Newsletter - Archive  Apr 7, 2010

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Rotary Club Business and Member News

April 7, 2010

Opening:

Pledge     Pres Rich

Prayer      Mark

Song        Joe M

Visiting Rotarians and Guests:

Will Drapeau      Grandson of Bill D

Matthew Smith   Representing OR Alumni Assn and Bobcat Bolt

Mary Westfall     Representing Durham Cmty Church and Oyster River Youth

Initiative

Kate Tanguay    Guest of Chip

Announcements:

Pres. Rich     District Assembly is April 10th.  He cannot go.  If you want to take his slot, see Jud P.

 District Conference is 14-16 April in Portsmouth.

 Saw an interesting Facebook page about Chik Chikalla,

courtesy of Candace.

Got a request from the Governor's Office to publicize a business

fair at the Portsmouth Sheraton on April 30th.

Next BOD meeting is Tuesday at 5 PM.

May 8th is Charter Night at Flag Hill.

We need folks to sign up for the raffle ticket sales at the Durham

Marketplace; spaces still avaialble.

We need folks to sign up for the prayer and the Dinghy scribe,

especially for next week.

Still looking for Citizen of the Year nominees.

John R         Plugged sale of raffle tickets.  We have $1000 sold so far.

Madiha F     Introduces two reps for the Bobcat Bolt, a 5 km race honoring the Hardy boys, and part of the Oyster River Festival. Goal is to raise money for a Teen Center.  We are providing a check in support.

John B         Next Tuesday at Flatbread Co. (138 Congress St, Portsmouth), there is a fund raiser for "On Belay".

Happy Bucks:

Joe P            Bobcat Bolt, good luck. 11 years as a member of the club today.

Bill D             Picked up some great plants at Stratham Nursery

Janet            Bobcat Bolt and good to see Mary Westfall

Amos            UNH Medal ceremony

John B          Daughter works for Apple in LA: 1200 IPads sold in a day.

        Pres. Rich     Miata back on the road; March showers, April flowers

        Brian             Beautiful day.  Red Sox win.  Mary Westfall.

       Kate T          Bobcat Bolt

       Dave L         Cleanup from Mendum Pond fire begins today.

       Alison           Happy (in general)

       Mary W        Good to see everyone; Yankeee fan. 

       Ric               Marci out of neck brace, off her walker and cane gone, too. 

Program:

Robert Mittelholzer, Exec Sec'y of NH State Judicial Conduct Cmtte

Our speaker spoke about the process and history for filing grievances against judges, etc for misconduct.

Megabucks:

Brian had the ticket but couldn't find the winning card.  $82 pot rolls over.

Upcoming Programs:

Apr 14     Ed MacKay, USNH Chancellor

Apr 21     Club Forum

Apr 28     Thuy Nguyen (Twi Win), Adult Literacy, Dover Adult Learning Ctr

May 5      Ian Stevenson, Schweitzer Foundation

Your Scribe: Mark N