Spoke April 17, 2014
Posted by Mary Detsch
Date: 04/17/2014
Called to order by: Pres Jon
Opening Song: R-O-T-A-R-Y
Patriotic Song: O Beautiful for Spacious Skies
Invocation: Forrest Cole
Song Leader: Don MacMeekin Song: Day and Night / Cole Porter
Visiting Rotarians:
Carla Skinner
Guests:
Bob Schultz (Jr Rotarian from High School!), father of Cover president, guest of Katherine Austin
Raffle: Carla, no joy in Mudville
Announcements:
Garlan – selling Ducky-Wucky tickets for Ayer Rotary Club: our club will get back 50% of tickets we sell, Grand Prize is dinner for two anywhere in the country includes airfare and hotel!!!
Rick Dyment – is $10 over anybody not get change? Too many claimants…
Brags:
Linda Copp cute story about granddaughter and Rotary decal on her car
John Yacavone $77 for Rotary Foundation for his birthday
Rich Wallace: Valley News has a new mobile app: Daughter Brittany in Honor Society; she also is accepted into summer Hospitality Summer Program at U of NH
Katherine: grandson Sam Lazarus accepted into Wharton School of Business, and granted one of the 4 scholarships offered!
Jean Wulpern: Daughter’s best friend lost her baby-asked for our thoughts and prayers
Rick Dyment: Movie “Walk in the Woods” directed by Robert Redford is in filming: airport in film will have Lebanon Airport sign on it. No $ for Lebanon, just bragging rights…
Jennifer Grant: Step-son Cody accepted into (Carnegie Mellon?)
Forrest Cole &65 to Rotary Foundation for birthday
Rotary Minute: Rich: Monthly Rotary calendar – each moth has it’s Rotary-designated purpose
Speaker: Forrest Cole
Lots of good stuff from Forrest, Ogden Nash material from Jennifer and Jim, questionable material from John Y, ended by The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere read by Forrest