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The Rotary Club of Wakefield, Rhode Island
Thursday, April 5, 2018
Place & Time:
Arturo Joe's
140 Point Judith Road, Narragansett, RI  02882
Meets Thursday @ Noon (except Thursday after 2nd Wednesday & holidays)
Photos:  Judy Fortier
RITUALS
Pledge and 4-Way Test: Pam Ancheta
Prayer: Harv Whitley
Song:  Marion Humphrey
 
About the meeting program:  The bell will be rung at 12:15PM to help the staff with food service timing and a final attendance count.  Also, a subtle "two minute warning" reminder before the end of the meeting will be signaled to help the program end promptly at 1:30PM. 
VISITING ROTARIAN AND GUEST INTRODUCTIONS
At today's meeting there were nine (9) guests:  Joyce Corl, grandmother of guest-speaker Anna Lubic & wife of Rotarian Gene Corl; Lisa D'Ambra, parent of guest-speaker Morgan D'Ambra; Mark Lubic, parent of Anna Lubic; Darlene and William Regan, parents of guest-speaker Lexie Regan; and Mat Joubert, Narragansett High School social studies teacher of today's guest-speakers.  Chris Van Hemelrijck did the honors of introducing guests.
ROTARY MINUTE
None today.
 
Note on Rotary Minute:  This agenda item is typically about highlighting a Rotarian-related protocol or commemoration.  But club members are encouraged to share  an interesting, humorous, or unusual Rotary-anecdote about themselves, or fellow Rotarians.  This is more than a "happy buck" mention--you get to be on the agenda and you don't have to prep a 20-minute speaker's presentation.   Just let Pam know you want a Rotary Minute story to share.
CALENDAR HIGHLIGHTS
For the latest concerning club related meetings and events click items on the Upcoming Events section in the right column.  Or for a more complete list, click on the CLUB CALENDAR button.  Next Meeting:  Thursday, April 19th!
 
MEETING HIGHLIGHTS
REMINDER:  Community Service with Rotaract
Contact Beth Leconte <olli_bleconte@uri.edu> for more info about clean-up & repair at YMCA's Camp Fuller in Wakefield with the Rotaracters on Saturday, April 7th from 9am-4pm. Beth reminded everyone that the weather may be cold and rainy for part of the day.
 
REMINDER:  Wine & Wonderful - East Greenwich Rotary
Swift Community Center, Friday, Apr 6th, from 6:00 PM – 10:00 PM $40/pp.
 
"Service Above Self" Scholarship Recipient - Acknowledgement/thank-you letter
Read the letter from Ben Holcomb, undergraduate at University of Rhode Island, in the Thank You Notes section of the newsletter in the right column.
COMMITTEE REPORTS
Charitable Committee - Grants Approved
Harv Whitley, Co-Chair, proposed and the club membership approved two construction grants.  First, grant of $2000 was awarded to the Domestic Violence Resource Center of South County for their new Transitional Housing program. This program allows additional housing after their Safe Home stay of up to 3 months. The second grant of $2000 was awarded to South County Habitat for Humanity for costs of adding to a new home with Energy Star 3 ratings equipment which will create very low energy costs and minimize home maintenance.
 
REMINDER:  Student Interviews for RYLA (Rotary Youth Leadership Awards) CONFERENCE
After today's meeting interviews with students from The Prout School and South Kingstown High School will be conducted.  Participant registration forms due date:  Friday, April 20.  Conference dates:  Friday, May 18 - Sunday, May 20.  Further details are here.
 
REMINDER: URI/Rotaract Advisory Team - Learn About How to Get Involved
The Rotaract Club needs an engaged and committed Rotary team to serve as Advisers.  It is important to work on this transition with Beth Leconte right now to facilitate as smooth a transition as possible.  Please contact Beth Leconte <olli_bleconte@uri.edu> to let her know you're interested about being part of the advisory team.  So far the team includes Pam Ancheta and Jim Blackerby.
SERGEANT-AT-ARMS REPORT
 
number of members present:   29   /number of visiting Rotarians:  0   /number of guests:   9   
 
Gene handed out fines to:  Spencer Seitz, Bob Horrocks, Jim Buchanan, Ben Bardo
MEMBER NEWS
Not on today's agenda.
HAPPY BUCKS
Beth Candas - gave thanks for today's speakers
 
Ed McLaughlin - traveled to Jackson Hole, WY
 
Dennis McLeavey - wedding in California
 
Jim Blackerby - son in Japan left work for NASA to start company astroscale.com that deals with space debris
 
Jim Buchanan - paid fine and paid for leaving early
 
Julia Yang - talked about meeting Jim Blackerby in an airplane traveling in Asia.
 
Yan Sun - son Cedric was in a tennis tournament
 
Marion Humphrey - mentioned that fellow Rotarians Sandy Cutting and Joanne Daly were featured as "women of the year" in Rhode Island Monthly magazine.
 
Gene Corl - thankful for his wonderful family especially those at today's meeting to hear his grand-daughter, Anna Lubic, and her classmates presentation.
 
 
PRESENTATION - "HOOKED", A C-SPAN VIDEO DOCUMENTARY
"HOOKED", A C-SPAN VIDEO DOCUMENTARY, WINS 2018 HONORABLE MENTION AWARD
Presenters: Morgan D'Ambra, Anna Lubic, Lexie Regan - Narragansett High School (NHS) students; Matthew Joubert, NHS social studies teacher
 
Mat Joubert introduced his classes' participation in this annual competition since 2011; it was started by his colleague in 2010.  NHS has received a third (3rd) place prize and eight (8) honorable mention prizes over the last eight years.  This documentary contest receives 3,000 video entries each year and  videos must rank within the top 150 submissions in order to receive a prize.  Each year Mat has his honors civics class of approximately 20+ students take on a video project for this national competition as individuals or in groups of no more than three (3) students.  The students were inspired to take on the subject of opioid addiction because of a family friend's struggle and death due to the disease.  The way the students' handled this year's video topic concerning the U.S. Constitution was by identifying the 10th Amendment delegating non-federal laws to the states. So the documentary, in part, examined how Rhode Island's laws and regulations affected treatment of addiction.
 
Daniel F. Warner, NHS Principal, arrived to hear his students' guest-speaker presentation.  Elizabeth Candas announced that Principal Warner was once a Wakefield Rotary Student-of-the-Month.
 
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ADJOURNMENT
Next Meeting:  Thursday, April 19th!
Upcoming Events
URI Rotaract - Welcome House Breakfast
Welcome House
Apr 22, 2018 11:00 AM
 
International Night - 25th Anniversary
White's of Westport
Apr 23, 2018 5:30 PM
 
Board of Directors Meeting
Easter Seals of Rhode Island
Apr 25, 2018 5:00 PM
 
Youth Service Month
May 01, 2018
 
Balloon Festival Committee
Easter Seals of Rhode Island
May 08, 2018 5:00 PM
 
NO THURSDAY MEETING
May 10, 2018
 
Multi District Conference - Rotary Rocks Plymouth
Hotel 1620 Plymouth Harbor
May 18, 2018 – May 20, 2018
 
Board of Directors Meeting
Easter Seals of Rhode Island
May 30, 2018 5:00 PM
 
Rotary Fellowship Month
Jun 01, 2018
 
Balloon Festival Committee
Easter Seals of Rhode Island
Jun 12, 2018 5:00 PM
 
Speakers
Apr 19, 2018
DNA Testing to Discover Your Roots
Apr 26, 2018
Issues Facing a Coastal Community
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Thank You Notes
Rotary Scholarship Thanks - URI Student Holcomb
OLLI @ URI - received January 2018
Kingston Chamber Music Fest - received January 2018
Medical Center/U.S. Depart. of Veterans Affairs - Dec. 2017
Girl Scouts of Southern New England - Dec 2017
Easter Seals Rhode Island - Oct. 2017
Jonnycake Center - received October 2017
Welcome House
Habitat for Humanity
Jonnycake Center - July 5, 2017
Galilee Mission
Bulletin Editor
Pam Ancheta
Russell Hampton
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