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March 1, 2019 / Volume 28, No. 33
Opie
Anton no Country
King of Calypso
Rotary International District: 7980
District Governor: Larry Gardner
Club President: Eileen Flug
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March 1, 2019
Westport Inn
Opener: Ron Holtz
Program: Curtis Lueker - myTEAM TRIUMPH Connecticut Chapter
Greeters: Mandell, Paul, Ross
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LAST WEEK'S GUESTS:
Abby Safirstein - prospective member
Kathie Bennewitz - speaker
Vesna Herman - guest of Sheila
PLEASE WRITE GUEST NAMES AND AFFILIATIONS REALLY CLEARLY. LEGIBILITY COUNTS. THANKS.
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Abby Safirstein's application for WSR membership was approved at the February 5 Club Board of Directors meeting. She is currently scheduled to be inducted on March 8.
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Curtis Lueker will speak to Westport Sunrise Rotary on March 1, 2019 at our 7:30AM breakfast meeting.
Curt Lueker is originally from the Midwest and has been a resident of Westport, Connecticut for the past six years, where he lives with his three children and a labradoodle named Gracie. When he is not with his family, he works at Modern Bank in New York City.
Curt is responsible for overseeing Modern Bank's Commercial Markets business. Before joining Modern Bank, Mr. Lueker spent nine years at the Royal Bank of Scotland. He was a Managing Director in Asset Management, Head of Leveraged Finance Portfolio Management, Head of Technology/Media/Telecom Portfolio Management, and President & Chief Operating Officer of RBS Equity Corporation. Prior to joining RBS, Mr. Lueker was a Vice President in the Merchant Banking Group at Indosuez Capital and a founding member of Bank of America's Financial Sponsor Portfolio Management team.
Curt began competing in endurance racing in 1999 and has completed marathons, duathlons, triathlons and ultra marathons. He is the President and Founder of My Team Triumph Connecticut, Co-Chair of the PR/Marketing Committee for A Better Chance of Westport, and an annual fundraiser/cyclist for the CT Challenge.
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A True Cultural Asset of the Community
Who knew? Westport owns three art collections, one is the town's, a second the schools, and the third are WPA works, including murals done during the 1930s that still grace many of our older schools and town buildings.
The first piece of Westport public art is the Minuteman statue, fashioned by H. Daniel Webster, dedicated in June, 1910, and rededicated 100 years later. Today the collections count some 1,800 objects, paintings, prints, etchings, sculptures, even comic strips.
Kathy Bennewitz, Westport's Curator, and a Princeton alumna, recently talked to the club about "Reframing of Westport's Public Art Collections."
These collections, together Westport's Public Art Collection, WestPAC, numbers some 1,800 works, including 200 owned by the Library. Many, perhaps most, are products of local artists such as Len Fisher and Steven Dohanos. And through the generosity of many Westporters, it also includes pieces by artists including Matisse, Picasso, Warhol and Calder (paintings, not mobiles).
WestPAC is staffed by volunteers who oversee and participate in the cataloging, restoring, researching, managing and displaying the collections. WestPAC also raises money to support its work.
Bennewitz said Westport's collection, perhaps uniquely, "is not housed in a museum, but in public buildings throughout the town," at Town Hall, in the Library, at the Senior Center and in school buildings.
Prominent as the WPA murals were for many years, some 50 years ago they "fell out of favor and were relegated to basements of the buildings." More recently they have been restored. One of the jewels is "Pageant of Juvenile Literature." It was created by illustrator Robert Lambdin in 1934 at Saugatuck Elementary School, moved to the Library in 1992, and a bit less than one year ago remounted in the theater lobby at Staples, a "Westport community center."
The schools' collection was begun in 1964 by artist and Greens Farms Elementary School art teacher, Bert Chernow "with the vision that original art be a daily part of the educational environment of every student." To that end, the schools' WestPAC members assist curriculum directors in making art integral to a Westport education.
The town collection was established "to support and promote the artistic and cultural heritage of Westport."
One of its most prominent pieces is the Doughboy statue by J. Clinton Shepard, "a life-sized soldier with a pensive expression to memorialize the personal side of that 'war to end all wars.'" It was originally located on the grass median in front of Torno Lumber on the Post Road, dedicated in 1930, then moved to the Green in the 1980s.
Looking ahead, Ms. Bennewitz talked about WestPAC's use of social media, including Facebook and Instagram, and particularly otocast, a cell phone app offering short tours guided by well known Westporters about downtown, Saugatuck and about a small bit of the collection.
One must assume this app will be expanded, both to offer "tours" of parts of the collection, and to serve as an oral (and hopefully visual) record of the importance of art to the town.
"Does any other community have something equal?"
(Roy Fuchs)
for those who missed her presentation or would like to see the slides, click below
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PHOTOS
micki won
kathie bennewitz and eileen
WWI Buy Bonds poster
by Westport artist Edmund Ashe
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Nick's Notes:
Awfully dull this time of the year. Nothing seems to change very much. Drug prices, Isis ladies and politicians are about the same. We did have a lovely wind storm yesterday and walking old Bill was a major undertaking.
Food and drink notes. For wine lovers, the 2018 Santa Julia Tinitillo Malbec Bonarda is an excellent buy at $13.00 a bottle. Comes from Argentina.
A French research firm found that eating ultra processed foods can shorten your life. Things like chicken nuggets, potato chips, packaged cakes and ready eat meals are all very bad for you and can shorten your life considerably. Wonder whether they include French fries in that lot. Ha ha.*
Following last week's good fellows report, it should be noted that Mr. Jack Lund, a postal worker, has logged 3.5 million miles in his mail truck. He has a 'perfect 69 year' record. Not sure what that means, so have I. However, he ended his career by saying 'I haven't made a lot of money but I have made a good living'. A creed we should all live by, perhaps.
Students at a Maryland university complained after a woman approached numerous females and asked them if they'd consider dating her son, after showing them a cellphone photo. I tried that for for years with my son until a girl with very good taste married him. Now I am trying to do the same with my daughters. I'll send you a photo if you like.
You may have noticed my absence at WSRC last Friday. I didn't have a hangover but I must have eaten some of the aforementioned *bad food.I should have read my own Nicks Notes before I wrote it.
I will again be missing the next meeting as I am traveling to tropical Pittsburgh to visit my son and his family. Thinking of PA, I note that the 'Steal of the Week' in the magazine TODAY's Best properties column lists an 1849 mansion in York. Walking distance to shops and restaurants and listed on the National Register of Homes and priced at $329.000. I should move to York. Only trouble is that it's too far from the water, thus few kayaking opportunities.
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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
2018
January Sa'Couto; Mossakowski; Press
February Adler; Clarke; Mullen
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
February 1 Krueger
8 Keenan
15 Watson
22 Violette
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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