President Carl Lynde welcomed all to the August 27th meeting of the Brattleboro Rotary Club held via ZOOM. <ED NOTE: 34 Rotarians attended.> Jim Haine offered the following inspirational thought:
Oh, the Lord is good to me, And so I thank the Lord
For giving me the things I need
The sun, and the rain, and the apple seed.
The Lord is good to me.
<ED NOTE: To listen to a full rendition of the Johnny Appleseed Song, click here. >
<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: Liz Harrison (9/3), Chris Hart (9/10), Sophia Howlett (9/17).>
This was followed by the pledge of allegiance. <ED NOTE: We tried to extend birthday greetings to Joe Little and Rhonda Calhoun but, unfortunately, they were not in attendance today.>
GUESTS: Andrew Skarzynski (speaker)
TRIVIA QUESTION
When did the 1918 Flu pandemic end?
(Answer below)
JOKE OF THE WEEK
For the joke of the week, George Weir told the following:
The Montana State Department of Fish and Wildlife is advising golfers to take extra precautions, and be on the alert for bears while playing on Gallatin, Helena, and Lewis and Clark National Forest’s golf courses. They advise golfers to wear noise-producing devices such as little bells on their clothing to alert, but not to startle the bears unexpectedly. They also advise golfers to carry pepper spray in the case of an encounter with a bear. They say that it’s also a good idea to watch for signs of bear activity on the courses. They recommend that golfers be educated so that they can recognize the difference between Black bear and Grizzly bear droppings. Black bear droppings are smaller and contain remains of nuts, berries and possibly squirrel, rabbit or gopher fur. Grizzly bear droppings have small bells, golf-gloves, sunglasses, and other similar golf items in them and they usually smell like pepper spray.
At our September 3rd meeting, Mara Williams will tell a joke or lead us in song and Roger Allbee will offer a Rotary Minute. 2020-21 weekly assignments are posted on the club website.
ROTARY MINUTE
For the Rotary Minute, Greg Worden reminded us that the Brattleboro Rotary Club has awarded over 100 Paul Harris Fellowships. This means that over $100,000 has been generated for the Rotary Foundation through this program alone. To learn more about Paul Harris Fellowships, click here.
At our September 3rd meeting, Mara Williams will tell a joke or lead us in song and Roger Allbee will offer a Rotary Minute. 2020-21 weekly assignments are posted on the club website.
UPCOMING PROGRAMS
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.
This is the 9th newsletter of the 2020-2021 club year.
There has only been 2brags so far????????
FINES
NONE ;-(
ANNOUNCEMENTS
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>
The 45th Annual Golf Tournament will take place on 9/24 at the Brattleboro Country Club. For more info, contact Gina Pattison.
Wishes for a speedy recovery were sent to Milt and Sylvia Eaton.
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>
Carl Lynde - for the District Golf Team of Cathy Coonan, Rick Manson, Jerry Theberge and himself for scoring 9 under. <ED NOTE: The winners, for the second year in a row, were from the Deerfield Valley Rotary Club.>
Carl Lynde – for signing up for the “Going the Distance Bike Ride” to benefit the Boys & Girls Club. https://bgcbrattleboro.wordpress.com/ If you would like to donate, contact Carl.
Mara Williams ($10) – for her husband Tom dropping off bottles and cans to benefit Pure Water for the World
Mara Williams ($10) — for sponsoring 3 riders for the “Going the Distance Bike Ride.” <ED NOTE: Mara is sponsoring Carl for $50)
Rob Szpila – for his wife’s creativity in buying buckets for each of her students so that they can carry their supplies and have a place to sit when she teaches them outdoors in the woods.
Jerry Theberge ($3) – for his golf partners at the District Golf Tournament.
Mike Mandracchia($10)– for the birth of his third grandchild, Oliver Michael.
Regina Stefanelli – for Marty Cohn’s weekly bulletin that keeps her informed about what’s happening in the club.
Regina Stefanelli – for her husband and other fathers clearing the trail behind the Dummerston School.
Carl Lynde – for Regina Stefanelli organizing the PPE project that distributed about 1500 masks to area organizations and will distribute about another 2000 next month.
Frank Rucker – for Andrew Skarzynski “hitting the ground and running” in his new position.
Ron Stahley ($10) – for Andrew Skarzynski and his team.
PROGRAM
Frank Rucker presented Superintendent Andrew Skarzynski, Windham Southeast Supervisory Union,
who gave us an update on the plans to start school on September 8th.
<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
The Spanish flu, also known as the 1918 flu pandemic, was an unusually deadly influenza pandemic caused by the H1N1 influenza A virus. Lasting from February 1918 to April 1920, it infected 500 million people–about a third of the world's population at the time–in four successive waves.
