Club Bulletin April 18, 2013

Bulletin of the
Sackville Rotary Club,
Thursday, April 18, 2013
Trish Edwards, President

NEXT WEEK

Thursday, April 25, 2013
       Chairperson : Pam Bowman  
       Greeter:         Pam Harrison
       Introducer:     Louise Hicks 
       Thanker:        Louise MacKinnon


THIS WEEK

Chairperson:  Wynn
        Greeter:  Pam Bowman
        Introducer: Gayle
        Thanker: Louise Hicks
        Speaker: Pam Bowman

Chairperson Wynn 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

April 18
1875 - Supreme Court of Canada created by an Act of Parliament.
1946 - Jackie Robinson  the first black man to play in professional baseball's all-white leagues,

                   has four hits, including a three-run homer, as the Montréal Royals beat Jersey 14-1.
1982 - The Constitution Act, 1982, comes into effect as Canada's Constitution, proclaimed the

                   previous day by Queen Elizabeth II in a ceremony on Parliament Hill. 
1999 - Wayne Gretzky plays his last game for the New York Rangers in Madison Square Gardens

                   and retires from hockey.

VISITING ROTARIANS
 None

GUESTS
 Bill Evans.

MAKE UPS
Jeff attended the Dieppe Club.

BIRTHDAYS

Paul Harris cake was provided and we sang Happy B-Day.

ANNIVERSARIES
None

PIN PAL STORIES

Jeff met the president of the Fredericton club at a meeting.

Dianne met Ken Draper at a concert in Moncton.

50/50 DRAW

Bill Evans drew Wynn’s number    5 spades no win

Laing drew 9 diamonds      no win

Sue P. Drew king of diamonds   no win

HAPPY DOLLARS

Dianne very happy to see Barb and Laing at meeting, loved Leonard

      Cohen concert.  Bonus her surgeon gave her the all clear results.

      Becky happy both her dog Hunter and Trish’s dog Stella are getting along well...almost too well.

Edna is thrilled to be going to Venice.

Thomas  needs sponsors and will be meeting parents in Quebec next week.

Trish is somewhat happy her dog slept in but it made her late for the meeting.

      Wynn is not happy to be spending four days in Moncton and Friday in Fredericton.

Louise MacK in happy the soul sisters are back running.  

Marita is happy to be going to San Diego.

COMMITTEE REPORTS

Sue is needing more goodies for the silent auction table.
      John informs us 100 tickets are sold.

UPCOMING MEETINGS

Fundraising Wed. or Thurs. Next week.

PRESIDENT’S TIME

Trish reminded us of Earth Day and requested all lights out for 1 hour 8 - 9 PM.  She is also going to send us

      a contact if we did not receive tax receipts from Rotary International.

GUEST SPEAKER

        Pam Bowman graciously filled in for a speaker who cancelled and gave us a scenic slideshow of Santibel Island.

      The island consists of 6,000 without tourists.  There is a long causeway to access the island which has no traffic 

      lights and no street lights.  70% of the island is dedicated green.  There are 3 golf courses, bike paths and many

      birds along with panoramic sea scapes. The Rotary Club have hats with matching tee shirts which have an emblem

      designed by a local artist.  The Club sponsors the library, kids with cancer, crates of wheel chairs, a school in

      Honduras and a water project in Tanzania.  Louise Hicks thanked Pam and Trish led us in the 4 way test. 

UPCOMING WEEKS

  Thursday, May 2, 2013

Chairperson : Barb J.
Greeter:        Patricia
Introducer:    Louise MacK
Thanker:       Mary
Speaker:       Nelson Cabral