John Addams advised us that the Rolling Readers program was underway and that we had been assigned a first grade class at Webster Elementary School. John, Mary Engles, Bobbi Spinner-Flack, Pat Cowett and Jenny Goodman will be rotating every Tuesday to read to the children.
Nancy Vaughan disclosed a senior moment she had last Friday when she "forgot" to attend the golf tournament. We all need to keep an eye on her and see if she shows any of the other signs of Alzheimers we recently learned about. Nancy did remember to introduce our speaker, however. Roger Conlee is a journalist and has recently written a fiction book (but based upon actual events) based upon the Battle of Guadalcanal. The book addresses the terror of combat these young soldiers faced and how they dealt with their fears. Black humor often got them through the worst of times. The battle raged over five months. Mr. Conlee spoke of visiting a graveyard with an unknown soldier's tomb with the following inscription: "Another Marine reporting, I've served my time in hell." Mr. Conlee read several excerpts from his book for us and stuck around afterwards to autograph some copies. Thanks for an interesting presentation. 
