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E-NEWSLETTER
R O T A R Y I N T E R N A T I O N A L D I S T R I C T 7 9 3 0 J U N E 2 0 1 3
Terri Kidder -Amesbury
Dist. Governor 2012-2013
603-702-0394
Dr. Subbiah Doraiswami
Belmont
Immed. Past Dist. Gov.
617-602-5922
subbiah.doraiswami
@verizon.net
John Hall II-Salem MA
Dist. Governor Elect
978-210-6343
Peter Simonsen Hamilton/Wenham
District Governor Nominee
978-927-2193
Stephen McKenzie Amesbury
District Secretary
603-430-5466 [email protected]
Bob Wood -Peabody
District Treasurer
978-352-2055
The Rotary year is
ending and what a
year it was! As I
look at all that we
accomplished, I am
so proud to have
had the opportunity
to lead this amazing
district!
We really launched
the New Genera-
tions Avenue of Ser-
vice this year under
the leadership of
Keith Harris. We
chartered at least 4
new interact clubs
and 1 earlyact club.
The members of the
youth programs par-
ticipated in most of
the district events
including the World
Peace Dinner and
the District Confer-
ence. This year we
started a full district
membership com-
mittee, a group of
dedicated and hard-
working Rotarians
who met and brain-
stormed all year for
ideas to help clubs
increase member-
ship. We held a
district outreach
event to educate
business people
about Rotary and to
find potential new
members. The PR
chairs connected the
clubs and net-
worked ideas and
ways to publicize
what the clubs are
doing as well as
launching the first
Rotary radio show
for our district.
The Polar Plunge
was a huge success,
raising awareness
and over $80,000
for polio eradication
efforts. We had our
first Vocational
Training Team, an
exchange with the
Philippines for ele-
mentary science edu-
cation training. The
connections be-
tween our districts
will last long after
the Rotary year is
over.
Members of the dis-
trict contributed
$20,000 to aid the
victims of super
storm Sandy. Dona-
tions have come in
for victims of the
marathon bombing.
Clubs continue to
support our Rotary
foundation and
many will be consid-
ered EREY clubs
and some will be
100% sustaining
member clubs this
year. The generosity
of our members con-
tinues to inspire and
amaze me.
Along with all of
these “firsts”, the
district continues to
have thriving pro-
grams with Youth
Exchange, RYLA,
scholars and success-
ful events such as
the Foundation and
Membership forum,
the World Peace
and Understanding
dinner and the Dis-
trict Conference. I
encourage every
member of our dis-
trict to come to the
district events, and
to consider working
on a district com-
mittee. You will be
surprised at how
much you will gain
and the new friend-
ships you will make.
As I add the “P” to
my title, I will for-
ever be grateful to
have been given the
opportunity to serve
District 7930 this
Rotary year and
thank each and
every one of you for
all that you do to
make this world a
more peaceful place
through your ser-
vice.
Yours in Rotary,
Terri
DANVERS ROTARY
The Danvers Rotary Club recently in-ducted Judy DeLorenzo into the club. Judy, is a THIRD GENARATION DAN-VERS ROTARIAN, following her Grand-dad, Joe DeLorenzo and her Father Larry. We can also report that she is probably the youngest Rotarian in our club. Young blood carries the torch for the DeLorenzo family tradition for our club. With their tradition of community service and love for people I am sure that Judy will make her family and our club proud. Welcome to the club. Like her dad she works in bev-erages at the Yacht Club.
Pictured above, left to right: DRC Presi-dent Barry Kaplan, with Rotarians Larry DeLorenzo, Judy DeLorenzo and Joe DeLorenzo.
Submitted by Lenny Mercier, DRC Past President & Newsletter Editor.
Rudy Macchi -Gloucester PO Box 73 Gloucester MA 01931 (tel) 978-764-1917 (e) [email protected] Marblehead, Marblehead Harbor, Pea-body, Salem MA
Peter Majane– N. Reading 3 Cerqua St., Woburn, MA 01801 (h) 781-938-7747 (w) 617-629-3333 (c) 781-443-5148 (e) [email protected] Burlington, Burlington Breakfast, Stone-ham, Winchester
Steve McKenzie -Amesbury 195 Portsmouth Ave., Greenland NH 03840 (h) 603-430-5466 (c) 603-430-0111 [email protected] Malden, Tops/Box/Middleton
Sheryl Meehan –Haverhill 284 Colonial Rd. Lawrence, MA 01843 (w) 978-552-4522 (h) 978-655-3755 (c)978-618-2820 ( e) [email protected] Amesbury, Andover, Reading, Wilmington
Uchenna Onyeachom -W. Roxbury 9 Billings Street, West Roxbury, MA 02132 (h) 857-615-5524 (e) [email protected] Boston Evening, Cambridge, Chelsea, East Boston/Revere
Peter Simonsen - Ham/Wen 24 Dartmouth St., Beverly MA 01915 (h) 978-927-2193 (w) 978-499-9919 (c)978-621-7304 [email protected] Lynn, Swampscott, Everett
Bob Wicks –Ipswich 46 County St., Ipswich MA 01938 (h) 978-356-5527 (c) 978-380-8426 (e) [email protected] Ham/Wen, Lynnfield, Saugus, Gloucester
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Josh Arnold -Gloucester 8 Linden Road, Gloucester, MA 01930 (h) 978-281-6386 (w) 978-281-3634 (c) 978-559-9480 (e) [email protected] Beverly, Danvers, Manchester/Essex, Rock-port
James Babbin -Amesbury 142 Whitehall Road, Amesbury, MA 01913 (h) 978-388-2175 (w) 978-388-2157 (e) [email protected] Greater Salem, Ipswich, North Andover
Maria Bertolone -Gr. Salem NH c/o TD Bank,155 N. Broadway, Salem, NH 03079 (w) 603-893-1300(h) 603-681-0477 (c) 603-303-3197 (e) [email protected] Haverhill, Lawrence, North Reading, Methuen/Salem NH
Jack Donaldson -Burlington 62 Winn Street, Burlington, MA 01803 (h) 781-270-5425 (e) [email protected] Arlington, Somerville, West Roxbury
Ray Graber -Burlington Breakfast 27 Maryvale Road, Burlington, MA 01803 (h) 781-221-0018 (w) 781-221-0018 (c) 617-750-6390 (e) [email protected] Belmont, Lexington, Wakefield, Woburn
Christina Harris -Ipswich Assistant Governor Coordinator 41 Middle Street, Newburyport, MA 01950 (w) 978-948-2789 (c) 978-270-6706 (e) [email protected]
DOES YOUR CLUB HAVE NEWS? Please Email your club news
articles & photos to Carole Elliott at:
THE DEADLINE IS THE 15TH OF THE MONTH!
District 7930 Assistant Governors 2012-13
R O C K P O R T R O T A R Y C L U B WELL FOR ZIMBABWE PRIMARY SCHOOL
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June 2013
At its last breakfast meet-ing before the annual change of leadership in-stallation dinner, Marble-head Harbor Rotary Presi-dent Becky Linhart an-nounced that the club had been awarded a Rotary International Presidential Citation for 2012-2013. The citation recognizes Rotary clubs that achieve an array of accomplish-ments that help them be-come stronger, deliver ef-
fective service and enhance their public image.
ROTARY CLUB OF MARBLEHEAD HARBOR At its annual Installa-tion Dinner, the Rotary Club of Marblehead Harbor awarded three Paul Harris Fellowships. Pictured above: Connie Paullis, left, director of
Devereux House Convalescent Home, for her time and efforts to the Club; Phyllis Sagan, center, owner of Sagal Realty was honored for her contri-butions and commitment to the North Shore Com-munity, and Don Doliber, newly installed 16th president of Marblehead Harbor Rotary, was named for his contributions to Scouting, Rotary and the community. Both articles submitted by Fraffie Welch , MHRC Past President & Newsletter Editor.
The Rockport Rotary Club, in partnership with the Victoria Falls Rotary Club of Zimbabwe, has provided a well, or borehole, for the students and teachers at the Mpindo Primary School in the Tsholotsho District of Matabeleland North, Zim-babwe. The project was made possible by the matching funds of a District 7930 Managed Grant. The Mpindo Primary School currently has 180 students and 8 teaching staff. Previously, the students had to walk over one kilometer to reach the community borehole, their nearest source of water. That well was over 20 years old and very problematic. It would take 20 minutes to fill a 20 liter bucket so the chil-dren had to spend a long time each day providing water for the needs of the school. Now they will have water readily available, allowing for more time in class and a better standard of living. The borehole will also provide water to approximately 950 residents in the sur-rounding villages. The Mpindo Primary School Development Committee, made up of teachers and parents, will take responsibility for maintenance of the well. They plan to establish a market garden to generate any funds needed and to further improve the life of the entire community. Thus, in addition to the Water and Sanitation area of focus, this project also addresses Maternal and Child Health, Disease Prevention and Treatment, Education and Literacy, and Economic and Community Development. The collaboration between the Rockport and Victoria Falls clubs exemplifies the clever design of the Rotary system which connects local people from two different countries to oversee and implement a project. An email from Joshua Magaba, the president of the Vic-toria Falls Rotary Club, sums it all up: "thanks to all members of Rotary Club of Rockport. We enjoyed working with you all and your efforts have transformed many lives of the children at Mpindo." Submitted by Rockport Rotarian, Anne Lewis.
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M A R B L E H E A D R O T A R Y C L U B MARBLEHEAD RO-
TARIANS GET A LES-
SON ON BHUTAN, A COUNTRY WITH TIES TO BOSTON, WHERE THE MEAS-
URE OF PROGRESS IS ITS "GROSS NA-
TIONAL HAPPI-
NESS"!
Last month, the Marblehead Rotary Club was treated to a fascinating talk and photo show by two of their members, Corine Barone and Andy Stone, about their travel to Bhutan, a small country high in the Himalayas between Chinese Tibet and India. Corine is a pediatric dentist in Mar-blehead, and Andy is a new Rotarian, recently retired as General Counsel of a medical device company.
Corine and Andy described the country’s beautiful monasteries, fortresses, and shrines set in a landscape of green rice fields, rivers in deep valleys, all with a backdrop of the snowcapped Himalayas. They recounted their hikes the to the Tiger’s Nest, an historic and beautiful monastery com-memorating the introduction of Buddhism to the country. This iconic complex is set on a cliff 3000 feet above the valley floor. They shared examples of the colorful fabrics, costumes, and masks used in daily life and the country’s festivals. They described their adventurous flights, in the country’s specially altered airliners, to the its only commercial airport located deep in the Paro valley, and flanked by towering mountains.
Many may remember that in 2011, the new king of Bhutan, Jigme Wang-chuck,was married in a spectacular Tibetan Buddhist wedding featured on American television, and worldwide. The King is a Celtics fan due to his close ties to Boston, having attended Cushing Academy, Philips Andover, and Wheaton College before a master’s degree from Oxford. He is the 5th of the Wangchuk dynasty, which has guided the country’s transition from a closed society in 1907 to an emerging democracy and successful economy, while developing the widely known concept of “Gross National Happiness” as its measure of progress.
Corine and Andy told of the warmth and generosity with which Bhutan hosts tourists, the free health care and education it provides for its citi-zens, and the care taken to preserve its breathtaking environment, while measuring its progress with the concert “Gross National Happi-ness”. Both are looking forward to a return to this country known as the Last Shangri-La.
Photo legend: (from left to right): Marblehead Rotary Club members An-drew Stone and Corine Barone wearing the Buthan national clothes.
The Rotary Club of Marblehead meets Thursdays at 12:15 p.m. at the Boston Yacht Club. For more information about the Club, or membership, e-mail the Club’s secretary Julie Livingston at: [email protected], or visit their web site at www.marbleheadrotary.com. Both articles submitted by Tanya S. DeGenova, Chairman of the PR Committee, Marblehead Rotary Club.
RETIRING SPECIAL AGENT IN CHARGE OF THE FBI OFFICE IN BOSTON, RICHARD DESLAURI-
ERS SPOKE AT THE MARBLE-
HEAD ROTARY CLUB LUNCH-
EON ON JUNE 13, 2013. ALL RO-
TARIANS AND THEIR GUESTS FILLED THE ROOM!
Richard DesLauriers is the Special Agent in Charge of the FBI’s Boston Field Division, which is the agency’s 10th largest office and covers Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island. In this position, he leads a cadre of over 500 FBI Agents, Intelligence Analysts, and Profes-sional Support personnel responsible for the investigation of terrorism, espionage, and criminal matters in this geographic region.
Mr. DesLauriers entered on duty as a Special Agent with the FBI in Janu-ary, 1987. Upon completion of training at the FBI Academy in Quan-tico, Virginia, he was assigned to the Birmingham Division where he worked violent crime and fugitive matters and then began his career in Counterintelligence. He was transferred to the New York Division in December, 1990, where he continued to work Counterintelligence mat-ters. In 1995 Mr. DesLauriers was promoted to Supervisory Special Agent within the Eurasian Section of the National Security Branch at FBI Headquarters.
In December, 1997, Mr. DesLauriers transferred to the Boston Division where he supervised Counterintelligence cases and served as the divi-sion’s Counterintelligence Program Coordinator. Mr. DesLauriers was designated an Assistant Special Agent in Charge of the Boston Division in 2003, overseeing Counterintelligence programs in Maine, Massachu-setts, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island, as well as the division’s Ad-ministrative programs.
Mr. DesLauriers was promoted to Section Chief of the Global Section, Counterintelligence Division, in February, 2005. In this capacity he was responsible for national program management of counterintelligence and espionage investigations. In April, 2006, he was designated as Spe-cial Agent in Charge of the Counterintelligence Division in the New York Division. From March, 2008, Mr. DesLauriers served as Deputy Assistant Director of the Counterintelligence Division at FBI Headquar-ters. He was responsible for nationwide counterintelligence operations and espionage investigations.
Mr. DesLauriers is a native of Longmeadow, Massachusetts. He gradu-ated magna cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts from Assumption College and a Juris Doctor degree from The Catholic University of America’s Columbus School of Law. He is married and has a son.
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G L O U C E S T E R R O T A R Y C L U B
Pictured at right Ipswich Rotary Club Pres. Elect Gail Doktor gratefully accepts the 2012-13 “Peace Through Service” Presidential Citation at the District Conference Awards Dinner from RI President’s representative Mark Maloney. Mark also was our Keynote speaker. This was the most distinguished recog-nition given to clubs this year, coming from the President of RI, Sakuji Tanaka.
Pictured left: IPSWICH INTERACT CLUB photo taken by Keith Harris, shows Interact members giving their presentation at the Con-ference. Left to right: Libby Cornacchio, Sarah Gallagher, Maggie Brown, and Pres. Elect Britta Galanis
Pictured right: Interact students on a scavenger hunt in down-town Portsmouth. The Interactors were one of only 2 teams to
get every possible point in the hunt, and beat their competition by 20 minutes. Our Youth Ex-change student Jeanne Pacco joined the team.
Ipswich Interact also received a Presidential Citation again this year. That award was presented to President Mara Tzizik at Ipswich High School Baccalaureate, and again to the club representatives on hand at the conference for the outstanding Interact presentation. The presentation team was led by Vice Pres. and Pres. Elect Britta Galanis. The award was presented by DG Terri Kidder at the conference luncheon on Saturday.
Pictured left: Winners of the scavenger hunt with DG Terri.
ROTARY DISTRICT CONFERENCE SPEAKER
Rabbi Ira Korinow
did the Haverhill
Rotary Club very
proud as one of
the Keynote Speak-
ers.
Past President
John Cuneo also made a presentation on Fund Raising,
and President Frank Novak, made a presentation on
Speakers. Haverhill Rotary was well represented!
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H A V E R H I L L R O T A R Y C L U B
I P S W I C H R O T A R Y & I N T E R A C T C L U B
DISTRICT 7930 CONFERENCE PORTSMOUTH NH MAY 2013
Thank You DG Terri!
AG Jim Babbin presents DG Terri with a certifi-
cate and an engraved brick, recognizing her year of
leadership. The engraved brick has been placed at
the Little Red Schoolhouse in VT. The brick was
from her appreciative Assistant Governors.
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ROTARIANS CELEBRATE MEMORIAL DAY
Pictured left: Ipswich Ro-tarians marching on Memo-rial Day— Pres. Elect Gail Doktor, Chris Doktor and Cindy Quinn.
Pictured below: Danvers Rotary marches proud in the Memorial Day Parade. Past Rotary President, aka “King Larry” walks with banner in the parade. Larry DeLorenzo is a can-didate for Honorary Mayor of Danvers. Other Rotarians and family members marched in the parade as well.
P E A B O D Y R O T A R Y C L U B
PEABODY ROTARY AWARDS EIGHT $1,000 SCHOLARSHIPS
The Peabody Rotary Club recently awarded eight $1,000 scholarships to gradu-ating High School Seniors from Peabody. Five of the recipients were from Pea-body Veterans Memorial High School and three were from St. John’s Prep. The funds to supply this scholarship come from the proceeds of the annual Torigian Golf Tournament held in June with the Peabody Area Chamber of Commerce. Scholarship Committee Chair Cathy Gravel said that this year’s crop of applicants was excellent and it was a difficult decision to deny some the scholarship. Pictured with six of the students are Club President Vanessa Silveira, Scholarship Committee Chair Cathy Gravel, and members Aylse Bar-bash and Crissy Jache. Also present at the event, but not pictured, were mem-bers Kathryn Coggeshall and Herb Harris.
PEABODY ROTARY IS #1 MEMBERSHIP DEVELOPMENT IN THE DISTRICT At the recent District Council meeting, the Peabody Rotary Club was recog-nized as the #1 club in the District for membership growth. Membership Committee Chair Martha Holden attributed the 40% growth to the hard work and dedication of all of the club’s members. Pictured at the most re-cent New Member Installation are Herb Harris, who did the Installation, new members Dan Vassallo, Bob Scarpa and Kathryn Coggeshall, Martha Holden, who sponsored Bob, Cathy Gravel, who sponsored Dan and Kath-ryn, and Club President Vanessa Siveira.
Submitted by Herb Harris, PR Chair Peabody Rotary Club.
R O C K P O R T E A R L Y A C T
On June 5th, Rockport EarlyAct presented Elemen-tary School Principal, Shawn Maguire, with a check for $1000. This was raised by having several fund-
raisers over the past two years, and the school will use the money for special edu-cational programs for all the Elementary stu-dents. Submitted by PDG Ingrid Brown, Rockport RC.
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The Rotary Scholarship Awards were presented on June 4, 2013.
Liz intro-duced Salem High School P r i n c i p a l , David An-geramao.
Juli Lederhaus and Scott Grover are the co-chairs for the Scholarship Committee. They introduced the other Commit-tee Members: Nick Helides, Dick Moore, Paul Herrick, Trip Mason and Rich Blazo. Dick Lutts was thanked for entertain-ing the students while waiting to be interviewed by the com-mittee! Juli discussed what the Rotary is and who are its mem-bers. World-wide there are 1.2M members in about 34,000 clubs! Members volunteer to support literacy, clean water, improved health (helping to eradicate polio, as an example), and other initiatives to help those who are less advantaged and in need. The Salem Rotary started in 1918. Members share friend-ship while focusing on helping youth and families. This year, $35,000 will be given in schol-
arships to Salem students. Mark Shaw reminded all that two Sa-lem Rotarians were devoted to scholarship
donations. Both of whom passed away the same week over a decade ago. These men were Vance M. Smith III, known as Salty, and Dr. Robert "Buck" Alexander, a Salem dentist.
Liz Smith, sister of S a l t y S m i t h , presented the Salty
Smith Scholarship to Dulce Vasquez.
The Buck Alexander S c h o l a r -ship was presented by h i s
widow, Elizabeth Alexander Stevenson, to Giovanna Ricci and Andrew Schatz. Dick Moore congratulated the students and their parents, teacher, school administrators and mentors, saying that during the interviews, the Rotarians could see that these young peo-
ple were lovingly raised. Dick also noted that since the 1970's, the Salem Rotary has given $1.2M in scholarships, and probably $2M since the 1960's! In addition, there is a $500,000 in the Smith Founda-tion.
D i c k M o o r e presented the follow-ing scholar-ships:
Jefferson Akers - St. John's Prep
Ivelys Arroyo - Salem High School
Kimberly Barzola - Salem High School
Ethan Bresnahan - St. John's Prep
Samantha Chigas - Salem High School
Juli Leder-haus pre-sented the fo l low ing s c h o l a r -ships:
Greg Cook - Salem High School
Alanna Driscoll - Salem High School
Stephen Harris - Salem High School
Evan Le - Salem High School
Rajira Hernandez - Salem High School
Paul Her-rick pre-sented the fo l lowing s c h o l a r -ships:
D a n i e l Linger - St. John's Prep
Nathaniel Matula - Salem High School
Amanda Mazola - Salem High School
Savannah Mazola - Salem High School
Ashley Mertsch - North Shore Tech
Scott Grover presented the f o l l o w i n g scholarships:
A m a n d a Monaco - Salem High School
Hannah Morin - Salem High School
Jennifer Pena-Moreta - Salem High School
Lishbeht Ramos - Salem High School
Nathalie Reyes - Salem High School
Trip Mason presented the fol-lowing scholarships:
Morgan Rogers - Salem High School
Meryl Schultz - Salem High School
Veronica Silva - Salem High School
Yliana Vasquez - Salem High School
Kayla Riley - Salem High School
For a complete list of colleges and majors of the recipients, please click this link:
2013 Rotary Scholarship Recipients
SALEM ROTARY CLUB SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS 2013
CHAMBER HONORS 5 SERVICE CLUBS AT ANNUAL MEETING- ROTARY CLUB OF ANDOVER INCLUDED
The 51st Annual meeting of the Andover Chamber of Commerce included recognition for five local service clubs on June 8 at the Indian Ridge Country Club in Andover.
“A community doesn’t function without community volunteers” explained Robert Lavoie, Andover Chamber Chairman. “Service is really the common theme of every-
one in this room.” Receiving awards for their contributions to the civic well being of Andover and surrounding communi-ties were the Exchange Club of Lawrence, the Kiwanis Club of Greater Lawrence, Quota International of Andover, The Rotary Club of Andover and the Service Club of Andover.
Photo caption: Merrimack Valley Chamber of Commerce President Joseph Bevilacqua (left) Rotary Club of Andover President Mark Spencer (center) and Andover Chamber of Commerce Chairman Robert Lavoie recognizing the Rotary Club of Andover’s community service. Submitted by Craig Saline, Andover RC.
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ANDOVER ROTARY CLUB
BEVERLY ROTARY CLUB
SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS 2013
Pictured above L-R: Elizabeth Macomber (Scholarship Chair) Harry Brown, Nicole Kirsch, Natalie Shea, Marc Babcock, Rebecca Kemmer, Kaley Miskis, Kelsey Miskis, Tim Anderson (not pictured), and BRC President Brian
Murphy.
BEVERLY ROTARY TEACHER OF THE YEAR 2013
Pictured left: Jackie Rapisardi, BRC Literacy Chairperson, presents No. Beverly Ele-mentary School 1st grade teacher, Lauren Connolly (on right) as 2013 Teacher of the Year!
Rotary Youth Exchange 2012-13 RYLA 2013
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DISTRICT 7930 MONTHLY ATTENDANCE REPORT June 2013
