Newsletter for November 26, 2014
Quote: President Todd was in a very giving mood this morning and thus shared not one but THREE quotes: #1 - “If you have a warm place to sleep, food, clean water, clothes on your back……you are in the top ten percent richest bracket in humanity” – Smithsonian Magazine
#2 – “If a fellow isn’t thankful for what he’s got, he isn’t likely to be thankful for what he’s going to get” – Frank Clark
#3 – “I celebrated Thanksgiving the old-fashioned way. I invited everyone in my neighborhood to my house, we had a wonderful enormous feast, and then I killed them and took their land” – Jon Stewart
Guests: Gifford (sp?) Shriver, sister of Sandy, visiting from Atlanta.
Student Rotarian: They are all sleeping in today. What’s up with that!
Greeter: Thanks Jen. Great job! Next week: Ali
Next week's scribe: Ali
Next week's speaker: Will Shakespeare
Announcements: Normal meeting schedule until Dec. 24th (no meeting), no board meeting on Jan. 1st. Club assembly on Jan 7th.
We are officially a 501-c3!
Trivia night – Monday, Dec. 8th here at the Legion. Talk it up, tell your friends, bring your team of up to 6 people. Cost is now $20 per person.
If you wish to pay for breakfast in advance – see Jill. She’ll bill you.
Turner – Our club Holiday party will be on Wednesday, Dec. 17th. No meeting that morning!!! Signup sheet going around the next 2 weeks. Gift swap returns by majority vote of those members present this morning!
We will be receiving a donation from noon club to help with our nutrition program.
Cards: $23 in the pot. 2 of Diamonds. You lose losers!
Birthdays: Jerry and Jon S. – neither is in the house!
Bowl of Life: “My father met every U.S. President from Hoover thru Nixon” Will x2, Sandy S., Tristan T., Ralph, Jerry, the winner is: Ross!
Brags: Carmen – Daughter surprised her by coming home from Ethiopia last Sunday! She actually lied to her parents about her homecoming but it was well worth the surprise.
Jill – Her family members including her brother, sister in law, 2 dogs, kids and her father are on the way to lake Placid. Jill will see them in a couple of weeks.
Josh – spent a few weeks celebrating his Grandmother’s 90TH B-DAY in Florida. Had a great time.
THIS MY LIFE: Jen and Drew.
Diver – Junior Jazzersizer – Born in Madison Wisconsin, maiden name Johnson Met Husband while still at NYU (*theater director) decided to go to grad school in Cali – trekked to LA, lived there 10 years and pursued work in television and theater. Began teaching dance there. Hubby ended up teaching for a theater teacher on sabbatical in Marlboro which proved to be his foot in the door, so they returned to Brattleboro where she bought a dance studio (akin to adopting triplets!) Had our son Dashiell, who is now 6 ½. Been here 5 yrs. Has an older sister who is living in LA w/her family… although she spent some time living in Guam. My father’s father was born in China, and just found out he was in the Rotary in Indiana. He started the very first Conflict Resolution in Indiana – one of the first ones in the country. Definitely don’t miss the heat there, but the wealth of culture and resources are missed. Miss year round produce and sushi. Don’t miss traffic *(at all!) Do miss riding bike to work year round. Oh, I’m a Libra, and I get my hair done at Salon Jacque.
DREW: My life is far more boring than that. I get my hair cut anywhere there’s a pair of scissors. Started working in emergency medicine when I was 16. Delivered my first baby at 16… (first of apparently many!) Went to school for firefighting, lived in Gorham, Maine for 4 yrs. in a fire house. Didn’t like it as much as I’d thought I would. Liked the medical aspects more, so started doing mountain rescue. At 20, I began to work as a paramedic. Returned here and had 3 children – who are now 4, 8 and 11 yrs. old *(Who I did not deliver myself.) Have been at Rescue for 15 yrs. Run a construction crew “on the side” where I build houses. When asked about ‘some of the more interesting cases… “Got called to behind Wal-Mart where a few students decided they were going to climb straight up the mountain in their t-shirts and sneakers. While they were free climbing a rock face, a young lady fell down on her head. Used over 6oo ft. of rope to lower her…one of the most amazing things was that she actually split her C2 vertebrae in half, but recovered with NO nerve damage. Camping is my hobby. Enjoy that with my kids. Taking off this Christmas and heading for Arizona with the camper, which we’ll leave out there until April. Will then fly out in April to bring it home. Inquiry about the O’D’ing of heroin usage…good news is that Heroin use hasn’t changed, just more publicized. Suicide rate is higher in Windham County than anywhere else in the state. More than 15 suicides in the last year. Unfortunately the Mental Health in this area is messed up.
Kevin – a belated brag for Toni… Toni reminded me that Hannaford’s and the Co-op have groceries not getting picked up thru the holiday, so she got Ross to cover their pick-ups thru this holiday. Brag for Ross too. And thanks to everyone for stepping up to make this thing work.
Drew – anybody gets in a pinch, I’ll volunteer my staff to pick up groceries if necessary.
Respectfully submitted by Kevin and my ghost writer Ali.
*not responsible for errors and omissions.