President Greg Worden welcomed all to the the March 31st meeting of the Brattleboro Rotary Club held at the American Legion in Brattleboro. Betsy Gentileoffered a meaningful invocation. This was followed by the pledge of allegiance.
As a luncheon of chicken pot pie, broccoli, salad, chick peas, corn bread and house-made brownies and chocolate chip cookies for dessert was being digested, the meeting continued.
Guests: Joy Everett and Eli Young.
TRIVIA QUESTION
Why is it called chicken pot pie?
(answer below)
JOKE / SONG OF THE WEEK
For our Rotary joke, Teri Keizer told an elephant joke.
ROTARY MINUTE
For the Rotary minute, Carla Lineback reminded us about donating to “Every Rotarian, Every Year”
At our April 7th meeting, Ted Kramer will tell a joke or lead us in song, while Bill McKim delivers a Rotary Minute.
UPCOMING PROGRAMS
04/07 — Tom French presents: Katelyn Atwood, Vermont Veterans Legal Assistance Project
04/14 — Betsy Gentile presents: County Forrester Bill Guenther
04/21 — Club Assembly: TBA
04/28 — Phil George presents: Ingrid and Franklin Chrisco, True North Granola
05/05 — Milt Gilmore/Rich Carroll presents: Patty O’Donnell, The Pipe Line
05/12 — Club Assembly: TBA
NOTE: Weekly assignments (program, joke, and Rotary minute) are posted on club’s website.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Gina Patterson was inducted as newest member to club. You have three weeks to say hello sign her book before you are fined.
May 7th is annual Youth Services’ Bowl for Kids Sake. See Teri Keizer for more info.
Guilford Community Church is raising money to send kids to Pine Ridge. See Rob Szpila for more info.
Brattleboro Memorial Hospital is looking for volunteers. See Rhonda Calhoun for more info.
On Saturday, March 26, 2016, a group of Brattleboro Rotary Club members and friends helped Winston Prouty prepare to move into the former Austine School campus. Missing from project photo are Stan Nowakowski and Greg Worden. Thanks also to Bill Daley for supplying delicious muffins to keep everyone's sugar level up. - See more at: http://portal.clubrunner.ca/2915/Stories/club-helps-winston-prouty-prepare-to-move#sthash.8VHLXSsK.dpuf
BRAGS
Steve Gordon – for Rhonda Calhoun’s volunteerism at BMH
Marty Cohn – for Bill McKim’s commitment to Big Brothers Big Sisters.
Marty Cohn – for Dana Lewis volunteering to ship 1000 lbs of quilting fabric gathered by Rotary Club of Henniker to Pine Ridge.
Mara Williams – for Gina Patterson’s participation at BMAC.
Joy Everett – for her 50 happy years with Dart Everett as husband and wife.
Phil Steckler – for Joy Everett putting up with Dart for 50 years.
Jeremy Coleman – for Marty Cohn’s efforts to help Pine Ridge Reservation.
Teri Keizer – for Eli Young’s service to our country.
Cyndi Ferrante – for Marcy Jones holding a parking space for today’s speaker. NOTE: She was going to brag for Marty Cohn but felt standing in a parking lot was more worthy.
PROGRAM:
Dart Everett presented Ken Couture Leader, Systems Operation Green Mountain Power Corporation, who talked about “Grid Reliability in Uncertain Times.”
REMINDERS
Bottles and cans can be brought to Putney Road redemption center to benefit Pure Water for the World. Please see Mara Williams.
Old/Broken laptops are still being collected for Pine Ridge. Please see Marty Cohn.
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ANSWER TO TRIVIA QUESTION
The Chicken Pot Pie originated from Greece. They took cooked meats and placed them in open pastry shells that were called “Artocreas”. It was the Romans who added the top crust making Chicken Pot Pie into an actual pie. How did the Chicken Pot Pie get the name or any Pot Pie for that matter?
The Pot Pies got their name from England. The English formed a pie in what was called a coffin which was done by molding the pastry along the bottom of a pie pan or a pot. The English also made small pastries with meat in them and they surprise surprise called them “pastries”
