Volume 13 No. 32
February 13, 2008

The Rotary Club of Arlington
P.O. Box 23 Arlington, MA 02474

Club Website: http://arlrotary.org/
District: http://www.rotary7930.org/
International: http://rotary.org/

Newsletter Editor: newsletter-editor@arlrotary.org

Power never takes a back step - only in the face of more power.
Malcolm X, Malcolm X Speaks, 1965

• 1542: Catherine Howard, the fifth wife of Henry VIII, loses her head not long after two of her accused lovers fall victim to the same demise.
• 1566: Saint Augustine, Florida, is established by Spanish explorer Pedro Menéndez de Avilés. It is sacked and burned 21 years later by Sir Francis Drake.
• 1826: The American Society for the Promotion of Temperance is founded in Boston, Massachusetts, and later led by Frances E. Willard.
• 1945: Allied forces begin a massive air strike against the German forces in Dresden, Germany.
• 1966: The Rolling Stones appear for the first time on the Ed Sullivan Show.

Present Today: Jessica, Betsey, Greg, Evan, Andy, Richard, Ken, Marty, Bill, Maryellen, Davidm
Missing and Missed: Davidw, Steve, Mike, Sean, Carolyn, Daveg, Stacey, Laura, Natercia, Brian, Tom, Kay, Fred, Paul, Mary Lou, Mark, Lynn
Senior Active Exempt (SAE): George, Frank, Leon
Visitor(s): Ed Verplanck - Cambridge
Guest(s): None
Makeup(s): None

Jessica attended prePETS described the experience as Awesome, found out that we are one of the few clubs with an up to date website, next years GSE will be with Johannesburg South Africa and has posted her report of the convention goings on, onto our website. (It is found under reports in the navigation window on the left)

Pot O' Gold step Dancers engaged. It's coming up fast.

David McKenna will be the recipient of our Paul Harris Fellowship.

World Peace and Understanding Dinner on the 29th, club will subsidize a limited number of attendees, check with Andy for details.

Still have a limited number of openings for The Rotary Leadership Institute on Saturday April 5th see Andy for details.

Speaker today was Sophia Sayigh of Home Schooling Together A revelation was the network of support for families for home schooling families. For a personal view check the website for Jessica's report on her family experience.

I refer you to the website ( http://arlrotary.org/ ) in order to encourage visits, if not daily at least weekly, we have a budding journalist in Jessica, are there anymore in the club?

Motion Made and Seconded to make a donation from the Quarterly Fund to Franco Majok's “Village Help for South Sudan Project” to be voted on this week's meeting.

Speaker this week will be: Rachel Williams, “District Literacy Chair”

SA: Quiz! name the candy invented to save lives and there will be no fines, It was almost guessed, there was a fine anyhow - an insult disguised as a complement - guess who?

That's All Folks

When Albert Einstein was making the rounds of the speaker's circuit, he usually found himself eagerly longing to get back to his laboratory work. One night as they were driving to yet another rubber-chicken dinner, Einstein mentioned to his chauffeur (a man who somewhat resembled Einstein in looks & manner) that he was tired of speechmaking.

“I have an idea, boss,” his chauffeur said. “I've heard you give this speech so many times. I'll bet I could give it for you.” Einstein laughed loudly and said, “Why not? Let's do it!” When they arrive at the dinner, Einstein donned the chauffeur's cap and jacket and sat in the back of the room. The chauffeur gave a beautiful rendition of Einstein's speech and even answered a few questions expertly.

Then a supremely pompous professor asked an extremely esoteric question about anti-matter formation, digressing here and there to let everyone in the audience know that he was nobody's fool. Without missing a beat, the chauffeur fixed the professor with a steely stare and said, “Sir, the answer to that question is so simple that I will let my chauffeur, who is sitting in the back, answer it for me.”