President Marcy started her the meeting with this day in History…......
On this day in 1944, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt is elected to an unprecedented fourth term in office. FDR remains the only president to have served more than two terms. Roosevelt rose above personal and political challenges to emerge as one of the nation’s most revered and influential presidents. In 1921, at the age of 29, he contracted polio and thereafter was burdened with leg braces; eventually, he was confined to a wheelchair. From the time he was first elected to the presidency in 1932 to mid-1945, when he died while in office, Roosevelt presided over two of the biggest crises in U.S. history: the Great Depression of the 1930s and World War II.
1972- Richard Nixon defeats Senator George McGovern (D-South Dakota) and is re-elected President of the United States. With only 55 percent of the electorate voting, the lowest turnout since 1948, Nixon carried all states but Massachusetts, taking 97 percent of the electoral votes.
1943- Joni Mitchell is born Roberta Joan Anderson in Fort MacLeod, Alberta Canada. Even as a child taking piano lessons, Joni Mitchell showed more interest in composing her own melodies than in playing the pieces her teacher assigned her. When the folk-music revival of the late 1950s and early 1960s came to Saskatoon—the college town in which she spent most of her childhood—Mitchell resolved to learn the guitar in order to become a competent accompanist at sing-alongs. A bout with polio as a child had left Mitchell unable to form the chords with her left hand that her ear wanted to hear, so early on she began experimenting with non-standard guitar tunings that would later become part of her signature sound.
Quote for the day……We would all like to vote for the best man but he is never a candidate. Kin Hubbard
GREETER:
Turner very warmly greeted us this morning with hugs and smiles and next week …I missed this as I didn’t realize I was taking notes for Jason this morning.
GUESTS:
Shoshana- Debra’s daughter
Ayla- Josh’s daughter
Jenna Rae - guest speaker
Hugh Keelan - guest speaker
STUDENT ROTARIANS:
Danny and Maggie from Hinsdale reported this morning.
~First quarter is wrapping up.
~Danny has completed applications for Fairfield University and NE College. He is still working on applications for UNH and URI.
~The Hinsdale High School Class of 2019 will be hosting the annual Holiday Craft Bazaar on Saturday, November 17th from 9am-3pm at Hinsdale Middle High School. There will be craft and food vendors set up in the gymnasium and food will be sold in the cafeteria. Lots of Raffles, too….Plus Santa will be available for pictures! Krispy Kreme donuts will also be available for sale in the cafeteria while supplies last!
~Red Ribbon Week last week, it is the oldest and largest drug prevention campaign in the country.
~Need to get rid of scrap metal? We have a time & place the HHS Travel Club is collecting.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
- Board Meeting Thursday November 8th at WKVT.
- Friday November 9th at 7am the final Bylaw’s meeting will be held at the River Garden.
- Project Feed is gearing up and Kevin circulated a sign-up calendar. We will only be picking on Monday, Wednesday and Fridays. Food needs to be to the Drop In Center by 4:30pm.
- Raffle tickets have been distributed. If you haven’t received yours yet please contact Toni. Several Rotarians have made individual Facebook posts that have been very successful. Ask if you need help with selling.
- The coffee shop is open. They only have 4 bags left and are out of coffee mugs. See Tristam for details. Remember the proceeds go to help send a student to the Agriculture School in the mountains of Honduras
BIRTHDAYS: No Birthdays today
ANNIVERSARIES: Ross- 6 years and Tristam- 19 years
CARDS: 7 of Spades..… and the winner is ~ Jenna our guest speaker WON!!!!
BRAGS:
Josh T: Bragged the Strolling of the Heifers which is throwing a Pizza Party to benefit Project Feed the Thousands. Saturday November 10th from 12-3 pm at the River Garden. He had posters available to hang in your place of business.
Damon: Bragged for his and Kathryn’s trip to Calgary, Alberta for the 25th class reunion from Physical Therapy school. They left the boys home alone for an entire week and the house was still standing when they arrived home. Also, the boys had a Division 1 NH meet last week where Aidan came in 9thand Torin came in 8th. The team came in 4th overall and Torin is officially the fastest freshman in NH.
Will: Also had a running brag, his son Nick and his wife Rebecca ran the NYC marathon this past weekend. There was 50,000 people running in the marathon. It took them 6.5 hours to complete. He and Tina went and hung out in Brooklyn and waited at the 8-mile mark to catch a glimpse of them. Great energy at the race and great weekend with kids.
Michelle: Fined herself for not getting the newsletter out last week….I didn’t realize that was an option as I sit here typing Jason’s newsletter. Also, she bragged for Caroline who now has a job with an LA law firm (working remotely) doing trademark and licensing work in the video game industry.
Dan: Another self-imposed fine as he lost the list of sponsors for the Adventure Race for a few weeks. Now that he has found out, members need to pay up.
Ali: Bragged for Marcy’s Haunted House---- AMAZING. Well worth the trip to Springfield. You really could feel how the community loved this event.
Marcy: Wanted to thank everyone who helped out with the Haunted House. Michelle for taking over the meeting, Cindy for the awesome video and Rocco the traffic Jedi. It was an all-day event getting it all assembled but it came together in the end.
Toni: Also wanted to brag for Marcy’s Haunted House. Lucy was so looking forward to Halloween and Ali and Marcy made her night. Ali just happened to have an extra costume in her car for Lucy to wear and she took her to a few houses in Springfield to go Trick or Treating.
Katya: Wanted to brag for our speakers and a recent performance at the Latchis Theatre. (sorry couldn’t hear what the performance was). Also, she was with a friend this past week and she amazed to find out that in Austria the children are required to get a Lyme vaccination to protect from the disease. Whereas we have nothing here in the US and the tick-borne diseases have increased every year.
KJ: It’s official he is going to be a grandpa. His daughter is letting him tell everyone. He’s decided to grow out his beard to see if it is as grey as Kevin’s.
Kevin: Stood to fine everyone a quarter for not wearing their pin….AND BADGES DON’T COUNT. Who pissed in his Corn Flakes this morning, ALI?!?!?!
GUEST SPEAKERS: Hugh Keelan and Jenna Rae, The Windham Orchestra
The Windham Orchestra, with Music Director Hugh Keelan, features local musicians and composers who take pride in providing symphonic music to Southeastern Vermont and their commitment to keeping classical music vital and building future audiences.
The Windham Orchestra serves a number of important roles in the musical community:
· Performing live orchestral music in Brattleboro and surrounding towns;
· Providing performance opportunities for musicians of all backgrounds;
· Educating local school children;
· Providing performance opportunities for young musicians through the annual Concerto Competition; and
· Providing an orchestral ensemble for performance of music by local composers.
Hugh and Jenna run a company called TUNDI Productions. It was named after Wagner’s opera Tristan UND Isolde. They perform music that summons the deepest emotions and the most burning issues of being human, so you can experience transcendence and interact with the music and musicians and share about your experience and engage in your own creativity. They bring large scale operatic works to life so that you can be immersed in the experience, lost in the emotion and create a fulfillment that is only available through music.