WELCOME

President Bill Vermouth welcomed all to the February 7^rd meeting of the Brattleboro Rotary Club held at the American Legion in Brattleboro. Members who participated at the last night’s Seasonal Overflow Shelter project welcomed members and guests to the meeting <ED NOTE: Kudos for unison, not so with volume and enthusiasm>. Dave Twombley offered a meaningful invocation in which he asked for prayers to comfort the families of Dart Everett and Tom Johnson.

This was followed by the pledge of allegiance. Birthday greetings were extended to Ron Stahley.

As a luncheon of grilled chicken, chicken stew, vegetable lasagna, salad, rolls and chocolate chip cookies for dessert was being digested, the meeting continued.

GUESTS: Visiting Rotarian Val Stuart (Sunrise) and Bob Stevens (speaker)

JOKE

For the joke of the week, Fred Moriarty sang:

<ED NOTE: For explanation of this “joke” click here.

ROTARY MINUTE

For the Rotary Minute, Stan Nowakowski talked about how club members quickly respond to volunteer requests.

At our February 14^th meeting, Jeff Morse will tell a joke or lead us in song and Gina Pattison will offer a Rotary Minute.

NOTE: 2018-19 weekly assignments are posted on club website.

UPCOMING PROGRAMS

02/14 – Cara Meinke, Cara Wolff Jewelry
02/21 – Club Assembly
02/28 – TBD
03/07 – Rob Szpila, Students traveling to South Dakota
03/14 – TBD
04/04 – Vermont Attorney General Thomas J. Donovan

NOTE: 2018-19 weekly assignments are posted on club website.

REMINDERS

Bottles and cans can be brought 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.
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ANNOUNCEMENTS

The club received a thank you note from a Vernon Green resident for her Christmas gift.
If you can help “Sugar on Snow” project, contact Milt Gilmore.
Student Rotarians from Hinsdale, Career Center, and Leland & Gray gave their monthly reports.

FINES

President Bill was fined for forgetting to call on the Student Rotarians to give their reports.

BRAGS

Tom French – for his granddaughter Olivia continued Rugby success.
George Anthes – for the second place finish of the Under 10 Brattleboro Hockey Association team.
Dave Twombly – for Tom French’s granddaughter Olivia.
Dave Twombly – for Ana Saavedra and Cathy Coonan helping him retrieve his coat from Al Jerard.
Carl Lynde – for Marlboro College’s free groomed cross country ski trails

PROGRAM

Jim Haine, on behalf of Phil Steckler, introduced Bob Stevens who gave us an update on the Museum and Sanel Building projects.

Rotary Cares - TV Show or Podcast

Rotary Cares, Episode 14 – Assistant District Governor

Brattleboro Rotary Club past president Marty Cohn talks with Sheriff Keith Clark about what it means to be Rotary District 7870 Assistant Governor. Produced in the studio of Brattleboro Community Television.

To view 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

The first years of the Rotary Club. ... The members chose the name Rotary because initially they rotated subsequent weekly club meetings to each other's offices, although within a year, the Chicago club became so large it became necessary to adopt the now-common practice of a regular meeting place.