Bulletin - May 9, 2013

    Bulletin of the
Sackville Rotary Club,
Thursday, MAY 9, 2012
Trish Edwards, President
Editor: Wayne

NEXT WEEK
Thursday, May 16, 2013 
Chairperson:  Sandy
Greeter: Sandy
Introducer:  Becky
Thanker: Marita

Speaker: Coralie Magonet – I’m from Belgium

THIS WEEK
Chairperson:  Trish
Greeter:  Peter
Introducer:
Thanker:
Speaker: GSE Team from India

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

TODAY IN CANADIAN HISTORY
OR
USELESS INFORMATION YOU NEED TO KNOW

May 16

1964 - E.P. Taylor's Northern Dancer, ridden by Bill Hartack, wins the 90th Preakness Stakes.

1970 - Randy Bachman leaves the Guess Who.  He will found Bachman-Turner Overdrive. 

2006 - Statistics Canada holds Canada Day 2006 for the latest census.  Population is now 31,612,897.


VISITING ROTARIANS

None

GUESTS
 
  Bill Evans + Guest Speakers Ashwini Purohit & Jigisha Naidu

MAKE UPS

Dave & Sue made up in Kempville ON, Gayle & Trish in Shediac, and members of the following committees: Executive & Administration.  Committee Chairs are responsible for giving names of those who attended to Marita.  Speaking of whom, Marita had makeups at Tory Pines in LaJoya, CA and San Diego, CA where she got to help clean up a mountain. 

BIRTHDAYS

Wife, mother, runner and number cruncher Louise M.   has a birthday this Mother’s Day.  Does that mean double the presents?

ANNIVERSARIES

None this week.

PIN PAL STORIES

None!

50/50 DRAW

This week’s draw was worth $82.    Ashwini drew Coralie’s name first out of the pan.  She didn’t win,   drawing the 8 of spades from the deck.  Next up, Josh had his name pulled.   He didn’t fare any better, drawing the 7 of clubs.  Finally, Darren left early, but left his ticket with his “breaky buddies”.  His ticket was drawn and Wynn volunteered to cut the deck.   He cut the 10 of Diamonds and began apologising profusely until he was told that was the winning card. Darren who?    

HAPPY DOLLARS

Ken had a happy dollar, or was it a sad dollar?    In any event, he was seeing red when apparently he missed a red sign with the familiar 4-letter word.  The good news, the cop said the fine was only $10.  The sad news was that by the time he added on every conceivable service tax one could imagine, another $102 was added.  Morale of the story, missing red costs green……….George   was celebrating his 16th anniversary as the Town engineer.  He was also pleased that the Town now has a new CAO.  George will now show him how to last longer than two years……….Sue F.   was happy to be back in Sackville (for good) having to dodge a forest fire and a moose on the drive from Ontario.  On the way she dropped in to RMC where her son Colin will go next year…………Dave   was also happy to be back in Sackville where he now feels like a permanent resident…………Peter   was really pleased that his daughter is doing well at the Provincial Singing Championships.  He was proud when she sang at her grandmother’s funeral……….Becky   was glad to be able to reciprocate the treatment she received in India.  She was having a blast with the GSE team while they were in our area……….Pam B.   had a sad dollar as she announced that Bill Langstrom, former producer of Don Lesser and his Mess of Islanders (make that Don Messer) and Sing-A-Long Jubilee, and a recent resident of Sackville passed away.  He was also the former husband of Paul Harris Fellow Ann Murray………Laing   was really happy the he had recent cataract surgery in one of his eyes.  Now he can see what goes on at the meetings.  The other eye will be done in the near future……….Thomas   was admiring the number of pins now adorning his Rotary blazer.  It is also getting much heavier……..Edna   was happy to report that she and Peter had a marvelous trip to Italy.  She tried to go to a Rotary meeting, but the Club was not meeting that week.  She will still get credit for the makeup………Marita   was happy to be back and thanked Louise H. for looking after the Cashier duties while she was away.  Today all but one member was at the meeting giving us a 97% attendance rate.

COMMITTEE REPORTS

Administration – Subsequent to the ending of the current 50/50 draw, Wayne indicated that the format of the weekly draw will be modified such that there will be only one ticket drawn each week.  That winner will receive a minimum of $5.  This amount will be paid from the portion normally going to the Club.  The Foundation’s portion will remain the same as before.  He or she will still draw from a deck of cards to try to match the mystery card.

 
Fundraising – Josh thanked the Club members who attended and worked at the Wine & Beer tasting event last weekend.  Roughly 331 people attended what was viewed as another successful event.  Monies raised were not yet finalized.

UPCOMING MEETINGS

Club Administration meets on Monday at 7pm at Wayne’s house.

PRESIDENT’S TIME

Prez Trish presented our GSE members with banners from our Club.    In turn, they presented banners to us.    

GUEST SPEAKER

Trish introduced our speakers this week, Group Study Exchange (GSE) members Ashwini Purohit   and Jigisha Naidu from India.  The Team consists of 5 non-Rotarians + a Rotarian team leader.  Both Ashwani and Jigisha were staying in Sackville with Gayle and her husband Doug. Up first, Ashwini introduced herself as a married mother of two daughters who lives with 4 generations of her family.  She is an assistant Director of a University Business School, while pursuing her PHd.  She introduced us to the Icons of India, a look at 5,000 years of Indian philosophises and famous people (Mahatma Ghandi, Mother Teresa and billionaire J. Tata to name a few).  Next, Jigisha introduced herself as a married mother of 2 teens who live with 12 members of her family in a modern house.  She works for a college and in her spare time like to paint on silk.  She and her family like the outdoors and recently visited a wildlife sanctuary where she saw bears and tigers.  Her presentation showed us the festivals of India (Fall Harvest, Easter, New Years and Christmas among the many).

Both ladies were thanked by Trish with the presentation of books in their name that will be donated to a local library.

UPCOMING WEEKS
Thursday, May 23, 2013 
Chairperson : Wayne
Greeter: Brian
Introducer:  Mary
Thanker: Ove
Speaker: Dr. Diane Hamilton