Members (13): Rod, Carol, Deb, Buddy, Alan, Robert F., Jim, Ed G., Tom, Ed M., Jeff, Sue, John
ANNOUNCEMENTS
• Penny Sales is on 10/25.
• Food Drive will be 11/22
TREX PLASTIC CHALLENGE UPDATE
We have received the fourteenth bench which will honor Lori Muse Gurney and the club’s 95th anniversary. We will begin to collect for bench 15 which will be given to Union Street School
To date, 12,148 pounds of plastic film (over 6 tons!) have been removed from the waste stream since we started this project in February of 2023, delivered to Shaw’s Supermarket, and heading to Trex Company for recycling. Please continue to bring your plastic film to the Springfield Town Library. NOTE: We need volunteers to help sort the plastic at the Library. For more info, contact Alan.
UPCOMING PROGRAMS
October 28
No Regular Club Meeting
NOTE: Programs are updated on the club website.
The next board meeting will be at noon on Thurs., Nov. 13, 2025 in the conference room of Senior Solutions. Minutes of the board meetings can be found on the club website. All members are welcome to all board meetings, your input is valued, please come!
SERVICE ABOVE SELF
President Sue welcomed all to the October 21, 2025 club meeting held at the Springfield Area Parent Child Training Center. For the thought of the day, she offered this quote attributed to John. D. Rockefeller: "Don’t be afraid to give up the good for the great. "
BOWL OF LIFE: (members put three things about themselves on paper and place into a bowl and then we try to identify the member)
This member's clue was: "Taught elementary school for a few years " — No one fessed up.
HAPPY EVENTS:
Sue: Weekend with Emma
Sue: upcoming Penny Sale
Sue: a family dinner
Jeff : Another year the Yankees did not win the World Series
Bob: Spent the weekend at his alma mater, Syracuse
Tom: a pleasant time pheasant hunting in upstate NY
Buddy: seeing his granddaughter’s hockey team win
Carolthe good care she received from Springfield Hospital during her recent surgery
Ed G: his granddaughter’s 6th birthday
Ed M: seeing his granddaughter score the winning point in her volleyball game
Alan: learning about the programs of the Springfield Area Parent Child Center
RAFFLE
The weekly prize of $6 was won by Tom who gave it back to the Club. The big raffle grows to $136.
PROGRAM:
Rotarian and Town Manager Jeff Mobus spoke briefly about the upcoming Water and Sewer bond votes. The votes wil be held Tuesday, November 18 from 8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. at Riverside Middle School. A public informational meeting will be held either November 5 at 6:00 p.m. or November 17 at 7:00 p.m., at the Town Hall.
Article I would fund the replacement of existing water lines along Clinton and Main Streets. The existing water lines date from the late 1800s and early 1900s. Article II would replace sewer lines along Mineral, Main, River and Wall Streets, which have been failing.
The water project will cost $13.5 million, the sewer project just under $2.6 million. Approval of the bond issues will qualify the projects for state subsidies, Mobus said. Rejection of the bond issues will not relieve the Town of the responsibility for replacing the lines, but will make the Town ineligible for state financial assistance.
NOTE: Thank you Rod Arnold for supplying the notes for this week's meeting.
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