The Spoke - Archive  May 26, 2009

print this page

And the winner is.....

Recognitions and Fines: 

• One visitarian - Reverend Ken from Wake Forest, North Carolina
• Liz Bradt and her family climberd a mountain this past weekend
• Lefty - one of his plumbers was on the news for being the hero and rescuing a wedding ring thrown down a toilet by a 2 year old.  The ring was on its way out to sea.....
• Roberta we are so happy to see you back!  And she just celebrated her 28th wedding anniversary
• Jim Robinson is still trying to remember the reception from his grandson's wedding
• Anita Blackaby had a Rotarian exchange student visit her and her husband over the holiday weekend
• John Neely was wearing a shirt brighter than most of mine, and after paying a fine to Viktoria for the fashion statement, announced that he and Christine celebrated another anniversary - just wouldn't say the number
• Juli played golf again - surprise!
• Jane got to spend a weekend at Canyon Ranch courtesy of her sister

Program for the May 26th Meeting:

Rachel Williams from the Ipswich Rotary Club gave a very interesting presentation on literacy projects Rotary has been involved in in Pakistan.  Rachel serves as Literacy Program Coordinator for DIstrict 7930 and can be reached at rachfit@mindspring.com.  Rachel reminds us of the work Rotary does not only in our communities to promote literacy, but also throughout the world.  The Rotary International philosophy looks beyond national patriotism and shares responsibility for the advancement of internatinal understanding, goodwill and peace.

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

• 06/09/09 Rotary Scholarship Awards Presentation
• 6/02/09 A32 Program c/o Rinus Oosthoek                                                      

                          Please visit the calendar section of our web site

                                       for additional important dates.  

And now a few announcements....  

• NSMC Cancer Walk - June 21st
• Golf Outing June 1 - ALL Rotarians should be involved in some way
• John Hall inauguration dinner - June 26 @ 6pm, Winter Island                                           

Quote of the Week:

"It is tough to make predictions, especially about the future." Yogi Berra

Stumpers  

This week's stumper:

Now that the Celts are out, who will make it to the NBA finals?

Last week's stumper:

Will it actually get out of the 60's on Memorial Day?

Answer to last week's stumper:

Yes!  The bank thermometer on the way to Crane's Beach said 77!

 Happy Birthday to:   No one

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