The Meeting Was Called to Order at 12:15 by President Walt Smith. There Were 17 in Attendance

The meeting was called to order at 12:15 by President Walt Smith. There were 17 in attendance.

Walt felt it was time for a night meeting. He suggested February 23. More information will follow. MaryAnn distributed BeefSteak tickets to those in attendance.

Barbara commented on how easy it was to get a gift card valued at $25 from Zinburger. She was eating there Friday night. She presented the fundraiser letter to the manager and was given a $25 gift card. So, wherever you go, bring the letter and ask for a donation. Ben will be bringing the fundraiser letter and distributing it at the next Chamber of Commerce meeting. The Beefsteak is April 1 which is not that far away, start getting donations asap.

Walt introduced our guest speaker Mike Rahill from Turul Bookbindery in Lake Hopatcong. His mother is Margit Rahill - our next District Governor. He was welcomed by our singing of the "Welcome Song." The family business was started in Hungary just before World War II. The family fled Europe and wound up in Lake Hopatcong. The bindery's primary clients are law offices; government agencies; companies that need a durable, permanent

record of events. The pages must be tamper resistant and tamper proof. They also do antique book restoration. The oldest book they restored dated back to about 1599. They also restored documents prepared by Alexander Hamilton creating the city of Jersey City. All their work has to meet US Library of Congress standards. The work is hand done. In a reconstruction, some pages have to be researched so missing pages can be reconstructed. Most work now is on individual books and restoration of those books.

HAPPY DOLLARS

Bert Ducci - Happy to be here and for the program

Dorothy Huey - For the great program

Danielle Schaefer - Thank you to Dorothy for making sure she got all the Rotary mailings and to Sal for the work he did for her

JoAnn Andriola - For the interesting program

Sally Goodson - Pleased to be back

Barbara Hirsch - For the program, "speedy recovery dollar" for Roseann's niece who is ill, and just happy

Ro Tangorra - For an interesting program, always glad to be here because she gets to see her cousin Brownie; shared tidbit on

Nutley - her grandfather raised goats on property where Lincoln School stands

Sal Rosamilia - For the program

Walt Smith - For the program, for the turnout of Rotarians, and for the upcoming Pinewood Derby (Bob's grandson)

Mike Rahill - Thank you for invitation to speak

Bob Peters - Sad dollar on passing of a friend and today's headline about taxes being on the rise

Bob Ciocco - Enjoyed the program because of interest in old books

Brownie Andriola - For the two young ladies' return

Neal Conlan - Program

Ben Costa - Happy to learn about bookbinding, fire engines, and Ro's return to Rotary when her workload eases

Tom McCrohan - For the program

MaryAnn MacKinnon - For the program