Tri-Town Rotary announces awards

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The Tri-Town Rotary Club has awarded three Paul Harris Fellowships for 2002. The award is named for Paul Harris, the founder of Rotary International, a worldwide service organization. The award recognizes exceptional service to the local and international community through service to the Rotary Club and its various projects. A donation of $1,000 was made to the Rotary International Foundation in the name of each of the three recipients, Joe D’Anna, Ted Davis, and Matt Kinne. Joe D’Anna is a realtor with Mole and Mole Real Estate in Lenox, where he lives with his wife Terry and three daughters, Teresa, Susan, and Kate. Prior to moving to Lenox 12 years ago, D’Anna lived in New Jersey, where he was a commodity trader. A Shearson vice president, he was a member of the New York Commodity Exchange, the Mid-America Commodity Exchange, and associate member of the New York Cotton Exchange. He is a past president of Tri-Town Rotary, and is currently its sergeant-at-arms. Ted Davis and his wife Karen own the Brazabra Corporation, which manufactures and distributes lingerie worldwide. Following his school years (high school valedictorian, dean’s list, U. of Maryland, Baruch School of Business), Davis worked for and eventually owned several textile businesses, traveling extensively throughout Central and South America, S. Africa, Asia, and Europe. During this time, he developed a love of travel, mountain climbing, and photography. As a Rotarian, he has been involved in his club’s well-building project in a small village in Mali, and will travel there to inspect the project. He developed the Tri-Town Rotary’s Duck Race Fund-raiser, held during Lee’s Founder’s Weekend, and has participated in many other Rotary projects. He and Karen live in Lee, and have three grown children. Matt Kinne is a vice president of Berkshire Bank in Great Barrington, and resides in West Stockbridge with his wife, Ann. He is a graduate of the College of Holy Cross, and is currently enrolled in the business master’s degree program at George Washington University. Kinne has been a member of Tri-Town Rotary’s Board of Directors since 1995, and is the past chair of the Duck Race committee. He has served on the annual Golf Tournament committee and the Scholarship committee, and was Club Secretary 1999-2001. He developed and maintains the club’s web site, www.TriTownRotary.org, which was recognized as the best web site of all Rotary Clubs in District 7890 last year. He is president-elect for 2004. The Tri-Town Rotary Club serves the communities of Lee, Lenox, and Stockbridge, and meets weekly at the Red Lion Inn in Stockbridge on Tuesdays at 12:15 p.m.
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McCann Recognizes Superintendent Award Recipient

By Tammy DanielsiBerkshires Staff

Landon LeClair and Superintendent James Brosnan with Landon's parents Eric and Susan LeClair, who is a teacher at McCann. 
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The Superintendent's Award has been presented to Landon LeClair, a senior in McCann Technical School's advanced manufacturing course. 
 
The presentation was made last Thursday by Superintendent Jame Brosnan after Principal Justin Kratz read from teachers' letters extolling LeClair's school work, leadership and dedication. 
 
"He's become somewhat legendary at the Fall State Leadership Conference for trying to be a leader at his dinner table, getting an entire plate of cookies for him and all his friends," read Kratz to chuckles from the School Committee. "Landon was always a dedicated student and a quiet leader who cared about mastering the content."
 
LeClair was also recognized for his participation on the school's golf team and for mentoring younger teammates. 
 
"Landon jumped in tutoring the student so thoroughly that the freshman was able to demonstrate proficiency on an assessment despite the missed class time for golf matches," read Kratz.
 
The principal noted that the school also received feedback from LeClair's co-op employer, who rated him with all fours.
 
"This week, we sent Landon to our other machine shop to help load and run parts in the CNC mill," his employer wrote to the school. LeClair was so competent the supervisor advised the central shop might not get him back. 
 
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