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Charles J.Junz, Publisher

Janet Junz, Editor

junzter@aol.com

cjjunz@charter.net

New Milford Rotary Club Chartered January 12, 1960

(That’s Rotarian Spelled Backwards)

District 7890

January Anniversaries January Anniversaries January Anniversaries January Anniversaries January 11– Chuck and Judy Horgen

January 14– Jim and Jeanne Faure

Rotary International Theme 2011-2012

January Birthdays January Birthdays January Birthdays January Birthdays January 8– Chuck Horgen

January 13– Jeanne Garvey Stax

January 16– Carl DeMilia

January 19– Ann Fisher

January 24– Oscar Rasmussen

January 2012-Issue 135

Upcoming Meetings & Events Upcoming Meetings & Events Upcoming Meetings & Events Upcoming Meetings & Events January 3– Asst. DG Roberta Lee August– Im-

portant Events and Dates around the District and

Rotary International/ Food Donation Day

January 10– Clark Chapin– The State of the State

January 17– Student of the Month

January 24– Political Science Professor Bill

Salka– Eastern Ct. State University—The Up-

coming State and National Elections

January 31– Sally Tornow– NM Public Library-

new features- E-Books.

March 29, 2012- District Foundation Dinner-at

Chef Josef– Agawam, MA.,

May 6-9, 2012– Rotary International Conven-

tion– Bangkok, Thailand.

May 18, 19, 20, 2012– District Conference–

Plymouth, MA

Happy New Year

January –Rotary Awareness Month

What are you doing to make the public more aware of our great organi-

zation? Do you wear your pin other than at our lunch meetings? Do you

have your “Declarations of Rotarians” proudly displayed at your place

of business? Do you have copies of the “Rotarian” in your place of busi-

ness, for customers to read and see what we are all about?

Rotary Foundation Rotary Foundation Rotary Foundation Rotary Foundation Bus PersonsBus PersonsBus PersonsBus Persons January 3– Nancy/ Katherine

January 10– Beth/ Diane Swanson

January 17– Tinker/ Josephine

January 24- Dave Elmore/ Peter Daubner

January 31– Jim Kick/ George Petermann

We still welcome any more donations of raffle prizes

for our lunch meetings. If you have anything to do-

nate, a bottle of liquid refreshment, a nice item that

you may have a duplicate of, and not need, please let

President Terry or Charlie know.

Raffle PrizesRaffle PrizesRaffle PrizesRaffle Prizes

SpecialSpecialSpecialSpecialSpecialSpecialSpecialSpecialSpecialSpecialSpecialSpecial Thanks Thanks Thanks Thanks Thanks Thanks Thanks Thanks Thanks Thanks Thanks Thanks ------------Steve!Steve!Steve!Steve!Steve!Steve!Steve!Steve!Steve!Steve!Steve!Steve! Congratulations to our

good friend and Stu-

dent of the Month Co-

ordinator at NM High

School, Steve

Flanagan, on his re-

tirement. Steve

jumped in and took

over, when George

Doring passed away

June, 2006. He has

done a great job, work-

ing with Rob, to make

sure that we did not

skip a beat in recogniz-

ing our great students,

for the past 50 years!

Club Web Site

www.NMRotary.org

Not everyone realizes the extra time and effort put forth, to

make sure the program runs smoothly. We do! We will miss him

very much, but in his usual fashion, he has already set the

wheels in motion to make sure of a successor. We hope that he

will join us for lunch, as a guest, soon, so that we can thank him

in person. We wish him well in his future plans!

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December 27,

Robert Lovell,

retired Cap-

tain, Danbury

Police, and

retired Sup-

port Service

Director,

NMPD, spoke

to us about

home, inter-

net, and public

safety and se-

curity.

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New MemberNew MemberNew MemberNew Member

Welcome to our newest Rotary family member, Rebecca Grace Williams (Ralph says:”AKA W-2”),

born to Priscilla and Ralph, Tuesday December 6th! At a previous meeting, Veralynn showed us

the beautiful quilt that she created, as a gift, for Rebecca

Special GiftSpecial GiftSpecial GiftSpecial Gift

ProgramsProgramsProgramsPrograms

We were very pleased to have Rabbi Norman

Koch with us, again, for an inspiring Thanks-

giving message. He also thanked us for our

support of Temple Sholom and the community.

December 13, Dave showed us slides from his

humanitarian trip to Mexico. Daughter, Katy,

and Rev. Mike Moran from the First Congre-

gational Church accompanied him. The mis-

sion trip was made on behalf of “Simply

Smiles”. Much of the team’s labor was build-

ing a second story on a bathroom.

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Greetings From the PearsonsGreetings From the PearsonsGreetings From the PearsonsGreetings From the Pearsons

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December 13, Health/ Phys. Ed. Teacher,

Denise Duggan (left), introduces Alexandra

Scorza, our December Student of the Month,

from the Health department. Her parents,

Michele and Paul, also joined us. Alexandra

is a member of the national Honor Society,

member of the High Honor Roll, has re-

ceived school awards in Chemistry, Algebra,

Allied Health, Medial internships, and oth-

ers, member of the Executive Club, and

Medical Internship for New Milford and

Danbury Hospitals. She is member and As-

sistant Coach of NM Town Swimming Team,

is a lifeguard, and swim instructor. She vol-

unteers at Loaves and Fishes, STAR Project,

and Adopt– a-Family. She is a certified

nursing assistant, has EMT training, and is

a CPR Rescuer. She plans a career in Nurs-

ing.

December 13, Rob and History Teacher,

Greg Holmes (left), congratulate and intro-

duce Toni Viola, our History Department

December Student of the Month. Her par-

ents, Susan and Anthony were also our

guests. Toni was the 1st place winner at the

Connecticut Science Fair, finalist at Intel

International Science Fair, has received

awards from Alexian Biotechnology and

Xerox for Innovation and Information, Out-

standing Achievement Ability and Creativ-

ity in Vetro Biology, and Team Leader of the

National Honor Society. She is the founder

of the school PET Club, is a member of the

Spanish Honor Society, and a member of the

Swim Team. She is a puppy raiser for the

Guiding Eyes for the Blind, and does demon-

strations, with her dog, for children, at NM

Public Library. She plans a college major of

Biology, and plans a career as a veterinar-

ian.

December 13, Rob and World Language Teacher,

Barbara Polley (left), welcomed and introduced

Rebecca Smith, our December Student of the

Month, from the World language Department.

Rebecca is a member of the National Honor Soci-

ety, the French Honor Society, is in the New Mil-

ford Public Library Writer’s Club and the New

Milford High School Writer’s Club. Her major

fields are in French, German, and Spanish. Her

proposed college major is multi language and her

minor is creative writing. She had an article pub-

lished in the Spectrum, this past Summer.

December Students of the MonthDecember Students of the MonthDecember Students of the MonthDecember Students of the Month

Local Rotary Clubs for make-up meetings

Litchfield-Morris-Thursday 12:00 Noon at the Forman School Brookfield (�ow Housatonic Rotary Club)– Monday 6:15 PM

Danbury– Wednesday 12:15 P.M. at the Ethan Allen Inn at Pasta Garden.

Danbury Sunrise- Fri. 7:30 A.M. at the WCSU– Westside �ewtown– Monday 6:15 P.M. at The Inn in Newtown

Campus Student Center

Washington– Tuesday 12:15 P.M. at First Congregational Church E-Club– www.rotary7890.org

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Holiday PartyHoliday PartyHoliday PartyHoliday Party

Terry introduces Sahana Zutschi, our Rotary Ambassadorial Student, and discusses important mat-

ters with Diane.

Jeanne, Jim, Pauline and Peter are all smiles, enjoying the evening.

We were pleased that Jack and Barbara had grandson, David and his wife, Ranada, as their

guests. Sahanna and new member, Beth Falder, are all smiles (must have been something that

photographer, Katy said).

The Four-Way Test

Of the things we think, say or do:

1. Is it the TRUTH?

2. Is it FAIR to all concerned?

3. Will it build GOOD WILL and BET-

TER FRIENDSHIPS?

4. Will it be BENEFICIAL to all con-

cerned?

Big Winner! Frank proudly

displays the beautiful quilt

that Veralyn made, for the

occasion (as always!) He

and Priscilla won the first

prize.

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Rotary GardenRotary GardenRotary GardenRotary Garden Our new Rotary Garden, at the intersection of Route 67 and Grove Street, now has over 200 yellow

daffodils and tulips planted. Spring should bring a lot of brightness!

2011-2012 Officers President– Terry Profita President Elect– Katy Francis Vice President– Tom McSherry Secretary– Ann Fisher Treasurer– Charlie Junz Sgt. at Arms– Sharon Ward

Board Ivan Shiffman

Ralph Williams

George Petermann Darren Piper

Club WebsiteClub WebsiteClub WebsiteClub Website If you haven’t been at our website lately, please

take a minute to stop by. Even if you do go

there for the Nairator, stay for a while, and see

what else is new. Dave Elmore has put forth a

lot of time and effort, to keep it up to date, with

interesting photos and info about our club.

NMRotary.org

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New Paul Harris FellowsNew Paul Harris FellowsNew Paul Harris FellowsNew Paul Harris Fellows

We honored five new Paul Harris Fel-

lows, at our Holiday Party. First time

recipients were: Tom McSherry, and

Ralph Williams. Second time recipient

was Peter Lang, fourth time recipient

was Dave Elmore, and five time recipi-

ent was Charter member, Jack Straub.

Congratulations to these deserving and

hard working members! We are so proud

of them, and the fact that $5,000 went

to the Rotary Foundation in their honor,

to help continue the great works of the

Foundation!

Special Congratulations!Special Congratulations!Special Congratulations!Special Congratulations!

Congratulations to Tinker and her partner,

Lynn, on concluding their 2oth year, as Cruise

Holidays, and receiving the prestigious Presi-

dent’s Circle Award! As part of their recogni-

tion, the honorees will sail aboard the Queen

Mary 2, on a trans-Atlantic crossing, in June

2012.

The Object of RotaryThe Object of RotaryThe Object of RotaryThe Object of Rotary The object of Rotary is to encourage and foster the

ideal of service as a basis of worthy enterprise,

and, in particular, to encourage and foster:

First: The development of acquaintance as an op-

portunity to serve;

Second: High ethical standards in business and

professions; the recognition of the worthiness of all

useful occupations; and the dignifying of each Ro-

tarian’s occupation as an opportunity to serve soci-

ety;

Third: The application of the ideal of service in

each Rotarian’s personal, business, and commu-

nity life;

Fourth: The advancement of international under-

standing, goodwill, and peace through world fel-

lowship of business and professional persons

united in the ideal of service.