Members of the Salem Chamber of Commerce were guests.
FINES AND RECOGNITIONS
ANNOUNCEMENTS AND CLUB BUSINESS
James and Julian from The Phoenix School EarlyAct Club collected money for the "Change for Change" program. The money will be donated to the North Shore Moving Market to help families in need.
There will be a fellowship event at Flatbreads Pizza on February 20th from 6-8pm. The cost is $33.00 which includes pizza, bowling, and shoe rental.
The Polar Plunge will be on February 29th. Mike announced that Claire Kallelis joined himself, Kristen Armstrong, and Matt Ingram as plungers this year. Please be sure to contribute. There is a 2-1 match through the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. $2,500.00 has be raised so far.
We are still looking for volunteers or donations for our next Lifebridge dinner on March 4th.
The auction is on Friday, March 27th. Please donate and bring guests.
The Salem Chamber of Commerce awards dinner will be held on April 27th.
Please remember to "Like" us and follow Salem, MA Rotary Club on Facebook!!
BIRTHDAYS
Happy birthday to our January birthdays!
Robert Barnard - January 1st
John Hall - January 3rd
Liz Bradt - January 14th
Leslie Levesque - January 19th
Kara McLaughlin - January 20th
SPEAKER OF THE WEEK
House Representative Paul Tucker is the House Chair of the Joint Committee on Marijuana Policy.
In addition, Paul sits on the Joint Committee on Education, Judiciary, Public Safety and Homeland Security, and on the Ways and Means Committee.
Some of Paul's success stories are:
Working to shift criminal justice reform away from punishment and redirect it toward rehabilitation. Tucker was instrumental for the implementation of more programs based on rehabilitation of law enforcement as well. He had a strong part in the education of law enforcement personal and recognizing addiction as being the root of a lot of crimes. "Education, Enforcement & Treatment" - Working to better educate our law enforcement members in accurately treating people for the addiction, and to hopefully help them avoid entering the system. Tucker recommended North Shore Medical Center for its outstanding rehab programs. Rep. Tucker and Senator Lovely were active participants on the task team for "Adolescent & Emerging Youth 18-24," an educational program to keep youths from entering system.
Student Opportunity Act 1993 - Tucker believes the existing law does not provide enough funding for the K-12 students. His committee is working on readjusting the budget to allow more funding for the transportation of Special Education needs students, and reduce healthcare costs. He supports increasing funding to provide more English speaking interpreters.
Transportation - Currently addressing the consistency of toll collections, how to address current transportation issues regarding overcrowded trains, manage consistent maintenance (as a new train would take up to 8 years to be ready for service), and employee expectations, as well as future transportation.
Nicky’s Law - Registry of people with developmental abilities need to be registered to provide due process.
The following issues are the main issues Paul Tucker is focusing on:
Safe community policing
Family Mobility Act
ROWE Reproductive Act
Rollback of 2% real estate fee
$1.00 per ride additional fee for Lyft drivers
3% gas tax rollback
Increase the voter registration
NEXT WEEK'S SPEAKER
February 4th - Ryan Guilmartin classification speech
February 11th - Board meeting and Committees
February 18th - Scott Hultman classification speech
February 25th - Nicole McLaughlin classification speech
Please email all announcements to be added to The Spoke to SalemRotaryClub@yahoo.com by noon on Wednesday. Also, feel free to contact any of the committee members listed below.
Committee Chairperson and Editor: Dave Wescott
Committee Members: Gerrit Bradley,Scott Grover, Rick Jakious, and Patty Pace
