Newsletter - Archive  Jan 28, 2009

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Charlotte Shelburne Rotary Club

Wednesday, January 28, 2009, 7:30 a.m.

Trinity Episcopal Church Community Room

Welcome

President Steve Dates lead the Pledge and Dave Rice lead in prayer.

Guest Eric Thompson, who was invited to attend Rotary by Rotarian Emily Morrow who is currently in New Zealand, was introduced.

Rotary Foundation Thought

This week's Rotary Foundation Thought is about District Simplified Grants (DSG).

In Australia, Rotarians received District Simplified Grants both small and large to benefit local communities and communities abroad. One club used DSG funds to provide jackets displaying the Rotary Wheel to a team of Blind Bowlers which they wore proudly to the national Championships. Other DSGs were used to establish a library for foster children, repair a broken fence around a Scout Hall and provide 30 sets of Junior Encyclopedias to schools in Thailand. Through the creativity and passion of numerous Rotarians, one district improved the lives of countless people both within Australia and abroad.

Announcements

• Trafton Crandall has volunteered to chair the Bolton Valley Ski/Ride Challenge team
• The Double Match challenge has continued to attract members to donate to the Rotary
• International Polio Plus campaign, with donations being matched by club funds and Rotary Foundation “points.”

Sergeant at Arms

Kris Engstrom invited happy fines:

• John Beal – a day of skiing at Mad River Glen
• Judy Christensen – the RYLA students and Tamie-Jo Dickinson being present
• Sue McLellan – RYLA students, Tamie-Jo and the speech competitors
• Jim Spadacinni – Tamie-Jo’s great work
• Julie Won – Tamie-Jo and the CVU students being at the meeting – and Tamie-Jo’s great work
• Tom Glaser – it’s snowing
• Terry Kennaugh – it’s snowing and he’s heading south for a couple of months
• Tamie-Jo Dickinson – her annual visit to the Rotary Club meeting and the wonderful students who came with her
• Gary Marcotte – when Julie Won’s new haircut earned a compliment, Gary continued the compliments by drawing attention to Don Condon’s haircut.

Lucky draw:  Eric Thompson drew Michael Lash’s number, but Michael didn’t pull the winning card.

Youth Day Program

RYLA team members, speaking contest participants and Mexican exchange student attended the Wednesday meeting. Left to right: front row, Hilary Whitney and Jahala Dudley, winner of the speaking contest. Back row, Tamie-Jo Dickinson, Elaine Dates, Judy Christensen, Tony Sulva, John Brooks, Mexican exchange student David Padilla, Brice Guerriere, Kylie DeGroot and Sue McLellan.

David Padilla, our exchange student from Mexico who is currently living with a local family and attending CVU, exchanges Rotary Club banners with Club President Steve Dates.

Elaine Dates introduced Tamie-Jo Dickinson, explaining that she is a nationally board certified teacher at CVU (explaining that this is a higher level that just a highly qualified teacher. Tamie-Jo teaches business and English and has been a member of Rotary since 2001.

The three competitors in the Rotary Speaking Competition were introduced: Hilary Whitney, honorable mention, Tony Sulva, second place, and Jahala Dudley, who won the competition. Jahala gave a moving speech about her trip to Africa as a volunteer for the 52 Kids Foundation. She told the story of three year old Madia and her own efforts to raise money for the foundation. She will compete in March in the next round of the speech contest.

The CVU students who attended the Rotary Youth Leadership weekend in Johnson in the fall, were introduced and received their certificates from Judy Christensen who is on the District RYLA Committee. The RYLA quartet is John Brooks, Kylie deGroot, Brice Guerriere and Nicole Utter (who was not able to attend.