US Representative
Niki Tsongas
Niki Tsongas is currently serving her first term as a Member of the US
House of Representatives representing the Fifth Congressional District
of Massachusetts. She is the first woman to be elected to Congress from
the state of Massachusetts in 25 years. The Fifth Congressional
District of Massachusetts includes the old industrial cities of
Haverhill, Methuen, Lawrence and Lowell in the Merrimack Valley as well
as the Boston suburbs of Concord, Acton, Wayland and Sudbury.
Rep. Tsongas was elected in a special election on October 16th, to
succeed Marty Meehan, who resigned to become the Chancellor of
UMass-Lowell. She currently serves on the House Armed Services
Committee and the Budget Committee. Before her election to Congress,
Rep. Tsongas served as the Dean of External Affairs at Middlesex
Community College, the largest community college in the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts.
Tsongas recently returned from Iraq, where she met with US troops and Iraqi leaders, according to the Eagle Tribune Niki Tsongas is drafting a piece of legislation setting a deadline for U.S. withdrawal from Iraq and yet she will take time from her busy schedule to speak to Haverhill Rotary this week. We are all looking forward to her appearance.
February 20, 2008
District 7930 Softball League
Teams are now forming for the district 7930 softball league. Ten games will be played either on a Tuesday or Wednesday evening. Five home and five away. See Steve Goddu or send an email to sign up for the Haverhill Rotary Club's winning team. The Lawrence club has used this opportunity to reel in some younger members and designated each game a meeting makeup. We could use some ringers and younger members so let's use this activity to our best advantage.
New member
Michael J. Quinn - Edward Jones Investments, Branch Manager/Financial Advisor
Michael has been attending meetings for the last month and has met many of us. If you have not met Michael introduced yourself and welcome him into the best service club in the world.
Proposed New Members
Jim Rogers - Owner of Clean Machine Car Wash located in Ward Hill
Proposed by Dale Rogers
Spiro Pappadopoulos - Owner of Evenfall Restaurant
Proposed by Vin Bonanno
Bring in your money and tickets for
 Rotary Sports Raffle
Drawing to be held This Week February 21, 2008
Ten Dollars per Ticket
FIRST PRIZE - Four Celtics Tickets, Friday, February 29th, value $600
SECOND PRIZE - Two Celtics Tickets (with parking), Wednesday, April 2, value $350
THIRD PRIZE - Two Bruins Tickets, Tuesday, March 4, value $203
FOURTH PRIZE - Two Celtics Tickets, Friday, February 29th, value $140
FIFTH PRIZE - Two Celtics Tickets, Monday, March 24, value $70
District News
Keep up with what's happening in Rotary District 7930.
You may download a copy of the January Newsletter or visit the web site:http://www.rotary7930.org
Dictatorship versus Democracy
The Council on Aging is hosting local commentator, historian, and Rotarian James Vanderpol on Tuesday, February 26, 2008, at 2:00 p.m. at the Haverhill Public Library in the Milhendler Room. Mr. Vanderpol will speak on The State of the Union: Dictatorship versus Democracy. He will speak on life under the Hitler regime from personal experience as well as the state of our educational system, poverty in the United States, and illegal immigration.
Speakers
February 21 - Niki Tsongas Congresswoman for the 5th Congressional District
February 28 - Coleen Sullivan, Eliminating Sports Fees in Schools
March 6 - Rich Hamel, Getting the Most Out of Your Cell Phone
March 13 - Beth Francis, North Shore YMCA Development Director
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