Rotary Meeting, September 5, 2012

OPENING
Paul Stone led us in the Pledge of Allegiance. Dennis Prefontaine provided us with an invocation, while also lamenting the end of summer, the end of humid weather, and the end of the Red Sox...Lee Sullivan led us in song with God Bless America.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Chris Chu will attend the district meeting.
Death By Chocolate---it is our biggest fundraiser, and we need volunteers. First meeting will be Friday, September 14 at Buff's Pub
Next week, in commemoration of the September 11, there will be a presentation on emergency preparedness, by Teresa Wood-Kett, from the City of Newton, Health and Human Services Department.
The following week the Governor will be coming so Board members will need to be at Board Meeting, and as always, ALL members are welcome to attend the Board Meeting.
Lake Winnepesaukee Weekend-- still determining if we have enough participants.
October 16 is our first meeting at The Marriott

SARGENT AT ARMS REPORT
Mark Nichols introduced--Justin Lock will be our speaker
Cornelia Cain-Heard's husband Robert was in attendance
The famous Helen Lowery also attended.

Raffle--Mary Kern pulled 8 of hearts....boooo....but Paul Stone answered Mary's consolation trivia question, which won Mary a scratch ticket....thanks Paul!

Happy Dollars: Lots of happy dollars!

Classification Talk--Cornelia Cain-Heard-Discussed her vision in life and in her career; providing opportunity for all children to learn. Her focus is changing and moving towards the aging population. As we continue to live, we need to continue to find ways to help each other. New focus is on disabled population. Cornelia believes Rotary motto, 'service above self' fits well with her own mission.

Justin Locke--Bass player in Boston Pops. Working on being a motivational speaker. Justin wrote a book, "Getting in Touch With Your Inner Rich Kid" which is a study in contrasts and polarities....






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