High Gear, April 11, 2012
Posted by Anwar Hossain
With
seasonable temperature in the low fifties at noontime, Rotarians made their
trek from the parking lot, one of the very few with a million dollar view of
the city, to our meeting place with the usual
friendly greetings to each other
on the way. The bell rang, we put our best voices forward for the Rotary Song,
followed by our respectful Pledge of Allegiance. Bill Saunders gave a
thoughtful invocation reminding us of our responsibility to
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friendly greetings to each other
on the way. The bell rang, we put our best voices forward for the Rotary Song,
followed by our respectful Pledge of Allegiance. Bill Saunders gave a
thoughtful invocation reminding us of our responsibility to
share
our bounty with others less fortunate and the importance of service above self.
By
now we should be sitting down to enjoy our lunch; not today. For some unexplained
reason there were enough of us who had not taken their seats causing the wait
staff to use their random method of serving rather than the usual orderly one.
Lunch consisted of salad, pasta with meatballs and red sauce followed by
blueberry shortcake with whip cream topping. I hope that is enough detail for
those who were not present.
Among
our guests were Mary Martin, yes our own former Rotarian and Don Chandler who
is relocating from St. Thomas to Connecticut, and has already placed many
Rotary Clubs in the State on his short list. We hope he makes the right
decision and joins us. Needless to say that Dan L. and Yvette with their usual
fervor and enthusiasm rocked the room with the Welcome Song.
George Finch reported a decent collection for a variety of reasons and occasions
including but not limited to the 59th wedding anniversary for
Spurgeon, O’Connor’s daughter’s appointment at Penn
State as a professor, Yvette’s picture in the paper (no reason was provided), Jay
winning raffle at Glastonbury Club (Glastonbury, don’t even think that Jay
will join you), no pins and early leavers. George provided me a written list,
which made me feel so much better about the legibility of my own handwriting. My
apologies to those not mentioned here not because I am trying to be judgmental.
I simply could not decipher the rest.
Raffle was won by none other than our 59th wedding
anniversary person. Yes, I mean Spurgeon.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
1. Sue K. provided some details about the literacy aspect
of the Duck Race.
2. George S. needs volunteers for “Field of Flags” project organized by
South Congregational Church.
3. Dan L. reminded about the 97th Annual
Chamber of Commerce Award meeting tomorrow at 5:00 p.m. at Goodwin College. Our
Mayor, Yvette and Heather are being honored.
4. Bob B. reminded us that today was the last day for
sign-up for the Paul Harris Dinner. There will be no noon-time meeting on
4/25/2012.
5. Yvette provided details of how businesses can get
their own $50 duck and help the cause.
6. Canoe and kayak race will take place on May 6, 2012.
7. CIBA Shelter event will take place on May 25, 2012.
CLUB ASSEMBLY:
No speaker today so President Peter decided to hold
club assembly. First topic of discussion was Senior Citizen’s Prom, which is
losing attendance gradually for the last three or four years and how to
resuccitate that event. Many ideas were presented. The second topic of
discussion was about the application of Four-Way-Test in many situations and
may walks of our life which led to some interesting story sharing and
anecdotes.
MAKEUP FOR DUCK RACE W&M MEETING:
Agnelli, Amberg, Bradbury, Buettner, Finch, Harris,
Jacoby, Klock P., Klock S., Labelle, Larson,
O’Connor S., O’Connor J., Roming, Saunders, Schoen, Sullivan, Wicz,
Wood
The meeting ended with one verse of My Country……