The Spokesperson March 17, 2022 (Mar 17, 2022)

OPENING ACTIVITIES

Meeting called to order at 12:17 p.m. by President Jeff Furest. Sam Wireman led us in the Pledge and Ted DeVantier led us in “The Four-Way Test.” The invocation was done by Sarah Lee. In honor of it being St. Patrick’s Day we had corned beef, cabbage with carrots, potatoes, rolls, salad and cookies.

PRESIDENTIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS

We will have no meeting on May 26 or June 30.

We had a member resign -- Mashell Carissimi.

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GUESTS & VISITORS

Tom Welsh introduced guests and visitors. We had one -- our speaker Gerard Santoro.

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FLOWERS, BIRTHDAYS & ANNIVERSARIES

Sam Wireman announced the following birthdays, Julie Huttenlocher, Sarah Lee and Mary Ann Hosey. We had one club anniversary, Kathleen Best.

Sam Wireman handed out the rest of the flowers. Jeff Furest bought one in honor of his son’s birthday. Ryan Murphy bought one for Kim Jarvis, Val Miller bought one in honor of her daughter’s birthday. Jeri Hunley bought one for her daughter and one for our speaker. Gary bought one for Tina and Tom Davies.

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SUNSHINE & GOODWILL & MEMBER ANNOUNCEMENTS

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MUSIC

Scott Chabot picked “Ain’t we got fun?” And one of our favorites, “R-O-T-A-R-Y.”

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RECOGNITION

Larry Neal led recognition and asked Tom Welsh to be his apprentice. First up were fines for vacations. Ryan Murphy was fined $4 for four days in Salt Lake City and Val Miller was fined $5 for Hawaii and Florida. Don Carnaghi and Ken Steele were each fined $5. Barbara was fined $1 for Jeri Hunley missing so many meeting due to her non-profit work.

Anyone wearing green was targeted next for St. Paddy’s Day trivia. Larry and Tom went around to each table to select one person wearing green they then pulled a Post-It Note from Larry’s notebook which had a question and fine amount tied to it. If the person answered the question right they were excused from the fine. Tom Davies was fined $4.99 for not knowing that St. Patrick was born in England. Sarah Lee was fined $1 for not knowing where the first St. Patrick’s Day parade was held. Scott Chabot was fined $2 for not knowing corned beef was in fact an invention of the U.S. not Ireland. Ted DeVantier did not know that St. Patrick banned snakes from Ireland so he was fined $3. Finally, Ken Steele was fined $3 for not knowing the Celtic name for Shamrock is Seemrey.

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SPEAKER

Our speaker today was Gerard Santoro, Program Director for Parks and Natural Resources with Macomb County Planning and Economic Development. He spoke about historical settlements in Lake St. Clair that have since disappeared due to water level changes, the South Channel lighthouses, and a Tuskegee airplane that crashed into the lake. The settlements of St. Felicity and Belvedere were the main focus of the talk.

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50/50

Ted DeVantier was the winner of the 50/50 raffle.

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