Art Bradbury offered a thoughtful invocation urging us to do our best with the diminished resources at our command. Diane requested the singing of the Welcome Song and was pleased with the effort expanded in her behalf.

President Bob had a long list of announcements to make and make them he did, to wit:

·      Gil Wishart’s wake and funeral took place Wednesday night and Thursday morning. God’s Speed, Gil.

·      August 24^th – Polio Plus Yard Goats game.

·      Apparently there were no East Hartford Rotarians sighted at the Monday evening Glastonbury Seafood Boil. We may owe them an apology.

·      Bob reported on the EHPD National Night Out event held Tuesday. Rotary had a booth but were situated far from the action. Rotary volunteers President Bob, Marc Glass and Anwar Hossain did receive 10 expressions of interest in the Club, so there is that.

·      August 26^th – Food Share event at 12:30 p.m. – Bloomfield location.

·      September 7 – Habitat for Humanity project in East Hartford – sign up next week.

·      September 16 – Rotary Golf Tournament – making progress, need sponsors, raffles prizes and golfers. Looking or 60-70 golfers, hope for more. Everyone expected to participate in some fashion. Informal golf committee meeting at 11:30 on Wednesdays at Ridge.

·      The Scholarship Trust needed $9,500 for scholarships. Over $3,000 was donated by the Sgt. At Arms fund and the Flower Raffle so no funds were needed from operating budget.

·      There will be a 28-mile bike event on October 13^th, the day after the Greater Hartford Marathon. We will look to set up a water station.

·      Board meeting next Tuesday at 5:30 at the YMCA. Laura will be serving lobster thermidor to early arrivals.

Bill Saunders reported that Dick McCarthy is still dealing with effects of a fall but hopes to be back with us in a couple of weeks. Cards and phone calls would be appreciated.

Marc Glass was our Sgt. At Arms today. Enough said. Other than a 29^th birthday for Ceil Collins and a 70+ birthday for Good Ole Bill Saunders, nothing about the rest of the fines was that notable and since I can’t read Marc’s notes, they will remain just that, unnoted.

Fittingly Ceil won the raffle and Dan Russell took home the flowers.

With that, President Bob hit the gong and the meeting dispersed.

Doug Willett