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President Phil George welcomed all to the July 1, 2021 meeting of the Brattleboro Rotary Club www.brattlebororotaryclub.org held via ZOOM, the first of the new Rotary year.. <ED NOTE: 24 members + 1 guest = 25 attended.>. Jenifer Ambler offered the following invocation from the Sabeel Center, Jerusalem:
 
Open our eyes that we may see the needs of others;
Open our ears that we may hear their cries;
Open our hearts that we may feel their anguish and their joy.
Let us not be afraid to defend the oppressed, the poor, the powerless, because
of the anger and might of the powerful.
Show us where love and hope and faith are needed, and use us to bring them to
those places.
Open our ears and eyes, our hearts and lives, that we may in these coming days
be able to do some work of justice and peace for you. Amen.
 
ED NOTE: Weekly assignments for the invocation or motivational thought can be found on the club website.>
 
This was followed by the pledge of allegiance.  Birthday greetings were extended to Dave Twombley, Ted Kramer, and Tami Purcell
 
Guests: Steven Jones (speaker)

TRIVIA QUESTION

Who created the modern office chair? 
(Answer below)
 

JOKE OF THE WEEK

 
For our joke this week, Phil George told a version of the following:
 
An engineer who was unemployed for a long time decided to open a medical clinic. He puts a sign outside the clinic: "A cure for your ailment guaranteed at $500; we'll pay you $1,000 if we fail."
A Doctor thinks this is a good opportunity to earn $1,000 and goes to his clinic.
Doctor: "I have lost my sense of taste."
Engineer: "Nurse, please bring the medicine from box 22 and put 3 drops in the patient's mouth."
Doctor: "This is Gasoline!"
Engineer: "Congratulations! You've got your taste back. That will be $500."
The Doctor gets annoyed and goes back after a couple of days later to recover his money.
Doctor: "I have lost my memory. I cannot remember anything."
Engineer: "Nurse, please bring the medicine from box 22 and put 3 drops in the patient's mouth."
Doctor: "But that is Gasoline!"
Engineer: "Congratulations! You've got your memory back. That will be $500."
The Doctor leaves angrily and comes back after several days, more determined than ever to make his money back.
Doctor: "My eyesight has become weak."
Engineer: "Well, I don't have any medicine for this. Take this $1,000," passing the doctor a $500 note.
Doctor: "But this is $500..."
Engineer: "Congratulations! You've got your vision back! That will be $500."
 
ED NOTE: 2021-22 weekly assignments are posted on the club website.
 
ROTARY MINUTE
For the Rotary Minute, Gina Pattison reminded us as to why Rotarians use first names or nicknames and about the Rotary float during the Rose Parade. For more info, click here.
 
 
NOTE: 2021-22 weekly assignments, are posted on the club website.
 
UPCOMING PROGRAMS
  • 07/08 – Julia Kilelee – Interscape
  • 07/15 - Kristin Cassidy "Life, Health, and Wellness Coaching"
  • 07/29 - DG John Siemienowicz
  • 08/12 - Kris Pavek - The Van Lady
 
NOTE: 2021-22 weekly assignments, are posted on the club website.

REMINDERS

  • Please bring your bottles and cans to the 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
                                                          
This is the 1st  newsletter of the 2021-2022 club year.   The editor would like to thank the 6 people who bragged last year. There will be ample opportunity for readers to brag this year!

FINES

NONE ;-(

ANNOUNCEMENTS

  1. The following members were acknowledged for their years of service: Milt Gilmore (60 years), Tom French (29), Jerry Theberge (29), George Anthes (9), Dane Rank (9), Roger Allbee (6), and Sophia Howlett (3)
  2. Members should be thinking about how they feel about face-to-face meetings -- This will be on the board agenda next week.
  3. Upcoming events:
    1. July 8 – Club mixer at Saxtons River Distillery. For more info, Rob Szpila
    2. Aug. 7 – Welcome Center. For more info, Greg Worden
    3. Aug. 26 – Annual Club Golf Tournament. For more info, Gina Pattison
    4. Sept. 18 – Brattleboro on Wheels. For more info, Mike Mandracchia.
  4. The club will be conducting its annual Christmas Tree Sale Fundraiser.
  5. The club is exploring how it can help bring “The Moving Wall” to Brattleboro
BRAGS / HAPPY DOLLARS
<ED NOTE: Yes, we are keeping track of these happy dollars and brags.
Unless noted, happy dollars and brags are $1>
 
  1. Tom French   – for his granddaughter, Olivia, who is going to play rugby at the Tokyo Olympic
  2. Mike Mandracchia ($10) – for Rick Manson’s retirement on June 30th
  3. George Anthes – for conducting a Hamilton sing-a-long for his first post-Covid gathering.
  4. Ron Stahley –for Steven John’s service as Superintendent of Schools at Windham Central Supervisory Union
PROGRAM
 

 
Carla Lineback presented Steven John who told us about DVFiber. The mission of DVFiber is to provide affordable, reliable high-speed Internet service that will support economic development and expand educational opportunities within the Deerfield Valley Communications Union District (DVCUD). For more info, visit https://dvfiber.net/
 
<ED NOTE: You can watch past presentations on the BCTV show, “Brattleboro Rotary Club Speaker Series.”>
 
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...
 
Rotary Cares - TV Show 
 
 
Rotary Cares, Episode 36 – Passing the Gavel
 
In episode 36 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 with his guests Brattleboro Rotary Club Past President Milt Gilmore and Brattleboro Sunrise Club Past President Tristam Johnson. Directed by Brattleboro Sunrise Rotary Club past president Kevin Yager and produced by Brattleboro Community Television.
 
To watch 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

 
One of the earliest known innovators to have created the modern office chair was naturalist Charles Darwin, who put wheels on the chair in his study so he could get to his specimens more quickly.
 
For more info, click here.
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