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March 15, 2019 / Volume 28, No. 35
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Rotary International District: 7980
District Governor: Larry Gardner
Club President: Eileen Flug
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March 15, 2019
Westport Inn
Opener: Nicholas Clarke
Program: DUCK REVIEW
Greeters: Mandell, Paul, Ross
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LAST WEEK'S GUESTS:
Alicia Mozian - speaker
Jim Marpe - Westport Rotary
Dave Walker - Bridgeport Rotary
Matt Ferencz - guest of Joe Hawley
Dennis Wong - eRotary
Holly McCarthy - guest of Ron Holtz
Jennifer Galvin - guest of Eileen Flug
PLEASE WRITE GUEST NAMES AND AFFILIATIONS REALLY CLEARLY. LEGIBILITY COUNTS. THANKS.
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Vesna Herman's application for WSR membership was approved at the March 5 Club Board of Directors meeting. She will be inducted in several weeks.
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MARCH 28 6PM
please rsvp to
sheilafkeenan@aol.com
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The Spirit of What Rotary is All About
Alicia Mozian, Westport Conservation Director, spoke tp Westport Sunrise Rotary on March 8, 2019 at our 7:30AM breakfast meeting.
Nineteen years ago Alicia Mozian, Westport's Director of the Conservation Department, won a Rotary district competition for young professionals for a Group Study Exchange. Last Friday she told the club about it.
She went with four other people, none Rotarians, and spent four weeks in the City of London, the historic and financial center of London. The City is one square mile with 32 boroughs.
She called her trip a unique way to enjoy and learn about the City of London. They took an AirBnB trip long before that business existed. They started in the northwestern part of the City and moved clockwise, staying with a different Rotarian family every three or four days.
"We got to meet people in a way normal tourists could not, seeing what people do for a living."
Every few days she attended a Rotary meeting and told club members what she does professionally. She talked about conservation and development, and gave Londoners a slide show tour of Westport (It's 2000, so there are no iPhone videos).
She mentioned more than a dozen places and sites they toured - a horticultural center garden dedicated to Save The Children; a flour mill where they saw the wheat get pulverized; a police college, where they had a discussion about guns vs. knives because London Bobbies don't carry guns; the Imperial War College; St. Paul's Cathedral; the Goldsmiths Company Assay Office, an entity established during the 14th century; a brass instrument factory where they watched craftsmen making tubas and trumpets; the Mayor's office; the Royal Veterinarian college; the Old Bailey, where they watched cases; Lloyds, where they looked at two century old shipping logs;
They toured the the RAF Museum, where they saw WWI planes, where Mozian wondered "How can anyone survive combat in one of those planes?" And Churchill's Harrow School; the largest Hindu temple outside India; St.George's Cathedral, and Jaguar factory.
One of her highlights was seeing Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical The Beautiful Game, about a catholic football club in Belfast during The Troubles in 1969.
She had the opportunity to tour a place she might work - the Greater London Authority - the planning department, where she talked about the issues she works on here - wetlands, waste management, planning and conservation.
She saw the Royal Society for Birds, and the London Wetlands Centre. Mozian remarked that there people regard trees and stone walls as historically significant. "I wish I could save some trees in Westport."
They travelled just before the election in 2000. While they told to avoid discussions of politics, she found many of her hosts were interested in our politics. She said "Travel is best way to breakdown barriers and help the search for peace."
She said she would be "Forever gratetful to Rotary for one the best experiences of my life"
Mozian closed by presenting flag from three of the clubs she visited.
(Roy Fuchs)
CLICK BELOW TO SEE ALICIA'S LETTER WRITTEN IN 2000 TO WESTPORT SUNRISE ROTARY
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Nick's Notes:
Boy, I woke up exhausted this morning. Yesterday, with 12 other Y's men, I did a tour of Grand Central, 140 feet under Park Avenue.
Because I hadn't worn the right shoes, they made me and some others wear rubber boots. It was very exciting and there is a complete working city under the present station. We wore hard hats and yellow safety vests and strict instructions to step out of the way when honest men and women of toil came along.
As I recall there are already about eight tunnels already dug (is that the right word?) from Long Island reaching the Grand Central area. You'd better ask someone (Bill Blaufus, for example, who was paying more attention than I). The main underground thoroughfare was the area in which subway cars were stored, washed and serviced and is now going to be another huge passenger complex with escalators, elevators, shops and vagrant musicians. (joke).
Anyway, I think I came up too quickly and probably got the bends. Parachuting is one thing, caving is another.
Let's see. What else is happening. I made some English rock cakes for a church breakfast. They look like nothing on earth but taste delicious. So much so that I was asked for the recipe. A New Jersey high school has banned students from renting limousines for the prom, so poor students don't feel left out.
A Tennessee homeowner is being fined $100 because the heat from her snowed vehicle turned the snow pile into an obscene shape.
See you Friday.
Would be escalator 140 ft below Park Avenue, NYC
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fridayfotos
roy likes taking pictures of himself doing the opener
roy likes when people taking pictures of him
roy won the bottle of wine that he bought
dave walker and
liz, guest holly mccarthy and matt
june and guest jennifer galvin
speaker alicia mozian and ralph
joe and guest matt ferencz
craig (don't know what the hand signal is for) and new member abby safirstein
abby being pinned by june
ta dah - new member abby inducted
alicia mozian and eileen
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WE ARE GOING OUT OF BUSINESS
OUR FLEECES ARE ON SALES
THEY WON'T LAST FOREVER
(actually they will - they're made really well)
$32 for one, twice that amount for two, three times that ...
contact: Ron Holtz
ronaldholtz@gmail.com
You can almost look this good if you buy one
(those are not fleeces, but you can still look really good)
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March Birthdays
David Press - March 2
Seth Block - March 8
Rob Hauck - March 8
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JOIN ROTARY AND CHANGE THE WORLD
(VIDEO)
(sourced by Dennis Wong)
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IDENTIFYING PROSPECTIVE MEMBERS FOR OUR CLUB
Think of your contacts, acquaintances, friends and family members who might qualify for membership in the Club. It's not necessary to know whether they are ready to join Rotary.
Professional Contacts:
Consider your supervisor, current and former colleagues, acquaintances from professional associations and people you have done business with recently.
Service Contacts:
Consider neighbors, community leaders and acquaintances who have volunteered with you on Rotary or non-Rotary events or service projects.
Community Contacts:
For example:
Medical Professionals, Real Estate Agents, Financial Managers/Planners, Religious Leaders, Lawyers, Business Consultants, Accountants, Veterinarians, Non-Profit Professionals, School Administrators, Social Workers
Have a name?
Send it in with some contact info.
jbcohen27@gmail.com
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On the
first Saturday of each month, two Rotarian's are assigned to deliver and serve meals to the homeless at the Gillespie Center. Please contact
Bruce Paul
bruce.a.paul@gmail.com
February 2, 2019: Michael Mombello, Justin Phillips
March 2, 2019: Brian Strong, Ken Bernhard
April 6, 2019: Micki McCabe, TBD
May 4, 2019: not known, TBD
June 1, 2019: unknown, TBD
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The Crier includes the
"Club Calendar", where the upcoming Club events are listed. Please submit event information to: jbcohen27@gmail.com
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Sunrise Rotary Club members serve as greeters and deliver the openers at the Club meetings on a rotating basis. If a member is unavailable on the assigned date, it is essential that he or she find a replacement and submit the name to:
jbcohen27@gmail.com
Greeters
2019
March Paul; Mandell; Ross
April Soboslai; Watson; Violette
May Hawley; Nathanson; Harmer
June Freedman; Galan; Augustyn (pending induction)
July Hauck; Palmer; Lavielle
Aug Fuchs; Nair; Bruce
Sept Cohen; Block; Garten
Oct Zielinski; Jaffe; Flug
Meeting Openers
March 1 Holtz
8 Fuchs
15 Clarke
22 Soboslai
29 Tooker
April 5 Ellison
12 Harmer
19 Nair
26 Block
May 3 Ross
10 Berger
17 Krubski
24 Zielinski
31 Hawley
Programs
Westport Sunrise Rotary Club Board Meetings
Usually the first Monday of the month 5:30-7PM in
Town Hall Room 201. All are welcome.
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Rotary's commitment to Service Above Self has been channeled through the Avenues of Service, which form the foundation of club activity. Club Service (Fun, Fellowship and Fundraising)
Club Service focuses on strengthening fellowship and ensuring the smooth functioning of Rotary clubs.
Vocational Service (Four-WayTest)
Vocational Service involves club members serving others through their professions and aspiring to high ethical standards. Rotarians, as business leaders, share skills and expertise through their vocations, and they inspire others in the process.
Community Service (Charitable Giving and Hands-On)
Community Service is the opportunity Rotary clubs have to implement club projects and activities that improve life in the local community.
International Service (International Projects and PolioEradication)
International Service encompasses efforts to expand Rotary's humanitarian reach around the world and to promote world understanding and peace. It includes everything from contributing to Polio Plus to helping Rotary Youth Exchange students adjust to their host countries.
New Generations Service ( Rising Young Voices)
New Generations Service recognizes the positive change implemented by youth and young adults through leadership development activities such as RYLA Rotaract and Interact club service projects, and creating international understanding with Rotary Youth Exchange.
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President:
Eileen Lavigne Flug
Past President: Ron Holtz
President Elect: Karen Kleine
Secretary: Yvonne Senturia
Treasurer and Sunrise Rotary Foundation President: Jeff Cohen
Membership Chair: June Getraer
Program Chair: Ralph Krueger
Hands On Co-Chair: Bruce Paul
Hands On Co-Chair: Rob Hauck
Charitable Giving Chair:
Helen Garten
Youth Services: Justin Phillips
Youth Services
: Pat Riemersma
International Chair
: Rick Jaffe
Rotary International Foundation Chair: Joe Renzulli
Member at Large: Mark Soboslai
Member at Large: Liz Wong
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| Editor/ Photographer |
Jeff Cohen |
| Reporter/Photographer |
Roy Fuchs |
| Columnist |
Nick Clarke |
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The Westport Sunrise Rotary Club meets 7:30 AM every Friday Morning at
The Westport Inn
1595 Post Road East.
Meetings are open to all Rotarians and their guests.
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