Charlotte-Shelburne Rotary - Newsletter

Welcome back to Ric. He may have lost 20 pounds in his recent battle to return to health, but he hasn’t lost his sense of humor. Nurse/advocate/website reporter Tina was a guest at the meeting, giving everyone a chance to welcome back Ric and thank Tina for her great work in keeping everyone in touch with his progress.

Guests: Besides Tina, the club welcomed Ed Behr from South Burlington

Announcements

6/20-23 – Rotary International in Montreal
6/23 – NO MEETING
6/30 – Speaker Dave Bielicki, CEO of AIM
7/1 – Changing of the Guard at the Coach Barn at Shelburne Farms
- $10 plus an optional contribution to the 50/50 raffle
- Cash bar
- Grilling by William from Cucina Antica
- Pot luck for appetizers, salads and desserts
- Need 3 helpers for set up/ everyone help with tear down
- Start-time – 6 p.m.

Bowl-a-Thon

Three donation request letters were returned without indication who had sent them. If they are your contacts, please let John Beal know. The three are Heaslip, Fay and Bergman. Money continues to come in.

Next Project

Don’t let this depress you, but it’s only four months and a few days till the Halloween Parade. So if you’d like to help, call Chairman Steve Dates.

District Conference

Linda Gilbert bringing the Presidential Citation from the District 7850 Conference to present to President John Beal.

Linda Gilbert reported on the District Conference held at the Davis Center in Burlington on June 11 and 12. President John Beal was unexpectedly not able to attend, so Linda brought the Presidential Citation that was awarded to the club and made the presentation at the club meeting. Charlotte Shelburne Rotary was one of 18 clubs (of the 40 in the District) to receive the award.

The award is based on club service, vocational service, community service and international service. Congratulations to the Charlotte-Shelburne Rotary Club and to President John Beal, under whose leadership the award was received.

Sergeant at Arms

Don Condon offered advice on retirement planning, with reports on the pros and cons of retirement destinations ranging from Maine to Florida.

Anniversaries: John and Sharon Beal, Robert Maynes, Bill Deming and Michael and Michele Lash.

Happy fines:

Gary Bergeron – pin fine
Alan Hathaway – Ric’s back
Dennis Webster – Ric’s back
Paat Sokolowski – her daughter had her 18^th birthday
Terry Kennaugh – friends visiting
Ric Flood – happy to be here (!), the experience reinforced his conviction that he is married to the most wonderful woman in the world – and reports of the Bowl-a-thon indicate that the food was great, the money came in and Rotary is a hell of an organization that can pick up the slack in an emergency and make everything go smoothly
Don Condon – great golf at the Essex Tournament
Linda Schiavone – happy to see Ric
Mike Clapp – glad Ric is back – and a tribute to Doris Maeck
Joyce Errecart – Welcome back, Ric
John Hammer – Mozart going well – Habitat for Humanity home in Charlotte having ground breaking at site across the Old Lantern – with jazz – the house will be solar powered.
Tod Whitaker – his grandson graduated from 8^th grade
John Beal – his son was home for a visit – celebrating anniversary
Adam Bartsch – talking to Julie Won, a former member, who reports that she’s enjoying California
Joan Lenes – their niece from Austria is coming to visit
Sharon Beal – also having an anniversary – and her son was also home for a visit -- glad to see Ric and Tina
Linda Barker – met GSE team from Russia
Robert Maynes – pin fine
Terrell Titus – pin fine – welcome to Ric – impressed that after what he has been through, his hair is still red – must be natural! – and thanks to golf team mates
Linda Gilbert – welcome to Ric and Tina – breakfast at the Inn at Shelburne Farms – taking her grandchildren to visit the Farm (from the tractor drawn wagon ride, to the fun of see the international group of children from Burlington schools on the wagon with them – new to Vermont and speaking many languages) – Shelburne Farms is something we tend to take forgranted – it’s a treasure
Tina Flood – the website was beneficial to her when Ric was sick, both the writing about the experience, and receiving words of encouragement
Ric Flood – remembering that while he was in the ICU waiting for surgery, heavily sedated, he woke up to see his wife, two daughters and sister sitting near and looking sad and thinking, “This is serious … I guess I don’t have the flu.”

Lucky draw: John Hammer’s number was drawn, but the $474 pot rolls over to another week.

Committees met – administration, program and public relations.