Beautiful, sunny day in East Hartford, had our first lady Chickie Amberg joining us following her morning golf outing, and our new President Dave handling his first meeting with aplomb and efficiently enough to be heading off for his own golf outing soon after 1 PM. All in all a great beginning for our first family.
President Amberg Begins New Rotary Year
Just 26 of us gathered for a great summer buffet including barbecued chicken, mac ‘n cheese, mixed veggies, a beautiful tossed salad and dessert of supersized blond and chocolate brownies. Only minor criticism I heard was the limited choice of salad dressings – French and Ranch – which were also limited in quantity, i.e. we ran out. My table sends along a recommendation to add vinegar and oil to the choices and a few back-up bottles, when there is such a great summer salad.
Guests today, in addition to Chickie were Jan Sayre, chauffeur for Jack and Jay Stewart, and two of our six scholarship recipients – Joshua Cadwallander and Salena Shaiku. George Schoen and Art Bradbury led us in our traditional welcome song and were inspired to get up and move among the tables shaking hands and greeting everyone. It certainly livened up the room.
Sergeant-at-Arms Neal Cunningham began by displaying a very sad, nearly shredded dollar bill, in hopes we assume that folks will do better next week. He announced we are celebrating Mo Moshovos 47 years as a Rotarian and his 83rd birthday. Also, celebrating the 62nd birthday of boomer, Kevin Kickery. The entire group sang Happy Birthday to the duo. Several people paid to honor Dave Amberg’s beginning his year as our president. Other items of note, Bev & Bill are expecting their first great-grandchild, Doug Willett was out in California visiting a new granddaughter, and of course, several of our members paid to mention the Red Sox are playing well.
Dave is continuing our great tradition of asking for members to contribute caring moments. Bob Wood mentioned he had spoken to Gil Wishart who is doing well and thrilled to have been one of the raffle winners in our recent fundraiser. He won $1000.
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Last Call to Settle Up!
Treasurer Mary notes this is the last call to pay your dues. If you cannot remember whether you did, call the Empress at 860-633-6657 ASAP. Members who have not paid in the next week will be taken off the club roster. She says “We’d hate to lose you!!”
Golf committee co-chair George Schoen announced that there will be a golf committee meeting two weeks from today, July 19th, at 11:30, here at the Ridge. Marc Glass added he is ready to receive items for the auction; drop these off at his office at 17 Silver Lane, across from Town Fair Tire.
President Dave encouraged all of us to visit our club’s website at http://www.easthartfordrotary.org He mentioned that Secretary Wes plans to post drafts of board meeting minutes soon after the meetings. We hope to get everyone developing the website habit by keeping the homepage fresh.
George Agnelli pulled the winning raffle ticket, which was held by one of our visitors, Josh Cadwallander.
Impressive Scholarship Winners
Before adjourning, though we did not have a program, we enjoyed two brief, thoughtful talks by the two scholarship recipients joining us today.
Josh Cadwallander, a graduate of the Classical Magnet School in Hartford, shared with us his many interests and accomplishments. Aside from being active in sports in school and here in town, he became an Eagle Scout, Troop 61, this year. Josh will be attending Temple University’s honors program, planning to major in actuarial science.
Salena Shaiku, a graduate of East Hartford High School, will attend University of Connecticut, with a goal of becoming a missionary nurse. She spoke eloquently of her awareness of her obligation to give back, pay it forward as it were. The other four scholarship recipients have visited the club in the past month.
Dave wound up our meeting at 1:02 wishing everyone a great day and a great week as he headed for the golf course.
displaying a very sad, nearly shredded dollar bill, in hopes we assume that folks will do better next week. He announced we are celebrating Mo Moshovos 47 years as a Rotarian and his 83rd birthday. Also, celebrating the 62nd birthday of boomer, Kevin Kickery. The entire group sang Happy Birthday to the duo. Several people paid to honor Dave Amberg’s beginning his year as our president. Other items of note, Bev & Bill are expecting their first great-grandchild, Doug Willett was out in California visiting a new granddaughter, and of course, several of our members paid to mention the Red Sox are playing well..jpg)
