1. 2009-2010 District No. 7910
ROTARY CLUB OF NEWTON Club No. 6580
719 WASHINGTON STREET BOX MS295
NEWTONVILLE, MASSACHUSETTS 02460
MEETS TUESDAYS; 12:15 P.M. BRAE BURN COUNTRY CLUB, 326 FULLER STREET, NEWTON, MA
President Vice President Treasurer Sergeant-at-Arms Director Director
Marie Presti Laurisa Neuwirth Peter Mahler Bill Garr Dick Bowen Justin Sallaway
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President-Elect Past President Recording Secretary Newsletter Editor Director Director
Jeff Tucker Marc Epstein John Hurney Scott Lewis Jeff Chin Tony Bibbo
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THE SERVICE GEAR
Volume LXXXVI No. 32 March 3, 2010
nce again, Brae Burn Country Club
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accomodated us in the first-floor Grille Room, MEETING GREETERS NEXT MEETING:
normally reserved for golfers only. Once again, March 17th: Tom Keery & Bill Lowery
we featured a Student-of-the-month, and once
again Peter Mahler had the winning raffle ticket.
President Marie called the meeting to order,
asking Jeff Chin to lead us in the Pledge of
Allegiance. Dennis Prefontaine offered an
invocation, seeking resolution of the nation’s
health care debate. Susanne McInerney led us
in a chorus of God Bless America, noting that
royalties from the Irving Berlin song were do-
nated by singer Kate Smith to the Boy Scouts of
America.
SERGEANT AT ARMS
Bill Garr reported that only 15 Rotarians
were present today, then introduced our guests:
Ryan Murphy, Newton Country Day School
Director of Campus Ministry; Student-of-the- Our Club’s entry in the “Parade of Frogs” contest
Month Lea Chilazi, and her mother, Sylvia reflected our Death by Chocolate fundraiser theme. The
plaster frog was left by DG Carol Toomey when she
Chilazi; and speakers Robin Longendyke and
visited. Decorations bt Scott Lewis and Paula Kirrane.
Barbara Sydney, representing the Salvation
Army. Brookline Rotarian Murray Liverman CONTENTS Page
was also visiting today, as was Marie’s guest, MEETING NOTES 1
Mike Webster. SERGEANT-at-ARMS 1
Bill took the opportunity to describe our ANNOUNCEMENTS 2
upcoming Senior Safety Day Program (see THIS WEEK’S HUMOR 2
Announcements, page 2) having met with fire SPEAKER/PROGRAM 4
and police officials last week. He then gave the STUDENT of the MONTH 5
podium over to Bill Lowery for a bit of humor. HAPPY DOLLARS 6
RAFFLE 7
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2. ANNOUNCEMENTS
From Down East... Senior Safety Day
An amateur sportsman spent the day with Bill Garr is at it again! He’s reaching out
dog and gun, but brought home no game. A and across walls to connect with other organiza-
friend twitted him with his failure: tions, just as he did for Newton students in need
of musical instruments and dictionaries.
”Didn’t you shoot anything at all?” Senior Safety Day will take place on
Saturday, May 15th. The Newton Senior Center
The honest fellow nodded miserably, “I shot will register and schedule folks, approximately
my dog.” 10 to15 households, with priority given to those
with homebound occupants. We will go out in
His questioner asked “Was he mad?” teams of 4 - a policeman, a fireman, a Rotarian
and a Boy Scout - to complete a safety audit from
The sportsman shook his head doubtfully. a checklist that will be developed by the Senior
Center.
“Not exactly mad,” he asserted; “but not so Each house visited will receive a bag of
darned happy neither!” helpful material and, where appropriate, we will
leave a new smoke detector and /or co2 detector
for the resident with a list of installers (they
would like Rotary to pay for the smoke detec-
tors). The next planning meeting will be Thurs-
day, March 18, 8 AM at the Senior Center.
The Board of Directors will meet on
Tuesday, March 9, 12:00 Noon at The Vil- Italian Night is set for next Tuesday, March
lage Bank’s Nonantum Branch second-floor 9th (in lieu of next week’s regular meeting) at the
conference room. The bank is at the corner of Vecchia Roma Restaurante, 398 Watertown
Adams and Watertown Streets. All club Street, starting at 6:00 PM. If you haven’t added
members are welcome to attend board your name (and guests at $10 each) to the at-
meetings. tendee list, please contact Scott Lewis ASAP.
21 members and guests are currently signed
up. Members eat free of charge.
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3. District 7910
Project Expo and PR Awards
2010 Banquet
Friday, February 26
Boxboro Holiday Inn
District Governor Carol Toomey, above, looks over an
impressive field of “Frog Parade” entries. More than
twenty clubs decorated and submitted frogs to the
competition.
Right: Frog impersonator! Sesame Street fans will
instantly recognize that the green creature is not a frog -
it’s a grouch named Oscar. But the culprit is really
Brookline’s Ken Jaffe, shown apparently confessing to
local authorities.
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4. Speaker/Program:
Robin Longendyke, The Salvation Army
Robin Longendyke, field Representative
for the Salvation Army, works in their Canton,
MA office. She spoke briefly about the history of
the Salvation Army, starting with its creation as a
break-away component of the Methodist Church
in England. The original leadership opened a
soup kitchen in London in the late nineteenth
century.
Today, the Salvation Army exists in 119
countries, including Haiti, where two of their
three buildings in Port-au-Prince were destroyed
by earthquake. Luckily the building left standing
was the orphanage, which suddenly went from L to R: Barbara Sydney, Salvation Army volunteer,
52 to over 300 orphans in one week. Now they President Marie Presti, and Salvation Army Field Rep
Robin Longendyke
are working in Chile, as well, with volunteers
providing local emergency help.
The Army’s red kettles, used to collect activity, also brings in much of Salvation Army’s
money during the holiday season, is a tradition funds, all of which stay in the state in which
that started when a soup kitchen chef put out a they’re collected.
kitchen kettle to collect donations to pay for the $.83 of every dollar goes to actual missions,
free meals provided. mostly to buy groceries. The organization also
Robin introduced Barbara Sydney, a visits nursing homes, and it runs a summer camp
Newton resident and volunteer who found herself for kids in Sharon, MA. It helps families in need
unemployed last year, in search of a worthy use pay for utilities, assists in alchohol treatment,
of her time. She contacted the Salvation Army runs soup kitchens, and takes children to Gillette
and ended up organizing most of the kettle Stadium to meet the Patriots players, among
collection activities in Newton, ringing a bell other charitable activities.
herself at the Newtonville Star Market. Barbara hopes that our Club will continue to
Barbara reminded us that standing by the help out with kettle collections later this year.
kettles and ringing bells, their most visible Her email address is bsydney@verizon.net.
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5. Student of the Month: Lea Chilazi
Newton Country Day School of the Sacred Heart
Student-of-the-Month
Lea Chilazi (R)
accepts
congratulations
fromPresident Marie
Newton Country Day School of the
Sacred Heart, Director of Campus Ministry,
Ryan Murphy, gushed with praise for our
Student of the Minth award recipient, Lea
Chilazi. He noted her “genuine warmth and
infectious humor.”
Lea is a junior this year, and recalled
making different choices after an uninspired
freshman year. As a sophomore, she joined the
Amnesty International Committee at school,
discovering “I cared very much about every-
one being treated equally.” She also spent one
summer working for Habitat for Humanity in L to R: Ed Casavant, Sylvia Chilazi, Marie Presti, Lea
Connecticut. Chilazi. Ed Casavant and Bob Staulo arrange Student-
of-the-Month awards with all of Newton’s high schools.
Of the school’s five major goals, Lea Lea will also receive a $50 savings account from The
feels most strongly about number 3, “commit- Village Bank.
ment to social awareness impelling one to
action.”
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6. HAPPY DOLLARS
Jeff Chin collected Happy Dollars, Paul Kerrissey was happy to be going
starting with Susanne McInerney, who was skiing at Lake Tahoe next week. He was also
happy to hear from dear friends in the coastal quite sad for the grave illness of his friend and
city of Valparaiso, Chile, where she has stayed yachting competitor, Jim Feeley of Hingham.
in her travels. Her friends were OK, but lost John Hurney was glad to see our SOM,
loved ones in the earthquake. as were Bill Lowery and Ed Casavant. Marie
Murray Liverman was sorry for misbe- Presti was happy for our SOM, Lea Chilazi,
haved cell phone, but happy to report that his and her mother, Sylvia Chilazi. She was also
daughter passed a medical test and is going to happy to be joined by her guest Mike Webster,
Haiti. Peter Mahler was happy to see Murray, and for her sister-in-law’s successful surgery.
and that Brookline Rotary will have its annual Mike Webster was happy to attend
Pancake Breakfast at Brookline High School
on March 27th. He was also happy to meet our
Student of the month (“SOM”).
“May those of us who have, sharewith those that have not. May those of use who can,
do for those that cannot. May those of us who are loved, love those who are not. And
may we all live our lives so that the world is better off for having had us.”
- Lee Metcalfe
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7. RAFFLE
UPCOMING...
March 9: 6:00 PM Tuesday Night “Italian
Night” Celebration at Vecchia Roma
Restaurante (RSVP required), in lieu of
regular meeting.
March 10: NO MEETING at Brae Burn
March 17: St. Patrick’s Day Luncheon at
Lasell Village - NO MEETING AT
BRAE BURN. Lasell President Michael
Alexander scheduled to speak. Corned
beef and cabbage is on the menu.
Sitting in the same chair as he did last week,
and with over $700 in the jackpot and only 25
cards left in the diminishing deck, Treasurer
Peter Mahler again had the winning raffle ticket!
But, alas, Peter found only the meagre Four of
Clubs. The raffle goes Italian next week!
PAUL M. KERRISSEY
Attorney at Law
277 Auburn Street
Suite B
Auburndale, MA 02466
Office: (617) 964-5800
Fax: (617) 969-9850
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