Rotary Club of Norwich, CT
June 18, 2025
Location-Olde Tymes
THE RONE
*Due to bad weather the meeting was relocated to Olde Tymes from the Rose Garden. Rodney supplied a fantastic meal for all!
Presiding: President Rodney Green
Invocation: Rodney Green
Fellowship: Ray Baribeault
Birthdays: Molly Bruno, Cara Westcott, Roz Etra & Stan’s guest David Ayer. 4 rousing renditions of Happy Birthday followed for each!
Anniversaries: None
Guests: Stan Lucas introduced David Ayer and his son Steven Ayer.
Visiting Rotarians: None
Ray’s Fellowship was, you guessed it…. Puns! “I forgot to pay my Scrabble subscription…. Now I’m getting threating letters!”
Membership Minute: Stan Lucas
Stan congratulated members in attendance for the great job over the past year inviting and bringing new members into the club. He urged all to keep the ball rolling and keep growing the club and share Rotary with everyone.
Announcements:
Next week’s regular noon meeting will be the Change of Command. Be sure to attend and thank Rodney for a wonderful year serving as President and wish Steve Martin the best for a great Rotary year for his term as President!
The Grants Committee received 12 grant requests and approved 9 of them.
Please bring spare clean egg cartons and give them to Bonnie Johnson.
If you know of a speaker for one of our meetings, please contact Kevin Wickless or Alexis Kahn to get on the schedule.
If there is a Rotarian who is sick or going through a tough time let the Sunshine Committee know and contact Mary Richardson or Nancy Gentes.
Rotary Golf will be September 3rd. Get your 4-somes together as well as sponsors!
Happy Dollars: Molly Bruno
Molly said that her niece is dating Sloan who is the grandson of Stan Lucas. Molly said “who knows, I may be related to Stan down the road someday!”
Andy Grant welcomed our guests.
Steve Martin reported he was happy to have his pool open. He played golf at Lake of Isles and said it was grand. He also met his wife when they were 12 years old and they are still married!
Cara Westcott welcomed David and Steve Ayer. She said she met David’s aunt 26 years ago and created a Community Ambassador Award in her honor. She died a few years back at the ripe old age of 96.
Pat Marshall said she really didn’t have much to say but wanted to walk down the aisle at Olde Tymes as she felt right at home! She welcomed the Ayers and said that Wednesday’s are the best day of the week as its Rotary day! The only negative is she cannot bring her dog to the meeting. That may change when she serves as President!
Stan Lucas gave $10.00 for his grandson Sloan and said that he and Molly’s niece make a perfect couple!
Michael Vaz said he missed a few meetings and really missed seeing everyone at Rotary. He always has a great time when he attends Rotary meetings!
Roz Etra said that Olde Tymes was one of Joel’s favorite places to eat and last week was his birthday. We all miss Joel!
Auction: No Auction
Lottery: No Lottery
Program: No Program today.
Bonnie Johnson lead the club with the 4-Way Test and the meeting was adjourned at 12:37pm.