President Nancy was at the top of her leadership game 8/10/06

ROTARY CLUB OF NEW CANAAN

BULLETIN FOR AUGUST 10, 2006

SPECIAL MID-AUGUST, SUMMER BONUS ISSUE*

President Nancy was at the top of her leadership game, ringing the bell with a swing that reminded this writer of the “Gong Show,” a cultural beacon yet to be replaced in the TV wasteland. Ad prayed for good, important things. (more on Ad later) The small gathering of 18 loyal, non-traveling, homebound members who were present and playful knew they were in good hands.

Guests:

Diane and Ed Bink, friends of Sandy Malloy by way of Madison, Wisconsin

Dr. Jim Rini visiting from the land of live and die free or live but you can’t die free

Club Announcements:

Nancy had no announcements having revealed her shaky state-of-mind, driven to that condition by her terrific, but much maligned grandchildren. Five of them, under 5, always ready for fun and noise. Everyone envied her situation, each wishing that he/she had five little ones at home to make noise.

That left Lobesterfest co-chair David Rucci to give us a pep-talk about selling tickets. Then the always heroic Leo quietly announced that Auto Trader (,com?) has bought $1,000 worth of tickets, enough to feed 40 Austin Healys, Edsels, MGs, Alfa Romeos, Dusenbergs, Hispano Suizas, etc.

*SPECIAL MID-AUGUST, SUMMER BONUS ISSUE

These are special thoughts from our village elder, our friend, our lunchline leader, the incomparable Ad Tomaselli:

1. The country is a big fraud.
2. Everybody has their hands in the coffee jar.
3. I will sue you.

Words to live by AND part of your subscription to this publication at no additional cost to you!

Program:

Steve Kleppin the Town’s new Planning and Zoning Officer, with a very full plate of applications, decisions, and the inevitable appeals. Steve has done a good job putting a friendly, helpful, and informed face on his department. He and his crew are looking at first revisions to the 2005 zoning regulations. He also reported that a downtown study with a traffic study is underway. The town has been in that study mode for a while, we’ll see what this study discovers. Steve made a thoughtful comment before Nancy clanged the bell: he wondered how two millionaires, living on neighboring four acre properties, could so often find something to fight about. Even Ad didn’t come up with that one.

Respectfully submitted,

Royce Ring