President Carl Lynde welcomed all to the July 30th meeting of the Brattleboro Rotary Club held via ZOOM. <ED NOTE: 26 Rotarians attended.> President Carl Lynde offered the following motivational statement from an interview with the late Rep. John Lewis in New York Magazine on June 8, 2020:
“We must never ever give up or give in or throw in the towel. We must continue to press on! And be prepared to do what we can to help educate people, to motivate people, to inspire people to stay engaged, to stay involved, and to not lose their sense of hope. We must continue to say we’re one people. We’re one family. We all live in the same house. Not just an American house but the world house. As Dr. King said over and over again, 'We must learn to live together as brothers and sisters. If not, we will perish as fools.'”
<ED NOTE: Weekly assignments for the invocation or motivational thought can be found on the club website. The following would be the next people on the list: Phil George (8/6), Milt Gilmore (8/13), Steve Gordon (8/20), and Jim Haine (8/27).>
Where was the first rope tow ski lift in the United States installed?
(Answer below)
JOKE OF THE WEEK
For the joke of the week, Rob Szpila told the following:
Where are kids most likely to catch the virus at school? The cough-ateria
My kids only get sick on school days – it’s like they have a weekend immune system
Did you hear about the crow that got sick, he got CORVID 19
Why don’t ants get sick – because they have little antibodies
What do you do with a sick chemist – first you try helium, then you try curium, and then you barium
I’m not afraid of getting the virus – I wash my hands religiously – every Sunday
What do you call a sick train – achoo achoo train
The stimulus package isn’t looking good – it’s a more than a bad joke – it’s a stimu-LIE
Research shows that bad jokes increase your risk of getting sick – because they make you touch your face (facepalm)
I’m sick of making jokes about coronavirus – I just want to stay positive
At our August 6th meeting, Jerry Theberge will tell a joke or lead us in song and Bill Vermouth will offer a Rotary Minute. 2020-21 weekly assignments are posted on the club website.
ROTARY MINUTE
There was no Rotary Minute ;-(
At our August 6th meeting, Jerry Theberge will tell a joke or lead us in song and Bill Vermouth will offer a Rotary Minute. 2020-21 weekly assignments are posted on the club website.
UPCOMING PROGRAMS
08/06 – Steffen Gillom, branch president, Windham County NAACP
08/13 – TBA
08/20 – Stephanie Greene, “Brattleboro, A Print Town”
NOTE: 2020-21 weekly assignments, are posted on the club website.
REMINDERS
Please bring your bottles and cans to Putney Road redemption center to benefit Pure Water for the World. Please remember to inform the staff that the bottles and cans should be credited to the club.
This is the 5th newsletter of the 2020-2021 club year.
There has only been 1brag so far
FINES
NONE ;-(
ANNOUNCEMENTS
The following club members were recognized for their years of service: George Anthes (8) and Jerry Theberge (28).
The district golf tournament will take place on August 21. For more info, contact Carl Lynde.
If you would like to be a sponsor of the club’s website, contact Marty Cohn. <ED NOTE: The list of sponsors for 2020-21 is The Richards Group, BMAC, Berkley & Veller Greenwood Country Realtors, and Brattleboro Memorial Hospital.>
BRAGS / HAPPY DOLLARS
<ED NOTE: Yes, we are keeping track of these happy dollars and brags.
Unless noted, happy dollars and brags are $1>
Roger Allbee ($5) - for Marty Cohn’s efforts in raising enough money to convert a truck of excess milk into dairy products for the NH Foodbank.
Jim Haine ($20) – for his daughter’s job promotion and for her being named in a national magazine.
Bill McKim ($10) – for helping to meet the brag budget for the club.
Tom French ($5) - for his granddaughter preparing for the Olympics.
Tami Purcell - for her nephew and his wife moving to the east coast to work in a medical clinic.
PROGRAM
Tami Purcell introduced Bill Benneyan, executive director and general manager, Hermitage Members Club who gave us an update on the plans to open skiing at the Hermitage Members Club.
<ED NOTE: On BCTV you can now watch the club’s new show, “Brattleboro Rotary Club Speaker Series” by clicking here.>
Rotary Cares - TV Show
Rotary Cares, Episode 27 – Passing the Gavel
In episode 27 of the award-winning, monthly show, Rotary Cares, Brattleboro Rotary Club past president Marty Cohn discusses “passing the gavel”, a time when a club president steps down. Our guests are Brattleboro Rotary Club Past President Sandy Rouse and Brattleboro Sunrise Club Past President Kevin Yager. The show is produced by Brattleboro Community Television.
Past President Martin Cohn who attempts to give a gist of the meeting respectfully submitted this bulletin. However, it is always better to attend. If you have any complaints about the contents of this bulletin...
ANSWER TO TRIVIA QUESTION
Suicide Six is the name of a ski resort in South Pomfret, Vermont. Its claim to historical fame as the earliest ski resort derives from the installation, in January 1934, of an improvised rope tow, the first ski lift (uphill conveyance) in the United States on a hill located on Clinton Gilbert's farm. The rope tow was originally powered with a Ford Model T engine. By the following month, Wallace "Bunny" Bertram (a former ski coach at Dartmouth College who had helped build the original rope lift) took over the operation and installed a more reliable electric motor. A few years later he moved his operation to a steeper hill nearby, shown on the map as "Hill 6". Bertram once joked that to ski down the nearby Hill No. 6 would be suicide. Two years later the resort was opened using this name and photos of Bertram can be seen in the resort museum in the base lodge. Devotees of ski mountaineering and backcountry skiing mark this as the beginning of the divergence of resort skiing and traditional backcountry skiing.
