Southbridge Rotary Club

SOUTHBRIDGE ROTARY CLUB Bulletin for September 1, 2010 Meeting at the Southbridge Business Center, Mechanic Street, Southbridge

Wednesdays at noon SERVICE ABOVE SELF

09-08 No speaker—Board meeting after regular meeting. 09-15 Golf Tournament 09-22 Glenn Bousquet presents Dino Tata --- Alaskan Adventure 09-29 Bryan Blanchard, TBA 10-06 Ed Keefe, TBA 10-13 Clement Desautels presents Gwen Glass-Carbone who will auction a 1/75 Liter bottle of Chivas Regal Scotch w/proceeds going to the Club. Be prepared to bid. 10-20 Dino Tata presents the RYLA Kids 10-27 Joan Menard, TBA

NEXT WEEK’S PRESENTERS: Alex and Ken

VISITORS/GUESTS: Patrick Morrill for the last time as a guest and Dr. Sarah Call who was the guest of Joan. President Caron brought her son, Daniel Brooks. Welcome home Daniel.

ATTENDANCE: 70% about

RAFFLE: Tom pulled the Ace of Clubs and Ron Chernisky the Nine of Hearts.

HAPPY DOLLARS: Dino paid for a successful family reunion and then for the Club letting him borrow its tent for the event. Bob K. paid for his upcoming vacation in the Med. Joe A. paid for Patrick’s induction. Pat paid for being a member. Bryan paid for the Golf Tournament going well.

BIRTHDAYS: None ANNIVERSARIES: None

MAKE UPS: Jeff made two online makeups. I know someone else did but I can’t remember who.

FINES: None. . BITS AND PIECES & GOINGS ON: Members today donated three more bottles of wine to the golf tournament. Please donate any bottle of booze or similar you can. Next week is the last chance to do so.

Bryan mentioned that the golf setup is working well. We only have room left for one more foursome and one individual.

1 Bryan brought in some tickets to the Deutsch Bank golf event and Glenn auctioned them off. The going was tough but Glenn managed to pull in $70.00 for our golf event. The successful bidders were Joe A., Ken, Ron Carlson, Patrick and Paul J. Some guys must just love hurricanes.

Any member knowing of an event they would like to inform the membership about, please give me the info and I will publish it in the bulletin.

THIS WEEK’S PRESENTATIONS: Jim W. gave a couple of jokes, one with his wife’s permission.

PRESIDENTS TALK: President Caron proudly introduced her son Daniel, who returned from Iraq. She then took a poll on next week’s meal and we will be having hot dogs and hamburgers. She then announced that the Board meeting scheduled for today would be put off till next week.

Madame President had one of the most enjoyable duties a President can have today. She inducted Patrick Morrill into our Club. After a short Bio on Patrick by Dino and a recitation of the Four Way test and its meaning she asked sponsor Joe Athanas to handle the pining portion of the ceremony. The membership is proud to welcome Patrick into the Club.

SPEAKER: Not till September 22nd.

Club Roster 2009-2010 P= Past President Athanas, Joseph P. (P) Blanchard, Bryan (P) Bousquet, Glenn L. (P2) Carlson, Ronald P. Chernisky, Ronald (P) Coderre, Joseph A. (P) Coderre, Robert E. (P) Colognesi, Theresa G. (P) Clemence, Richard Desautels, Clement T. (P) Desrosier, Bruce J. (P) Detarando, Jay DiGregorio, Albert J. (P) DiGregorio, Paul J. Jalbert, Paul R. (P) Jawor, John Keefe, Edward G. Knight, Robert H. (P) Lanni, Arnold (P) Lannon, William Leboeuf, Eric Main, Jason (P) Mangion, Richard M. McCLoud, Patrick J. Mills, Paul A. (P) Morrill, Patrick S. Menard, Joan Nikolla, Peter Pettinelli, Philip (P) Plouffe, Normand E. Preble, Rev. Peter Prokos, Alexander Prohaska, Otto Rizner, Kenneth E. (P) Rockwood, Marjorie (P) Smalarz, Thomas J. St. Jean, Caron Tata, Constantino H. (Dino) Taylor, John E. Tremblay, Ronald Waddick, James H. (P) Officers and Directors Caron St. Jean President Dino Tata International Service William Lannon President Elect Terri Colognesi Vocational Service John Jawor Vice president Peter Nikola Community Service Paul R. Jalbert Treasurer Joan Menard Club Service Jeffrey Davenport Secretary Terry Lisle Sergeant at Arms Joe Coderre Club Advisor Terry Lisle Attendance Director Ron Chernisky Dino Tata Bulletin Editor Director Bryan Blanchard Director Glenn Bousquet Paul Harris Fellows Joseph P. Athanas Paul A. Mills Richard Ayers 2 Robert E. Coderre John E. Taylor Zygmund J. Damian Normand E. Plouffe Albert J. DiGregorio 1960 Kenneth E. Rizner Paul R. Jalbert 2001 Marjorie Rockwood Constantino H. Tata (Dino) James Waddick 2006 Bryan Blanchard Ronald Chernisky Glenn Bousquet.10-2008 Terri Colognesi 05-26-10 Deceased and Non-member Paul Harris Fellows, Burns, Charles E. Laliberte, Oswald J. Leclaire, Romeo H. Moreno, Laurence Mozley, George Ricci, Raymond A. Wilson, Calvin Witter, Simon E. C. Stanley Knight C. Stanley Knight Charles T. Parham Judith Flannery (Non-member) John CS. Crosbie Philip S. Morrill Neighboring Clubs Sturbridge Monday 6:00 Publick House 277 Main Street Sturbridge, Ma. Webster Dudley Wednesday 12:00 114 Point Breeze Road, Point Breeze, Webster Putnam Tuesday 12:15 J. D. Coopers 146 Park Road, Putnam, Ct. Auburn Wednesday 6:00 Jasmines Rte. 12, TJ Max Plaza, Auburn Brookfields Thursday 6:30 Wok Inn Corner Rte. 67 & Rte 9, W. Brookfield, Ma. Worcester Thursday 12:15 Maxwell Silverman’s Toolhouse Lincoln Square, Worcester, Ma. Southbridge Wednesday 12:00 Southbridge Business Center (DOD Facility)—Enter in rear of facility The Four-Way Test Is it the truth? Is it fair to all concerned? Will it build goodwill and better friendship? Will it be beneficial to all concerned? ROTARY CLUB OF SOUTHBRIDGE P. O. Box 51 Southbridge, Mass. 01550 Chartered May 13, 1927 Club No. 2588 District No. 7910 www.southbridgerotary.org