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c 2010 Rotary Club of Newton Page 1 2009-2010 ROTARY CLUB OF NEWTON 719 WASHINGTON STREET BOX MS295 NEWTONVILLE, MASSACHUSETTS 02460 THE SERVICE GEAR Volume LXXXVI No. 32 March 3, 2010 nce again, Brae Burn Country Club accomodated us in the first-floor Grille Room, normally reserved for golfers only. Once again, we featured a Student-of-the-month, and once again Peter Mahler had the winning raffle ticket. President Marie called the meeting to order, asking Jeff Chin to lead us in the Pledge of Allegiance. Dennis Prefontaine offered an invocation, seeking resolution of the nation’s health care debate. Susanne McInerney led us in a chorus of God Bless America, noting that royalties from the Irving Berlin song were do- nated by singer Kate Smith to the Boy Scouts of America. SERGEANT AT ARMS Bill Garr reported that only 15 Rotarians were present today, then introduced our guests: Ryan Murphy, Newton Country Day School Director of Campus Ministry; Student-of-the- Month Lea Chilazi, and her mother, Sylvia Chilazi; and speakers Robin Longendyke and Barbara Sydney, representing the Salvation Army. Brookline Rotarian Murray Liverman was also visiting today, as was Marie’s guest, Mike Webster. Bill took the opportunity to describe our upcoming Senior Safety Day Program (see Announcements, page 2) having met with fire and police officials last week. He then gave the podium over to Bill Lowery for a bit of humor. O President Marie Presti 617-620-6948 President-Elect Jeff Tucker 617-340-1263 Vice President Laurisa Neuwirth 617-291-0572 Past President Marc Epstein 617-244-1212 Treasurer Peter Mahler 617-630-5289 Recording Secretary John Hurney 617-332-7412 Director Dick Bowen 617-969-9134 Director Jeff Chin 617-965-1988 Sergeant-at-Arms Bill Garr 617-969-5906 x116 Newsletter Editor Scott Lewis 617-293-6371 Director Justin Sallaway 617-244-0065 Director Tony Bibbo 781-237-1144 MEETS TUESDAYS; 12:15 P.M. BRAE BURN COUNTRY CLUB, 326 FULLER STREET, NEWTON, MA District No. 7910 Club No. 6580 CONTENTS Page MEETING NOTES 1 SERGEANT-at-ARMS 1 ANNOUNCEMENTS 2 THIS WEEK’S HUMOR 2 SPEAKER/PROGRAM 4 STUDENT of the MONTH 5 HAPPY DOLLARS 6 RAFFLE 7 Our Club’s entry in the “Parade of Frogs” contest reflected our Death by Chocolate fundraiser theme. The plaster frog was left by DG Carol Toomey when she visited. Decorations bt Scott Lewis and Paula Kirrane. MEETING GREETERS NEXT MEETING: March 17th: Tom Keery & Bill Lowery
Transcript of Service Gear March 3, 2010
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2009-2010ROTARY CLUB OF NEWTON719 WASHINGTON STREET BOX MS295
NEWTONVILLE, MASSACHUSETTS 02460
THE SERVICE GEARVolume LXXXVI No. 32 March 3, 2010
nce again, Brae Burn Country Clubaccomodated us in the first-floor Grille Room,normally reserved for golfers only. Once again,we featured a Student-of-the-month, and onceagain Peter Mahler had the winning raffle ticket.
President Marie called the meeting to order,asking Jeff Chin to lead us in the Pledge ofAllegiance. Dennis Prefontaine offered aninvocation, seeking resolution of the nation’shealth care debate. Susanne McInerney led usin a chorus of God Bless America, noting thatroyalties from the Irving Berlin song were do-nated by singer Kate Smith to the Boy Scouts ofAmerica.
SERGEANT AT ARMSBill Garr reported that only 15 Rotarians
were present today, then introduced our guests:Ryan Murphy, Newton Country Day SchoolDirector of Campus Ministry; Student-of-the-Month Lea Chilazi, and her mother, SylviaChilazi; and speakers Robin Longendyke andBarbara Sydney, representing the SalvationArmy. Brookline Rotarian Murray Livermanwas also visiting today, as was Marie’s guest,Mike Webster.
Bill took the opportunity to describe ourupcoming Senior Safety Day Program (seeAnnouncements, page 2) having met with fireand police officials last week. He then gave thepodium over to Bill Lowery for a bit of humor.
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PresidentMarie Presti
617-620-6948
President-ElectJeff Tucker
617-340-1263
Vice PresidentLaurisa Neuwirth
617-291-0572
Past PresidentMarc Epstein617-244-1212
TreasurerPeter Mahler
617-630-5289
Recording SecretaryJohn Hurney
617-332-7412
DirectorDick Bowen
617-969-9134
DirectorJeff Chin
617-965-1988
Sergeant-at-ArmsBill Garr
617-969-5906 x116
Newsletter EditorScott Lewis
617-293-6371
DirectorJustin Sallaway617-244-0065
DirectorTony Bibbo
781-237-1144
MEETS TUESDAYS; 12:15 P.M. BRAE BURN COUNTRY CLUB, 326 FULLER STREET, NEWTON, MA
District No. 7910Club No. 6580
CONTENTS PageMEETING NOTES 1SERGEANT-at-ARMS 1ANNOUNCEMENTS 2THIS WEEK’S HUMOR 2SPEAKER/PROGRAM 4STUDENT of the MONTH 5HAPPY DOLLARS 6RAFFLE 7
Our Club’s entry in the “Parade of Frogs” contestreflected our Death by Chocolate fundraiser theme. Theplaster frog was left by DG Carol Toomey when shevisited. Decorations bt Scott Lewis and Paula Kirrane.
MEETING GREETERS NEXT MEETING:March 17th: Tom Keery & Bill Lowery
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From Down East...An amateur sportsman spent the day withdog and gun, but brought home no game. Afriend twitted him with his failure:
”Didn’t you shoot anything at all?”
The honest fellow nodded miserably, “I shotmy dog.”
His questioner asked “Was he mad?”
The sportsman shook his head doubtfully.
“Not exactly mad,” he asserted; “but not sodarned happy neither!”
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Senior Safety DayBill Garr is at it again! He’s reaching out
and across walls to connect with other organiza-tions, just as he did for Newton students in needof musical instruments and dictionaries.
Senior Safety Day will take place onSaturday, May 15th. The Newton Senior Centerwill register and schedule folks, approximately10 to15 households, with priority given to thosewith homebound occupants. We will go out inteams of 4 - a policeman, a fireman, a Rotarianand a Boy Scout - to complete a safety audit froma checklist that will be developed by the SeniorCenter.
Each house visited will receive a bag ofhelpful material and, where appropriate, we willleave a new smoke detector and /or co2 detectorfor the resident with a list of installers (theywould like Rotary to pay for the smoke detec-tors). The next planning meeting will be Thurs-day, March 18, 8 AM at the Senior Center.
Italian Night is set for next Tuesday, March9th (in lieu of next week’s regular meeting) at theVecchia Roma Restaurante, 398 WatertownStreet, starting at 6:00 PM. If you haven’t addedyour name (and guests at $10 each) to the at-tendee list, please contact Scott Lewis ASAP.
21 members and guests are currently signedup. Members eat free of charge.
The Board of Directors will meet onTuesday, March 9, 12:00 Noon at The Vil-lage Bank’s Nonantum Branch second-floorconference room. The bank is at the corner ofAdams and Watertown Streets. All clubmembers are welcome to attend boardmeetings.
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District 7910Project Expo and PR Awards
2010 Banquet
Friday, February 26Boxboro Holiday Inn
District Governor Carol Toomey, above, looks over animpressive field of “Frog Parade” entries. More thantwenty clubs decorated and submitted frogs to thecompetition.
Right: Frog impersonator! Sesame Street fans willinstantly recognize that the green creature is not a frog -it’s a grouch named Oscar. But the culprit is reallyBrookline’s Ken Jaffe, shown apparently confessing tolocal authorities.
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Robin Longendyke, field Representativefor the Salvation Army, works in their Canton,MA office. She spoke briefly about the history ofthe Salvation Army, starting with its creation as abreak-away component of the Methodist Churchin England. The original leadership opened asoup kitchen in London in the late nineteenthcentury.
Today, the Salvation Army exists in 119countries, including Haiti, where two of theirthree buildings in Port-au-Prince were destroyedby earthquake. Luckily the building left standingwas the orphanage, which suddenly went from52 to over 300 orphans in one week. Now theyare working in Chile, as well, with volunteersproviding local emergency help.
The Army’s red kettles, used to collectmoney during the holiday season, is a traditionthat started when a soup kitchen chef put out akitchen kettle to collect donations to pay for thefree meals provided.
Robin introduced Barbara Sydney, aNewton resident and volunteer who found herselfunemployed last year, in search of a worthy useof her time. She contacted the Salvation Armyand ended up organizing most of the kettlecollection activities in Newton, ringing a bellherself at the Newtonville Star Market.
Barbara reminded us that standing by thekettles and ringing bells, their most visible
Your ad could be here!
Business card size ads cost only $100/year for Rotarymembers, $125 for non-members. The distribution listof people who see our club news grows every week.
Shouldn’t they see you, and your support of our club’sgood works?
PAULA KIRRANE
Uniquely Designed Cakes230 Adams StreetNewton, MA 02458Tel.: (617) 969-1830fax: (617) 969-5852
www.theicingonthecake.com
Speaker/Program:Robin Longendyke, The Salvation Army
L to R: Barbara Sydney, Salvation Army volunteer,President Marie Presti, and Salvation Army Field RepRobin Longendyke
activity, also brings in much of Salvation Army’sfunds, all of which stay in the state in whichthey’re collected.
$.83 of every dollar goes to actual missions,mostly to buy groceries. The organization alsovisits nursing homes, and it runs a summer campfor kids in Sharon, MA. It helps families in needpay for utilities, assists in alchohol treatment,runs soup kitchens, and takes children to GilletteStadium to meet the Patriots players, amongother charitable activities.
Barbara hopes that our Club will continue tohelp out with kettle collections later this year.Her email address is [email protected].
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Student-of-the-MonthLea Chilazi (R)acceptscongratulationsfromPresident Marie
Student of the Month: Lea ChilaziNewton Country Day School of the Sacred Heart
Newton Country Day School of theSacred Heart, Director of Campus Ministry,Ryan Murphy, gushed with praise for ourStudent of the Minth award recipient, LeaChilazi. He noted her “genuine warmth andinfectious humor.”
Lea is a junior this year, and recalledmaking different choices after an uninspiredfreshman year. As a sophomore, she joined theAmnesty International Committee at school,discovering “I cared very much about every-one being treated equally.” She also spent onesummer working for Habitat for Humanity inConnecticut.
Of the school’s five major goals, Leafeels most strongly about number 3, “commit-ment to social awareness impelling one toaction.”
L to R: Ed Casavant, Sylvia Chilazi, Marie Presti, LeaChilazi. Ed Casavant and Bob Staulo arrange Student-of-the-Month awards with all of Newton’s high schools.Lea will also receive a $50 savings account from TheVillage Bank.
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ADDITIONSRENOVATIONSNEW HOMESHISTORIC RESTORATION12 Bencliffe CircleAuburndale, MA 02466(617) 293-6371
HAPPY DOLLARS
Jeff Chin collected Happy Dollars,starting with Susanne McInerney, who washappy to hear from dear friends in the coastalcity of Valparaiso, Chile, where she has stayedin her travels. Her friends were OK, but lostloved ones in the earthquake.
Murray Liverman was sorry for misbe-haved cell phone, but happy to report that hisdaughter passed a medical test and is going toHaiti. Peter Mahler was happy to see Murray,and that Brookline Rotary will have its annualPancake Breakfast at Brookline High Schoolon March 27th. He was also happy to meet ourStudent of the month (“SOM”).
Paul Kerrissey was happy to be goingskiing at Lake Tahoe next week. He was alsoquite sad for the grave illness of his friend andyachting competitor, Jim Feeley of Hingham.
John Hurney was glad to see our SOM,as were Bill Lowery and Ed Casavant. MariePresti was happy for our SOM, Lea Chilazi,and her mother, Sylvia Chilazi. She was alsohappy to be joined by her guest Mike Webster,and for her sister-in-law’s successful surgery.Mike Webster was happy to attend
“May those of us who have, sharewith those that have not. May those of use who can,do for those that cannot. May those of us who are loved, love those who are not. Andmay we all live our lives so that the world is better off for having had us.”
- Lee Metcalfe
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UPCOMING...
March 9: 6:00 PM Tuesday Night “ItalianNight” Celebration at Vecchia RomaRestaurante (RSVP required), in lieu ofregular meeting.
March 10: NO MEETING at Brae Burn
March 17: St. Patrick’s Day Luncheon atLasell Village - NO MEETING ATBRAE BURN. Lasell President MichaelAlexander scheduled to speak. Cornedbeef and cabbage is on the menu.
Sitting in the same chair as he did last week,and with over $700 in the jackpot and only 25cards left in the diminishing deck, TreasurerPeter Mahler again had the winning raffle ticket!But, alas, Peter found only the meagre Four ofClubs. The raffle goes Italian next week!
PAUL M. KERRISSEYAttorney at Law
277 Auburn StreetSuite BAuburndale, MA 02466Office: (617) 964-5800Fax: (617) 969-9850
RAFFLE
