Past President Jim Manley’s wife, Susan, celebrated her 60th birthday last July by taking a trip with Jim to Tahiti & the Society Islands. Many pictures were taken, and many of them were shown last week. Places and events seen or visited included Bora Bora and “Bloody Mary’s restaurant, a Bastille Day parade, the island of Taha, Black pearls, Cook’s Bay, Marlo Brando’s Island, banana plants, fish traps & Jim’s blue shirt.

Last week was the occasion of the induction into Rotary and the North Bethesda club of Ms. Nancy Pulley. Sponsored by Past President Glenn Blong, Nancy is a real estate agent with Long & Foster, and will have the Rotary classification of “Realtor.” This classification has been approved by the other realtors in the club. Nancy lives in North Bethesda with her husband, Karl, and has three grown children.

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New member Dario Price was last week’s breakfast speaker and used the occasion to present his obligatory classification talk.

Born in Texas to parents in very modest circumstances, it was apparent immediately that he was quite gifted intellectually, achieving perfect SAT scores, earning an MBA in Chicgo, a law degree, a brief career on Wall Street, and so on. Rather than being arrogant about his blessings, Mario soon realized it was his obligation to express his gratitude by service to others less fortunate. Having learned early from individuals in Texas that service to others is the basic principal of Rotary, Mario started his affiliation with Clubs –seeking them out in various cities. He found North Bethesda Rotary through a chance encounter with one of our members at Rockville High School, which led to today’s classification talk.

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