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The Rotary Club of Bedford,NH

A listing of Past and Future speakers for the ClubAssembly

News!!! The Club no longer is meeting at  Wayfarer Inn . We have a new permanent home and a new morning to meet!!! We will be meeting on Wednesday mornings at 7:30 a.m. starting on January 16, 2008 at our new location, the Manchester Country Club. Please join us!! 

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2008 Rotary Programs ~  Featured Speakers


 
 
 
 
 

 

January 2008
Happy New Year!!!
**Please Note Location Change and Day Change**

Monday, January 7- 7:30 a.m.Meeting will be held at the Presbyterian Church, 4 Church Road,Bedford, NH. Cost of breakfast $12.00.
     -directions http://www.bedfordpresbyterian.org/directions.html


Wednesday, January 16-7:30 a.m. Manchester Country Club, 180 South River Rd., Bedford, NH. Cost of breakfast $12.00.
     
-directions:  from the Wayfarer and Macy's on So. River Rd., head South, you will go under the overpass to the traffic light.  MCC is 3/10's of a mile south of the intersection on the right hand side.  The club's entrance is a large granite gate and wall with a sign that says MCC, with 1923 under the MCC.  If you have reached Dunkin Donuts, you’ve gone too far. http://www.manchestercountryclub.com/club/scripts/library/view_document.asp?NS=PC&DID=29983

Wednesday, January 23-7:30 a.m. Manchester Country Club, 180 South River Rd., Bedford, NH. Cost of breakfast $12.00.

Wednesday, January 30-7:30 a.m. Manchester Country Club, 180 South River Rd., Bedford, NH. Cost of breakfast $12.00.



 

 

 

 

Previous Year Speakers and Club Activities Calendar

 

January 2006       Happy New Year!

Jan 2nd - No Meeting

Jan 9th - Frank Guinta - newly elected Mayor of Manchester

Jan 16th - CLUB ASSEMBLY - Annual elections

Jan 23rd - Bill JenningsBedford Cable Television (BCTV) - Note the meeting will be AT the BCTV facility

Jan 2nd - Professor Bill Farrell, St. Anselm's College

FEBRUARY 2006 

Feb 6th - Russia Today - retired Professor "Windy" from Saint Anselm's College

Feb 13th - Valentine's Day Special - VanOtis Chocolates - Dave Quinn, President

Tues., Feb 14th - VALENTINE'S DAY!!

Feb 20th - NH Fisher Cats - Owner, Mr. Art Solomon, and GM, Shawn Smith

Sat., Feb 25th -   The 18th Annual Special Olympics Swim Meet at SNHU (8 AM - 5PM)

Feb 27th - No Meeting

MARCH 2006 

March 6th - The New Second Street Car Wash - Meeting at The Clam King Restaurant

March 13th - District 7870 GSE Team Leader -  India Experiences

March 20th - Bob Bartley - CPA, Tax Tips for April 15th

March 27th - CLUB ASSEMBLY

APRIL 2006

APRIL 3rd -  Scott Flegal (Flegal Law Firm) -  Conflict Resolution and Negotiation/Mediation

APRIL 10th - TALBOT's Spring and Summer Fashions -with models - Spouses day!

APRIL 17th -  The West Manchester - Bedford Rotary Club History  ~ Don Levasseur

APRIL 24th -  CLUB ASSEMBLY

MAY 2006

May 1st - Alison Pitman-Giles;  CEO of Catholic Medical Center in Manchester

May 6th ~ Saturday evening - PASTA NIGHT

May 7th ~ Sunday Morning -  10th Annual Steve Brindisi Children's Relays - 9 AM field prep - Event 10-Nonn

May 8th -  No meeting (Weekend Events Repreive)

May 15th -Vocational Talks by two Club Rotarians

May 20th (Saturday) - 32nd Annual Bedford Memorial Road Races 7 AM  Registration Opens

May 22nd - No Meeting (Road Race reprieve)

May 29th - CLUB ASSEMBLY

JUNE 2006 

June 5th -  The Top 10 West High School Scholars will be honored by the Club plus the May Student of the Month award

June 12th - TBA

June 19th - TBA

Saturday June 24th -  TRANSITION NIGHT  to be held at Karen's Kitchen (Rt 101W shops between Nashua Rd and Wallace Rd ) at 1:30 -  3:30 in the afternoon

June 26th - No Meeting

JULY 2006

July 3rd -  No Meeting - Happy Birthday America!

July 10 - Rotarian Brian Moyer, a walkthrough the Rotary Club Web Site

July 17 -  Lesley "Jazz " Barnette , a professional organizer

  Organizational HOT TIPS

July 24 -  Joseph W. Mathews, Our new District Governor

Bedford Rotary Past-District Governors (l to rt) Don Levasseur, Walter Kilian and Paul Bordeleau with Governor Mathews (3rd) and Club President Rae MacWilliam (back)

July 31 - Bedford Superintendant of Schools Tim Mayes - Status of the New High School

August 2006 

August 7 -  Chip Polak - Athletic Director, So. NH University

August 14 -  Molly Zahr - Winner of the Ironman USA Lake Placid Triathlon

August 21 -  Mike McGowen - US Water Consultants - What's in our water?

August 28 -  CLUB ASSEMBLY

SEPTEMBER 2006 

Sept 4th - Labor Day   -  No Meeting

Sept 9th -  Oldies Dance II -  McKelvie School 7:30 - 11:00

Sept 11th John Stephen - Commissioner, NHDHHS       

Sept 18th - CLUB ASSEMBLY

Sept 25th -   Currier Art Gallery Expansion program

OCTOBER 2006 

Oct 2nd -  NHANG Helicopter Operations (Commanding officer and Pilot)

Oct 9th -   COLUMBUS DAY - No Meeting

Oct 16th-  Jim Coburn - Republican candidate for Governor & Peter Flood - Democratic candidate for State Senate

Oct 23rd -   Club Assembly - Rotary Foundation emphasis

Oct 30th -   Rep. Jeb Bradley - member US House of Representatives

November 2006

Nov 6th-  Carol Shea-Porter- Democratic candidate for Congress

NOV 11TH REVERSE RAFFLE AND SILENT AUCTION

Nov 13th -   No Meeting - Reverse Raffle reprieve

Nov 20th -   Thanksgiving Day program

Nov 23rd  Thurs -  HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

Nov 27th-  Club Assembly - Rotary Foundation theme

DECEMBER 2006 

Dec 4th -  SALVATION ARMY Major

Monday, Dec 11th - SENIOR CITIZENS CHRISTMAS PARTY & LUNCHEON & Rotary presentations for Rotarian of the Year & Bedford Business Person of the Year)    No Club Meeting in the morning

SUNDAY Dec TBA -  Rotary Club Christmas Party  - PLACE TBA

Dec 16th -        Hanukkah begins  

Dec 18th -  CLUB ASSEMBLY

Dec 25th -   CHRISTMAS DAY   -  NO MEETING   

Jan 1st  -  No Meeting & HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!

 

JANUARY 2007

Jan 1st - No meeting

Jan 8th - Lt Col. Stanley Stafira, Jr.; Commander, 23rd Operations Squadron, 50th Space Wing, Air Force Space Command, New Boston Air Force Station, NH

Jan 15th-  No meeting - Martin Luther King Birthday

Jan 22nd – CLUB ASSEMBLY – Past President’s Open meeting – membership encouraged to attend – guests welcome but need not stay for the full meeting

Jan 29th – Peter Ramsey, Managing Director of the Palace Theatre in Manchester

February 2007

Feb 3rd –  Annual Valentines Oldies Dance -  McKelvie School 7 PM – 10:30 PM

Feb 5th  - TBA

Feb 10th -  Annual SPECIAL OLYMPICS SWIM MEET – Southern NH Univ.

Feb 12th  - No Meeting

Feb 19th  - No Meeting-President's Day 

Feb 26th   Regular Meeting

 

umbrella March 2007

March 5- Christopher Parkinson, District Governor and District Chair of "Amigos De Honduras"

March 12th-Off Site Meeting at-The Boys & Girls Club of Manchester
555 Union Street, Manchester, NH, 7:30 a.m. sharp.

March 19th-Professor David George, St. Anselm College

Mar. 26- Dr. Scalia, Political Science Professor, St. Anselm College

   April 2007

Apr. 2- Jay Hodes-Estate Planning

Apr. 9- Dr.Wyler, St. Anselm College

Apr. 14-Fundraiser- PASTA NIGHT

Apr. 16-No Meeting-(pasta night reprieve)

Apr. 23- Club Assembly, Award of Donations

Apr. 30- Dr. Mary Dowd, St. Anselm College

 

flowers   May 2007

May 7- Caryn Sheehan-Oncology Nurse, working on doctorate at Case Western, speaking on Prostate Cancer

May 14-Nick Van Gombos-New Orleans work

May 19-Fundraiser- ROAD RACE

May 21-No Meeting- (road race reprieve)

May 28-No Meeting- Memorial Day

June 2007

Jun. 4- Regular Meeting

Jun. 11- West High School Scholars

Jun. 18- Boy Scouts

Jun. 25- Club Assembly

      August 2007

August 6- Manchester Music School, Jeanine Tousignant

August 13-Club Assembly

August 20-Rotary Ambassadorial Scholar, Jenna Sirkin

August 27- Regular Meeting   

fall leaves    September 2007

September 3-No meeting, Labor Day

September 10-Regular Meeting

September 17-Speaker from St. Anselm College Institute of Politics

September24-Regular Meeting

October 2007

October 1
October 8- Columbus Day-no meeting
October 15
October 22
October 29-Wayfarer, Speaker, Rick Sawyer, Bedford Planning Director

November 2007

Nov. 5-Warming Hut at Legacy Park, New Boston Rd. Bedford (directions)
Nov. 10-Reverse Raffle at McKelvie School
Nov. 12- no meeting (respite for Reverse Raffle on Nov. 10)
Nov. 19- Seresc, 29 Commerce Drive, Bedford (4th building in back) (directions)
Nov. 26- Seresc, 29 Commerce Drive, Bedford (4th building in back)
 
December 2007
Dec. 3,Hampton Inn, 8 Hawthorne Dr., Bedford (directions)

 

Last updated: January 5, 2007  BRM


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