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the tattler - Central Baptist Church
The Tattler July 15, 2013 The Westerly Rotary Club - Founded 1958 Juneus 3, in 210Month Join RotaryDay Park for Year our M illion Dollar M eal to Benefit Polio Plus! Back in 2010 we got to introduce Past District Governor Charlie Murphy to the Park. On July 29th we will do it again as we host our Annual Million Dollar Meal at Rotary Park for current District Governor Dietrich Bilger’s visit to our club. We will get a chance to show him what Rotary means to Westerly. We hope everyone can be there for this special day. We’d love to have 100% attendance for the Governor’s Visit. Bring a picnic food to share and meet us at the Park at 5:30 p.m. Spouses, partners, friends and guests are welcome. Just let us know how many to expect. Call Rose to find out what is needed or sign up to bring some-thing at our meeting next week. Next Week’s Program On July 22 Frank Thacker will be our speaker. He will address the topic of “Non-Violence for Daily Living.” NOTICE CHANGE OF MEETING PLACE: Special Board meeting on July 29th at 4:00 p.m. at Central Baptist Church, 16 Elm Street. Come in the Office door in the front. Page 1 The Weekly M eeting – July 1 5 th In an informative, fun filled meeting we were blessed to hear what is happening with one of our Simplified District Grants from last year. Members of the Reforest the Tropics Team were on hand to update us as to where they have been and what has transpired since last Fall. Dr. Herster Barres introduced Westerly Middle School teacher and program co-ordinator Desiree Derix. Desiree told us about her trip to Costa Rica that gave her a firsthand look at the forests. She presented a slide presentation depicting the forests that have already planted, time spent with some of the farmers and businessmen they work with and some of the interactions she had with nature itself. Desiree also explained how she helped the middle school students understand the concepts of carbon footprinting and the ways that we can make a difference with v what we do. Ms. Paula Fusco, Principal of the Westerly Middle school, also spoke about why she thought it was a great program for the middle schools. Our own Dan Alvino, who identified the project and made the proposal to the Middle School and to District 7950 with our grant proposal also talked about the fact that Rotarian Edgar Morales also helped us secure a $4,ooo grant from the Walmart Foundation. July 15, 2013 The Tattler Paul Harris “Service Above Service” Award Recipients in the Westerly Rotary Club Daniel Alvino 2011 Ted Avedisian 2002 Franklin Celico 2002 Mario Celico 2002 Stephen Cofone 2002 Robert Elmer 1987 Vincent Gacionne 1996 Walter Kimball 1986 Clayton Lord 2001 Joseph Nigrelli 1986 Douglas Rayner 1982 Clark Rumfelt 2010 Rose Marie Russo 2012 Honorary member - Robert Boughner Every Rotarian, Every Year On July 1st we began a new year in Rotary. Last year we made history by having 100% participation in the Every Rotarian Every Year program. We have made it a club goal to do it again. You can become a sustaining member of the Foundation with a $100 gift but any gift of $10, $20, $50 or more counts as part of the EREY program. Why wait? Do it now. MakeUp Locations: Chariho: Tues, 6:30pm, Richmond Country Club, 74 Sandy Pond Rd, Richmond, E Greenwich: Wed, 12:15, Chianti’s Restaurant, 195 Old Forge Rd, East Greenwich North Kingstown: Tues 12:15pm, Gregg’s Restaurant 4120 Quaker Lane, N Kingstown Wakefield: Thur, 12:15, Lilianna’s Restaurant at Holiday Inn, 3009 Tower Hill Rd, S Kingstown Stonington, CT: Fri, 7:00am, Stonington Human Services 166 South Broad Street Pawcatuck, CT Online club for Make-ups: Rotary Club of New England http://rotarynewengland.org/ www.rotaryeclubone.org Page 2 British Ophthalmologist Receives Top Rotary Foundation Award Dr. Harminder Singh Dua, an Indian-born ophthalm mologist in Nottingham, England, received the 2012-13 Rotary Foundation Global Alumni Service to Humanity Award at the recent Rotary International Convention. He was nominated for the award by District 3030 (Maharashtra, India). In 1981, Dua traveled from India to Pennsylvania, USA, as a member of a Group Study Exchange team, sponsored by the Rotary Club of Nagpur South, Maharashtra. Recalling the flight that began his trip, from Bombay (now Mumbai) to New York, he said, “Traveling with the sun, we had 24 hours of daylight. Isn’t that a wonderful thought: Let there be no darkness. I had unwittingly captured, at least in part, the spirit of Rotary and the spirit for which I would work for the rest of my life.” Dua, who is chair and professor of ophthalmology at the University of Nottingham, Queen’s Medical Centre, has treated patients in the United Kingdom, India, and the United States and has shared his skills with students and colleagues around the world. Renowned as an authority on corneal disorders, he performs advanced surgeries. While living in India, Dua performed thousands of free operations on poor patients with cataracts and glaucoma at free eye clinics sponsored by Rotarians and nongovernmental organizations. “The poverty and simple lives of the villagers and the huge difference [the] operations made to them, and to the lives of children who had to spend time away from school to guide the people around, was plain to see,” he said. “There was no escaping the enormity of their need and our [medical team’s] ability to fulfill some part of it.” More recently, Dua is credited with discovering a previously undetected layer of the human eye that is located at the back of the cornea -- a discovery that was reported in the journal Ophthalmology in May. Called Dua's layer, it is much thinner than a human hair. Its discovery is expected to make corneal transplant surgery safer and simpler, and to contribute to knowledge about some diseases affecting that part of the eye. In accepting the Foundation award in Lisbon, Dua said, “If I were to pick one defining period from amongst all the years, it will have to be, without any doubt, my trip to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, as a Rotary Group Study Exchange team member. . . . [It] had a profound positive influence on my thinking and actions, and I would like to believe, through me, to so many others -- students, patients and colleagues -- whose lives I have touched.” A Rotarian saw a handicapped child, and cried out, “Why doesn’t someone do something about this?” And a voice from above said -- “I did; I created you. Now go.” July 15, 2013 The Tattler The Tattler Page 3 Rotary Night at McCoy Stadium If you have information you would like to share with the club, please get it to me at [email protected]. Thanks, Cal Recent guests at our Meeting: We were delighted to have Charlie and Linda Gruetzner with Us. He’s a past District Governor from Peakskill, NY Rotary. We also welcomed Cole and Dominic Russo for a second week and the RTT team. First Tuesday Lunches Join us at our First Tuesday lunch on August 6 at noon at the Mermaid Café on Margin Street. It’s a great make-up meeting. THE OBJECT OF ROTARY is to encourage and foster the ideal of service as a basis of worthy enterprise and, in particular, to encourage and foster: FIRST: The development of acquaintance as an opportunity for service; SECOND: High ethical standards in business and professions, the recognition of the worthiness of all useful occupations, and the dignifying of each Rotarian’s occupation as an opportunity to serve society; THIRD: The application of the ideal of service in each Rotarian’s personal, business, and community life; FOURTH: The advancement of international understanding, goodwill, and peace through a world fellowship of business and professional persons united in the ideal of service. The Pawtucket Red Sox will be honoring Rotarians at the Ball Park on Tuesday, August 20th at 7:05 p.m. $12 per person For more information contact Rose Russo. Rotary Night at Fenway Wednesday, September 4, 2013 $28 or $49 per ticket We are trying to hook up with other local clubs to get a group to go. Call call for more information. Hot Air Balloon Festival Sponsored by Wakefield Rotary July 19 - 21, 2013 They are looking for volunteers. Contact [email protected]. www.southcountyballoonfest.com F July 15, 2013 The Tattler THE ROTARY CLUB OF WESTERLY Page 4 Rotary Club of Westerly Membership Quick Reference Guide Established June, 1958 District 7950 Club 6706 PO Box 407 Westerly, RI 02891 www.westerlyrotary.org Clayton A Lord, Jr (Cal) Cell:860.917.8320 Dan Alvino [email protected] (401) 284-6656 Ted Avedesian [email protected] (401) 742-2515 Bob Boughner [email protected] Check us out on Facebook too! Look up the Rotary Club of Westerly Mario Celico [email protected] (401) 212-7000 Steve Cofone [email protected] (401) 322-1280 Chris DiPaola [email protected] (401)559-4619 Bob Elmer [email protected] (860) 884-5244 Jeff Frenette [email protected] (401)932-0846 Meetings held Monday night, 5:30 - 7:00 at the Venice Restaurant 165 Shore Road, Westerly, RI Change of Address? If anyone has moved, has a new telephone number, a new cell phone number, a new email address, please contact Secretary Rose Russo at 401.315.5868 or [email protected]. Frank Celico (401) 741-7531 [email protected] Vinnie Gaccione John Huhtula (401) 524-1591 [email protected] Walter Kimball OFFICERS 2013-14 (401) 322-4034 (401) 315-5530 Rotary International: President: Ron Burton - Rotary Club of Norman, Oklahoma Cal Lord [email protected] Edgar Morales [email protected] (518)232-7078 District 7950 Governor: Dietrich Bilger Governor Elect: Valerie Perry Asst District Governor: Rona Mann Bruce Morrow [email protected] Joe Nigrelli [email protected] (401) 596-5039 Joe Potter [email protected] (401) 451-0979 Doug Rayner [email protected] (401) 596-0605 Ron Roberts [email protected] (401) 218-8752 Clark Rumfelt [email protected] (401) 315-2317 Rosemarie Russo [email protected] (202) 215-8147 Steve Salerno [email protected] (413) 221-6608 Westerly Rotary Club Officers President: Clayton A “Cal” Lord, Jr President-Elect : TBD Vice President : Daniel Alvino (Jul/Dec) Douglas A Rayner (Jan/Jun) Sec/ Treas Rosemarie A Russo Past President: Robert E P Elmer III Director-at-Large: Franklin Celico Ronald Roberts The Four Way Test Is it the Truth? Is it fair to all concerned? Will it build goodwill and better friendships? Will it be beneficial to all concerned? Roy Seitsinger Kathyn Taylor Frank Toscano (860) 917-8320 (860) 908-7592 (401) 218-7724 [email protected] (401) 952-2254 [email protected] [email protected]
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