Bulletin - July 4, 2013

Bulletin of the
Sackville Rotary Club,
Thursday, July 4, 2013
Gayle Key, President
Editor: Wayne Harper

NEXT WEEK
Thursday, July 11, 2013
Chairperson :  Gayle 
Greeter:  Bill
Introducer:  
Thanker: 
Speaker: Club Assembly

THIS WEEK
Chairperson:  Bill
Greeter:  Barb
Introducer: John
Thanker: Sue F.
Speaker:  David Fleming – Detecting Arsenic

Chairperson Bill   brought the meeting to order with the singing of the National Anthem and a prayer of grace. 

VISITING ROTARIANS
None this week

GUESTS
 
Pam H. brought  her grandson Mitchell   for an early breakfast.

MAKE UPS

Gayle reported that the Executive Committee met last night.  Patricia reported that earlier in the week the Youth Committee (RYE) met. Both committee chairs are to give the names present at these meeting to Marita.

BIRTHDAYS

Louise Hicks turned another year older, but unfortunately was not present and didn’t get a chance to wear the “Kassie” hat.  However, guest Mitchell recently turned 13 and received the full treatment from the members.  

ANNIVERSARIES

There were no anniversaries in the coming week, however both Bill and Heather and Marita and David had anniversaries on June 28th and Wynn & Sharon had one on July 1st.  

PIN PAL STORIES

None

50/50 DRAW

Guest speaker David Fleming  drew out Wynn`s ticket.  Unfortunately, Wynn didn`t win the $57 as he drew the 9 clubs instead of the 9 hearts. 

HAPPY DOLLARS

   Barb was real happy that her son and his family will be coming home next week from their home in Bahrain.  She was also happy that Eastlink was finally coming……….Pam   was happy to report that her Dartmouth Dragon Boat Team finished 3rd out of 200 boats in the Nation’s Capital recently.  Congrats!.............Guest Mitchell   was happy to report that he is now officially a teenager as he  turned 13 recently.  We think that he is a favorite of Grannie Pam H………….Wynn   was extremely happy again this week as he updated us on the grandkid’s latest accomplishments.  In the latest segment of “Grandpa Wars”, his granddaughter was headed out West, another was going into French Immersion.

COMMITTEE REPORTS

Wayne was testing the water to see if the club could get a couple of teams for the upcoming Greater Sackville Chamber of Commerce Golf Tournament.

UPCOMING MEETINGS

A few members of the Administration Committee will be meeting on Monday to finalize the Debit Credit card project.

PRESIDENT’S TIME

Outgoing President Trish took the opportunity to thank members for their support and to pin incoming President Gayle  with the President’s pin.  Gayle announced, with regret, the resignation of Secretary Pam B.   from the Board of Directors.  She will remain a member of the Club.  Gayle thanked Pam for her dedication over the past two years.  Gayle will pass on her plans for the upcoming year at next week’s Club Assembly.

GUEST SPEAKER

    John introduced (sort of), our guest speaker Dr. David Fleming,   a Professor at MTA.  David’s talk concerned diagnosing arsenic in humans.  To do this, he and his team take samples of finger nail clippings.  Most recently, a portable X-ray florescent system has been introduced.  This system allows the identification of arsenic in a person system instantly and can register arsenic levels down to 1 part per million.  Now the team can go into the field to get fresh samples.
Certain parts of the world are extremely high – Bangladesh in particular.  It is suggested this is a result of contaminated ground water.  David also indicated that some parts of Nova Scotia also have ground water caused high levels.  To counteract the arsenic, Selenium is introduced.  In progressive countries, most municipalities supply generally filtered water, but wells are rarely checked.  The health effects of these high levels of arsenic in ground water are cancer, circulatory and kidney problems.

After answering several questions, David was thanked by Sue Fisher.  


UPCOMING WEEKS
Thursday, July 18, 2013 
Chairperson: Dale
Greeter: Becky
Introducer:  Sandy
Thanker: Susan P.
Speaker: Leslie Read – Open Sky Project