Rotary Spoke

Posted by Michelle Galbiati

on Aug 12, 2013

The day was bright and sunny with a high temperature of 81 degrees. We were in the company of 23 Lexington Rotarians and one guest. The luncheon fare was eggplant, ziti in a red sauce, cold cuts, assorted breads, caesar salad, and chocolate chip cookies & brownies for dessert.

The Pledge was led by PP Dave S, 1^st verse of America by PSA Charles V, and the Invocation by P Jim.

Raffle gifts were donated by:

· Lexington Periodontics

· Lexington Ace Hardware

· Eagle Bank

· Bill Cassell

· Patriot Bank

· Walpole Cooperative Bank

· Vail Studios

$9 happy dollars were given from PP Spencer for playing in a golf tournament with no guilt, $131 for PP Frank for running 13.1 miles in the Rock & Roll Half Marathon, PP Bill gave $2 happy Dollars for his Willpower Management speech, PP Nick gave $5 for being on vacation every day and only working one day, PP Dan B. gave $5 for finally getting his boat in the water down the Cape, P Jim gave $3 for no reason, and PP Doug gave happy dollars for attending a 105^th birthday party.

Announcements:

For those interested in going to the Red Sox game get in touch with P Jim. The 20 person minimum has been met and they will be looking to take a bus to the game. Tickets are $49 and there will more details to come.

If you are missing meetings please try to make them up online. We want to keep our attendance up.

Speaker: Jessie Steigerwald from the 300^th Anniversary Celebration Committee

Jessie was talking about some of the activities they had for the 300^th anniversary along with some other things they will be doing in the future. She would like Lions and Rotary members to take a picture at the clock. There will be a book coming out that will cost $40-$50 and P Jim will be putting a 20 page keepsake section in the Colonial Times paper as well. There will be individuals dressing up in Toga’s for art history in town, let Jessie know if you are interested in putting on a toga. There will also be a book signing and informal meeting coming so stay tuned for those as well. Jessie had brought a very nice bag she made to raffle off and VP Dominic was the winner.

The 50/50 raffle was won by PP Dave E in the amount of $70.00.