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The Rotary Club of Wakefield, Rhode Island
Thursday, August 9, 2018
Place & Time:
Arturo Joe's
140 Point Judith Road, Narragansett, RI  02882
Meeting Thursday @ Noon
 
 
Meeting Called to Order; President Tom Tarzwell
4 Way Test; President Tom
Pledge; President Tom
Prayer; Ben Bardo
Song; Marion "Micky" Humphrey
 
 
Introduced guests of the Wakefield Rotary Club,
Proposed for membership
Lynn Wagner; Classification Banker,
Nancy Kleniewski; Classification Higher Education
If any objections or comments on these prospective members please contact the Membership Chair Russell or President Tom
Guests
Nancy Kleniewski
Scholarship Recipints
Katie McLoud and Jaqueline Lindstrom
 
Posted by Gene Corl & Glen Zibolis
 
Number of members present:    22 
Visiting Rotarians:  1  
Number of guests:   2  
 
Second Key for the Clubs PO Box is missing. If anyone knows its whereabouts please inform the Sergeant at Arms.
 
Also, when paying with a Credit Card, fees approach $1 per transaction, Cash is preferred.
Announcements
Deb Casey has resigned from the Wakefield Rotary, Unfortunate to see her go and we will welcome her back if she chooses.
With that Tom is looking for a Rotary Foundation Chair to replace her.
PAWSOX Game on Friday August 17th, $12 per ticket, We will be meeting at A&B Appliance at 5PM to car pool to the game. Contact Russell for Tickets. He will be ordering tickets Monday at noon. Or call the PAWSOX at 401-724-2140
Board of Directors Meeting: Wednesday, August 15th at Easter Seals office 5pm.
For some reason Tom Rang the bell at this time and Betsy, myself and several others stood up????
Happy Bucks
Sandy, emotionally expressed the meaning of VJ Day and her memories of her father, a WWII veteran.
Betsy, very happy with a recent health report.
Pam's father was a WWII Vet and had a life long friendship with a Japanese family in her home town. Pam's daughter is a teaching assistant solving world problems.
President Tom's daughter Amanda is expecting. Congratulations!!
Russell thanked Linda and Spencer for helping his granddaughter, Kayla, with the Rotary Garden clean up on Main St next to the bike path.
 
 
 
 
 
Program
Our Guest Speaker today is Sven Soderberg a South Kingstown native, veteran, Purple Heart recipient, and owner of the Peace Dale Shooting Preserve. Sven spoke of perspectives on life he gained from Boy Scouts and other life experiences. Sven joined the National Guard while studying Mechanical Engineering at URI. He was deployed twice, First during the floods in 2010, second to Afghanistan doing security details, he was injured while driving a truck that ran over a mine in the road.
Sven is aware of the opioid crisis mentioning that he has lost more friends to it than the war. He has successfully raised over $50K for Gold Star Families.
He currently has developed the Peace Dale Shooting Preserve into a state of the art sport shooting facility.
 
 
Next Meeting:  Thursday, August 16, 2018!
 
Please make every effort to attend!!!!!
 
 
 
Upcoming Events
Victory Day
Aug 13, 2018
 
Balloon Festival Committee
Easter Seals of Rhode Island
Aug 14, 2018 5:00 PM
 
Board of Directors Meeting
Easter Seals of Rhode Island
Aug 15, 2018 5:00 PM
 
Labor Day
Sep 03, 2018
 
Balloon Festival Committee
Easter Seals of Rhode Island
Sep 11, 2018 5:00 PM
 
Board of Directors Meeting
Easter Seals of Rhode Island
Sep 19, 2018 5:00 PM
 
Columbus Day
Oct 08, 2018
 
Balloon Festival Committee
Easter Seals of Rhode Island
Oct 09, 2018 5:00 PM
 
Bulletin Editor
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