Granite Chips

 

A different piano did not seem to make a difference in the slightly off key rendition of America the Beautiful. After the pledge, Sue was taken by surprise by Acting President Tom when he asked her to say grace. Although not one of our regular “grace-sayers,” she did a nice job.

 

The first fine was an automatic: Not only did Tony’s phone ring, he answered it.  Caroline gave a Sad Dollar because Bob was sitting at the end of the array of tables all alone. His retort: “I’m with all my friends.” Caroline proposed a fine on Tony because he wasn’t wearing his name badge. Liane came to his defense saying that she and others did not wear theirs because they didn’t like them and wanted ones like that (pointing to one that Ted was wearing). Sue explained that several years ago the club switched to the current badges because they were reusable and thus more cost efficient. Dick rose to report that he hadn’t worn a badge in two years and for our inattentiveness in not noticing, we all should be fined a dime. Ted suggested that Dick pay a fine for each time that he had not worn his badge indicating that it would be a lot of money. Dick said that it was about time he donated some money to the club. Ted said that was not the direction he expected Dick to go. Fine did not pass.  Tom pressed for a vote on the original proposed fine which he declared would be “one and nineteen.” It passed. Tony anted up and opened himself up for additional fines by admitting that he had more ones in his pocket. (It was never clear why all the other non-badge wearers were not fined.) Tony asked Tom to pass the gavel; it went to Sue. Tony proposed a fine on Tom because he was conducting an out-of-control meeting. Caroline interjected that it was his dancing that was out of control. Tom complained of sore hips. That didn’t help; the fine passed.

 

       Sore Hips Babic

 

 

 

 

 

Presiding announcements and the Secretary’s Report, we worked our way through The Band Played On and Daisy Bell. Our performance of the latter seemed to go better than the former.

 

Caroline reported that 184 tickets have been sold for our new fund raising event, Dancing with the Stars. This is an outstanding accomplishment for a first time fund raising event. She hopes that the initial goal of 200 will be reached by Saturday. Kudos to Caroline, Ted and Liane who have spear-headed this event.

 

 

Birthdays for November: Jack Barnes-Nov. 8; Sarah White-Nov. 15.

        Membership anniversaries for November: Caroline Earle-1 year; Ted Goulette-21 years.

 

 

       Elizabeth introduced Parker Nolan, our last year’s RYLA selection and his guidance counselor, Emily Graham. Parker attended the annual RYLA leadership conference at Lyndon State College last June. It consists of lectures and activities on leadership and team building. Parker had nothing but positive things to say about his experience at Lyndon. Parker said that since the activities were in the form of games, the participants didn’t realize that they were learning a lot about themselves, leadership and teams. He said that he learned that he had to step back and let others take the lead (shared leadership) and that communication is very important. Based on an instrument that he took during the weekend, he described his style as organization/time management. He would like to pursue a leadership position in government as a career goal. Presently he is President of the Junior Class and a member of the Drama Club. He has a lead part in Spaulding’s production of the play Fools, opening this weekend. Hearing from our RYLA participants each year gives our club inspiration to continue that program.

 

   Parker Nolan Answering Questions

 

Tony won the raffle for the second week in row, regaining his loss in fines.