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2009-2010ROTARY CLUB OF NEWTON719 WASHINGTON STREET BOX MS295

NEWTONVILLE, MASSACHUSETTS 02460

THE SERVICE GEARVolume LXXXVI No. 22 December 7, 2009

This Week, Tuesday, December 15:Rotary Club of Newton

ANNUAL CLUB MEETING12 Noon, Brae Burn Country Club

PresidentMarie Presti

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President-ElectJeff Tucker

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Vice PresidentLaurisa Neuwirth

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Past PresidentMarc Epstein617-244-1212

TreasurerPeter Mahler

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Recording SecretaryJohn Hurney

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DirectorDick Bowen

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DirectorJeff Chin

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Sergeant-at-ArmsBill Garr

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Newsletter EditorScott Lewis

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DirectorJustin Sallaway617-244-0065

DirectorTony Bibbo

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MEETS TUESDAYS; 12:15 P.M. BRAE BURN COUNTRY CLUB, 326 FULLER STREET, NEWTON, MA

District No. 7910Club No. 6580

Hear Ye, Hear Ye! The Annual Meetingof the Rotary Club of Newton will conveneTuesday, December 15, 2009, 12 Noon atBrae Burn Country Club. Nominations formembers to serve on the Board of Directorsand as Club Officers will be welcome fromthe floor. A slate will also be presented by theNominating Committee (see Page 7 of thisnewsletter).

MEETING GREETERS:Dec. 15: John Gregorian and Paul Stone

Santa had his hands full at our annual Holiday Party atGregorian’s Oriental Rug store on Monday, December 7.Little girls and boys eagerly awaited their chance to sit onSanta’s lap - none moreso than host Scott Gregorian(right).

Happy Holidays! No regular meetring washeld on December 8 since the festivities were thenight before, at our Holiday Party at Gregorian’sOriental Rug Store (more photos follow).

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ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Death by Chocolate: Paula Kirranereminds us that the event committee is mostin need of donated auction items. At mini-mum, members can contribute to the Club’stwo group auction items: a lottery ticket tree(scratch tickets of any denomination) and/orthe Boston Bruins Hockey basket.

Dictionaries: Bill Garr reports that the1,000 dictionaries are on order, but won’t beready to take to Newton 3rd Graders untilsome time ion January 2010. More detailes tocome.

UPCOMING...

December 15: Club Annual Meeting

December 22 & 29: No Regular TuesdayMeeting at Brae Burn: Happy Holidays!

January 6, 2010: WEDNESDAY Meetingsbegin

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President Marie Presti tries her best (above) to bring ashort meeting to order before festivities carried on at fulltilt. Children jumping on piles of rugs, however, was morethe order of the day.

HOLIDAY PARTY 2009A Photo Scrapbook

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Carolers take Kurt’s lead on guitar (left), while the LasellVillage gang - Peggy Lepore, Paul Stone, and RayDesaultels (below) - compare notes.

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John Gregorian (above, with Susanne McInerney), dressedin his Christmas best as Rotarians shmooze, kids jump onpiles of rugs, and donated gifts piled up under the tree (notshown).

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A certain book theme was apparent atthe party.

Tim Braceland (right, with JacquieWheeler) had a few cookbooks to handout to friends, along with wines andbeer at the bar he tended.

Left: Linda Means, meanwhile, read achildrens’ book of her own authorship,as the party awaited Santa Clause.

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HOLIDAY PARTY 2009

At the Annual Meeting on Tuesday, December 15, 2010, club members will be invited to nominate, from the floor, other members or themselves to be considered by the entire club for Officer and Board of Director positions. The slate below is offered by the Nominating Committee chaired by Paul Kerrissey.

NEWTON ROTARY CLUB

2010-2011 SLATE As chairman of the nominating committee, here is the proposed slate of officers and directors: OFFICERS: 1. President Jeff Tucker 2. President Elect Laurisa Neuwirth 3. Vice President Justin Salaway 4. Sgt. @ Arms Bill Lowery 5. Treasurer Peter Mahler 6. Recording Sec. John Hurney BOARD OF DIRECTORS:

1. Tom Keery 2. Tony Bibbo 3. Jeff Chin 4. Peggy Lepore Respectfully submitted this 15th day of December 2009. Paul M. Kerrissey, Chairman

NUMBER 24, DECEMBER 8, 2009DISTRICT 7910

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“ if they have "Love for fellow 'man' in their hearts" they are potential Rotarians” Paul Harris

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District Governor2009-2010

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Message from the GOVWinter has arrived. And just in time. The Rotary Club of Maynard ordered just the right weather. A coating of snow put everyone in the mood for an old fashioned Christmas parade.Thousands of people lined the streets of Maynard waiting for the annual Rotary Christmas parade to go by. Santa waved to the crowds from above as he circled the area in his helicop-ter waving to all. Jo Jo White, former Celtics player and new restaurant owner in Maynard was the Grand Marshall of the parade. Fire engines from Acton, Stow, and Boxboroughjoined the Maynard fire department and were followed by many antique cars, Miss Massachusetts, bands, scouts, dance classes and finally Santa himself pulled by his eight not sotiny reindeer. This is a community event Maynard Rotary can be proud of! Congratulations Maynard Rotarians!

This is the time of year when everyone takes pictures. You may have taken a winning picture this year. Rotary International has just announced a photo contest. Read this newsletter or

go to HYPERLINK "http://www.rotary.org" www.rotary.org and learn how you can win. You will be asked again for your pictures in February for the district photo contest.

As we approach the holidays, remember there are many in need. There is an online auction which will benefit those less fortunate than us. If you are going to buy the items anyway,

this is a great way to help others painlessly. Please read the article in this newsletter.

Your donation to the Rotary Foundation must be made before December 31, 2009 to be tax deductible for this tax year. Many clubs have matching programs to help you get your Paul

Harris award faster. As you can see by the thermometer this Page 1/2, we have not yet reached ? way to our goal. Your help as a club or individual is appreciated.

The season of Christmas parties has begun! Each club does some form of celebration.

As we approach the big holidays of Hanukkah and Christmas, enjoy the season. And, if your club is small and wants to

join the Acton-Boxborough sponsored multi club Christmas party, please notify Lindsay Dean at 978-263-8703.

The more, the merrier.

District Governor

23 DAYS LEFT

EVENTS FOR THE COMING WEEKDec. 11 Multi Club Xmas Party Holiday Inn BoxboroughDec. 15 1st Registration Discount ends for Montreal Convention

To Give to foundation this Tax YearNEWTON ROTARY UNDERTAKES NEW INITIATIVE

The Rotary Club of Newton collection of used musical instruments to be provided children from low income families in the community was announced byMayor David B. Cohen at a Press Conference held in his office on Monday November 30th.

Mayor Cohen stated that one of the most special aspects of the Newton community is our deep appreciation and dedication to art, music and culture. Weare fortunate to be home to many hundreds of talented artisans and musicians, whose contributions enrich community life in Newton.

Today, I am pleased that some of our talented musicians from Newton North High School are here to help us make a very special announcement today.The City of Newton is partnering with the Rotary Club of Newton to sponsor a used instrument drive in the City of Newton. Individuals who have brass,wind, string or percussion instruments that aren’t being used and may be lying around the house are encouraged to donate them to the Newton PublicSchools. Your donations will be given to Newton Public School students who may otherwise not be able to afford to participate in the music program.The instruments are cleaned, repaired and sterilized.

Donations are being accepted from Monday, Dec. 7th through Friday, Dec. 11th from 8:00 AM - 1:00 PM; and on Saturday Dec. 12th from 9:00 am – 1:00pm. All donations are being accepted at the Newton Community Service Center, 492 Waltham Street in West Newton.I want to thank Richard King, Fine Arts Coordinator for the Newton Public

Schools, who initiated the Used Instrument Drive. Also, I want to thankTony Bibbo for bringing the concept to the Newton Rotary Club, Bill Garr,who is coordinating this activity for the Newton Rotary Club and so manyother important community wide services the Newton Rotary Club provide.

For additional information contact Rotarian Tony Bibbo through email –ajbibbo@aol.com or phone (617) 969 5906 Ext. 305

Photo: R - L Tony Bibbo, Rotary Club of Newton: Todd Young, FineArts Coordinator: Richard King, Arts Coordinator for the Newton Public Schools: NNHS Students in Center followed by MayorDavid B. Cohen, Superintendent of the Newton Pub Schools, and Bill Garr, Newton Rotarian.

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