THE SENIOR MEN'S CLUB OF NEW CANAAN
Minutes of the Regular Meeting of June 20, 2008
President Jack Messert opened the meeting with 124 members present, and membership of 480. New member John Henrich was introduced.
Minister of Health Bob Moylan reported Bill Kapp is going home and Jim Bridgeman is in Waveny.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: The Madrigal Singers are looking for contributions for a school in South Africa. Send checks to the High School for the choral fund. There will be an AARP safe driving course to be scheduled.
ACTIVITIES: Bridge, racquetball, tennis as usual. Amateur Chefs meet on 7/24 there will be a lobster bake, $24 deposit. 4F's at Woodway Beach on 6/27. Sky Blazers @ Lapham on 6/23- back to Berlin.. Trail Blazers at Putnam Park on 7/2. Golf 6/23 At Richardson in Fairfield, $43, 7/14 at Sterling Farms, $37, and 7/30 at Whitney Farms, $45.
COUTH: The July 22 event will be a tour of New Canaan historical spots including the Historical Society, Little Red Schoolhouse, with lunch at The Red Barn, $35pp, limit of 24 persons..Anyone interested in a trip to Newport, RI, three days, two nights let us know. Cruises, museums, house tours, the War College, etc Fee will be about $400 pp.
HUMORIST Jim Schlumpf told of a curious man who went to the distribution point between Heaven and Hell and finding that Seattle residents were given a brief respite before going into the inferno.
SPEAKER: Dr. Craig Wright gave us another photographic review of his latest exotic trip. This was the Arctic followed by the Antarctic. The Arctic started in Greenland, north of the Arctic circle, showing the land of the Inuits. Only 56,000 people live in Greenland, which belongs to Denmark, the country which subsidizes each resident to the tune of $10,000 pp annually. Craig's pictures were spectacular including icebergs, polar bears, tundra and dog teams.
He moved further North to upper Canada to see more Polar Bears and icebergs in a strange vehicle called a Tundra Buggie.
Antarctica was next, the land of penguins, seals, etc. The main food for penguins is krill, a small shrimp-like creature which is plentiful in those waters. Again, Craig's pictures of icebergs, many varieties of penguins, seals, birds and whales were informative and beautiful(probably the ones taken by Barbara). A feature was a large Wandering Albatross with a wing span of around 12 feet. A number of pictures followed at the next stop, the Faulkland Islands where King Penguins were very abundant. Craig saved us a lot of money as we now do not have to go to these locations. What is the next trip, Craig?
Harry Hitch, Secretary