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Top of the Week June 7, 2017
 
Top of the Week!
 
Auction Items Need for Our Golf Tourney
 
WE are down to the final stretch and I really need all of your support on getting Silent Auction items. We need 5-6  larger items for the Silent Auction and 20-25 raffle ticket (Gift Certificate ) type items. We raise considerable amount from both the raffle and Silent Auction so please let’s all try and get 2-3 items for the raffle. Donna Harvey is the Silent Auction point person so if you get items please let Donna know ASAP so we can keep track. Attached is a flyer you can print and give to the business you visit requesting gift certificates and items for the event.
 
I’m depending on your help!
 
Thank You,
Peter Grace
2017 Portsmouth Rotary Golf Chair
 
Click the link below to see the Golf Tournament Sponsor Letter
 
 
 
President James’ Trip to India
 
For those who missed it, the link below will connect you to a story written by our own President James and published in the District Newsletter. It is an inspiring read and shows how Rotarians make a positive difference in the world.
 
 
 
Rotary Social at Discovery Portsmouth
 
 
Ride Needed
 
Fellow Rotarian Peg Millar needs a ride to get to our Rotary meetings. For anyone willing to help, she lives at Spinnaker Point in Portsmouth. If you can help it would be very appreciated. Peg's phone number is 501-0910.
 
Peg appreciates your efforts.
 
 
Rotary Connections is back!!!
 
Rotary Connections let’s our members know that their Rotary club is thinking of them.  Members facing a health issue, death in the family or a life celebration, we are here!  
 
If you know of any of our members who may need a Rotary Connections, please reach out to the Cathy Nickerson or President James.
 
 
Let us Know What is Happening!
 
If you have an event or news that you would like to share with your fellow Rotarians, please forward the information to Dennis Moulton for inclusion in the weekly eBulletin. My contact information is d-moulton@comcast.net.  And please send photos!
 
 
Rotary Log for June 1, 2017
Portsmouth Rotary Log for Thursday June 1, 2017
By Dick Seery
Photos by Sara Treacy
 
Guest speaker presentation.
 
Guess which country… One of the poorest nations also being one of the world’s most endemic tuberculosis (TB) countries…Also, a huge nuclear aggressor.  The estimated TB incidence is 345 victims per 100,000 population, due mostly to malnutrition. TB, in fact, has become a way of life for much of North Korea’s population since the 1990s.  A report by the World Health Organization (WHO) in 2014 listed 5,000 deaths. That’s almost five times the rate in neighboring countries. 
 
A large disconnect in this developing country is the lack of telecommunications, internet and cell phone service. To be sure, you surrender your phone passing through customs--it’s returned upon departure.  Citizens are brainwashed to respect “bigness.” This is evidenced by gigantic statues and monuments, the military and its machinery and empty sky scrapers.  Any disrespect for “rules” or the god-like family dictator is harshly dealt with. Offenders are sentenced to long terms in re-education camps, imprisonment or execution. 
 
The national symbol consists of three figures. One of these holds a hammer, one a sickle and one has a writing brush. They represent an idealized worker, a peasant and a working intellectual.
 
Being a self-reliant country, the world economic crisis of the mid-90s crushed their economy.  Food allotments became common.  Individual freedoms like visiting stores and shopping required permission.  Hotels and hospitals lacked basic electricity and tap water.  Government relief efforts, disguised by fanciful art, singing and dancing, left a basic message. If the government doesn’t provide it, you don’t need it.   
 
 
Tom Decker introduced our guest speaker, Mark Heydenberg, a director of IMEC (International Medical Equipment Collaboration.)  Mark’s responsibilities include assessing medical, agricultural and educational needs in developing countries.  Along with hundreds of volunteers and businesses, he secures equipment and supplies, and arranges suitable transportation. For more than 22 years, Mark has traveled to North Korea more than 30 times.
 
As indicated earlier, tuberculosis infections, a major problem in developing countries, have a high incidence and a growing resistance to Multidrug treatment. The country’s secretive society also complicates addressing the problem.  
 
Tom Keefe founded IMEC in his North Andover, Mass., garage in 1995. The organization serves more than 90 developing countries by helping to transform impoverished communities. The mission is to provide solutions for health care, agriculture and education projects.  The Medical Plan is to take “discarded” or retired medical equipment and deliver it anywhere it is needed.  Training medical doctors and staff require continued support.   Other projects help farmers and teachers become efficient and more productive. 
 
 
To learn more about IMEC, visit:  www.IMECAMERICA.org.
 
Guests / Host Rotarian
 
Chris Muns / Stan Cross                     
Carolyn Eastman / Susan Gold     
Jim Clayburgh / Nancy Clayburgh          
Matt Randall / Craig Taylor
 
Visiting Rotarians
 
David Hadley – Durham Great Bay
Colleen Westcott – Nashua West
 
Birthdays, Years in Rotary
 
Cleo Villaflores -3                 
Cyndy Boyd -4   
Linda Browning -15     
Jay Gibson -24            
Larry Gray -25
 
New Member Introduction
 
 
Matt Randall, Sponsor Craig Taylor
 
Special Acknowledgements       
 
 
Mary-Jo Monusky, ED, Arts in Reach, thanked the Club for $2,000 to fund summer camp for underprivileged at-risk teenage girls.
 
 
Joe Bove received the Club’s Distinguished Service Award for financial management of the club’s $2.4 million budget.
 
Paul Harris Fellow
 
 
Andy Chace was the surprised honoree/awardee for his efforts chairing the Golf Tournament for three years. He helped raise more than $80,000, while keeping his wife, Katelyn, pregnant... their third child is due shortly. 
 
Raffle Draw
 
Won by Susan Gold -$72   No Match. The bonus is now at $225!
 
Respectfully submitted, Dick Seery
 
 
New Members Photos
To see photos of our new members click on the following link:
 
http://portsmouthrotary.org/PhotoAlbums/new-member-photos-welcome
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Historical Society's "The devil is in the details: 4 Centuries of Furniture in Portsmouth"
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Annual Vocational Awards - or What Makes the Seacoast So Great!
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Wild Life Center
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Changing of the Guard
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