Rotary Auction April 18 & 20
Get Your Tickets This Week

Fred Battistini is taking up stand up comedy since the absence of Chandler Noyes. Get Well wishes to our music maker who is recuperating from surgery. We all wish Chandler a very speedy recovery.

April 10, 2007

Here 'N There

Our thoughts and prayers are with George Winfield and his family on his passing on March 31st. George was one of three anchors of this club as Secretary and Past President along with Bill Letoile and Leo Chareth. George was a World War II veteran and retired medical technician. He was elected to the Haverhill City Council in 1969 and 1971. During these two terms he served as council president.

Welcome to Clayton Reed, our newest Rotarian. Clayton is Pastor of River of Life Church in Ward Hill. Thanks also to his sponsor Marlene Yeo.

Congratulations and best wishes to Jayne Martinese, daughter of Don and sister of Terry, on her recognitions, accomplishments and upcoming retirement.

Welcome back to Don Laing and best wishes for the recovery of his son, Greg Laing.
Don and Megan Shea were awarded the prestigious Haverhill Rotary MVP award.

April hath put a spirit of youth in everyone - Will Shakespeare

April has come in like a Lion or Kiwanian. That's s'now joke. It will go out like a Rotarian.

There's snow fool like an April Fool.

Happy Passover, Easter and Orthodox Easter to those who may be commemorating these religious celebrations this week.

Auction Fever-Catch it - sooner than you think.

Program Highlights

Vin Bonanno presented a representative of Covanta Energy concerning their fluorescent bulb collection disposal program. There is a law that outlines the written fluorescent bulb collection plan. Covanta has an outreach program and has 4 dates when businesses can bring in their own fluorescent bulbs. Mercury pollution is a problem. Covanta has taken steps to collect Mercury products, batteries, thermometers, blood pressure cups and other items. Vin's speaker is costing him some fine money though.

Our Tim Coco was our speaker on March 29th. The station WHAV was started 60 years ago this year. Tim began there in 1978 and has been connected with it ever since. The Haverhill Gazette put WHAV on the air in 1947. It was initially going to be an FM radio station. The FM radio band turned out to be a television band so WHAV went AM.
Haverhill architect Clint Goodwin designed the building.
In 1954, the station had only Ed Johnson and Bud Smith as employees.
Tim had selected cuts of radio broadcasts from the past that brought back some great memories.

Dates to Remember
April 18 - Rotary TV Auction
April 19 - No Rotary Meeting - Bring your money to the Auction.
April 20 - Live/Silent Auction Event

Speakers:
April 12 - Auction Committee
April 26 - Darlene Beal, India NID & Water Project

Proposed for Membership:
Elizabeth Holmes-Coutracos, Human Services, Director of Corporate & Foundation Relations
Proposed by Jonathan Miller