Minutes of the 2/3/2016 Meeting
Editor: Alice Vigiletti
Guests:
Gus Palo, Superintendent
Keith Festa, Fredon Township and police officer, Port Authority, NY
Jerry Murphy, Marines
Alden Welch & E.T. Holland having served Rotary with a total of 112 years between them.
Dr. John Connally, SCCC President, & Inductee
Fletch’s wife, Catherine
Tina Figerali, Director of Birth Haven
SUNSHINE:
The joke?? Is not worth repeating. We need some humor from ALL members.
Announcements:
Newton Rotary had an excellent turn out this week at our new home base, The Spring Street Pub and Grill in Newton. Food, service, smiles, ambiance was all great!
Laura Camp gave a lovely prayer and we all sang God Bless America.
Jerry thanked Charles for standing in for him and for being very proactive and enthusiastic in the club interests.
Chili Open was a success.
Volley Ball coming up on March 18th. We need the signups handed in. Games start at 6PM.
Pancake Breakfast- John needs help sending out emails to prior placemat ads. Barbara is heading up the Bake Sale.
Rotary Longevity Pins were awarded to:
Dewey Budd for 60 years
Sylvester Fletcher for 40 years
Carl Luthman for 20 years
John Cuozzo for 10 years
John Roberts for 5 years
Dan Leary for 5 years.
Rotary District 7470 conference is coming up on April 21st thru the 24th at Crystal Springs. Details were distributed. Come for all or some of the events. We are looking for foursomes for golf. How convenient-this is practically in our back yard!
Three members were inducted. Steve Wescott delivered a most eloquent induction and Jerry recited the four way test.
- Dr. John Connally, President of Sussex County Community College sponsored by Barbara Wortmann
- Jim Ferguson, Community Relations in Newton Memorial Hospital, sponsored by Jerry Nechamkin and introduced by Megan Sandow.
- Jerry Murphy is the present Newton Town Manager and he was a Marine; sponsored by Carl Lazzaro.
PROGRAM:
Speaker was Arthur Strock who wrote the book “Live By Your Dreams”. While he has a PHD, he says he’s not “one of THOSE guys”…lol, and a member of the Foundation for the study of Dreams. He enlightened us on dream interpretation. Dreams are non-ending, only a continuation from when you are awake to when you are sleeping. Dream themes that are people based, building cars, etc., are all symbols. Music has a message when you wake up with a song.
Happy Dollars $ generously given by:
- John Iliff, his daughter doing well in wrestling tournament.
- Helen Moch, daughter has new job working for Disney.
- Tom- Happy Groundhog is predicting an early spring and the upcoming Springfest.
- Barbara happy for new meeting location and for Dr. Connolly’s induction to Rotary today.
- Matt, sorry he missed Chili Open. His wife tripped on kids toys and broke her foot and he forgot to pay the parking meter. Hoping Carl will pay his fine if he gets a ticket.
- Mark Hontz and several others.
- Jerry is happy to be back for the meeting, and happy he’s going back to Florida.
50/50:
Won today by Dotty Budd. Pot still grows.
**In error, 2 items were left from the 2/3/16 Bulletin announcements.
The club presented Dr. Pamela Alberto from Cheerful Heart Mission with funds to build a Latrine in Haiti. The funds were the proceeds from our fundraiser “Trash to Treasures”.
The Club presented our wonderful waitresses that have served us for many years at the Lafayette House with a special gift thanking them for taking such great care of us.
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Registrars
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Greeter
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February 3, 2016
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Jerry Hanifan & Michael Hanifan
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Matt Hannum
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February 10, 2016
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Mark Hontz & Bill Kehoe
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Carl Lazzaro
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February 17, 2016
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Pam Lazzaro & Dan Leary
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Carl Luthman
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February 24, 2016
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Linda McConville & Steve McNally
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Helen Moch
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