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No. 6755, District 7980, Region 1 President-elect Michael Redgate opened the meeting. Jack Quinlan said the Invocation, and we sand America. Attendance: Marjorie Anctil, Ray Baldwin, James Bardon, James Baum, Greg Carl Carlson, John Bogannam, Jayne Bolton, Doreen Boutote, Bev Cambras, Guy DeFeo, Barry Diamond, Bill Dunn, Lynn Fontana, Len Germano, Stephen Hodson, Thelma Hoyt, Stephen Jakab, Philip Lane, Jim Lang Gene Leone, Ron Lesko, Dana Lonergan, Steven Lupien, John Makar, Ian McMillan, Ted Merritt, Preston Merritt, Frank Metrusky, Jack Quinlan, Mike Rappa, Michael Redgate Tim Rivers, John Rosati, Joe Ruospo, Ray Rzasa, Rose Marie Spatafore, Dick Stein, Dick Stutz, Steve Taylor, and Dave Wilson. Guests:Debbie Corso from the Naugatuck club and Karen Ronald, Trumbull Town Librarian. Happy/sad dollars: Phil Lane gave a happy $5 because he spent one (and only one) day at jury duty. Preston Merritt had happy bucks for UConn, with a nice final score, and for the Trumbull girls basketball team, and a happy dollar for the Board of Directors meeting. Ted Merritt gave a happy $5 because Preston is so happy. Marge Anctil ran into a colleague at Fairfield U. Peeking in a classroom door while passing by, she noticed the professor had students absolutely riveted. And the prof she's referring to is our own Phil Lane. Jim Lang gave a happy $3--one for Michael Redgate, Len Germano and himself for being at PETS in Nashua, N.H. He and Len will train Rotary club presidents at PETS seminar. Barry Diamond had happy dollars for the Trumbull's Own Chamber of Commerce symposium on security for businesses to be held Wed. March 20 from 6-9 PM. Security is a hot topic these days. The panel of five experts in different aspects of security is truly an all-star cast (IRS, FBI, Federal Reserve Bank, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Brinks Armored Car Div. people plus top-flight computer gurus. Dale Seymour is on the panel). Guy DeFeo is happy about his 3 week s in Aruba. Rose Marie Spatafore is happy she did a presentation to the Derby/Shelton Rotary on the RI World Conference in Barcelona coming up in June. Ian McMillan gave happy ad $. He worked on a foreclosure account with Steve Hodson, who did an updated appraisal in timely fashion. Dick Stein gave happy $ for the Safari Club Foundation. He was invited to attend their event at the N.Y. Athletic Club. Len Germano gave a sad dollar: the wife of Norm Parsells passed away on Feb. 27. The Board sent a donation to Swim Across the Sound in her memory. Michael Redgate gave happy dollars--his adorable little daughter Annika had medical tests for just about everything, and Mike says, "She's just small!" Club Business: ANNUAL CARNIVAL Preston Merritt reported on our Annual Carnival which will take place April 17-21. The Board discussed taking over the food selling, since we could make several thousand on this. Preston said working on this project is also a good opportunity to get to know each other. We need people to work selling food and tickets. NEWS FROM OUR GROUP STUDY EXCHANGE TEAMS Thelma Hoyt reports that the The Welcome/Bon Voyage Brunch for GSE teams going to and coming from Costa Rica, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Panama, and Brazil will be held on Sunday, April 7 at 1 PM at the Nathaniel Green Community Center, Guilford. Come out and meet the
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people we're sending to Central America, and those coming in from Central America to spend a month in Connecticut. Our club should be represented at this GSE event, which is our District's main international activity. Tickets are $15. Reservations are due not later than March 30. Call Brian Barrett at (203)264-7983 or e-mail <blbarrett1@earthlink.net> The GSE (Group Study Exchange) Barn Dance will be held on Sat., April 27 from 2-9 PM at the Kokomiko Miniature Horse Farm in Woodbury. This makes for a pleasant family day, good for children of about age four and up through teen-agers. The music is by a terrific country band, and the square dancing requires no experience. It's just plain fun. You can see the little horses, too. It's a way for Rotarians in our district to welcome incoming GSE team members from other countries. An extra added attraction---the teams from Central America and Brazil joined by our GSE team members will play a soccer game. Admission for the entire day is $7.50 for adults; $3.50 for children 4-10, plus a pot-luck dinner contributton (please call Linda Barrett at (203)264-7983) to discuss what to bring). Reservations are due no later than April 20. Call (203)264-7983 for info, or go to <wildwoman01@earthlink.net> BIKE--A-THON John Rosati said we need to raise $2,500 and will combine this event with the sunset run. JAZZ FESTIVAL in TRUMBULL! Ray Baldwin said that a Jazz Festival will be held in August. Benefactors for the first year will be half Rotary, and half Swim Across the Sound. Eventually, the festival will be a 2 or 3 day event. OPEN INVITATION President-elect Redgate asked all the new members present to stand. They did. He then invited all of them to attend our next Board meeting on Wed., April 3 at 7 PM at the Marriott. ___________________________________________________________ PROGRAM
Jack Quinlan introduced an old friend of his, Dr. C. P. Karazulas who is chief forensic odontologist, and an expert witness with the States Attorney's office. He has been working for 27 years as an executive officer with noted forensic physician Dr. Henry Lee. His presentation was a facinating account of how crimes, especially murders, are solved by forensics. Dr. Karazulas said he has been involved in 400 "cold cases." He told of a case he worked on for 11 years before solving it to the point where credible evidence could be introduced in court that would leave the killer no way to extricate himself from the truth of his hideous deed (actually, this killer is a serial killer, thought to have murdered more than 50 women). Dr. Karazulas demonstrated with slides how he proved that the killer is a necrophile. A necrophile usually strangles his victim, and the slides showed the telltale signs of a killer with this pathological behavior. This case is going to be an exhibit at the Smithsonian because it represents the first time that a murder case was solved with new techniques developed by a scientist from MIT. The technology allows a shadow to be removed from a photo, revealing as many as 255 levels beyond what the naked eye can see. The technique has many uses in criminal work. Dr. Karazulas teaches at the Connecticut Police Academy and has a dental practice on Park Ave., Bridgeport. Needless to say, after working over 27 years in forensics, many of them with Dr. Henry Lee, he had lots of interesting anecdotes to tell, including his theory on the O.J. Simpson case. We could have kept him there for hours! CONNECTIONS page 3
DISTRICT CONFERENCE MAY 2-5
All members and especially new members are invited to attend the District 7980 Conference in Albany from May 2-5. You can go for one day or all four days. There will be lots of fun things for spouses to do, and extended free time for members is built into the schedule. Among the attractions are: visits to Howe Cavern, Cooperstown Baseball Hall of Fame, and the Albany Institute of History & Art, a national treasure older than the Louvre, the Smithsonian and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Cost per day including most meals, entertainment, programs, fun and fellowship is just $198 for two or $146 for one for the weekend package. To register or for more information, contact Conference Registrar Sara McCann at (203)268-9287 or email: <DistConf2002@aol.com> At the District Conference, the gavel will be passed and our own former president Jim Lang will take the helm as District Governor.
MAKE UP MEETING AT THESE CLUBS Fairfield Mon., 12:15 PM Gaelic-American Club Bridgeport Tues., 12:15 PM Holiday Inn Bridgeport Sunrise Wed., 7:30 AM Holiday Inn Monroe Thurs., 7:15 AM Clearwaters Restaurant Orange Fri., 12:15 PM Racebrook Country Club
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ROTARY CLUB of TRUMBULL Officers and Committee Chairs
President Ted Merritt President-elect Michael Redgate Vice President Mike Rappa Secretary Bill Zeidenberg Treasurer Beverly Cambras Sergeant-at-Arms Ray Rzasa Public Relations Thelma Hoyt Programs Lynn Fontana, Dave Wilson
Club Service Chairs Tom Heaney, Dale Seymour Vocational Service Chairs Barry S. Diamond, John Rosati Community Service Chairs George Voynick, Bill Zeidenberg International Service Chairs Thelma Hoyt, Philip Lane
Thelma Hoyt Guest Editor
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