Rotary Club of Bedford
May 7, 2013
Meeting Location:
Bedford Glen
Double-Tree Hotel
Location:
Peter Colgan
Robert Cassidy
Victor Tom
MargaritaKaliviotis
Melinda Nicholson
Joel Berenson
44 Middlesex Turnpike
Bedford, MA 01730
President
Pres. Elect
Pres. Elect
Time:
Tuesday; 12:15 PM
Pres. Elect
Secretary
Treasurer
http://www.bedfordmarotary.org
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Calendar:
May 14
YES: THERE IS A MEETING: Classification talks
May 14
Club Leadership Board meeting, 5:30 p.m.
May 17-19
District Conference, Boxborough
May 21
Professor Peter Malauti, Cost of Higher Education
May 27
VA Memorial Day
May 28
Classification talks
June 1
Bedford Bicycle Safety Day
June 15
PMCKids Challenge
June 19
Installation of Club Officers for 2013-2014!
Guests: Frank Cargiuolo, Linda’s lunch date; speaker Oliver Cerberio; Bedford Town Manager Rick Reed
with special guests from Pakistan: Ravia Noor, Shazia Mala and Najia Zira
Membership Milestones: Linda celebrates her birthday on June 10, and Joe Sylva celebrates his
birthday on June 11.
President Pete’s Rotary Moment: President Pete had a moment on Saturday
morning when he realized with a bit of angst that he wasn’t at the Minuteman Arc
March. His Rotary moment came when he thought of Kevin and Britton and Britton’s
wife Beth who were marching that morning and the fact that the reason he couldn’t be
there too was that he was at the Job Lane House work party. Two awesome Rotary
“Do Thing” events. There’s power in numbers! Possibly adding to his moment of
angst was the fact that because he wasn’t marching he missed the chance to have the
fabulous T-shirt sported by Kevin today.
The Minuteman Arc March fielded about 400 marchers!
Nat reported on dinner at the Athenian Corner Restaurant was a great success with 22 people turning
out for a wonderful evening.
Special Olympics: Four Rotarians on the early shift and two Rotarians on the second shift kept the fires
burning and the hamburgers and hot dogs coming last Wednesday at the Special Olympics. We’ve
become a vital part of the food program at this annual event. Even more impressive than our flipping
burgers was the performance of Britton’s son Ben who came in with a silver and a gold medal!
Bill, Kevin and
Cliff at the grills
Bill, Britton and
medalist Ben
Sign-ups: Three sign-up sheets were circulated today:
• Attendance at the District Conference Paul Harris Luncheon and the Saturday night dinner
• Installation for Concord Rotarian and next District Governor Doug Detweiler on June 6 at
the Nashawtuc Country Club. Cost to attend is $50, but our club will subsidize the cost to
the tune of $35.
• Installation for our club officers for 2013-2014, June 19.
RSVP by next week.
Interact: Diana reported that the Interact Club is taking on a project in to help the street kids in Ecuador;
they’re planning to sponsor two children in the education program we learned about at a talk earlier this
year.
OneFund event on June 2: Christine let us know that Summit Fitness is running a fund-raising event on
June 2 to benefit the OneFund. They’ll be borrowing our grill and collecting items for a silent auction.
Job Lane House work party: A good contingent of Rotarians showed up for
the Job Lane House work party on Saturday morning to help the Friends of the
Job Lane House and the Bedford Garden Club in rebuilding frames for the
herb gardens, repairing the brick sidewalk, laying gravel on the paths, doing
some repairs to the barn, and painting some
barn siding.
Bob shovels, Nat and Cliff get a
an assist from a young helper
Patsy oversees
painting job on the
barn
Visitors from Pakistan: Town Manager Rick Reed introduced us to three impressive women from
Pakistan who are here on a six week U.S. State Department program which seeks to educate officials from
Pakistan in how government functions in the United States. Our three visitors have spent time in Boston,
Amherst and Bedford and will move on to Washington D.C, and New York. Ravia Noor is Director of the
Women and Child Section in Peshawar; Shazia Mala is Deputy Director
in the Ministry of Production in Karachi, focusing on economic growth;
Najia Zira is Assistant Director in the Office of the Auditor General of
Pakistan in Islamabad; they all spoke of the wonderful experience
they’ve had here in “seeing how democracy is exercised here” and hope
that their visit will work to bridge the gap between our two countries.
Speaker Oliver Cerberio, Rick Reed,
Najia Zira, Ravia Noor and Shazia
Mala
Resolute Marine Energy: Olivier Cerberio has been involved in a number of interesting projects, including
helping with a rocket project in Kazakhstan and refurbishing a collapsed facility there; all this on the job
training, getting a degree in Engineering and then an MBA, finally led him to a project using ocean waves
to produce energy for desalinization. The design of this technology is simple, elegant, reproducible, easy to
deploy and maintain - and effective. Large paddles are attached to bases and set on the sea floor about
200 yards from shore. Wave action moves them back and forth, creating the energy which moves water
into the desalinization facility, separating fresh water from brine. A Department of Energy grant funded
research and development; their launch project will be in South Africa and future projects will be in
Cambodia and Senegal.
Raffles and Happy Dollars: Steve won the door prize and Britton tried for the right card after winning the
chance at the 50/50. The good news for us is that the pot’s still there.
In Happy Dollars, Bill was happy that he’d had his first experience with a belly dancer who accepted ones
(was this at the Athenian Corner?); Devon was glad her husband experienced an evening out at the
Athenian Corner and quoted him as saying that Nat can out-party anyone; Devon was also glad that she
completed her first triathlon; Christine was happy that Devon had attended a RYLA training; Nat was glad
for a great time on Thursday and at the Job Lane House work party; Margarita reported that her daughter
announced she didn’t want to go to college (“No Mommy – I’m going Target shopping”); Melinda was glad
for our three Pakistani guests, a great opportunity for us; Bob M. was happy to be here; Steve was glad his
sister is coming from California for their parents’ 50th wedding anniversary, for his birthday next week, and
that tomorrow (Wednesday) is the ServPro event; Susanna was glad for our guests; Victor was
appreciative of the sacrifices at the Job Lane work party – Pete sacrificed his mallet and Andy sacrificed his
thumb; Linda was glad for our guests, including husband Frank; Diana was glad for our guests; Jim noted
that today was the 132nd birthday of his maternal grandfather and the 58th birthday of the club – he was
also happy for our guests and for Kevin’s amazing Technicolor T-shirt; Pete was glad to be here; Ralph
was happy for our guests and hopes they’ll come back as a Rotary vocational training team; Patsy was
happy for our guests, particularly as a woman who owns her own business; Kevin had a Rotary Week
versus a Rotary moment with Special Olympics on Wednesday, the Athenian restaurant on Thursday, the
Job Lane House work party on Saturday morning, a Rotarian encounter with a couple from Nepal on
Saturday night, and RYLA meetings on Sunday. Whew. Joe was happy to announce that there will be a
special benefit for the OneFund at Flatbread on Mother’s Day. Bob C. was glad for our guests and was
happy Rick Reed was here; Mike was glad for our guests and sorry he missed the belly dancer; Art put in
$20. His explanation: “It’s called guilt”.
Let’s Make Up!
The Four Way
Test
1. Is it the
TRUTH?
2. Is it FAIR to all
concerned?
3. Will it build
GOODWILL
and BETTER
FRIENDSHIPS
?
4. Will it be
BENEFICIAL
to all
concerned?
Mon
Chelmsford 12:15 p.m. Radison Hotel;
Maynard 6:15 p.m. Payton’s River’s Edge;
Reading 12:15 p.m. Peter Sanborn Place;
Lexington 12:15 p.m. Waxy O’Connors
Wed
Acton-Boxborough 12:15 p.m. Holiday Inn,
Boxborough; Restaurant; N. Reading 12:15 Hillview
Country Club; Waltham 12:15 p.m. The Chateau
Restaurant; Wilmington 12:15 p.m.
Tues
Clinton 12:15 p.m. The old Timers Restaurant;
Hudson 6:00 p.m. Hudson Portuguese Club;
Wellesley 6:30 p.m. Wellesley Community
Center; Woburn 12:15 Holiday Inn Select Hotel;
Billerica 8:00 a.m. Billerica Marriott Courtyard
Thurs
Ayer 6:30 p.m. Bull Run Restaurant; Brookline 12:00
Holiday Inn; Burlington 7:30 a.m. Bickfords; Concord
12:15 p.m. Colonial Inn; Marlboro 12:15 p.m. Coral
Seafood; Westford 12:15 p.m. Westford Grille;
Nashoba Valley 7:15 a.m. Houghton Building (1st &
nd
th
3rd) and Nancy’s Café (2 and 4 )
Fri
Locations verified 12/6/10
PAST PRESIDENTS
1956-­‐57 Glenn Sims
1957-­‐58 E. Gottschalk
1958-­‐59 Ron Davis
1959-­‐60 John Bowen
1960-­‐61 George Doherty
1961-­‐62 Frank Hennessey
1962-­‐63 Robert Mead
1963-­‐64 Clifford Hughes
1964-­‐65 Fred Olson
1965-­‐66 J. Clive Enos
1966-­‐67 Nathaniel Brown
1967-­‐68 Donald Drew
1968-­‐69 Joseph Bruno
1969-­‐70 Ralph Collins
1970-­‐71 John Whalen
1971-­‐72 George Benson
1972-­‐73 Maurice Nolan
1973-­‐74 Pat Sciaraffa
1974-­‐75 Ed Moore
Burlington 12:15 p.m. American Legion Hall; Littleton
7:30 a.m. Ken’s Cafe
1975-­‐76 Ed Moore
1976-­‐77 Winston Bridge
1977-­‐78 “Syke” Bumann
1978-­‐79 Matt Tomassian
1979-­‐80 Peter Kilmartin
1980-­‐81 Lawrence Carlton
1981-­‐82 Paul C. Dick
1982-­‐83 David Valdina
1983-­‐84 Jack Wilson
1984-­‐85 Peter Corea
1985-­‐86 Robert A. Cassidy
1986-­‐87 Ottfried Weisz
1987-­‐88 Kenneth W. Luther
1988-­‐89 John B. Debaun
1989-­‐90 Kenneth R. Walcott
1990-­‐91 David J. Rossi
1991-­‐92 James W. Harrill
1992-­‐93 Peter Light
1993-­‐94 Norma A. Barton
1994-­‐95 Ralph M. Hammond
1995-­‐96 Holly A. Chaney
1996-­‐97 Milan W. Jackson
1997-­‐98 Gregory S. Symko
1998-­‐99 Florence A. Rossi
1999-­‐00 Robert M. Kennedy
2000-­‐01 Heidi A. Pusatere
2001-­‐02 David R. Hannum
2002-­‐03 Joel Berenson
2003-­‐04 William Waite
2004-­‐05 Meg Packenham
2005-­‐06 Susanna Natti
2006-­‐07 Terrence Parker
2007-­‐08 Lea Ann Knight
2008-­‐09 Virginia Clerkin
2009-­‐10 Victor Tom
2010-­‐11 Cliff Rober
2011-12 Christine Pinney