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Unless otherwise noted, meetings are held Fridays at 10 a.m. in Morrill Hall at St. Mark's Church on Oenoke Ridge. Directions to St. Mark's Upcoming SMC Speakers |
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| June 21 |
Hon. David M. Walker, Founder and CEO of the Comeback America Initiative (CAI) and former Comptroller of the U.S., will present a comprehensive review of Connecticut's fiscal and economic challenges intended to spur conversations that chart a course to future prosperity. The presentation is titled: "Connecticut at Risk: Will the State Navigate to Prosperity?" His efforts with CAI includes assisting key policymakers on a non-partisan basis to help achieve solutions to America's federal, state and local fiscal imbalances.
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| June 28 |
Brian Hollstein, will pause from exploring mystery writers and planting tubers in his garden, and take us on a trip to Peru in a presentation entitled "Destination Machu Picchu". It will include a little history and a lot of adventure while trekking through the Andes mountains from Cusco to Machu Picchu; passing through three distinct ecosystems from steaming jungle to far above the tree line; exploring modern Cusco; and pay a visit to a nearby Inca fortress, a marvel of ancient stonework not seen anywhere else in the world.
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| July 5 |
NO MEETING
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| July 12 |
Martin Yellin's talk is titled: "Hexagon: The Top Secret Program That Helped Prevent WWIII". He
retired in 1998 after working at Perkin Elmer in Wilton for 33 years, was involved with the Hexagon program to
design and build the largest spy satellite ever to be flown in space. He couldn't talk about it for 40 years until
reclassified in 2011. During his last 10 years at Perkin Elmer, Martin helped design and manage parts of the
Hubble Space Telescope--the most productive space instrument ever built. Makes you want to ask: "What's next?"
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| July 19 |
NO MEETING
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| July 26 |
Dede Locke, BSN, RN has worked as an oncology nurse since 1981 and is a member of Mid Fairfield
Hospice where she has provided in-home, professional care for the last 5 years. She will be speaking on a program
known as "Plan For No Regrets" which will cover Connecticut's laws around end-of-life planning, the appointment
of a health rep, an explanation of "life-sustaining treatments" and how to complete your advance directives
leagally. All participants will receive a copy of Connecticut's Advance Directive and other important information.
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| August 2 |
NO MEETING
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| August 9 |
Dr. Rob Pascale and Dr. Lou Primavera, authors of The Retirement Maze: What You Should Know
Before and After You Retire, will be discussing exactly that. They have found that only half of retirees think their
lives improved after they retired. They will discuss how retirement is not as easy as it might seem and that all too
many people are not ready for it. A new life lacking structure and direction, they will assess retirement, how to
prepare and deal with it, based on the fact it is a difficult transition with many pitfalls and obstacles to overcome.
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| August 16 |
NO MEETING
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| August 23 |
Paul Paulson, renown advertising executive with Compton Advertising and Doyle Dane Bernbach
before starting his own ad agency, Isitore & Paulson, will be speaking on "Advertising: The Good, The Bad and the
Ugly". If you think advertising doesn't work, consider the millions of us that think yogurt tastes good. Good
times, bad times, there will always be advertising; in good times people want to, in bad times they have to. Is
advertising expense wasted? Think of political ads and how pervasive and intrusive they have become in our lives.
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| August 30 |
NO MEETING
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