July 25, 2012 - Meeting Minutes

Posted by Tom Breen

on Jul 25, 2012

Guests:
Shirley Bassage, Betsy Pray, Autumn Sloan, Rory Sloan

Missing in Action:
Margaret Brooks, Trevor Chapman, Mark Clement, Vicky Daly, Chase Ellsworth, Cheryl Ford, Gary Haigh, Bob Ike, Dick Kirchhoff, Dave Nagle, Arnie Pechler, Cindy Surline, Cortney Surline, Leslie Vecchiotti, Bob Yost

Please keep the following in your thoughts and prayers this week:
All the victims of the Aurora, Colorado shooting;
Elizabeth Spencer, a student with Autumn, has cancer

Singing:
With the Hill Cumorah Pageant over, and the RL Concessions tent down, we sang “Ding Dong, the Pageant’s Done,” led by songmistress Kim and her lyrical assistant, Tom.

Birthdays / Anniversaries:
Nancy Schrader – 7/14
Deb LeMoyne – 7/23
Dave and Katie Read – 51 years

Fines, Happy Bucks, Confessions:
- Pat confessed the reason for her absence from the changeover picnic. She went to the legion just before noon and, seeing no one there, went to Parkwood. No one was there either, so she went home.
- John D had a misunderstanding with himself, which resulted in him deleting his shift at the hill from his planner and not showing up to work it.
- New member Richard had a happy buck for making it through the pageant and confessed to misremembering Kim’s name when he introduced to someone as Liz.
- Dave Pray happy-bucked for his son, who returned to his job in Washington, DC where he got a promotion and a raise.
- Bob Sloan had a buck because he “finally cracked the code” regarding the freezer. It’s such a chore to organize it, keep track of what’s in it, and get rid of stuff that’s been in it too long. Bob discover that if you let the refrigerator break, then everything gets thrown out. And your new frig comes empty!
- Dianne had a mixed-emotions buck, because Joey is back home safe and sound.
- Joan’s told us her daughter has a neighbor who worked out at the hill. When Joan asked who the neighbor was, her daughter said it was Dave and Katie Read. So, she gave a happy buck for her daughter’s new neighbors.
- Anne offered an HB in recognition of Joey’s great year with us, and thanked the Sloans and the Robsons for hosting her.
- Gary Hopkins had 2 weekends of fun lacrosse stuff with the kids.

Notes and Updates for the Club:
• Rotary Day at the Red Wings is Saturday, August 18^th, with the Red Wings hosting Scranton-Willkes/Barre. It is a 7:05 game, with fireworks after. If interested, contact Bill Dean ASAP.
• Sign-ups for the Fair Booth continue. Please contact Kim Clement for shift availability. Cooks are especially needed.
• The Ontario-Walworth club will be having their annual Family Picnic on August 14 from 5:00 on. Please contact Dianne if you have an interest in attending.
• Changes to the club’s By-Laws had been circulated. These changes were approved by a majority of the members in attendance.
• There will be a blood drive at St. Anne’s Church in Palmyra on August 21, from 1 – 6:30. Our club will be assisting. Please contact Pam Dean for details or if you would like to volunteer.
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Our monthly Assembly Auction raised $61 for the Rotary Foundation.
Kim donated 2 baskets of home-grown veggies and baked goods, which were won by Joan Shaffer and Dave Pray.
Joan brought in a pirate-themed goody bag, which was snapped up by Rory Sloan.
Gene contributed a hand-crafted Rotary music box, on which Tom Breen had the winning bid.

Auctioneer Jim Bush displays some of the Rory Sloan shows off the booty from the

squeaky-fresh produce in Kim's goody basket. pirate goody-bag he won at the auction.

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John Denniston won the bidding on the Exempt Button for August.

Pam Dean won the 50/50 and donated her winnings to Polio Plus.

Next meeting: Wednesday, August 1 – noon at the Palmyra American Legion

I would like to extend a sincere thank you to Dave Read and Bill Dean, whose photos each week help to make this newsletter more enjoyable.