Rotary Club
of East Hartford
                 

Volume 72 | Issue35, February 27, 2019

 

Today was the type of cloudy and cold day that one expects in February. For us non-snowbirds spring cannot come soon enough. Today was a special day. We were celebrating the 91st Birthday of the Rotary Club of East Hartford. Twenty-nine of us including guest spouses Chickie, Janice, Jacqueline and Peggy sang our Rotary Song and recited  the Pledge-of-Allegiance.  The theme of Dave Amberg’s invocation was thinking of spring thoughts, remembering our club goals and making the world a better place through our involvement in Rotary.

Happy Birthday, Eat Cake!

Lunch was meatloaf, mashed potatoes, bread and salad. Bill Saunders planned for us to enjoy a nicely decorated Birthday Cake. Steve Jacoby moderated the birthday ceremony by recognizing three honorees from our club – Frank Collins who had served as the V.P. of Rotary International, Art Bradbury for being a member the longest, and Susan Klock for serving as the District Governor.  He then made us laugh out loud three times remembering “purpose”, “promise” and “praise” in our lives.

Announcements

Announcements:

1.    President Kevin has received thank you letters from Goodwin College, Koats-for-Kids and Nick Cecere’s significant other Lucy for our support.

2.    Larry Hangland and Art Bradbury had their pictures in the Gazette.

3.    The Paul Harris Dinner will be held at the Gallery on March 20, 2019, and the Installation Dinner will be held at the same location on June 26, 2019.

4.    A social event will be held on April 27, 2019, at Bill Saunders’ Club House. Stay tuned for more details.

5.    Hope will provide more information about the Mystery Ride in March.

6.    Our President Elect Bob Buettner will be attending the PETS Conference next week.

7.    Ned Lynch provided a flyer with more information about the Yard Goats event.

8.    College and Career Fair will take place at East Hartford High on May 23. Our club will have a presence there.

9.    East Hartford Police has approved our annual Raffle.

 

Jack Sayre delivered his last Sargent-at-Arms report for the month. Dan Russell, Dave and Chickie Amberg and Bill Saunders paid for club and personal birthdays, Larry paid for “just in case”, Kevin for his granddaughter. Neal and Ned paid for their favorite sports teams. Sue and Peter paid for ?????

 

The Raffle this week did not have the same excitement as last week. Last week’s winner, Bob Wood, picked Ceil’s lucky number 163, and the Flower Raffle winner was Alex.

 

Mandarin Chinese Taught at EHHS

Jairo introduced our guest speaker, Huihui Yang and her husband Andrew. Mrs. Yang is an exchange teacher from China working at East Hartford High teaching Mandarin as well as introducing students and staff to Chinese culture, food and holidays. She teaches English to Chinese students in China. She shared her wonderful experience in this country.

 

Signing off, your scribe for the month – Anwar Hossain

Publisher's Note: 

Flock of White Pelicans with Sand Hill Crane guards visited the lake this morning in Cape Coral.  Forced me out of the hot tub to take a picture. Life is good. Doug

 

 

 

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