Bulletin - August 2, 2012

Posted by David McKellar

on Aug 02, 2012

Bulletin of the
Sackville Rotary Club,
Thursday, Aug 2, 2012
Trish Edwards, President
Editors: David M & Susan F

NEXT WEEKS MEETING
Thursday, Aug 9, 2012
Chairperson: Trish
Greeter: Ken
Club Assembly
Photographer: Pam H
Bulletin Editor: David M & Susan F

THIS WEEK
CHAIRPERSON David M
• Greeter was Barb J
• O Canada
• Blessing
• Breakfast

TODAY IN CANADIAN HISTORY

August 2

1909 – The first passenger flight in Canada is made in the Silver Dart at Camp Petawawa in an evaluation by the Canadian Army.

1922 - Alexander Graham Bell dies at his home on Cape Breton Island. To mark his death, all telephone service in Canada is halted for 80 seconds on August 4, 1922.

1965 - Mrs. Frank Walton Killam leaves her estate to University of Alberta ($6 million), Dalhousie University ($10 million), UBC ($4 million); also to the Halifax Children's Hospital and Montréal Neurological Institute.

2005 - Air France Flight 358 skids off a runway at Pearson International Airport and bursts into flames, prompting 309 passengers and crew to slide down escape chutes. Everyone on board survives.

VISITORS
none

GUESTS Karissa Gaudreault (guest speaker) and her family

MAKE-UPS Trish – projects committee (Tuesday), fund raising (Wednesday)

BIRTHDAYS
Trish (5th)

ANNIVERSARIES
Brian & Carol (3rd), Laing & Joyce (6th)

PIN PAL
- Wynn – At the Telus Skins Golf Tournament in Halifax, Rotary pin on his golf shirt which was noticed by a legally blind person so Wynn helped her get close to the action!

50/50 DRAW by Trish
Won by Sandy!

HAPPY DOLLARS David – happy that his daughters Katherine & Gillian are here to see Sappyfest
Ken – happy that grandchildren are here
Pam B –wearing a Gyro pin, happy to be a Rotarian and not a Gyrion.
Sandy – happy to win the draw
Wynn – happy to be at the Skins game and to working in the driving range
Diane– happy that their patio is done, happy that her nephew is also coming for Sappyfest Trish – happy that she was able to drive her new car to Rotary COMMITTEE REPORTS
RYE (Pat) today, students arriving on the 22nd and 25th
Projects (Dale) Habitant for Humanity is looking for volunteers

UPCOMING MEETINGS
Administration Aug 9th at Wayne’s

PRESIDENT’S TIME
- District conference Sept 23rd
- Sappyfest this weekend(Paul Henderson will be
guest speaker on the 16th)
- Give feedback on ClubRunner and stay in touch by
reading it.
- Reminder about being on a committee

GUEST SPEAKER Karissa Gaudreault
Introduced by Mary
- RYE to Quito, Ecuador – video of her year
- first week was at the beach learning basic Spanish!
- Greeting in Ecuador is a kiss on a cheek, very different than Canada
- 150 students in the district, all of Ecuador is in one district
- Trips to the Galapagos and the Amazon
- Dance teams at school
- Winner of gold in the 5km race!
- Graduation – she wrote all the exams at the end of
the year and passed so she got to graduate!
- Beach trips – lots!
- Rotary Club was 12 people, one women and 12
wealthy men. First attendance was to hear all the rules!
- 3 months until she was comfortable with the language, after Christmas was MUCH easier, English was spoken by most students.
- There were about 6 in the districts
- There were 5 RYE trips.
- Rice is eaten every day, lunch was late at 2:30 and this was the main meal of the day.
- Two host families
- Off to University de Moncton in the fall to study Education, she wants to teach ESL.
- Her parents also thanked the club for her year away.

David adjourned us with the stating of the 4-Way Test.

UPCOMING MEETINGS
Thursday, Aug 16, 2012
Chairperson: Wynn Greeter: Louise
Speaker: Paul Henderson on Sappyfest
Introducer: Ove Thanker: Peter
Bulletin Editor: Mystery Scibe??