Monday, August 8, is Victory Day, so we meet instead on Tuesday, August 9.
Providence Rotarians are invited to form an Honor Guard to remember Jerry Cannon at both calling hours (Friday, August 12, 4-8 pm, Russell Boyle & Sons Funeral Home, Rt. 117, Warwick) and Funeral Mass (Saturday, August 13, 9:30 am - arrive by 9 am - St. Gregory the Great Church, 360 Cowesett Road, Warwick). If you plan to participate at the calling hours, please notify Art Norwalk if you will be there 4-6 or 6-8.
Richard Applebaum announced the District PawSox event on August 23. See Av Cohen for tickets; $8 and $12.
Rotary After Dark will be on August 11 at Providence Coal-Fired Pizza.
Phyllis Fern reported that Walt Adamowicz is improving.
Art Norwalk announced that the Kizirian School looks great with its doors painted with the school colors and that there will be more work to come.
Luis Laurenco, CPA, a partner at Richard Kaplan's firm YKSM, was inducted as a new Providence Rotarian with his children and several members of the firm attending. His pin was applied by Susan Kaplan.
HAPPY BUCKS
Margaret and Peter each solicited their three tables!!!
Margaret is delighted to have a rest after her vacation and she found a debit card!
Maury Ryan is going on vacation.
Richard Applebaum recognized Susan Kearney Kaplan and the members of Richard Kaplan’s firm and he enjoyed the Newport Jazz Fest.
Maxine Cohen wished Anthony a good year and thanked Kevin Kernan for his moving Av’s office.
Lisa Hill’s son is home from California.
Mary Brewster thanked everyone for volunteering at the Kizirian School.
Christy Clausen talked about the program she attended in Flint Michigan.
Dick Gregory gave a buck in honor of Cy Wyche.
Peter is happy the Patriots season is upon us and it’s great to see Susan Kearney Kaplan here—she’s the one who led him to Richard Kaplan and Rotary.
Paul Borrelli for spending time with his two kids.
Mike Kelly is just back from the largest aviation event in the world in Oshkosh, Wisconsin.
George Burman is happy to see Susan and Richard’s partners here.
Luis Lourenco is happy his family and members of his/Richard’s firm are here for his installation.
FBI TARGETS TERRORISM, CORRUPTION, DRUGS, CYBER CRIME
Bob Murphy, who spent 35 years in the FBI, introduced Elizabeth Rosato, supervisory special agent since 2013 in the FBI’s Providence office, a member of the Joint Terrorism Task Force and also responsible for public corruption and white collar crime. She spent 14 years in the NYC office.
The Providence Office is one of 65 satellite offices in the US. There are 7 agents in this office.
Terrorism is everywhere and they must be vigilant because the homegrown terrorism timeline is compressed. However, the number of Americans joining ISIS is declining.
They get a lot of their information from tips on suspicious behavior from the public. RI has “its share of public corruption.”
The opioid crisis is high in RI and disproportionately high in New England. Doctors are overprescribing.
The cyber program has been focusing on compromises of business emails, especially wire transfers. Millions of dollars have not arrived at their proper destinations. If the FBI gets the info quickly enough, they can get the money back in 36 hours. They work with the CIA and the NSA on cyber crime.
The perception of law enforcement has declined; they and the communities should become closer. “It’s difficult to hate up close.”
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