The Spokesman - Archive  Feb 16, 2007

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                                    Al Gay, Jim Gay, and Valerie Dulude

February is World Understanding Month

Future Programs:

FEBRUARY 16, 2007

PATRICK SEARS, New Spirit, Inc.

"Checking the Pulse of Today's Teenagers"

Is there a teenager in your life?  Then you don't want to miss speaker Pat Sears on February 16th.  Having spent over 18 years working with teenagers, he knows they are often misunderstood or underestimated by adults.  Pat will help us understand that when you get past the baggy pants, crazy hair, body piercings, etc., and get to the root of who they are and what makes them tick, you realize how much they are capable of contributing to our society and the world.  (P.S.  Patrick's Dad is Rotarian Paul Sears.)

FEBRUARY 23rd, 2007

MARY ANNE HERRON

Mary Anne is currently employed by the Harold Grinspoon Charitable Foundation where she is the administrator of a number of programs.  At our meeting she will speak to us as the overseer of five elementary schools in Cambodia and the new Sok Sabay Clinic in Phum Thom Commune of Lavea Em District of Kandal Province.  A focus of her visit is the possibility of a collaboration of our club with a Cambodian Rotary Club.  Mary Anne will be introduced by Steve Clay.

* * * * * HAPPY BIRTHDAY ROTARIANS * * * * *

February 23 - Bill Massida

JAZZALICIOUS! 

Save Friday, March 23rd starting at 6 pm at the Sheraton Ballroom, Springfield, for a fun evening of silent and live auctions, wines by Fette's Wines and Spirits, hors d'oeurves by the Sheraton, and featuring the Johnathan Lorentz Trio of jazz musicians.  It's gonne be JAZZALICIOUS!  (Sheraton Parking tickets will be validated at the auction.)

COMING UP

Mar 02  The Villa Jidiots.  Introduced by Carol Harris.  This will be a fun meeting.

Mar 09  Michael Gray, Hasbro - Introduced by Jane Lawrence.

Mar 16  Fern Spierer, Special Events Mgr, American Lung Assoc. of Mass - Intro. by Ed Sunter

FROM THE ARCHIVES  Minutes of Club Meeting, February 15, 1918:  "The speaker of the day was Mr. J. Clyde Oswald who spoke upon the subject 'BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, OUR FIRST ROTARIAN.'  Mr. Oswald is a recognized authority on the life of Franklin and in order to show the many sides of Franklin's character, he pictured a typical meeting of a Rotary Club of Franklin's time, giving as those present, representatives of the different professions as typified by characteristics of Franklin."