Roseland Rotary Meeting June 2, 2016

Posted by Ben Bendit, PHF 
on Jun 03, 2016
 
 
Roseland Rotary Meeting 2, 2016
 
What a day at the Roseland Rotary! There was a whopping 21 members and two guests in attendance.  Guests included the ever popular Don Stohler and John Russell sponsored by Joe Mahoney. We actually ran out of food, however the Waterford, in its usual outstanding manner, made everything right.  Everyone enjoyed an outstanding lunch.  We did have some help with lunch as three youngsters sat down and started eating.  They soon realized they were at the wrong place for lunch. Rotarian bankers, in attendance, were happily talking about the prospects of increased interest rates.  Rotary luncheons are always interesting.
 
We had several announcements including one by Wally Johnson who told a political story, very funny, but I am not sure if it fell under the category of an announcement. As I think about it maybe it was an announcement.  
 
There is much pleasure to be gained from useless knowledge.
 
Bob Sones made an announcement about the upcoming foundation dinner.  Anyone wanting to attend please let him know.  Bob also noted the dedication of the basketball court is Monday at 2:00pm.  It should last about ½ hour and may finish up with a basketball game. The Mayor and Park Director are to be in attendance.  Roseland Rotarians are encouraged to attend.
 
Jay Harwood reported that revenues from the Trivia Night were very good and attendance was excellent.  It was noted that everyone had a great time and just had a lot of fun.  Jay is looking to expand the facilities for next year’s event. All the comments were very positive. A full financial report should be available next week.  Thanks Jay for a great job.
 
David Keck collected Happy Dollars from Don Stohler who was happy to see his granddaughter graduate from Penn High School.  She also received the award for outstanding work in theater. Bill Brennen was happy to see the large number in attendance at the Roseland Rotary lunch meeting. Winnie Farquhar was happy that she recently got to see one grandchild that lives in Denmark and another one graduate from Notre Dame.
 
Dave Keck reported that Reggie Bourlier’s father, who was living in France, has passed on.  Reggie’s father was well into his 90s.   A service was held here in town last Sunday.  Our thoughts and prayers are with Reggie and his family.
 
May you live as long as you wish and love as long as you live.
 
Our speaker for today was forced to cancel, forcing our beloved President to scrape the bottom of the barrel for speakers to fill the void.  Don Stohler filled some of the time in a most admirable way.  Unfortunately, Paula Sours made the mistake of enlisting Ben Bendit to fill some time,”booorrring.
 
Special Note, we think Bob Eberhart is still in St Joseph Hospital.  Cliff Witkowski will be checking on this and will let us know.  We will keep you up to date.
 
The only time a woman succeeds in changing a man is when he is a baby.
 
Please check the web-site for future speaker, www.roselandrotary.com
 
The drawing was won by Bob Sones. Bob said he is taking the money and buying new hearing aids.
 
As you may have noticed your Little Old Editor is back and doing his usual unprofessional job.  Some good news is that we may have a good back up writer for our Bulletin.  Our secretary Venus Myles may take the backup job. This would give us good consistency, something we desperately need.  Please encourage her, please.
 
What Happens to a Frog’s car when it breaks down?  It gets toad away!
 
Rotarians go forth and be good to each other.