Rotary Newsletter for January 13th, 2010
In Attendance for the meeting were Dietrich Bilger, Janice Brown, Lew Burridge, Walter Heller, Mary Jenkins, Joe Kelley, Connie Mitchell, Bart Nuboer, Bob Price, Joan Powers, Bob Schipul, Sandi Schipul, Janet Schmitz, Ben Summers, Lisa Tompson, Diane Waterfield, Bernie Westerveld and his wife Beverley.M
Bob Schipul, filling in for Candace, opened the meeting. Bob Price led the group in the Pledge of Allegiance. Bob Schipul gave the blessing. Diane will be having her surgery at South Shore Hospital on January 19th. She will be in the hospital for five days, the recuperating at home for a few weeks. Diane would love to have everyone come to visit.
Reminders: Carper and Walsh will be our speakers this coming Wednesday They perform medical and agricultural guidance in Kenya. They will be at the Hatherly School on Wednesday and the Gates School on Thursday. Please get in your names for the Red Lion event by Friday January 22nd. The South Shore Council Party at the Neighborhood Club will be on January 22nd. Please contact the council or Dietrich if you would like to attend.
Some members attended the Dare Graduation at the Scituate High School. It was a great event. If you receive calls/requests regarding questions on the phone book, please call Janet if you are not sure how to answer.
Mary Jenkins gave an awesome presentation/speech/slide show of her three month trip out west. She also displayed her saddle, bridle, and other riding gear. Mary and her horse, Sassy, rode one thousand miles. They started in Texas, went through New Mexico and Colorado. The ended the trip in South Dakota.
Mary, her husband Lyle, and her two daughters drove down to Texas with Sassy in tow.
Her family did some sight seeing and flew back home. Mary showed slides of the vast country. They would sometimes travel through a ranch that would take all day to cross, never seeing anyone. She had pictures of the other riders and their horses, quaint western towns, large rustic western ranch houses. They had some dinners at rancher's home sand western restaurants. They rode in a parade. Mary had a wonderful time and hopes to be able to do the ride again.
Respectfully submitted,
Janice Brown, Secretary
