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October 7, 2020
Rotary Club of Beaumont Meeting
Judith W. Linsley
Director
The Center for History and Culture
of Southeast Texas and Upper Gulf Coast
"Comparing the 1918 Spanish Flu Pandemic
with the 2020 Coronavirus-19 Pandemic"
 
 
The Ms. Linsley shared this short list of books that may be of interest also:
 

John Barry. The Great Influenza: The Epic Story of the Deadliest Plague in History, Penguin Books, 2005.

Laura Spinney, Pale Rider: The Spanish Flu of 1918 and How It Changed the World, Hachette Book Group, 2017.

Maryn McKenna, “The Virus Hunt,” Smithsonian, July-August 2020.

Heather Green Wooten, The Polio Years in Texas: Battling a Terrifying Unknown, Texas A&M Press, 2009.

 

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October 14, 2020
Rotary Club of Beaumont Meeting
Tom Neal
Director
The Museum of the Gulf Coast
"The Making of a First-Class Museum"
 

 

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October 21, 2020
Rotary Club of Beaumont Meeting
Most Reverend David L. Toups, S.Th.D.
Bishop
Diocese of Beaumont
"Fratelli Tutti"
(Brothers and Sisters All)

 

 
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October 28, 2020
Rotary Club of Beaumont Meeting
Ron Saikowski
Regional Wine
Connoisseur & Educator
"If You're Gonna Drink, Drink Texas!"
 
 
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November 4, 2020
Rotary Club of Beaumont Meeting
Becky Mason
Rotary District 5910 Governor
"Rotary Opens Opportunities!"
 
 
 
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November 11, 2020
Rotary Club of Beaumont Meeting
Jamie Smith
Jefferson County District Clerk
"A Salute to Veterans"
 
 
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November 18, 2020
Rotary Club of Beaumont Meeting
Tabitha Sparks
The Rotary Foundation
"Rotary Opens Opportunities - to GIVE"
 
 
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December 2, 2020
Rotary Club of Beaumont Meeting
ShaRhonda Walker
Financial Wellbeing Coach, Operation Hope
"Empowering Lives with Financial Dignity"
 
 
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December 9, 2020
Rotary Club of Beaumont Meeting
Amanda Yarbrough
Executive Director, Beaumont Children's Museum
"Why Does Southeast Texas Need a Children's Museum?"
 
 
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December 16, 2020
Rotary Club of Beaumont Holiday Party
Scott Tokar
Magician
"It's a Magical Holiday"
 
  • Copyright laws would not all the posting of the Rotary Chorus singing "Light."  The song was edited from the video.
  • Mr. Tokar's contract would not allow a recording of his magic show.  We were permitted to record his magic tic-tac-toe game announcing President-Nominee Joanne Brown.
 
 
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