Music: Pennies From Heaven, What A Difference A Day Makes, Dream, I’ll Never Smile Again

 

Food: Greek salad, stuffed chicken breast, green bean medley and mashed potatoes, banana coconut pie, coffee & tea

 

Guests:  Susan Goldring, Charlie Parton (speaker), Kate McMann and Jill Gwydir from Lunch Break

 

Happy Dollars:  Rhonda – for new prez Ken; Horton – for his wife joining us and Charlie Parton; Robin – for Charlie and Lunch Break; Rob – read eye chart 20/20 and for Hillary Clinton; Sue – for being here and for what’s going on at TF Rotary; Chris – because he missed 2 meetings; Mike – for Charlie; Joe – welcome Lunch Break and Charlie; Charlie – for being here and for the great loss of Mike Gormley.

 

Announcements:

1)      July 28^th – Satellite Club Meeting – 6:00 PM, Teak

2)      August 4^th – Long Branch Rotary clam bake

3)      August 8^th – 6:00 PM - Gift Of Life Foundation, annual meeting at La Bove Grande, 800   Route 70, Lakehurst, NJ 08733 

4)      August 15^th – Dinner with new RI President John Germ, Westin, Mt. Laurel

 

 

Speaker:  Charles Parton, former director and co-chair of Two River Community Bank.  Here’s a short synopsis of what Charlie said about the economy:

 

50/50  $20   went to Bill Saloukas

 

Meeting ended at 1:35 PM

 

– Yiddish folk saying

 

 

President Ken started the meeting at 6:25 PM   and Chuck said a prayer…asking for a moment of silence for Mike Gormley.  He thanked G-d for health, wealth, family, livelihood and for our new members, and for the food, those who prepared it, and those who eat it.

 

Music: (none)

 

Food:  Salad (baby arugula, fruits, vegetables), sliced NY strip steak, whipped potatoes, vegetables, cheesecake, coffee & tea

 

Guests: Inductees, see below

 

Happy Dollars: Jason – mother-in-law, Mary, becoming a new member of Rotary; Mike – for new Rotarians and his wife being here; Harriet – for new Rotarians; Chuck – for Jason’s mother-in-law (Chuck’s wife, Mary!!); Bill – sergeant-at-arms (???); Horton – Bill didn’t talk long; Maria – a few items (inaudible); Jason – wife here; Warren – Helaine here & for successful cataract operation; Jim – for Harriet, Lou & Horton.

 

 

Announcements:

 

Speaker: 

                        Satellite Club New Member Installation - the following members were installed by Horton:

                        Paul Gengler, sponsored by Bill Donnelly

                        Donna Gengler, sponsored by Bill Donnelly

                        Sue Donnelly – sponsored by Bill Donnelly

                        Mary Watson – sponsored by Chuck Watson

           

            After the new members were inducted, each gave a short summary of themselves.

 

            The Satellite Club is active in the community, and was just started about a year ago.  The only club in the district that has 4 couples-members, is Red Bank.

 

50/50  $30 went to Mike DeNofa

 

Meeting ended at 7:35 PM

 

– Anon

 

 

President Ken started the meeting at 12:16 PM and Chuck said a prayer… giving thanks for our food, family, health & friendship, and for those who prepared the food, all who eat it and all Rotarians.

 

Music: Hello Dolly, It Had To Be You, Hold Me, Forever and Ever, Whispering

 

Food: Caesar’s salad, pan seared halibut, green beans, rice, Angel Food Cake, coffee & tea

 

Guests: Cory Allen, a wealth advisor from Shrewsbury, formerly of Maine

 

Fines: Today is the last time for fines, and everybody ‘volunteered’ to give a dollar

 

Happy Dollars:  Harriet – for the sun being out and for the speakers of today;  Horton – for last night’s meeting which was a perfect time; Bill D. – next time inducting 6 new members…and for Horton being back; Ken - $5 for great 1^st board meeting of this new fiscal year, held last night a Birravinos, Red Bank

 

Announcements:

 

Speaker: Jon Miller, NOTA – The Network Of Tyrosinemia Advocates (NOTA)

 

Today we learned of a disease that has only affected approximately 320 people in the world, of which Jon spoke about.  His 6 year-old son was born with it, which is deadly if not given the medicine manufacture red by a Swedish pharmaceutical, which costs hundreds of thousands of dollars, whereby the pharmaceutical gives financial assistance to most victims since almost all of the population cannot afford to pay the retail price for this drug…which is not covered by traditional health insurance. The disease affects the liver and normally when we eat proteins, they benefit us, make us grow, keep us healthy and are digested by the body.  In the case where one has tyrosinemia, proteins form a poison in the body which obviously can be lethal, so the patient has a diet without any proteins and eats lots of vegetables, supplements and takes the wonder drug.

 

Jon formed NOTA several years ago, which is a non-profit 501(c)3 organization.  Previously there were no support groups, no information, and nobody with which to confer. NOTA makes it possible for every child in the world to get treatment.  He also got legislation for newborns to be tested for tyrosinemia, as they do for many other diseases and genetic disorders.  Jon goes around speaking to groups to create public awareness.  He did a fabulous job talking to our group and at the end I suggested to him to return on an annual bases to address this and other groups in the area.  His contact information is 609-713-9609, or jon@fieroservice.com.  You can also go to their website at www.notacares.org. 

 

50/50  $13 went to Larry Thoma

 

Meeting ended at 1:16 PM

Laughter has no foreign accent. 

– Paul Lowney

 

 

President Ken started the meeting at 12:15 and Chuck said a prayer…thanking God for a new Rotary year, for the food we eat, those who prepare it and all Rotarians and guests.

 

Music:  Dixie, Yankee Doodle Dandy, Over Here Over There, This is My Country, Anchors Away

 

Food:   A delicious buffet consisting of franks, burgers, cole slaw, macaroni salad, sauerkraut, chicken, flank steak, corn, lettuce, delicious home-made chip cookies, fruit salad, coffee, tea, etc., etc.  (Thank you to the NCC for this delightful holiday meal!)

 

Guests:  none

 

Fines:  none

 

Happy Dollars:  Joe - $20 for the 2^nd anniversary of his successful heart by-pass surgery; Horton – missed club when away; Jon – jumped off 150 foot mountain at Jackson Hole, Wyoming

 

Announcements:

1)      July 13^th- 5:30 PM – First [new] Board Meeting at Biravino, Riverside Ave., Red Bank

2)      July 14^th - Jon Miller, NOTA – The network of Tyrosinemia Advocates

3)      July 21^st – Frank Preston & Karen Brey – medical administration school in Eatontown

4)      August 15^th – 6:00 PM - Gift Of Life Foundation, annual meeting at La Bove Grande, 800   Route 70, Lakehurst, NJ 08733 

 

Speaker: Glen Mason of the US Coast Guard Auxiliary is the Chief of Staff for the US Coast Guard Auxiliary, Division 2, Sandy Hook.  He is a volunteer and who retired as a detective after 28 years from the Hazlet, NJ police department and former Emergency Management Coordinator for Hazlet Twp. and Monmouth County.  He is also former chair of the Bayshore Security Group, the Monmouth County Working Group and former member of the Ft. Monmouth Force Protection Council.  He is currently employed in the security department for the Hazlet School District.

 

Some interesting facts about the Coast Guard Auxiliary: 32,000 volunteers and 36,000 full-time active members; started in 1939; do preliminary work for the Coast Guard applicants; do clerical & budget work; check GPS systems on boats; monitor bridges and lighting; do ice operations on the Hudson; assist doctors and nurses; do language interpretation; operational support, recruiting, search & rescue; public education; Cannot participate in military and law enforcement.  However, saved 500 lives in 2015 and saved the US Govt. $100 million by what they do.

 

50/50 $20 went to Denise

 

Meeting ended at 1:25 PM

 

A diamond is a chunk of coal that made good under pressure. 

– Anon.