The Spokesman - Archive  Aug 31, 2007

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SPOKESMAN SPONSORS:    Mike Rzepka - James Dowd & Sons Insurance Agency, Inc

                                             Jim Russell --- American Pest Solutions, Inc.

 AUGUST 31, 2007

NO MEETING - Enjoy the holiday weekend

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2007 - 12:15

HILTON GARDEN INN MEETING

We are honored to have guest speakers Steve Tredennick and David Lattin of the 1966 Texas Western NCAA National Championship Team which will be enshrined at the Basketball Hall of Fame as members of the 2007 class. The game that "changed America forever" has been the subject of several books, the Disney movie Glory Road, and Dave Lattin's own, Lattin's Slam Dunk to Glory.  Copies of his book will be available for purchase, and signing by Dave.

 Note:   Come prepared to enjoy lunch.  (At this meeting, there will not be a coffee only option.)

DID YOU KNOW you can view Rotary on  www.YouTube.com?  (At the YouTube site, enter Rotary International in Search area at top of page.)

IN THE SPOTLIGHT - Atty. Abbe McLane - 2-year term, Board of Directors 2007-2008

Abbe is a solo practitioner in Feeding HIlls and a Licensed Attorney in both Massachusetts and Connecticut, having earned her bachelor's degree from Southeastern University, Florida, and JD from Western New England College School of Law.  Thanks to Abbe, our club has once again participated in the RYLA program.  You probably have felt her energy on our Auction and Welcoming Committees.  Abbe is President of the Agawam St. Patrick's Committee and a member of multiple organizations including Agawam Chamber of Commerce, Home Builders Association of Western Massachusetts, and Realtors Association of Pioneer Valley.  In addition to serving on our Board of Directors, Abbe is a Board Member of the Agawam Council on Aging, and the Agawam Small Business Assistance Center.  Abbe lives in Feeding HIlls with her husband, Lowell, and has three grown children.  In her spare time Abbe enjoys golfing, reading, traveling, cooking, and maybe even thinking about her home state of North Carolina.  (Interview conducted by Destiny Dudley)

AUGUST IS MEMBERSHIP & EXTENSION MONTH:   Remember, wear your Rotary pin---recycle The Rotarian with a friend or leave a copy at one of the many waiting rooms in our area.  Rekindle old relationships---let our website be known---let Rotary International website be known.  Recruit!  Recruit! (See Membership Chair, Jim Russell,  for more info.)

 "...unless we continue to gain new members and keep the ones we have, Rotary will not survive."------RI President Wilfrid J. Wilkinson.

AUGUST ISSUE OF THE ROTARIAN contains 8-page 2007-2008 edition of Rotary Basics.  If you are not going to keep it, please bring it in to Bev so it can be passed on to a new member or used as a recruiting tool.  It contains information to help clubs educate new and longtime Rotarians alike.  Thanks for your help.

OCTOBER 11, 2007 - OUR 93RD ANNIVERSARY AND PAUL HARRIS DINNER:  Save the date and watch your mail for additional information .

ROSTER CHANGE:  Please go to Member Directory at www.springfieldMArotary.org and click on

"For members".  In 2nd paragraph on Members Area Home Page, click "here."  Then click on each member separately to retrieve the new address for:

(1)  Raymond J. Fontana from St. Pete Beach, FL to Clinton, CT.

(2)  Bob Dambrov's new address in Longmeadow. 

PS - It's always a good idea to periodically check your own entries in the Member Directory for accuracy.  Click on Edit My Profile link on Members Area Home Page to do an update, and let the Office know if you made any changes to the Directory.  Thanks.

UPCOMING EVENTS: 

NOTE:  Club changes  may occur with great frequency and short notice.   Our www.springfieldMArotary.org Welcome Page  is the most accurate way we have to keep all members informed of important dates, up-to-the minute speaker dates,  and club events.  We invite you to use this valuable tool, scroll down the Welcome Page for future events, and be in the know. From the Welcome Page, you can go straight to the newsletter on the website with just one click on "Newsletter.".

Sep 14- Special Club Business meeting

Sep 21- Evelyn Robertson, RN - Red Cross  plus   Toast of the Town segment.

Sep 28- Andrew Moorhouse - W. Mass Foodbank

Oct 11 - 93^rd Club Anniverary and Paul Harris Dinner - Chez Josef - Agawam.  Encourage new

             members to attend...invite them to meet you there and join you at a table...most of  all,

             save the date.

Oct 13 - Rotary Leadership Institute - Elms College, Chicopee, MA

NOTICE TO ALL SPRINGFIELD ROTARY CLUB MEMBERS:

Friday, September 14th, will be an extremely important club business meeting at the regular meeting time and place.  We are unable to receive guests at this business meeting and there will not be a speaker. All Springfield Rotary Club members are urged to attend. 

FROM THE ARCHIVES:  January 30, 1942 - The Spokesman:  "Ed Stoughton on the phone to the Longmeadow Fire Department ---- 'Send a boy over quietly with an extinguisher.  Come around to the kitchen door and put out a little fire in the oven.'  Fire department arrives quietly ---- chemical engine, hook and ladder, police cars, sirens, reserve firemen and about a thousand spectators.  A quiet time was had by all.  Were Ed's guests surprised!" 

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