President Bill Vermouth welcomed all to the April 11th meeting of the Brattleboro Rotary Club held at the American Legion in Brattleboro. Members of the Golf Committee welcomed members and guests <ED NOTE: Enthusiasm was definitely lacking>. Meg Donahue offered the following meaningful invocation "The Man In The Arena" by Theodore Roosevelt from a speech at the Sorbonne Paris, France on April 23, 1910:
"It is not the critic who counts, not the one who points out how the strong man stumbled or how the doer of deeds might have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred with sweat and dust and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, and spends himself in a worthy cause; who, if he wins, knows the triumph of high achievement; and who, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat."
This was followed by the pledge of allegiance. Birthday greetings were extended to John Mabie and Maureen Pinger, our premier food server.
As a luncheon of ham, chicken, mac & cheese,, green beans, salad, rolls and blondies for dessert was being digested, the meeting continued.
GUESTS: Michael Lifschutz and Sarah Lang (speaker)
TRIVIA QUESTION
How many current members are club past presidents?
(Answer below.)
JOKE OF THE WEEK
For the joke of the week, Marty Cohn told the following:
This guy walks into a bar on the top of a very tall building. He sits down, orders a huge beer, chugs it, walks over to the window, and jumps out. Five minutes later, the guy walks into the bar again, orders another huge beer, chugs it, walks over to the window, and jumps out again. Five minutes later, he re-appears and repeats the whole thing. About half an hour later, another guy at the bar stops the first guy and says, "hey, how the hell are you doing that?!" The first guy responds, "oh, it's really simple physics. When you chug the beer, it makes you all warm inside and since warm air rises, if you just hold your breath you become lighter than air and float down to the sidewalk." "WOW!" exclaims the second man, "I gotta try that!" So he orders a huge beer, chugs it, goes over to the window, jumps out, and splats on the sidewalk below. The bartender looks over to the first man and says, "Superman, you're an asshole when you're drunk."
At our April 18th meeting, Ana Saavedra will tell a joke or lead us in song and Regina Stefanelli will offer a Rotary Minute.
NOTE: 2018-19 weekly assignments are posted on club website.
ROTARY MINUTE
For the Rotary Minute: Phil Steckler reminded us of a dear former member Roger Moody.
At our April 18th meeting, Ana Saavedra will tell a joke or lead us in song and Regina Stefanelli will offer a Rotary Minute.
NOTE: 2018-19 weekly assignments are posted on club website.
06/13 – Sophia Howlett, Challenges of NE higher education
06/20 – Club Assembly
06/27 – Changeover Dinne
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.
If you like this newsletter, brag at next Club meeting.
So far, only TEN.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
The following Rotarians were recognized for their years of service:
35 years: Greg Worden
19 years: Stan Nowakowski
7 years: Rich Carroll, Rob Szpila, Carla Lineback, Chris Hart
3 years: Gina Pattison
Reminder: We determine our lunch charge by the number of plates. Please use only one plate per person.
The next SOS meal is Friday, April 12th. Contact Stan Nowakowski if you can help out.
The next VT Foodbank loading project is Saturday, April 13th. Al Jerald and Phil Steckler need two more volunteers. Contact Stan Nowakowski if you can help out.
2019 Rotary Scholarships are being distributed and are available on the club’s website.
If you have any ideas as to how we can better load Christmas Trees onto car roofs, contact Bill Vermouth.
FINES
NONE ;-(
BRAGS
Marty Cohn – for the Club’s efforts at Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. Illinois District contacted us to help direct $5,ooo to help with residents victimized by the recent in climate weather. In turn we connected them with The B.E.A.R. Project, which stands for Be Excited About Reading, is an amazing local resource helping deliver food, water, and medicine to shut-ins. They also regularly provide opportunities to youth for clothes, food, a safe place to hang out, books to read, help with homework, sports, and camps for kids, and, most of all, suicide prevention help. This organization is run by two extremely dedicated grandmothers Tiny DeCory and Eileen Janis.
Rotary Cares, Episode 16 – Rotary Youth Exchange Program
Brattleboro Sunrise Rotary Club past president Kevin Yager discusses Rotary’s Youth Exchange program with Brattleboro Sunrise Rotary member Mona Williams who is the club contact to the youth exchange and Lucija Gacic, an exchange student from Croatia. Produced by Brattleboro Rotary Club past president Martin Cohn in the studio of 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...
