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Art Haines reporting The
Boland era as president opened this morning with a hearty “Good
Morning!” Not one to rock
the boat, Chris opened the meeting with the flag salute and invocation.
All the conservatives in the room heaved a collective sigh of
relief. Rotary as we know
it was safe. Maestro
Al Marsh led us in a nice, low key (very low key) rendition of Summer
Time. Perhaps this will
summon the sun back after a gray Rotary Morning. No Laura report this week. Our intrepid exchange student is off on one last trip before saying good bye and head back to the other side of the Atlantic pond.
A
trip to Hobbit land. John
Abbott shared his photos and experiences from a fine trip to the New
Zealand’s north island. For
some the highlight of the presentation was pictures of massive, 2,000
year old trees that had yet to be cut down.
For others, including this reporter, John’s pictures of the
actual home town of the Hobbits from the Lord of the Rings was a real
treat. John
threw in a few bonus pictures from a recent trip to Prague. The
only question remaining is this – Does John Abbott actually have a
home here or just a PO Box? A
developing concern. We have
for several years made a Rotary First Harvest food donation in the name
of our speaker. Used to be
that we donated 800 pounds, then 500 pounds and now it is down to 200
pounds. What with the price
of food and energy will we be soon donating a can of spaghetti in the
name of our speaker? Art,
Steve and Erv gave an enthusiastic report on the Rotary International
Convention and Rotary’s partnership with the Gates Foundation, UNICEF,
the CDC and the World Health Organization to eradicate polio. And they had a lot of fun too. Note
to all Rotarians – never miss the opportunity to spend a few days with
Erv. You will have a whole
new definition of fun! Speaking
of Erv, a new day has dawned for the Sergeant of Arms position.
A new sheriff is in town. Hold
onto your wallets, watch what you say and dig out the old fine waivers. News
flash: Our very own Julian
Denes placed 26th overall in the Sea Fair Marathon and 4th
in his age category. Way to
go Julian. President
Chris spoke for all of us in acknowledging the fine year of leadership
the Rick Pisani gave to the club. We
all appreciated how Rick ended each meeting with a fine witticism.
President Chris has started his own new tradition – he will be
giving us some very bad jokes at the end of the meeting.
Something about two fish in a foyer. You had to be there to get it. Respectfully submitted, Art Haines
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