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A Visit from "Glinda, the Good Witch"

President Michael Moore called the meeting to order at 12:30 P. M.

Pledge:

Jim Benoit (PP '87-88) led us in the flag salute located to the President's right and to our left.

Moment:

The Rotary moment was brought to us by our PR & Marketing Chairman, Judith Light. It was written in 1859 by Charles Dickens about the French Revolution in 1789. I think it's worth repeating here.

"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to heaven, we were all going direct to the other way - in short, the period was so far like the present period, that some of its noisiest authorities insisted on its being received, for good or for evil, in the superlative degree of comparison only."
Charles Dickens, opening line of A Tale of Two Cities

Gary Lucas, Co-chairman of the 20th Annual CRAB FEED was our greeter. Some of our visiting Rotarians included: PP Shauna Lorenzen, Dusty Muckinhaupt, Carl Campbell (thank goodness I can spell this one), Steve Olsen and Joan Gutri....I'm sorry I don't know this name plus more that I can't remember.

Welcome Rotarians!

Before the meeting could continue PP Brian Herndon had to receive his official Past President's pin from President Mike Moore, who also stated at this time that PDG John Withers was his newest best friend. What was that about? I missed something.

Our newest member, Jack Bill, insurance broker, was introduced today as well. Good luck and welcome. We're thrilled that you will be on the clean-up committee for the CRAB Feed on January 25, 2003.

Guests of Rotarians:

Bill Fisher introduced his guest, Dorsey N. Goldsby of Lighthouse Marketing Solutions. Welcome Dorsey, and we hope that you find our Club a fun and informative place to be.

Announcements:

Deborah Noel, a guest and Chairperson of Barrier Awareness Day, the Mayor's Committee for the employment of person's with disabilities, asked for Rotary's assistance in participation, and hopefully some sponsorship or funding for this year's event. Barrier Awareness Day is Thursday, October 3, 2002. For more information, call Deborah at 542-2542.

Chris Parr-Feldman, Chairman of the 20th Annual Crab Feed reminded everyone about the crab meeting right after our regular meeting. Then she blew it by making an illegal announcement. I sincerely apologize to everyone for that…I got carried away and couldn't stop. Please forgive me.

Janet Codding, Club Membership Chairman, thanked all of those wonderful Rotarians who served on the committee with her last year and thanked the newcomers who joined her committee this year. Great job you guys! There will be a membership meeting next Monday, Aug. 5th starting at 5:00 pm.

Scott Bartley announced the great Bartley BBQ will take place on Sept. 7 at Ginny Pitt's Harvest Moon Vineyards. Be there, it's so much fun.

President Mike announced that nominations for District Governor are open. Interviews will be held on Sept. 28. If you have someone in mind, please see him for the proper form.

FINES of the times:

Brian Fikes $10 for the removal of his red badge to blue. Congratulations! We know that you joined in February and had to leave for a short time to recover from an accident after driving your car into Bob Marigo's neighborhood leaving him without lights. We're so happy that you are okay and with us. Also, thank you for volunteering to be in charge of the Clean-up Committee for the 20th Annual Crab Feed. (Maybe Bob would like to help you J -Ed)

Harry Rubins, Foundation Chairman was gone for a while to exotic and far away places. Gibraltar to Tangiers by boat, then to Grenada, London, the Atlantic Coast of Spain, which is the best in his opinion. I can't wait to have that opportunity to check it out myself. He also stated that when the market is down, he wants to be out of town. Harry graciously paid a $25 fine and $78 to Polio Eradication. Thank you so kindly, Harry, the Foundation appreciates it.

RAFFLE

A chance for $675! And the lucky winner to choose the black marble was Ron Street. Phooey! No luck today. Who got the wine? It seems as if Ray Schofield and Bob Harris have both sets of each other's tix. Okay, Tarina Hall, what are you doing with our raffle tix? Anyway, it sounds like a good plan to make money. Collect the $$ and hand out both sides of the tickets. Maybe we should mention this to Jim Benoit, chairman of the raffle sales for the 20th Annual CRAB Feed.

(Past President Bob Marigo and Kenny D enjoyed the meeting today, as did Paul Schwartz but apparently the specifics of their enjoyment here escaped the pen of our reporter. And also rendered speechless today was Chuck Baker (probably just Chuck getting yet another recognition award for his recent article in the PD…did that escape everyone? J -Ed)

PROGRAM:

"Glinda - Wishes Come True" Presented by: Glinda the Witch.
Introduction by Harry Rubins.

We started off with Glinda removing her witch's cape and complaining that her clothes had shrunk. She just had them cleaned and everything is now smaller. I thought all witches knew they're not supposed wash their clothes in water. Don't they melt or something?

Glinda the Witch had us go from table to table asking if we have or had known anyone in our lives with cancer either now or in the past. It shocked me that the majority of the room had either family or friends with cancer. It was also nice to see so many cancer survivors.

Glinda the Witch was diagnosed with cancer four years ago. She promised herself if she survived this illness, she would try to do something about it. She did survive. She gave up her job and became Glinda the Witch who grants wishes. For $5 you can buy a wish. It's amazing to her and her wishers that these wishes have been known to come true. I believe it!

(Why just today she granted Ron Street's wish to become "The Real Tommy Banana" J -Ed)

As a reminder, here are "The Five Components of Successful Cancer Recovery:
Support Network - utilize all possibilities and accept all help offered
Medical Team - traditional and non-traditional
Attitude - conquering fear and eliminate negativity
Faith-based Healing - spiritual community support, power of prayer for recovery
Goal setting - set realistic and challenging recovery goals and set dates for success

Remember that survivor rates are increasing. We are all affected by cancer, one way or another, just through the people we know. Be alert to anything unusual going on in your body and don't be afraid to get yourself checked out.

That's it for now. It was a pleasure to write the bulletin.

Chris Parr-Feldman

Your Editor: Jim Valinoti

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