Naugatuck Rotary - Naugatuck Rotary Newsletter

Sergeant at Arms Duncan Stephens is back from his trip and had a story about his rental car experience. Prior to leaving, he thought he reserved a car on the rental car’s website. He filled out the application and couldn’t find the “submit” button on the screen. So, he printed out the application, thinking that would complete the process and was on his way to Spokane. Upon arriving at the rental car office, he quickly realized that there wasn’t any reservation in his name (even though he had a printed copy in his hand). They, of course, never received it. He and Eileen were given not given a sedan as originally planned, but a pick up truck. Duncan was the hero of the wedding! His pick up truck was used to carry everything to and from the wedding and reception. Everything happens for a reason!!!

Happy Dollars: John McCormack for his weekend trip to Ireland and his wife understanding; Barbara Csanka is going to L.A. to visit her daughter; Anne butler is going to VA for her birthday and to be with all of her children: Mike Elser on Notre Dame’s winning streak: Marcelo Martins is happy to be part of our group and all of the well wishes and prayers for his father-in-law.

General Fine: Anyone who didn’t pay a dollar!

Announcements & Information

The Naugatuck Rotary Club will be hosting the Tri – Rotary cocktail party on September 24^th at Jessie Camille’s from 5-7PM. The cost is $14.00.

We still need golfers and raffle prizes for our Annual Golf Tournament scheduled for September. The deadline for registration is Friday, September 12^th.

Community Day is October 4^th and will take place from 9 - 12. The details are to follow.

Marcelo announced that the trip to Mohegan Sun is almost full - We still have room for a few more. The trip to Radio City Music Hall still has 20 or so spaces to fill. Remember these are open to Rotarians’ family and friends too, so please help us make this a success by attending and enjoying the fellowship! Due to the requirement of the tour company, we will need to make our deposit to hold the buses, so please make your checks payable to the Naugatuck Rotary Club.

Guests

None today

Upcoming Speakers

9/17 - Abbreviated luncheon due to the Golf Tournament

9/24 – Geoff Drawbridge – Waterbury Heart Center

10/1 – Peggy Dufresne

10/8 – Mike Elser

10/15 – Jonathan Farmer

10/22 – John Ford

10/29 – CLUB ASSEMBLY

11/5 – Ray Dowling – Naugatuck Garden Club

11/12 – Ed Gerber

Birthdays and Anniversaries

Happy Birthday to Bruce Steinway - 9/13

Happy Birthday to Anne Butler - 9/14

Anne celebrating her big day with friends!!

Membership Anniversaries

Geoff Drawbridge - 9/1/69

Mary Connolly - 9/1/95

Bruce Steinway - 9/13/06

Our Speaker Today

Joe DaSilva was our speaker host and our speaker today. He owns and operates Restopedic Mattress Company. Joe originally worked for Sealy Mattress Co. in Oakville CT. He worked in all the departments, which served him well when he decided to open his own company, Olympic Bedding, in 1980 in Naugatuck. He moved the company to Bethany to a 40,000 sq. ft. building and renamed the company Restopedic. His tag line is “for the rest of your life”. He coined that phrase long before “Sleepys”. Joe makes mattresses for residential use (sold in stores in CT, MA, NY), institutional use (College Dorms, Nursing Homes and Hospitals). He also manufactures custom mattresses for Antique Dealers and architects.

In 2005 the federal government adopted the “open fire flammability law” which requires that all mattresses sold in the United States or imported into the United States must not ignite when subjected to an open flame. The testing laboratory requires that 2 mattresses be submitted for testing and they are subjected to an open fire for ½ hour and must not ignite. The manufacturer must list all the materials and methods of assembly to the testing facility. The only exception to this law is “one of a kind mattresses. These are mattresses that are prescribed by a physician due to an allergy or specially made without chemicals. In these cases the customer must sign a waiver to alleviate the manufacturer of all responsibility if the mattress should catch fire. To learn more about this law, go to www.safesleep.org.

Absent Members Today

Jeff Chipokas, Jonathan Farmer, Jane Lobdell, David Mulhall, Tony Purcaro, John Roman, Debbie Wheelahan

Upcoming Club Events

Naugatuck Rotary Club

Fall Foliage Golf Outing

Wednesday, September 17th 2008

Wyantenuck Golf Club

Great Barrington, MA

Rotary Community Day

October 4th

9:00AM to 12:00PM

Mohegan Sun Casino

Sunday, October 12th

$35.00 per person

Radio City Music Hall

for the Rockettes

Saturday, November 8th

$120 per person

Happening Around the District and RI

November 8^th is Rotary United Nations Day

AREA CLUBS FOR MAKEUP AND INFORMATION LINKS

Silvermine Tavern - Norwalk - Monday 12:15 pm

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

John J Sullivan's Restaurant - Ansonia - Tuesday 12:15 pm

The Waterbury Club - Waterbury - Every other Tuesday 12:15 pm

Sandwich Man - Seymour - 1st and 3rd Thursday 7:15 am

Brownson Country Club - Derby - Thursday 12:15 pm

Crowne Plaza - Southbury - Thursday 7:15 am

www.rotaryeclubone.org online makeup

Rotary District 7980

Rotary International

Rotary Cruise Deals

Naugatuck Rotary

P.O. Box 484

Naugatuck, CT 06770