Bulletin - October18, 2012

Bulletin of the
            Sackville Rotary Club,
          Thursday, OCTOBER 18, 2012
            Trish Edwards, President
           Editor: Wayne

NEXT WEEK
Thursday, October 25, 2012 
Chairperson :  Darrell
Greeter: Trish
Introducer:  Wayne
Thanker: Andy
Speaker: Greg Campbell - Owls in the Maritimes


THIS WEEK
Chairperson:  Gayle
Greeter:  Wayne
Introducer: Trish
Thanker: Wynn
Speaker: Dr. John Chardine


Chairperson Gayle   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

October 18
1950 - First appearance of the Dionne quintuplets in public since they were put on display in Callander, Ontario in the 1930s. 
1973 - Start of trial of Dr. Henry Morgentaler on charges of performing illegal abortions.
1995 - NHL Winnipeg Jets sold to American investors who plan to move them to Phoenix. 
2006 - Lloyd Robertson celebrates his 30th year as a CTV National News anchor, making him the longest serving anchor of a network newscast in North American history and second overall behind KTLA's Hal Fishman.


VISITING ROTARIANS
There were no visiting Rotarians this week.

GUESTS
 
Likewise, apart from our speaker, there were no guests.


MAKE UPS

Dale indicated that the Projects Committee met last week and Gayle and John attended the RLI meeting last Saturday.

BIRTHDAYS

No one admitted to being a year older this week.

ANNIVERSARIES

None

PIN PAL STORIES

The lure of the pin did not attract any Rotarians meeting Rotarians this past week.  (I wonder who was at RLI last week.  Inquiring minds want to know).

50/50 DRAW

Once again three tickets were drawn and once again no one was able to match the 9 of spades.  

Regular drawee Marita, along with  Dale 

and Andy   came away with nothing more than smiles on their face.  Next week’s draw will approximate $60.

HAPPY DOLLARS


Charlie   was happy that he and Jean are getting away to visit their daughter and, of course, the greatest grandkids in the universe.
Wynn   was happy to be back in Canada after his visit to the capital of Europe.  Seems that the fines for speeding and parking are similar to here, after allowing for the exchange.  
    Wayne was happy to announce that Sandy has been given an award last night by the Chamber of Commerce for outstanding leadership and involvement in the community.  It's no surprise given her dedication to our Club.  See the web site for  the story.
Patricia was happy that she only had one box of GG cookie left.  Wynn was seen gobbling up the package, muttering he knew he came back from Europe for something.
Drivers, take solace.    Trish announced she has mastered the gear shift and we no longer have to give her a wide path.  Now, where was sixth gear?
  Thomas was anxious to put in a loonie as he announced that the sister of his host mother just had a baby.  Lots of excitement in the house.


COMMITTEE REPORTS


Administration - Gayle read a letter from Tony Loring, the representative for Atlantic Path Cancer Study.  He is still looking for a Co-ordinator from our Club.  Gayle urged members to consider this role. 

Foundation - Sandy announced that the annual Foundation Member Auction will be held on November 8th at the morning meeting. This annual fundraiser raises substantial money for our Foundation contributions, while earning member points for both the winning bidder and the donator.  Wynn will be the auctioneer again this year.  Members are urged to at least tell Sandy what they intend to donate so as to not leave this info to the last minute.

RYE - Pat is still looking for 2 host families for next winter and spring.  She needs help from the members to suggest families or to volunteer themselves.

UPCOMING MEETINGS

The RYE committee will be meeting tonight to interview potential outbound students for 2013-2014..........The Club Administration Committee meets next Tuesday (October 23rd) at 7:00 pm at Wayne house.

PRESIDENT’S TIME

Trish repeated Patricia's sentiments regarding host families.  The program will be in jeopardy if families cannot be found.  Club elections (Board of Directors) will be held at the last meeting in November.  Trish challenged members to consider getting involved with club activities by considering joining the Board.  The Nomination Committee will be talking to many members in the next month.

GUEST SPEAKER

Trish introduced Dr. John Chardine,  a research scientist with Environment Canada who led us on a journey of the Northern Gannet.  Primarily a seabird, it rarely visits Sackville.  The birds have the same mate year after year and they can live for 25 years.  Each winter they migrate to the Gulf of Mexico, and during the BP oil fiasco of two years ago, they were drastically affected.  The Northern Gannet is a Scottish seabird and is also found in the Maritimes and Newfoundland in 6 colonies.  

The female lays only one egg each year. The chicks are born in July and become adults in about 9 weeks.  The government is interested in studying these birds because of their main diet of mackerel and salmon.  Recent studies show that breeding is down and can be linked to the reduction in mackerel stocks.  These stocks are down possibly due to the warmer than normal water temperatures.
John had incredible photographs of the Northern Gannet; showing off John’s other passion – photography.  At the conclusion of John’s talk he showed a video of the birds diving for food.  They can dive 20 meters into the water and the underwater sequences showed the birds catching fish.

Wynn thanked John for his talk and will present a book to a local library in John’s name.




UPCOMING WEEKS
Thursday, November 1, 2012 
Chairperson: Darren
Greeter: Andy
Introducer:  Wynn
Thanker: Barb J. 
Speaker: Trish Edwards – South Africa trip