The Spoke - Archive  Jan 6, 2010

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 Rotary International Theme

2009-2010

"AND THE WINNER IS" - 50-50 RAFFLE

VISITING ROTARIANS AND GUESTS

Rev. Ken Steigler, Wake Forrest

FINES & RECOGNITIONS

JOHN NEELY

Went to Puerto Rico with family.

SCOTT MCNEIL

Wants to thank everyone for their support over the holidays. Over 700 families were and multiple children were able to have a nice Christmas.

RANDY BURBA

Went to the Bahama's with 19 of his family members.

LIZ BRADT

Walked Kernwood over the New Year.

BOB DIONNE

Spent New Year's in New Hampshire.

MALIA GRIFFIN

Spent a week in London.

BRUCE WHEAR

Went to Maine and got dumped on with snow.

ANNA KULAKOWSKI

Please keep her Son-in-Law in your thoughts and prayers. He is being deployed over seas.

JULI LEDERHAUS

Made the front page of the Salem News and wants to pay fine.

REV. KEN STEIGLER

Happy to back in Salem and at the Rotary meeting.

BOB CONLEY

Spent 4 days in Ft. Lauderdale and almost didn't make it home.

JOANNE SCOTT

Just a reminder about the Poker Tournament this Thursday night.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

John Fisher along with this wife Joy, two daughters and Mother-in-Law all prepared and served Christmas dinner for the Salem Mission. A special thanks goes to John and his family.

Frank Campbell filled a piggy bank full change and some cash for the Change to Change Lives. Thanks Frank!

If you are a member of the Auction Committee please sit with Denise Flynn and Dave Wescott at next weeks meeting to go over the auction. Also, if anyone has auction items please drop them off to John Walsh along with the form that was given out at yesterday's meeting. The cost of the tickets this year has dropped by $10.00 and is $50.00 pp. Please purchase as many tickets as possible since this is one of our biggest functions of the year.

We are sponsoring a Poker Tournament this Thursday January 7th. Attendance is low so please sign up with Ken Rothwell or at the door the night of the tournament. Please bring family and co-workers to help support the Salem Boy's and Girl's Club.

Randy Burba is leading the team at this month's Salem Mission dinner on January 7th. Thanks to Randy and his team.

The Board of Director's are scheduled to meet on Tuesday January 22nd at 10:45am.

Our next collection for the Change to Change Lives will be in two weeks on January 19th. Please remember to bring in your spare change. Thanks to our first two collections, underprivileged families got to eat dinner on Thanksgiving and Christmas.

Please remember to bring in your calendar raffle money and stubs. Please give them to a member of the calendar raffle committee member. 

We are proud to welcome our newest member Sean Stellato. Please welcome Sean to the club and remember to sign his book. Please thank Ken Rothwell for introducing Sean to Rotary.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SALEM ROTARIANS

Liz Bradt - January 14th

SPEAKER/PRESENTER OF THE WEEK

January 5th

Our presenter cancelled for this weeks meeting. We were given updates by John Neely on the Rotary Foundation. John is pleased with the progress so far in the first half of the year. Dennis Flynn and David Wescott also gave an update on the progress of the upcoming auction on March 5th. Auction donations are needed, so please give them to John Walsh ASAP.

December 29th - Antonella Stellacci

Here is the link to the first video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypmfs3z8esIand this is the one about the Ikea Facebook campaign http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_K1ti4RU78

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FUTURE SPEAKERS/PRESENTERS

January 12th - Frank Cousins, Essex County Sheriff

January 19th - Lynn Nicholas, President and CEO Mass Hospitals Association

January 26th - Salem Police Chief Paul Tucker

UPCOMING EVENTS - SAVE THE DATE

Please visit the calendar section of our web site

  for additional important dates.

Salem Rotary Club Poker Tournament

To Benefit the Salem Boys & Girls Club

Thursday January 7th @ 6:00pm

Ward II Social Club, 1 East Collins Street, Salem

$100.00 Buy-In

Salem Rotary Club Auction

Friday March 5, 2010

Salem Waterfront Hotel & Suites

Pickering Wharf

"QUOTE OF THE WEEK"

It has been the way of Rotary to focus thought upon matters in which members are in agreement, rather than upon matters in which they are in disagreement. PAUL HARRIS
 

STUMPER OF THE WEEK

Where was the first Rotary formed and in what year was it formed?

LAST WEEKS STUMPER

How many staff members are employed by Rotary International and the Rotary Foundation?

ANSWER TO LAST WEEKS STUMPER

650 Staff Members

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 Chairman:  Brenda Smith

Acting Newsletter Editor:  Bob Dionne

Photographer: John Quinn & Juli Lederhaus

Graphics and Photo Editing:  Rich Eisner

Committee Members:  Denise Flynn, Jim Haskell and Sandy Heaphy

Salem Rotary Club

PO Box 608

Salem, MA 01970

(978) 744-9070