Rotary Club of Sackville Bulletin July 16, 2015

 

Louise in the chair gave her 2-minute bio.  With a business degree majoring in accounting at UPEI she moved off the Island to work in Moncton and gain her CA designation.  She and Robert met while working for Mount A and after a few years were married in 2007: “Best friends make the best husbands.”  In response to repeated invitations she finally could not say No to working with McIsaac-Darragh: 2 days per week from home, the rest at Amherst.

 

Guests:  Vallie made it to breakfast at the right place this week. 

This was Adam’s last visit before leaving for Brazil (below, left);   Max (below, right), back from Italy, was today’s speaker.  

 

Birthday:  Mary (below, left) was duly serenaded; her birthday is on the 19th.

50/50 Draw:  Louise (below, right) had the right number but the wrong card.

 

Happy Dollars:  Louise was happy to win the $5; also that Mariah is at zoo camp learning the names of all the animals.  Since her teenager turns 20 on Saturday Susan F is happy to have survived the teen years.  Charlie commended the current Live-Bait production of “Reader Be Thou Also Ready.”  Susan P reminded everyone of the breakfast at Cape Jourimain this Saturday 8 - 11 a.m., cost $10, in aid of the save the lighthouse fund.  Trish has been entertaining: “Hail, hail the gang’s all here.”  Wynn has been golfing (surprise); at the PEI Senior Amateur Championship he won two golf shirts; at Glasgow Hills he did the #10 par 4 hole in an eagle 2.  Adam is glad to be heading for Brazil; also that this was the last morning he had to get up so early.

 

Next Week:  Chair: Mary;  Introducer: Trish;  Thanker: David;  Greeter: Louise.  NOTE from Wayne:  we no longer have designated Setup helpers, but assistance would be appreciated in tidying up at the end of meetings.

 

Gold Mine Draw:  Chris Chappel was present to accept his cheque for $1434. (Josh was glad to see a good Dorchester boy win).  

 

Louise reported on the continuing success of the Draw on PEI.  We are still receiving new members, but we need more publicity; also we should try to cover a wider area.

 

Bacon on a Bun:  Wayne reported on high level consultations regarding the menu for Saturday a.m.s at the Market.  The latest proposal is “Bacon On A Bun” at $3.  Hopefully the wind will waft the odor over the other stalls and bring in more customers.

 

Speaker:  Darrell did double duty in both introducing and thanking guest speaker returning RYE student Max Farella, who gave a great illustrated talk on his year in Italy.

His grandfather came from Italy at an early age so one of the bonuses when Max returned home was being able to speak to his grandfather in Italian.  He stayed for the year in Cordovado, in the north, only a 40-minute train ride from Venice.  An unusual feature of his stay was that he was with only one host family for the whole year. 

This worked out well:  his host mother, fluent in English, French and Italian helped him learn Italian; his host father talked about rugby and motorcycles; and 8 year old host sister Matilda taught him patience.  There were many opportunities to meet other RYE students from a wide variety of countries.  Max loved Italy and visited Rome (where he saw the Pope), Florence, Verona, and Turino (his favourite).  There was also opportunity to visit other European countries including France, Germany, and Switzerland.   Max feels that he came back from the year a changed person and thanked Rotary for making possible an experience that will stick with him for the rest of his life. 

 

The meeting closed with the Four-Way Test.