The Spoke - Archive  Dec 9, 2008

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And the winner is.....

• Denise Flynn announced the annual Rotary Auction will be held March 6, 2009 at Hamilton Hall in Salem.  She paid a recognition fine announcing that she will be teaching ballet at the Boston Ballet studio in Marblehead.
• Dick Lutts sold five calendars to a friend in a nursing home.  See how easy the sales can be?!  Anita Blackaby thanked Rinus Oosthoek for the publicity in the Salem News on the calendar sales.
• Rinus paid a recognition fine acknowledging soon to be Rotarian Scott McGill.  He will be official next week.
• Brenda Smith paid a fine for being a menace on the roads since getting and I-Phone; an paid a recognition fine for her fellow Spoke Committee members.  They will be taking notes in during her absence in December and January.  If anyone would like to volunteer to take notes please contact Brenda, the committee would appreciate it!
• President Dave thanked the Rotarians who volunteered at the DSS Christmas Party.  This includes; Deb Amaral, John Quinn, Jeff Holloran, Brenda Smith.  If I left anyone out please let me know.
• President Dave made an announcement for John Neely.  There is still time to donate to the Rotary Foundation for 2008.  A donation of up to $100 is tax deductible. 

Program for the December 11th Meeting:

Special Presentation

In an absolutely bizarre case of good luck, President Dave won a football bet with Beverly Rotary President, Frank Kinzie.  President Kinzie was a guest at our club and presented President Dave with a $500 check.  Dave, have you thought of playing the lottery?

Speaker:

Jeff Shribman introduced his neighbors, friends and guest speakers, EK Rife and Michelle Poole.  They gave a beautiful slide presentation of a recent expedition they took to the base camp of Mt. Everest.  The intent of the trek was to reach base camp, and not to summit Mt. Everest.  Michelle gave a wonderful presentation about the culture of Nepal, the Nepalese people and the sites and sounds of Katmandu; villages in Nepal on their 12 day journey from Katmandu to Base Camp and back,.  The slide which was most amazing to me was the airport at the starting site of a trek to Everest.  And we thought Logan was bad!  Michelle shared some interesting facts including a slide of Tenghoche Monastery which is the highest Buddhist monastery in the world at 12,500 feet.  Base Camp is at 17, 575 feet, and the summit of Everest is 29,000 feet.  Thanks Michelle and EK for a very interesting and informative presentation!

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

Upcoming Speakers: 

• 12/16/08 SHS Jazz Band
• 12/23/08 Classification Talks.with A. Blackaby & B.Bower
• 12/30/08 Classification Talks with M. Cote & J. Stueve

                          Please visit the calendar section of our web site

                                       for additional important dates.  

And now a few announcements....  

• Thanks to everyone who brought in food for the Salem Mission Food Drive.  Any and all donations are greatly appreciated.
• Remember to sell your Rotary Calendars to all of your friends and neighbors.  Hit people up at Christmas parties after they have had too much eggnog!  Each Rotarian must sell a minimum of 10 calendars at $20 a piece. 
• Holiday Party this Friday, December 12 at Mark Shaw’s.  Party begins at  6:00pm and goes until we all leave.  : )  12 Kennel Hill Drive, Beverly
• Board of Directors Meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, December 16^th, 10:45am, Hawthorne Hotel.
• Please remember to verify the email address you submitted to Rotary.  Some have been returned as undeliverable. 
• New officers for the 2009-2010 and 2010-2011 years, BENSON;CLARKE; HOLLORAN; LUTTS(ROB) STROUT
• *Editors Note*  I have made the following additions to the announcement in last week’s Spoke.  Gig Michaud is proud of his daughter Alissa, who quarterbacked the Beverly Powder Puff Football team to a win over the Salem Powder Puff team, 22 to 16, in the pre Thanksgiving Game.

 Quote of the Week:

“Do not go where the path may lead, go where there is no path and leave a trail.”  Ralph Waldo Emerson

 Stumpers  

This week's stumper:

The peak of Mt. Everest is in the jet stream.  At what velocity do the winds typically blow?

Last week's stumper:

According to Roberta Cantor, where does Santa Claus live?

Answer to last week's stumper:

Gloucester!  She took her grandchildren on the Polar Express and discovered Santa lives right here on the North Shore.

Happy Birthday to:   John Neely, Deb McNulty

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