0744-Sheila Bergeron, immediate Past President, calls the meeting to order with a newly restored bell. Thanks to Randy Morse!
 
Guest:
 
Fred Rodgers, speaker of the day, with a big assist from Dr. Tom Bennett who ran all over campus tracking down a projector.
 
Announcements:
 
Clay Hollister- Annual Meeting of Park Theater-tonight, 5-7p at Jaffrey Women's Club
Tom Doane-grab thank you notes for auction
Randy Morse-donator list for raffle (27 JRRC members total).
The big hitters were...
  • Misty Start
  • Tom Doane
Bill Raymond-Sat at Unitarian Church Peterborough, Messiah, 7p
Owen Houghton-Roy Baldwin of Monadnock Bible Conference-presentation on after school program and Haiti Mission
Susan Emerson-FOX and Friends this AM.  Wreaths donated individually for Arlington Cemetery. 15./wreath.
 
Happy Fines:
 
  • Nat-Bill Raymond's birthday
  • Joe Manning-$$ 
  • Harold Davis-Peter Davis recovering from TKA.
  • Bill Anders-Bell restored by Randy Morse.  Tom and Misty
  • Matt Bergeron-trash pickup with Owen H. and Helen Redding CD
  • Randy Morse-Bill R birthday and newspaper photos
  • Owen Houghton-picking up trash with Matt B!  Bernie $$ for Summerhill ad.
  • T Griffin-missed meetings and Misty/Tom
  • Gail T-wonderful people, husband, Thanksgiving
  • John McCarthy-Fred Rogers, Bill R. etc.
  • Joe Manning-guy walks into a bar.....
  • Jed Brummer-Tom Bennett, Peter Davis, Helene Rodgers
  • Bruce Edwards-missed trash pickup, Lehigh with daughter and twins(butt kicked by UNH), Peter Davis
  • Bill Raymond-71 yrs young today, trash pickup,
  • Helene Rodgers-speaker for today 
  • Clay Hollister-winter upon the mountain, just not this AM
  • Bill Janoch-Bill R., Fred Rodgers,...
  • Tom Doane-Bond Wellness Center new member (Bernie Hampsey)
  • Bob Schumann-trash pickup and Peppermint Whiskey
  • Bernie Hampsey-Al Clapp 92 yo birthday yesterday.  Photo with his wife. UNH football victory.
  • Sheila Bergeron-birthdays, unsung heroes of JRRC, ...
 
Speaker:
 
Introduced by Dr. Fred Rodgers. Professor of Geology and Environmental Science at Franklin Pierce University
 
  • Schist/Gneiss/Granite-3 major rock types in our region.
  • Time Scales-Palaeozoic/Mezozoic/Caneozoic
    • Clearly he is not a "new earther".
    • Orogeny (one of his favorite words) not erogeny.
    • Mt. Monadnock probably 20, 000 ft originally.
      • Don't take your wife (husband, friends, ...) for granite,
      • Or treat her (them) like schist,
      • 'cause it's not gneiss!!