Richard Kisiel (Past president of our club and president-elect of the Suffield club); Elizabeth Horyn (West Hartford club)
Happy Dollars
$15
Fines
None
Raffle
No winner.
Birthdays
Gary Miller
President Gary gave $68 to the Rotary Foundation. He joined the club in 2009 and was sponsored by Phil Worley. They had trouble at first keeping Rotary business separate from Chamber of Commerce business. He has worked as a school business administrator for 23 years. He left full-time employment in Canton in 2005 and has done this work on a free lance basis. For the last several months he has been interim administrator for the Waterbury school system, which has 32 schools. He has visited almost all of them.
Gary also took time to give an update on the Polio Plus effort. So far there are no new cases in 2016, so we may really be very close to eradication. Immunization is now done totally by injection with the dead virus. These immunizations will have to be continued to keep from having a resurgence of polio in the future. Rotary has done good work in fighting this crippler and killer of children.
Happy Dollars
Ted Cowles was sorry that he missed Jim McIntosh the week before. He wanted to greet him like Kim Murphy did. He made a donation to the Rotary Foundation.
Dick Kisiel was happy to be back, even if only visiting. He has been in two other clubs and likes ours the best.
Tom Voorhees was glad to see Dick Kisiel.
Peter Vignati had been in Washington, D.C. the last week calling on representatives about items of concern. He noticed 13 large cranes working on new buildings. There is no slump in D.C.! He was also glad that pitchers and catchers are back in spring training. Opening day can't be far behind.
Michelle Hagan was about to chaperone a 6th grade class on a field trip to the science museum. Michelle was happy, but her daughter was not pleased.
Rollie Sterrett decided that we needed a joke in Larry Sullivan's absence.
Lisa Barall-Matt thanked the members for their cards, etc., after the death of her husband's dad. She missed the week before taking care of her brother, and she will miss this coming week because she is going to California to be with her older daughter.
Elizabeth Horyn was happy to be at our meeting. She had been taking care of a granddaughter.
Announcements, Etc.
Pub Night March 1
Phil Worley aannounced that the next Rotary Pub Night would be on Tuesday, March 1. Following up on a suggestion by Les Zinner, Phil has arranged to have the event at Max a Mia in Avon. Festivities get under way around 4:30 p.m.
RPN is all about socializing, networking and getting to know your fellow Rotarians and their guests better. Bring your spouses, significant others, partners, friends, prospective Rotarians, socialists, sodalists, soloists, etc.
You may, of course, come and go whenever you want to.
Bike Ride May 2nd
Paul Mikkelson has outlined the Club Bike Ride scheduled for Saturday, May 2nd. Club members will congregate at Sperry Park and head north along the Rails for Trails. The Ride will be an All Levels event in the sense that members will be encouraged to travel, including the return trip, only as far as they can comfortably handle. It is not yet determined how far north the hardier riders will travel.
A Message from Bill Barnes
The Farmington Valley Symphony Orchestra
35th Anniversary Celebration:
“At the Movies: The Silent Years”
Feb. 27, 4:00 and 8:00 p.m., Hoffman Auditorium
University of St. Joseph, West Hartford
Presenting Three Classic Silent Films
Accompanied by a New Musical Score
“The Beloved Rogue”-John Barrymore
“Blood & Sand” -Rudolph Valentino
“The Gold Rush” -Charlie Chaplin
The presentation of three classic silent films, projected above the stage and accompanied by a new musical score by William Perry, will be the highlight of the Farmington Valley Symphony Orchestra’s 35th Anniversary Celebration on Saturday, Feb.27 at the Hoffman Auditorium, University of St. Joseph, 1678 Asylum Ave., West Hartford.Performances will be at 4:00 and 8:00 p.m.
Dear District 7890 Members - Get Ready!!
The District Conference is planned for April 29 to May 1st at the Cape Codder Resort & Spa in Hyannis, MA. Our theme is Hawaii 7890.
The Cape Codder Resort & Spa is right off the highway and offers convenient parking. We plan to begin on Friday evening at 6 pm with a cocktail hour followed by a delicious Luau dinner.
We are also planning an exciting evening of entertainment. More to come on that.
On Saturday our general session at will begin at 9:00 am with registration and breakfast starting at 7:30 am. Saturday will be filled with exciting breakouts, as well as our Rotaract Conference. If you have a Rotaract Club or are thinking of starting one, be sure to be part of this. Youth exchange students and the South African VTT teams will also be presenting.
It’s been a great year for District 7890 and we plan to celebrate with fellowship and informative breakout sessions. And if anyone can inspire enthusiasm, it's our Rotaractors, Youth exchange students, and VTT teams; they’re an exciting bunch.
If your club wishes to have a hospitality suite, please contact me direct for special pricing.
Click this link http://goo.gl/2WvEMe to register for this event. Please do register as soon as possible.
Thank you for your continued support!!
Yours in Rotary service,
Kyóng Wilson
District Governor 2015-2016
District 7890
C: (860) 402-8061
Chuck Joseph is once again chairing the event, which will be held on Saturday, April 2, at Tower Ridge Country Club. Chuck reminded the club that TOTV has raised about $50k over the last three years, so the event is well worth the effort we put into it. The money raised supports scholarships and many of the good works of our club.
Many things are the same as previous years:
There will be a VIP room from 6:00 to 7:30. There will be cheeses Provided by ShopRite. Fine wines will be presented by M&R. Desserts will be furnished by Abigail's. Chuck will have $75 tickets, which are also included in sponsor packages. Tickets are limited to 100, and these sold out last year.
Music will be provided by the Colby's. We've asked that they begin somewhat softly and increase the volume through the evening.
There will be an auction, which is being organized this year by Steve Roberto. However, this year items will be bundled for greater value.
Each member is asked to sell four tickets at $50 each. Gary Hyde is handling tickets.
There will be food, moonshine, beer as in prior years. We hope to have coffee provided by one of the local vendors.
A new item:
Salin Low showed off some of the colorful bags donated by Kay Kellogg for the wine pull. Members are asked to bring in a bottle of wine worth about $20 or to contribute $20 which will purchase a bottle. Bottles will be placed in the bags and tagged with a number. All the bags will be put into a bin. Attendees will contribute $20. draw a number, and be surprised by the wine they win. To make things interesting, there will be one or two expensive wines among the $20 variety. So participants will at least get their contribution back, and they might get much more!
Members are asked to bring wine or $20 to a meeting in March (Salin will be gone this Friday - February 26) so the wines can be arranged for the big event. If all members participate, the club will realize $1,200. This is one way that members can contribute at an easier level.
How you can help:
Sell tickets.
Spread the word to friends.
Post information about the event on Facebook and other social media.
Bring auction items.
Obtain sponsors who get tickets and mention in ads.
Help out at the event. Even if you come with friends, we ask that you help out for an hour.
With everyone's service this can be an event that will be both worthwhile and also lots of fun!!
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