Bulletin - November 1, 2012

Bulletin of the
Sackville Rotary Club,
Thursday, NOVEMBER 1, 2012
Trish Edwards, President
Editor: Wayne Harper


NEXT WEEK
Thursday, November 8, 2012 
Chairperson :  Frank
Greeter: Wynn
Introducer:  
Thanker: 
Speaker: Foundation Auction


THIS WEEK
Chairperson:  Sandy
Greeter:  Andy
Introducer: Wynn
Thanker: Barb J.
Speaker: Trish Edwards – South African Trip


Chairperson Sandy (taking the place of Darren) 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

November 1

1924 - National Hockey League awards a hockey franchise to the Boston Bruins; the NHL's First US team. 

1956 – The second Springhill mine disaster kills 39 miners, but rescuers soon save another 89 trapped men. From 1881 to 1969, 424 miners lose their lives at the Springhill mines. 

1958 - Coal mine rescue workers bring 7 more men out.  In all, 74 miners die underground in the Number Two Cumberland mine, in the third Springhill mine disaster.

 
1987 – Reform Party elects Preston Manning as its First leader, at its inaugural convention.


VISITING ROTARIANS

No visiting Rotarians this week.

GUESTS
 
Trish brought along future “hubby” Bruce Pollard and former RYE student Karissa Gaudreault came back for a visit.


MAKE UPS


Various members of the following committees had a makeup this past week – Fundraising, Membership and RYE.


BIRTHDAYS


No birthdays this week.


ANNIVERSARIES


Darrell and Marguerite will celebrate 46 years on marriage on the 5th.  Darrell noted this was older than the age of some of our members.


PIN PAL STORIES
None!


50/50 DRAW


The pot was worth approximately $60 this week.  Alas the three members whose tickets were drawn received the condolences of the membership.  Right!!!  Can you feel the love Trish  Mary  Brian?


HAPPY DOLLARS

Trish arrived at the meeting naked this morning – no Rotary pin and no Name tag.

Wynn was doubly happy this week.  His “I have the smartest granddaughter and don’t you forget it”, won curling cash spiel this past weekend.  This was in preparation of the Canada Games.  Secondly, long-time partner, brother Kirk has decided to retire and Wynn is now the only Meldrum in Meldrum Law.  Actually Kirk will do some free-lance work occasionally.

Patricia    was happy that 175 monsters relieved her of her treats last night.  Sure makes our 8 pretty chintsey.
Guest Karissa announced   that she is returning to Ecuador shortly to do a stint of teaching English.  She is looking forward to this challenge.
Sandy was happy/sad.    Seems she has not heard her name mentioned so many times in such a short time as this week.  She was a little sad at the destruction that hurricane Sandy wrecked on the New England states and central Canada.  She was happy that the storm here was really a non-event.
  Barb is happy that she is going to Bahrain soon.  While there she will be training her grandkids to beat Wynn’s grandkids.
Sue was happy that her   grandson “tricked and treated” her last night.  As her only visitor, she would have forgot the night altogether.
Louise H.   was happy for the season that the Tantramar Titans Football team just finished.  The team did better that was expected as many stars from last year graduated.  According to Louise, they will be back.
Louise M. dressed up yesterday and was proudly proclaimed “cool Mom”   by her day-care people.  They were looking to adopt her.


COMMITTEE REPORTS


Fundraising – Sandy updated the Club on the final results of the Football Chance program.  Using the CIS as a test for this year has allowed the committee and the club to evaluate this fundraiser.  The Executive will review the results at their next meeting.  20 members paid a token $10 which allowed payment of the system and to have some prizes at the end.  The results of the money prizes were as follows:
Highest points – Darrell - $50  
Lowest points – Ken - $30  
Ancillary Winners of $20 each were Marita,   Sue P.,   George and Josh

Membership -Andy reminded members that the next Fireside Chat will be held on November 23rd at Ove house.  Committee chairs are asked to attend to talk about their committee work.  A few new potential members are already committed to attending.  Pizza beer and wine will be available.

New Generations – The Rye sub-committee announced that 2 short term exchanges and 2 long exchanges will occur in 2013.  Short term students are Ben Hicks and Lindsey Trueman.  The long term students are Marina Cupido and Tess Doncaster.  None of the destinations have been finalized.

UPCOMING MEETINGS


Membership meets next Thursday at 8:45 am in Andy’s store, while the Executive will meet next Wednesday at Pizza delight at 5:30 pm.

PRESIDENT’S TIME


Trish reminded members about next week’s Foundation Auction and urged members to bring unusual items.  Get the info of your donation to Sandy a.s.a.p.!  She also encouraged any members to add item(s) to the meeting agenda for the Executive to address.


GUEST SPEAKER


Wynn introduced Prez Trish as today’s guest speaker.    She and Bruce just recently returned from a three week trip to South Africa.  Trish’s presentation included a visual montage of some of the 2,000 pictures she claims to have taken, along with an oral description of what sounded like a trip-of-the-lifetime.  Getting there consumed two days and they arrived amidst a major oil spill.  Their main reason for going there was to visit a friend who is studying there and of course to see as much of the country as possible.  They had planned to break their trip down into three manageable parts – the Cape Town experience, the Wine lands and the Garden tour.  
Cape Town was much like most major cities of the world, but with a twist.  There one can go for a walk with a penguin – literally.  They felt safe in the city, while acknowledging that the suburbs are not the place to be.  The poor live in squalor in these areas.  She attended a Rotary Club, where unfortunately, only 15 members were there, but she did get a chance to exchange banners.
Highlight of the trip had to be the Wine lands.  She and Bruce got to visit many vineyards both large and small.  The wine industry in South Africa is huge and the wine is very good.  Many varieties are available in Canada, but they tend to be the lower quality.  While visiting these wine tastings they met people from all over the world, and many Rotarians.  An interesting slide showed Ronnie’s Sex Shop.  This was in fact a bar, which they visited.
A visit to the country (the garden tour) was highlighted by a visit to Addo National Park.   There they got to see nature including zebras, lions, elephants, giraffes and rhinos.  The people were wonderful and they felt welcomed at every turn.
As the pictures demonstrated, it was trip-of-a-lifetime.

Barb thanked Trish   for her presentation by donating a book, in her name, to a local library.

Sandy closed the meeting with the 4-way test.


UPCOMING WEEKS
Thursday, November 15, 2012 
Chairperson: Gayle
Greeter: Barb J. 
Introducer:  Andy
Thanker: Brian
Speaker: Lucy MacDonald – Education and Outreach at Owen