NEXT MEETING
7:15 am, Wednesday, January 23
at
Rosie's Restaurant
Brian Carpenter
Chair, Middlebury Selectboard
Minutes of the Meeting of January 16, 2019
PRESIDING:
Judson Hescock
GUESTS:
Bill Beaney
Gary Sarachan
Simon Yiga
John Zahn
Simon Yiga spoke briefly about his club in Uganda, which is about the size of our club and carries out similar activities. He agreed to be the speaker at one of our meetings before he has to return to Africa.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
The District Conference will be held in Sherbrooke, Quebec, from May 3-5. The Sherbrooke club will be celebrating its 100th anniversary--it is the oldest club in the district. The program includes an Interact Symposium, which Ben is helping to organize. Registration is now open.
The speech contest is scheduled for February 27. Liz and Ben are looking for contestants. There is no champion of the program at the high school, so it is a challenge to find interested students.
On March 15 there will be a Rotary Ski Challenge at Bolton Valley (fundraiser). See Juddy if you are interested.
Once again there will be a snow sculpture contest at an event sponsored by Neighbors Together and the Better Middlebury Partnership. It will be from noon to 4:00 on February 17 at College Park. See Dustin if you are interested.
HAPPY DOLLARS
Cari--Daughter is home from Nairobi. She and her husband met their daughter in Florence and also traveled to Alsace, France.
Spence--Welcome to Simon. The international aspect of Rotary is especially appealing.
Eric--Welcome to all the guests. Just got back from Aruba.
Kathy--Two daughters have birthdays this week.
Ben--Salisbury Elementary had a concert this week. Evie was a leader on the mic.
Scott--Great to see Ben with his family.
PRESENTATION:
Scott introduced Bill Beaney, long-time hockey coach at Middlebury College. He brought eight national championships to Middlebury and is about to be inducted into the Vermont Sports Hall of Fame. Bill talked about his philosophy of coaching and his feeling that kids need more unstructured, unsupervised time for play as they grow up.
Minutes Submitted by Spence Putnam
