The Spoke - Archive  Jul 21, 2009

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The Rotary Club's new models....

And the winner is.....

Recognitions and Fines: 

• No visitarians this week
• Anita Blackwell had two guest - her stepsons Drew and Neil Dexter
• Betsye Sargent brought Barbara McCall, her co-worker at the Phoenix School.
• Randy Burba celebrated his 14th wedding anniversary
• Frank Campbell enthuiastically gave the softball report and all that matter is we beat Danvers and we are in first place!
• Rich Eisner celebrated 12 years of marriage
• Anita Blackwell's father-in-law passed away
• Malia spent the weekend in P-Town with 6 girlfriends
• Liz Bradt and her family went white water rafting
• Gig just returned from Seattle where he watched his son graduate
• Rhinus returned from a vacation in Montreal

Program for the July 21st Meeting:

Summer Schedule - no speaker.  However, Jim Robinson announced the members with perfect attendance for the past Rotary year.  Congratulations!

• Jim Bailey - 6 years
• Pep Cornacchio - 1 year
• Rich Eisner - 15 years
• Paul Herrick - 6 years
• Ray Hodge - 28 years
• Jeff Holloran - 6 years
• Juli Lederhaus - 1 year
• Mary Ann Lyons - 8 years
• John Quinn - 62 years
• Jim Robinson - 46 years
• Mark Shaw - 24 years
• Brenda Smith - 1 year
• Carl Wathne - 5 years
• Dave Westcott - 2 years
• Bruce Whear - 1 year

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

September 17 - Hold the date for the first fundraiser of the year!  The Rotary Poker Tournament will be held at the Knight's of Columbus in Salem.  Food and beverages are being donated by Kenny - thanks!  Mark this on your calendar and help our club achieve the objectives President John has set for the year - ending hunger in Salem  and helping Rotary International eradicate polio.  More details to follow.

                          Please visit the calendar section of our web site

                                       for additional important dates.  

And now a few announcements....  

Ray Hodge has returned home from the hospital.  Keep him in your thought.

DSS Cookout was well attended and thank you to the following Rotarians:

• Deb Amaral
• John Fisher
• Bruce Whear
• Bob Conley
• Frank Campbell
• Jeff Holloran
• Viktoria Talebian
• Roberta Cantor
• John Neely
• Pep Cornnachio
• Joanne Scott
• John Hall

The Board approved a new project for the club. We will be providing preparation and funding for a meal nce a month at the Salem Mission.  The first dinner is August 6 and Bruce Whear will be the team leader.  The following Rotarians also volunteered their time:

• • Viktoria Talebian
  • Anita Blackaby
  • Roberta Cantor
  • John Neely

                                 

District Governor Ingrid Brown will be visiting out club on August 11, please try and attend.

And...the lunch menu for the next meeting:

Hamburgers with cheese on the side....why do I feel like the lunch lady who used to announce what the next day's lunch would be in elementary school?????

Finally, Juli is updating the roster.  Make sure youget any changes to her or make them on the website.

Stumpers  

This week's stumper:  Who was the author of the Four Way Test?  (Hint...look at the Rotarian)

Last week's stumper:

Answer to last week's stumper:

Happy Birthday to:   Jake Segal.  Happy 25th Birthday Jake! 

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