Editor: Marilyn Bedell and note taker, Bruce Pacht...Thanks for the help!
Upcoming Programs/Speakers
October 15 Meeting Cancelled. INSTEAD....
Plan to join the Rotary District Special Event on October 17, 2020
from 5-6:30 PM.
From the District: THIS IS BIGGER THAN BIG...Joey Coleman
Presenting: NEVER LOSE A CUSTOMER AGAIN.
Read more about Joey by clicking here.Joey has worked with Volkswagen, Microsoft, Whirlpool, Deloitte, NASA, Zappos, Google, John Hancock
His appearance will be virtually available to all Rotarians, all business owners, all people of Vermont, New Hampshire, Quebec (the presentation will be in English) and anyone around the world. Our ability to bring a national speaker of Joey’s caliber to our District is based on PDG Richard Fox’s connection with Joey – as they say Rotary Opens Opportunities. Do not missed this opportunity! Invite business owners and non-Rotarians. Get the word out to save the date. This is an opportunity to reach out to non-Rotarians.
October 22, 2020 - Paul Coates,Lebanon's Recreation and Parks Director, and perhaps his wife, Kristen, will be our speaker(s) for our October 22 meeting. They recently completed a sabbatical trip and will share with us that experience and its relevance to Lebanon.
William "Bill" Sullivan shared information about Osher at Dartmouth Lifelong Learning institute and the plans to expand our program more broadly throughout the Upper Valley. Mr. Sullivan is currently president of Osher@Dartmouth Lifelong Learning Institute. He has taught courses at Osher on The Road to Iraq; Understanding the Middle East: Culture and Conflict; and U.S. Intelligence: Past, Present, and Future. He has been a member of Osher at Dartmouth since 2004.
Osher Lifelong Institute for Learning at Dartmouth – non-credit continuing education program open to anyone with a curious mind. “Never Stop Learning” – motto. Dues, fees, earnings from an endowment and services provided by Dartmouth provide the resources.
Stated 1990 at Dartmouth. Founded by 38 Upper Valley volunteers – Institute for Lifelong Education at Dartmouth – ILIAD. 2014 Bernard Osher Foundation invited ILIAD to join the Osher network as its first Ivy League member, accepting an endowment to help support approximately 25% of their operations cost. Had to change name.
ILIAD’s 20-year lease at the Dartmouth Outing Club on Occom Pond ran out in 2018. Now leasing space at 1 Court Street in Lebanon. We have 4 classrooms – we can seat about 1,300 people per week. Also using lecture hall at River Valley College (50 capacity) from time to time. Our offices also are at 1 Court Street. Lisa King is our chief officer. Sarah Chamberlain is one of our key staff officers.
Osher has grown to 1,572 members as of June this year (started at 38),. In the beginning Osher offered 5 courses; last June, 217 for that fiscal year. All courses are developed and taught by individuals, either retired experts, or those with a passion to learn something new. Courses in humanities, sciences, sports, gardening, international issues…. etc. From Curling to Quantum Mechanics.
We pivoted to Zoom: now offering 61 courses; Osher will add another 48 courses during winter. Osher staff provides instruction to study leaders and class members on how to use the Zoom platform. Even when we return to in-person classes (maybe by fall, 2021?), we will still use Zoom. Zoom enables one to stay in class even when traveling or quarantining or living some distance away. California, Colorado, France, and Abu Dhabi!!
Osher's summer lecture series is held at Spaulding Auditorium, Hopkins Center. The series features nationally and internationally-known speakers. Osher receives sponsorships from Hanover/Lebanon businesses to helpo put on this special series.
Please consider joining Osher at Dartmouth. We also offer social events, luncheon meetings and old time movies at the Nugget. Dues are $75 and course are from $50-85, depending.
QUESTIONS and COMMENTS
Hank comments: If you can’t find something that interests you in the course catalogue, then you aren’t interested in anything. In my first course (Bill Secord the instructor), one guy said he loves Osher because there are NO TESTS. But, I miss the in-person contact.
Bill Secord: Visit osher.dartmouth.edu and click on the catalogue to see the variety of courses and what’s going on.
John Yacavone: Valley News had a great insert on Osher a month or so ago.
Steve Whitman: For 3-4 years or more , I’ve made a commitment to attend the summer session. 8 sessions at one per week and it’s amazing. One of the best was a presentation by Matthew Slaughter, Dean of the Tuck School, on economics.
Bill Sullivan: A wide variety of subjects – key domestic issues, politics, legal issues, international issues, Iran, Middle East, China. This year would have been a variety of domestic issues.
Marilyn: Is there someone at Osher who could help Rotary learn how to be more effective with Zoom? Marilyn seeks help around the middle of January.
Bill Sullivan: Yes, but Sarah is tied up now in teaching and organization for the next 4-6 weeks. I will talk with her after that.
Bio for William P. Sullivan
Mr. Sullivan is currently president of Osher at Dartmouth Lifelong Learning Institute. He has taught courses at Osher on The Road to Iraq; Understanding the Middle East: Culture and Conflict; and U.S. Intelligence: Past, Present, and Future. He has been a member of Osher at Dartmouth since 2004.
Mr. Sullivan was born in Massachusetts, grew up in Millers Falls in western Mass. and in Windsor, Connecticut. He attended the Loomis School and graduated from Tufts University with a major in German Language and Literature and a minor in European History. He spent three years in the US Army Security Agency in Frankfurt, Germany.
In 1961, he joined the National Security Agency, retiring as a senior executive in 1994. His duties at NSA included intelligence analysis and production, information security assessments, and major staff and management assignments. He was also served detached duty with the office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Policy and as chairman of the Director of Central Intelligence’s National Signals Intelligence Committee. He was also selected as a student at the National War College, graduating in 1981.
In 1995, Mr. Sullivan was asked to serve on the professional staff of the U.S. Commission on the Roles and Capabilities of the U.S. Intelligence Community (Aspin/Brown Commission), which was mandated to review the efficacy and appropriateness of the activities of the U.S. Intelligence Community in the post-Cold War global environment and to make such recommendations as the Commission considered advisable. The Commission’s final report Preparing for the 21st Century: An Appraisal of U.S. Intelligence made specific recommendations for action by the executive and legislative branches of the U.S. Government.
In 1997, Mr. Sullivan established a consulting service, Strategies for Intelligence, and served on advisory boards of AT&T Government Special Accounts Division, the Battelle Institute, SAIC, Raytheon Corp., and the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory.
In 2003, Mr. Sullivan, finally got smart, gave up all these tasks and moved to Woodstock, VT, where he lives with his wife, Lois Lorimer.
He has four adult children (6 grandchildren) by his first wife, Barbara, who died in 1983.
Mr. Sullivan’s favorite activities have been skiing, flying, and sailing. Whenever possible, Mr. Sullivan spent most summers sailing in the Chesapeake Bay or undertaking sailing trips north to the Maine Coast and Nova Scotia. His favorite trip was helping a friend sail his new boat from England to Gibraltar.
Book going to the Kilton Library in Honor of our Speake Bill Sullivan will be:
Music for Mister Moon
Written by Philip C. Stead Illustrated by Erin E. Stead
A shy musician makes an unexpected friend in this beautiful picture book from an award-winning duo. A girl named Harriet longs to play her cello alone in her room. But when a noisy owl disrupts her solitude, Harriet throws her teacup out the window in frustration, and accidentally knocks the moon out of the sky.
Over the course of an evening, Harriet and the moon become fast friends. Worried that he'll catch a chill, Harriet buys the moon a soft woolen hat, then takes him on a boat ride across a glistening lake, something he's only dreamed of. But can she work up the courage to play her music for the moon?
In this delicate bedtime story about a shy young cello player who learns to share her music with the moon, the award-winning Philip and Erin Stead deliver another whimsical, visually oriented picture book in their signature style.
President Ron started the meeting today by reciting the Rotary 4-Way Test.
Hank Clarke introduced our speaker, William P. Sullivan of Osher@ Dartmouth Lifelong Learning Institute
Club Updates/Announcements
DOODLE POLL WAS SENT— Hoping you can help with a few of our upcoming service projects.
From Bruce Bergeron - Community Services Chair
Here is run down of the events:
Saturday October 3rdCOMPLETED
8:30 am – 9:30 am. Load clothes we collected 8 weeks ago for Epilogos. We will meet at Jake’s Coffee Shop at 8:30 and then going to Guaraldi Insurance to pick up rest. (6 volunteers)
9:30 am – 1 PM. Deliver clothes to Savers in Manchester NH. (2-3 volunteers)
Saturday October 10thCOMPLETED 8:30 am – 1 pm. Assist with the Drive Thru vaccination event at the Plainfield NH Elementary School. The Public Health Council of UV is coordinating this event. (2-4 volunteers)
Wednesday October 14th
1 pm – 3 pm. Drive Thru Food Drive at La Salette Shrine Parking lot to benefit Enfield food pantry, managed by Friends of Mascoma. This project will be in conjunction with the Drive Thru Vaccination event sponsored by Public Health Council of UV. (6 volunteers)
Wednesday October 14th
3 pm – 6 pm. Drive Thru Food Drive at La Salette Shrine Parking lot. (6 volunteers)
Saturday October 24th
Boston Lot Trail Maintenance Project. CANCELLED...See bleow
Saturday, October 31st
8:30 – 1 pm. Assist with the Drive Thru vaccination event at Canaan Elementary (3-5 volunteers)
Below is a Doodle link to indicate which events you wish to volunteer for.
Two Drive-Thru Flu Vaccine Clinic are completed. Dan Affeldt helped in Orford. Ron Bedell, John Yacavone, Dan Affeldt, Angela Nelson and Marilyn Bedell helped at Plainfield. Many flu shots given.
Please sign up to help in Enfield and Canaan.
Additional Comments from Dan Affeldt:
Session #1 Saturday, 10/3 at Rivendell Academy in Orford. We had over 225 people and ran out of vaccine. Instead of 3 hours, were done in 1 hour, 45 minutes.
2nd year medical students were terrific. Having the van has expedited carrying out these inoculations
Plainfield 10/10: Plan to have at least 300 doses available.
Enfield 10/14 – at the LaSalette Shrine from 2-6 PM, expecting around 600 folks. In conjunction with the Mascoma Food Bank. Will attempt to stagger the crowd by giving time windows by the first letter of folks’ last name. IF YOU CAN HELP...PLEASE COME.
Bradford 10/21 – Oxbow High School. Starts 2 PM (show up at noon)
Woodstock location no longer available, so it’s been canceled.
Canaan 10/31 in costume or not; estimating 350-400. Working with Friends of Mascoma Foundation.
Epilogos Update - Tim Guaraldi
3,500 pounds of clothes were delivered to SAVERS in Manchester with the help of Dean Cashman, John Yacavone (ask him about going through the bags looking for boots), Jim Damren, Garlan Hoskins, Bruce Bergeron, Steve Whitman, Tim Guaraldi and his grandsons. At 20 cents per pound we raised $700 for Epilogous Charities.
The young men in the photo helping unload are Mason and Josh Rheaume
Masks - Marilyn Bedell: Rudy Fedrizzi, Ron Bedell and Marilyn Bedell were present to accepted 20,000 masks for D7850 from the Million Mask Challenge started by the Rotary District in Southern Connecticut. Of the 20,000 masks, our Rotary club has 2,000 masks to give away. Rudy was one of the keynote speaker at the event. The Million Mask truck had a police escort from I-91 to Town Hall in WRJ. Here is what we know about the mask need in Lebanon. The Lebanon School District will not need need any per Diane Estes. We will check with Mascoma School District. At the moment, some will go to Lebanon Libraries, a childcare center in Enfield and Claremont. WISE, Listen and the Lebanon Police Department will get some. We have a call in to Headrest. Let Marilyn know if there are other possible recipients. She hopes to start distributing them by Wednesday, October 14, 2020.
From last weeks news letter...from District 7850...
----If you go out and make some good things happen, you will fill the world with hope--you will fill yourself with hope---- Barack Obama
On October 6, 2020, a large truck wrapped with Rotary and Million Mask logos will roll into the WRJ Town Hall parking lot at 9:30am carrying disposable face masks.
Masks will be distributed to 60 Rotary clubs throughout Rotary Districts 7870 and 7850 in New Hampshire and Vermont.
The Million Mask Challenge found its beginnings with Ted Rossi, an East Hampton, CT Rotarian and business man. Ted is active in many civic activities and a strong supporter of the Rotary Foundation. He and his District Governor arranged to deliver 200,000 masks to first responders and essential workers in his District 7890 when the pandemic closed the US.
Ted's contribution of the 800,000 masks to District 7870 is unprecedented and emphasizes how Rotary uses our professional backgrounds diverse perspectives, and global connections to create a better world.
Rudy Fedrizzi providing remarks at the Million Mask Event
Charities Bylaws Review
Bruce thanked members who reviewed the Charities Bylaws. The goal is to vote on the bylaws at the October 29, 2020 meeting.
Jerry Coleman will be speaking at a District-wide meeting on October 17 5-6:30 PM.
See the information about Joey at the top of the Newsletter. Remember our October 15, 2020 meeting is cancelled and this will be our meeting for the week. DG Jamie Milne talked about this during his remarks too.
District Treasurer
DG Jamie Milne is looking for a Rotarian to take on the position of treasurer for our Rotary district, Rotary District 7850. If you are interested in taking this on, let Marilyn Bedell, Ron Bedell or Bruce Pacht know and they can share you contact information with DG Jamie. We can also give you contact information for our current treasurer, Lynda Carmire, if you want to ask her about the time commitment for this role.
Boston Lot Trail - Ernst Oidtmann
Saturday, October 24 – Cancelled
Ernst is having difficulty getting the wood from Wright’s Sawmill in WRJ. It won’t be until mid-November until he’ll have the 12’ lengths of hemlock. Rob Bailey thinks mid-November will be too cold. We will be moving the event to the spring. Cost of the wood will be $1,150 without taxes. City has about $800 available – we’ll need about 200 6” spikes to nail the stuff together.
1st Grade Reader Update - Bruce Pacht
We sent a letter to the superintendent of the Mascoma Valley Regional School District and the two principals of the Enfield and Canaan elementary schools. We learned that the Canaan Lioness have been doing this project for years.
Bedell Classic Golf Tournament - No official report (but Ron understands we will be happy when we hear the final accounting of the event...stay tuned for details! Kudos in advance to Bruce Bergeron and the team that helped make this event a success.)
Holiday Party – Ron Bedell
Twenty-two people are indicated that they will go to the holiday party. Ron will be sending out more information about menu choices in November.
Poker Room
Steve Christy gave John Yacavone all the paperwork. John will contact the state and get the paperwork to proceed. The poker room folks say that traffic is down but there are people playing.
Happy Thoughts
Cindy Jermone was happy to report that thanks to help from John Yacavone, that led her to Bill Babineau, she now has a lovely apartment in Lebanon. (This made Marilyn's sister Marsha very happy as she reads our newsletter each week and she has been worrying about Cindy having to travel long distances in wintery weather.)
Hank and Carole Clarke had their first indoor meal at the Mt. Washington Hotel. Seating areas in the lobby were roped off, but the meal was good. Enjoyed getting to see their friends too.
Paul Tierney had lunch with Ron Michaud yesterday. Dick Hopkins of Hanover Insurance joined them for a fun time and several glasses of wine. Paul says Ron seems to be doing OK with the grieving process.
Cindy Jerome – We received a thank-you note from Epilogos (Brook Finnell) who used to be Cindy’s dental hygienist. She started visiting El Salvador to do dental work with the Brattleboro Rotary Club. She was given the Club’s “4-Way Test Award.” Earlier in the week Cindy wrote to Marilyn:
Brooke Finnell, who wrote this thank you email, used to be based in Brattleboro, where she was first introduced to the needs in Central America by the Brattleboro Rotary Club. She was my family’s dental hygienist and went along with Brattleboro Rotarian dentists and an ophthalmologist on a number of trips to Central America to provide services. She grew to love that work more than her day job and so left Brattleboro, and joined with Epilogos.I was so impressed with Brooke’s dedication in every aspect of her life that we bestowed our Club’s annual 4-Way Test award on her several years ago. (I created the award when Club President and continued as chair of the committee.) Delighted to run into her again – we just connected via email when I recognized her name. Thanks, Bruce!
Paul Tierney– Listen got a general grant for community service from the NH government - $200,000!!!
Hank Clarke to Joy Gonin: When do the tents come down?
Joy: They are scheduled to be there through the end of November but weather may shorten that. We’ve had some COVID positives, so the tents have been used for singing, theater, and band classes. The school is remote for tomorrow for deep cleaning. They will be doing contact tracing. This will affect sports as well.
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Community Service Planned for 2020/2021
Drive through Flu Vaccine Clinics
October 14 - Enfield
October 31 - Caanan
Assisting the Public Health Council of the Upper Valley (PHCUV) with drive through flu vaccine clinics. Helping with traffic coordination. This may be combined with a food pantry donation request.
Dan Affeldt coordinating this activity (see announcement above)
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Listen Dinners 2020/20210
Hoping to be able to cook in December, February, April, June, August and September. Hank Clark will let us know when we can be back in the kitchen again.
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United Way Day of Caring
September 2020 - We will have to wait for next year.
Bruce will give us more information once we know this event can happen in September
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Our Park Clean-Ups
October and April
Baker's Crossing
Riverside Park
Willy Koppenheffer and Bruce Bergeron will organize these events
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Airport - Air show Memorial Area Clean Up
Bruce Bergeron will organize this event
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Listen Food Drives
This fall we are doing this for the food pantry in Enfield in conjunction with the Flu Shot Clinic. Still trying to find a way to do this for Lebanon.
Tim Guaraldi will organize these events.
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Working with Cover on a Winterizing Project
Winter 2020/2021
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First Grade Reader Distribution
April, May
Bruce Bergeron will organize this event.
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Mascoma River Clean-up &
Rail Trail Clean-up
Summer 2021
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2020 Holiday Service Projects
Listen Holiday Basket Helpers Gift Card Purchases. We can't be on site for basket review this year. Donations will only be gift card this year. members will be asked to donate gift cards. Send either cash donations of gift card donations to Angela Nelson.
Working with our Interactors 2019 (the good old days)
Community Dinner Set-up on December 24, 2020...though this may not be able to happen.
Facing the challenges of COVID-19, Rotary clubs and partner organizations are finding new ways to support access to education
by Arnold R. Grahl
Recognizing that education is a pathway out of poverty, Rotary and other organizations have made significant progress in increasing access to learning in communities around the world.
Parents who were already on the edge about sending their kids to school are just going to throw up their hands and not do it.
— Carolyn Johnson
Now, the COVID-19 pandemic is threatening to erase many of those gains. More than 91 percent of students worldwide have been impacted by temporary school closures, according to the United Nations. By April, close to 1.6 billion young students were out of school.
Some experts fear school closures and the loss of some family incomes could keep children out of school indefinitely. “We have worked so many years to get kids in school, get them enrolled, and get them to stay in school,” says Carolyn Johnson, a Rotary member from Maine, USA, who helps Rotary clubs design grants that support education. “This is going to put those efforts back years.
“Parents who were already on the edge about sending their kids to school are just going to throw up their hands and not do it,” she adds. “They are literally starving and need the money their kids can bring in working.”
The COVID-19 crisis has created significant challenges in education. Developing remote learning plans and using new technology compounds the already complex task of teaching children and achieving the desired educational outcomes. Rotarians are quick to want to help, but not all responses have the same kind of impact. Read these suggestions for Rotary clubs wanting to support education sustainably through a global grant project.
Always start with a community assessment.
Meet with community leaders, parents, teachers, and students to learn what initiatives are already in place and what the community is capable of and willing to support.
Don’t reinvent what already exists.
After you’ve determined if other organizations, particularly governments, are addressing the problem, coordinate your efforts with them to complement their approach.
Prepare and equip teachers.
Teachers need to be supported and trained before they can embrace alternatives to in-person school that are dictated by physical distancing, such as remote learning plans.
Focus on the longterm.
It’s tempting to want to fix a problem immediately. But sustainable solutions take time to develop and implement.
Communicate with regional grants officers.
Many education efforts involve components beyond the basic education and literacy area of focus. Connecting with Rotary’s grants officers will ensure that efforts across multiple areas of focus are concentrated on a comprehensive solution.
Facing the challenges of COVID-19, Rotary clubs and partner organizations are finding new ways to support access to education.
It is a pleasure to share with you a report from the Rotary International Communications team outlining media coverage stemming from the African region’s wild poliovirus-free certification announcement, which took place on 25 August.
Rotary and its members received significant positive coverage in leading media outlets for our leadership in eradicating wild polio in the African region, with our spokespeople quoted frequently.
Our global media strategy enabled Rotary mention in coverage throughout the African continent and in top international outlets, as well as coverage in priority countries such as the United States, Germany, Australia, Canada, and India. Of course, Rotary wasn’t in every single media report, but was mentioned in a substantial majority as you can see below. In many instances, Rotary and WHO were the only Global Polio Eradication Initiative partners mentioned. Here are some highlights:
Leading media outlets around the world published more than 90 stories that highlighted Rotary’s role in eradicating wild polio in the African region, with the majority of coverage quoting Rotary spokespeople, including Rotary International President Holger Knaack, Nigeria National PolioPlus Committee Chair Dr. Tunji Funsho, and others.
Examples of media coverage include TIME, Reuters, New York Times, Good Morning America, BBC, and Le Monde. Top regional media covering the milestone include SABC, Tageszeitung, Forbes, El Pais, The Guardian (Nigeria) and numerous other outlets in Africa.
A joint op-ed by Rotary International President Holger Knaack and WHO Director-General Tedros was published in at least 10 outlets, including top-tier outlets like Al Jazeera, Frankfurter Allgemeine, and Die Welt.
Rotary Public Image Coordinators (RPICs) throughout Africa were instrumental in securing additional media coverage of the milestone. Working with members of the Public Relations team, RPICs and other Rotarians with media expertise secured over 80 pieces of coverage in Africa and Europe.
Efforts to provide Rotarians globally with a toolkit promote the milestone in their communities resulted in further global coverage, including extensive coverage in the UK.
Social media posts on Rotary’s channels reached 4 million people and resulted in 517,000 video views and 93,000 likes/comments/shares. Celebrities like John Cena, Ade Adepitan and Itzhak Perlman posted and tagged Rotary on social media. Between 25-27 August, Rotary was mentioned more than 22,000 times on Twitter and Instagram.
Please see below for a selection of coverage in leading global media outlets. We hope you’ll share the good news with others.
Regards,
The PolioPlus Team
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