Rotary Spoke 04 04 16

Posted by John O'Donnell 
on Apr 04, 2016
 

Jaimi Lard & Christine Dwyer Perkin's School for the Blind Present to Rotary

 
On a snowy, grey, overcast, just a crummy weather day, 16 Rotarians, two guest speakers and one guest were on time to meet and break bread with fellowship. That being said, two Rotarians, PP Doug and 3rd incoming president Meghan were “late to the party”. PP Doug drove 225 miles from Vermont where he was an expert taste tester of maple syrup. Meghan was negotiating the sale of a Lexington latrine which had 5 over asking offers, welcome to Lexington suckers!!
 
Now, the food melody was a scrumptious display of left over Easter ham, hey, it never goes bad, it just turns to bacon, potatoes and green beans  grown from Lexington Community Busa Farms, flat diet coke and stale cookies. Okay, chill out, a bit harsh, but not far from the truth.
 
Pledge of Allegiance was started by SOA Connie, hey, she can only handle one word, 1st verse of America led by tyrant Bulletin editor Charlie, Invocation led by Rabbi in training, PP Don and the Welcome song was led by Novocain specialist, PP Dan. Alert, we didn’t sound bad today, must have been the elimination of baritone PP Bob.
Raffle gifts were provided by Peoples United Bank, Arlex, we had no winter, Oil, Charter, we never lose money, Insurance Agency, Walpole, is there a prison in that town, Bank and of course, the best, well run, outstanding local community bank, Patriot Community Bank.
 
(Departing) PP Dave S. took time out to present President Domenic with a well deserved Paul Harris Fellow pin for being the major fundraiser for this year's Polar Plunge. Congrats Pres. Domenic! 
 
Fines/Happy dollars:
  • PP Spencer for a new car and his mother’s recovery of chest pains.
  • SOA Connie for Travis moving out,  son Jared for taking another part time job therefore  will most likely stiff PP Dan, hahahaha  isn’t life grand, but PP Dan let’s be honest, an expert in alcohol sales usually ends up with a diploma from AAA, just saying!! (Editor’s note: Automobile Association of America?)
  • PP Don, head scratcher, still trying to figure it out, but something about PP Murray.
  • PP Dave, another grammatical issue regarding PP Dan spelling, hey Lexington High grad, enough said!!
Speaking of PP Dave, he announced Steve, “I’ll fix your plumbing” Kirkland has won the NCAA fundraiser. PP Dan gleefully bragged he “was in the money”, no matter what , second place of course, but what do you want when you play 10 times, I know, for the good of the club, blah, blah, blah.
 
President Dominic asked that everyone make an effort to attend next week’s joint meeting with the Concord club, we are hosting and PP Murray spoke about the guest speaker, William Poole, expert in Lexington historical facts. Maybe he can answer the million dollar question “Who fired the first Shot”?
 
All kidding aside and on a serious note, our guest speakers were Jaimi Lard, whom is deaf and blind along with her interpreter, Christine Dwyer. Jaimi is an exceptional individual, diagnosed at 6 months attributed from her mother having rubella in early 1960’s. Jaimi entered Perkins School for the Blind at age 5, spent 16 years there and graduated. She now resides in a building in Watertown, has her own apartment, works full time for the Perkins School as their spokesperson. She had a power point presentation which included a video of Jaimi living in her apartment, truly amazing, and a visit to purchase groceries at none other than our own, Lexington Wilson Farms. Jaimi was truly inspirational and makes us all very humble as to the basic necessities in life we take for granted. 
    
This scribe takes no responsibilities for accuracy, misinterpretations and insults and is hereby absolved of any fines that may be suggested against him. ALL IN FAVOR!!!
 
Your indentured servant, PP John