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President Carl Lynde welcomed all to the August 20th meeting of the Brattleboro Rotary Club held via ZOOM. <ED NOTE: 29 Rotarians attended.> Gina Pattison offered the following inspirational thought:
 
When this is over,
may we never again
take for granted
A handshake with a stranger
Full shelves at the store
Conversations with neighbors
A crowded theatre
Friday night out
The taste of communion
A routine checkup
The school rush each morning
Coffee with a friend
The stadium roaring
Each deep breath
A boring Tuesday
Life itself.
 
When this ends,
may we find
that we have become
more like the people
we wanted to be
we were called to be
we hoped to be
and may we stay
that way--better
for each other
because of the worst.
- Laura Kelley Fanucci
 
 
<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: Jim Haine (8/27), Liz Harrison (9/3), Chris Hart (9/10), Sophia Howlett (9/17).>
 
This was followed by the pledge of allegiance.  
 
GUESTS: Barbara Gentry, Linda Bedard, Barbara Gilmore, Judy Miller, and Stephanie Green (speaker)
 

TRIVIA QUESTION

When did Brattleboro Union High School open for the first time at its present location?
(Answer below)
 
JOKE OF THE WEEK
 
 
For the joke of the week, Bill Vermouth told the following:
  1. I've often heard that "icy" is the easiest word to spell. Looking at it now, I see why.
  2. A grasshopper walks into a bar and the bartender says, 'Hey, we have a drink named after you!' The grasshopper looks surprised and says, 'You have a drink named Steve?
  3. What’s the difference between a hippo and a Zippo? One is really heavy. The other is a little lighter.
 
At our August 27th meeting, George Weir will tell a joke or lead us in song and Greg Worden will offer a Rotary Minute.  2020-21 weekly assignments are posted on the club website.
 
ROTARY MINUTE
 
For the Rotary Minute, Mara Williams sharing the new video on the need to support the Rotary Foundation. To see the video, click here.
 
At our August 27th meeting, George Weir will tell a joke or lead us in song and Greg Worden will offer a Rotary Minute.  2020-21 weekly assignments are posted on the club website.
 
 
UPCOMING PROGRAMS
 
  • 08/27 - Andrew Skarzynski, Windham Southeast Supervisory Union
  • 09/03 – Elizabeth Weaver, Wildlife Conservation Trust
  • 09/10 – Club Assembly
  • 09/17 - TBA
  • 09/24 – 45th Annual Golf Tournament @ Brattleboro Country Club
 
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.
  • “Like” the club’s Facebook page.
                                                          
This is the 8th newsletter of the 2020-2021 club year. 
There has only been 1 brag so far????????
 

FINES

NONE ;-(

ANNOUNCEMENTS

  1. The district golf tournament will take place on August 21. For more info, contact Carl Lynde.
  2. The rebuilding of the cathedral at Living Memorial Park will take place on September 19. For more info, contact Carl Lynde. <ED NOTE: September 19 is the first day of Rosh Hashanah> Carl.Lynde@td.com   
  3. Source to Sea cleanup will take place on 9/26. For more info, contact George Weir.
  4. The Rotary District 7870 / 7850 Dairy Project has raised over $30,000 and will now begin buying dairy projects to benefit the NH Foodbank. The project is now beginning to raise money for the VT Foodbank. For more info, contact Marty Cohn.
BRAGS / HAPPY DOLLARS
<ED NOTE: Yes, we are keeping track of these happy dollars and brags.
Unless noted, happy dollars and brags are $1>
  1. Bill Vermouth  - for Carla Lineback fulfilling his Rotary Minute assignment last week
    Bill Vermouth – for hiking the Appalachian Trail in RangeleyMaine.
    Cyndi Ferrante ($5) – for moving into her new home on Upper Dummerston Road.
    Mara Williams – for always having a gin & tonic for her guests.
    Bill Bedard – for his grandson Luke starting classes at Plymouth State
    Carla Lineback – for her mother’s essay being published in this week’s Commons with a photo of her daughter.
    Rob Szpila – for his daughter Lucy starting classes at Clark University.
    Bill McKim ($15) – for his recent concert in his backyard.
    Bill McKim ($15) – for his recent church recital.
    George Weir – for his son in law Luke’s recent band concert in a drive-in.
    Marty Cohn – for Brattleboro being featured on NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt on an innovative state program uses federal CARES Act funding to pay local restaurants to feed Vermont residents in need, helping farmers, too.
    Marty Cohn – for Rotary International approving the global grant to support Whiteclay Makerspace that will provide jobs and resources to Pine Ridge Indian Reservation artists. <ED NOTE: Brattleboro Rotary Club began exploring this project nine years ago.>
    Mara Williams ($10) – for Marty Cohn’s leadership on the club’s Pine Ridge Indian Reservation project.
    Mara Williams ($10) – for all the clubs that helped the Whiteclay Makerspace global grant.
                            
     
    Message from Rhonda Calhoun, Club Treasurer
     
    The following are the unpaid brag / happy dollar commitments for the last fiscal year. Please send your checks made payable to the Brattleboro Rotary Club to Brattleboro Rotary Club, PO Box 336, Brattleboro, VT 05302-0336.
     
    Allbee - $12                   George - $5                    Rouse - $13                               
    Ambler - $4                    Haine - $2                      Rucker - $4       
    Anthes - $3                     Hart - $13                      Saavedra - $5     
    Brodhurst - $38               Mabie - $2                     Steckler - $11
    Donahue - $15                Mendelsund - $3             Szpila - $8         
    Everett - $13                   Miller - $3                      Theberge - $2          
    Gentile - $21                  Purcell - $10                   Vermouth - $6
                                                                            Worden - $7      
 
PROGRAM
 
               
 
Sandy Rouse presented Stephanie Greene who gave us a presentation on “Brattleboro, A Print Town."
"For well over 100 years, Brattleboro was nationally recognized as a “print town.”  This storied past is being retold by twelve local authors who are writing a compelling history with interesting sidebars, graphics, and photos that will bring to light more than two centuries of Brattleboro’s historic printing and publishing past." To learn more, click here
 
<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.
 
To watch the show, click here.
 
To listen to the podcast, click here.
 

DISCLAIMER

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

 
 
Harness racing at the Fairgrounds. PHOTO PROVIDED BY BRATTLEBORO HISTORICAL SOCIETY
 
The school officially opened for the 1951 school year. For more info, click here.
 
 
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