The Spoke - Archive  Jul 28, 2009

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Recognitions and Fines: 

Brenda shows why she is an Ironman 6 times over! 

• No visitarians but the following guests:  Irma Gonzalez was a guest of John Neely; Frank Campbell brought Rob Sippel as his guest and Jason Scarpolini was a guest once again of Dave Benson.
• Frank Campbell paid many fines for shamelessly promoting ASAP Drains and the 20th Anniversary Celebration of his company.  Congratulations Frank, here's to 20 more successful years!
• Your's truly glady handed over the money I earned for taking a bet from JQ that I could not do one pushup after completing my 6th Ironman Triathlon two days earlier.  I not only did one, but 10 for JQ and 5 for Frank, and if anyone else would have be willing to pay up to the club I would have kept going.  Any takers????? 
• Liz spent the weekend on Lake Winnepauseke (sp?)
• She will be celebrating her 21st wedding anniversary on August 6th
• John Neely was renting a cottage in Ipswich for the week with his family
• Rich Eisner rented a cottage in Maine and his son caught his first fish
• Bruce Whear was celebrating his second wedding anniversary
• Viktoria spent Friday night with her son at the International Skateboarding competition
• President John read a toast we received from the President of a club in England: 

• Dear President John   I am the newly installed President of West Ashfield Rotary Club here in the United Kingdom . We are a small club with 24 members situated on The Nottinghamshire / Derbyshire border in the heart of the England . We meet on a Tuesday evening at 1900hrs at the Derbyshire Hotel, South Normanton .    Nottinghamshire is famous for Robin Hood and Derbyshire for the Peak District, Chatsworth House and  Rolls Royce Aero engines. We also have fierce rivalry between two soccer clubs.   As I embark on my presidential year I have decided at club meetings to toast the President and members of a Rotary Club in New England . I have spent a number of fantastic vacations in New England , and the area it is very close to my heart. I stayed at the Hawthorne Hotel last fall but sadly did not coincide with you meeting    I have chosen to toast and celebrate your club this week.   Would you please send my best wishes and those of my club to all your members.   Yours in Rotary   Graham Jarrett President West Ashfield Rotary Club.  District 1220

   

Program for the July 28th Meeting:

Summer Schedule, but John Neely made a short presentation to Scarlet Gonzalezm a student at Salem High.  She was the recipient of a Rotary Scholarship in the amount of $400 and will use it to study in Romania as an exchange student.

John also spoke of his opportunity to hear the new Rotary International President John Kenny speak at a dinner in Boxborough. 

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

September 17 - Rotary Poker Tournament at the Ward 2 Social Club.  All proceeds will go toward our Polio Plus commitment and to the Scholarship Fund.  Please put it on your calendar and attend this great event!

                    And now a few announcements....  

Ray Hodge is home and improving slightly.  Send cards and well wishes.

The Salem Mission Dinner Preparation is on Thursday, August 6th.

Ingrid Brown, DG, will be attending the August 11 meeting, please try to be here.

Stumpers  

This week's stumper:  What fruit is considered to be bad luck on a sailboat during a race?

Last week's stumper:

Who was the author of the 4-Way test?

Happy Birthday to:   ......No birthdays

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