Called to order by: President Elect Suellen
Opening Song: ROTARY
Patriotic Song: None
Invocation: Garland H. - Gift of Rotary - Mindful of those in need and thankful for all our gifs.
Song Leader: Bruce P. - Oh Beautiful
Visiting Rotarians: Monica Presley - President of Woodsville, VT
Guests: Steve C. - Paul B. - Employee Matt - and Computer Guru.
Raffle: JoAnn Lemieux WON the raffle and picked the Queen of Hearts, out of a deck of 51 cards! She donated the $20 to Rotary Foundation.
Announcements:
A reminder that next week's meeting with be at the Lebanon Senior Center with a Valentine Day's theme. No meeting of the regular Thursday meeting on 2/17.
Singing Valentines by the North Country Chordsmen.
Brags: Will C. had a engagement in Florida. Rick's son is having twins?
Rotary Minute: John Yacavone - Quoted a speaker from the Rotary Club of Milano from 2000: "Act with Consistency, Credibility and Continuity".
Speaker: Rich Wallace gave a "Classification Talk" regarding the almost 30 year his long history with the Valley News. Rich is the current Advertising Director . He spoke of the many changes in the newspaper industry over his employment. Some of the biggest changes are in staffing, influence of the internet and education. The staffing has reduced to a much smaller scale.
Rich's concentration has always been "Ownership of your Community" and to provide pertinent local news.
Submitted by: JoAnn Lemieux