Happy Dollars
Bob Cave announced that he and his wife are heading off on a cruise to the Baltic
Larry Haber reported that they had had a bit of a scare recently. His neighbor has not been heard or seen for a day or so. The police were called to investigate. They discovered that the women had fallen in her house. Fortunately she will be OK.
Joanne Santiago has happy the Joelle was completing her internship.
Evan Cooper said that she has been in Rotary for 6 years and delivered $64 in egg sales. When not at our club meetings, she has been selling eggs through her BNI group and donating the money to Rotary. She also had her Foundation check. Her son Max is currently stationed with the Navy in Kandahar in Afghanistan. Ben has extended his time in Namibia and will be working with the library in the local university.
Sue Budde announced that the Chamber Golf Tournament (Monday June 5th) would soon be over. She has a niece that will soon be graduating.
President Don Bonner was happy to report that we had present $6,000 at the recent Avon Dollars for Scholars event. Canton's scholarship event is scheduled for June 6th.
Kurt Lux announced the upcoming GLOFest fundraiser at Tower Ridge CC on June 17th from 5 to 9 PM. He and Jolly had recently been interviewed by the Hartford Courant. Jolly is planning her next trip to Uganda leaving on June 25th.
Linda Pendergast and her husband we in Naperville, IL, for their grandson's high school graduation. She thanked all the veterans for their service.
Bill Barnes said that our program chair, Ike, is very unflappable. Bill has had to reschedule his speakers several times and was pleased that Ike has been able to accommodate him with no trouble. He was hoping to have our old friend, Sandor Bali, speak to us. He was able to schedule Gerry Berthiaume, GM of the New Britain Bees, instead. He also reminded us of the FVSO Pops concert on June 3rd.
Craig Buhrendorf also thanked our veterans. He and Jean are heading to Philadelphia to meet with some Lehigh friends (groans for the Colgate peanut gallery). Thankfully they were taking the train and avoiding the holiday weekend driving.
Paul Mikkelson thanked our veterans. He was glad to see our speakers for today were both formerly employed by Simsbury but had emigrated to Avon. He is working his way along with his bladder cancer. He has met with a number of doctors and finally settled on the doctor that treated Craig Nation at Hartford Hospital. Paul is expecting to start chemo next week. He was very thankful for all the support from our members.
Salin Low announced that Nancy Nation's mother passed away recently after a long illness.
Gary Miller reminded everyone that the sign up for the President's Installation Dinner was circulating the room and payment for the dinners would be appreciated.
Sean had happy dollars for all of his family members that had served including his service.
Our guest, Terri Wilson, said that she had married her husband, Lee Wilson, 17 years ago today in a hot air balloon.
Announcements
Tom Voorhees was in need of assistance at the next Amber Alert at the Cherry Brook Primary School in Canton on June 2nd. He said that is always a very busy event.
Phil Worley said that Pub Night would be rotating from Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday on a monthly basis to improve attendance.
Len Dunstan was recently recognized by the Avon Chamber of Commerce with the Loren Bristol Award.
