Newburyport Rotary - Newburyport Clipper

The March 29th meeting opened with Pres. Geri asking for someone to stand up the flag. We then sang "America the Beautiful". The invocation was given by Jim Hughes followed by lunch of veal with pasta or lamb stew. Wendy Smith Kennedy was filling in as Sergeant at Arms and Geri said she did such a nice job that Jay McGovern has recruited her for next year. We then sang #22 in the songbook, "April Showers".

Student Guests

Student Guests today were introduced by Grace Connolly. Both girls are juniors at Newburyport High School. Lorna Bratt runs track and loves reading and writing. Her favorite classes are chemistry and the sciences because they fasinate her. She hopes to major in sports medicine at college. Rachel Thomas is involved in Model UN and designing websites. She enjoys reading, writing, and homework. Her favorite classes are English and history. Her future plans include computer graphics and designing websites.

Birthdays and Anniversaries

Happy Birthday to Mike Strem.

Picture Fines

Cindy Johnson was assessed a picture fine for the spelling bee.

Badge Fines

Badge fines were collected by Wendy. Geri announced that we are able to fund a one year scholarship with the money collected from badge fines.

Happy Dollars

Scott Goodspeed said that Anna Jaques Hospital has been chosen as one of three hospitals to be part of a pilot program to create medical records system that will link the hospitals with its affiliated doctors through computer software.

Program

Dottie Phillips introduced Lisa Hutchins, Educational Manager at the Newburyport Maritime Museum. Lisa spoke about her position to protect, promote and preserve our maritime history and heritage. Volunteers are very important and a wonderful resource for information and talents. Their annual house tour involves 125 volunteers. They give many educational programs including waterfront activities, lectures, tours and workshops. She extended an invitation for everyone to join the Maritime Museum activities.

Geri present Lisa with a Rotary mug filled with candy.

Raffle

$25 was won by Don Beliveau who in turn gave it to the Maritime Museum.