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Message from the Executive Director (cont.)

General Membership Meeting, a course or event you are attending. Do something to help get them
involved! If you don’t, and our membership drops below 50%, you can forget about our political
successes. We will lose our clout with the politicians. Then who will have their ear? The Insurance
Companies, that’s who. Think about that the next time you don’t think membership matters. The
question always asked is “what is the ADA doing for me?” I can tell you firsthand, a lot behind the
scenes that you never pay attention to...until it’s too late! It’s time to start thinking… “What can I do for

the ADA?” Help make your profession and your career stronger. Try to recruit just one new member. It
costs you nothing and will pay huge dividends in the long run.

Stay well,

Gene Porcelli

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On the Funny Side...

I’m sure almost everyone is familiar with this
painting, American Gothic. Painted by Grant
Wood, the impetus for the painting came while
Wood was visiting the small town of Eldon in his
native Iowa. There he spotted a little wood farm-
house, with a single oversized window, made in
a style called Carpenter Gothic. 'I imagined
American Gothic people with their faces
stretched out long to go with this American
Gothic house,' he said. The “funny side” is that
he used his dentist as the model for the farmer
and his sister as the model for the farmer’s
daughter, dressing them as if they were 'tintypes
from my old family album.' The painting quickly
became one of America’s most famous paintings
and is now firmly entrenched in the nation’s
culture.
And as Paul Harvey used to say…”Now you know
the rest of the story!”

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