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Fanwood-Scotch Plains Rotary’s most recent public event
June 10, 2009. Linda Stender, Assemblywoman from New Jersey's 22nd District, spoke at the club's semiannual Guest Day, which drew 14 special attendees including Scotch Plains mayor, Nancy Malool.
Ms. Stender recapped the situation in Trenton, where the legislature by the end of June must settle a budget that copes with heightened needs and a revenue shortfall stemming from the economic downturn. On the bright side, she noted that New Jersey is benefiting from the Obama administration's stimulus package which is providing $17.5 billion to the state, including for NJ Transit Hudson River tunnel construction. Ordinarily, she noted, New Jersey is a net supplier of revenue to Federal coffers and rarely gets to tap into Federal outlays in proportion to its contributions. She noted that the tunnel and other changes on the Raritan Valley line to Newark will soon make possible a 'one-seat' ride to New York from the Fanwood-Scotch Plains area -- to result, she expects, in a twenty percent boost to property values. Forces impinging on the state budget at this time will tend to result in policies that induce municipalities to share services rather than duplicate them on a small scale town by town.
Andy Calamaras did a brief presentation explaining the meaning of Rotary for the benefit of guests.
Pictured with their school superintendent and
F-SP Rotarian, Margaret Hayes, are David E. Ringle scholarship winners Michelle Conway and Karthik Kumar.
Fanwood-Scotch Plains Rotary’s most recent major event
June 3, 2009. F-SP Rotarians hosted the Scotch Plains Fanwood High School seniors whom the club recently recognized with scholarships. The awards had been bestowed at the May 20 Senior Awards Program at the high school by F-SP Rotary members Bob Scalera, Sean Duffy and Blanchard Hiatt.
Fanwood-Scotch Plains Rotary provides three kinds of scholarships. Those who this year received Rotary-Garbe scholarships (each expecting to receive $4,000 in aid during their undergraduate years) were Steven Berger, Charles Ringel, Martin Sweeney, Linda Timko and Brittany Veeck. Recipients of the David E. Ringle Memorial Scholarships were the class valedictorian, Karthik Kumar, and salutatorian, Michelle Conway. Recipient of the F-SP Rotary Turnaround Award was Kevon Paynter.
At the June 3 luncheon the students paused for photographs.
Seated from left to right are Karthik Kumar, valedictorian, Brittany Veeck, Michelle Conway, salutatorian, Martin Sweeney, Kevon Paynter, and Charles Ringel. Standing from left to right are guidance department director Tim Donohue, district superintendent (and F-SP Rotary member) Margaret Hayes, Bob Scalera and Janet Strunk (club members) and Ellie Krump, whose Fanwood Scotch Plains Scholarship Foundation works with Rotary in selecting scholarship awardees.
