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ROTARY BULLETIN-February 9, 2006
Valentines Day! The club sachems have declared it so and the date be dammed. Thus, February 9, 2006 was Valentines Day. President Jim was forced to attend to other pressing matters leaving us once again longing for Susan's fair countenance. Nonetheless, Nancy Robinson swung the gavel at precisely 12:17 and proceeded to lead three distinct waves of the pledge of allegiance followed by a fitting benediction. Before the herd could approach the buffet table, Frank Bernardo made his initial appearance, standing on a stepladder with a glass of Bell's scotch, to carry on with h
Now, President Pro Tem Featured Nancy moved on, inviting Past President George Baker to initiate John Burns into the hallowed ranks of Rotary. John was last seen surfing the Internet for makeup forums next week in San Francisco. Then, we thought the Sgt@Arms routine would ensue, but no sooner had Scott Hobbs uttered the words chocolate covered almonds than Frank Bernardo reasserted himself, apparently by popular demand. This time, Frank evoked memories of his whirlwind stay in Mombassa and the peer pressure of that
Scott, plate in hand, picked up the aforementioned $700 plus a good stab at next week's pesos for pasta collection- your Abe Lincoln will do nicely, thank you. Paul Burnham, stalwart visiting Rotarian from Wilton, was allowed to contribute this week in celebration of his Dad's 77th birthday. Sandi Malloy, glad to be back, swelled the coffers apace. Nancy "featured" is still saddled with the task of initiating break bread venues for our fellowship dinner parties over the next six weeks. Certainly, a thankless task, but once achieved our small corps of individualists will morph into a willing force for the greater good.
As if on cue, Dr. Frank took center stage again, this time modeling a tropical suit from the thread emporium run by Derek Pope in Mombassa. "Jambo", he said, showing what a quick learner he turned out to be. It is sort of like "Sayonara" which doubles as hello and goodbye. Frank's trip to Kenya took some 50 hours of travel time, made bearable by Tom's survival kit. He will soon report on specific needs for infrastructure and bicycles, but undoubtedly his most vivid memory is that of the pride of Lions taking down an errant buffalo.
Albert Schweitzer
Valentines Day! The club sachems have declared it so and the date be dammed. Thus, February 9, 2006 was Valentines Day. President Jim was forced to attend to other pressing matters leaving us once again longing for Susan's fair countenance. Nonetheless, Nancy Robinson swung the gavel at precisely 12:17 and proceeded to lead three distinct waves of the pledge of allegiance followed by a fitting benediction. Before the herd could approach the buffet table, Frank Bernardo made his initial appearance, standing on a stepladder with a glass of Bell's scotch, to carry on with h
Now, President Pro Tem Featured Nancy moved on, inviting Past President George Baker to initiate John Burns into the hallowed ranks of Rotary. John was last seen surfing the Internet for makeup forums next week in San Francisco. Then, we thought the Sgt@Arms routine would ensue, but no sooner had Scott Hobbs uttered the words chocolate covered almonds than Frank Bernardo reasserted himself, apparently by popular demand. This time, Frank evoked memories of his whirlwind stay in Mombassa and the peer pressure of that
Scott, plate in hand, picked up the aforementioned $700 plus a good stab at next week's pesos for pasta collection- your Abe Lincoln will do nicely, thank you. Paul Burnham, stalwart visiting Rotarian from Wilton, was allowed to contribute this week in celebration of his Dad's 77th birthday. Sandi Malloy, glad to be back, swelled the coffers apace. Nancy "featured" is still saddled with the task of initiating break bread venues for our fellowship dinner parties over the next six weeks. Certainly, a thankless task, but once achieved our small corps of individualists will morph into a willing force for the greater good.
As if on cue, Dr. Frank took center stage again, this time modeling a tropical suit from the thread emporium run by Derek Pope in Mombassa. "Jambo", he said, showing what a quick learner he turned out to be. It is sort of like "Sayonara" which doubles as hello and goodbye. Frank's trip to Kenya took some 50 hours of travel time, made bearable by Tom's survival kit. He will soon report on specific needs for infrastructure and bicycles, but undoubtedly his most vivid memory is that of the pride of Lions taking down an errant buffalo.
Albert Schweitzer
posted by Jengel199 at 9:19 AM
1 Comments:
Congratulations to the mighty blogmeister! This format appears to be a step up [if one doesn't mind John filtering and censoring all communication]. Since none of us has anything pqrticularly subversive, or even interesting, to say I can't see the harm in it. If "Jambo" Bernardo hijacks the site for one of his rants we may have to revisit the rules of engagement. Otherwise, kudos to John for carpe-ing the diem.
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