Newsletter 11-27-12
Posted by Kathy Whitney
on Nov 27, 2012
**Rotary Club of Needham**
Tuesday: November 27, 2012
Location: Needham Sheraton
We were led in the Pledge of Allegiance by Pres. Charles Nelson; Ron Sockol led us in God Bless America and Rev. Darrell Minnich delivered the invocation.
Announcements:
• Glen is trying to finish up the accounting for the Pancake Breakfast. If you have money from ticket sales or ad sales, please get it to him!.
• Bill Paulson told us that 4 of the 5 schools have had deliveries of dictionaries; Hillside is the last one and they are scheduled for 11/29.
• Karen reported that Thanksgiving Day dinner served over 170 meals – 100 take out/ 75 in house; Bill Paulson did a great job in the kitchen and thank you to everyone else who helped make with event go so well!
• Football dinner went well; thank you to Bill Rosenthal for putting event together and invocation and to Ron Sockol for leading everyone in song.
• Brenda Diaz told us that Wingate will be hosting an NBA holiday party on 12/11/12. They are looking for donations of wreaths or poinsettias for silent auction with proceeds going to help hurricane Sandy victims
• Erica Bond offered to host holiday party on December 18th with a Yankee Swap
Guests: Bill Whitney, Kathy’s husband.
Happy $$$: Great to be here; Thanksgiving dinner, new kitchen helper, David Tibma; Happy to be back; safe travel during the holiday; Happy to announce 32 or 40 members in attendance; Welcome 12 yr old Sofia from El Salvador for open-heart surgery at MGH thru GOLNE; Happy Needham beat Wellesley; Happy to know Ryan; Happy for football dinner and dictionary project; Excited Greg H at his table; Happy almost done Christmas shopping; Happy to have been quoted in Wall Street Journal;
50:50: Looking for queen of diamonds: Bill Whitney chose Chas Heberle’s ticket, but Chas did not draw the winning card. Pot: $405.
Joke of the day: No dictionary has been able to adequately explain the difference between the words COMPLETE and FINISHED. However in a recent linguistic competition held in London England, and attended by some of the best linguists in the world, Mr. Samsundar Balgobin, a Guyanese linguist, was able to shed light on the differences as follows: “When you marry the right woman, you are COMPLETE. But, when you marry the wrong woman, you are FINISHED. And when the right one catches you with the wrong one, you are COMPLETLEY FINISHED!!’
Guest Speaker: Chaz Heberle, a Norwich University graduate who lives in Lakewood, Washington where he has been a Rotarian for 23 years, spoke on Citizenship and what it means particularly to foreign countries, i.e., Russia. Citizenship should be a way of life and not something from a book; what attitude and understanding people need to know to make democracy work; Freedom is Not Free; going from subject to citizens is a state of mind. He ran the Citizen Project from 2000-2009, and is still very active in it today. He has spent years working with the Russians (at their request) aiding them in learning more particulars about Democracy and how they can make it real in Russia.
This talk was about his experiences with establishing democracy in Russia. He has another talk about Democracy in America. Let’s hope we can get him to come back! See his web site at www.citizenproject.org.
Tuesday: November 27, 2012
Location: Needham Sheraton
We were led in the Pledge of Allegiance by Pres. Charles Nelson; Ron Sockol led us in God Bless America and Rev. Darrell Minnich delivered the invocation.
Announcements:
• Glen is trying to finish up the accounting for the Pancake Breakfast. If you have money from ticket sales or ad sales, please get it to him!.
• Bill Paulson told us that 4 of the 5 schools have had deliveries of dictionaries; Hillside is the last one and they are scheduled for 11/29.
• Karen reported that Thanksgiving Day dinner served over 170 meals – 100 take out/ 75 in house; Bill Paulson did a great job in the kitchen and thank you to everyone else who helped make with event go so well!
• Football dinner went well; thank you to Bill Rosenthal for putting event together and invocation and to Ron Sockol for leading everyone in song.
• Brenda Diaz told us that Wingate will be hosting an NBA holiday party on 12/11/12. They are looking for donations of wreaths or poinsettias for silent auction with proceeds going to help hurricane Sandy victims
• Erica Bond offered to host holiday party on December 18th with a Yankee Swap
Guests: Bill Whitney, Kathy’s husband.
Happy $$$: Great to be here; Thanksgiving dinner, new kitchen helper, David Tibma; Happy to be back; safe travel during the holiday; Happy to announce 32 or 40 members in attendance; Welcome 12 yr old Sofia from El Salvador for open-heart surgery at MGH thru GOLNE; Happy Needham beat Wellesley; Happy to know Ryan; Happy for football dinner and dictionary project; Excited Greg H at his table; Happy almost done Christmas shopping; Happy to have been quoted in Wall Street Journal;
50:50: Looking for queen of diamonds: Bill Whitney chose Chas Heberle’s ticket, but Chas did not draw the winning card. Pot: $405.
Joke of the day: No dictionary has been able to adequately explain the difference between the words COMPLETE and FINISHED. However in a recent linguistic competition held in London England, and attended by some of the best linguists in the world, Mr. Samsundar Balgobin, a Guyanese linguist, was able to shed light on the differences as follows: “When you marry the right woman, you are COMPLETE. But, when you marry the wrong woman, you are FINISHED. And when the right one catches you with the wrong one, you are COMPLETLEY FINISHED!!’
Guest Speaker: Chaz Heberle, a Norwich University graduate who lives in Lakewood, Washington where he has been a Rotarian for 23 years, spoke on Citizenship and what it means particularly to foreign countries, i.e., Russia. Citizenship should be a way of life and not something from a book; what attitude and understanding people need to know to make democracy work; Freedom is Not Free; going from subject to citizens is a state of mind. He ran the Citizen Project from 2000-2009, and is still very active in it today. He has spent years working with the Russians (at their request) aiding them in learning more particulars about Democracy and how they can make it real in Russia.
This talk was about his experiences with establishing democracy in Russia. He has another talk about Democracy in America. Let’s hope we can get him to come back! See his web site at www.citizenproject.org.