Spark August and September 2011

“Service Above Self”

Bi-Monthly Newsletter of the Rotary Club of Easton, Maryland

Hello Rotarians: It is a pleasure to be your new Easton Rotary Club

Rotary Club of Easton, Maryland August/September 2011

President. The energy that I have felt since the

change of officers night has been wonderful and

I hope we can keep up the enthusiasm! I want to

thank Scotti Oliver for taking on the task of reviving

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this wonderful publication, and I hope you all enjoy

Rotary Club of Easton, MD

it. We have some terrific events planned in the

P.O. Box 1444, Easton, MD 21601 District No. 7630 – Organized 1921

coming months so get them on your calendar now!

George Corey and his committee are planning

Meets Wednesday at 12:15 PM. Easton Club 28449 Clubhouse Drive Easton, MD

our 1st after work social on September 1st at

the Tidewater Inn. At this time we will celebrate

our Club’s 90 Year Anniversary and hopefully the

weather will cooperate and we will be outside! This will be a casual event and we hope to

2011-2012 Officers

have a wonderful turnout. It is a great way to get to know your fellow Rotarians better and to

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have some fun. Also, if you have a potential new member invite them to come.

On September 11th we will be sending a group of Rotarians to the Bethesda Naval Hospital

President Elect

for a job well done. We will have sign-up sheets out soon for those who want to go, for those who will make food, provide goodie bag items or to even write a note of thanks. We should ALL be able to contribute one way or another to this worthy event.

John Flohr and his committee have the Golf Tournament scheduled for September 23rd at Harbourtowne Golf Resort in St. Michaels. I am sure you will be hearing from a committee

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to provide lunch for our injured troops and their families in conjunction with Marine Moms-

Bethesda. This event will be an opportunity to meet some of our soldiers and to thank them

community.

Enjoy the rest of the summer!

President Jackie

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Remember, the more we raise this year the more we can give back to our wonderful

Patti K. Willis

Immed. Past President

Alfred B. (Tim) Kagan VP, Club Administration

C. Albert Pritchett

Club Service

Secretary

member soon asking for help. We need teams and hole sponsors. The door prizes they

are gathering are exciting, and I am sure this will be a great start to our fundraising effort.

Jacqueline D. Wilson

Ramon Gras George Hatcher

Personnel Service

Peter Dietz

Assistant Secretary

Mike Jacobs

Treasurer

Lisa Ann Felts International Service

Rotary Club of Easton

Sharon Ritter Beall

Celebrate Easton Rotary Club’s 90th anniversary

Vocational Service

Joseph E. Anthony

The Fellowship Committee has been asked by President Jackie to plan & host a quarterly

After-Work mixer. Please join President Jackie at the Tidewater Inn Thursday, September 1st for our first mixer. This will be a celebration of the 90th anniversary of the Easton

Rotary Club, organized in 1921, the first Rotary Club in a town of less than 10,000. We are

planning a group photo in front of the Tidewater Inn where the club had a marker installed to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Club. More details to follow.

George Corey

Easton Rotary Club: The World’s First Rotary Club in a Town of less than 10,000 people

The renewal of the SPARK has begun

August

as it signifies the importance of every

member’s stake in rejuvenating our wonderful

club. Our new president, Jackie Wilson, is determined to bring organization and unity to

Easton Rotary through a conscientious, unwavering enthusiasm. In-other-words: “Change”!

Her first order of business is to focus Easton Rotary members on the club’s services to the

community. Everyone will be accountable. All members are required to join a committee and participate fully in that committee’s work. Easton Rotarians are also encouraged, but not

required, to become members of several different committees. Committee involvement is

vitally important to the workings of a successful Rotary Club. If you have not yet signed up for a committee, please do so now.

Bir t h d a y S

What an appropriate name for our newsletter

There is one major change to our organizational structure. The seven traditional service

functions: Waterfowl Parking, Meals on Wheels, Dictionaries, Habitat for Humanity, Blood Bank, Food Drive, and Highway Cleanup will no longer be considered “committees.” That means we need every Rotarian to participate in these service functions.

construction, delivery of warm meals, collecting food for those in need, clean highways, and parking and traffic control during one of our most recognized community events.

For those of you who have not participated in these service functions, let me tell you what

you have missed: never seeing the expression of delight on a nine- year- old child opening

her own dictionary; not experiencing the feeling of pride when someone thanks you for your commitment to the community; the gratification felt walking by a newly inhabited house that you helped build; the smiles and “thank you’s” one receives when delivering a warm meal or when re-stocking the food pantry at the Neighborhood Service Center; the satisfaction, when driving on the Easton Bypass, of not seeing litter all along the roadside.

Now is your chance to renew your commitment to the Easton Rotary…you will not go unrewarded!

Terry John

M e a l s o n W h ee l s

are the “face” of Rotary in our community: delivering dictionaries to third graders, new home

Raffle Tickets Sold for Prize Drawing

Friday, September 23, 2011 Proceeds benefit Rotary Youth and Community Fund

Harbourtowne Golf Resort • St. Michaels, MD Registration Fee is $125 per golfer, $600 per foursome (includes $200 in Raffle tickets) Beverages on course, and dinner with cash bar at the awards reception.

Guests can join the golfers for dinner. (Cost of $30 per person)

Schedule 11:30 - 12:30 Registration 1:00 Shot Gun Start 6:00 Awards and Dinner

I n v o c at i o n S

Longest Drive (M/F) • Closest to Pin

Jamie Buckley David Lee Reeve Askew Blenda Armistead Bob Greenlee Ray O’Mara Lisa Felts

1 Steve Shearer Connie Loveland 3 Jon West Claude Maechling Eleanor McGee 5 Brad Watts Maureen Scott-Taylor 8 Karen Salmon Kathleen Foster 10 Paige Bethke Manning Lee 12 Andy Hollis Nathan Southworth 15 Blenda Armistead

Mike Kopen 17 Dave Bishop Curry Wilford 19 Peter Dietz Pat Bogan 22 Aaron West Nate Southworth 24 Lisa Felts Albert Pritchett 26 Philip Cronan Gil Anderson 29 Douglas Kirby Bill Stagg

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Scramble Format Great Prizes • Top Gross • Top Net

SEPTEMBER

August

Regardless of a member’s committee participation, EVERY member is asked to join in as

many service functions as they are capable of handling. Remember, these seven functions

George Hatcher Tony Marva Doug Kirby Bruce Armistead Norman Noel Bill Murdoch Mike Hiner Scotti Oliver Bill Stagg Pat Fitzgerald

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10 Barbara Viniar

17 Claude Maechling

24 Hugh Dawkins

31 John Hurt

eptember S 7 Pat O’Shea

14 Nate Southworth 21 Curry Wilford

28 Lee Denny