Rotary Newsletter:  February 25, 2015
 
President Todd opened with the following:         “Curses upon this cold morning air”  Todd M. written about 20 minutes before but he might have used slightly different words. 
 
Greeter:  Student Rotarians. 
 
Next week’s greeter:  Josh Traeger. 
 
Guests:  Cindy Ferrante from the Noon Club, Kay Lewis from the Lewis family, Evie, Davie, Barb Vinci and Mary Beth Cornell from the Career Center. 
 
Absent:  Lots of people. 
 
 
Announcements:
 
There will be a Club Assembly next week. It is also a cracker breakfast.  If you signed up to bring some food, don’t forget. 
 
Tristem:  He is meeting with the three directors of the nutrition program next week.  Drop him a line if you would like to join him or if you want Honduras coffee (totally unrelated). 
 
Kevin:  3 on 3 is coming up three and a half weeks from now.  It is coming along but please sign up for assignments when the list goes around. 
 
Toni C. on 3 on 3.  There will be an opportunity soon to help call sponsors. 
 
Jill on 3 on 3:  Food items are needed.  She will be e-mailing a request around.
 
Sadie:  Trivia will be on March 9.  Please advertise it, talk it up, forward the flyer, post it on Facebook. 
 
 
 
Birthday:  None.
 
Cards:   
 
3 of Hearts.  You lose losers.
 
Bowl of Life: 
 
My fly fishing was interrupted by 3 big bull moose. 
 
Guesses that were WRONG:  Jon S., Josh, Toni C.
 
Guesses that were RIGHT:  Toni C. …. Tristem. 
 
Brags
 
Sadie;  For Evie and Lucy in Sherlock Holmes at NEYT.  There are shows this coming weekend and tickets are still available. 
 
Jim:  For having to leave early.  Really not a brag, more of a streaking fine. 
 
Marcy:  Starting the series of birthday brags:  For Rowan who turned 8:  “Best birthday ever.” 
 
Jill for her new niece:  Susanna.  Isn’t that the name of a song from the 80s? 
 
Ali:  For Nikki who is turning 16 and whose alarm broke or else she would have been in attendance.     
 
Casey Manning,  For her brother who is now the father of a new baby girl.  Thanks to Jason for paying for the brag. 
 
And last but not least and off topic:  For Josh Traeger who enjoyed swimming in Florida while on vacation. 
 
Student Rotarians:
 
Raffle tickets are still available.  Going to States next week.  Good luck.  And they are doing a blood drive in March. 
 
Speaker
 
Mary Beth Cornell from the Career Center.  She got recruited to speak by the Student Rotarians, who came to her will good news a few weeks ago ……. No, not that we had donated more money …… but that they wanted her to be the speaker. 
 
She talked about FBLA.  Its officers have to apply for the job, not be elected. 
 
They do all sorts of cool projects… organize blood drives, particulate in March of Dines, etc.
 
Now they are prepping for States a really important competition in Burlington each spring.  The kids do lots of preparation and study and then they do two days of competition.  It is all about critical thinking.  We are teaching professionalism.  Teaching them how to present.  It shows the power of involvement. 
 
She concluded by describing the fall FBLA conference in New Orleans where they met with one of FBLA’s biggest supporters.  Warner Thomas a BUHS Class of 1983 graduate who has done well and is the CEO of a huge company based in NO.  He took them out to dinner, acknowledged them in a speech, took them to the Saints game, etc. 
 
Mary Beth was a great speaker. 
 
 
 
The End
 
 
The small print:  This newsletter is only a rough facsimile of what actually occurred.  If you really want to know what happened, you should have been there because, after all, a lot happens at our meetings. 
 
 
                                                                                    Your scribe:  Sandy S.
 
Pinch hitting for Damon who owes him.
Or maybe whoever it was who was supposed to cover Damon owes him.