Winner: Adria and Rich had the tickets, but there were no winners.
CALENDAR RAFFLE
SOLD BY: Kara McLaughlin
VISITING ROTARIANS AND GUESTS
Liz Bradt's mother, Dorothy, was her guest.
Rinus had Kristen Armstrong as a guest.
Michael Wheeler was a guest of Bill Henning.
Allie Haydock was a guest of Adria.
FINES AND RECOGNITIONS
Tim Clarke visited Munich, Germany and Austria.
Bill Henning visited Barcelona, Spain.
Mike McLaughlin went to the District assembly. Claire Kallelis also went.
Leanne Schild said the freshman Rotarians are giving a donation to Root.
Victoria Davis went to Florida and saw Sheryl Crow and Kenny Chesney.
Gerrit Bradley saw "The Book of Mormon" in Connecticut, and went to a Bruin's game.
Liz Bradt accompanied her father on a trip to MIT where they heard some graduate students speak about Hamiltonian, quantum levels of activity within cells.
Adria promoted the production of "Ragtime" at Salem State.
ANNOUNCEMENTS AND CLUB BUSINESS
Dutch Drinks will be this Friday at Ledger starting at 4:30pm.
The District conference will be held May 3rd and 4th.
The Senior Prom will be held on May 30th.
The scholarship luncheon will be on June 4th.
Rinus thanked everyone for the auction success!
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BIRTHDAYS
Happy birthday to:
Viktoria Talebian on April 14th
Dick Moore on April 17th
Mike McLaughlin on April 19th
Gerrit Bradley on April 21st
Sue O'Brien on April 22nd
SPEAKER OF THE WEEK
Barbara Warren of Salem Sound Coast Watch was our speaker this week.
The SSCW was founded in 1990, and works with communities from Marblehead to Manchester to protect and improve the environment of the coastal waters, watershed, and salt marshes.
The also have a School to Sea program for students who help to clean up trash. These students initiated the plastic bag ban in Salem and Beverly, and are also part of the "Skip the Straw" campaign in Salem.
Commercial Street and Winter Island received a grant to improve the water quality. On Commercial Street, gardens were planted with salt marsh plants. Gardens will also be planted at Winter Island.
SSCW is working with the city to set priorities to help with climate change from now until 2026. The state initiative "Municipal Vulnerability Preparedness" (MVP) is asking every city to make and adaptive plan. To find out more about climate change go to resilientma.org.
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
