Rob Lutz and Ryan Guilmartin had the tickets, but there were no winners this week.
CALENDAR RAFFLE
SOLD BY:
SOLD TO:
VISITING ROTARIANS AND GUESTS
We welcomed back Mark Shaw from Florida. He will be with us next week as well. Mark hit a hole-in-one recently!
FINES AND RECOGNITIONS
ANNOUNCEMENTS AND CLUB BUSINESS
There will be a RYLA event on May 10-12. Three students from Salem will participate in the RYLA awards program.
Next week, there will be a board meeting, luncheon, and packaging and committee meetings. This will be the last packaging event for the kids at the Bentley School. We will also be collecting change for the Phoenix School.
The book trust will be held on May 16th at the Horace Mann School.
The last Dutch Drinks of the year will be held on May 17th at Stella's Restaurant and Wine Bar.
Please remember to "Like" us on Facebook!
BIRTHDAYS
Happy birthday to our May birthdays!
Kathie Strout - May 1st
Jeff Holloran - May 4th
James Lister - May 8th
John Walsh - May 14th
Patty Pace - May 27th
SPEAKER OF THE WEEK
Senator Joan Lovely was the speaker this week. She gave the club a legislative update.
Senator Lovely's Leadership Positions
Assistant Majority Leader
Chair of Rules (All non-spending bills go through Rules, approx 4K of the 6K total bills)
Vice Chair of Education (with Rep Tucker)
Vice Chair of Personnel and Administration
FY20 Budget
Governor and House have completed their budget
Senate budget draft will be released today (May 7)
Senators will introduce approximately 1,400 amendments
Senate budget will likely be completed by Memorial Day weekend
Senator Lovely's Priorities
HomeWorks: provides for summer camp and afterschool programming for youth in homeless housing and hotels
SHIELD: legislation to address child sexual abuse prevention
a bill to provide for safe drinking water in all MA schools
a bill to address the discrepancies in how cider businesses are taxed based on the ABV (alcohol by volume)
Senate Priorities
Education -- fixing the foundation budget (most aggressive plans could require upwards of $1B in new revenue)
Housing
Healthcare Cost Containment
Transportation
(Let it be known for posterity that Jason did a stellar job of stepping up and operating the Powerpoint slides!)
NEXT WEEK'S SPEAKER
Next week, there will be a board meeting, luncheon, and packaging and committee meetings. This will be the last packaging event for the kids at the Bentley School. We will also be collecting change for the Phoenix School.
Please email all announcements to be added to The Spoke to SalemRotaryClub@yahoo.com by noon on Wednesday. Also, feel free to contact any of the committee members listed below.
Committee Chairperson and Editor: Dave Wescott
Committee Members: Julie Arrison, Gerrit Bradley,Scott Grover, Rick Jakious, and Patty Pace
Photographer: Trip Mason
