Newton, New Jersey            July 29, 2020           Carolyn Ottenbreit, Editor

• David Adamsbaum has “emerged from dark times”.  He is happy to be back!
• President Jim is happy to be meeting in person.  He hopes to meet outdoors at the Fair Booth once a month.
• Carl is happy that he and Pam are out of the hospital.
• Denise is happy to attend today’s meeting.  Zoom is not working for her…
• Laura is happy for a laundry list of things that have happened since our last in person meeting.  She is also sad that we lost Tom Brodhecker during that time.
• Steve Wescott is happy for Rotary and Tom Brodhecker.
• Frank Eberhart gave a “thank you” dollar for Buzz and John’s paint job.
• President Jim is also happy for Buzz & John.

• Donations continue to come in to both the Club and the Newton Rotary Foundation in memory of Tom Brodhecker.
• Fundraising ideas are welcome!  Alice pointed out that CDs and DVDs are selling well on Ebay.  Please send Alice your old collections.

• Carl pointed out that Rotary has drifted away from its initial focus on business people and fellowship as it has emphasized fundraising and service.  We need to bring more business people into the Club.
• The raffle for the Rotary Quilt has been postponed to the Saturday of next year’s Fair.
• We need volunteers to clean the Fair Booth.  We plan to do a big clean on Saturday, 8/29.  We will meet first thing in the morning at the Food Booth.  See Carl to join the fun!
• Our next outdoor meeting at the Food Booth is planned for 8/26 and will include the installation of officers.
• Laura visited Bob Shankman last week and reviewed his Club History files.  They will be organized and stored in plastic containers at the food booth.
• Jim spoke recently with Norma Cappola, who is now 93 years old and living with her daughter in MA.
• Jan Pasculli spoke recently with Ann and Fred Seplow.  She is sorry to report that Fred has taken a turn for the worse and is now receiving hospice care at the Andover Nursing Home.