Kristin Keller, Club President welcomed all to the meeting at USCB Hilton Head Campus
Kevin Courtney offered the prayer and led the pledge to the flag.
Announcements:
Oyster Festival Saturday November 12. Celebration Park, near Station 3. The weather cleared and the famous popcorn wagon was there too. VLR served the beer!
photo credits - Lynn King, Steve Stauffer, Barry Davis, Kristin Keller
Check out the photo album link for more photos of the Oyster Festival.
Raffle ticket sales - turn in at the next meeting
Committees - listings are available. You can also check them out on the club website.
Holiday Baskets delivery will be on November 22 - a sign up sheet will be available. We will have 55 baskets to deliver. The raffle drawing will take place at the social afterward at Taste of Europe.
Membership - this is the second posting for Henry Criss
Suzi Oliver collected Happy $$
Speaker:
Samuel G. Tooma was our speaker. He worked for the Navy as a civilian Oceanographer for over thirty six years. He worked on submarines, and civilian ships and spent time in scientific camps on the Arctic Ocean ice pack. He also worked as an editor for technical publications and has published six scientific papers in peer-reviewed journals along with many other scientific papers and articles. In 2021 he published the novel "The SOOF" which has been followed by its' sequel, "Assassin's Revenge".
His main character, Dr. Samantha Stone, a woman of many talents, who could be described as a "super hero" has adventures and experiences based on Mr. Tooma's own experiences - she is his female counter part. He wrote the books with a female hero to appeal to women readers. The first book "The SOOF" is based on what he did for a living and is a successful mission because of Samantha. "Assassin's Revenge" is a continuation of her adventures. Samuel also shared with us information of how to actually publish a novel. Samuel Tooma is a very interesting man, having had six near deaths experiences, and experiencing several miracles. His novels, while fictional, include intriguing narrative about his own adventures as experienced by his cast of characters, especially Samantha. His books are available on Amazon and he is working on a third book.