Bruce gave invocation on the Hebrew Calendar and held a moment of silence for the 4 coming nice days
Song: yellow submarine led by Philip Rentz
Jamie: Rotary Minute: Rotarian march – Arch Klump pres in 1917 – Mr. Klump recommended that Rotary start an endowment for “Doing Good” and today Rotary Foundation is the 5th best Charity in the US, making the world a better place!
Announcement: Announced Evan as newest member. Tuesday is BOD meeting, April 29-May 1st Jay Peak conference. Duck race and curling contest at this event.
Bartolo: entertainment committee: 14th of June – Rotarian event at Riverside park.
BRAGS: Kathy – Guatemalan trip team, $2,300 in club donations so far. Just under 10k in donations to date! She leaves June 25th for a week. John Yacavone –gave a check. Bruce: drove 5 hours to West Orange, NJ high school, for a 400 person dinner for a leadership institute faculty membership training. Ernst: He and Linda have been married 43 years each! Ron: Announced that his wife is now walker-free, finally after 6 months! Yay! Joann Lemieux visited Costa Rica, horse back riding, zip lining, mineral baths… Really hard trip but she survived!
Jane Mason: Brother expecting 2nd grandchild!
Forrest: Drove to Ann Arbor, Mi and then flew home. During his return flight, he noticed the attendant, who at first, appeared sharp, but then began reading directions out of the manual and proceeded to fluster bubble several times. Despite this, he made it home safely! Whew!
Linda Copp celebrated her 14th wedding anniversary!
Don announced we are buying Rotary banners @ $100 each.
Steve Christie introduced speaker: Noah Crane is a NH native with 15 years in baseball industry; including roles of professional scout and executive for “Class A” affiliates. In 2010 he founded the Colonial Muskrats, and launched Upper Valley Nighthawks. Noah is a graduate from UMass.
Noah steps to the podium… He was born at Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital, and is a Lebanon native. The Upper Valley Nighthawks is a non-profit, New England collegiate baseball league with 30 elite level players from all over the country on the roster. They rival the Cape Cod league (rated next best), with talent only slightly below. It is organized by Noah and 13 other Upper Valley individuals. Games are heavily scouted. The season will run for 10 weeks, with players arriving on June 5th. The first game will be June 8th, and there will be 44 games throughout summer with 22 of them being home games. The team plays 6 nights per week, starting at 6:30 pm, and attendance of 600-800 per game is speculated. General admission is $5, ages 17 and under are free. The games will be held at the New Max Field Sports complex, Rt. 5, Hartford, VT., and will have a Carnival/Farmers Market type atmosphere. The games will also be viewable online. The goal of the organization is promoting non-profits, and providing affordable family environment. The New England Collegiate Baseball League was formed in 1993, and presently consists of 13 teams. Host families are needed to share in the housing of players for the 10 week summer duration. All elite level players will have their own transportation. For more details, visit: http://uppervalleynighthawks.com/.
