
Jane Stirgwolt paid a fine for missing last week’s meeting which happened to be her birthday and paid extra because her name was misspelled in The Spoke. (It is NOT misspelled this week.)
Jim Haskell completed 48 more miles of the Appalachain Trail.
Jake Segal attend the Marblehead Harbor Rotary meeting and paid a fine. There is too much to the story to explain, just see Frank Campbell.

Program for the October 7th Meeting:

Ted Warren of Warren Light Craft

Ted Warren has been designing and building ultra-light, trimaran sailboats for 25 years before he and his son Zak started Warren Light Craft in Salem in 2005. He has integrated his experience, along with materials and engineering into the Little Wing, a lightweight, carbon-fiber kayak that received a gold recognition from the Industrial Designers Society of America. (IDSA)

Ted and Zac, Graduates of MIT, are committed to building the lightest, most seaworthy, and best performing kayaks available today. In a current climate of consolidation, Warren Light Craft is proud to be a small, innovative company pushing the boundaries of kayak technology. By combining excellence of design with leading-edge materials and superior craftsmanship, the end result is "a kayak for life.” Their innovation has lead to the development of a kayak which is half the weight of a normal kayak. The Warren Little Wing is 14 feet long and weighs just 26 lbs, compared to 52 lbs for a normal kayak. The reason for the difference in weight is design and materials. Warren Kayaks are constructed from Carbon Fiber. Although you would think a boat like this would be more than $5,0000, a Little Wing 14 is $3,785.

Events to be aware of -- Save the Dates!!

Upcoming Speakers:

10/14 Nelson Benton, Salem News

10/21 Tom Driscoll, Essex Cpunty Clerk of Courts

10/28 Dave Gendall, Friends Forever

Please visit the calendar section of our web site

for additional important dates.

And now a few announcements....

Rob Lutts was part of a panel on the current state of the economy. The panel was held on Tuesday at Salem State College, and sponsored by the Business Department.

Quote of the Week:

“Don’t worry about the world coming to an end. It is already tomorrow in Australia.

Stumpers

This week's stumper:

On what social networking site does District 7930 have a page?

Last week's stumper:

What is the best way to get to the 2009 RI conference from the United States?

Answer to last week's stumper:

A plane.

Happy Birthday to:

Bob Conley

Please email all announcements to be added to the Spoke and/or feedback to salem_rotary@yahoo.com by Noon on Wednesday. Also, feel free to contact any of the committee members listed below.

Committee Chair: Brenda Smith

Editors: Brenda Smith

Photos: John Quinn (Jay Cue), Trip Mason and File

Graphics and Photo Editing: Rich Eisner

Members: Denise Flynn, Jim Haskell and Sandy Heaphy