Newsletter - Archive  Aug 11, 2009

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Volume #2	Date August 11, 2009	Issue #5

Our Next Program:  Club Assembly,  to be held at the Portsmouth Masonic Hall

Last Week's News:

     Guests and Happenings:

         ~ Visiting Rotarians: None

         ~ Guests:  Michael Rodgers, Roger Raymond, James Golter, Bob Wyman, Guy Hodgdon

          The Newsletter editor was on travel last week and no newsletter was issued for that

          meeting. Pat & Pam, Chairs of the Membership Committee talked about membership,

          handed out questionaires that all club members are asked to fill out and return to them.

          They discussed the "Briefly Business" program and the opportunity to introduce business

           people to Rotary by giving them a few minutes to introduce their business.

Obie arrived to find "his" seat was not only taken, it was decorated,

 including a pair of boxing gloves. Yes those are real gloves, the picture is of

Joyce's father in the ring with them on, this is an aggressive move by the 'bad girls"

 into the territory previously claimed by the 'bad boys"

The appearance of the Yankee cap and broom signaled the recent

 success of Obie's favorites, Alan and Ellen are anticipating a snappy comeback from Joyce

in the gender turf war

                 A fire call in mid meeting required Obie and Dan to hot foot it in an unscheduled

                scoot, but Obie did take his broom with him, he probably expects to be able to

                return with it again this season

      Meeting Program:  .

                Michael Rodgers, Superintendant, explained the history and current status of

         the Kittery Water District (KWD) along with KWD Directors Roger Raymond,

        Bob Wyman, and Jim Golter and tecnical assistant Guy Hodgdon. The KWD is an

        organization independant of the Town. It was established in 1907 by the state legislature.

        The KWD now obtains water from its reservoirs in York. It has over 5000 customers in

        Kittery,York, and Eliot and over 95 miles of pipe. The largest user of the sytem is the

        Portsmouth Naval Shipyard and that usage, explained Michael, keeps the overall rates

        low. More information is available on the KWD website: www.kitterywater.org

Michael Rodgers with a map of the Kittery Water District Service Area

      50-50 Raffle

          (50% of the pot goes for club administration and 50% goes to the lucky individual if their       

          raffle ticket is chosen and they select the one joker hidden in the ever-decreasing deck of

          cards. If the joker is not drawn then the pot rolls over to the next week). 

        Joyce won the raffle and drew the King of Diamonds, losing $297.50

Upcoming Programs: 

            August 18 - Club Assembly, to be held at the Portsmouth Masonic Lodge hall.

                             (See the newsletter for July 28 for pictures)

                            A donation of $7 will offset the cost of Breakfast. We will be discussing

                            the Celebrity Waiter Dinner.

             August 20- Our Red Cross Blood Drive, Donors and volunteers are needed

            August 25 - Our Youth Excahnge student Luca Regallo will

                             be arriving on August 19th and will attend the meeting on the 25th

                             Our speaker will be Judd Knox talking about York Hospital

Birthdays: August 15 -Pam , Aug 22- Allen, Aug 23 - Larry`

Upcoming Greeters. Making sure no one feels like a stranger here:

                                          August 18 & 25 - Greg and Susie (Since on August 18

                                                    we will be at the Masonic Hall, all board members

                                                    should plan on greeting guests and putting them

                                                    at ease).

Club Reminders:

                Happy/Sad Dollars on Student of the Month meetings goes to fund

                  our Third Grade Dictionary Project

                Happy/Sad dollars for the other meetings thisquarter go to Footprints

                    Food Pantry      

Do not forget to regularly check the calendar of our Web Site for long term schedules and the photo Album for updates on our Program pictures and Activity pictures.