Tary Tarlton Brings the Club Members a Gift

Tary Tarlton (whose name is the last four letters of Rotary) brought our aging members a great gift--a "reacher" which allows one to pick things off the floor without bending down. Allison Fulton wondered if it would pick up a small puppy (it will) and Mark Havira, of Sperry Rail, wondered if it would pick up a segment of a railroad rail (it will not, so don't drop one on the floor and expect to use the grabber to pick it up). A nice gift; it was put to immediate use collecting sad/happy dollars by various enthusiastic club members.

The Skunk Cabbage Shoots are Talking

Every Spring the skunk cabbage makes its appearance, and prior to blooming into large, leafy plants, the shoots have something to say.

The Broken Rotary Bell

We begin our Rotary meetings with a strike of the bell, and end them the same way. Last week our Danbury Rotary president, Paul Palanzo, informed the club the bell had been broken. This produced a rush to judgment, but the crisis was solved by our attorney, Larry Andrea, who concluded that the bell had a factory defect, it was out of warrenty, the club would have to replace it, and the case was closed.