Naugatuck Rotary - Naugatuck Rotary Newsletter

Happy Dollars: Bruce Steinway welcomed a new exchange student from Chile - John McCormack for being 41 and asked if he'd like the senior discount when he played golf - Rob Filappone who is taking his family to Disney World - Matt Fortney for all of his children going back to school - Duncan Stephens for his son coming from Vermont to play golf with him.

Fines: (Here goes) Geoff Drawbridge for being a Rotarian for 41 years - longer than some of our members have been alive!! Bruce Steinway received a "missed you" fine. Jenny for being "cured" by Jeanine and crossing her legs at the ankles, which is the proper way. Anne Butler received a "miss you in your colorful outfits" fine. Marcelo for snitching on everybody and not wearing a tie today. Ginger Fennell received a "missed you" fine. Laurie Yelding for advertising her step daughter, Tori, in the newsletter last week. Rob Filippone for his new badge (it will harder for Jeanine to get Rob and Matt mixed up now). Joe DaSilva for not showing up last week. John Aresta for talking during Jane Lobdell's announcement. Jeff Chipokas for needing a "helper" to take attendance today. Tracey Kelly for having Mike Elser serve her a salad. Mike Elser for not serving Jeanine a salad. Jane Lobdell and Duncan Stephens for being very late to our meeting and Jeanine made them recite the Four Way Test. Jane did just fine - but Duncan definitely improvised his recitation!!! Rebecca had to pay a pen rental fee and finally John Roman, because Jeanine really missed him!

General Fine Question: On this day, September 1, 1979 what did a California court rule regarding Clayton Moore? He could no longer wear the "Lone Ranger" mask. Bruce Steinway had the correct answer.

Announcements & Information

Jeff Chipokas asked for golfers and raffle prizes for our annual golf outing at Wyantenuck Country Club on Sept 15th. Dinner will begin about 5:30. The cost for dinner only is $45.00

Golfers $155.00 which includes lunch, a cart and dinner. Great Barrington, MA is really not that far a drive, so please try to come - it's truly a beautiful area.

Rebecca stated that Sept. 15th meeting (golf tourney day) there will be a round table meeting at Jesse Camilles for those not attending the Golf Tournament. You may order off of the regular menu that day. Attendance will be taken.

Jane Lobdell told of the Naugatuck Youth and Family Services Annual Wine Dinner at Carmen Anthony's Fish House in Woodbury, September 26th. This years cost: $99 per person, $88 per person without wine. Please consider donating items to the Silent Auction that evening. You may contact Mountview Wine and Liquors for reservations and more information at 203-729-5445.

John McCormack, Chairperson for the Rotary International Foundation Committee, handed out a Rotary International Foundation contribution sheet with instructions and descriptions of different levels of giving. When making your contribution to the Foundation by check, please be certain to make it payable to "The Rotary Foundation".

Our club strives for every member/every year to donate to the Rotary International Foundation.

Rebecca told us that there are a few seminars coming up...there will be a Membership Seminar held on 9/22 and 9/28 in Branford and a Public Image Seminar will be held in Branford on 10/12 and 10/30. Those interested in attending, please contact Rebecca.

Marcelo asked us for our help with the United Way of Naugatuck and Beacon Falls 26th Annual Golf Tournament by becoming sponsors or donating a raffle prize. Those that can help or would like to golf in the tournament, please contact Lisa Shappy at 203-729-1564 or Laurie Yelding at 203-723-1485. Thank you!

The Beacon Falls Rotary Club sent our club a gift in the amount of $100 for Polio Plus as a thank you for helping them as their sponsor. Their gift is greatly appreciated.

Guests

Mary Kay Andrews

Upcoming Speakers

09/08 John Roman

09/15 Rupi Rupwani

09/22 Bruce Steinway

09/29 Club Assembly

10/06 Duncan Stephens

10/13 Robert Sutherland

10/20 Manny Vieira

10/27 Jane Walsh

Birthdays

Donald (Zeke) Zehnder, Jr. - 9/5

Tracey Kelly - 9/8

Bruce Steinway - 9/13

Anne Butler - 9/14

Wedding Anniversaries

Ray Dowling - 9/30

John Ford - 9/30

Membership Anniversaries

Mary Connolly - 9/1/1995

Geoff Drawbridge - 9/1/1969

Bruce Steinway - 9/13/2006

Our Speaker Today

Speaker host today, John McCormack asked Rob Filippone,one of our newer members, to share with us his vocational speech. Rob lives in Middlebury with his wife and two (soon to be three) children. Rob works as a mortgage loan representative with family owned McCue Mortgage. McCue has been in business for 60 years. Today's situation for mortgages is certainly not the same as before, but Rob feels that it is going in the right direction. There are more "stop-gaps" to avoid the pitfalls of past years. One important regulation put into place is mortgage lenders must now be licensed.

The mortgage rates right now for first time home buyers are great! Money is not necessarily difficult to get for qualified buyers with good credit and a reasonable down payment. If one is looking to refinance, the interest rates are good also, yet the same qualifications apply.

Absent Members Today

Brian Barrett, Mary Connolly, Debbie Corso, Barbara Csanka Richards, Peggy Dufresne,

John Ford, Cathie Mauritz, David Mulhall, Al Pistarelli, William Scanlon, Debbie Wheelahan, Donald (Zeke) Zehnder, Jr.

Upcoming Club Events

The Annual Naugatuck Rotary Golf Tournament - September 15th at Wyantenuck Country Club, Great Barrington MA.

Happening Around the District and RI

**Foundation Dinner- November 3 at Race Brook Country Club in Orange

**Rotary United Nations Day - November 6

AREA CLUBS FOR MAKEUP AND INFORMATION LINKS

Silvermine Tavern - Norwalk - Monday 12:15 pm

The Inn at Newtown - Newtown - Monday 6:15pm

The Full Harvest Bar & Grill - Beacon Falls - Monday 6:30pm