Everyone was a vocational speaker, even if for just one minute. Dave went where no Andover Rotary president went before and had each member stand and give a brief description of his vocation. So here's what we do:
Dave Lindsay - As a veterinary acupuncture, sticks needles in places I don't care to know. His other personality does web design and hosting and his third is North Andover's animal inspector
Rick Stern - Property management for the past 20 years (when not fishing in the Merrimack)
Dave Sollars - Fishing
Andrew Santos - He is a financial officer at Enterprise Bank. See him for a loan.
Jack McSweeney - He owns Andover Buys,a 4 person buyer's broker that operates nationwide and specializes in commercial property.
Jim Sutton - In case you've been in a coma he is has been a library director for 35 years--Andover's director for almost 2 decades.
Steve Ventre - He is a commercial banker for Riverbank but more interesting in person.
James Lyman - He owns a self storage facility in Cambridge. The boats you see on his front lawn are for sale as part of his side venture of selling water ski boats.(Sure.)
Steve Druth - Husband and commercial real estate broker for the past 20 years. His real estate signs are everywhere and he drives a Maserati so he must be good.
Peter Caruso - Attorney specializing in real estate, probate, estates, newspapers and any good social cause needing pro bono advocacy. He drives a Porsche so he is good but not as good as Steve.
Richard Brenner - He has been a home builder since 1992 and now does mostly residential real estate. He also has incredibly talented kids.
Ray Cannon - Ray is an attorney specializing in asset protection planning and any good social cause needing pro bono advocacy.
John Colbert - A CPA with the 5th largest firm in the country this button down guy does audits and quality control. He shows as much excitement as a CPA ought to.
Alan Michel - Media literacy--which means helping kids in schools use audio-visual tools to get their messages out. He founded Home, Inc to run his non-profit group. He also does video production for people who actually pay and any good social cause needing pro bono filming. He skis in April.
Marie Stultz - She prides herself on being annoying but not even the annoyed can deny her the 35 years of teaching kids to sing, 3 published books and 30 compositions. Marie is president of the "Speak up wherever you are" club.
Mark Spencer - When he grows up he'll figure out what he wants to do. For now he is closing down Carriage House Portraits and working as the Director of Technology for a high-tech research company in Woburn, Agiltron.
Joan Johnson - Many decades of selling homes has given license for Joan to pursue community service and help any good social cause needing pro bono work including her grandchildren.
Matt Gold - He is a real doctor who prefers to sing and do community theatre. He is the president of the Massachusetts Neural Association and a charter member of the Columbo Disheveled Club.
Deedee O'Brien - Always on one time zone behind, Deedee is the founder and executive director of Ironstone Farm. Her real passion is for thoroughbred horses and Guinness.
Bill Buck - This realtor owns Stone Wall Realty and donates countless hours to help any good social cause needing pro bono work. His other occupation is his blonde wife and two blonde daughters.
Phil Mason - Phil put in 35 years in active duty and neglected to say that he rose to the rank of General. Another 13 lucky years in the defense industry and 13 years of retirement brings him to the present. He has 14 grandchildren - one too many.
Paul Mercandetti - He moonlights as a singer (thus, the hair). During the day he provide data security, designs websites and hosts them as well. On weekends he is on his boat (singing).
Helene Andersen Michel - She has been in the audio-visual field since videotape was invented and men were the only ones allowed. She is currently head honcho for Audio visual Innovations. She once videoed Mick Jagger and crashed his private hotel room.
One adult, Alice Coogan, joined two pint sized guests, the never-to-be-betrothed Cole Spencer and Kathleen Buck.