Rotary Club Bulletin - September 4, 2008
A rather light turnout of members at the Country Club was supplemented by the welcome presence of Master Christopher McClain, age three and a half, who had the good sense to bring his own peanut and butter sandwich just in case.
The members are still just getting use to being at the Country Club. Ad, for instance, was glad to find out that he could get as much salad as he wanted without being charged "green fees".
Yours truly introduced the guest speaker, Jim Himes, who is running for Congress on the Democratic ticket (or as Rush says, the "Democrat" ticket). Himes grew up in Lima, Peru until age ten when his parents got divorced and his mother moved him and his two siblings back to New Jersey. He a graduate of Harvard and has an M.Phil. from Oxford, where he was a Rhodes Scholar. He worked for Goldman Sachs for twelve years, and for the last six years has worked at a non-profit organization which helps charitable groups build affordable housing projects. He spoke about some specific issues which interested him and had a lively back and forth with some of the members, however not Christopher McClain, who left just as Himes started speaking. Apparently, Christopher had already watched too much convention coverage in the last two weeks to bear any more discussion of politics.
Speaking of scholarships, Frank reported that Elizabeth Dahill, the Rotary Scholar we sent to Africa, has experienced a harrowing time trying to get settled at the University of Ghana. Everything that could have failed logistically has failed. Currently, she is residing in a dorm which does not have running water. Instead, the water is brought in by pail. Help! You can get the grim details at http://elizabethhill.blogspot.com. Hope her parents will still talk to us.
Joe Biden
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