BIRTHDAYS IN JUNE & JULY TO BE CELEBRATED ON JULY 30

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JUNE BIRTHDAYS:  3-Hector Gaitan; 4-Federico Sanchez; 7-Juanita Valentin Morris;8-James Kennedy; 09\-Jillian Carmichael; 11-Eric Rodriguez; 14-Julio Soto; 15-Orlando Fiallo; 25-Bob Bolte & Sal Nolfo.

JULY BIRTHDAYS:  1-Philip Bixler; 6-Jose Duarte; 7-Michelle Crespo; 8-Rafy Rodriguez; 13-Russell Patterson; 18-Wei Yang Li; 20-Carlos Hamill; 26-Pepito Rivero-Olmedo; 31-Roberto Valentin.

Be sure to sit at the Reserved Birthday Tables and enjoy a glass of wine with your lunch.

2018-19 President Pepito Rivero Olmedo presented Outstanding Service Awards to three Rotarians who join those so honored at the June 25th Meeting:  Pictured are Warwick Butler, 

Jorge Gonzalez and Luis Ramirez. 

Guest speaker, ROSARIO FAJARDO, is a reporter for The Weekly Journal, the new English newspaper that comes out every Wednesday and is free.  Rosario, with more than 20 years of experience as a reporter and editor covering business, economics, finance and politics, has worked for media outlets in London, England and San Juan.  In London, she worked for 4 years with the Middle East Broadcasting Center, the precursor to Al Jazeera.  Rosario has worked with The San Juan Star & Caribbean Business (most recently as editor for 4 years).  She holds both bachelor and master degrees in International Politics from Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service.

Her talk centered on the importance of local news and the survival of small media in today's world,  where newspapers are dying.  Our speaker described the new English newspaper as heavy on business news and moving Puerto Rico forward.  Available every Wednesday at supermarkets and drug stores and delivered to many metro condominiums, the desire is for it to grow in circulation and fill the niche essential for a community to prosper.,