Norwich Rotary Club
July 24th, 2024
Location-Bella Fiore
THE RONE
Presiding: President Rodney Green
Invocation: Gary Young
LORD, I HATE BUTTERMILK.
LORD, I HATE LARD.
AND LORD I DON’T MUCH CARE FOR RAW WHITE FLOUR.
BUT LORD, WHEN YOU MIX THEM ALL TOGETHER AND BAKE THEM
I DO LIKE WARM FRESH BISCUITS.
SO LORD, WHEN THINGS COME UP THAT WE DON’T LIKE.
WHEN LIFE GETS HARD.
WHEN WE DON’T UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU ARE SAYING TO US.
HELP US RELAX AND WAIT UNTIL YOU ARE DONE MIXING.
IT WILL PROBABLY BE BETTER THAN BISCUITS. AMEN
-Jill Mack, Laity, Bow United Methodist Church, Bow, NH
Fellowship: Nancy Gentes
Nancy gave some interesting historical facts about the Olympics seeing as opening ceremonies will be taking place later this week in Paris for the Summer Olympic Games.
Birthdays: James Hyman
Anniversaries: Rodney Green in July 26th-18 years!
Guests: Mandy Crispim introduced 2 NFA students who are in an intern program.
Our guest speaker – Bob Dees
Visiting Rotarians: None
Membership Minute: Molly Bruno asked members to brainstorm some ideas for an after hour event to invite prospective new members to. Last year there were events at Stan Lucas’s and Mike Goldblatt’s. There is talk of doing something at those venues again but some new ideas are welcome.
Announcements:
September 9th will be this years “Celebrate Cultural Diversity” event. Mark your calendars now! Volunteers needed!!
Please bring spare clean egg cartons and give them to Bonnie Johnson.
If you know of a speaker for one of our meetings, please contact Kevin Wickless or Alexis Kahn to get on the schedule.
September 4th will be the Annual Golf Tournament! Go get sponsors, raffle items and golf teams! Mark your calendar now as it will be here before you know it!
If there is a Rotarian who is sick or going through a tough time let the Sunshine Committee know and contact Mary Richardson or Nancy Gentes.
Happy Dollars: Andy Grant
Andy said it was good to see Jeff Brining at today’s meeting and to thank Rodney Green for stepping in a President this year and he’s doing a great job so far!
Bonnie Johnson said she will be leaving on vacation for 2 weeks on her boat that has been repaired from last year’s hurricane.
Susy Hurlbert said it was a pleasure to have lunch with our two guests from NFA! Very impressive young women. She was also happy to report that the ribbon cutting for the new office for ECAR went very well and they are looking forward to doing business in their new offices.
Paul Gaffney welcomed our guests from NFA and was happy that Bob Dees will be our guest speaker today.
Kevin Wickless gave for Rodney doing such a great job to start his year as President. He also said he was fishing last week off the coast of New Hampshire where a whale breached and sank a fishing boat yesterday. There are lots of small fish swim in that area that whales like to eat so it can be dangerous for recreational boaters.
Pat Marshall reminded everyone to be aware that you really need a living will and make sure that people other than your Power of Attorney know your intentions.
Roz Etra attended a concert of a different sort in Bridgeport to see her nephew Danny play Sax. It was a Ska band.
Stan Lucas had a belated birthday dinner with his 11 year old grandson Sloan earlier this week. Sloan asked for advice on how to impress a girl he wanted to ask out for a date from his grampa! Stan said he will be willing to help the lad out!
Rodney Green said his great granddaughter is doing well in her acting profession as of late. She has stared in a Netflix movie and has just signed a contract for another movie and has numerous auditions lined up as well!
Auction: Jeff Brining gave $20.00. Bob Reed auctioned off 4 passes for the Cross Sound Lighthouse Cruises. Andy grant was the high bidder at $60.00!
Lottery:
Ryan Telford, Andy Grant and Rodney Green drew to no avail to find the Ace of Spades!
Program: Paul Gaffney introduced Norwich Author and Historian Bob Dees who gave a talk on the website he has created on Norwich history for educational purposes. Log on to www.iconicnorwich.org for all the information. Bob has also published an historical fiction novel called Norwich Gold that’s available on Amazon.
Rodney led the club with the 4-Way Test and the meeting was adjourned at 1:10pm.