President George Weir welcomed all to the May 31st meeting of the Brattleboro Rotary Club held at the American Legion in Brattleboro. Phil George offered a meaningful invocation.This was followed by the pledge of allegiance.
As a luncheon of pork, corn on the cob, chickpeas/corn medley, humus with crackers, salad, bread, and chocolate chip cookies for dessert was being digested, the meeting continued.
GUEST: Visiting Rotarian Joanne Lemieux (Lebanon, NH), Jesse Jerome, Dee Dee Jones, Squeak Stone, and Jilisa Snyder (speaker)
TRIVIA QUESTION
What are the only two sports played on the moon?
(answer below)
JOKE OF THE WEEK
For our Rotary joke, Jeremy Coleman told the following:
A man died and went to Heaven. As he stood in front of St. Peter at the Pearly Gates, he saw a huge wall of clocks behind him.
He asked "What are all those clocks?" St. Peter answered "Those are Lie-Clocks. Everyone on earth has a Lie-Clock. Every time you lie, the hands on your clock will move."
"Oh, whose clock is that?" St. Peter answered "That's Mother Teresa's. The hands on that clock have never moved, indicating that she has never told a lie." "Incredible" said the man.
"That's Abraham Lincoln's clock. The hands have only moved twice, telling us that he only told two lies his entire life."
"Where's Trump's clock?" "His clock is in Jesus' office. He's using it as a ceiling fan."
ROTARY MINUTE
For our Rotary minute, Bill Vermouth reminded us about the club’s gift giving which includes not only money but also community projects. You can learn more about the club’s gift giving by watching episode 8 of Rotary Cares.
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REMINDER: There is no club meeting on 6/7. Instead there will be a club dinner following the Golf Tournament at Brattleboro Country Club.
NOTE: 2017-18 weekly assignments are posted on club website, as well as 2018-19 weekly assignments.
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
Scholarship applications are on June 1.
If you can help with the Welcome Center club fundraiser on June 8 from 8-5, contact Greg Worden .<ED NOTE: This is an important fundraiser to help the club with its expenses.>
If you are attending the dinner following the golf tournament, it will cost $20.For more info, contact Gina Pattison.
Rob Szpila – for Jilisa Snyder and her team at Brattleboro Retreat.
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PROGRAM
Marcy Jones presented Dr. Jilisa Snyder who talked about “Hand Held Device Addiction.” You can watch the presentation by visiting the club’s Facebook page
Rotary Cares, Episode 8 – Local Gift Giving
Brattleboro Rotary Club past president Marty Cohn talks with Brattleboro Rotary Club Gift Giving chair Bill Vermouth and Brattleboro Rotary Club Golf Tournament chair Cathy Coonan about local gift giving. 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
Golf is one of only two sports to have been played on THE MOON. Back in February of 1971, Apollo 14 member Alan Shepard hit a ball with a six-iron, but he had to swing with only one hand due to his pressure suit. The only other sport ever played up there (at least by a human) was the javelin throw around the same time. The ball and javelin are still there! It was later in 2006 when Russian astronaut Mijail Tiurin became the first person to drive a golf ball into space.
