President Amy Pease called the meeting to order and led in the Pledge of Allegiance. Bill Batty, Jr. offered our invocation. Guests included Broo Temple and Bill Packard (who have their applications turned in) and speaker Lew Collins.

Committee Reports
There is a board meeting on Wednesday the 16th at 7:30am.

We are hosting a Business After Hours in conjunction with Rock Harbor on the 9th from 5-7pm. Many members are planning on attending. We received a thank-you letter for our ELIMINATE! donation. Christmas tree sales: There's no exact accounting yet, but about 70 trees (or about $2000 worth) were left over. Jaap also announced he wouldn't be able to chair the committee next year. Meals On Wheels: Carol Kelley stepped in at the last minute to cover tomorrow's delivery. The 22nd is also open.

Recognition of Members
Press Pix: Amy Pease

Birthdays: Keith Wass and Jaap Vrolijk
Secret Greeter: Katie Tarbox caught Sandy Millar and Russ Cloutier.
50/50: Jaap Vrolijk, and he cut the Joker! He won a $40 jackpot.

Happy/Sads
Keith Wass was sad for the passing of his mother, happy for the friends who supported him at the funeral, happy for his birthday, and happy for all his friends in the club. Jackie Harjula was sad for Keith's mom, sad she forgot to cut out a photo of Mike Leonard, happy for Jane Dagley's photo in the Camden National Bank calendar, happy for vacation, and happy to run into Lincoln Spear at a wedding reception. Jane Dagley was happy to be back, happy for all the people that missed her, happy for selling Christmas trees, sad her bell ringing shift was cut short, happy for the dessert, and happy for family in CT. Janet Page was happy for our guests, and happy for snow shoeing. Bill Packard was happy his son got his orders and he'll be stationed on the boat currently being built at BIW; he'll be stationed in ME for a year. Babara Hanson was happy for all the work Jaap Vrolijk did on the Christmas tree committee. Broo Temple was happy for his daughter, and happy for an upcoming vacation. Katie Tarbox was sad for Keith Wass's mom, happy to get a new dog, happy Greg Hamlin bought 50/50 tickets for a group, and sad Greg Hamlin wasn't here. Sandy Millar was sad he missed the secret greeter, happy for Jaap Vrolijk and his work, and happy his grandson's team won a hockey tournament. Marianne Masters was happy for Jaap Vrolijk. Jaap Vrolijk was happy for his birthday, happy for the crew selling trees, happy to win the 50/50, and sad his wife Janet would be going into an Alzheimers care facility. Ray Comeau was happy for an eye operation. Wayne Keiderling was happy for jam sessions at Billy's Tavern, and happy for the weather. Sumner Kinney was sad for Jaap Vrolijk and Keith Wass, happy for Christmas with his grandchild, happy for New Years Eve at the Samoset, happy for new member applications from Broo Temple and Bill Packard, happy for Marjorie Kinney, and happy for the Patriots. Amy Pease was happy the holidays were over, and happy her cold was almost gone.

Speaker: Lew Collins is the superintendent for RSU #13, and had a substantial packet of information for attendees. He spent most of the time, though, fielding questions from the audience.

From your Spiritual Aims committee:
“Most of us end up with no more than five or six people who remember us. Teachers have thousands of people who remember them for the rest of their lives.”
~Andy Rooney

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Respectfully

Bill Batty
Bulletin Editor

Come join us any Monday at noon at The Samoset.  We'd love to see you.  Come share in the fun and laughter.

Our website can be found at http://www.rocklandkiwanis.org . Our club portal can be found at http://www.clubresource.com.

Our club officers are: President Amy Shepard Pease ; President Elect Katie Tarbox; Vice President is open; Secretary Greg Hamlin; Treasurer Sumner Kinney; Immediate Past President Janet Page

Our club directors are: Bill Batty, Jr., Shannon Kinney, Celia Knight, Gordon Page, Marianne Masters, and Jim Heavey