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WELCOME

President Bill Vermouth welcomed all to the May 16th meeting of the Brattleboro Rotary Club held at the American Legion in Brattleboro. For today’s invocation, Milt Gilmore offered the following: 
 
"“Lord, we thank you for the food that graces these tables and for the fellowship we share at these meetings. Help us to make this community a better place. For those people in need, give us understanding and the ability to help. Amen.

 

This was followed by the pledge of allegiance. Birthday greetings were extended to Phil George, Jeff Morse, and Bill Vermouth.

 

As a luncheon of baked chicken, chicken lasagna, broccoli, mashed potatoes, salad, rolls and brownies for dessert was being digested, the meeting continued.
 
GUESTS: Rachel Cohn, Nancy Leitch, and Tilden Remerietch (speaker).
 

TRIVIA QUESTION

How many people attended the first Rotary meeting on Thursday evening, February 23, 1905?

 (Answer below.)
 
JOKE OF THE WEEK
 
For the joke of the week, Bill Vermouth told a version of the following:
 
I rear-ended a car this morning. So, there we were alongside the road and slowly the other driver got out of his car. You know how sometimes you just get so stressed and little things just seem funny? Yeah, well I couldn't believe it.... he was a DWARF!!! He stormed over to my car, looked up at me, and shouted, "I AM NOT HAPPY!" So, I looked down at him and said, "Well, then which one are you?"
 
At our May 23rd meeting, Rob Szpila will tell a joke or lead us in song and George Weir will offer a Rotary Minute.
 
NOTE: 2018-19 weekly assignments, as well as 2019-2020 weekly assignments, are posted on the club website.
 
ROTARY MINUTE
 
For the Rotary Minute, Dave Twombly recounted why he joined Rotary in 1994.
 
At our May 23rd meeting, Rob Szpila will tell a joke or lead us in song and George Weir will offer a Rotary Minute.
 
NOTE: 2018-19 weekly assignments, as well as 2019-2020 weekly assignments, are posted on the club website.
 
UPCOMING PROGRAMS
  • 05/23 – Peter Abell, Pure Water for the World
  • 05/30 – Tom Bodett, Hatchspace
  • 06/06 – GOLF TOURNAMENT - NO CLUB MEETING
  • 06/13 – Sophia Howlett, Challenges of NE higher education
  • 06/20 – Club Assembly
  • 06/27 – Changeover Dinner
 
NOTE: 2018-19 weekly assignments, as well as 2019-2020 weekly assignments, are posted on the 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.
  • “Like” the club’s Facebook page
 
If you like this newsletter, brag at next Club meeting. 
So far, still remains only  TEN.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

  1. Student Rotarian Alex Schriver gave his final report. He is looking forward to participating in the next two years.
  2. The following members were acknowledged for their years of service: John Meyer (21), Cheri Ann Brodhurst (5) and Rhonda Calhoun (5).
  3. Rick Manson received his third Paul Harris Fellowship pin.
  4. Dues are due by the end of May.
  5. Board minutes are posted on the club’s website.
  6. The next Vermont Foodbank project will take place on Saturday, August 10. Contact Stan Nowakowski if you can help out.
  7. United Way is looking for volunteers to serve meals twice a week during the summer at Living Memorial Park. For more info, contact Bill Vermouth
  8. May is Flag Replacement Month for Brattleboro’s American Legion Post
  9. Golf Committee needs volunteers. Contact Stan Nowakowski if you can help out.
  10. Golf Committee needs golfers and sponsors. Contact Gina Pattison
  11. Stephen Stearns will tell comic stories from his new memoir book, “Clown shoes on the gas pedal” on May 22 at 7 p.m. at CX Silver Gallery.
  12. Dart Everett’s daughter, Lisa, received some excellent medical news in her cancer fight.
FINES
 
Dart Everett forgot Bill Vermouth’s birthday.

BRAGS

 
  1. Dart Everett – for the birthdays of his daughter and grandson.
  2. Marty Cohn – for his daughter, Rachel, becoming a tenure track professor at Ball State University.
  3. George Weir – for the quote by Ziad K. Abdelnour, “Often in life we forget the things we should remember and remember the things we should forget.”
  4. Cheri Ann Brodhurst  - for her four employees who have worked with her collectively for 100 years.
  5. Tom French – for his granddaughter’s (Olivia) rugby be in third place worldwide. <ED NOTE: Olivia has blown out her knee.>
  6. Rob Szpila – for the disc golf community that turned out to clean up the course.
  7. Carla Lineback – for Tilden and her parents being alums of SIT.
PROGRAM
 
 
Bill Vermouth presented Tilden Remerleitch, a 2011-12 Gateway Scholarship Recipient who is doing incredible work to help women in Ecuador following her efforts with Refugee Resettlement in Vermont
 
 
 
Rotary Cares - TV Show 
 
 

Brattleboro Rotary Club past president Marty Cohn discusses Rotary Local Scholarships with Brattleboro Sunrise Rotary Club scholarship chair Sadie Fischesser and Brattleboro Rotary Club scholarship chair John Mabie. Produced by Brattleboro Sunrise Rotary Club past president Kevin Yager 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

Four: Paul Harris, Silvester Schiele, and Hiram Shorey met in Gustavus Loehr’s office.

 
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