ROTARY RAG
AUGUST 17, 2016
President Damon called the meeting called to order at 7:15am and started us off with
THIS DAY IN HISTORY: August 17th
1969 – Woodstock Music Festival concluded
1982 – First Compact Discs are released (Germany)
2008 – Michael Phelps wins 4x100 Relay to become 1st Olympian to win 8 Gold Medals in the same Olympics

ROTARY PROJECT OF THE WEEK:
The Moraine Rotary (Moraine, OH) partnered with the city of Moraine with their National Night Out by providing free hot dogs and ice cream to Moraine residents that attended the event.  The National Night Out campaign is designed to get the community and first responders together to help with a better relationship between the two constituents.  In addition to providing financial support, the Moraine Rotary accepted donations to the Pirate Pack Program to help hungry students in a local school district to have something to eat on the weekends during the school year.  One Rotarian accepted $1 donations for allowing attendees to combine foods to create a weird culinary taste that the Rotarian would then eat; such as ice cream, mustard, and jalapeño peppers!
 
GUESTS:
Phil Steckler (Commercial Business Broker), and Cheri Brodhurst (BMH) – BOTH from the Noon Brattleboro Rotary Club
Bethany Martin -- Our Best Ever Student Rotarian

SCRIBE:
Today: Ali(sa)
Next Week: Toni… Followed next week by Dan
 
GUEST SPEAKER:
Today: Amelia (oops – she forgot…!!)
Next Week: Booie – Although Tristam plans to fill in with a special guest from Honduras
 
BIRTHDAYS:
August 20th Todd Murchison (Although on a leave of absence, please sing to him if you see him in your travels)
August 22ndShannon enjoyed a birthday serenade by our own Sunrise Rotary Birthday Quartet

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Sadie – Card for Timberly going around – congrats on the arrival of Baby Joshua!!!
Ali – Need fill in for me (as I was going to fill in for Sadie) at next month’s Trivia Night… but Surgery #3 on my poor knee the following day will make my own participation impossible… Amelia steps up to bat… thanks Amelia!
Marcy – Belatedly hands out the new members’ informational membership packets – now they have the swag needed to be official! 

BRATTLEBORO ON WHEELS – (A Noon Brattleboro Rotary Project)
This Saturday, August 20th at BUHS – 8am opening – Day includes Car and Cycle Show, Breakfast and Lunch, Scavenger Road Rally and Music, 50-50 raffle, prizes ongoing…
FREE ADMISSION for spectators; $10 per show vehicle entry

CARDS: 46 MILLION dollars… uh wait, accounting error – that’s 46 dollars…
Drum Roll… xxxxxxxxxxx … 4 of Diamonds … and it’s in the deck - so Srgt. at Arms Ed Dews assures us that we all LOSE LOSERS!!

BOWL OF LIFE:
“Drove with Danny Sullivan around the track…” (And sadly, this scribe was unable to hear the details of said tidbit due to a raging air system overhead)…
Mark Ethier guessed Sandy Shriver, who promptly and unceremoniously associated driving with our own Jason Posternak… and the guess work was over.
 
BRAGS:
Jim M – Next Stage and the Apron Theater Company in Putney present the final weekend of Eurydice – A modern take on the ancient myth of Orpheus – a retelling of the story from the heroine’s point of view… $15 at the door.  Also a brag for his “teeny tiny” part in an Australian film for which he continues receiving teeny tiny residuals.

Amelia – Been away a few weeks but upon her return she noted that a kind stranger from across the world sent her an image of a Syrian refugee child wearing a Hilltop Montessori School T-shirt, which is really quite remarkable!  (What they won’t do for a little advertising!)

Jen – A brag for Vermont State Parks… Each year her family picks a new one to camp at… This year the black bear said to be roaming round the grounds didn’t visit their camp, and all was well.  Also a big “1-16” Anniversary brag for her and her husband (First marriage, 16th year).

Marcy – Fines herself for getting membership packets in so late… but at least her name tag ordering was prompt and efficient.  Also another Anniversary brag for her “1-18”!  And finally a big Mother-Daughter brag that her and Rowan enjoyed a girl’s get-away to the Rhode Island beach, aquarium, and 6-flags… a mini 2.5 day vaca extraordinaire!

Phil – Anniversaries abound… he and his wife Marsha are celebrating their “1-47”… but they’ve learned the secret to marital bliss as Marsha was up celebrating on her own at Lake Winnipesaukee!

Valerie – Enjoyed a great visit to Germany to see her daughter she hadn’t seen in 6 months; enjoyed the Rhine River and saw many castles.  Also Anniversaries might just be contagious… Val and John celebrated their “1-29”.

Sandy Ladd – Enjoyed a summer 2-week get-away in northern Rangely, Maine where she and John played golf and went kayaking.  Upon returning, she helped her sister celebrate her 60th birthday by crossing something off sis’ bucket list – Zip Lining at Lake George…  Family talk ensued about everyone ushering in their birthdays this way with a bucket list adventure… which begins a concerning precedent, as her nephew mentioned his great wish to sky dive.  Last brag for a trip to Rigley Field in Chicago where Sandy was lucky enough to enjoy watching the Cubs win!

KJ – First big brag for Drew at his Rescue Open House where he helped young ones (kiddos as little as 3 ys old!) cross a ropes course.  Drew came alive and it was great to watch.  Also, for Jim in Eurydice – a fantastic show KJ highly recommends.

Kevin – Daughter Sarah employed as a nurse for one month now, just endured her first 12 hour shift… and survived to tell about it.  Another brag for his Syracuse buddies – friends for 35 years.  Classmates bond time reunion touring the newest Syracuse facilities… reminisced with jokes, stories and old photos (yes, Kev… you used to look like that!!)

Mark – brag for enjoying some vacation time and surfing in the salty sea… only to discover that if you put your contacts back in too soon when the salt is still in your eye, you can burn holes in your corneas!!  (Food for thought, folks)… Big thanks to Doctor McGinn for his excellent care – he’s seeing fine again.

Cindy DelgattoNewly Initiated Member – Her eldest son (28) Joseph holds two jobs and is a volunteer fire fighter on the side … This week he was on call at a fire and he was conscientious enough to save family photos he saw by tucking them away safely under a mattress to protect them from the fire.

Jon – Mom in Residential care… sneaky son “snuck” in a couple drinks he and his mom could enjoy while he visited… mom had fun and enjoyed the “dirty deed” (which was fully legal, although mom didn’t need to know that, lest the enjoyment of the deed wane)… and while Jon felt great about his gesture, the next check in call proved to be of some concern… Mom may’ve overindulged a bit and had trouble with dinner later that evening (Hard Lemonade went right to her head.)

Drew – Rescue Inc is again teaming up with Brattleboro Subaru to raffle a GRAND PRIZE adventure package to include: a 2016 Subaru XV Crosstrek with Roof rack and Kayak!  Other prizes to win include Dinner for two at Peter Havens, and cash prizes.  Drawing at The Marina on October 13th – 5:30-7pm.  Tickets only $20!!  Drew has about 3,000 more tickets to sell, so see him before they’re all gone… (heheh)  Also coming soon is the next Obstacle Adventure and Family Fun Run 5K Races to benefit Rescue.  Saturday, October 15th at Jamaica State Park, in Jamaica Vermont.  See Drew for details or check it out online at: adventurerace.rescueinc.org.  This year’s obstacles promise to be even better than last year’s (last year’s participants asked for greater challenges!)

Dan – Speaking of adventures… he’s been training for this Rescue obstacle race with his daughter and nephew visiting from France this summer.  Bromley Adventure Park was where they headed this past weekend, but the park opens late, so they started at nearby water hole (with 30 foot drop offs to the water – real sinus stoppers!!)  He finally conquered the diamond trail at Bromley with daughter, proud to say.

Shannon – cruising in her intrepid Toyota Corolla, got her car to summit Mt Washington.  (Although the journey’s visibility was about 20%, with 80 mile/hr winds, and she cried 3 times in her trek)… arriving at the summit, woefully underdressed, freezing, she ate a chili dog and went directly home.

Sadie – Also adventured (with daughter Evelyn) at Bromley… although with her fear of heights, her mere 5 feet jumps had her heart racing… with Evie leading the way, “C’mon Mom!!”  Super fun!

Toni –Participated in yet another Tough Mudder after much arm twisting by her daughter. This TM event was at Loudon and she dragged along one of her older sisters. The 11 mile course with 23 obstacles was a lot of fun– All crossed the finish line!

Tristam – for he and for Phil… They know (or perhaps their wives do!) how to usher in auspicious anniversaries… Tristam celebrates with Wendy his 2-28… and she’s not upstate, but actually across the country!  (How to keep a marriage fresh – take note.)

Nick – Ongoing brag for mom whom we heard a few weeks ago suffered a brain aneurism… This week she was released from the hospital, walking, high-fiving (with an arm previously unable to move)… and the healing continues – Inspirational!!

Damon – Camping with the boys and Kathryn… his adventurous water skiing spirit not to be poo-pooed… he FINALLY was able for the first time to stay up with only one ski!

No Guest Speaker (Amelia… tsk tsk… haha!)  So our newest member Cindy Delgatto regales us with personal tidbits in another helping of…
THIS IS YOUR LIFE:
 
New to Brattleboro, they just moved from the Midwest (Indiana) and happy to be here as  she reports she’s not a Midwestern girl.  She finds folks here are homey, warm, and genuine.  Family was from NY, and her husband’s family was from here, so they moved back to NE.  They bought Curly Worden’s home (Town Celebrity Curly - conversationally this made a great way to meet people… “Oh, you’ve bought Curly’s house…?”!!) 
An only child herself, Cindy grew up in the Catskills where her own mother was the very first female matre’ de manager at a resort in the Catskills (where she jokes that she learned about service above self at a very young age!)  Picture Dirty Dancing, Cindy relates.
They have three children – Joseph (28), Danielle (26), and Matthew - the baby (who prefers to NOT be called a baby at 20)… also a large dog Belle.
Her hobbies include gardening, kayaking, snow skiing, cooking, and trying new things.
Hair previously cut at Enright and Company… she’s been growing it in for some time, and is due to return for another cut soon.