Rotary Meeting Tuesday September 17, 2013

written by Jeff Tucker

Pledge of Allegiance: Paul Stone

Invocation: Mary Kern

Song: Chris Chu selected “My Country Tis of Thee”

There was no Sergeant at Arms today but we had a few guests that were introduced:

                Amanda Samaha who is a potential member from Newton North High School

                Carolina introduced a lawyer friend from Venezuela who visited us

Announcements:

Paul Kerrissey reported that a great meeting was held at Sue Peghiny’s house and many ideas came out of it

Tom Keery announced that Sunday March 30, 2014 was the next Newton Has Talent

Chris Chu reported that there will be a Membership Committee meeting at her house Friday 9/20/13 at 1PM

Peggy Lepore reported that the St Patrick’s Day Lasell Village luncheon will be held Wednesday 3/19/14

President Mary announced that in memory of Min Horiuchi donations could be made to Newton Rotary Foundation. His memorial will held next month at the Burlington Marriott.

The district is holding a Rotary Leadership Conference in Boxboro, MA on 10/26/13 and the club will reimburse any fees for those willing to attend.

Friday October 18^th is Rotary night at the Providence Bruins. Please see Mary for the full details.

Happy Dollars:

Justin Sallaway was happy for his High School Reunion

Jeff Tucker was happy to attend the Barry Price Center luncheon at The Capital Grill.

Amanda Samaha was happy to make plans to visit Las Vegas

Paul Kerrissey was happy to be a Rotarian

Peggy Lepore was happy to have lunch with our visitor from Venezuela

Paul Stone was happy about “them Red Sox”

We had a classification talk from Paul Sullivan.  Picture above was from his induction a few weeks ago.

Paul was born in Dorchester and later moved to Manchester, NH where he went to High School.

In his career he’s worked for AT&T, in Real Estate development, and now Financial Planning.

He has two sons, Jake and Patrick, who are 10 and 12.

In his spare time he enjoys biking, golf, skiing, and spending time at his vacation home in New Hampshire.

Interesting fact: he’s part owner of a theater in Las Vegas