Bulletin for April 1st, 2022 (Apr 01, 2022)

Meeting Date: April 1, 2022

Presiding: Michelle Fortin

Greeter: Jeannie Richards
President Michelle opened the meeting at 07:30 and greeter Jeannie shared some inspiration.

Guests: 6 – 4-Way Test Speech winners and family members

Attendance:

23	Live
5	Zoom
0	Visiting
3	Guests
3	Guest Speakers
34	Total

Announcements:

Roadside Pickup 4/23 @ 0800 meet at the 3A park-n-ride
Rotary Park cleanup 4/16 @ 0800
Car Show May 14^th – 23 pre-registered so far
Summer Concert Series all set with 6 lined up

Sergeant at Arms: Bryant Stevener

Birthdays:

Dean Cascadden Friends had surprise birthday party for him and he wanted to thank the people that had helped him along the way.

Birthday for Steve DeStefano - 66 years young. Steve shared updated information about the great things his daughters and wife are doing and the fact that is body is falling apart

Fines: None noted

Happy Bucks:

Matt Gatzke and his wife went to see Steel Chef and his wife has been checking local vernal pools for wood frogs.
Rob Werner went skiing at Killington this week and has gone a total 15 days so far this season.
Bryant Stevener and his wife went to Meredith for the weekend without kids.
Chris Parkinson saw a Frozen production with his granddaughter in it this week.
Tamar Roberts had a good appointment with her doctor this week and also saw a bear in her back yard
Mike Griffin was not happy about anything in particular but still signed up for road side pickup.

Program: Dean Cascadden introduced our 4-Way Test Speech contest winners who gave their talks to the club.

Third Place Winner

Christopher" Cy" Yvars - Talked about volunteering in the Bow Community. He started when he was in the 8th grade and his memories will last forever.

Second Place Winner

Louisa Hoffman, a German exchange student, talked about never giving up your goals. Failing should not stop you from being positive and following your dreams. Including maybe going to college in the US.

She also thanked her Host family for giving her 8 months of great memories.

First Place Winner

Piper Watford talked about her experience living with ADHD and the difficulty she had in school. For her, dealing with the word NO was traumatic. Also talked about how schools can help students with ADHD and the tools they need.

Respectfully Submitted,

Ken Moulton