Maryann was warmly welcomed back after her recent illness!

Winners:  Trip Mason and Mark Leavitt - no winner

 

 

 

 

Nick Helides sold by Nick Helides

Camila McLaughlin sold by Claudia Chuber

Jane Grosshopf sold by Bill Henning

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Visiting Rotarians, Kelsey McDonald from Oregon, and Rev. Ken from Lake Forest.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rinus Oosthoek had 3 guests - Scott Gibney, Claudia and Remy.

Bob Anthony's guest was Betsy Isabel.

Betsye Sargent's guests were 3 Phoenix School students collecting Change for Change for the Moving Market Food Pantry.

 

Rinus announced that next Thursday marks the opening this year of the Farmer's Market from 3-7pm at Derby Square.

 

John Neely spent time in Washington and Oregon with his wife, Christine, and celebrated a family birthday at the Mount Washington Hotel.

 

Bruce Whear spent an entire day with his wife, Heidi, planting flowers and making his yard beautiful.

 

James Lister announced the "Paddle for Plummer" fundraiser on July 13th.  Pamphlets were distributed about the event that included paddle boarding and spinning.

 

Jason Consalvo contributed $1 to the birthday fund in honor of his son Harrison's first birthday!

 

Mike McLaughlin gave an overview of RYLA Weekend where he volunteered to help serve the 80 high school juniors that took part in over 30 sessions that included topics such as goal-setting, public speaking, etc.  John Hall made an appearance at the event.

 

Tim Clarke gave an overview of his first home move in 21 years.  His favorite shirt showed up as his yard sale was coming to an end.  If anyone is anticipating a move, Tim recommends packing a suitcase as if you are going on vacation, otherwise, it is very hard to find your essentials.

 

Nick Helides attended Salem High School Awards Night with his wife, Zina, at the recommendation of Juli Lederhaus.  The Rotary Scholarships were well-received by the audience and received a lot of applause.

 

John Fisher went to Virginia to play golf.  He also traveled to DC and to Bermuda for a family wedding.

 

Rev. Ken thanked his wife for his recent trip to Israel.  He also thanked Mark Shaw for a golf lesson.

 

Juli hit the jackpot cleaning out a closet when she found a check for $1,000.00!

 

Randy Burba was re-elected to the American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry Board.

 

Chris Casey's oldest son graduated from St. John's Prep.

 

Liz Bradt attended a Connecticut College reunion with her husband, and enjoyed dancing to the band, Rhythm Method!

 

Viktoria Talebian talked about the remaining upcoming programs for the year, featuring John Keenan and Joan Lovely next week; Phoenix School children and a special dessert the following week; and on June 17th a presentation by Superior Court Judge Robert Cornetta with Mayor Driscoll and Mike Harrington.  On June 24th, Brenda will give out her President's Awards.

 

Brenda Smith complete more yoga training where she needed to stay silent for 72 hours.  Brenda also visited her family in California, spending 7 days with her sister's family, including her 4-year-old niece, Sophie.  She found the experience more grueling than the Iron Man! She really enjoyed dressing in a tutu like her niece when they went to Disneyland.  Brenda and her niece share the same favorite color....leopard!

 

 

 

Hanna Forten received a Rotary Scholarship at the meeting because she was on a service trip to New Orleans when the awards were made.  Hanna attends the Salem Academy Charter School, will attend Framingham State majoring in Elementary Education and hopes to be a Special Ed teacher.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mark Leavitt thanked the Rotarians for their service at the Boys & Girls Club Rotary dinner.  Mark also thanked Viktoria for arranging the trolley meeting at Bob Conley's suggestion and for facilitating the sign-up for Chris Casey's installation on June 18th at Captain's.

 

Mark also reminded Rotarians of the last Lifebridge dinner of the year where James Lister's Interact students will be assisting. 

 

Rich Eisner completed his triathalon:  Driving to Pennsylvania; planting his garden, following John Quinn's tomato advice; and opening his pool!

 

 

 

Happy birthday to Patrick Langmaid on June 9th!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rinus will be bringing in DVDs for sale next week (the 10th) with the sketches from last week's meeting.  The cost of the DVD will be $20.

 

Rinus introduced this week's special presentation.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Paul Van Ness of Cinema Salem wanted documentary shorts that were expansive and flexible.  This idea was spun into a documentary film class at Montserrat that included 10 students who worked on the shorts.  Last year there were 5 films, this year there were 16 films that featured 90 seconds of video showing something about Salem.  This is a unique opportunity for the students to meet world-class documentary film artists whose work is featured at the Salem Film Fesitval.  In addition, the documentarians may become "Artists in Residence" with Joe Coltrera.

 

Several of the shorts were shown a the meeting.  These included one about the power plant, a Salem cobbler, the inventor of the Tornado Tube, St. James bingo, Baxter's Buddies featuring Phoenix School children, one on Red's Restaurant, and one about The Record Exchange.

 

Rotarians enjoyed the films and the popcorn courtesy of Salem Cinema!

 

Rinus mentioned the Danish architectural documentary, "Human Scale", that will be shown at Salem Cinema on July 18th and 19th at 10am.

 

Next week John Keenan and Joan Lovely will be speaking.  Please be sure to attend.