Currents - January 3, 2019 (Jan 07, 2019)

Upcoming Rotary Programs (corrected dates). All meeting on Thursdays!

NOTE CHANGE OF TIME- January 10, 2018 12 Noon

Speech Contest - Come support and listen to our students The topic this year is How can ‘Service Above Self’ be an Inspiration to Others?

January 17, 2018 at noon

Club forum, get updated on club activities, service, fundraising and other club business.

January 24, 2019 at 7 AM - TBD

January 31, 2019 Time and place to be announced soon.

Chamber of Commerce, a Joint meeting. Business After Hours.

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Program - January 3, 2019

Cog Railway

Speaker Tim Lewis

Tim Lewis, the son of engineer Norman “Jitney” Lewis of the Mount Washington Cog Railway was our speaker this week. Tim Lewis is a professor, News Director for Electronic Journalism at Northern Vermont University-Lyndon.

Lewis began work on a project looking into the history of the Railway in 1962 with the help of “Jitney” who was then working on the mountain. Jitney and Tim spent the last two years of Jitney’s life working on an operating manual/memoir of the Railway. Now Tim is continuing this project as part of a research project backed by Northern Vermont University—Lyndon.

Tim shared a lot of personal history about his father, "Jitney" Lewis and his own history working and living at the Cog Railway.

From Norman L 'Jitney' Lewis's obituary in the Valley News in 2017: "For the last two years, he and his son have worked to complete a Manuscript first begun in 1962 of an operating manual for the Mount Washington Railway steam locomotives during the Jitney Years of 1950 to 1967. While Jitney's technical manual and eyewitness story telling section was completed early on, his son morphed the document into an extensive memoir, and with the help of Jitney's Cog family, it became and in-depth look into the little known employees and events during the New Hampshire tourist attraction's lifetime. The forth draft was completed at the hospital the night Norm died".

President

Stephen Christy

President

Michelle Buck

President-elect

Melissa Mooney

President-elect

Marion Steiner

Vice President

Paul Tierney

Vice President

Melissa Golightly

Secretary

William Koppenheffer

Treasurer

William Babineau

Assistant Treasurer

Angela Nelson

Past President

Suellen Griffin

Past President

Bill Secord

Membership

Paul Boucher

International Service

JoAnn Lemieux

Sergeant-at-Arms

Rick Dyment

Sergeant at Arms

Tim Guaraldi

Youth Service

Steve Whitman

Youth Service

Susan Donnelly

Web Master

Marilyn Bedell

Service Projects

Bruce Bergeron

Service Projects

Ernst Oidtmann, MD, PHF

Rotary Foundation Chair

Ron Bedell

The Rotary Foundation

Philip Rentz

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Rotary Foundation Update

At our meeting on 3 January, Ron Bedell presented Phil Renz with his first Paul Harris Fellowship, and Suellen Griffin with her Paul Harris Fellowship +2. Congratulations and thank you for supporting our Rotary Foundation!

Foundation Giving by Club Members from 1 July 2018 to 31 December 2018

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SAVE THE DATE

Listen Dinners 2019 - February 5, April 2, June 4, August 6, October 1, December 3

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Announcements

We welcomed Cindy Jerome to our meeting. She is a potential members. She currently is a member of the Rotary Club of Brattleboro. She has relocated to Lebanon and has position as Executive Director for Alice Peck Day Lifecare Centers, Inc.

Fireside Chats (aka - Rotary Orientation) All welcome to attend

January 10, 2019 (Thursday) at 7 AM in the Dwinell Room at Harvest Hill

January 16, 2019 (Wednesday) at 4:30 PM at Tim Guaraldi's Nationwide Office, 21 Bank Street, Lebanon, NH

Name Badge Box - Thanks to Bruce Pacht who has organized our badge box...or course he forgot to bring it to the meeting today... but when we see it next all the badges are in alphabetical order, and slots are numbered. We will see if we can keep it organized.

We were sad to learn the Rick Dyment will be leaving our Rotary Club. He will be working in Concord, NH.

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Happy Dollars

Hank Clarke enjoyed the Christmas holiday with family.

Paul Tierney thanked the members who came on 24 December to set up for the Listen Christmas Dinner. Over 600 meals were prepared and served!

Marilyn Bedell gave health updates on Susan Donnelly, who is still an inpatient at DHMC dealing with lung issues; Sherry Calkins who is home with family. Sherry was able to travel to Danville to celebrate Christmas with all of her family; Bob Gasser is off with Marilynn enjoying a Viking Cruise.

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Raffle

The hunt for the queen of hearts ended! Dan Nash pulled the queen and won $330! Wow!!

Steve Whitman won the car wash.

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Rotary International News

Rotary is dedicated to six areas of focus to build international relationships, improve lives, and create a better world to support our peace efforts and end polio forever. Read more click here

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