President Mike started the meeting at 12:25 and Rhonda said a prayer…thanking for summer, Memorial Day weekend for the military who sacrificed their lives for our freedom and for the food we eat.

 

Music:  Anchors Away, Off We Go, From the Halls of Montezuma, Harrigan, Military Hymns, Star Spangled Banner

 

Food:  Spinach salad, grilled & sliced pork – Flat iron steak, roasted (delicious) potatoes, green beans, fruit tart, coffee & tea

 

Guests:  Glen Dalakian (speaker), Kimberly Mate, Jamee Shea, Ellen Korpar (Bill D’s guest).

 

Fines:  Mike T and Jon – late; Joe D – on cell phone; Everybody – in celebration of Memorial Day.

 

Happy Dollars:  Lou – 6 years at RB Rotary; Rhonda – great interviews for scholarship candidates today; Gloria – grandson graduated from high school and will be working with her and John at their agency; Chris – summer arrived; Jon – wife away for a week and son works with him; Bill D. – for guest Ellen, show at Two River Theater, and the award RBR received at TRT last Saturday; Mike T – grandson graduated from college; Ken S – wife “left him” to see her parents, and is surprising her for a trip to Myrtle Beach; Denise – finalized Foundation grants; Prez Mike – picking up wife at airport.

 

Announcements:

 

Speaker: Glen Dalakian, Networking Works – sells audio-visual commercial supplies

 

Points noted:

Raised in a family-owned dry cleaning operation, Glen J. Dalakian learned the power of small business at a young age.  After attending Seton Hall University, he developed a variety of enterprises in the electronics, entertainment and retail industries, generating millions of dollars in revenues in various niche markets.  He has traveled the country speaking to audiences in the thousands on business ownership, networking and marketing.  He has consulted on numerous projects and is known for his commitment to God, dedication to his family, and his enthusiasm for business.  Mr. Dalakian is the owner of several businesses, Founder & Board Adviser of the Colts Neck Business Association, which represents over 200 business owners from around Monmouth County, and host of Tandem Radio.  A published writer and consummate entrepreneur, he is also the President/CEO of CSAV Systems.  Over the past five years, Glen has taken his current company from three employees to more than 22.

50/50  $22 went to Denise

 

Meeting ended at 1:21 PM

 

The self-confident person can afford to project a modest image. 

– Anon

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President Mike started the meeting at 12:15 PM and Bill S. said a prayer asking for thanks for what we had, have and will have, for the food we eat, those who prepare it and those who eat it.

 

Music:  Apple Blossom Time, Over The Rainbow, Dear Heart, Something in the Way She Loves, Forever and Forever.

 

Food:  Health salad, grilled mahi-mahi, green beans, red beans, pineapple salsa, crème brule, coffee & tea

 

Guests:  Speaker Don Skrivanek

 

Fines:  Late – Mike T., Jon, Doug; No pin – Liz; Everybody – because Jim sat alone and nobody asked him to join them; Harriet – picture in the paper

 

Happy Dollars:  Jim – lost weight and still working at it; Steve – son became an Eagle scout and daughter graduated from college; Rob – happy to be back, his niece graduated from Harvard and that he was on time today; Barbara – niece graduated with degree in astronautics; Chuck – going to Indianapolis 500 this weekend; Harriet – nephew engaged; Harry – daughter just turned 25; Mike D. – happy to be here; Jon – for our Prez to be here (was out a few weeks prior).  Congrats to all!

 

Announcements:

 

Speaker:   Don Skrivanek, Middletown Helps It's Own.  Don is a graduate of Rutgers U. with a BS in Management.  He worked for what is now Wells Fargo Bank retiring in 1997.  He is in his 47th year as President of Middletown Helps Its Own.  Don is also a member of Middletown's Local Assistance Board and was a founding trustee of the Middletown Township Education Foundation.  Don is married and his wife, Barbara was a teacher at Ocean Ave. School.  They have 2 sons.  One is head of Emergency Management at Raritan Bay Medical Center, the other is a high school band director in North Plainfield.

 

Some facts about MHIO – Started in 1964; gives over 300 baskets at Christmas (started at 50 years ago) and Thanksgiving; Staff works all year round on this; Various groups (scouts, churches, service clubs, police) distribute food with the help of over 100 people; Also have a food pantry; schools and students run food drives during the year. Main goal is to help our neighbor”.

 

 

50/50  $25 went to Robin

 

Meeting ended at 1:10 PM

 

 

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Ken Scaggs started the meeting at 12:15 PM and Chuck said a prayer…asking for sunny spring days, for the food we are about to eat, for the servers and fellow Rotarians

 

Music:  (Glad that Teddie’s back!)  Yesterday, Memories From The Past, Everybody Loves Somebody, Tenderly

 

Food:  Baby arugula salad, roasted chicken, roasted peppers, onions, asparagus, tiramisu, coffee & tea

 

Guests:  Bob Tuzzo (speaker), Stevie Vuono, South Jersey Dance Theater, Shrewsbury

 

Fines:  Bill D. tried to fill Jim’s shoes and did a good job.  Jon – no pin AND late; Steve, Tony – no pin; Don – disrupting meeting; Ken – skipped birthday song

 

Happy Dollars: Tony – successful Career Day last week; Addie – thanked everybody who participated in Career Day;  Harriet – Career Day had excellent student selection; Chuck – for Addie; Don – donated a “grumpy” dollar; Joe G – for Addie;  Jon – for Tony who worked in Asbury Park for Jon’s uncle who was a pediatrician; Warren – for friend Roy who also has a similar jazz (music) arts project in Pittsburgh, and for today being the 62^nd birthday of one of his former students taught in 1966.

 

Announcements:

 

Speaker: Bob Tuzzo, Corporate Cares, Board Member, Jazz Arts Project

Jazz Arts Project is a Red Bank non-profit organization that produces 25-30 events each year—ranging from free community lectures to intimate large-scale performances and festivals at concert halls such as the Count Basie Theatre & Two River Theater. With funds raised from these events, the organization facilitates music-education programs for area youth. Learn more by visiting JazzArtsProject.org

50/50  $25 went to Solange (waitress)

 

Meeting ended at 1:17 PM

 

We do not see things as they are; we see things as we are. 

– Anon

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President Mike started the meeting at 12:15 PM and Chuck said a prayer thanking God for our youth and those who educate them, for the food and those who prepare it and all Rotarians.

 

Music: (none)

 

Food: Salad, Grilled Flatiron Steak, baked potatoes, vegetables, devils food and passion fruit cream cake, coffee & tea

 

Guests: Students from Red Bank Regional High School, District Governor Dave Forward and speaker Todd Coleman

 

Fines: Mike – for being our president; Dave Forward – for being with us today and for wearing his red socks; Bill D – for violating National Forgive-A-Rotarian Day.

 

Happy Dollars: Harriet – for all students that participated in today’s event, for our District Governor Dave, and for a very successful District Conference; Tony, Harry – for all students that participated in today’s event; ??? – for Bill D. for having $10 in his wallet (a private thing); Barbara Nevius – happy just to be here; Lou – for all students and Addie’s great job putting this event together; Chuck – for Addie, Dave Forward, and Robin, whose grandson just came home from the hospital; Addie – for the students and Dave; Denise – for the girls who went to ADA; Jon – for today’s event; Jay – sad dollar for something ???; Mike D. – for a great District Conference and for Chuck receiving the Skidmore Honorary Award (for excellence as a Rotarian)

 

Announcements:

 

Speaker: Todd Coleman, Financial Advisor with Smith Barney and Coach, spoke to us about being diligent, honest, working very hard and working toward one’s passion. His main focus was toward the students and telling them about his life’s experiences and how happy he is today from working toward goals, even though they were not firmly established as a youth.

 

50/50 $20 went to Bill Donnelly Oh, what luck…5^th (?) week in a row…but no cigar.

 

Meeting ended at 1:24 PM

 

 

Winston Churchill