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Visitors galore at our August 5th meeting.  Rotarians Gregg Poppas and
Parley Acker, both from Texas, Paula Hurd from Warwick.   David (soon to be
member) Caldwell and Skyler Ten Eyck, daughter of guess who.

President Bob urged members with phone book calls to make to wrap them up.
He said we only have some 31 ads outstanding.  A group came in to the
committee at the start of the meeting, so that number is now even lower.
We are at around $60,000, with only some $7,000 to go to reach our goal.
That goal provides us with the money for all the good things we do during
the year.  All our net goes to assist our community and over the years our
dollars have accomplished a lot for a lot of people.

Notes from other clubs.  The Bristol club is holding a "Rotary Cares Rotary
Shares" day at Colt State Park on September 22nd.  They will have a shelter
box display, displays by the Red Cross, Blood Center and others.
Patwuxet Valley holds a block party August 8th from 3-9 at the Half Moon
Restaurant, 1650 Nooseneck Hill Road.  All Rotarians invited to these events.

Board Meeting, August 13th, 7:30 am, Methodist Church on Route 2.  Open to
all members.

George Cooper, handing out perfect attendance pins, said Vin Meola had been
perfect for 3 years, which was not bad for his 50 years in the club.  Jane
Boynton has racked up two years of being perfect.

It was Jane Boynton Day as George Popella called her up to receive a Paul
Harris Fellowship   I took a lot of pictures of the ceremony and decided to
use them all.  By the way, George has two members in place for a new Paul
Harris team and is looking for three more to round it out.

Happy Bucks produced some interesting stuff, including news from Pat Lenihan
about the new Cash for Shacks program that is putting life into the Real
Estate industry.  You can turn the dump you live in into big bucks if you
trade it in on a new model.  See Pat for details.  She's still waiting for
some of the paperwork from the government. And George Popella came up with a
buck for his 6th grandchild, born last Wednesday.  A true Rotarian would not
have missed a meeting with such a minor excuse.

We always say it - some of the best programs come from members.  Betsy DiPrimo
outlined her life and times with a power point that showed some fancy
editing skills.  Growing up in Ohio and Illinois, she met her husband in
Boston and they have been married for 37 years, and she was a nurse for 35.
When first married they took on the job of doing a lot of the work when
building their first home in Lyme, Connecticut.  They lived a couple of
years in Hawaii and have traveled extensively.  IN 2007-2008 Betsy was
President of the Portsmouth Rotary club.  Responding to questions from
members she gave us an interesting look at her work as a nurse, including a
number of years as a home and hospice nurse.