Newburyport Rotary - Newburyport Clipper

The March 15th meeting opened with the singing of "America the Beautiful". The invocation was given by George Cashman, followed by a choice of baked scallops or beef stew. In Pres. Geri's absence, the meeting was conducted by Sue Christ, Secretary. She asked John to lead us in singing "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling".

Guests and Visiting Rotarians

The guest book was read by Richard Bernier. Our only guest wa Anna Kirsner, one of our Honorary members.

Student Guests

John Macone introduced our seniors from Triton. Shannon Walsh is President of the National Honor Society, a member of the Community Service Organization, art studio, and Student Council. Jeff Bashaw is captain of basketball and track, member of the National Honor Society, Community Service, Student Council and is interested in majoring in International Relations in college.

Birthdays and Anniversaries

Happy Birthday to Tom Farrell.

Happy Dollars

Peter Johnston was happy that Tom Farrell just completed his CLU exam...now Tom has a "CLU". Grace Connolly spoke about the Silent Auction the seniors are having on March 23. John Salter has just signed another three year contract with Newburyport. He also picked up the base of the bbq grill from Port Sheet Metal. Tom Ambrosi's son has been nominated for two Emmy Awards in film editing. George Cashman says there are 15 weeks left to bring in 15 new members. Cindy Johnson announced that on Tuesday, March 29 there will be a jazz festival at the high school auditorium starting at 6:30. Admission is $7.00 and Les Harris will have an "All Star" performance for our enjoyment.

Announcements

Sue wished bon voyage to John Horne (one of our newer members) who is relocating to California. Now the count for new members is up to 16.

Fines

No badge fines today.

Program

Our own Jay McGovern spoke today about his weekend at PETS. He asked one of the newer members if they knew what PETS stood for, and they didn't. Even some of the older members did not know. For those of you who don't know, it stands for, President-Elect Training Seminar.

It was a three day, intense introduction to Rotary. There are 40 clubs in our district, but this was a multi-district seminar-480 clubs with 478 people in attendance. Jay said this was the heaviest dose of Rotary he has received since talking to George for half an hour. He found it to be very interesting and informative and now he is ready to take over in July.

Raffle

$20 was won by Al Hirsch