Events
Lt Col Courtney Director of Emergency Services will speak about his duties at the squadron, wing and region levels. The Cadets will talk about their service at the Wakefield Rotary South County Balloon Festival, The Air Guard Air Show , and the Army Guard Leapfest.
Deborah Casey will be presenting information on the Rotary Foundation's function and projects that it supports throughout the world.
Dr. Stephen Salloway is chief of Neurology and Director of the Memory and Aging Program at Butler Hospital. More details, click here.
Alzheimer and Dementia (AD )is our # 1 public health problem. It is estimated that 125 million people will have dementia worldwide by 2050. Facing this unacceptable future, the US Congress has created a National Plan to fight Alzheimer’s with a major goal of developing breakthrough treatments by 2025. Advances in brain imaging and genetics allow us to detect changes in the brain many years before memory loss opening the era of Alzheimer’s prevention. Treatments are being developed to lower the plaques and tangles in the brain. Treatment breakthroughs will bring hope to dispel the fear and stigma associated with AD. To be successful we need hundreds of thousands of individuals who may be at risk to volunteer for prevention studies. This presentation will review the challenges we face and the options available to prevent Alzheimer’s disease.
At a recent conference held in RI concerning The Narragansett Bay Estuary Program, three speakers from the EPA were allowed to attend but not present their research. Our speaker attended the conference and will bring her insights to our weekly meeting.
This will be our first meeting at our new time and location. Please come on Thursday 12:00 to 1:30 pm at Arturo Joes' Restaurant located at 140 Point Judith Road in Narragansett, RI.
URI Rotaract Meeting is Monday November 20 @ 6pm in Quinn Hall, Room 211 (intersection of Lower College Road and Ranger Road)
Lori Horton will give the club updates from our own Foundation.
Wakefield Rotary will meet Thursday, Dec. 7 at noon at Arturo Joe's, 140 Point Judith Road, Narragansett, RI.
Speaker Captain Jamie McGrath, Military Professor, Joint Military Operations Department of the Naval War College will present a comparison of the US Forces at Midway with the 3 carrier strike group recently mustered off of Korea.
For further information contact C. Elizabeth Candas, cecandas71@gmail.com or 401-787-5685.
C. Elizabeth Candas
Wakefield Rotary Speakers Committee
401-787-5685
cecandas71@gmail.com
10:00 AM – 2:00 PM
ADM Takei joined the Japan Maritime Self Defense Force (JMSDF) in 1979 after graduated the Japan National Defense Academy. He assumed the duties as the 32nd Chief of Maritime Staff, JMSDF in October 2014 and retired from service in December 2016 after a 38 year career as a JMSDF officer.
ADM Takei was a Surface Warfare Officer and specialized in Weapon Systems. In his early career, he served mainly on Guided Missile Destroyers (DDG). He commanded JS Ishikari (DE226) in 1997. He assumed command of Escort Division One in 2001 after several shore assignments.
As a Flag Officer, ADM Takei served as the Deputy Director General of the Administration Department of the Maritime Staff Office (MSO) in 2004, and in 2006 as the first Director General of C4I System Department (J6) of the Joint Staff Office. In 2008, he was the Chief of Staff for the Commandant of the Kure District, and in 2008 the Director General of Operations and Plans Department (N3/N5) of MSO. Admiral Takei commanded the initial stage of HA/DR Operations in response to the Great East Japan Earth Quake in March 2011 as Commandant of the Ominato District of JMSDF. Later, he served as Vice Chief of Maritime Staff of JMSDF and in 2012 he was the Commandant of JMSDF’s Yokosuka District.
ADM Takei has a Master’s Degree in Regional Studies from the University of Tsukuba and is a graduate of the Naval Command College of the U.S. Naval War College, class of 1999.
ADM Takei was awarded the Legion of Merit from the U.S. four times, and is a recipient of the Legión de Honor (Officie) from France and Legion of Merit from Turkey. ADM Takei is a native of Nagano Prefecture, currently lives in Chiba Prefecture.
Laurel Clark, Director of SK Public Library and Betty Cotter, President of Library Board will be speaking at our December 28th meeting.
Bio for Laurel A. Clark, Library Director, South Kingstown Public Library:
A resident of Warwick, Laurel Clark started working at the South Kingstown Public Library on October 11, 2016. She earned her M.L.I.S. degree at the University of Rhode Island in 2002. For the past twelve years she has worked in various capacities at the Fall River Public Library in Massachusetts, most recently being the Library Administrator. Prior to Fall River, Laurel worked with Special Collections at the Redwood Athenaeum in Newport. When speaking of her career, Laurel states she "takes great pleasure in working with library staff, Trustees, Friends of the Library, patrons and residents to keep our libraries relevant and vital for the community."
