Our weekly meeting on 10.12.16 at Spring Street Grill started by Charles G. opening with pledge, prayer by Bud Luthman and a great rendition of This Land is Your Land. He welcomed our visitor Joe Inglima.
5th Wedding Anniversary celebrated by Helen and Steve Wescott. Congrats!
Happy $$'s
- Carl Lazzaro for good time on Dancing with the Stars - he in spirit won!
- Jim Taylor for Judy Wilson - picture and article about her collecting and rescuing Monarch Butterflies.
Our guest speaker, Christy Mahon- runs Dream Vacations Travel Agency from Branchville, NJ. She took us on a visual tour of great vacation spots here and around the world. For instance in the New York area many cruise lines depart to Trans Atlantic Adventures.
More Happy $$'s
- Laura Camp enjoyed the bus trip to Vocational Assembly to honor Denise Current.
- Jan Pasculli happy Mr. King, speaker at Vocational Assembly, was excellent. He suggested we should help each other be a better person or business.
- Mark Hontz happy his daughter was elected President of the Freshman Class.
- Denise Current is happy for the support she got to get where she got! Thank you!
- Bud Luthman of Class of 1961 is happy he was in the last class not to be tainted by John Frank...he was fined!
- Helen Wescott happy that Fred and Ann Seplow, previous customers of hers, gave happy $$'s to our club thanking us for the ad in the Newton Pride Foundation Program.
- Buzz Tomasino joined a club of other people who survived a cardiac problem.
Announcements:
Charles noted that a list of 20 Reasons to join Rotary is listed on our Website. Here is a brief list of them.
- Friendship
- Business Development
- Personal Growth and Development
- Leadership Development
- Citizenship in the Community
- Continuing Education
- Fun!
- Public Speaking Skills
- Citizenship in the World
- Assistance when Traveling
- Entertainment
- The Development of Social Skills
- Family Programs
- Vocational Skills
- The Development of Ethics
- Cultural Awareness
- Prestige
- Nice People
- The Absence of "Official Creed"
- The Opportunity to Serve
Charles presented Denise Current a Paul Harris Fellow pin # 3! Congratulations!
Laura Camp noted an unhappy $, she attended the viewing for Chris Moran, long time server at the Lafayette House. His brother, sister and mother all mentioned independently to her how he had enjoyed serving our club.
50/50 won by Chris who left $41.00 in the pot for next time.
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Registrars
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Greeter
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October 5, 2016
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Jim Taylor & Alice Vigiletti
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Heidi Weber
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October 12, 2016
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Helen Wescott & Steve Wescott
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Chris Wilson
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October 19, 2016
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Chris Wolverton & Barbara Wortmann
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Terence Wynne
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October 26, 2016
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Bill Zinky & David Adamsbaum
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Dean Boyd
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