The meeting was called to order by President Bill Kehoe at 12:30 p.m. Carl led us in prayer, and Steve led us in a nice rendition of “America the Beautiful.” We were good!!!!
There were no guests at this week’s meeting.
Happy Dollars:
John Roberts was (1) happy to see Pam back at our meeting (2) happy that the golf outing was a great success, and (3) happy for the great job done by those who worked at the fair booth.
Pam was happy to be back and thanked everyone for cards and well wishes.
Carl was also happy to have Pam back!
Bob Shankman was happy to have been selected as part of a Nielsen rating survey on radio stations.
Frank was thankful to have been saved from with wrath of Florence (with assistance from Bud!). The storm went 35 miles north of his house and although there is a great deal of flooding in the area, his neighborhood is in good shape.
Buzz was happy for the Sussex County Miners championship
Charles was thankful (1) for Steve leading us in song today, and (2) for the golf outing that was a huge success with over 100 golfers. Mark Avondoglio was the honoree and George Morville spoke eloquently on his behalf.
President Bill presented a 35-year service pin to Frank Eberhardt.
Upcoming Events:
September 20, 2018: County-wide Rotary social event at Angry Erik’s in Hampton from 5 – 8 p.m.
September 23, 2018: District wide Gift of Life Dinner
September 30, 2018: Walkathon for Camp Nejada
October 20, 2018: District wide Polio Plus dinner honoring the late Karien Ziegler at Mayfair Farms
A question was asked about the Boat Race Fund Raiser that had been proposed for September 23, 2018. Charles reported that there was not enough interest shown by Newton Rotarians and so it has been cancelled for this year.
Carolyn introduced the guest speaker: Tony Khoury of the “Forever Friends Motorcycle Awareness” group. Tony’s son, Mark, was killed in a motorcycle accident in 2010, and his best friend Jeremy Ramirez was killed less than 8 weeks later. She provided us with the motorcycle awareness education program that she is presenting in local high schools and showed us some of the materials and videos they have prepared to show and distribute to students.
Camp Merry Heart is planning a "cleanup day" for next Saturday, September 29th from 9:00 to 1:00. They are looking for Rotarians to do general landscape cleanup around the cabins they sponsor, as well as some general areas of the camp, and do any minor repairs on their cabins that are needed.
50/50: The winner of this week’s $5.00 was Buzz Tomasino, but he left the $89.00 pot for another week.
President Bill adjourned the meeting at 1:20 p.m.
Barbara Miller
