First Day of School Cleanup Project

Newport Rotary President Rick Moreau leads the way! 

Newport Rotarians gathered together to “be the inspiration” to the Town of Newport. Friday, August 24, was our annual "spruce up the elementary school" project – turnout was great – the weather was hot – but the schoolyard is now ready for the first day of school. 

 Grass was cut, trimmed and edged – hanging baskets and pots of glorious flowers graced the front doors – and the retaining wall in front of the school on the main road got a fresh coat of paint – so bright it gleamed. Rotarians Rick Moreau, Mayer Saikali and Larry Howard cut, trimmed and edged…Pam Wall, Michelle Garcia, Tammy Blizzard, Steve Blizzard, Matt and Lindsay Shortway and Anita Moreau made up the painting brigade. Rachel Bell brought out the cold water…and Bevin Wall did a fly by of encouragement. 

Afterwards we cleaned up, adjourned to Shortway Brewery for cold drinks – and shared nachos and sandwiches from the deli down the block. We worked our fingers to the bone, but it’s what we do to make Newport shine.

Rotary Treasurer Maher Saikali in action

Newport Rotarians Michelle Garcia and Tammy Blizzard
do their best Tom Sawyer imitation ! 
(note the Rotary bench in the background)

August 6 Program - Water Quality Issues We Should Know About

Newport Rotary will feature Water Quality Expert Stacy Goff as our program during our regular meeting on August 6, 2018.

Stacy has been in the Water and Wastewater utility field since 2006, first beginning his career as a Utility Equipment Operator for the Town of Newport. After a brief time I was offered the position of Treatment Operator where he quickly found his passion in Public Utility work. Stacy has been with Utilities, Inc, which is the parent company of Carolina Water Service of NC since 2009. He spent 2 years with a sister company in Louisiana. 

Stacy currently hold a Grade 4 certification in Biological Water Pollution Control Treatment, a Grade 3 certification in Biological Water Pollution Collection Systems, a Class B- Well certification in Drinking Water Treatment, and a Class A- Distribution certification in Drinking Water Distribution. We welcome Stacy to Newport Rotary.