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Local Rotarians
Welcome Rotary International President from Scotland |
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Rotary Youth Attend UN
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Local Rotarians
Welcome Rotary International President from Scotland |
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Rotary Youth Attend UN
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Red Hook Rotary
Receives District Award Past District Governor Jeffrey Keahon (2008-2009) presented President Walter Avis, the Club President, with a Recognition Certificate for accomplishing the Club’s objective for increasing Club Membership, Polio Plus contributions and Annual Giving to the Rotary Foundation. Red Hook Rotary was one of the 6 out of 66 Clubs in the District that accomplished all three goals for the 2008-2009 Rotary year..
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New Rotary Officers Installed for 2009-2010
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The new officers of the Red Hook Rotary Club were installed recently by Immediate Past-President Jonah Triebwasser. Photo (left to right) Treasurer Bruce Martin, Past-President Jonah Triebwasser, President Walter Avis, Secretary Carolyn Bernitt and President-Elect David Wright. The Red Hook Rotary Club meets Tuesdays at 7:30 am at the Apple a Day Diner, South Broadway in Red Hook. Visitors are welcome. (photo by Steve Kress) |
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Our Exchange Student ,Sidonie (Sid) Kerbellec,arrived from Francefor upcoming year.
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Local Man Wins Wii
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Interact presents scoreboard at the Rec Park
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Members of the Interact Club of Red Hook, NY gathered recently for a ribbon cutting ceremony at the Red Hook Rec Park. The Interact Club raised funds through various events to purchase a baseball scoreboard for the Rec Park. The ball field where the scoreboard was installed is used by Red Hook High School’s Boys Varsity Baseball team. Pictured with the Interact Club members is Ben Tiedtke owner of Village Pizza in Red Hook. Ben sponsored two fundraisers at his restaurant which contributed a significant amount to the project. Interact is an international community service organization for high school age students. Interact is part of Rotary International. The local club is sponsored by Rotary Club of Red Hook, NY. Rotary and Interact have a primary objective of promoting world peace and understanding through service to the community. Pictured l to r: Meagan Dowling, Aileen Dolen, Emma Dowden, Past President, Ben Tiedtke of Village Pizza, Carl Dowden, Club Advisor, and Annmarie Carey.
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Baxter's Bash- 2009
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 Members and guests enjoying a fine meal |
 Chow time! |
 More is coming |
 Well someone has to have Dave's baked beans! |
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Recent visitors and speakers
Red Hook Town Supervisor, Sue Crane, with President Jonah and Niki Weaver |
 Cynthia Philip spoke to the club abut her new book on the History of Rhinecliff. |
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 President Jonah installs new members: Cynthia Cole and Sue McCann |
Harold Fell presented an American flag to President Jonah to be used at the opening of our meetings |
Photographs of
Citizen of the Year- 2008
Robert Bowman
The Red Hook Rotary honored Robert Bowman
as Citizen of the Year for 2008 at their recent gala dinner attended by
over 160 neighbors, family and friends. Mr. Bowman has served Red Hook as
Town Supervisor, Village of Red Hook Mayor, Red Hook school board
president, Northern Dutchess Hospital Board, Dutchess County Fair Board and
a 50-year community volunteer.
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Congratulations to our club for being recognized at the District Foundation Dinner.
We are in the 100 club (our members who donated averaged $100 or more in donations) and were the highest donating club in our district! Thanks go to our Foundation chairs for the past two years John Kennedy and Bruce Martin.
Thanks also to Arnold and Alice Colburn and Steve and
Gidget Kress for attending the dinner.
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The Red Hook Rotary has welcomed its exchange student of the 2008 - 2009 school year.
Andreas Csorgo of Austria will attend Red Hook High School, living with local families and touring the United States.
 Shown in the photograph, from left to right, are Rotary President Judge Jonah Triebwasser, Andreas Csorgo and Exchange Student Committee Co-Chair David Wright. |
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Rotary Celebrates New York's
400th The Red Hook Rotary began the celebration of New York's
Quadricentennial (the 400th anniversary of Hudson and Champlain's
voyages along the river and lake that bear their names) by hearing from
Red Hook resident Tara Sullivan, Executive Director of the
Hudson-Fulton-Champlain Quadricentennial Commission. Ms. Sullivan told
Rotarians about the many events that will take during the celebration
in 2009. |
 Shown in the photograph, from left to right, are: Rotary President Jonah Triebwasser, Tara Sullivan, Executive Director Hudson-Fulton-Champlain Quadricentennial Commission and Rotarian Harry Colgan, speaker host. |
 Shown in the photograph, from left to right, are: Nor'Wester Rotary president Kurt Anderson and Judge Triebwasser. |
Rotary East Meets Rotary West Red Hook Rotary President Judge Jonah Triebwasser was the recent guest of honor and keynote speaker at the Nor'Wester Rotary Club in Port Angeles, Washington. Judge Triebwasser spoke about the history of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's fight against polio and Rotary's campaign to wipe out the last vestiges of polio around the world.
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Dalia Emilie Samantha Sol SABBAH-GOLDSTEIN
Susan and Glenn Goldstein, are proud to introduce
their first grandchild
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 Rotary President Bud Weaver, Joyce Garrity and Rotarian and speaker-host Carolyn Bernitt. |
Rotary Goes to the Dogs (and Cats!) Red Hook Rotary heard about the services of the Dutchess County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals as the SPCA's executive director, Joyce Garrity, described the outreach to adopt stray cats and dogs.
The Red Hook Rotary meets every Tuesday morning from 7:30 am to 8:30
am at the Red Hook Inn on South Broadway in Red Hook and visitors are
welcome.
(photo by Jonah Triebwasser)
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 Rotarian and exchange student host David Wright, Lena Moerchen and Rotary President Bud Weaver. |
Rotary says Auf Wiedersehen to Exchange Student
Red Hook Rotary has bid farewell to its German exchange student Lena
Moerchen. While spending a year in Red Hook, she attended Red Hook
High School, toured around New York and learned about American
culture. She holds the record for seeing New York City- 12 visits.
The Red Hook Rotary meets every Tuesday morning from 7:30 am to 8:30 am at the Red Hook Inn on South Broadway in Red Hook and visitors are welcome. (photo by Jonah Triebwasser)
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Radio Rotary
Takes to the Air |
 Red Hook Rotary President-Elect Judge Jonah Triebwasser, Millbrook Rotarian and host of Radio Rotary Scott Meyer, and Past President Niki Weaver. |
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Our Exchange student makes presentation |
Lena Moerchen, the Club’s Rotary Foreign
Student from Germany, at a recent meeting presented a power point
presentation about Germany, German cities, her home town and school,
her family, her interest in the school orchestra and typical day’s
activity when she is home in Germany.
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Red Hook Rotary Welcomes Home New
Zealand Exchange
Professional Massage therapist Helen Gutfreund spoke at a recent
breakfast meeting of the Red Hook Rotary about her recent
Rotary-sponsored trip to New Zealand. Her trip was part Rotary
International's Group Study Exchange program which sends young
professionals abroad for four to six weeks to live and learn with
professionals in their host country. The Group Study Exchange
program gives participants the chance to enrich themselves both
academically and culturally and the chance to promote international
goodwill throughout the global community.
Shown in the photograph, from left to right, are speaker chair
Rotarian Walter Avis, Ms. Gutfruend and Rotary President Bud Weaver.
(photo by Jonah Triebwasser)
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Shown in the photograph from left to right are Rotary President Bud Weaver, Evan Eisenhandler, Executive Director of Operation Lifesaver in New York (the railroad safety group), CSX locomotive engineer Charlie Otten and Rotary President-Elect Judge Jonah Triebwasser, speaker chair. A recent program was presented by Operation Lifesaver representatives which concerned railroad public safety concerns. This program topics relating to safety and loss of life at grade crossings, on railroad right-of-way, objects put on the rails, defacing warning signs and vandalism. It was also explained that railroad accident deaths have decreased by 50% since 1972 due in part to “Operation Lifesaver”. |
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Rotary welcomes a new member: Tom
Mansfield The Red Hook Rotary recently welcomed new member Tom Mansfield, proprietor of Golden Rabbit Fine Enamelware and the new Dutchess County Legislator from Red Hook. Shown in the photograph from left to right are Rotary District-Governor Designate Jeffrey Keahon presenting Mr. Mansfield with his Rotary lapel pin. |
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Rotary Leaders Meet in Poughkeepsie
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Traveling Rotarian: Rotary Hands Across the Ocean
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School Improvements Rotary Topic
Red Hook Central Schools Director of Facilities and
Operations, Marc Phelan, was guest speaker at a recent breakfast
meeting of the Red Hook Rotary. Mr. Phelan spoke of security at the
schools, new roofing and heating systems, and an experimental solar
power station. Show in photograph, from left to right, are
Rotarian and Red Hook School Business Manager Bruce Martin, Mr.
Phelan, and Red Hook Rotary President Bud Weaver. The Red Hook Rotary
meets every Tuesday at 7:30 am at the Red Hook Inn and visitors are
welcome.
(photos by Jonah Triebwasser)
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Stroke Prevention Rotary Topic
Red Hook Rotary welcomed Valerie Osbourne of Life Line Screening
Radiology to their recent breakfast meeting to discuss stroke
prevention through ultrasound screening. Ms. Osbourne also reviewed
with Rotarians the tell tale warning signs of a stroke.
Shown in the photograph, from left to right
are: Red Hook Rotary President Bud Weaver, Ms. Osbourne and Red Hook
Rotarian and speaker host Carolyn Bernitt. The Red Hook Rotary meets
every Tuesday at 7:30 a.m. at the Red Hook Inn and visitors are
welcome.
(photo by Jonah Triebwasser)
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Village Mayor Visits Red Hook
Rotary
Red Hook Rotary welcomed the Honorable David
Cohen, Mayor of the Village of Red Hook to their recent breakfast
meeting. Mayor Cohen spoke of the renovations to the Red Hook Village
Hall, comparing the cramped conditions in the old building to the
expanded space and improved working facilities in the renovated
building. Shown in the photograph, from left to right are: Red Hook
Rotary President Bud Weaver, Mayor Cohen, Village Trustee Ed
Blundell, and Red Hook Rotary President-Elect and Village Judge Jonah
Triebwasser. The Red Hook Rotary meets every Tuesday at 7:30 a.m. at
the Red Hook Inn and visitors are welcome.
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Dutchess Community College 50th
Anniversary
at Red Hook Rotary
Red Hook Rotary welcomed Thomas E. LeGrand, Chairman of the Board of
Trustees of the Dutchess Community College to their recent breakfast
meeting. Mr. LeGrand reviewed the many accomplishments which have
recently taken place on the college's campus and the history of the
first 50 years. Shown in the photograph, from left to right are: Red
Hook Rotary President Bud Weaver, Mr. LeGrand and Niki Weaver, who
arranged the program. The Red Hook Rotary meets every Tuesday at 7:30
a.m. at the Red Hook Inn and visitors are welcome.
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Rotary Welcomes Assemblyman Marc
Molinaro
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Harold Fell Named Honorary Rotarian
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Rotary
Welcomes Heart Safe Club
Representatives of the Heart Safe Club of Rhinebeck recently
addressed members of the Red Hook Rotary on the importance of
learning Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) and heart screening for
teenagers. The Heart Safe Club is offering home CPR training kits to
the public as well as CPR training. For information, contact them at
heartsafeclub@frontiernet.net . Shown in the photograph, from
left to right are Linda Forbes, Rotary President Bud Weaver and Pat
O'Malley. The Red Hook Rotary meets Tuesday mornings at 7:30 a.m. at
the Red Hook Inn.
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Rotary Welcomes German Exchange Student
Red Hook Rotary recently welcomed Lena Moerchen, the Club's exchange student from Germany.
While spending a year in Red Hook, she will
attend Red Hook High School, tour around the United States and
learned about American culture. Shown in the photograph, from left to
right are: co-chair of the exchange
student program Glenn Goldstein, Rotary President
Bud Weaver, exchange student Lena Moerchen, and Dave Wright, co-chair
of the exchange student program.
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Fellowship on the Hudson
Members of the Red Hook Rotary recently sailed up the Hudson on the Rip Van Winkle leaving from Kingston for a two hour cruise to celebrate the end of Summer. Shown in the photograph, standing from left to right are: Jonah Triebwasser, Bud Weaver, Fred Cartier, exchange student Lena Moerchen, John Kennedy and Dave Wright. Seated from left to right are: Rosalie Cartier, Ellen Triebwasser and Niki Weaver. |
Eagle Scouts honored
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The Red Hook Rotary recently hosted Eagle Scouts from Red Hook
Troop 42. The scouts told the Rotarians about their Eagle service
projects, and about their future educational plans. Shown in the
photograph, from left to right, are: Rotary President Bud Weaver,
Eagle Scouts Jeremy Hughes, Andy Growth, Michael Merchant, Dan
Young and Pieter Fildes, and Troop 42
Unit Commissioner Jonah Triebwasser.
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BAXTER'S BASH
2007
 President Bud trying to read Niki's notes. |
 Carl and David |
 Club members and their guests |
Dr. Ned enjoying himself
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 Burt and Glenn in conversation |
 Arnold preparing the corn |
Rotarian's of the Year - 2007
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President Bud Weaver presented
the Club’s Rotarian of the Year plaques to John Kennedy and Jonah
Triebwasser to acknowledge their exceptional service to the Club. Mr. Kennedy is the Rotary Treasurer and local representative of the
Rotary International Foundation. Jonah Triebwasser is Vice President of
Rotary and has been active as Rotary's publicity liaison. Both Kennedy
and Triebwasser have been very active on several Rotary committees and
projects. Rotary president Bernard Weaver said both men exemplify the
Rotary motto of "service above self." |
Annual Visit of the District Governor 2007:
Rotary District Governor Dr. James J. Yarmus
 Rotary Welcomes District Governor
Red Hook Rotary welcomed Rotary District Governor Dr. James J. Yarmus to
their recent breakfast meeting. Dr. Yarmus, whose district covers most
of the Hudson Valley, congratulated the Red Hook Rotary for its many
accomplishments and discussed the plans and vision for Rotarians in the
coming year. Shown in the photograph, from left to right are: Rotary
Assistant District Governor Kathy Kruger, Red Hook Rotary President Bud
Weaver and Rotary District Governor Dr. James J. Yarmus.
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Rotary Welcomes New Member
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New
member Susan Goodman-Goldstein was the sergeant-of-arms at meeting, here the
District Governor is putting in a "happy dollar."
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Members of the Board having supper with the District Governor the night before his club visit
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Kathy Kruger introducing the District Governor.
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Exchange
Student Bids Farewell
Red Hook Rotary has bid farewell to its Brazilian exchange student Francisco Pchara. While spending a year in Red Hook, he attended Red Hook High School, toured around the United States and learned about American culture. Shown in the photograph, from left to right are: Rotary District Governor Dr. James J. Yarmus, Red Hook Rotary Vice President Judge Jonah Triebwasser, Rotary Assistant District Governor Kathy Kruger and Red Hook Rotary President Bud Weaver. 
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Installation of our New President for 2007-2008: Bud Weaver
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 Kathy Kruger, The District Governor's Representative for Region 5 introducing the new Board members |
 Our new president "pondering." |
 The Club receiving its Presidential Award from the District |
 President (King) Bud |
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Rotary Welcomes Assistant Governor
Members of the Red Hook Rotary welcomed back to a recent meeting the Rotary Assistant Governor for District 3 of Rotary District 7210 Kathy Kruger. Ms. Kruger told the Red Hook Rotarians of events that will be held in the Hudson Valley in the coming year. Shown in the photograph, from left to right, are Kathy Kruger and Red Hook Rotary President Bernard Weaver. (photo by Jonah Triebwasser) |
 Rotary Hear of Hospital Achievements Members of the Red Hook Rotary were briefed on accomplishments of the Northern Dutchess Hospital by the hospital's new President and Chief Executive Officer, Denise George, RN. Ms. George reviewed with the Rotarians the progress made in the new construction and plans for the coming year. Shown in the photograph, from left to right, are Rotary President Bernard Weaver, hospital foundation executive director and Rhinebeck Rotarian Deborah Breen, Denise George, RN, and Rotarian Arnold Colburn who was in charge of arranging the program. (photo by Jonah Triebwasser) |
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Rotary Sponsors Youth Leaders
Red Hook Rotary has sent three Red Hook High School Juniors to the
Rotary Youth Leadership Academy (RYLA). While there, these students
learned and practiced leadership skills with other high school
students from around the state. Shown in the photograph, from left to
right are: Rotarian Carl Dowden, RYLA participants Kala DeStefano and
Anne Fields, Rotary President Bud Weaver, RYLA participant Emma
Dowden and Rotarian Walter Avis.
(photo by Jonah Triebwasser)
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NEW MANAGER OF FAIR GROUNDS
Mr. Robert Grehms the new manager of the Dutchess County Fair; spoke to the Red Hook Rotary, at a recent breakfast meeting at the Red Hook Inn, about the future plans for the Dutchess County Fair and use of the fairgrounds. |
Copyright: Red Hook Rotary, 2009
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