May 3, 2005                                                    

                                                      Calendar of Events

Last Week:   Separate Meetings at the Old Homestead & Woodlin Club

Events Coming Up:            

                                May 13-15 District 7190 Conference at Sturbridge, MA

                                May 17-June 7  Club Community Work Projects

June 5  Charlton Founder’s Day Parade

June 9  Flag Day Parade in Charlton

Give suggestions for future programs to Rey Whetten or Linda LeTendre

Invocation:  Garry Morrow, Dan Stec or Bob Youmans              

Fellowship at the Old Homestead

Last  week’s Old Homestead meeting provided a relaxed evening of

genuine Rotary fellowship with 19 members present, a great turn out  given that

an area Interclub meeting was scheduled for the same night. The meeting, led by

Val Mosier, was highlighted by his keyboard presentation and group sing-along.

Val led us through a series of novelty songs, moldy oldies, and on occasion,

helped us to reminisce by adding some special 'catchy' verses of his own.

Some of his tunes were: Chicory Chick Tra La Tra La,               Lay that Pistol

Down Babe, and I'm a Little Petunia in an Onion Patch.  This latter tune prompted

a special announcement by Laura Linder, who is once again selling Vidalia Sweet

Onions for Rotary.  This year she has made arrangements for our club to derive a

small part of the financial benefit. If any member would like to order or sell onions,

they should contact Laura immediately. They are just 10 lbs for $10, or 5 lbs for $ 5. 

Laura also announced a Special Celebration of the Hubble Space Telescope's  15th Anniversary at the Schenectady Museum on this coming Saturday, April 30. 

Special events are planned from 12:30 p.m. to 10 p.m.

As Val continued the music, he led us through The Hop Scotch Polka,

Green Door, Jambalaya, Doodli' Doo, Lilly Lilly Low, Johnson Rag, and a great

Polka Medley that prompted an enthusiastic crowd response.  It was a fun night for

all.

InterClub Dinner a Big Success

Our club hosted the annual InterClub Dinner Meeting, April 26, 2005, at the Woodlin Club.  It was a booming success!  A  total of 80 special people, all of whom

have committed their talents and resources to help others, attended.  Ten members

of the BHBL Rotary represented our club.  Clubs attending were Glenville Rotary,

Scotia Kiwanis, S/G Lions, Scotia Rotary, our club and for the first time, thanks to

Mitch’s idea, the Oriental Shriners. The objectives of the evening were:

•  First and foremost for everyone to have a great time,

•  Get to know folks from other clubs,

•  Get a chance to understand what other clubs do,

•  Have a good brainstorming session, and

•  Take away from the meeting some good points of contact for any

 potential future coordinated efforts.

All objectives were achieved!  Linda devised a seating arrangement to

ensure the members of different clubs were spread evenly throughout the room. 

Folks from different clubs got to know each other and share experiences and ideas. 

After an enjoyable dinner, club Presidents and the Shriner’s Potentate, gave very

brief descriptions of their clubs, and recent projects completed.  Linda and Mark then led a very worthwhile brainstorming session to generate ideas on how all the service clubs could help each other.  The results of the session were sent to contacts in each club.  Our club can be proud we hosted such an event. Cheers,

                                                                                                Steve

News Briefs:

Charlton Road Clean-up on Saturday

                A  road cleaning activity organized by Mark Gasparovic in cooperation with the Town of Charlton was conducted Saturday morning, April 30.

Rotateller Help Wanted

                Here’s your chance to realize a life-long dream to be an editor or reporter.

The Rotateller needs to increase staff size to avoid gaps in publication caused by occasional absences.  With a few more staff members, assignments could be as few as once a month, covering speakers’ remarks, news briefs, etc.  We need you!  If you are interested, please contact Gini, Dick, or Steve.

Another Ten Prominent Rotarians

The following list of 10 reflects the diversity of intellectual, cultural, military, sports, and governmental leaders around the world who have been active or honorary members of Rotary clubs. The list is a selective sampling and by no means complete.

•  Margaret Thatcher, prime minister, England

  (RC Westminster East, Greater London)

•  Claude Vuitton, owner, Vuitton luggage enterprise,

   France (RC Paris Nord)

•  Charles R. Walgreen Jr., chairman of the Walgreen

   Drug Co., USA (RC Chicago, Ill.)

•  Earl Warren, chief justice, Supreme Court, USA

               (RC Sacramento, Calif.)

•  Woodrow Wilson, president and Nobel Prize laureate

    In peace, USA (RC Birmingham, Ala.)

•  Orville Wright, aviation pioneer, USA

                 (RC Dayton, Ohio)

•  Norman Vincent Peale, clergyman and author, USA

    (RC New York, N.Y.)

•  Lester Pearson, prime minister, president of UN

    General Assembly and Nobel Prize laureate in peace,

    Canada (RC Ottawa, Ontario)

•  James Cash Penney, founder of JC Penney Co., USA

     (RC New York, N.Y.)

•  John J. “Blackjack” Pershing, army general, USA

      (RC St. Louis, Mo.; RC Lincoln, Neb)

                                                                WEBSITES:

                                        BHBL Rotary:  www.bhblrotary.org                                                                                                         District 7190:   www.capitalregionrotary.org

   District 7190:  www.capitalregionrotary.org