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OFFICERS
President
Cynthia Leonard

President-elect
Barry W. Fain

1st Vice President
Barbara Harris

2nd Vice President
Susan Johnson

Secretary
Jenny Miller

Treasurer
Richard A. Kaplan

Asst. Treasurer
Peter M. Loescher

Sergeant-at-arms
Kevin M. Oates

Past-President
Richard B. Applebaum

Directors to
June 30, 2011:
Holly Applegate
Paul Borrelli
Patricia Germani
Steven M. Rotondo
James C. Scanlan

Directors to

June 30, 2012:

Walter Cotter

Anthony Hollingshead

Gary Kaufman

Wendy Marcus

Linda Xavier

Executive Administrator &

Newsletter Editor

Jeremiah H. Cannon

Jenny Miller - $9 for nine years in Rotary.

Jim Scanlan - Visited his daughter in NY and saw her theater production.

Walt Adamowicz - Thanked National Grid for prompt and helpful response when they smelled gas.

Ken Conde - Happy to be old.

Tony Mendez - $33 for the 33^rd anniversary (on July 4) of his arrival in the United States.

Kris David - 10 happy days in California where she saw her son's first performance as lead in a play and for her daughter's internship in London.

Don Saracen - Happy to be back after missing several meetings.

Richard Applebaum - For a visit with Hillary and to congratulate our new officers.

Rev. Rick Kremer - Happy that his church got a grant and enjoyed Opening Night at Tanglewood.

Jerry Cannon - For Suzanne doing Happy Bucks, his grandkids' birthdays, and last week's social meeting.

Chuck Carberry - Very happy to have plucked his 7 year old son out of a riptide at Galilee and proud that his company is now manufacturing a composter and adding ten jobs in Rhode Island.

Maury Ryan - For Liam's and Mary Lou's birthdays.

Wendy Marcus - Middle son received his MBA.

George Burman - For his son's graduation from law school.

This Week's Reporter: Art Norwalk

In the most famous do-over since Chief Justice Roberts gaffed President Obama's Oath of Office, our club officers were installed (or was it re-installed?). Left to right: Past President Richard Applebaum, Treasurer Richard Kaplan, First Vice President Barbara Harris, President Cynthia Leonard, President-elect Barry Fain, Second Vice President Susan Johnson, Assistant Treasurer Peter Loescher, Secretary Jenny Miller

In what was revealed only at the conclusion as a "stealth Club Assembly," President Cynthia reported on her rewarding experience at the International Convention in Montreal, where she made new friends and explored new concepts for partnership opportunities in International Service.

After describing how she got a French version of the Four-Way Test from a bartender, Cynthia discussed what the test meant to her as an ethical compass and the amusing device she has developed to keep it clear in her mind.

Saying "it was all about the shoes and the ties," Cynthia thanked Susan Johnson and the other committee members for the festive installation event.

I learn something interesting about Rotary everyday. I read what a club in a far away continent is doing in their community; I hear about natural disasters - typhoons, flooding, and earthquakes and know Rotarians are there. I learn from Rotarian friends; I listen to the ideas generated from our club members; I talk with people in our community about Rhode Island's enormous problems with seemingly no solutions. And I know our state is not alone in grappling these issues of education, healthcare, hunger and homelessness, literacy, work force preparedness, and more. I later wonder how our club could serve our community; what the power of 125 Providence Rotarians could do with the backing of 2475 other Rotarians in the district and 1,199,875 other Rotarians worldwide.

"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has."

Margaret Mead, Anthropologist (1901 - 1978)

Cynthia

PP Deepak Vishnu, Kris David and others discussed the upcoming Group Study Exchange visit to Scotland and reminded members to propose trip participants ASAP - non-Rotarians (and not related to Rotarians) age 25-40 able to take four weeks for an expense-paid educational/cultural exchange visit this Fall.

Jerry Cannon reminded us that invoices for annual club dues have been mailed.

President-elect Barry Fain renewed the call for volunteers to help NOW in making the October 2 Street Painting Festival a success.

Monday, July 19 - District Governor Charlie Murphy

Thursday, July 22 - Board of Directors Meeting

Monday, July 26 - Author Mike King

Monday, August 2 - Joe Haskett, Distill Design

Tuesday, August 10 - Classification Talks

Monday, August 16 - Lindsay Armstrong, Monroe Dairy - The Farmer's Daughter

Thursday, August 19 - Board of Directors Meeting

Monday, August 23 - Professor Maureen Moakley, URI - The 2011 Political Landscape

Monday, August 30 - Rhode Island Home and Hospice (on location at 1085 North Main Street)

This Week's Editor: Jerry Cannon