May 4, 2016
5/4/16
Quote of the Week: “Change is inevitable. Progress is optional.” Tony Robbins
Special Quote of Week from Darth Vaderlyn “May the Fourth Be With You”.
Thanks to our greeter: KJ Volunteer for next week:
Thanks to Amelia our morning scribe filling in for Ralph followed by next week: Michelle will scribe for Jen; after that Todd; then Michelle again. June 1st is Jason
Guests: Eli Young; scouting Rotary Clubs!!! Pick us!!! He’s a master plumber.
Student Rotarian Reports: Sam reported on the Variety show on the 30th was a great hit! Krispy Kreme fundraiser sold 100 boxes!!!! Bethany: Book drive is going well for Honduras. National Honor Society inducted 14 more students. Total of 40 kids! Really terrific!
Announcements: Board Meeting tomorrow at 7:15am at WKVT
Bowl for Kids Sake: This Saturday, May 7th @1pm - Jen: we have 2 lanes at 1pm - probably next to the noon club. Wear your crazy hat - not crazy socks or just come crazy. The per bowler minimum is $60 to raise. We still have a couple slots - so show up if you can.
May 9th - Battle of the Boards Trivia Night - Last trivia night until September! Registration starts at 5:30pm
Camp for a Common Cause: We’ve got Rotary team doing Camp for Common Cause. KJ and Dan are raising $$ — May 20th
Tristam: Nutrition project: began with paper bags and 1 community now it’s grown to 3 and! The communities have had to take over the commitment and it’s been up and down. These communities can be unstable. We’re providing food for kids during vacation whose food source is not reliable. We have a good program and we’re providing great service!!!!
Touch a Truck: June instead September!!! Yikes!!! We’ve got grill and C&S and Country Kitchen supplying food. Set up will be at 8am; June 11th. Dan will send around a sign up sheet next week. If anyone has a lead on donations for condiments; paper products etc. KJ - Country Kitchen needs a letter for donations.
Next week speaker assignment is Sandy Shriver then 5/18 hosted by Valerie and 5/24 Tristan Toleno.
No Birthdays
Cards: no winners
Anniversaries: Josh Traeger??? Club Runner says 13?! Can it be?!
Brags:
Mark: Volunteered with Ludlow Rotary - Penny Sale. It was a huge success! It was nice to participate and they offered to help out at our club. Bellows Falls Penny Sale is this weekend at the BF High School. Dan shared his story of a Penny Sale - he had fun and won wonderful prizes.
Sandy: This Saturday, the 7th is the 16th Annual Mountain Day for BCBS up at Mount Wintastiquiet. They give out lunch; snacks; t-shirts; prizes galore. Rain Date is next Saturday. 10am
John: Went to 30th HS Reunion in Maryland. Great to have time to himself!!! Lolling around going to bookstore - read AARP guide to you iPhone!!!!
May 6th - Carrie and John and Randy Solens: Hosting fundraiser for Matt Dunn candidate running
Marcy talked about turtle crossing.
Bethany: She’s in the American Legion Band - next Wed spring concert here at 7:30pm
Sandy: golfing for Rotary in the 41st Annual Brattleboro Rotary golf tournament
Dan- Took his daughter to Herrick’s cove and swap meet at Vermonster Mud Bog… Monster Trucks were her choice when he posed a few Sunday activities to her… and he’s never been a prouder papa !
Will – Brattleboro Music Center concert coming up next weekend… All vocals – Russian/Rachmaninoff. At the Center Congregational Church on 5/14 at 7:30pm… Sunday, 5/15 at 4pm.
Tristam – Coffee is in… Organic, delicious… both whole bean and ground
KJ – Daughter turning 18… going off to school next year… almost a full ride
Alisa – regaled everyone with another horror tale of her klutzy nature and fiercely (foolishly) independent streak causing her to break yet another bone – this time her big toe
GUEST SPEAKER:
Our own Will on Farming…
Wednesday Morning breakfasts have been brought to us all by Shakespeare’s Follyside Farm eggs.
He’s got 10 hillside acres, on which he and wife Tina progressed recently from owning goats, to building a barn, to having chickens – which at first failed to produce eggs… then to sheep (who eat at different levels from the goats, making lawn and acre maintenance that much easier.) Ducks were the next phase, which – thanks to Walt Disney – we all think of as sorta cool.
Major problems with chicken ownership was attrition – between hawks, foxes, and heavy wet weather causing mini landslides, he was losing on the average one fox each day!
Saving the day was a Maremma dog – all white, very big sheep/guard dog they adopted, named Gertie. Since acquiring her, they’ve lost nary a single chicken! She sits high on the property and keeps guard, like the regal queen of the land that she is.