Salem Rotary - The Spoke - Archive (Jun 1, 2010)

Please remember that the scholarship awards lunch will be held Tuesday June 8th at the Peabody Essex Museum - East India Marine Hall. We are pleased to announce that we will be granting $43,000.00 in scholarships. Please do your best to attend since this is our main focus of fundraising throughout the year.

The installation dinner for incoming President-Elect Bill Kielbasa will be held on Thursday June 24th on the lawn at the House of Seven Gables. Please RSVP to Tim Clarke at (978) 745-1007 or by e-mail at timflclarke@aol.com. Please do your best to attend this event and welcome Bill as our new President.

Please remember that our annual golf tournament is Monday June 21st at Wenham Countryclub. Lunch will be served at 11:30am with golf at noon. Cost is $150.00 pp which includes lunch, dinner, golf and cart. If anyone is interested in sponsoring a tee sign the cost is $125.00. Please see Bob Conley to sign up for golf and/or a tee-sponsorship.

The Duct Tape Regatta sponsored by the Swampscott Rotary will take place on June 26th at noon. It will be held at Fisherman's Beach in Swampscott. Liz Bradt put sign up sheets at all of the tables during the meeting.

Please welcome Scott Grover as a new permanent member. Ray Hodge provided him with his permanent badge.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SALEM ROTARIANS

Bob Dionne - June 12th

Tom O'Donnell - June 13th

SPEAKER/PRESENTER OF THE WEEK

This week we had visitors from the Phoenix School. Jack, Rodney and Olivia showed a power-point presentation on a school trip they took. They spoke about as older kids they have a responsibility to be role models to the younger kids. President John provided the kids a signed copy of 3 Cups of Tea for their library.

We had special guests at this weeks meeting. Elizabeth Usovicz, Principal of White Space Consulting and Past President of the Kansas City Rotary Club and former District Governor of District 6040, presented a Paul Harris award to her sister Alice Davis. Elizabeth is a Salem native and feels her sister Assistant Superintendent of Salem Public Schools has given her life to the children of Salem. Also in attendance was Superintendent of Salem Public Schools Dr. William Cameron. Mark Shaw poke about the history behind the Paul Harris fellowship.

Denise Flynn had a special guest by the name of Mark Forziati who spoke about his dedication to the NSMC Cancer Walk.

This year’s Cancer Walk will be my 11th. It also will complete a decade-long promise I made to myself in 2000 to raise money for cancer research and treatment. That year marked the 10th anniversary of my father’s death from cancer, and I wanted to start the new millennium by doing what I could to help other patients and their families.

I did that first WALK on my own. As I made my way to the Willows that day, I saw a boy wearing a memorial T-shirt with a photo of him and his dad playing chess. That image really hit home for me. I realized that so many of the people there were just like me, dealing with the loss of a loved one. I knew it was going to be a tough day emotionally, but I also felt a sense of hope and purpose.

I brought my children the following year, and they’ve been walking ever since. Last year, my daughter, Marisa, joined with her classmates at Marblehead High School to organize their own WALK team, Team Z Marblehead. They walked in honor of their principal, John Ziergiebel, who was battling cancer and subsequently succumbed to it. The kids really inspired me. As the WALK chairperson, I’m committed to making this year’s event the most successful yet. One of the things we’ve done is to reach out to other schools throughout the North Shore to engage students and show them how they can make a difference.

When I’m at the Willows this year, I’ll be remembering my father and reflecting on how cancer impacts everyone. It can sneak up on you whether you’re young or old, and it’s a tough opponent. That’s why I want to do everything I can to ensure that everyone who faces cancer has a fighting chance.

FUTURE SPEAKERS/PRESENTERS

June 8th - Scholarship Awards Lunch at the P.E.M.

June 15th - ? Salem Trolley

June 22nd - Jere Byrnes - Korean War Pilot

UPCOMING EVENTS - SAVE THE DATE

Please visit the calendar section of our web site

for additional important dates.

Salem Rotary Club Annual Golf Tournament

Monday June 21st

Wenham Countryclub

11:30am Lunch with Golf at noon

$150.00pp includes, lunch, dinner, golf and cart

Tee-Sponsorships: $125.00

Please see Bob Conley to sign up for golf & signage

Installation Dinner for President-Elect Bill Kielbasa

Thursday June 24th @ 6pm

On the lawn of the House of Seven Gables

$50pp includes a clam bake dinner or steak & beer, wine and soda

Please RSVP with Tim Clarke and give food preference

timflclarke@aol.com or call at (978) 745-1007

"QUOTE OF THE WEEK"

"A business that makes nothing but money is a poor business." Henry Ford...

STUMPER OF THE WEEK

The "Rotarian four-way test", is used to see if a planned action is compatible with the Rotarian spirit. The test was developed by which Rotarian?

LAST WEEKS STUMPER

What is Rotary's secondary motto after "Service Above Self?"

ANSWER TO LAST WEEKS STUMPER

"They profit most who serve best".

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