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Speakers
Jan 04, 2024
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Upcoming Events
Club Luncheon at 101 (Holiday Inn & Suites)
Jan. 11, 2024
 
3rd Thursday Evening Social at Hot Plate Brewery
Jan. 18, 2024
 
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Stories
Holiday Cheer
A great evening was enjoyed by a fairly large contingent of Rotarians as we gathered at the Sideline Saloon on Fenn St. Thanks as always to committee chair John McLaughlin who's tireless efforts always ensure a great monthly soiree. As a testament to his commitment, he left the office 30 minutes early to be sure we were properly feed and watered. Thursday evening proved to be a wonderful way to kick off the holiday season!
Sparks Tower Closed
In celebration of Thanksgiving, Sparks Tower will be closed for the long weekend, as such we will not be publishing Sparks next week. We realize this may cause some of you to go through withdrawal but fear not! We will be back at it following the luncheon meeting on the 30th. We can't wait to hear the member minute of one Fred Dery as the pressure mounts to compete with the likes of Gwen and Adrienne. From all of us at Sparks Tower, we wish you and family a joyous Thanksgiving! 
Meeting Notes
Fred Dery was unable to make the meeting, so we have no epic stories to pass on from last weeks meeting!  Sorry folks.
 
We did have a guest rotarian visit the club:  Donna Collins from the Amesbury MA club.
 
Jay Bailey gave a wrap-up of the food drive.  He thanks John O’Brien, Carol, Sylvia and Nick for collecting and amazing 1,780 lbs of food and $176.00 on our last collection day.  We also collected 2,579 lbs of food from the schools with thanks to Fred and his nephew, Jim and Erik for helping with the pickup.  Overall, we collected 4,167 lbs of food and $3,674.00 cash.  Thanks to Jay and Shaun for their hard work and all who volunteered.
 
Speaking of volunteering, here are out members hard at work Feeding The Sheep!
 
 
 
 
 

Invocation Duties

Dave Hall  1/11 
Tom Hamel  1/25
Robert Harrison  2/1
Jeff Hassett  2/8
Evening Social 2/15
Stacy Hebb  2/22
Shaun Heimann  2/29
 
Please make sure if you are to be absent from your assigned invocation date that you secure a replacement, or let president John know of your absence.

Birthdays & Anniversaries

One birthday to celebrate this week: Ken Sewall 1/11; and two Club anniversaries: John McLaughlin, 26 years a/o 1/8/1998, and Kelly Marion, 22 years a/o 1/10/2002.
 
 
Club Lottery
Relatively new deck, with about $50 in the pot, looking for the ace of spades. Fred Derry could not pull it off last week.