The Rotary Club of
Lebanon, NH, USA

Chartered 1923

Bedell Golf Classic 2021

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Currents

June 3, 2021

Editor: Marilyn Bedell

Golf photos by Tim Guaraldi.

Thanks Bruce Pacht for taking minutes at the meeting!!

Upcoming Programs/Speakers

We will be meeting at 11:55 a.m. on the First and Second Thursdays and we will be meeting at 5:25 p.m. on the Third and Forth Thursdays.

June 10, Noon, Rabbi Melamut from Dartmouth College, specific topic to be confirmed closer to the date.
June 17, 5:30 PM, To Be Announced
June 24, 5:30 PM: To Be Announced
July 1, 2021, Noon, Club Change Over Celebration
July 7, 2021, Noon, Carl Gross, Lebanon Airport Manager

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Boston Lot Bridge Build

May 29, 2021 – Twenty individuals from the Rotary Club of Lebanon, the Rotary Club of Hanover, the Lebanon Conservation Commission, the Upper Valley Mountain Bikers Association, and others all under the delightful guidance of Ron Bailey, Town’s Conservation Ranger built ten bridges at the Boston Lot, one of which will bypass a small bike loop. The bridges will help make the trails at Boston Lot easier to navigate. Our members who participated were Ernst Oidtmann (event organizer), Angela Nelson, Phil Rentz, Tim and Anna Guaraldi. Pictures from Tim Guaraldi, Ernst Oidtmann, Phil Rentz and Tina Wendon.

Boston Lot is a 439 acres parcel of land that circles Boston Lot Lake, climb Burnt Mountain, loop around Honeysuckle Hill, and connect to the power lines and DHMC. The Park includes seven miles of trails and is rated 3 or 4 moderate difficulty. The most popular way to access the property includes utilizing the parking area adjacent to the Wilder Dam along NH Route 10, and taking the access road approximately 1/2 mile up to the lake area. Additional trail access points include from the Water Tower Road directly south of the Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center (DHMC), as well as both the Indian Ridge trail and Sachem Village trail coming in from the North. There are several trails on private property to the South that connect with the Boston Lot system, including trails on the Landmark property owned by Dartmouth College that extend all the way south to Old Pine Tree Cemetery Rd.

Moorings

Marilyn Bedell caused confusion by sending out an invalid Zoom link, but many found the replacement link and logged on to the meeting. If you didn't see the new link and tried to join the meeting, sorry if you missed the meeting.

Our pre-meeting banter was focused on Bruce Pacht's computer being hacked. This lead to a discussion of the global problem of ransom wear. We wished the folks bright enough to do this, would focus on helping to solve some of the world's bigger problems that could would been seen as doing good, and bring them fame and legitimate fortunes.

Jimmy Brock joined the meeting letting us know that the weather in Bermuda has been stellar.

We then talked about the high rates of individuals receiving the COVID-19 vaccine in NH and VT. We are happy to do more socializing.

At 12:05 PM, Ron Bedell then called the meeting to order.

Remembering Terri Dudley

Picture from The Lebanon Times, February 19, 2014

Prior to heading into our business meeting, we had a moment of silence to remember and reflect on the life of Terri Dudley. Terri was a Rotarian and the first woman to be inducted into the Rotary Club of Lebanon, and then became the first woman president of our Club. From the Valley News on Tuesday, June 1, 2021:

LEBANON — Terri Dudley, who played a central role in Lebanon politics for more than 50 years, died on Monday. She was 92.

Known for both her charm and her resolve, the Lebanon native served as a city councilor, mayor and state legislator during a tenure in city government that started in 1958.

Dudley also was a trailblazer in the business community as the first female advertising executive at a daily newspaper in New England, the first female president of the Lebanon Chamber of Commerce and the first woman to lead the Rotary Club of Lebanon. At the heart of all her endeavors was a commitment to her hometown, Dudley’s longtime friend Nancy Merrill said.

John Yacavone then reflected on being nominated by Terri to attend a Young Business Leader event in Washington, D.C. in 1979. He has always been grateful for her support in helping him grow as a professional early in his career. Rich Wallace shared that he was hired at the Valley News by Terri. Jim Damren let us know that Terri had been his neighbor while growing up in West Lebanon.

Club Meeting Notes and Announcements

Minutes from our Club Business Meeting:

Our Golf Tournament

The tournament was a success. We still need to collect about $6,000 in commitments. Both Bruce and Ed don't think there will be any issues making this happen. We had a lot of good feedback from our participants. If you participated in the day and have ideas on how to make the 2022 tournament even better, send those ideas to Ed Friedman. Net income information should be available in a couple of weeks. Kudos to the Golf Committee for all they did to make this a successful and fun day. See a few more pictures below.

Boston Lot Building Bridges

See pictures and information about the build above. Ernst thank the club for the financial support to make the new bridges possible. Ernst quipped, "Let sleeping logs lie". Again, thanks to Ernst, Tim and Anna, Angela and Phil for helping with this project.

In Person Meetings

We are going to decide when we will get back to in person meetings shortly, perhaps as early as July. The Club (23 of 44 member) sent in survey indicating that you would like to meet Thursdays at Noon at Harvest Hill. Some Covid-19 related events must occur to make this happen. Some virtual/ hybrid meetings will still be held so that we can accommodate as may members as possible. The Administration Committee and Club Board will be talking about options over the next couple of weeks.

Dues

Ron reminded us that our dues will increase to $30 a month starting July 1^st. June 2021 are still at $27.

June 10th Meeting

Our next zoom meeting, June 10^th will be at Noon with Rabbi Mark Melamut as our speaker. He will speak on Judaism 101: Being Jewish in the Upper Valley

Lebanon and Kilton Libraries

Bruce Pacht reported that he and Bill Secord met with Sean Fleming and agreed on a plaque for the study room entrance. A reminder that we contributed $10,000 to have the room named for The Rotary Club of Lebanon. There will be a wood-framed display case for use by the club inside the room at the Lebanon Library. Bruce and Bill also agreed with Sean on a plaque for the Kilton children's room. It will read: " Thank you, Rotary Club of Lebanon, for your continuing contribution of books to the Kilton Children's Library."

Riverside Park - Flower Planting on June 4 from 3:00 to 4:30

Will Koppenhefer will oversee a club service event at Riverside Park Tomorrow afternoon, June 4th from 3:00 to about 4 or 4:30. We will be planting flowers. Volunteers are needed especially those with gardening talents. Bring gloves, trowels, and watering cans.

Kancamagus Clean-up Saturday, June 5, 2021

The Rotary Clubs of Bristol, Lincoln-Woodstock, North Conway, Ossipee, Plymouth, and White Mountains invite you to join with us to brighten up our area’s most scenic highways, byways, and trailheads. Date: June 5^th from 10-2, with 9:00 registrations. Register so the Northern Rotary Clubs can plan accordingly for lunch. Please join our Rotary Community Clean-Up project. To participate, contact our Volunteer Coordination Committee Chair: BOB YOUNG YOUNGLAWFIRM@YAHOO.COM. So far, Bruce Pacht and Lori Fortini have signed up to help.

Brewfest September 4^th

Hank Clarke reminded us to save the date to help at Brewfest. It now looks like it will be able to happen! Planning will begin soon. Hank is developing our to-do-list for the event. We will need various permits from the city and state. Sponsorships will be needed. Bruce Bergeron will help line up brewers. A variety of other tasks will need to be completed to have the set up we need for the day of the event.

Our 100^th Anniversary

Marion Steiner states the committee is still working to vet potential projects. The next meeting of the committee will be June 7 at 4 PM.

First Grade Reader

Bruce Bergeron reported that our First Grade personalize books have been delivered to the schools and will be distributed. We hope to have some pictures to share soon.

Kenya Water Project

Cal reported that the filters have been purchased and will be hand delivered to Kenya on 16 June, hopefully bypassing tariff or other governmental delays. A physician is working with a community team on education to assure hygiene requirements are followed. Additional updates will be given as Cal gets reports.

Rotary Foundation

Reminders have gone out to members to get Rotary Foundation donations to Ron Bedell ASAP, as the mailing needs to be postmarked by 30 June. If you decide to make a direct payment via the Rotary web page, be sure to sign into My Rotary to assure the donation is credited to the club. Select Annual Programs Fund/Share to have the donation be a part of the money that is returned to our District for Global Grants.

Anything else for the good of the club? Happy Thoughts/concerns

Marion Steiner was delighted to report that she was able to visit with her mother, and that it was great to be able to hug her.

Bruce Pacht reported that the scholarship checks and an award letter has gone to both Lebanon and Mascoma High Schools. Janet Vaugh will be at the event on Sunday at Mascoma to present the checks to the winners on our behalf.

Will Koppenheffer let us know that his wife, Ellen has retired from Planned Parenthood.

Jim Damren shared that his round of golf at the Bedell Classic was his first golf in two years, and it felt great to be out on the golf course.

Ernst Oidtmann shared that Bruce Pacht's son, Orin, has been helping him make parts for his model ship building project. Ernst is looking forward to his son Max coming for a visit from Qatar with his wife and two grandchildren. The will be here for two months. Then they will head to Germany. Ernst is headed to Squam Lake for a vacation too.

Bruce Bergeron announced that Ed Friedman won the car wash this week.

Marilyn Bedell reports that Ron had a cardiology check-up and all is good...happy dance.

The meeting was adjourned just before 1:00 PM. See you all next week.

They profit most who serve the best.

Members at the meeting:

Bill Babineau

Marilyn Bedell

Ron Bedell

Bruce Bergeron

Hank Clarke

Karen Clements

Jim Damren

Ed Friedman

Tim Guaraldi

Cindy Jerome

Will Koppenheffer

Ernst Oidtmann

Bruce Pacht

Phil Rentz

Marion Steiner

Rich Wallace

Richard Wallace

Steve Whitman

Cal Wolfe

John Yacavone

Visiting Rotarian Jimmy Brock from Hamilton, Bermuda

Thanks You Letter from the Rotary Foundation

We received this letter from the Rotary Foundation for our Club's Annual Donation to the Rotary Foundation. This donation will fund our annual Paul Harris Society Fellow recognition that will be announced at Club Change Over.

25 May 2021

Rotary Club of Lebanon
PO Box 132
Lebanon, NH, 03766
United States

Thank you for your contribution to Rotary's Annual Fund. Your gift funds life-changing service projects in
communities around the world.

Whether it's improving sanitation and access to clean water, helping mothers and children thrive, or
preventing and treating disease, your financial support opens opportunities and makes a meaningful
difference in people's lives.

Through your contribution, you make an important investment in our shared future, empowering Rotarians
to take action against some of humanity's greatest challenges. Your generosity allows us to continue our
mission, and for that, we thank you.

Sincerely,

Eric Schmelling

Chief Philanthropy Officer
The Rotary Foundation of Rotary International

Bedell Golf Classic 2021 at Eastman Golf Links — May 27, 2021

A few more pictures from Tim Guaraldi

Riverside Park, Flower Planning Service Project — Friday, June 4 at 3:00 PM

We have a date! Please come and help plant flowers. Should only take a couple of hours. The more volunteers, the less time it will take and the merrier it will be!

Rotary Invitation From Northern NH Rotary Clubs to Clean Up Pinkham Notch, July 24^th

Will be formally announced at our March 11th Meeting

To: Service Organization Partners

From: Northern New Hampshire Rotary Clubs

Date: February, 2021 Re: Rotary Community Clean-Up New Hampshire Projects

The Rotary Clubs of Bristol, Lincoln-Woodstock, North Conway, Ossipee, Plymouth, and White Mountains invite you to join with us to brighten up our area’s most scenic highways, byways, and trailheads.

The more volunteers we attract, the more impact we will have. We are looking for support from individuals, other service clubs and organizations, chambers of commerce, school groups, churches, municipalities, area businesses, and anyone who would like to join us as we Clean Up New Hampshire.

To participate, contact our Volunteer Coordination Committee Chair: BOB YOUNG

BOB YOUNG YOUNGLAWFIRM@YAHOO.COM

Thank you very much for your consideration in joining our efforts. We look forward to working with you as we Clean Up New Hampshire.

NH Food Bank - Volunteers Needed June 29, 2021

From Ashley Moulton, Volunteer Coordinator

Upcoming Mobile Food Pantries

As most of you may know, my emails started to be rejected by servers so unfortunately, I’ve not been able to reach out to most of you in quite some time.

Thankfully, we have found a way to fix this and are now able to resume the Mobile Food Pantry(MFP) update emails! The MFP schedule through August is linked below. Some locations are still TBD and we will be updating it, as usual, with any new additions.

The schedule can also be found on our volunteer site. Please go to nhfoodbank.volunteerhub.com to view 24/7 and to sign up for any MFP, or you can continue to email me to sign up! We are quite low on volunteers for Mobile Food Pantries across the board, unfortunately.

Feel free to reach out should you have any questions at all. I’m so happy to have our communication re-established and I hope all is well!

Thank you,

Ashley D. Moulton

Volunteer Coordinator

email volunteercoordinator@nhfoodbank.org

To see our available opportunities and to sign up, visit: nhfoodbank.volunteerhub.com.

If you’d like to learn more, contact our volunteer coordinator, Ashley, at 603.669.9725 ext. 1131 or email volunteercoordinator@nhfoodbank.org

Brew Fest 2021 — September 4, 2021 (Saturday of Labor Day Weekend)

Planning underway for Brew Fest 2021. Save the date to be there to help with this fundraiser.

Mascoma River Clean-up — September 25, 2021

Ernst Oidtmann announce that Mascoma River Clean-up will be on September 25 is the date of the biennial Mascoma River Clean-up which will take place in concert with the Connecticut River Clean-up.

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Rotary International News

Rotary International Virtual Convention

Rotary Opens Opportunities

Mark your calendars for an exciting opportunity to connect with Rotary members worldwide at the 2021 Virtual Convention: Rotary Opens Opportunities, 12-16 June. Registration will open in mid-April at a special rate of $49. After 21 days, you will pay $65 to register.

You can also join us early at a preconvention for intercountry committees, Rotaract, and Rotary Youth Exchange officers, 10-11 June. Each preconvention costs an additional $20.

The 2021 Virtual Rotary Convention and preconvention events are open to all Rotary members and participants. Both the convention and preconvention fees include access to the virtual House of Friendship.

Don’t forget to visit the convention event page on Facebook to connect with others and stay up-to-date on event news and program highlights!

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SPEAKERS

Listen to inspiring speakers talk about how Rotary and its members are connecting and engaging with our communities around the world.

Simultaneous interpretation will be offered in English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Mandarin, Portuguese, and Spanish.

Check back often for updates.

In alphabetical order:

Dr. Bruce Aylward

Senior Advisor to the Director General and Head Access to COVID-19 Tools Accelerator Hub (ACT-A), World Health Organization

Ann-Britt Åsebol

2021 Rotary International Convention Committee Vice Chair and Past Rotary International Director; Rotary Club Falun-Kopparvågen, Sweden

Dr. Binish Desai

Chair, Eco Electric Tech Group; Rotary Club of Sural Riverside, India

Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus

Director-General, World Health Organization

John Hannes

Host of the Convention Minute; Rotary Club of Evanston Nouveau, Illinois, USA

John Hewko

Rotary International General Secretary and CEO; Rotary Club of Kyiv, Ukraine

Sascha Hingst

News Anchor, ARD; Rotary Club of Berlin, Germany

Jennifer Jones

Rotary International President-nominee; Rotary Club of Windsor-Roseland, Ontario, Canada

Holger Knaack

Rotary International President; Rotary Club of Herzogtum Lauenburg-Mölln, Germany

Susanne Knaack

Partner of RI President Holger Knaack; Rotary E-Club of Hamburg Connect, Germany

YiChun (Elyse) Lin

Charter President, Rotary Club of Taipei Daylight, Taiwan

Shekhar Mehta

Rotary International President-elect; Rotary Club of Calcutta-Mahanagar, India

Ximena Murillo

Rotary Peace Fellow; CEO of United4Change Center (U4C)

Vanessa Nakate

Climate Activist and Founder of the Rise Up Movement

K.R. “Ravi” Ravindran

The Rotary Foundation Trustee Chair and Past President of Rotary International; Rotary Club of Colombo, Sri Lanka

Anna Rosling Rönnlund

Vice-President, The Gapminder Foundation

Kenneth M. Schuppert Jr.

2021 Rotary International Convention Committee Chair and Past Rotary International Vice President; Rotary Club of Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Sanj Srikanthan

CEO, ShelterBox

Sarah Tuberty, OTD, ORT/L

Occupational Therapist; Rotary E-Club of Silicon Valley

Dr. Sylvia Whitlock

First female Rotary club president; Rotary Club of Claremont, California, USA

Mark Wright

News Anchor; Past President of the Rotary Club of Seattle, Washington, USA

Linda Yu

Former ABC7 Chicago News Anchor

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President

Ron Bedell

President Elect

Hank Clarke

Vice President

Ed Friedman

Past President

Marion Steiner

Secretary

Marilyn Bedell

Treasurer

Angela Nelson

Charities Board Treasurer

Angela Nelson

Finance Committee

Steve Whitman

International Service

JoAnn Lemieux

Membership

Rich Wallace

Web Master

Rich Wallace

Youth Service

V. Bruce Pacht

Sergeant at Arms

Dave Crandall

Service Projects

Bruce Bergeron

Rotary Foundation Chair

Ron Bedell

At Large Member

V. Bruce Pacht

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