Conrad conducted the 4 way test, and Joe Bassett gave the invocation.
Visiting Rotarian: Phil Smith, Saco Bay
Guests: Todd & Rocco from Charter Oak Financial
Don Pilon won the 50-50 and donated it to Red Ribbon
Phil from the Saco Bay Rotary would like us all to enter their club’s Duck Pluck raffle
Happy dollars:
- Joe Bassett is happy to be here
- Julie is happy for the cool weather
- Sabine is happy to demolish things, and likes working on the house
- Don P is happy to have received a $1000 check from Pirates Cove (good job Don)
Happy fines from Sgt at Arms Heather M:
- Conrad, for his birthday and for not making any mistakes in the 4-way test
- Lucie fined for her birthday, and again for swearing at President Pifferer (something we all want to do, so it was worth it)
- Stoner (not present) fined for having a baby
- Alicia fined for calling Jeremy “Jerry” which she promptly did again, so it didn’t work
- Reegan fined for looking nice today
- Conrad fined for his hunt & peck "button masher" typing style while texting
President’s report:
-Investment committee meeting follows lunch
-Fausto has worked out a proposed deal with Run of the Mill to donate a portion of Tuesday sales to fund a free community Thanksgiving meal
-Jim G reports that a portion of the project house is demolished (thanks Sabine) and foundation work is beginning. Watch for an email with more volunteer opportunities.
-As the year shapes up, our big projects are the raffle with the $100 tickets, the wine tasting, and the 100th anniversary visit from the Bideford, England club (likely held in May 2020)
-There will be an important speaker next week 9/25 which you should not miss, Sister Anastasia from Kenya. Arranged by Roland. We have been funding her work for many years and it will be a nice chance to see the impact of our efforts. Don’t miss it.
-In sad news, Harold Boudreau (Company B Fund) passed away.
Speaker updates from Conrad:
-There will be classification talks on Oct 2 & Oct 30. We need 2-3 Rotarians to volunteer to speak at each.
