President Charles opened the meeting at 12:15pm

Pledge of Allegiance: Charles

Prayer: Barbara Miller

Song: Kathie Shankman

 

Guests: None

 

Guest Speaker: Shelby Rhodes Past District Governor

 

Charles welcomed everyone.

 

Pin Fines: Three

 

Happy Dollars:

John Cuozzo is working with a friend to place value on a 78 records collection.

Barbara Miller visited LBI with her family and she went to Rhode Island for a Sussex Rural Electric meeting.

Bud Luthman also visited LBI, but it was quite windy.

Charles was glad to have his friend Shelby join us.

Shelby gave $20.00 happy dollars because she was happy to join us.

 

Birthdays:

Nancy Morrisey will celebrate her birthday September 24th, the same day as the golf outing.

 

Announcements:

September 13, 2025 Farm to Table

September 24, 2025 Annual Golf Outing at Newton Country Club Info

Lunch $30,00

Dinner and Cocktail Hour $125.00

Dinner and Golf $250.00

October 7, 2025 Club Leadership Meeting at the Stoney Brook Grill in Branchburg, NJ.

 

Guest Speaker Shelby Rhodes spoke about How to Avoid Travel Scam.  She shared many tips. She suggested Traveling with a portable charger to avoid Juice jacking.  Be mindful of the URL when searching the web for travel deals.  Watch for misspelling and grammar in the URL, this is typically a scammer.

She also said that passports must not expire six months from the date of return.  Packing cubes, TSA locks and Apple air tags were also suggested to make travel more efficient and pleasant. 

Upcoming Speakers:

9/17/25 Donald Schuld What is it to be a true Rotarian,

9/24/25 Annual Golf Outing

10/1/25 Katilyn Millian MS RDN LDN CDC

Diabetes and Nutrition Center

Newton Medical Center

50/50

John won $4.00.  The pot still grows.

 

Adjourned at 1:25pm

 

Editor: Denise Current