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Oct 15, 2009

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PO Box 1033, Springfield, MA 01101
Telephone and Fax: 413-733-5097
E-Mail: SpringfieldMARotary@verizon.net

2008-2009 Officers and Directors:

Steve Jablonski, President
Mark Neiderprum, 1st Vice President
Ed Sunter, 2nd Vice President
Jim Russell, Past President
Bernie Spirito, Treasurer
Dee Keurzel, Assistant Treasurer
Carol Harris, Secretary

Sue Mastroianni, Assistant Secretary
Jay Leib, Sergeant-At-Arms
Rick Lee, Director (1 year term)
Bill Massida, Director (1 year term)
Bob Dambrov, Director (2 year term)
Jennifer Schimmel, Director (2 year term)

Weekly Meeting: Friday 12:15 @ The Basketball Hall of Fame

(SUMMER MEETINGS - Thursday 12:15)

SPOKESMAN SPONSOR:

Sears Real Estate

Serving the Pioneer Valley

Real Estate needs for over 35 years

Bill Massida

Back by Popular Demand

What Columbus Day Means
to Italian Americans

Friday October 30st

SPEAKERS:

OCTOBER 23rd - Dana P. Henry, President and CEO of Agawam Robotics Education Association, Inc and Founder Rosie Robotics, Agawam High School - According to Henry, FIRST Robotics (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) has been dubbed a "varsity sport for the mind". It combines the excitement of sport with the rigors of science and technology. Under strict rules, limited resources, and time limits, teams of 25 students or more are challenged to raise funds, design a team brand, hone teamwork skills, and build and program a robot to perform prescribed tasks against a field of competitors. It¹s as close to "real world" engineering that a student can get. Volunteer professional mentors lend their time and talents to guide each team. Students can also qualify for up to $10 million in college scholarships.

OCTOBER 30th - Longtime Springfield Rotarian and musical maestro William (Bill) Massidda - Bill¹s topic will be "What Columbus Day Means to Me." Bill has been a Springfield Rotarian for over forty (40) years and will discuss (through music) what growing up Italian American meant to him.

ADDITIONAL CLUB NEWS:

The Rotary Club of Springfield would like to thank everyone who supported the 2009 Paul Harris Awards Dinner and Auction. We honored DAVID L. DAMBROV, DR. MARYANNE HERRON, JAY L. LEIB, MARION B. RUSSELL, and THE IRENE E. & GEORGE A. DAVIS FOUNDATION with the highest honor we can bestow as a Rotarian. In addition we were able to raise significant funds to help support the Welcome Baby Basket Program (a Davis Foundation Inituative), Shriner's Hospital, and the Springfield Rotary Service Fund.

UPCOMING EVENTS:

November 6th - Karen Keefe, MassRelay

November 13th - Roland Holstead, AIC Overseas Programs

November 20th - NE Air Museum

November 27th - No meeting (Thanksgiving Friday)

FROM THE ARCHIVES: At the October 14, 1949 meeting, Ossie M. Solem, the Football Coach at Springfield College spoke about the difficult task confronting a football coach who is accused of commercialism when his material is good, and of inefficiency when it is bad. He, also deplored the tendency of football officials as being "clothed with a little red handkerchief" to take the game away from the players.