The Spoke - Archive  Apr 13, 2010

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 Rotary International Theme

2009-2010

"AND THE WINNER IS" - 50-50 RAFFLE

VISITING ROTARIANS AND GUESTS

Kerri Harris - Viktoria Talebian

Jean Giacolone - Viktoria Talebian

Erin Maher - Viktoria Talebian

Marlene Conroy - Viktoria Talebian

Beth Alexander - Viktoria Talebian

FINES & RECOGNITIONS

PRESIDENT JOHN HALL

Was an auctioneer for a fundraising event at his parish. He was able to raise over $13,000.00 which will help kids at an orphanage.

PEP CORNNACHIO

Was in the newspaper for receiving the Salem YMCA Community Service Award

JOHN FISHER

Attended a conference in DC and was lucky enough to see the Bruins beat the Capitals.

JOHN NEELY

Group study exchange is coming from London next month. He is raffling off Red Sox tickets.

FRANK CAMPBELL

He came in first place in a fishing tournament in Marathon Key Florida.

JIM ROBINSON

Has been a Rotarian for 47 years, which he been Secretary for the past 20 years. Congrats Jim on this milestone.

JOHN QUINN

April 19th is the birthday of Rotary founder Paul Harris.

VIKTORIA TALEBIAN

Was in Charleston SC visiting.

BRUCE WHEAR

On April 9th his oldest son turned 21 years old.

JAKE SEGAL

Just celebrated his 50th wedding anniversary.

DICK LUTTS

His son just turned 60 years old. He can hardly believe he has two children over the age of 60.

BOB CONLEY

Bought a new car.

KATHY STROUT

Just became a new grandmother. Congrats Kathy!!!

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Rotarian of the month: Viktoria Talebian for the leading the Literacy Project from start to finish and steadfast support as a Sergeant at Arms. Viktoria lives in Swampscott with her husband Pejman and her three children William 9, Rachel 6 and Trevor 4. Viktoria is an Orthodontist with a private practice in Salem. She is very active outdoors, enjoys going to the gym and cooking. As a Rotarian, Viktoria has been a member of the calendar committee, co-chair on the Scholarship committee, literacy & education committee, two terms as sergeant at arms and is a current board member. Her favorite Rotary memory is the satisfaction she felt on the day that the scholarship awards were made the year that she co-chaired the committee; intense work with a tremendous impact on the lives of the recipients. Her proudest achievement is raising her 3 beautiful children and losing 45 lbs and keeping it off for the past 3 years. Three things Viktoria would want if stranded on a dessert island: 1. An endless supply of crisp gala apples 2. Her blackberry with e-mail capacity 3. Her exercise triad great sneakers, an elliptical machine and a set of free weights. OH CONGRATS TO VIKTORIA WHO RECENTLY TURNED 40 YEARS OLD.

Our next Salem Mission dinner is scheduled for 5/6/10. We have a team in place for the dinner.

Swampscott Club Duct Tape regatta - we need a team to represent the Salem who is known for our marine trade. If interested please see Bill Kielbasa.

Our celebrity bartending night is vastly approaching. PLEASE do your best to attend and bring guests. Viktoria Talebian is spearheading this event and it should be an evening on fellowship and fundraising. Don Kelley from the Beverly club has joined the list of celebrity bartenders. It will be held a Finz in Salem on Tuesday May 11th from 5:30pm to 7:30pm.

For those of you who have not tried Ken's Kick'n Chicken pot pies you should. Ken Rothwell who is a big supporter of the Salem Rotary Club has put together a masterpiece with his pot pies. I recommend you stop by his store at 7 Franklin Street in Salem and pick some up.

This month's board meeting is set for 4/27 at 11:00am.

Please make note that our meeting scheduled for Tuesday May 18th will be moved to Thursday May 20th. This is to accommodate a visit by the incoming GSE team from London, England. The Salem Rotary Club will be one of two sites in the District to host the team. We are expecting visitors from several area clubs to join us.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SALEM ROTARIANS

No Birthday's this week!

SPEAKER/PRESENTER OF THE WEEK

Rotary Literacy & Education Program and Award Winners

FUTURE SPEAKERS/PRESENTERS

April 20th - Dr. Ed Bailey, NSMC Pediatrics

April 27th - David Cohen, Public Speaking

May 4th - John Neely

UPCOMING EVENTS - SAVE THE DATE

Please visit the calendar section of our web site

  for additional important dates.

Salem Rotary Club Celebrity Bartending Event

Tuesday May 11th - 5:30pm to 7:30pm

Finz, Pickering Wharf Salem

Salem Rotary Golf Tournament

Monday June 21st

Wenham Country Club

"QUOTE OF THE WEEK"

“Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing.” Helen Keller

                                          STUMPER OF THE WEEK

A queen bee was buzzing, a worker bee was buzzing, a honey bee was buzzing, and a killer bee was buzzing. How many bees were in buzzing?

LAST WEEKS STUMPER

To date, how much money has been raised by Rotarty to help rebuild Haiti's infrastructure?

ANSWER TO LAST WEEKS STUMPER

1.3 million dollars

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