Bulletin of the
           Sackville Rotary Club,
          Thursday, September 6, 2012
          Trish Edwards, President
           Editor: Wayne

NEXT WEEK

Thursday, September 13, 2012 
Chairperson : Ken 
Greeter: Pam B.
Introducer:  
Thanker:
Speaker: Club Assembly

THIS WEEK
Chairperson:  Scott  
Greeter:  Pam H.
Introducer: Patricia
Thanker: Sandy
Speaker: Bob Lemieux

Chairperson Scott 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

1910 – The Saskatchewan Roughrider Football Club was formed.  It was first called the Regina Roughrider Football Club.  Today its the CFL Saskatchewan Roughriders. 

1952 - Canadian television broadcasting began at 4 p.m. on this day as CBFT-TV in Montréal (part of CBC's French network Radio-Canada) goes on the air with the movie Aladdin and His Lamp.

1977 - Leslie MacFarlane dies at age 74.  He wrote the First 20 books of the Hardy Boys adventure series for boys.

1996 - Consumers Distributing goes out of business; virtually bankrupt. 

1998 - Divers working off Peggy's Cove find the flight data recorder from Swissair Flight 111 which had crashed September 2, 1998 killing all 229 people on board.  Unfortunately, the recorder had stopped working several minutes before the crash. 

VISITING ROTARIANS
There were no visiting Rotarians this week.

GUESTS
Louise Hicks (member elect)  celebrated being a guest of Pam H. for the last time today.  She becomes a member next week.........Josh brought his girlfriend Sky  to hear the "hockey guy".........Patricia introduced the wife Mariette Lemieux of our guest speaker today.     She also presented a friend Dave Neilson.

MAKEUPS
  Dianne played golf in a Rotary Golf Tournament at Royal Oaks in Moncton last week......Pam H. suggested that the corn huskers and the corn boilers get make ups for their help last weekend.  Pam will give the names to Marita..........The Membership Committee met last week.  Andy will give the names to Marita.

PIN PAL STORIES
Louise M. took the RYE students to the "Rocks" last week where they got to see the tide both out and in.    While there she met a fellow who wasn't a Rotarian, but had just spoke to the Riverview West Moncton Club.

BIRTHDAYS
There were no birthdays this week, but Charlie   returned today and we got to celebrate his  4-score birthday.

ANNIVERSARIES
No anniversaries this week.


50/50 DRAW
This week marked the first week of our new draw format.  There is now three draws per week with the each person cutting the deck to see if they can match the secret card, which was previously drawn (it's the 3 of spades).  First ticket drawn was Kathy's   and she did not match the card.  Next Laing's   ticket was drawn but he did not match.  Finally John's ticket was drawn and he did not match.  All three cards were destroyed
 and the money ($11) rolled over until next week.

HAPPY DOLLARS
 Wynn led the happy parade   as he successfully downloaded an app that shows where Rotary meets around the world.  He'll test it as he heads to Europe tomorrow..........Ove was doubly happy as he welcomed Charlie back and he heads for Alaska shortly...........Gayle was happy as she continued the mass exodus from the country.  She heads to Ireland, Scotland and Wales next week.........Dale   was glad to be back from a camping trip to Fort Louisburg where he actually saw the sun shine.  While on his feat he reminded members of the breakfast on September 29th and that he had Cape Jourimain quilt tickets for sale...........Louise M.   was glad she got to see the "Rocks" for the first time..........John   was drumming up interest in an opening of a photo exhibition that opens tomorrow night at the Owen's Art Gallery.   Members are welcome........Dianne is off to Royal Oaks again this week   as she competes in yet another golf tournament...........  Charlie was glad to be back.

COMMITTEE REPORTS
  Administration - Wayne advised that response to the Lobster party has been slow and asked members to indicate, through an email, whether they intend to attend or not.  Cutoff is Friday this week.
Membership -   Andy advised members that Diane Stephens, Scott Yorke and Louise Hicks will be inducted next Thursday during the meeting.  He also indicated that the next Fireside Chat will be on October 5th, while the next Club-Within-A-Club event will be in November.
Fundraising - Josh reminded members to sell, sell, sell, golf drop tickets.  The breakfast will follow the next week.
  RYE - Patricia advised members that Coralie is with the Paul Berry family and Thomas is now with the Greg Soper family.  
Projects - Dale indicated that he is attending the Port Elgin Club meeting tonight to discuss the possibility of a joint project.  Details will be given after the next Executive meeting.........  Pam H. read a letter from Rebecca Cant of the Town of Sackville thanking the Club for our participation in last weekends corn boil.

UPCOMING MEETINGS
Membership meets today at 8:45 am at the Save easy.

PRESIDENTS TIME
In Prez Trish's absence Prez Elect / VP Gayle  urged members to go to the RCMP to get a police check such that they can interact directly with the students.  If you want to take  them on trips or have them for dinner, it is mandatory that this check be done.  The  only cost is a self addressed envelop.


GUEST SPEAKER
Patricia got to introduce distant relative, Bob Lemieux.  Bob had a varied career from the NHL to the AHL;  as a author; and  now he devotes his time to nature photography, all the while trying to enjoy retirement.  

Bob's pet project these days is hockey violence, and how it's so not necessary.  A former team mate of Don Cherry and self-confessed goon, he a Cherry totally disagree on violence in hockey.  In point of fact the two agree to vehimately disagree, even to the point of Cherry snubbing Lemieux's book on the subject.  

Bob's career was over at age 24 after one too many hits to the head.  He was hired by the Detroit Red Wings organization (then the worst team in the league) to take over their farm system and develop what was then a revolutionary approach to training.  Bob took what the Russians were doing in strength training and applied it to the Kalamazoo team in the middle of summer heat.  The result was that they attained the status of being the number two team in the world, behind the Russians.  He introduced helmets for the players, face masks for the helmets and used headsets from behind the bench to report on competition idiosyncracies.  Now many of these things introduced in the '70's are the norm, and taken for granted.  

The regulatory arms of professional and amateur hockey are woefully slow to change.  The face masks for kids was only introduced after 35 kids lost at least one eye.  Business and the making of money takes precedence over player safety.  Fines last year criticizing the NHL totalled $62,000 last year while fines for head shots totaled only a paltry $7,200.  This practice spills over to kid's hockey.
Bob indicated that over 90 players were severely injured last year and he predicts that someone will die in hockey in the next year.

Bob has some solutions that may work to lessen the injuries in hockey.  A larger rink would give players a chance to avoid bone crushing hits and promote finesse. Introducing two red lines with a "no-hitting" zone between them would lessen the possibility of cheap shots.  Introduce more rule changes designed to minimize the violence.  He suggests a national debate ( with Don Cherry) to reveal what goes on behind the scenes and who really controls the sport.
Encourage parents to just let their kids just play and not be so consumed on the outcome.  This may allow kids to be themselves and to regulate their own behavior.  It certainly would change the game when they grow up and begin playing in the professional leagues.  It's hard to disagree with these  philosophies and suggestions.

Bob was thanked by Sandy   by donating a book in his name to trhe library.

Scott adjourned the meeting with the 4-way-test.
 

UPCOMING WEEKS
Thursday, September 20 , 2012 
Chairperson : Brian
Greeter: Patricia
Introducer: Peter 
Thanker: Sue P.
Speaker:  Josh Cormier - Classification Talk