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Pam Ancheta -- explained her "This American Life" t-shirt after getting a couple inquiries about it. Elizabeth Candas -- reported that husband & fellow Rotarian Sezgin wasn't able to make today's meeting; also talked about her nephew's dating a young lady from Taiwan. Martha Whittier -- paid a birthday fine and got rewarded with a lovely birthday serenade Val Szlatenyi -- it is the anniversary of her husband & fellow Rotarian Steve's passing away a year ago. She found a short poem about water by "Steve S." that she read to the club to commemorate "our" Steve & today's guest speaker topic on Water for Cambodia. Click here for the poem. Harv Whitley -- mentioned issues resulting from the recent storms & talked about his church's newest band member our club's own Chris Hart (drummer). Harv invited us all to attend a service at his church just to hear the band: The Harbor Church, 263 Waites Corner, West Kingston. Betsy Wisehart -- HAPPY INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY!!!! She bought an appliance from our own Jim Buchanan....and although her home has an adequate emergency generator she has been out of grid power for days and had a myriad of other issues resulting from the winter storms Beth Leconte -- sorry to Betsy and others in our community suffering from the effects of the winter storm; she talked about her community service travels through the alternative spring break arranged through URI that three Rotaracers are participating in as well ( 2 --going to Houston, TX; 1--going to Guatemala; and Beth is headed to Arizona); she's also excited about her puppy!!! Chris Hart -- was in Idaho for a wedding & announced that today's lunch was his last "real meal" for awhile as he's been put on a doctor-ordered, restrictive-calorie diet in preparation for prostrate treatment/surgery Herb Mansfield -- told a story about being on a cruise out of Florida but managed to get stuck with paying $173 for filling a rental car with gasoline--because he forgot to return the vehicle with a full tank of gas....lesson learned, I'm sure Elizabeth Candas (again!) -- came back to make a clarification about her nephew's new relationship mentioned earlier Chris Van Hemelrijck -- took heed of the recent club assembly agenda item about paying dues....he's forgotten to do so, until today!!! Also he talked about issues he faced due to the winter storms and getting his emergency generator running....and he became a grand-father!! Jim Buchanan -- paid a late fine & announced an International Committee meeting at his house on March 20th. Sheryl Peno -- paid a late fine Fran Alexakos -- talked of trip to see parents and her grand-children |
