Newsletter 8-13-13
Rotary Club of Needham
August 13, 2013
Newsletter
Glen led us in the pledge of allegiance, with Karen leading us in America the Beautiful, Darrell led us in prayer. George led the group in reciting the 4-Way Test!
Announcements:
· Rich is down to the final few folks to pick up shirts and pay for shirts
· Greg updated the group on the music fund raiser for this fall- trying to decide between serving alcohol and not and securing venue and permits
· Reminder to bring in extra food (dry or canned) for the community council
· Keys for Hope- bring in your extra, unwanted keys and Keys for Hope converts them to cash for the needy
Guests: Doug Spinks (prior scholarship recipient), Scott Schuster and Jamielynn Salisbury of Wingate, Steve O’Brien.
Happy $$$: A bunch of HTBH, thanks to our guests, Brenda for a great weekend in NYC, George for a nice trip with Chris to Wisconsin, Doug for a wonderful weekend in Falmouth, Deb to Ron (always the gentleman) for help in carrying in the food bags, Ted for a great vacation, Tom for the privilege of knowing Melissa and good luck with her new position, Rich wishing Chris T good luck on his new home in Medfield and a great weekend in Boston as a tourist, Ken for his son, Adam moving to NYC (and hopefully finding a job), Scott keeping an eye on George’s Island.
50:50: Dan selected the six of clubs, looking for the jack of diamonds.
Humor: compliments of Doug George-
An Israeli soldier who just enlisted asked the Commanding Officer for a 3-day pass.
The CO says "Are you crazy? You just join the Israeli army, and you already want a 3-day pass? You must do something spectacular for that recognition!" So the soldier comes back a day later in an Arab tank! The CO was so impressed, he asked
"How did you do it?"
"Well, I jumped in a tank, and went toward the border with the Arabs. I approached the border, and saw an Arab tank. I put my white flag up, the Arab tank put his white flag up. I said to the Arab soldier, "Do you want to get a three-day pass? So we exchanged tanks!"
Merv was in a terrible accident at work. He fell through a floor tile and ripped off both of his ears. Since he was permanently disfigured, he settled with the company for a rather large sum of money and went on his way. One day, Merv decided to invest his money in a small, but growing telecom business called Plexus Communications. After weeks of negotiations, he bought the company outright. But, after signing on the dotted line, he realized that he knew nothing about running such a business and quickly set out to hire someone who could do that for him.
The next day he had set up three interviews. The first guy was great. He knew everything he needed to and was very interesting. At the end of the interview, Merv asked him, "Do you notice anything different about me?" And the gentleman answered, "Why yes, I couldn't help but notice you have no ears." Merv got very angry and threw him out.
The second interview was with a woman, and she was even better than the first guy. He asked her the same question, "Do you notice anything different about me?" and she replied: "Well, you have no ears." Merv again was upset and tossed her out.
The third and last interview was the best of all three. It was with a very young man who was fresh out of college. He was smart. He was handsome. And he seemed to be a better businessman than the first two put together. Merv was anxious, but went ahead and asked the young man the same question: "Do you notice anything different about me?" And to his surprise, the young man answered: "Yes. You wear contact lenses."
Merv was shocked, and said, "What an incredibly observant young man. How in the world did you know that?"
The young man fell off his chair laughing hysterically and replied, "Well, it's pretty hard to wear glasses with no ears!"
Guest Speaker: Doug Spinks updated us on his experience at Indiana University where he is majoring in accounting and management with the goal of going into public accounting. He is part of the largest fund raiser for the hospital in the area, raising over $2million annually. Great to have him back!!!
Scott Schuster, founder and president of Wingate talked about the new rental apartments available at Wingate. There are three tiers of service: independent living, assisted living and skilled nursing home care offering a variety of services on the same campus on a pay as you go, with no long-term commitment. The units are new, open, with the first residents moving in this week.