Meeting: Thursdays, 7:30-8:30 AM, at the Holy Ghost Society,20 Howley Street, Peabody, MA
Thursday, December 1, 2011
December Theme:
Family
How to propose a member:
Identify an individual (would s/he pass the Four-Way Test?).
Invite that person to a meeting.
Fill out a proposal card.
Board votes on the proposed member.
Proposed member has information session with Secretary Gary.
Proposed member is asked if s/he would like to join. If yes, application is signed.
Proposed member's name is published in The Ripple.
If there are no objections sent in writing to the Membership Chair within seven days, the proposed member becomes a member.
December Birthdays:
11: Cathy Gravel
14: Loring Merrow
19: Denise Cassidy (Brian)
21: Mel Babner
26: Margie Kaufman (Steve Smith)
December Wedding Anniversaries:
3: Sue and Rich Trahant
TO ALL MEMBERS: IF THERE ARE ANY ERRORS WITH THE BIRTHDAY OR ANNIVERSARY DATES, PLEASE NOTIFY GARY EPSTEIN. ALSO, THERE ARE NUMEROUS MISSING DATES ON OUR ROSTER. PLEASE GIVE GARY YOUR INFORMATION--JUST THE DATES--NO ONE CARES HOW OLD YOU ARE. BUT WE MAY BE INTERESTED TO KNOW HOW LONG YOU'VE BEEN MARRIED.
NEXT BOARD MEETING: TBD.
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Haven From Hunger:
Friday, December 9, 2011
Team Assignments: BRIAN CASSIDY (Meal Pickup), GARY EPSTEIN (Salad and Cookies)
Arrive at at 71 Wallis Street, Peabody. Dinner is served at 5:00PM.
If you're unable to attend on the specified date, it's your responsibility to locate a replacement. Please inform the meal pickup person of the change and the replacement of your assigned responsibility. Thanks. Look at NEWS and Haven From Hunger Schedule for the future schedule and specific responsibilities. See website for further information:
President Steve told the club members that he attended the Library's "Adopt A Window" reception a couple of weeks ago. He recommended that all of us visit the library to check out our window and accompanying plaque. He reminded us of the evening of Fellowship at the home of Bob and Susan Wood to be held on Friday, December 30th. He passed around a sign up sheet for members to express interest and what they'll bring. He mentioned that he and Brian went to Peabody Public Access TV. We had paid for a membership and it's time to start using it. But first training is needed to learn how to produce a TV show. Then we'll be able to do interviews (among the members) and promote Peabody Rotary and our events on Channel 10. If anyone would like to help out--and be trained--contact President Steve.
President Steve mentioned that next Thursday, our Assistant District Governor, Rudy Macchi, will visit our club to meet us and for us to meet him. This meeting is also our monthly Taste of The North Shore planning Session.
Speaking of The Taste, Vanessa said that the tickets have been printed. Either she or Steve M will pick them up and they'll be distributed next week. She'll also have the new flyer ready soon and will e-mail them to every member so we may personalize them with our contact information.
Cathy had received an e-mail request for funds from the Guatemala Literacy progra. The board had already approved our contribution.
Mel reminded us to keep displaying and selling the Entertainment Books. Each book sold gives us $15 profit!! There are only two more weeks before the program is over for the year.
Brian introduced our guest speaker, Terry Halliday, who has been with the Aviv Centers For Living since May. She told us that the average skilled nursing facility is 40 years old. The Jewish Rehab Center in Swampscott is even older. They could not expand on that property, but their sister facility, Woodbridge in Peabody, which is an assisted living facility, had plenty of land on which to expand. So they are building a new skilled nursing facility, Waldfogel Health Center, there. They are losing beds from the 177 in Swampscott to 144 here. That shouldn't be a problem, as some will choose not to move to Peabody from Swampscott. The combined facilities will provide a continuum of care for the seniors there and there will be a bit of mutual facilities. They expect to open in August next year as the construction is on schedule. Terry invited us to visit the facility to see the progress.
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Happy Dollars: Sergeant-at-arms John collected $63.
Reminder: If you see any news articles or pictures (not Rotary related) of our members, bring them in so the member can donate $$$ to the club. We can use the money!! But more important--we'd like to recognize and applaud our members.
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50-50 Raffle: In what's believed to be a first for our club, Bob C's ticket was picked. When he didn't get the winning card, he selected another ticket. It was his!! And then he picked the 8 of Spades and won the $52!!!!! New card next week.
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Reminders:
Our speaker scheduler, Brian Cassidy, asks that you tell him of any people who may want to speak to the club or whom you think may be of interest to the club.
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Secretary Gary Epstein reminds members of Rotary's attendance requirements. Members cannot miss more than three consecutive meetings without making up. However, there are plenty of opportunities to make up. Attend a Board meeting (All members are encouraged to attend, anyway.), attend a committee meeting, work on the website, and the most basic make-up--attend other clubs' meetings. Be sure to steal ideas our club can use!!
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What do you do with your empty bottles and cans? (And we know there must be a lot of empty beer cans and bottles.) Please bring them (both beer and soda) to the meetings every week to give to Mel. Every nickel helps!! Once again, Mel thanks former Peabody Rotary Club member and Past President Dick Berg for his generous contributions.
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2010-11 DONATION RECIPIENTS
Alzheimers Association
Brian Silber Memorial
Cape Ann Children's Fund
College Scholarships
Chelsea Rotary--Colombia Clinic
Children's Friends and Family Service
Citizens For Adequate Housing
Friends Forever
Green Peabody
Guatemala Literacy Project
Haven From Hunger
Jewish War Veterans
National Organization for Rare Disorders
Northeast Arc
Pakistan Flood through Ipswich Rotary
Peabody Arts in the Storefront
Peabody Babe Ruth League
Peabody Council of Aging
Peabody Schools Drug Program
Peabody School Department
Progeria Research Foundation
St. John's Food Pantry
Rotary Foundation
NEXT MEETINGS:
December 8, 2011: Taste of the North Shore Planning Session
December 15, 2011: New Member Installation--Sue Trahant and
Herb Harris Re-classification Speech
December 22, 2011: Yankee Swap
December 29, 2011:
Please make every effort to attend your Rotary meetings. The more members we have each week, the better we look to potential members--and to our visitors and speakers.
Thank you!
UPCOMING IMPORTANT DATES:
December 30, 2011: Evening of Fellowship at Bob and Susan Wood's house
January 9, 2012: District Foundation 101 session
January 18, 2012: Mid-Year Presidents Meeting for Pres. Steve
January 31, 2012: Pre-PETS for Vanessa
February 8, 2012: World Peace Dinner at DYC
March 8-10, 2012: PETS for Vanessa
March 20, 2012: Taste of the North Shore
April 11, 2012: District Assembly at CoCo Key, Danvers
May 18-20, 2012: RYLA Weekend
June 1-3, 2012: District Conference in Mystic, CT
June 27, 2012: District Installation Dinner at DYC
The Darwin Awards, honoring the least evolved among us (final installment):
#7. Seems an Arkansas guy wanted some beer pretty badly. He decided that he'd just throw a cinder block through a liquor store window, grab some booze, and run. So he lifted the cinder block and heaved it over his head at the window. The cinder block bounced back and hit the would-be thief on the head, knocking him unconscious. The liquor store window was made of Plexiglas. The whole event was caught on videotape...
#8. As a female shopper exited a New York convenience store, a man grabbed her purse and ran. The clerk called 911 immediately, and the woman was able to give them a detailed description of the snatcher. Within minutes, the police apprehended the snatcher. They put him in the car and drove back to the store. The thief was then taken out of the car and told to stand there for a positive ID, to which he replied, "Yes, officer, that's her. That's the lady I stole the purse from."
#9. The Ann Arbor News crime column reported that a man walked into a Burger King in Ypsilanti, Michigan, at 5 A.M., flashed a gun, and demanded cash. The clerk turned him down because he said he couldn't open the cash register without a food order. When the man ordered onion rings, the clerk said they weren't available for breakfast... The man, frustrated, walked away. [*A 5-STAR STUPIDITY AWARD WINNER]
#10. When a man attempted to siphon gasoline from a motor home parked on a Seattle street by sucking on a hose, he got much more than he bargained for. Police arrived at the scene to find a very sick man curled up next to a motor home near spilled sewage. A police spokesman said that the man admitted to trying to steal gasoline, but he plugged his siphon hose into the motor home's sewage tank by mistake. The owner of the vehicle declined to press charges saying that it was the best laugh he'd ever had.
It's easy to become a Rotary Sustaining member. It's $100 per year, but Loring can bill you $25 per quarter. That's $8.33 a month, or 28 CENTS a day, or a little over a penny an hour.
