Rotary Minute.....Given by Anthony O'Donnell, Scholarship Commitee Co-Chair:

The Object of Rotary is to encourage and foster the ideal of service as a basis of worthy enterprise and, in particular, to encourage and foster:

    § FIRST. The development of acquaintance as an opportunity for service;

    § SECOND. High ethical standards in business and professions, the recognition of the worthiness of all useful occupations, and the dignifying of each Rotarian's occupation as an opportunity to serve society;

    § THIRD. The application of the ideal of service in each Rotarian's personal, business, and community life;

    §  FOURTH. The advancement of international understanding, goodwill, and peace through a world fellowship of business and professional persons united in the ideal of service.

And the winner is.....

Recognitions and Fines: 

• Recognitions are being carried over to next week, due to today's important program.

Program for the May 9th Meeting:

                                     Scholarship Co-chair David Ives              

The Salem Rotary Club Scholarship Committee awarded $42,000 in scholarships to 22 High School students.  All recipients are residents of Salem. Most of the students attended the meeting with their parents.  There were representatives from the various high schools, Diane Costa from Salem High School, Skip Shannon from St. John's Prep, David Marion from Bishop Fenwick and Joe Balzarini from North Shore Tech. The awards were based on a combination of academic achievement, community service and financial need. The committee did a phenomenal job, with special commendations going to cochairs David Ives and Anthony O'Donnell, for a first-class job which was extremely well organized.  Members of the Salem Rotary Club Scholarship Committee are:  John Flom, Malia Griffin, Ray Hodge, Jeff Holloran, Tishey Noiseux, Rinus Oosthoek, Rocky Pelletier, Betsye Sargent, Jeff Shribman, Kathie Strout, Viktoria Talebian, Dave Wescott and Leah Weston.                            

                              Sasha Grullon-Vance "Salty" Smith Award 

              Alex Blair-Dr. Robert P.“Buck” Alexander Merit Schlolarship

              President Rich Eisner and Salem Mayor Kim Driscoll (far left)   with the

             2006 Salem Rotary Club Scholarship winners.  Names and School listed

             below.

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

May 19th -21st.   District Conference, Cape Codder Resort and Spa,  Hyannis.   New conference packages are now available.  See Dana for details.

May 30th, Joint Service Project with the Phoenix School Earlyact Club and the Salem Rotary Club.  Major landscaping project in front of the Council on Aging Building.  Also, we will be having our weekly meeting there.

June 19th, Salem Rotary Golf Tournament at Wenham Country Club.

 See Juli or Mike for tee sponsorships and to sign up. 

June 23rd, 2006-07 Installation of Club Officers and Directors.  Clam Bake at  Winter Island. 6pm.

                          Please visit the calendar section of our web site

                                       for additional important dates.  

And now a few announcements....  

• Board of Directors monthly meeting Thursday, May 18, 2006, 7:30 a.m. at the Hawthorne Hotel.

• As per a vote by your Board of Directors, the meeting scheduled for July 4, 2006 will be canceled due to the Independence Day Holiday.

• Anyone who plans on attending the GSC team presentation at the PeabodyRotary Club, May 16th, should contact president Rich and he will contact the Peabody Rotary Club for you.
• The Swampscott Rotary Club will be holding their Second Annual Duct Tape Regatta to benefit Pure Water for the World.  Date of the event is June 24, 2006 at 1 p.m. at Fisherman Beach, Swampscott.  Anyone interested in entering a boat should contact Bruce Whear. 

    Please visit the calendar section of our web site for additional important dates.  

Program for April 16

Judy Michaud, R. N., (Gig's wife), speaking about medical emergencies

Menu for April 16

Chef’s Buffet

Menu for April 23

1-Turkey Picatta Style, Multi-grain Pilaf, Chef’s Vegetable

2-Chef’s Salad, Dressing on the Side

This week's stumper:

Name at least three former U.S. Presidents that were Rotarians. 

(Hint: One of them was from Massachusetts :)

  BONUS STUMPER: Double fines this week as we will start funding scholarhips for 2007.

  What developer of the quick freeze process for food was a member of the Rotary club of Gloucester, MA.

Answer to last week's stumper:

Following up on last week's stumper, so how did Google (the company) get its name?

Answer:  Although the founders of Google planned on spelling the name of company as "Googol" - one of the earliest investors wrote a $1 million check, and mis-spelled the name as "Google".  Rather than have him write a new check, they changed the name instead.

Happy Birthday to:   Ted Richard (14th) and John Walsh (14th): May 9th

                              Denise Flynn (19th) and Ken Steigler (19th): May 16th

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:  Frank Addonizio

Editors:  Jim Haskell and Juli Lederhaus

Photos: John Quinn (Jay Cue) and File.

Graphics and Photo Editing: Dana McIntyre

Members:  Bob Anthony, Malia Griffin, Tom Leonard, Mary Ann Lyons, Owen Meegan, Carl Wathne, Leah Weston

*Thank you, Malia Griffin, for taking the notes for the Spoke this week.