Naugatuck Rotary Newsletter - Archive  Jan 7, 2010

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President President Elect Secretary Treasurer Asst. Sec. & Treas.

Marcelo R. Martins Rebecca Zandvliet Jennifer Merrill Jeff Chipokas Bruce Steinway

Board of Directors Ginger Fennell John Ford Jeanine LeVasseur John McCormack Laurie Yelding

Rotary International Theme 2009-2010

The Future of Rotary Is in Your Hands

District 7980, Club 6738

January 6, 2010

Meeting Today

Pledge: President Marcelo Martins

God Bless America: Milt Grele

Invocation: Jeanine LeVasseur

Four Way Test: Ray Dowling

50/50 Winner: Student of the Month - John Monaco

Song: Auld Lang Syne - with a performance from Jane Lobdell and Milt Grele (very entertaining!)

Food Bank Collection: $132.00

Sergeant at Arms: Jeff Chipokas took Happy Dollars from Marcelo, Geoff, Jeanine, Zeke, Anne , Mike E, Debbie W, Ginger F, Rebecca, and Jane L.

Fines: Marcelo, Bob Sutherland, Geoff, Don Z, Laurie Y, Mary Connolly and Duncan

General Fine: Anyone that didn't get fined.

Announcements & Information

There will be a Board of Directors Meeting at 5:PM this evening at Luso Cleaning Services.

Our membership voted in the new slate of officers at today's meeting.

Jane Lobdell informed us that the Rotary Club of Bethany and Beacon Falls collected two truckloads of toys for older children and delivered them to Naugatuck Youth and Family Services.

Guests

Speaker: Jimmie Sutherland

Students: Emily Raymond who is second in her class.

John Monaco who is going into the seminary

Maddie Muller our exchange student 

Students: John Monaco, Emily Raymond and Maddie Muller

Upcoming Speakers

1/13 Jane Walsh

1/20 Debbie Wheelahan

1/27 Laurie Yelding

2/3 Rebecca Zandvliet

2/10 Don Zehnder

2/17 John Aresta

2/24 Brian Barrett

3/3 Anne Butler 

Birthdays

Happy Birthday to John Ford!!! January 3 

Anniversaries

none this week 

Membership Anniversaries

John Aresta 1/2/1980 

Our Speaker Today

Speaker Jimmie Sutherland

Bob Sutherland introduced our speaker today, his wife Jimmie Sutherland. Jimmie read a piece that she wrote entitled, "The Persuaders".

This told the story of ghost writers for Presidents of the United States as far back as Abraham Lincoln to present day. 

Robert and Jimmie Sutherland and President Marcelo Martins

Absent Members Today

Barbara Csanka, Peggy Dufresne, Jonathan Farmer, John Ford, Tracey Kelly, Tony Purcaro,

Michael Steir 

Happening Around the District and RI 

District 7980 Pre-PETS - January 30, 2010
Race Brook Country Club, 246 Derby Ave, Orange, CT
8:00 AM - 1:30 PM
 

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

Courtyard by Marriot  -   Waterbury  -  1st and 3rd Tuesdays 12:15 pm

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

Brownson Country Club  -  Derby -  Thursday 12:15 pm

Crowne Plaza  -  Southbury  -  Thursday 12:15 pm

www.rotaryeclubone.org   online makeup

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