Tuesday, 13 February 2007
Here is your check list for the week:
BOARD MEEETING on Tuesday, 20th at 8 AM at the Police Station.
Your DUES have been due for some time, dude. DUE something !
PANCAKE BREAKFAST ADS: AD on, AD in, AD up ! Hurry!
RAFFLE BASKETS: Basket, Box, Bag, pick one. Chocolate, coffee, candles,
crayons, children. Pick one. Then as you shop pick up stuff that will compliment your
theme. Gift certificates, movie tickets, wine bottles (full)
As Sister T says, Everything has value. We can always make it look good !
A date to pull everything together will be forthcoming. Last year we did a marathon
wrap in one afternoon after our Tuesday lunch.
HURRAH! Our “guest” was former member and Club President, Jim Brady. He
wants to come back. His name is nominated for membership and will go forward hearing
no objections within seven days following this publication.
Our other guest and guest speaker was John Person from Mass Vets, Inc. John is an
Employment & Training Specialist Mass Veterans,Inc. is a private, non=profit,
charitable organization that has been dedicated to the service of veterans and their families
since l992. John indicated that then there were 9 Vietman vets. Today the agency helps
150 vets a day from varying branches of the service and armed conflicts.
The goal is to meet a triangle of needs; a place to live, a job to support oneself and legal,
medical and mental health attention. “The key is the network”, said John. For a complete
list of programs and services check out www.massveterans.org or call 508-791-0956.
Hire a veteran...it is a good investment. John’s extention is 128.
Next week our speakers are from Mass Health Care Services, Inc.sharing information so
we can navigate the system with success.
President Mark Leahy shared a note from Corridor 9 thanking us for joining.
Under the category of “missing many meetings”...he shared an article about a Wellington
Rotarian, “Lefty” Ripa, who has 60, SIXTY, years of PERFECT attendance !
We haven’t gotten to Sister T’s birthday yet...it’s not until the 26th.
Remember to check out our web site: NorthboroughRotary.org...just because.
Here’s something interesting, not found there...about life in the 1500’s. In those days,
they cooked in the kitchen with a big kettle that always hung over the fire. Every day
they let the fire go out and added things to the pot. They ate mostly vegetables and did
not get much meat. They would eat the stew for dinner, leaving leftovers in the pot to
get cold overnight and then start over the next day. Sometimes stew had food in it that
had been there for quite a while. Hence the rhyme, Peas porridge hot, peas porridge cold,
peas porridge in the pot nine days old.
I was going to say, see you at lunch, but it didn’t seem to fit.
