Bulletin - November 22, 2012

Bulletin of the
   Sackville Rotary Club,
   Thursday, NOVEMBER 22, 2012
   Trish Edwards, President
   Editor: Wayne Harper


NEXT WEEK
Thursday, November 29, 2012 
Chairperson :  John
Greeter: Dale
Introducer:  
Thanker: 
Speaker: AGM and Club Elections


THIS WEEK
Chairperson:  Trish
Greeter:  Trish
Introducer: Barb J.
Thanker: Charlie
Speaker: Margaret Campbell – Marsh Montoring


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

November 22
1917 - Five National Hockey Association Owners decide to start a new League, the National Hockey League.  It was incorporated by Frank Calder.

1963 – President John Fitzgerald Kennedy was assassinated in Texas.  His assassination leads to closing of Toronto Stock Exchange in mid-session for first time.

1983 - Statistics Canada reports that Canada's population will reach 25,000,000 on this day or the next.

2006 - Nova Scotia folk singer John Allan Cameron dies.  He was born in 1938.


VISITING ROTARIANS

None

GUESTS

 
Dale brought his daughter Kerry   from Houston Texas.  Our former RYE student from Denmark, 

  Pauliina, visited us for her last week as she heads back home next Tuesday.

MAKE UPS

Dale attended a South East Learning Centre meeting recently.  Members of the Membership and Admin (Xmas Party) Committees had a meeting in the last week.

BIRTHDAYS

John   will have a birthday tomorrow (23rd) and will begin a trek to the next decade.  Yikes!!!  (Been there, done that and have the t-shirt or is it a sweater.)

ANNIVERSARIES

None this week

PIN PAL STORIES

Wayne   went to a fundraiser for Live Bait Theatre last night and ran into Kevin Robarts.  He treated all of us to a magic night of illusions that also included our own Coralie.  Kevin is a Rotarian from Moncton.

50/50 DRAW

This week’s draw was for $101.  First out of the box was Pam Bowman  who was looking for the elusive 9 of spades.  Here she selects her card from the deck.  Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding!    She got it and promptly donated the money back to the Foundation.  Congrats Pam!


HAPPY DOLLARS
Of course Pam B. was happy that she won the draw.  With the win she becomes the first female to win under the revised 50/50 format…………Barb J.   was getting excited as she prepares to go and see the greatest and smartest grandkids on the planet in Bahrain……..Pauliina   was a wee bit sad to be leaving Sackville for the her native land.  However she was glad she could help the basketball team at TRHS…………Even though he was without money this week, John   was happy to be here.  Actually he was happy to be anywhere as he prepares to enter the next great decade.  (ED: it’s a blast John)……….Ken   wiped out John’s debt and announced he was getting ready to go on a cruise to Puerto Rico beginning tomorrow………..Trish   was happy that she survived future hubby Bruce’s birthday.  When pressed on how old he was, she resorted to mathematical equations to figure it out.  


COMMITTEE REPORTS

Club Administration – Pam B. updated the members on the plans for the Christmas Party on December 6th.  She urged members to indicate whether they will attend or not.  
Membership –   Andy reminded everyone of the Fireside Chat on Friday evening at Ove’s house.  He also presented some “Dashboard Facts” from our home page.

New Generations – Patricia reported that she received an email from Dillon Wolly-Berry, an outbound student who is spending his time in France.  One of his highlights was a visit to the Alps.  She also announced that she has  found another host family for Thomas for after Christmas.

Fundraising – Dale   reminded members of the Fall Breakfast on December 1st.  A tentative works schedule will be sent shortly. 


UPCOMING MEETINGS

Membership will be meeting immediately following the weekly meeting.  Foundation will meet immediately after the meeting.  Club Runner training will take place next Tuesday evening (November 27th) at Wayne house at 7 pm.

PRESIDENT’S TIME

Prez Trish read an article on giving to charities that appeared on Michael Enright’s radio show recently.  Mentioned frequently was Service above Self.


GUEST SPEAKER
Barb J. introduced our speaker for today – Margaret Campbell,   a biologist with Bird Studies Canada.  Margaret introduced us to the monitoring that goes on in wet-water marshes, and to why we should care.  From their perspective, monitoring is absolutely necessary to find out what’s there and what’s required in order to keep it there.
Margaret   acknowledged that 70% of most marshes are covered over with water, hiding the eco systems that are required to keep the bird and animals coming back year-after-year.  It is extremely important to conserve.
Many of the bird are nocturnal and therefore, difficult to study in the dark.  They are very secretive and well camouflaged.  She goes looking to see what species are there and in what numbers.    Birds such as ducks, Marsh Wrens, Nelson Sparrows along with frogs and mosquitos are documented.  In order to do this, one must figure out where you want to look, get a canoe and then count sounds for 15 minutes.  When they cannot be there, microphones are sent up to capture the sounds.  They also collect vegetation.
The point of all this is to learn what habitats attract what species, what plants to plant to continue to attract the various species and what marshes should be preserved.  The program will be  expanded to Nova Scotia soon.
Charlie   thanked Margaret by presenting her with a certificate acknowledging that a book will be donated to a library in her name.


UPCOMING WEEKS
Thursday, December 6, 2012 
Chairperson : Santa Clause
Greeter: 
Introducer:  
Thanker: 
Speaker:  Christmas Party