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For
the graphical edition of The Nairator (recommended), Haverhill
Rotary Welcomes District Leaders Today we welcomed our Rotary District Governor Donna Wayman, Assistant District Governor Terry Roche and District Governor Elect Julia Phelp. Donna is a Wilmington native and has been involved
with real estate since 1976. She has been a Rotarian since 1988
and has been club
president twice. She has been very active in local civic activities
in Wilmington. The only “District” project
planned is the Rotoplast project. Instead each club is encouraged
to get personally Rotary International Bill Boyd wants to be known as a Rotarian first and title “President” later. His emphasis this year is literacy, water management, health, hunger and family. He is asking clubs to focus on membership retention and development of our present members with a net +1 membership goal. The spring conference will be in Bermuda, May 10th to14th, Thursday to Sunday. The international convention will be in Salt Lake City in June 2007. The Group Study Exchange is in India. These ‘Devils’ are Pretty Good Recent speakers were Kevin Bartl and Meagan Leary, who are associated with the newly purchased Lowell Devils American Hockey League team. The Lowell Lock Monsters team was sold to the New Jersey Devils after eight seasons in Lowell. Over 100 Lock Monster “goals” have gone onto the National Hockey League. Most of the players are drafted, college, Canadian Junior League or European players. The Devils play a full schedule from October through April. There is much promotional activity and community events geared to kids and families, as well as to adults. The Bruins will play the New Jersey Devils pre-season at Lowell on September 17th. Catch Them. Summer is Always Classification Time Summer returns
with our scheduled classification talks by new members, John
Sarro and Kathy Bresnahan. Kathy left the quiet of Atkinson to return to the activity of Haverhill. She has been very active in many local organizations and charities. Right now she is affiliated with the Council on Aging. The Council on Aging is Not the Council for the Old. Baby boomers are turning 60 and bring their own interests to the group, including museum trips, Red Sox trips to Baltimore and Toronto and a Baby Boomer bash next Saturday at DiBurro’s. When Kathy isn’t busy with her council activities, she has six grandchildren under age five to keep her busy. Start
Planning for a Productive Rotary Fall Today was Certificate Day for the 14 Rotarians who volunteered as readers in the Headstart Literacy Program. Congratulations to all readers. We may have trouble defining intelligence but we recognize it when we see it. Committees have to be appointed to do the work. Today was also hardware day for Mike Hart, Jim Van der Pol and Scott Cote. More bad news for pessimists—a Dutch study recently revealed that optimists live longer! Flyers outnumbered diners at the tables today! We wish a Happy 54th Wedding anniversary to Fred and Millie Battistini. Look out for Jim Vanderpol’s cable television show “Let’s Talk” or “Lettuce Talk,” a salad type show every other Wednesday evening at 7:30p.m. on TV22 in Haverhill. — From August 3 “Pin Money” has a new meaning for those who aren’t
wearing their Rotary Pins weekly and proudly! Water your gardens! Like a gardener I believe that what comes down must come up. This
is a good time to be thinking about fall projects,
service and fundraiser
projects. — From August 10.
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