Week-in-Review 9/2/2015

Posted by Julie Villemaire 
on Sep 02, 2015
 
Even though he was on vacation, President Bill promptly started the meeting with the Pledge of Allegiance.  PP Mark Tuller led everyone in the 4 Way Test.  He had a slight dilemma when it came to saying “or” before the count down.  He always thought we should be saying “of the things we think say AND do” not “OR do”.  Joe Bassett provided the invocation.  Vice President Jackson Brown took his maiden voyage and announced visiting Rotarians and guests.  There were no guests in attendance today however we all welcomed Mike Thompson from the Boothbay Harbor Club.  President Bill announced that we would be participating in “Club Trivia” after we eat with the theme being “Ken Farley Trivia”.
 
Next up were today’s SAA’s Karen Chasse and Joe Moreshead trying their best to add to the budget with happy dollars and fines.  Julie Villemaire was happy that Joe Moreshead picked up the expense for her lunch and 50/50 ticket all for taking the minutes for the TACK.    This tactic worked very well because SarahNeault agreed to the same deal for next week. Sarah was happy that her daughter started kindergarten –although she was told by her daughter to stop crying-so I think it may have been more of a sad dollar. Fausto was happy that Sophia started 3rd grade-he also didn’t handle the transition well.  Our visiting Rotarian, Mike Thompson, from Boothbay Harbor Rotary, invited everyone to the Boothbay Harbor club.  They built their own club house and meet on Thursday evenings.  Mark Tuller was happy to be celebrating 37 years of wedded bliss and Alan Nelson for 53 years.  That was enough happiness in the room so the fines started coming.  President Bill was fined “just because”.  Karen thanked Bill for a picture on the TA website in which he was wearing a lab code that says SMMC.  Josh Ellis was fined for his picture in the paper.  Susan Gajewski was fined for a really cute picture of herself at age 3 with Santa Claus.  Joe fined the following people for their picture in the paper:  Karen Chasse, Jackson Brown, Ken Farley, Laurie Jo Ready, Susan Gajewski, Bernice Wood, Peggy Bean, Rob Moody, Joe Moreshead and Fausto Pfieffer.  These people all happen to be our board members.  Don Lauzier was fined for sitting in the driver’s seat of the new forklift that was recently purchased for the food pantry.  CJ Dubois Cote was fined for cell phone usage and also being the “last in”.  Sarah Curley was also fined for her picture in the paper and Josh was fined but I didn’t hear the specifics.  It had to do with his father and paying for a team.
 
Next up was a lot of fun at the expense of Past President Ken Farley.  President Bill said that at Ken’s last meeting he didn’t really have a chance to Thank Ken and show his appreciation for the work the Ken did as president.  By the end of the meeting we all learned the following information about our Past President, Ken Farley:  All 5 Farley boys received a “luck of the Irish” tattoo when they turned 18.  He has his hair cut every 3rd week.  “Ken I”, was never one of his nicknames.  The only book he ever read for fun is The Firm. The only place he can relax is at the beach.  His favorite beverage for his “bubba” is orange vodka.  He was a javelin thrower in high school.  He reads Craigs List each night before he goes to bed to unwind.  His favorite movie is the Shaw Shank Redemption.  His current sport is bicycling.  A visit to the hot tub helps him sleep at night.  His father in-law taught him how to dry-wall.  
 
Today’s speaker is Melissa Cilley from the Susan L. Curtis Foundation.