The clinic is put to work Mar 2, 2005
It still needs to be finished, but the walls are up, the rooms are partitioned and the roof is on. This allowed us to begin seeing patients.
Clinic Pictures Jan 27, 2005
The roof is ready to be poured.
From small beginnings, great thoughts grew:
Chicago's shorefront saw the opening day.
Two, three, a hundred, thousands knew
Their hopes for service as a theme would lead the way.
Love, work and service, said the sages, held the keys
To human progress, peace and happiness.
Soon, many more from lands across the seas
Joined to create the vast, wide effort we now bless.
Now, three small towns in Massachusetts fields
Contribute to this global service quest,
Believing each small act of kindness yields
Torrential good in places east and west.
In future years we'll build upon this base
To help our children, youth, adults and aging in the fray
Towards harmony, with knowledge, health and hope before each face.
Rotarians o'er the world, you lead the way!
Commissioned to commemorate the visit of Donna Jean Wayman, Rotary International District Governor, District 7930, to the Topsfield, Boxford and Middleton Rotary Club, Massachusetts, USA, on September 6, 2006.
President John brought the meeting to order and Joe Carroll provided blessing asking us all to think about the meaning of morality.
Visiting Rotarians and Guests:
Gary Sinclair took Jan's Club Secretary job for the day and introduced the visitors, Anders Neilson from Peabody and our speaker of the day Will Sargent.
Make Ups:
There were no makeup cards today.
If you missed today's meeting, you have until September 27 to complete a makeup.
Fines and Happy Dollars:
Happy dollars were collected by Sergeant at Arms Jeff Kruck and Jeff reminds us all that we have 2 weeks left to sign our New Members' books.
Peter McAllister is getting ready to outfit the high school teams with red mouth guards.
Joe Long was sad of his oldest and new middle schooler Courtney asking that he stays away from the bus stop in the morning, it's embarrassing. What's wrong with pick fuzzy slippers anyway?
Bob Courtlangus was happy to be here.
William Sargent happily donated.
Anders Neilson was happy to be visiting in Middleton.
Harry Martin had $4, two for sustaining membership and two more to double the effort. (18 did last year) "Give Early, Give Often"
Brad Swanson and Joe Carroll contributed happy dollars.
Oscar Padjen had a sad dollar for Northwestern which lost to UNH.
Linda Parker is happy for Chandler Noyes' up coming concert.
Denver Wallace will report back in two weeks regarding his grand daughter's horse show efforts.
Ira Singer had a sad dollar for a mercury scare.
Bob Murphy had a no comment sad dollar.
Joanne Travers was happy over the start of school and if anyone is interested in helping with the food and beverage for the road race please contact her.
Jan Sinclair was happy for Gary's assistance. A little laundry folding would be nice too Gary.
Gary Sinclair was happy for Jan walking him to the bus each and every day and making him lunch.
John Plate had a happy dollar for the roller skating Rotarian in the parking lot today.
Raffle:
No winner today as the Queen of Hearts (Barbara) remains hidden in the deck.
Announcements:
Bob Murphy asks for volunteers to act as road guards on race day.
Chandler Noyes is putting on an organ recital.
The BOD donated $250 to the Keith Kostner memorial fund.
The 27th running of the TBM Fall Foliage Classic race on October 15 is fast approaching and we sprinting to get things done. Sponsors are needed. Sign up forms and runner registrations will be ready shortly. Start thinking about who you can approach for sponsorship. This is one of our biggest fund raisers lets all make the day a great success! Gilly will be helping out this year saving the Club some much needed dollars.
Sponsors should make checks out to the TBM Foundation, which would be a tax deductible contribution.
The Rotary Club of Peabody would be having their Annual Golf Tournament at The Meadows on September 26--anyone interested should contact John.He then asked Todd Darling to announce our 2007 golf tournament date ---that will be on June 11, 2007. Please mark your calendars now!
Remember that we have an ongoing community project with the BoxTop Community Store. Club members are asked to donate items and the Club will get a portion of the proceeds for any goods that are sold. Please give items to Gretchen Marks or John Plate and they will take them to the store and apply to the TBM account.
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for a list of items that will be accepted.
Program:
Today's speaker was William Sargent who spoke about the weather. University Press of New England points out,"WILLIAM SARGENT is a consultant for the NOVA Science Series and has written seven books about science and the environment, including A Year in the Notch: Exploring the Natural History of the White Mountains (UPNE, 2001) and Storm Surge: A Coastal Village Battles the Rising Atlantic (1995). Formerly Director of the Baltimore Aquarium and a research assistant at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, he has taught at The Briarwood Center for Marine Biology and at Harvard University."
William specifically spoke about the potential for hurricanes and our vulnerability to these devastating storms. Massachusetts is statistically the highest likely candidate to receive one of these nasty storms and be flooded. Some are predicting that the increase in carbon dioxide levels has been the cause of increased hurricane activity. The Artic ice surface has been slowly loosing ground, contributing to higher tides.
Batten down the hatches!
Introduce a friend to TBM and ask them to come to a meeting. See you next week...
Upcoming Programs:
September 20: - President John Plate will review the upcoming agenda for his tenure in office.
September 27: - New member Bob Courtlangus will give his classification talk.
October 4: - Rotary Day at the Topsfield Fair.
October 11: - FFC Road Race preparations wrapup discussion.
