Charlotte-Shelburne Rotary - Newsletter

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Calendar

May 20 – Board Meeting
May 26 – Speaker: Jake Agna - King Street Youth Center
June 2 – Speaker: Kitty Bartlett from Lund Family Center
June 4– Bowl-a-Thon
June 8 – Speaker: David Bielecki, CEO President of AIM Results
June 11-Jun 12 – District Conference Davis Center
- There will be a Saturday ‘Rebuilding Together’ project
June 20 – 23 – Rotary International Conference in Montreal

Induction

Left to right, Sponsor Judy Christensen, new member Rosalie Schneider, Membership Chair Debby Hanley and President John Beal at Rosalie’s induction as a new member of Charlotte Shelburne Rotary.

Left to right, Sponsor Judy Christensen, new member Rosalie Schneider, Membership Chair Debby Hanley and President John Beal at Rosalie’s induction as a new member of Charlotte Shelburne Rotary.

Charlotte Shelburne Rotary Club welcomed a new member, Rosalie Schneider of Shelburne. Sponsored by Judy Christensen, Rosalie received her membership pin from Membership Chair Debby Hanley and the plaque with The 4-Way Test from President John Beal. Rosalyn has lived in Shelburne for 21 years with her husband and two children. She works with her husband as a manufacturer’s representative for outdoor sporting equipment such as kayaks and climbing gear. Before her work as a manufacturer’s representative she was a political lobbyist and public relations consultant in District of Columbia and with the State Department.

SAA

Happy fines:

Everyone was happy to learn that Ric Flood is making progress in his recovery at Fletcher Allen Health Care following open heart surgery and a staph infection.

John Hammer – a late fine – and he didn’t put his boat in the water yet
Trafton Crandall – his time babysitting his grandchildren is over
Joyce Errecart – sad that she is not currently babysitting her grandchildren
Sharon Beal – their boat is in the water – and they finally have a motor boat
Debby Hanley – the Shelburne Wind Ensemble will play a concert on Thursday, May 20 with music from their Disney World visit
Robert Maynes – his birthday – and his mother’s 90^th birthday
Kris Engstrom – a new airforce 1^st lieutenant in the family
George Schiavone – must be happy about something
Linda Gilbert – Spain was wonderful – she took her Rotary pin and never saw anything about Rotary until the last day when she saw a fund-raising barrel for Polio Plus in the airport.
Colleen Haag – a lady came into her town office with her brother who was visiting from Warrensburg, Mo. and wanted to give Charlotte Shelburne Rotary his club banner
Chuck LaClair – photo voltaic panels on the roof of his house – so now your electricity is coming from his house – thanks for the $11,000 from the state for the project – and he just bought his first new personal car.
Linda Barker – scoot fine
Jim Spadaccini – visited family in Buffalo – where his grandson babysat him
Tod Whitaker – he has a new beehive – and it’s buzzing
Denny Bowen – a pin fine
Alan Hathaway – two of the three scholarship winners will be at the next meeting of Rotary
Gary Bergeron – a pin fine
Michael Lash – a trip to Nashville to see his daughter graduate – and she has a job.

Lucky draw: With $399.50 in the pot, Carol Obuchowski’s number was drawn but she chose the wrong card and missed the pot.

Club Assembly

Bowl-a-Thon

Several people are stepping forward to take responsibility for part of the planning for the bowl-a-thon. It isn’t too late to send out letters to friends and neighbors asking for support for the bowl-a-thon which will be held on Friday, June 4 beginning at 6 p.m. If you want to send out letters, send your list of names to John or Ric’s office. It’s going to be a fun evening with a remarkable meal, and bowling that doesn’t get too serious.

District Conference

The District Conference will be held on June 11 and 12 at the Davis Center at UVM. Everyone is encouraged to attend.

Census Sheet

Linda Gilbert who will be president beginning in July circulated a census sheet she has been asked to complete. She and Debby Hanley have been talking about the idea of getting t-shirts or perhaps hats for members to wear when they are working on special community projects.

Let’s all keep Ric in our prayers. Get well soon, Ric.