Highlights from the July 24th Meeting...

Here's the recap of the July 24th meeting....

Pastor Fetter stepped in for the invocation.
I declared the 4th Friday of each month "President's choice" for the music selections. There was moaning from the masses. Having been to DisneyWorld a week ago, I chose "It's a Small World" and "Zip-A-Dee-Do-Dah" to sing. In coming months maybe we'll do some Buffett or Springsteen.
Ken Brandt did his usual masterful job introducing guests.
Clair Baum found the 2 of spades (I think) for the 50/50. There was great rejoicing.
Harold Engle stepped in as sheriff.
Ken Brandt gave a inspiring report about his trip to the RI Convention in England.
Dennis Z spoke about the Foundation Pledge form.
Bart spoke about beginning sign-ups to work at the fair
Dave Halliwell handed out the veggies from last week's auction with bonus zucchini breads.
Dave Schmidt gave an extended history of the golf tournament and announced that we have raised over $100,000 for cancer research in the past 4 years. Awesome! We broke out THE BIG CHECK for a photo op after the meeting.

The Program was introduced by Warren Gittlen. Dr. Jong Yun, researcher at the Jake Gittlen Cancer Research Foundation, gave us an update on his latest research on the sphingosine kinase inhibitor and how it stops cancer cells. Fascinating stuff and amazingly promising as a treatment of cancer!!