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The Tri-Town RotaNews - June 7, 2006
It is with saddness that we learned that our dear friend and fellow Rotarian, David Twitchell, passed away Thursday night, June 8, 2006.
Services will be held at Pine Grove Cemetary in Topsfield, at 2 pm on Tuesday, June 13, 2006.
At 3 pm there will be a "Celebration of Life" Service in Coolidge Hall at the Topsfield Fairgrounds in memory of David, followed by a collation (with light refreshments).
President Peter brought meeting to order and Joe Carroll provided the blessing reflecting on the good things we do as Rotarians.
Visiting Rotarians and Guests:
Visitors today were Rachael Williams from Ipswich, Ron Kozlowski from the newly chartered Topsham, Maine Club and Chiaki Yamada, Ambassadorial Scholar from Japan.
Make Ups:
There were no Make-Up cards today.
If you missed today's meeting, you have until June 21 to complete a makeup.
Fines and Happy Dollars:
Happy dollars were collected from the group.
- Bob Luscinski had happy dollars for the Route 62 and 114 lights.
- Peter McAllister was happy to announce the graduation of his daughter from Masco and her traveling to UNH in the fall for further education.
- Harry Martin had $2 for the mystery Rotarian. How many hints do you need for crying out loud!!
- Bob Murphy had happy dollar from Linda Parker who exited stage left.
- Bob also contributed 2 sad dollars for the Bostic absence at the golf tourney.
- Ron Kozlowski threw in a happy dollar for being part of Maine's newest club.
- Joanne Travers was happy over the family's acquisition of a new puppy.
- Joe Long was happy for his son who pitched the other night.
- John Plate gave a sad dollar as the sky is falling.
- Eden Hutt gave a buck.
- Jim Fitzgerald gave some cash to send Gary Sinclair to Texas.
- Oscar Padjen made a contribution.
- Once again, Joe Carroll was just plain happy.
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Bob Luscinski had both his numbers drawn but turned up the wrong cards.
Peter remains in the deck.
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Announcements:
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Golf Tourney June 12th.
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| Harry Martin posted a Rotarical question.
Who is that guy? The member, who should know, doesn't and will be fined accordingly and incrementally as time marches on. President Peter put it this way "The longer you wait my Rotarian friend the more you owe Spencer"...stay tuned.
The tree at the right carries his name.
He was a personal friend of Paul Harris who might have called him Sir.
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- Todd Darling reminds all that the 8th annual golf tournament is approaching. June 12th we will be teeing off at the Ipswich Country Club. 83 golfers to date are poised to enjoy a great day on the course. Lunch for Rotarians is $20. Let's have a great showing.
- The Ipswich Club is hosting their 4th annual road race at Appleton Farms. The date is June 24th 2006. Interested in finding out more, here's the link. http://www.ipswichrotary5k.com/
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Don't forget - June 12 is our GOLF TOURNAMENT - DON'T WAIT TO ASK FOR GOLFERS AND SPONSORS!!
- This lady was a contemporary of our mystery Rotarian.
- Click the picture for a larger version.
- Extra points (the points don't really matter) if you can tell what it is a picture of.
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Our mystery Rotarian wrote:
"I have been a pretty constant visitor to the White House for twenty years. I have met
all the Presidents during that period and have had unique opportunities for forming first- hand
impressions of the illustrious American statesmen who have ruled the destinies of the States from
Theodore Roosevelt down to the present occupant of the presidential chair. With more than one
of these remarkable men I am proud to say I have been on terms of friendship.
Mystery Rotarian and Golf:
- He was hired as a caddy at the Musselburgh Golf Course, a job he enjoyed very much.
- He had taken tea or played golf with Presidents Wilson, Roosevelt, Taft, Harding and Coolidge.
- A golf course carries his name.
Subject - Golf
Program:
Chiaki Yamada spoke to the Club today about life in Japan. Did you know Japan is approximately the size of Montana yet supports over 127 million people? She is studying infrastructure management and policy at the Kennedy School, Harvard University. Chiaki is on of Rotary's Ambassadorial Scholars.
Chiaki told us about traditional Japanese foods and also popular dishes that have Western influence. She gave travel tips for those planning to visit her country. Watch out for automatic taxi doors, no tipping, pour your friends drink and they pour yours.
Chiaki told of one of her first culture shock experiences from watching Pat Sajac on Wheel of Fortune. A guest showed outward displays of affection for his family. This is something she had never experienced before as traditionally in Japan no such displays are given. If anything they talk down their own family in praise to others.
Did you know Montana is the USA's forth largest state?
The Tri-Town RotaNews - May 31, 2006
President Peter McAllister brought the meeting to order and Joe Carroll provided the blessing.
Visiting Rotarians and Guests:
Visitors today included Jennifer Osmani, the manager of the new branch of the Salem Five Bank that’s being built in Middleton, Lois McGinnis from the North Andover Club, and our speaker, JoAnn Cohen, a P.R. Associate with the Better Business Bureau.
Fines and Happy Dollars:
- Derek Scialdone gave sad dollars because he had to leave the program early.
- Bob Was was questioning Jeff Kruck's conservation policy because Jeff's water sprinkler system was running throughout the flooding this month.
- Denver Wallace is mighty proud of his grandson and his team who came in first place in a soccer tournament.
- Ira Singer sadly announced that Dave Twitchell is now at the Hospice of the North Shore - Ira said that Dave would like visitors so please stop by.
- Bernie Creeden said that he got in a traffic jam after a Red Sox game but unfortunately had to spend the time with Bob Murphy.
- Gary Sinclair gave sad dollars because he misses his wife who is in Texas.
Raffle:
Both Lois McGinnis and Todd Darling drew cards & Todd came out the winner of the $81.50 jackpot. Congratulations! Then, Todd donated the full amount back to the golf tournament - thank you, Todd!!
Program:
Bob Was introduced our speaker, JoAnn Cohen, a P.R. Associate with the Better Business Bureau which is located in Natick, MA. JoAnn stated that the BBB has a data base of 90,000 companies, 7,000 of which are members. The BBB does research the complaints it receives on companies; 5% of the complaints received do get deleted. The most common complaints are billing issues and also home repair. Mostly, the customer just wants an apology from the company.
The BBB's audience consist of a wide range of ages and demographics. The BBB is funded solely on membership dues and the benefit of being a BBB member consists of using the BBB Logo and gaining more confidence with the American public.
JoAnn briefly spoke about identity theft and that just 10% nowadays originates online; also different now, Senior citizens are among the smallest groups victimized by identity theft.
Ask a friend to come to lunch next week. See you next week...
Upcoming Programs:
June 14: - TBM member Joe Long will speak about reverse mortgages.
June 21: - Reneé Merritt will speak about stroke prevention.
June 28: - Installation of TBM officers for 2006-2007
July 12: - Our speaker will be Lakshmi Sirois . The topic will be the genocide in Darfur.
Calendar:
Golf Tourney June 12th.
Webmaster's Notes:
- Click here to view a window into the RI website, showing the listing of the 100% PHF clubs.
- Who is the "mystery man"?
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