Newsletter - Archive  Nov 18, 2009

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Rotary Club Business and Member News

November 18,2009 

Opening:

Pledge                 Rich

Prayer                  Mark

Song                    Joe M

Visiting Rotarians and Guests:

Kristin Jones        UNH Student

Announcements:

Kristin Jones        Invited members to the UNH student-run gourmet dinner this Friday.

Ron                     Asked for anyone who had club policy information to pass it along to him. He is working on a club policy manual.

Bill D                   Inquired about results of membership solicitations.

Happy Bucks:

Madiha               Cited the beauty of the Veterans Day commemoration and the dedication of a playing field in honor of Nate Hardy.

Candece            Twenty years in Rotary, and a late buck

Don                    No pin

Pres. Rich          Ski Club sale huge success

Cellisa               Audio item for Growing Places

Henry                Shoe and Boot Fund arrangement with Red's Shoe Barn is renewed for another year.

Chip                  Grand baby sitting

Program: Joan Sundberg, Chairwoman, Madbury Board of Selectmen

Don introduced Joan as the junior member of the Madbury governing body, where the idea of term limits is an alien concept. 

Joan gave an informative and enthusiastic presentation on the history and future of this community which now numbers seventeen hundred people.  The source of its name is Modbury, England, the ancestral home of Madbury's most prominent farmer at the time of its grant of 1755, Sir Francis Champernowne.

The library is viewed as a community meeting place as well as an active center for learning. The fire and police departments have served to train individuals for careers in other departments throughout New Hampshire.  The sound fiscal policy of establishing set-asides has kept the community out of the bonded debt market. 

Madbury has a strong committment to progressive environmental policy that recognizes its responsibilities as a major water source for Dover and Portsmouth.  The preservation of the rural character of Madbury, through town purchase and support of significant conservation easements, is a large part of what makes it a nice place to live.

Megabucks:

Amos won the opportunity to draw but selected the wrong card.

Upcoming Programs:

Nov 25     Club Forum

Dec 2       Ed Wojnowski, Town Manager, Newmarket

Dec 9       No meeting

Dec 16     Noreen Biehl, VP, Community Relations, Wentworth-Douglas

                   Hospital

Your Scribe: Bob McD