Rotary Spoke 02 06 17

Posted by Allan Azoff on Feb 06, 2017
 

Ladies From the Korean Spirit & Culture Promotion Project Speak to Rotary.

 
It was a SPECTACULAR day to have a Rotary meeting, or anything else for that matter.  The Patriots won the Super Bowl, which made the weather, the meeting and the whole day spectacular.  Go Pats.
The luncheon was a sumptuous assortment of sandwich fixins, chicken parmesan, sautéed shrimp, pasta, meatballs and sausage, steamed veggies and salad (for the health conscious) chocolate chip cookies (for the rest of us), and some delicious dried fruit and candied walnuts that were homemade traditional desserts brought by our guest speakers.  Everything was spectacular (sensing a theme here).
 
The opening bell was rung with flair by President Susan. The American flag was dragged out of the corner by PP Dan.  The Pledge was led enthusiastically by PSA Charlie Vale, 1st verse of America led proudly by Robert D. Cunningham, the invocation was led eloquently by PDG Jack Maloney and the welcome song was led by someone else (sorry, I don’t hear that well and can’t write that fast).  The guests did enjoy it. 
    
Raffle gifts were generously donated by:
  • Peoples United Bank
  • PP Spencer Betts
  • Rotary Lexington
50/50 Raffle
The 50/50 winner of a tidy sum, $55, was PP Don Sherman holding lucky number 898.
 
Happy dollars were given by:
  • PP Murry donated $15 happy dollars for wining squares and for President Susan’s Polar Plunge
  • Terry Wilkins gave $10 happy dollars for feeling better and for Pres. Susan’s plunge
  • PP Domenic gave happy dollars in honor of his daughter’s boyfriend’s birthday and for Pres. Susan’s plunge
  • PP Don Martini gave $100 happy dollars in honor of the Patriots victory and suggested he may be able to bring in a Super Bowl ring at some point, and maybe attached to Tom Brady (I’m not positive, but I think that’s what I heard) 
  • Then me, AAA.  I gave $10 happy dollars for just being happy, primarily about the Patriots, and the most spectacular comeback victory in NFL history (or any other history for that matter) over the Atlanta Falcons (I’m still a little choked up….and so are the Falcons) giving the Pats their unprecedented 5th Super Bowl victory ending once and for all the controversy over who is the greatest team with the greatest coach and the greatest quarterback in the history of the NFL…just sayin, and $10 dollars for a car, and $5 for having tested some spectacular candidates for Black Belt last Saturday.
Fees, fines and taxes were suggested by:
  • PP Dan Busa fined PP Jim Shaw for a lack of timely photos from the last meeting
  • PP Dan Busa fined PP Bob Sacco for taking personal calls at a Rotary meeting
 
Today’s Announcements were:
  • President Susan thanked everyone for their support for, (She raised over $2000) and lessons learned from, the Polar Plunge (sand is cold too).  Pres. Susan has also thrown down the gauntlet to Lexington Rotary by committing to plunge again next year!  Any takers?  You go Susan! 
  • PP Spencer announced that the football squares raised $250 for Rotary
 
Thank you letters were received from:
  • The Susan G Komen foundation for our generous contribution.
  • Reverend James Fratelli for delivering ice melt, which he will hopefully not need much of.
  • Rykelle Adly, a student who was awarded a Rotary Scholarship.
 
Today’s Guest Speaker
Our speakers today were Younhee Shin and Kyung Pak.  They represented the Korean Spirit & Culture Promotion Project.  (www.kscpp.net)  It is an all-volunteer organization which has given presentations to over 350 Rotary clubs. 
The ladies dressed in traditional Korean attire and spoke about the rich Korean culture and history dating back over 5000 years.  They want to help people understand the Korean philosophy which is “live for the benefit of all mankind”.  They also gave an informative video presentation talking about many aspects of Korean writing, science and technology.  The ladies brought many different and wonderful books which were given at no charge to our members.  Last but not least, the homemade Korean dessert they brought was delicious.  President Susan presented them with a lovely Stop Polio Now plaque. 
PP Jim Shaw got a great photo (hope he sends it in a timely fashion), the bell was rung with feeling, and the meeting came to an end, but not the euphoric feeling left by the enjoyable meeting, Rotary fellowship, and the spectacular Patriots Super Bowl victory!  Can’t wait till next year…Go Pats!
 
Sincerely
AAA