President George Weir welcomed all to the June 21st meeting of the Brattleboro Rotary Club held at the American Legion in Brattleboro. George Anthes offered the following meaningful invocation:
The Sheep and the Goats
31“When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, he will sit on his glorious throne. 32All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate the people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. 33He will put the sheep on his right and the goats on his left.
34“Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world. 35For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, 36I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.’
37“Then the righteous will answer him, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink? 38When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you? 39When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?’
40“The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.’
41“Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels. 42For I was hungry and you gave me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink, 43I was a stranger and you did not invite me in, I needed clothes and you did not clothe me, I was sick and in prison and you did not look after me.’
44“They also will answer, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or needing clothes or sick or in prison, and did not help you?’
45“He will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for me.’
46“Then they will go away to eternal punishment, but the righteous to eternal life.”
This was followed by the pledge of allegiance. Birthday greetings were extended to Roger Miller, Sandy Rouse, Jim Haine, and Jenifer Ambler.
As a luncheon of (pork) spare ribs, chicken, pasta salad, potatoes, broccoli, green salad, bread, and strawberry rhubarb for dessert was being digested, the meeting continued.
GUEST: Sophie Howlett <first posting as a new member>
TRIVIA QUESTION
Since what year have no cases of polio originated in the United States?
(answer below)
JOKE OF THE WEEK
For our Rotary joke, Marty Cohn told the following:
<ED NOTE: President George asked Marty for an Irish joke in memory of Chuck Cummings who passed away in June of 2017 yet remained on the weekly assignment list.>.
Two men were sitting next to each other at a bar. After a while, one guy looks at the other and says, "I can't help but think, from listening to you, that you're from Ireland." The other guy responds proudly, "Yes, that I am!"
The first guy says, "So am I! And whereabouts from Ireland might you be?"
The other guy answers, "I'm from Dublin, I am."
The first guy responds, "Sure and begora, and so am I! And what street did you live on in Dublin?"
The other guy says, "A lovely little area it was, I lived on McCleary Street in the old central part of town."
The first guy says, "Faith & it's a small world, so did I! And to what school would you have been going?"
The other guy answers, "Well now, I went to St. Mary's of course."
The first guy gets really excited, and says, "And so did I. Tell me, what year did you graduate?"
The other guy answers, "Well, now, I graduated in 1964."
The first guy exclaims, "The Good Lord must be smiling down upon us! I can hardly believe our good luck at winding up in the same bar tonight. Can you believe it, I graduated from St. Mary's in 1964 my own self."
About this time, another guy walks into the bar, sits down, and orders a beer. The bartender walks over shaking his head & mutters, "It's going to be a long night tonight."
The guy asks, "Why do you say that?"
"The Murphy twins are drunk again."
<ED NOTE: A more fitting joke in Chuck’s memory:>
Two blondes walk into a building ........you'd think at least one of them would have seen it.
ROTARY MINUTE
For our Rotary minute, George Weir gave us some Rotary statistics: There are 1.2 million Rotarians in 200 countries in 35,000 clubs worldwide. In the United States there are 320,000 members; in India, 140,000; and 87,000 in Japan. Since 1985, Rotary International has raised $1.7 billion to fight polio and has vaccinated 2.5 billion children.
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NOTE: 2017-18 weekly assignments are posted on club website, as well as 2018-19 weekly assignments.
UPCOMING PROGRAMS
06/28 – Changeover Dinner
07/05 - District Governor Veno Rao
NOTE: 2017-18 weekly assignments are posted on club website, as well as 2018-19 weekly assignments.
REMINDERS
Bottles and cans can be brought to Putney Road redemption center to benefit Pure Water for the World. Please see Mara Williams.
If you like this newsletter, brag at next Club meeting.
So far only NINE members have acknowledged this rag.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Cindy Jerome was presented with a pin to commemorate her fifteen years of service.
Checks were presented to our American Legion servers, Maureen and Ginny.
Brattleboro Sunrise Rotary is holding its annual ping pong party on June 23 at 6pm at 118 Eliot Street. For more info, click here.
Brattleboro on Wheels will be taking place on 7/14 from 10-2. If you can volunteer, please contact Mike Mandracchia
If you want to help pack boxes for Vermont Food Bank on Saturday, July 14 from 9-noon, please contact Stan Nowakowski
Changeover Dinner is on June 28 at 5 pm. For more info, please contact Dave Twombly. david@twomblywealth.com
FINES
Bill Vermouth proposed a fine to Milt Eaton for not providing a Rotary Minute that in turn allowed President George Weir to go over a minute.George paid the fine.
Dave Twombly proposed a fine to Bill Vermouth for proposing a fine on Milt Eaton who was not in attendance to defend himself.Bill paid the fine.
BRAGS
Cindy Jerome – for Jenifer Ambler’s photo of a black bear appearing on page two of today’s Brattleboro Reformer.
Gina Pattison – for the Golf Committee raising $31,000.
George Anthes – for Tom French and Jeremy Coleman wearing bright shirts in memory of Chuck Cummings.
Dave Twombly – for his kids finally moving out to their own house in Chesterfield.
Dave Twombly – for Stan Nowakowski securing the mortgage so his kid’s new home.
Rob Szpila – for John Kohler sketching the new Disc Golf Course.
John Kohler– for Rob Szpila and the Disc Golf Committee.
Jeremy Coleman – for his recent Maine vacation.
George Weir – for Greg Worden, Mike Mandracchia, Stan Nowakowski, Marty Cohn, Joe Little, Carl Lynde efforts on behalf of the club.
Roger Miller – for Marty Cohn hosting him on latest episode of Rotary Cares.
Marty Cohn – for Rotary Cares show on International work connecting him to Denver Mile High Rotary Club who wants to work on project for Pine Ridge Indian Reservation.
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PROGRAM
Club Assembly: A review of 2017-18 accomplishments:
Fundraisers
Golf Tournament – netted $31,000 ($5,000 to Gateway Foundation, $5,000 to Gift Giving, and $16,000 to Brattleboro Memorial Hospital
Gifts for Seniors – over 300 residents received a holiday gift
Christmas Trees – raised closed to $6,000 for Gateway Foundation.
Project Feed the Thousands – close to $600 raised
Birdhouses – money raised for Project Feed the Thousands
Disc Golf Tournament - $2500 given to support youth trip to Cheyenne River Indian Reservation.
Pure Water for the World - $500 from bottle/can redemption raised
Hurricane Relief - $500 raised to help in Puerto Rico
Welcome Center - $1350 raised for club projects
Gift Giving - $7,500 given to 33 non profit organizations.
Brattleboro on Wheels – July 14, 2018
Club Service: Four roadshows (NECCA, Scott Farm, BMC, and Boys & Girls Club) and two club mixers (Marina and BBQ at Living Memorial Park)
Community Service
Little Free Libraries – raised over $2,000 for Friends of Brooks Memorial Library
Seasonal Overflow Shelter – six meals served
Sugar on Snow – 46th year of providing this fun event at Winter Carnival
Turning Point painting
Bridge clean up
International
Pine Ridge Quilting Project – Over 1000 pounds of material distributed.
Cheyenne River Indian Reservation – scholarships given out to youths for trip
Club Promotion
Rotary Cares – nine episodes broadcast over television and Internet
Rotary at Work Tee Shirts – distributed to Student Rotarians + 40 members.
Rotary Cares, Episode 9 – "Passing the Gavel"
Brattleboro Rotary Club past president Marty Cohn talks with Brattleboro Rotary Club past president Roger Miller (1972-1973) and Brattleboro Sunrise Rotary Club past president Will Shakespeare (2007-2008) about their transformation from club president to club past president. Produced in the studio of Brattleboro Community Television.
Past President Martin Cohn who attempts to give a gist of the meeting respectfully submitted this bulletin. However, it is always better to attend. If you have any complaints about the contents of this bulletin...
ANSWER TO TRIVIA QUESTION
Since 1979, no cases of polio have originated in the United States. However, the virus has been brought into the country by travelers with polio. The last time this happened was in 1993.
