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By John Hammer

Charlotte Shelburne Rotary

Wednesday, July 9, 2014, 7:15 a.m.

Trinity Episcopal Church Community Room

Welcome

Past President Dave Jonah presided over the meeting on behalf of Richard Fox who is out of town. President Dave opened with the Pledge. Kris Engstrom gave the invocation.

Guests:

Kyle Bostwick, VP of Lake Monsters Baseball.

Phil Murdock – President of the Essex Rotary Club

Dave Johnson – Chair of the Essex Rotary Club Golf Tournament

Upcoming:

July 16 – Club Assembly

July 17 – Board Meeting (Usually the Board Meeting will be held on the second Thursday of the month.)

July 29 – Camp Ta KumTa Breakfast at 0630.

Week of July 27-Aug 2 – Volunteer at Charlotte Frogbit eradication project.

August 22 – Volunteer support to the Charlotte Senior Center Annual BBQ

District 7850 Calendar: Hot Link http://www.clubrunner.ca/Portal/Events/EventsCalendar.aspx?accountid=50051

Announcements

Essex Rotary Club Golf Tournament. Phil Murdock and Dave Johnson made a repeat visit to our Club to present the Rotary Club winning trophy for the 2014 Essex Rotary Golf Tournament. This is the sixth consecutive year of CSRC winning the trophy. It is the ninth win out of the twelve times that it has been given. The winning team was made up of Ric Flood, Will Wisell, Robert Maynes and Larry Williams standing in for Eric Hanley who was unavoidably called away to his daughter’s award ceremony.

Shelburne Veterans’ Memorial – Sam Feitelberg reported that they had raised $60,000 so far with another $25,000 to go for the Shelburne Veterans’ Memorial. Construction will start in September. They are selling bricks for $100. Sam will have application forms next week. A copy of the front and back pages of the donation form is at the bottom of this newsletter.

Projects – Michael Clapp reported that the Hinesburg garden shed project team will be working on the shed this coming Saturday and would be happy to have volunteers. There will be two sessions (9AM and 1PM). He circulated a list for members to sign up for frogbit sessions of 4 hours each (three on the water).

Charlotte Town Party.  Chris Davis mentioned that this weekend is the Charlotte Town Party with parade. Anyone who appears at the Old Lantern by 1030 can enter the parade. The library will be holding its annual book sale, the fire department will be selling food and there will be many town function tables available to visit

Set Up Volunteers.  Dave Rice circulated a list for volunteers to help set up and take down banners and prepare for meetings. The list will continue to be circulated.

Sergeant at Arms (SAA) – Evan Webster as SAA waxed eloquent about the FIFA World Cup and Germany’s win over Brazil.

Ric Flood – Happy to have won the Essesx Golf Trophy again. Happy also that his wife, Teena, who has broken two bones in her foot will not have to wear a cast but has been issued a boot. This should not hinder her cycling.

Linda Barker – For her forthcoming anniversary.

Michael Clapp – Has visitors coming this week and more next.

Judy Christiansen – Happy that the RYLA went so well. It was the best ever. Happy that Essex President Phil is here because Essex sponsored some outstanding students.

Terrill Titus – Had a birthday last week and will be playing in a Make a Wish golf tournament next weekend.

Roz Graham – Warned of a Microsoft phone scam that claims a computer hang-up. She provided no further details.

Dave Jonah – Happy Birthday Lara.

Kris Engstrom – Rotary and everything it does. She had a great time harvesting frogbit last Monday on the LaPlatte.

Chris Davis – Sorry to have missed so many meetings. He has been flooded with family visitors.

Howard Seaver – For the lovely day harvesting frogbit on the LaPlatte.

Lara Keenan – Celebrating her birthday and having Kyle Bostwick here.

Russ Blodgett- Going to Houston, Texas to visit his son.

Denny Bowen – Made an impassioned plea that all males over 55 have a PSA test, despite all the hype that is going around claiming that the test is not necessary.

John Dupee – Anniversary tomorrow.

Doris Sage – Happy to have been able to harvest LaPlatte frogbit last Monday. She will be away next week seeing her daughter.

Evan Webster – Looking forward to seeing Argentina win at the FIFA World Cup today.

Bill Deming – Correction from last week. Bill was happy for his 63rd Anniversary. I’m sorry Bill.

Kris Engstrom won the draw and picked the Ten of Diamonds to roll over the pot.

Speaker – Kyle Bostwick, Vice President of the Lake Monsters spoke on the team and the work going on at Centennial Field. This is his 21st season in professional baseball and sixth in his position with the Lake Monsters.  The Lame Monsters are an A level affiliate of the Oakland Athletics.  Each major league team has six affiliates. Very few are selected to play on a team such as the Lake Monsters. For instance if one assumes that 700 kids play baseball in Vermont every year, it would take 15 years to find one of them who would qualify. It’s a select group that makes it to this level and this is the bottom of five on the way up to the major leagues. Seventy-four players have gone up from the Lake Monsters.

The Lake Monsters have been wholly owned for the 21 years of their existence by local businessman Ray Pecor (Lake Champlain Transportation Company). The staff is five full timers all year raised up to 150 full and part-timers in season. About 100K customers per year attend the 38 games. The Lake Monsters impact the local economy by about $1 Million annually.

They play in Centennial Field where the playing surface was built in 1906 and the grandstands added in 1922. The future play in Centennial Field is tied directly in the major leagues to stadiums and how they serve the pubic. Recently the Lake Monsters have had to improve the structural code and fan amenities. To that end they have spent $2 Million over the past 24 months putting in among other things: two new clubhouses, new concrete, new light poles, 1500 new seats, 96 extra seats on the field and many other improvements.

The goal is to create thousands of lifetime memories. They work hard at giving back to the community through libraries and hospital visits. The focus is not on baseball but marketing entertainment.

 

See Shelburne Vets Donation Form (Two Pages) Below.

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