Newburyport Rotary - Newburyport Clipper

Our opening song today, August 24, was "America the Beautiful." After the invocation given by George Cashman we enjoyed lunch of grilled fish, eggplant parmesan, or tortellinis with marinara sauce. Following lunch, Zack Longley, assisted by Tom Ambrosi, led us in singing "In the Good Old Summertime."

Guests and Visiting Rotarians

The guest book was read by Mark O'Brien. Visiting Rotarian (retired) Jack Hay from Longmont - St. Vrain.,Colorado. Also present were Bob Burns, guest of Tom Ambrosi, and the winners of the canoe raffle, Robert McCraven and his son Nathan from Newbury. They were very pleased to have won the canoe and have already enjoyed a trip in the Parker River.

Announcements

Pres. Geri said that the chicken BBQ and canoe raffle raised $3600 for our Rotary Club charities.
Our next major fund raiser is the Frigid Fiver Road Race in January.
Gerry Hirsch spoke about the ski trip in February.

Birthdays and Anniversaries

Anniversaries this week were celebrated by Hack Pramberg (8/25) and Austin Spinnella (8/29).

New Membership Proposals

This is the first reading of the following proposed new members. Liz Jutrus, Appliance Warehouse; Wendy Smith, Something Sweet; and Karl Gray, VP of Keiver Willard.

If no objections to these proposals are filed within ten days, the applicant upon payment of his addmission fee, is considered elected to membership. A fireside chat will be set up soon.

Happy Dollars

Jay McGovern was happy to report that Anna Jaques Hospital had a golf tournament and raised $70,000 for the Surgical Department.

John Budzyna said the Firehouse was playing a funny show called "Noices Off." This will be the last weekend.

Jean Francois Barre was happy and proud to have niece participating in the kayak racing at the Olympics.

Program

Our program today was Classification talks by Scott Vandersall and John Budzyna.

Scott is Vice President of Banknorth in Newburyport and told us of his background in banking from Maine to Hampton and Portsmouth, then to Nashua, and now in Newburyport. Scott has a degree in Economics from Colby, is on the board of Turning Point and the Firehouse, lives in Hampton with his family, and is a Yankees fan! He says that Banknorth wants to make a difference in Newburyport.

John is the director of the Firehouse and a Red Sox fan. He was born in Worcester, moved every two to three years because his father was in the Army. He graduated from SUNY Albany with a major in Theater and a minor in Business Administration; than got his Masters from Lesley College. After college he went to New York City to become famous. Today he is married with three childern and the whole family is involved in theater.

Raffle

$27 was won by Richard Bernier... or was it George Cashman?