90 Acts Of Kindness

As part of the Rotary Club of Sackville's 90th anniversary celebrations, the club will be encouraging each other, their friends and family to participate in our 90 Act of Kindness in celebration of our 90 years. And we are inviting the communities that we are a part of to join in. Every day for 90 days starting June 7th, the Rotary Club of Sackville will post an act of kindness as inspiration on both our Facebook  and our  Instagram pages. We are asking everyone to get involved by sharing their acts or, if you've had someone show kindness to you, please thank them at #RotarySackville NB #90ActsFor90Years and #TimeToBeKind on our Facebook page and or Instagram. Show your community, family, friends and yourself that you care through kindness.
 
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The Rotary Club of Sackville History 1931-2021

 
As part of the club’s 90th anniversary celebrations we asked Charlie, our club historian, if he would author a supplement to the 1931-2011 edition, but during the process we decided to instead create a new edition.
 
The club recently printed copies of this new edition which are available at no cost to members, former members and Friends of Rotary.
 
For those further afield or unable to obtain a printed copy you can access this new edition online.
 
This publication would not have been possible with out former member, past president and now honorary member Leslie Van Patter’s graphic design and publishing skills.
 
 
 
The Rotary Club of Sackville History 1931-2021 Bill Evans 2021-05-31 03:00:00Z 0

First In-Person Meeting

 
On May 11th, the Club had its first in-person meeting since March 2020 due to the pandemic. Left to right behind masks and socially-distanced are Bill, Marita, Steve, Edna, David, Morgan, Wynn, Dianne and Louise plus photographer Sue. Thanks Steve for getting us together at the Sackville Memorial Park followed by a walk around the Sackville Waterfowl Park.
🙂
 
First In-Person Meeting Bill Evans 2021-05-12 03:00:00Z 0

Rotary Club of Sackville Month

At the Council meeting of May 3rd, 2021, Deputy Mayor Ron Aiken, made the following proclamation:
 
Whereas the Rotary Club of Sackville was chartered on June 2nd  1931; and
 
Whereas it is one of over 32,000 Rotary clubs in 200 countries with over 1.2 million members; and
 
Whereas for 90 years, in accordance with its motto of “Service Above Self”, the club has served this community in a multitude of ways; and
 
Whereas the Rotary wheel logo marks facilities within this town provided by the Rotary Club including, the Lillas Fawcett Rotary Park in Middle Sackville; and
 
Whereas as part of Rotary International, and through the agency of the Rotary Foundation, the Rotary Club of Sackville has tirelessly supported Rotary's areas of focus: Peace and Conflict Resolution, Disease Prevention, Water and Sanitation, Maternal and Child Care, Education and Literacy, Local Economies, and the Environment; and
 
Whereas the Rotary Club of Sackville has designated over 60 persons in Sackville as Paul Harris fellows in recognition of their outstanding service to the community;
 
Therefore I, Ron Aiken, Deputy Mayor of the Town of Sackville, do hereby proclaim June 2021 “Rotary Club of Sackville Month” in the Town of Sackville.
Rotary Club of Sackville Month Bill Evans 2021-05-04 03:00:00Z 0

Methodist Bell Dedication

 
Dedication of Sackville Methodist Churches Memorial Bell
 
 
112 Main Street, Sackville, N.B.
Sunday 13th September 2020, at 2:00 pm.

Ceremony will include :

- Presentation on “Sackville Methodist Churches: Some Additional Facts,” by local historian Phyllis Stopps

- Dedication of Memorial Bell: Rev. Lloyd Bruce, Sackville United Church

- Ringing of the Bell
 

In the event of rain, the ceremony will be held in the tent outside Cranewood at 113 Main Street, directly opposite the bell.

Those attending are asked to wear masks and to respect social distancing.

Note: the ceremony will be live-streamed on the Sackville United Church Facebook page and will be available online thereafter.
 
https://www.facebook.com/SackvilleUnitedChurch
Methodist Bell Dedication Bill Evans 2020-09-07 03:00:00Z 0

Monumental path

Sackville Centennial Monument
5 AUGUST 2020
 
A significant historical monument in Sackville, N.B. has acquired a new lease of life this summer by the construction of a new access path.
 
The “Sackville Centennial Monument,” located in downtown Sackville at 120 Main Street, adjacent to the Mount Allison University “Swan Pond” and directly across Main Street from St. Paul’s Anglican Church, was commissioned by the Town to commemorate its incorporation in February 1903.  Incorporation meant the town became self-governing with the right to elect a Mayor and Town Council.
 
In 2002 the Tantramar Historic Sites Committee was asked to erect a suitable monument to commemorate the centennial of the 1903 incorporation. A sub-committee chaired by Paul Bogaard commissioned local artist Peter Manchester to design the monument.  Arrangements were made for the Town to lease the site of the proposed monument from Sackville United Church which owned the property at that time.
 
Various delays were encountered and the monument was finally unveiled on 24 September 2004. 
A decision was made to have the monument commemorate not just the 1903 incorporation but also the much earlier history of the community and specifically the “Five Founding Peoples” of Sackville in the 1700s. Thus one part of the monument consists of five square stone blocks, each topped with black polished marble, and bearing the names of the five founding peoples: MI’KMAQ, ACADIAN, PLANTER, YORKSHIRE AND LOYALIST.
 
Tantramar’s first people, the MI’KMAQ, were here long before the arrival of the first Europeans. French settlers, the ACADIANs, lived in the area from the early 1700s until the tragic events of the Deportation in 1755. They were replaced by the PLANTERs from New England in the 1760s.  Settlers from YORKSHIRE, England came in the 1770s, followed by LOYALISTs from the new United States in the 1780s.
 
The other part of the monument consists of two slender, square, stone pillars with four rectangular, bronze, historical plaques on each, containing information about the monument and what it commemorates. The full text of these eight plaques is available online on the Tantramar Heritage Trust website under “Tantramar Historic Sites” ; to access, Google “Sackville Centennial Monument.”
 
In 2004 the monument was largely surrounded by birch trees so that it was not readily visible from the road. The original intention was to have a path run from the Rotary Millennial Bridge (constructed in 2001), swinging round between the two pillars, and ending in a circle around the monument.  Unfortunately, for a variety of reasons, this was not done at the time and the monument remained somewhat neglected because of problems of visibility and accessibility.
 
In 2012 most of the United Church property was acquired by Lafford Realty and in 2018-2019 a 35 unit seniors’ apartment building, “The Maples,” was erected on the site. This left the Centennial Monument in the area between the new apartment block and Main Street. Lafford agreed to landscape this area, and to construct the path originally planned to run from the Rotary Bridge to the monument. 
 
At this point the Rotary Club of Sackville stepped in and offered to fund the construction of a path from Main Street to the north side of the Bridge. This was done in co-operation with Mount Allison University which owns that piece of property.
 
Work on the new paths was undertaken in June and July 2020. The removal of trees on the site means that the monument is now clearly visible, while the new paths make it readily accessible.
Local residents and visitors alike now have an excellent opportunity to learn more of Sackville’s long and distinguished history.
 
Monumental path Bill Evans 2020-08-15 03:00:00Z 0

NEW HISTORICAL MEMORIAL

 
The return of better weather has facilitated the completion of the installation of a new historical marker in downtown Sackville, N.B., - a memorial bell and a historical plaque commemorating “Sackville Methodist Churches.” Located in the corner of the Old Lower Sackville Methodist Cemetery at 112 Main Street, directly opposite “Cranewood,” the memorial consists of a 1,200 lb church bell salvaged from the 1898 Methodist/United Church when it was demolished in 2015. The plaque alongside the bell features information and pictures of the four successive Methodist churches which stood in this area of downtown Sackville between 1818 and 2015.
 
According to the inscription on the bell, it was cast by Meneely & Co., West Troy, New York in 1898, and was presented to Sackville Methodist Church by Mary Anne (Snowball) Black, wife of Hon. Joseph L. Black in October 1898. The bell was preserved by Lafford Realty who donated the bell for the memorial and contributed significantly to its creation. The site within the cemetery was used with the permission of Sackville United Church. The cost of the metal stand and the historical plaque was contributed by the Rotary Club of Sackville.
 
Methodism was brought to this area by Yorkshire settlers in the 1770s, and a Methodist chapel built in Middle Sackville in 1790 was among the first Methodist churches in Canada. The first downtown church was built in 1818 at the corner of Main and Bridge Streets (where the Powell Block now stands), diagonally across the street from the new memorial. Successive churches were built in 1838, 1876 and 1898 on the site now occupied by the apartment building directly adjacent to the memorial.
 
The new memorial and plaque are reminders of the important role played by Methodism in the history of Sackville. Methodist lay people who attended these churches, made major contributions to the community, especially to the founding and development of Mount Allison University.
 
The project was overseen by an advisory committee with representatives from Sackville United Church (Dave Fullerton, Phyllis Stopps, Lloyd Bruce), The Rotary Club of Sackville (Bill Evans, Dale Creelman), The Tantramar Heritage Trust (Al Smith, Paul Bogaard), and John Lafford; the group was chaired  by Charlie Scobie. Background research and the wording of the plaque was carried out by members of the group, and the design was by Leslie Van Patter.
 
 
NEW HISTORICAL MEMORIAL Bill Evans 2020-05-22 03:00:00Z 0

Autumn House - Warm in January

Saturday, January 18th, seven Rotarians (Pat B.,Trish, Lesley, Bill, Marita, David and Sue F.) along with three   Rotaractors (Graeme, Nick and Caitlyn) crossed the border to assist Autumn House raise funds at their annual auction.  By all accounts the evening was a success.  Our Club contributed financially as a Gold Sponsor, a fact acknowledged on a banner.  Trish is shown with cheque-book out, a dangerous act according to hubby Bruce.
Autumn House offers services to women who have been abused by an intimate partner (husband, boyfriend, common-law spouse, same sex partner).  They provide shelter, counselling and community support services for women and their children.
The Rotary Club of Sackville is proud to be able to support Autumn House. 
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GOLD MINE WINNERS Bill Evans 2020-01-07 04:00:00Z 0

FALL GOLD MINE WINNERS

Posted by Wayne Harper on Sep 11, 2019
 
Charities for 2019
                                             
               Tantramar Heritage Trust Inc.             
                  Sackville Community Association                
               Tantramar Family Resource Centre             
         Sackville Memorial Hospital Foundation    
Tantramar Regional High School
Sackville Middle School
Dorchester Consolidated School
   Port Elgin School
  Sackville Swim Club
  Open Sky Cooperative
   Sackville Early Music Festival
     Salem Elementary School
Sackville Assistance Centre (Food Bank) 
 
Places to Play
 
 Middle Sackville Variety
Sackville ESSO
Foodland
Patterson's Family Restaurant
Ultramar Gas Bar
Rose's Independent Grocer
Jean Coutu
Guardian Drugs
Gitpu Gas Bar
 
                   
 GET A FIRST-HAND LOOK AT WHO THE WEEKLY WINNERS ARE!  Click READ MORE
 
 
FALL GOLD MINE WINNERS Wayne Harper 2019-09-11 03:00:00Z 0

Lobster Party A Hit

Posted by Wayne Harper on Aug 27, 2019
 
The weather gods couldn’t have treated us any better as they gave us the perfect weather for our Annual Lobster Party.  Continuing the tradition of past years, 23 Sackville and Port Elgin Rotarians and their guests met at Sue Purdy’s cottage for Rotary’s Annual Lobster Party.  Judging by the camaraderie of the participants, fun was the optimum word.
  The highlight of the afternoon was the Washer Toss Tournament, where organizer George and his partner Ove defended last year's championship.  Alas, it was not to be!   While they were in the final, our newest Rotarian-to-be, Chris Fierella and his wife Alex took home all the hardware.      Chris here displays his winning form.  Other highlights of the serious opening round show Rotarians showing no mercy on their opponents.
For those who did not enter the contest, serious discussions were taking place around the oval table.  
As the afternoon wound down, the reason everyone came was put on display.  A hungry Shayne led the procession to the food table.
  
By 8:00 pm, the party ended and in typical Rotarian manner, the cleanup took no time at all.  We can report, however, most Rotarians left with full bellies.
Thanks, must go to Sue for allowing us to take over her cottage for the afternoon.  Us steak guys couldn’t have been happier as Doug grilled a mean steak, cooked to perfection.  The rest of the committee, Sandy, Bill and George all pitched in to make this a complete success, not only for the meal, but for the Tournament as well.
Lobster Party A Hit Wayne Harper 2019-08-27 03:00:00Z 0

SPRING / SUMMER GOLD MINE WINNERS

Posted by Wayne Harper on May 01, 2019
 
 
  
Charities for 2019
                                             
               Tantramar Heritage Trust Inc.             
                  Sackville Community Association                
               Tantramar Family Resource Centre             
         Sackville Memorial Hospital Foundation    
Tantramar Regional High School
Sackville Middle School
Dorchester Consolidated School
   Port Elgin School
  Sackville Swim Club
  Open Sky Cooperative
   Sackville Early Music Festival
     Salem Elementary School
Sackville Assistance Centre (Food Bank) 
 
Places to Play
 
 Middle Sackville Variety
Sackville ESSO
Foodland
Patterson's Family Restaurant
Ultramar Gas Bar
Rose's Independent Grocer
Jean Coutu
Guardian Drugs
Gitpu Gas Bar
 
                   
 GET A FIRST-HAND LOOK AT WHO THE WEEKLY WINNERS ARE!  Click READ MORE
 
 
 
 
SPRING / SUMMER GOLD MINE WINNERS Wayne Harper 2019-05-01 03:00:00Z 0

Curling for Cancer

Posted by Wayne Harper on Feb 06, 2019
 
On Saturday, February 1st, the 28th annual Curl for Cancer Bonspiel was held at the Sackville Curling Club.  Thirty teams showed up and as usual, the Rotary Club was represented with a team.  While they did win both of their games, they were not the big winner.  That honor went to a team from Toronto.  In the grand scheme of things though, Cancer was the big winner, raising almost $16,000.
 
the club was represented by Dianne Oulton (skip), Dale Creelman (Vice), Susan Fisher (2nd) and Jamie Smith (lead).  The team raised  almost a thousand dollars.
Curling for Cancer Wayne Harper 2019-02-06 04:00:00Z 0

Games Night A Success

Posted on Feb 05, 2019
 
By all accounts the Rotary Games night held on Friday February 1st was a resounding success.  20 + Rotarians, their families and Rotaracters showed up to play a variety of games.    Some enjoyed the evening more that others.
Rob was unbeatable in Left, Centre, Right as he won two straight games.  The ultimate happiness must go to       Lesley as she won not once, but two times during the night.    The big win was for the weekly 50-50, this week worth over $300.  Looking fo the Queen of Spades, that is exactly what she drew, ending weeks of unsuccessful drawings.  If that were not enough, she won a bonus draw that Patricia orchestrated to aid her next trip to South Africa.  Where there are winners, there is usually losers.      In this department, Sandy failed to draw the Ace of Spades in the new 50-50 weekly draw and Mariah was faced with pizza which is not on her diet.
As for the games the following pictures show the various games and activities contributing to a fun evening.
 
 
 
The evening concluded with the Rotaract Club presenting our club with a cheque for $200 + resulting from a cookie sale.  President Louise is shown accepting the cheque.    
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GOLD MINE WINTER WINNERS 2019

Posted by Wayne Harper on Jan 13, 2019
 
 
  
Charities for 2018
                                             
               Tantramar Heritage Trust Inc.             
                  Sackville Community Association                
               Tantramar Family Resource Centre             
         Sackville Memorial Hospital Foundation    
Tantramar Regional High School
Sackville Middle School
Dorchester Consolidated School
   Port Elgin School
  Sackville Swim Club
  Open Sky Cooperative
   Sackville Early Music Festival
     Salem Elementary School
Sackville Assistance Centre (Food Bank) 
 
Places to Play
 
 Middle Sackville Variety
Sackville ESSO
Foodland
Patterson's Family Restaurant
Ultramar Gas Bar
Rose's Independent Grocer
Jean Coutu
Guardian Drugs
Gitpu Gas Bar
 
                   
 GET A FIRST-HAND LOOK AT WHO THE WEEKLY WINNERS ARE!  Click READ MORE
 
 
 
 
GOLD MINE WINTER WINNERS 2019 Wayne Harper 2019-01-13 04:00:00Z 0

LAST WINNERS FOR GOLD MINE IN 2018

Posted by Wayne Harper on Nov 27, 2018
 
Charities for 2018
                                     
      Sackville Assistance Centre (Food Bank)      
               Tantramar Heritage Trust Inc.             
                  Sackville Community Association                
               Tantramar Family Resource Centre             
         Sackville Memorial Hospital Foundation    
Tantramar Regional High School
Sackville Minor Hockey
Dorchester Consolidated School
   Struts Gallery Inc.
  Sackville Swim Club
  Open Sky Cooperative
   Sackville Early Music Festival
     Dorchester Food Bank
 
Places to Play
 
 Middle Sackville Variety
Sackville ESSO
Foodland
Patterson's Family Restaurant
Ultramar Gas Bar
Rose's Independent Grocer
Jean Coutu
Guardian Drugs
Gitpu Gas Bar
 
                   
 GET A FIRST-HAND LOOK AT WHO THE WEEKLY WINNERS ARE!  Click READ MORE
LAST WINNERS FOR GOLD MINE IN 2018 Wayne Harper 2018-11-27 04:00:00Z 0

Rotarians Doing Good in the Community

Posted by Wayne Harper on Nov 27, 2018
 
 
Rotary  joined with Ducks Unlimited and together we raised funds to support  important projects in our community. Our profits go to the club fund and their's support wetland projects. It was a fun evening and thanks to all for their time and energy. 
Rotarians Doing Good in the Community Wayne Harper 2018-11-27 04:00:00Z 0
Movie Night at the Vogue Wayne Harper 2018-10-17 03:00:00Z 0

GOLD MINE DRAW FALL WINNERS

Posted by Wayne Harper on Sep 20, 2018
Charities for 2018
                                     
      Sackville Assistance Centre (Food Bank)      
               Tantramar Heritage Trust Inc.             
                  Sackville Community Association                
               Tantramar Family Resource Centre             
         Sackville Memorial Hospital Foundation    
Tantramar Regional High School
Sackville Minor Hockey
Dorchester Consolidated School
   Struts Gallery Inc.
  Sackville Swim Club
  Open Sky Cooperative
   Sackville Early Music Festival
     Dorchester Food Bank
 
Places to Play
 
 Middle Sackville Variety
Sackville ESSO
Foodland
Patterson's Family Restaurant
Ultramar Gas Bar
Rose's Independent Grocer
Jean Coutu
Guardian Drugs
Gitpu Gas Bar
 
                   
 GET A FIRST-HAND LOOK AT WHO THE WEEKLY WINNERS ARE!  Click READ MORE
GOLD MINE DRAW FALL WINNERS Wayne Harper 2018-09-20 03:00:00Z 0

The PGA Claims They Are Not Concerned

Posted by Wayne Harper on Aug 13, 2018
 
Its Sunday afternoon, it's 2pm, its hot and its humid!  What do Rotarians like to do?  Why golf, that’s what.  And so ,12 Rotarians and their guests (4) showed up for a fun golf tournament at the Sackville Golf and Country Club.  The event was organized by Wynn with assistance from Dianne (golf club relations).
 
Pictured are some of the members getting instructions on the rules of the tournament.
 
 
 
 
 
Wynn formed 4 teams of 4 who were challenged with naming their team.  The results were:
Meldrum Misfits        Rotary Woods           
Wynn Meldrum         Frank Oulton            
Sharon Meldrum      Dianne Oulton          
Wendy Meldrum       Darrell Harvey         
Bill Evans                 Marguerite Harvey    
 
Winners Without a Y           Adams Family
John Murchie                       George Woodburn
Gemey Kelly                         June Woodburn
Patricia Belliveau                 Wayne Harper
Edna Boland                        Sandy Harper
 
Clearly a lot of time was taken in the name choices.  The afternoon was perfect for golfing with little breeze and a lot of sun.  All participants survived with no injuries.  Sadly no one got a hole in one.  Closest to the pins of #5 and #7 were Frank and Dianne on #5 and Wynn and Marguerite on #7.
The shot of the day belonged to Dianne as she chipped in for and Eagle on the last hole.   The euphoria was short lived as hubby Frank suggested that she buy everyone in the club house a drink.  She did!
 
 
 Longest drive winners were Gemey Kelly for the ladies and Frank Oulton for the men. 
The final test was for the straightest drives with Sharon leading the ladies and Frank taking the men’s prize.
 
In the end, the Rotary Woods won the day with a 38 followed closely by the Meldrum Misfits with a 39.  The Adams Family ended up with a 40, while the Winners Without a Y shot a 41.  A couple of birdies and anyone could have won.
 
 
 
 
Wynn assured everyone that they would get a prize and they did.  Below is some of the highlights of the prize distribution.
 
 
Frank Oulton is shown accepting his prize for the men's longest drive and Wendy Meldrum accepts congratulations from daddy Wynn for finishing in second place
 
Left above, George accepts congrats from Wynn for his teams third place showing and Patricia represents the fourth place team.
Its Sunday afternoon, it's 4pm, its hot and its humid!  What do Rotarians like to do? Why volunteer.  David McKellar and Susan Fisher who came in only to pick up the pizzas and salads. A big Thanks you!
 
The PGA Claims They Are Not Concerned Wayne Harper 2018-08-13 03:00:00Z 0

GOLD MINE DRAW SUMMER WINNERS

Posted by Wayne Harper on Jul 25, 2018
 
Charities for 2018
                                     
      Sackville Assistance Centre (Food Bank)      
               Tantramar Heritage Trust Inc.             
                  Sackville Community Association                
               Tantramar Family Resource Centre             
         Sackville Memorial Hospital Foundation    
Tantramar Regional High School
Sackville Minor Hockey
Dorchester Consolidated School
   Struts Gallery Inc.
  Sackville Swim Club
  Open Sky Cooperative
   Sackville Early Music Festival
     Dorchester Food Bank
 
Places to Play
 
 Middle Sackville Variety
Sackville ESSO
Foodland
Patterson's Family Restaurant
Ultramar Gas Bar
Rose's Independent Grocer
Jean Coutu
Guardian Drugs
Gitpu Gas Bar
 
                   
 GET A FIRST-HAND LOOK AT WHO THE WEEKLY WINNERS ARE!  Click READ MORE
GOLD MINE DRAW SUMMER WINNERS Wayne Harper 2018-07-25 03:00:00Z 0

Annual BBQ a Success

Posted by Charlie Scobie on Jun 29, 2018
 
 
 
was held at Dianne and Frank’s on Thursday 21 June 2018,
with lots of
 
 
 
 
 
Guests:  Rotaract members Katy Dunning and Katherine Reiss (also Graeme)
 
After the meal President John presented the service awards for 2018:
 
5 Years:
 
 
Edna 
 
10 Years:
 
 
Mary 
 
15 Years:
 
 
Susan F 
 
20 Years:
 
 
George
 
30 Years:
Honorary member Marion
 
40 Years:
 
 
Wynn
45 Years:  
 
 
Charlie
 
Additional awards presented at the weekly meeting of June 28th
 
10Years
 
 
Gayle
 
5 Years
 
 
Bill
 
Changing of the Guard:
 
 
President John briefly reviewed the past year. He hands over the club in good shape. He then welcomed incoming president Louise and handed over the president’s pin. On behalf of all present he expressed thanks to Dianne and Frank for hosting a great evening.
 
Annual BBQ a Success Charlie Scobie 2018-06-29 03:00:00Z 0

GOLD MINE WINNERS CONTINUE IN  2018

Posted by Wayne Harper on Jun 06, 2018
 
Charities for 2018
                                     
      Sackville Assistance Centre (Food Bank)      
               Tantramar Heritage Trust Inc.             
                  Sackville Community Association                
               Tantramar Family Resource Centre             
         Sackville Memorial Hospital Foundation    
Tantramar Regional High School
Sackville Minor Hockey
Dorchester Consolidated School
   Struts Gallery Inc.
  Sackville Swim Club
  Open Sky Cooperative
   Sackville Early Music Festival
     Dorchester Food Bank
 
Places to Play
 
 Middle Sackville Variety
Sackville ESSO
Foodland
Patterson's Family Restaurant
Ultramar Gas Bar
Rose's Independent Grocer
Jean Coutu
Guardian Drugs
Gitpu Gas Bar
 
                   
 GET A FIRST-HAND LOOK AT WHO THE WEEKLY WINNERS ARE!  Click READ MORE
GOLD MINE WINNERS CONTINUE IN 2018 Wayne Harper 2018-06-06 03:00:00Z 0

Paul Harris 2018

Posted by Charlie Scobie on Apr 27, 2018
 
PAUL HARRIS EVENING  2018
 
Photographer: Sandy
 
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The 2018 in-house Paul Harris Evening was held at Cranewood on April 26.
 
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The gathering was ably chaired by Susan F.
President John, sporting a stand-out tie, welcomed everyone, and extended a special thanks to RF Chair David for organizing the event.
 
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David introduced the presentation of three Paul Harris Fellows, recognized by the club for their outstanding service. Two of the three were a surprise ! The recipients were duly pinned by PDG Pat. Here are our latest Paul Harris Fellows:
 
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Gayle, introduced by Susan
 
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Edna, introduced by Bill.
 
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Josh, introduced by John.
 
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Charlie introduced PDG Pat who was recognized as a Major Donor (contribution of $10,000 or more to the RF).  She is also a member of the Paul Harris Society (whose members have pledged to contribute $1,000 per year to the RF). 
 
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A special message of appreciation from the Trustees of the RF was read, then President John presented a pin and pendant and a special crystal inscribed with Pat's name. 
 
Three multiple Paul Harris Fellows were then recognized, with PDG Pat doing the honours:
 
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Dianne (PHF + 4)
 
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David (PHF + 4)
 
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John (PHF + 1)
 
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David announced the award of 100 RF Recognition Points to some of the newer members of the club, as a way of encouraging them to begin contributing to the Foundation.
 
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David made the presentation to Tammy.   Some other new members were unable to attend.
 
The evening concluded with the traditional group photo of all Paul Harris Fellows present :
 
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Most of those present waited for a time of fellowship.
To coin a phrase, a good time was had by all.
 
Paul Harris 2018 Charlie Scobie 2018-04-27 03:00:00Z 0

Rotary in Portugal

Posted by Pam Harrison on Apr 20, 2018
 
Pam Harrison has been touring Portugal for the last few months.  Seeking a makeup she discovered the Rotary Club of Silves - an English speaking club.
 
Celebrating 25 years as a Rotary Club would always be a time of celebration. However, Silves Rotary Club decided, rather than celebrating with a dinner for Rotarians and friends, they would offer a celebration tea party to some of the most needy people in the Silves area.

Thursday March 29 1993 was the date on which RCS was chartered and this year members of Silves Rotary Club shared a great tea party with some of those registered with Casa do Povo (a charitable institution which RCS supports). The youngest attendee was just six days old and at the other end of the spectrum we welcomed octogenarians.

The event was made extra special with the attendance of our District Governor Afonso Malho, who officially welcomed  Mark Quinn, as their newest member.
 
 
Some of Silves Rotary Club members and District Governor Afonso (second from left). Isabel Flores holds the original charter awarded to RCS in 1993. 
 
 
DG Afonso with Chelsea Freckleton (Chiswick and Brentford Rotary Club), David Trubshaw (Past President RCS) and Richard Bailey (RCS Member). 
 
 
A happy family outing for some from Casa do Povo.
 
 
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MORE GOLD MINE WINNERS IN 2018

Posted by Wayne Harper on Mar 16, 2018
 
Charities for 2018
                                     
      Sackville Assistance Centre (Food Bank)      
               Tantramar Heritage Trust Inc.             
                  Sackville Community Association                
               Tantramar Family Resource Centre             
         Sackville Memorial Hospital Foundation    
Tantramar Regional High School
Sackville Minor Hockey
Dorchester Consolidated School
   Struts Gallery Inc.
  Sackville Swim Club
  Open Sky Cooperative
   Sackville Early Music Festival
     Dorchester Food Bank
 
Places to Play
 
 Middle Sackville Variety
Sackville ESSO
Foodland
Patterson's Family Restaurant
Ultramar Gas Bar
Rose's Independent Grocer
Jean Coutu
Guardian Drugs
Gitpu Gas Bar
 
                   
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Peace Conference in England

Posted by Wayne Harper on Feb 25, 2018
 
Rotarian Pam Harrison has ditched the bikini weather of Portugal to visit the Rotary Peace Conference now taking place in England.
 
Friday, her first day of the visit, she visited the 676-year-old Coventry Cathedral.  These images represent the only part of the Cathedral not bombed in WWII
 
The main historical fact is a stage where William Shakespeare performed 7 times.  Pam is standing in front of that stage with the Lord Mayor of Coventry.
 
 
 
Come Sunday, Pam attended the 90th Anniversary of the Rotary Club of Stratford on Avon.  Shakespeare worshipped there and is buried inside.  Pam is seen with Club President Ian Reid.
 
Here she points to a plaque commemorating Shakespeare's grave.  Pam noted a highlight of the event was the singing of the Rotary Hymn, which was penned by our own Charlie Scobie.  Kinda brings a tear to one's eye!
 
 
 
 
 
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No SSH In This Library

Posted by Charlie Scobie on Feb 13, 2018
 
In most cases, our weekly meeting speaker come to our meeting for their presentations.  This week we did the opposite.
Immediately after breakfast, members adjourned to Salem Elementary School and met in the school library.
 
 
Tammy introduced School Librarian Glenda Thornton who obviously loves making connections between books and children. Yes, although the internet is increasingly used as a source of information, children still read books!
 
 
The Librarian outlined what happens after our book donations are handed in to the school. The Dewey Decimal system is used for classification. Each book is identified by a bar code, and each pupil has a 10-digit number so everything is done by computer. New pupils are automatically entered into the system. The books are processed with the help of volunteers.  Every book is strengthened with adhesive transparent plastic. Each book is initially put on a display panel.
 
The school has about 370 pupils in 19 classes. Each class gets a half-hour Library period per week. Grades 2 to 4 browse the shelves themselves to select books; Kindergarten and Grade 1 pick from books laid out on tables for them. Books are taken out for one week at a time. The school has a Library Club so that pupils can help with basic library tasks.
 
One box of books illustrated what can happen to books at home: they get chewed by the dog, damaged by water, scribbled on, or just plain lost. One book lost at the end of December was discovered the following November: it had been put away in the box with the Christmas lights.
 
 
The Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew are still popular, and so are Rocks, Dinosaurs, Star Wars and Lego.
 
The Librarian expressed thanks to Rotary for their book donation program.  Most needed at the moment are low-level French books, and books on First Nations (Canadian/local if possible).
 
 
Darrell expressed thanks for a most interesting and informative talk and noted that this was the one occasion when the speaker got to keep the book.
 
 
Glenda accepted from Stacey a Gold Mine cheque for $625 on behalf of Salem Elementary School.
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Rotaract Coat Drive

Posted by Susan Fisher on Dec 20, 2017
 
The Mount Allison Rotaract and Sackville Rotary Club’s have joined forces in support of many local causes this past fall. One of their many collaborations supported the Tantramar Family Resource Centre (TFRC) in their annual winter coat drive. Coats were collected on campus and presented to the representatives from TFRC who were thrilled with the response from the Mount Allison community. Rotaract students also just completed a fundraiser during Moonlight Madness to raise funds for Autumn House. Additionally, Mount Allison students contributed over 100 volunteer hours to one-time events and weekly programs in the Sackville community. In collaboration with the Sackville Rotary Club, Rotaract was also able to donate $900 to local organizations making a difference in the greater community.
 
Rotary is a world wide organization which values: service, fellowship, diversity, integrity, and leadership. Rotaract is the youth club open to all ages between 17 and 30. This community focused student group will continue their collaboration with the Sackville Rotary club this winter through initiatives including the breakfast program at Marshview Middle School, Dorchester School homework program, Family Literacy Day, Chili sales at the Sackville Winter Carnival  and other community events. Additionally, the group will be welcoming other groups from across New Brunswick and Nova Scotia for a Maritime Rotaract Forum in January 2018.
 
Both groups strive to serve the community by volunteering their time and fundraising efforts, while collaborating with one another to strengthen the relationship between Mount Allison students and Sackville residents.
 
      Rotaract Students are shown delivering coats to Tantramar Family Resource Center's Executive Director Tracey  Rose.
      Rotaract students are shown presenting a cheque to Heather Patterson, representing Autumn House.
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GOLD MINE WINNERS 2018

Posted by Wayne Harper on Dec 15, 2017
 
Charities for 2018
                                     
      Sackville Assistance Centre (Food Bank)      
               Tantramar Heritage Trust Inc.             
                  Sackville Community Association                
               Tantramar Family Resource Centre             
         Sackville Memorial Hospital Foundation    
Tantramar Regional High School
Sackville Minor Hockey
Dorchester Consolidated School
   Struts Gallery Inc.
  Sackville Swim Club
  Open Sky Cooperative
   Sackville Early Music Festival
     Dorchester Food Bank
 
Places to Play
 
 Middle Sackville Variety
Sackville ESSO
Foodland
Patterson's Family Restaurant
Ultramar Gas Bar
Rose's Independant Grocer
Jean Coutu
Guardian Drugs
Gitpu Gas Bar
 
                   
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Sister Port Elgin Gets a New Bell

Posted by Charlie Scobie on Dec 15, 2017
 
 
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 In 1943 the Rotary Club of Sackville sponsored the Rotary Club of Springhill and presented them with a brass Rotary Bell. In 1949 we sponsored the Rotary Club of Port Elgin, however they never received a Rotary Bell.  Earlier this year the Rotary Club of Springhill agreed to disband; they also agreed to donate their Rotary bell to the Rotary Club of Port Elgin.  The bell was never engraved, so our club agreed to pay for engraving it with the dates and name of Springhill, and Port Elgin's name and beginning date. The bell was presented to the Port Elgin club at their Christmas Party on 7 December.
 
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George Trueman, president of the Rotary Club of Port Elgin receives the bell from Dwight Gallagar, last president of the Rotary Club of Springhill (holding the Rotary Bell).
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Christmas Party 2017 - A Time of Fellowship

Posted by Charlie Scobie on Dec 15, 2017
 
 
 
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Christmas Party:  Thursday 7 December 2017.  34 
members and their spouses joined together for the 
annual Club Christmas Party.
 
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One person wore a tie (a Christmas one)
 
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Three Wise Men
 
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Birthday boy George.  Looks like Susan had more of a halo than usual.
 
The highlight of the party –
 
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Soon had people lining up .  .  .
 
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.  .  . then sitting down to a great meal
 
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Sandy organized the games .  .  .
 
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.  .  . candy canes brought people closer together
 
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Many thanks to our hosts Sandy and Wayne for opening up their beautifully decorated home to us
 
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Rotary Club of Sackville Bulletin November 30, 2017

Posted on Nov 30, 2017
 
Photographer: Pam Harrison
 
John chaired the meeting, and opened with a Quaker blessing (silence).  This was the 6th anniversary of the death of his father who was hospitalized and declined life support.  He did survive the war (that story still to come), but not old age.
 
PinPal Stories:  John read a PinPal email from Bill Edwards; he sends apologies for the party, and wishes us all a Merry Christmas.
 
 
50-50 Draw: Louise’s number was drawn but she failed to pick the 8 of Hearts.  So the pot of $204 carries forward to next week.
 
Happy Dollars:  Susan F and David are off for a tour of European Christmas markets, and will visit 4 former RYE students (they have hosted 11), including Adam Niles who is in Prague and having some problems learning Czech (it’s bad enough spelling it correctly, never mind learning the language). Members signed a card for Adam. Hot chocolate left over from the Rotaract Moonlight Madness was offered for sale.  Gayle gave a reminder of the Town v Gown hockey game at 6:30 p.m. on Sunday in aid of the Food Bank; bring non-perishable food items to help re-stock the shelves.  George’s sister is coming – in time for the party, and the birthday bash at Ducky’s on 8 December.  Trish was happy to have arrived on time.  Josh is happy that tomorrow (1 December) he can shave off his moustache.
 
 
Ducks Unlimited Dinner:  Dale reported on the bar service at the Ducks Unlimited dinner at TRHS last Saturday.  He obviously had things well organized.
 
 
It seems that Stacey is not the only one called to the bar.  Pam and Louise joined her to act as barmaids.
 
 
Gayle sold the tickets while the others provided cheerful service to all.  The result:  $900 raised for the club !
 
Next Week: 7 December 2017 – No morning meeting.  Christmas Party at the Harpers’ at 6:00 pm.  Remember to BRING A BOOK for local school libraries.
  
Dorchester School:  Susan F reported on a visit to the Dorchester School on Friday and thanked the Rotarians who supported the event. Dictionaries were handed out to Grade 4 students; grades 2 and 3 got cookies.  The dictionaries were much appreciated (“You mean I can take it home with me ?”). The Homework Club is a great success with 24 children last week.  More volunteers are needed.
 
 
Canada 150 – Polio Final Push:  Pam reported on her fund-raising journey begun on 13 July.  We raised $1,800 CDN.  This will be matched 2 to 1 by the Gates Foundation to make $5,400 which will provide 42,000 drops of vaccine for 21,000 children. (On 24 October in Pakistan approximately 40 million children were immunized at 2,000 portable Polio clinics).   A big thank you to all who contributed.
 
President’s Time:  John presented the following slate of office-bearers for 2018-19 which was approved nem con:  President: Louise;  Vice-President/President Elect: David;  Treasurer: Darrell;  Secretary: John.   Emails have been received from Ken Draper and Carla Newbould expressing thanks for being elected honorary members.
 
 
Speaker:  Marita introduced Agnes Koller and Leanne Laracey who gave a presentation on “Wild Wonder Sackville” which was introduced by a short video. The forest school model started in Europe and has now spread across Canada. Both speakers share a passion for nature and for getting children outdoors, and are seeking to bring the program to Sackville.  They hope to partner with various local groups.
 
A pilot program for 3 – 5 year olds has been held a Beech Hill, but to operate in this area the province requires them to be a licenced day care facility.  They have also used the Nappan Forest School site near Amherst.
 
 
The program features a variety of outdoor activities with the children themselves taking the lead. Free play is emphasized rather than structured activities.  It has been shown that a forest school improves appreciation of the environment, social skills, self-regulation, problem solving skills, fitness, co-ordination and well-being.  Young children who learn outdoors are also more ready for school academically.
 
A suitable site is being sought in the Sackville area with the necessary facilities including diversified play space, some indoor accommodation, toilets, storage, and parking. The cost per child is $10 an hour. Financial donations would help provide bursaries.
 
 
Marita thanked the speaker for an interesting and exciting presentation.
 
The meeting concluded with the Four-Way Test.
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Rotary Club of Sackville Bulletin November 23, 2017

Posted by Charlie Scobie on Nov 23, 2017
 
Photographer: Pam Harrison
 
 
Jamie proved to be an unremarkable chairman (we were pushed for time).
Rotaract member:  Many congratulations to Colin, Mount A’s latest Rhodes Scholar !
 
 
Gold Mine Presentation:  This week’s winner Walter Read was on hand to accept his cheque for $1,233 from Edna.
 
 
50-50 Draw: Pam’s number was drawn (for the second week in a row), but she again failed to pick the 8 of Hearts.  So the pot of $194 carries forward to next week.
Birthday:  John was a year older and was suitably serenaded.
 
PinPal Stories:  Josh had his hair cut by Tammy.
 
Happy Dollars:  Susan F was happy to see a snow plough; she thanked Rotarians for their ongoing support of Rotaract.  Leadership of Rotaract was one factor (among many) in Colin’s award.
 
Next Week: 30 November 2017.   Chair: John;  Greeter: Dianne;  Introducer: Marita;  Thanker: Trish;   Speaker: Agnes Koller, “Wild Wonder Sackville.”
 
 
Gold Mine Presentation:  Christine accepted from John a cheque for $616.50 on behalf of Dorchester Consolidated School.
 
 
Induction:  Two new members were officially inducted into membership of the club.  After Charlie summarized the history of Rotary in 5 minutes, Mary introduced Tammy Savoie, and Pam introduced PDG Pat Perry.  President John welcomed the new members, pinned them with their Rotary pins, and presented them with an information package on Rotary.  Present members of the club came forward to shake hands with Pat and Tammy and extend a personal welcome to them.
 
President’s Time:  John reminded members of the Christmas party on 7 December at the Harpers’.  Elections will be held next week for the 2018-19 Board.  We need a Vice President/President Elect and a Secretary.  For committees we need a Fundraising Chair and a Rotary Foundation chair.  New member Pat promptly offered to be the RF Chair.
 
 
Speaker:  Bill introduced Heather Patterson and Bernice McMaster who are co-chairs of the local branch of “Project Linus.”
 
 
The organization started in the U.S. in 1995 and came to Canada in 1998.  There are 44 chapters nationally, with four in New Brunswick. 
 
 
Their main purpose is to provide love, warmth and comfort to children in situations of difficulty or distress by providing them with blankets.  They also enjoy getting together in their monthly meetings.
 
 
Blankets can be sewn, knitted or crocheted. Bernice watches for sales at Fabricville.  She demonstrated one of the finished products.  Every blanket must have a hand-made component. Blankets are supplied to the Fire Department and the Police so they can be handed out in an emergency.  Donations of yarn, fabric or fleece are most acceptable, and can be collected.
 
Heather introduced Carol Finley and David Rogers who are foster caregivers.  In the South East New Brunswick area there is an increasing need for foster care.  People can volunteer to take anyone from infants to age 19.  A foster family is one which has the ability to provide, within their home, a safe, loving and nurturing environment.
 
 
Carol explained that children being moved into foster care often bring almost nothing with them.  Now “Buddy Bags” are provided complete with a Linus Blanket.
 
 
Foster parents are most thankful for the help and support they receive from Project Linus – witness their super-sized thank you card.
 
 
Tim thanked the speakers for a most interesting presentation.
 
The meeting concluded with the Four-Way Test.
 
 
A SPECIAL WELCOME TO OUR TWO NEW MEMBERS.
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Rotary Club of Sackville Bulletin November 16, 2017

Posted by Charlie Scobie on Nov 16, 2017
 
Photographer: Pam Harrison
 
Pam reminded us that Monday was World Kindness Day, and presented everyone with a “Kindness” ruler.
 
George was in the chair and explained that he had been a member of three Rotary clubs – St. Catherine’s, Ontario,  Burlington, Ontario,  and Sackville, N.B.    It took him three to get it right.   Rotary is a great way to make friends, especially those like Darrell and Dale who can join you on the golf course (the local course was open up to last week).
 
 
50-50 Draw: Stacey’s number was drawn, but she failed to pick the 8 of Hearts.  So the pot of $169 carries forward to next week.
 
Guest:  Heather Patterson, who sustained a boxer’s fracture in her left hand (Bill pleads not guilty).  The attendant physician was Josh’s sister.
 
Honorary Rotarian:  A welcome was extended to Pat Estabrooks.
 
 
Gold Mine Presentation:  This week’s winner Kyle Goodwin was on hand to accept his cheque for $3,704 from Bill.
 
Makeups:  Wynn had two from the South Lake County Club, Florida; he also assisted with the presentation of dictionaries to local elementary schools.
 
Happy Dollars:  Ove was happy that employee Kyle was the Gold Mine winner.   Wynn was happy a) that he got back from Florida just in time to attend the opening of the new observation tower in the Waterfowl Park, b) that he is about to return to Florida, c) that his grand-daughter won the Ladies Division in an international curling championship.   Pam was glad to see Josh sporting a moustache for Movember; on the appeal’s 10th anniversary she expects every member to donate $10.   Sandy reported record sales in Fredericton last weekend; this weekend it’s Saint John.   Susan P pointed out that the words of “O Canada” have not been officially changed; this means we are ahead of the rest of the country.   Dianne is going with a cousin and a friend to the Pier 22 Craft Sale in Halifax.  Edna thanked Bill for looking after the house, and Gayle for covering at Rotary while they were in England; they managed to drive, using the smallest car they could rent.
 
Bill showed a video of the new bike for seniors in action at the Drew Home.  It is operating very successfully to the delight of residents.  Rotary contributed to the cost, along with the Town and the Hospital Foundation.
 
 
Bill also reported on the official opening of the new Waterfowl Park Observation Tower on 15 November.  Rotary was well represented with Wynn coming from Florida especially for the event and Dale cutting the ribbon.  (Photo from Bill).
 
Next Week: 23 November 2017.   Chair: Jamie;  Greeter: David;  Introducer: Mary;  Thanker: Tim;   Speaker:  Heather Patterson, “Project Linus."
 
Susan F presented a multiple report.  1) Remember the Coat Drive and bring coats next week;  2) Rotaract are busy preparing for Moonlight Madness – get out and support them;  3) next Friday, dictionaries will be presented to Grade 4 students in Dorchester (82 are on order for Salem next year);  4) Rotaract will hold their own training session on 20 January; we are asked to help with the lunch.
 
Gold Mine:  Dale reported that 31 applications have been received from local charities.  The committee is reviewing these and will present recommendations by 30 November.
 
President’s Time:  John reminded members of the Christmas Party at the Harpers’ on 7 December.   Ham, punch, appetizers and plates will be provided; bring your own food drink (a list was circulated).    Beginning in January the club will meet in the evening once a month, location TBA.
 
 
Speaker:  Louise introduced two speakers from Autumn House, Amherst – Karen Gilbert who leads their New Directions program, and Alexa MacLeod who is a Women’s Counsellor. 
 
 
With Alexa working the flip chart (low-tech for a change) and audience participation, Karen reviewed the purpose and programs of Autumn House.  Their goal is to eliminate violence in intimate partner relationships and to promote peace in the homes of our community.  They have been in operation for over 25 years.
 
 
Though located in Amherst, Autumn House serves a wider area including Cumberland County and South Eastern New Brunswick.  They aim to work with the whole family – women, men, youth and children.  Services include a 24 hour crisis line (667-1200), counselling, accompaniment to court or other bodies, referrals to other agencies, advocacy, and distribution of donated food.  The New Directions program provides services for men who wish to change their abusive behaviour.
 
Autumn House operates a shelter with 13 beds where women can stay for up to 6 weeks.  The total number using this facility is between 150 and 200 per year.  When the shelter is full they may have to direct women to other transition houses.
 
Financial donations are welcome.  It is possible to sponsor a family at Christmas time.
 
 
After a lively question period, Susan F thanked the speakers for a presentation which opened our eyes both to the needs which exist and the fine work Autumn House does.
 
The meeting concluded with the Four-way Test.
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Rotary Club of Sackville Bulletin November 9, 2017

Posted by Charlie Scobie on Nov 09, 2017
 
Photographer: Pam Harrison
 
 
“Gayle” told us all about herself, her husband, her family and her house (but she did look surprisingly like Susan F).   Come to think of it, “Edna” looked a lot like Gayle.
 
50-50 Draw: Pam’s number was drawn, but she failed to pick the 8 of Hearts.  So the pot of $169 carries forward to next week.
 
Visiting Rotarians:  Nicole (Amherst), and Pat (in transit).
 
 
Gold Mine Presentation:  On behalf of Tantramar Regional High School, John Fougere  accepted from Dianne a Gold Mine cheque for $614.
 
Happy Dollars:  Ove was happy to have had the assistance of two Rotarians in getting back to Edmundston to retrieve his car which had broken down.  Dianne was impressed with the Remembrance service she attended at the High School – and with the lunch that followed.  Josh is happy that there is ongoing research into Alzheimer’s.  Susan P showed a scarf bought in Bruges, and noted how the war is still close to the people there.
 
 
Susan F was at the Drew on Monday for the official presentation of the wheelchair bike.  Residents who tried it out were all smiles.  Come the spring Rotaract members will provide pedal power.
 
She also reported that the Dorchester School after school program has started, and the kids are having a blast. 
 
And she also reported that the Rotaract group are cooking up something for Moonlight Madness on 17 November; they might be looking for some assistance.
 
 
Pam presented to Josh the District 7810 Public Relations Program Award from the District Conference.  It reads” “Presented to the Rotary Club of Sackville the club judged to have the Best Public Relations 2016-2017.  Ginny Joles, District Governor.”
 
David announced that last week’s Foundation Fun auction brought in $1,629.  Charlie won the guess the amount contest, but confessed that he had looked up last year’s amount, and so offered the bottle of wine for auction.  It went to Josh for $25 which will be added to the amount raised.
 
Next Week: 16 November 2017.   Chair: George;  Greeter: Darrell;  Introducer: Louise;  Thanker: Susan F;   Speaker:  Alexa MacLeod, Autumn House.
 
 
President’s Time:  Josh on behalf of John drew attention to the official opening of the new Waterfowl Park Observation Tower on Wednesday 15 November at 12 noon.  We contributed to the cost of the tower and Rotarians will be especially welcome at the ceremony.
 
 
Speaker:  Bill introduced guest speaker John Fougere, History and English teacher at TRHS, and one of our most regular and popular speakers, who gave an overview of the three battles of Ypres, known today as Ieper, but called by allied troops in World War I “Wipers.” 
 
 
The second battle saw the first use of chlorine gas by the Germans, with devastating results.  A famous photo entitled “The Blind Leading the Blind” shows a line of blinded troops being led out of the battlefield.  It was found that placing handkerchiefs soaked in urine over one’s face neutralized the worst effects of the gas.
 
It was the terrible death of Alexis Helmer that led John McRae to write “In Flanders Fields.”  McRae’s dressing station can still be seen.  The famous poem was submitted to the British magazine “Punch,” which changed one word in the first line (“grow” changed to “blow”).
 
The third Battle of Ypres was Passchendaele.  The entire battlefield turned into a sea of mud as the area was hit by the heaviest rain in 40 years.  Horses and guns simply sank into the mud.  Soldiers on both sides had to cope with unbelievable conditions.  Some previous burial sites of allied troops were completely destroyed.  In Ypres the Menin Gate was erected in 1927; it is inscribed with the names of all Commonwealth soldiers lost in the war.  Since 1928 a nightly service of remembrance has been held (except in World War II when it was banned by Hitler).
 
 
Susan P expressed the club’s thanks for an outstanding talk.
 
The meeting closed with the Four-Way Test.
 
Notice passed on by Pam :
 
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Rotary Club of Sackville Bulletin November 2, 2017

Posted by Charlie Scobie on Nov 02, 2017
 
Photographer: Pam Harrison
 
 
David welcomed members and guests to the 2017 inhouse auction in aid of Polio Plus. 
 
Guests:  Darrell brought Marguerite, Dale brought Linda, Louise brought Mariah.   Colin represented Rotaract.  Also prospective member Tammy.
 
Visiting Rotarians:  Alana Alcorn (Amherst), and Pat Perry (in transit).
 
 
Gold Mine Presentation:  On behalf of the Sackville Memorial Hospital Foundation, Elaine Smith accepted from Gayle a Gold Mine cheque for $612; she thanked Rotary for their ongoing support of the Foundation, and took advantage of the occasion to remind folks of the Curling Club Craft Sale on Friday and Saturday.
 
 
50-50 Draw: George’s number was drawn; he picked the right number (8) but the wrong suit (clubs instead of hearts).  So the pot of $160 carries forward to next week.
 
Next Week: 9 November 2017.   Chair: Gayle;  Greeter: Dale;  Introducer: Joyce;  Thanker: Susan P;   Speaker:  John Fougere.
 
President’s Time:  Josh on behalf of John called for approval of the slate of office-bearers for 2018-19.  We are looking for a President and Secretary for the following Rotary year.
 
 
Auction:  David reminded those present of the tremendous success of Polio Plus to date, with only a few cases of polio in three remaining countries.  Ongoing support is still crucial if the disease is to be eliminated entirely.  The amount raised by the auction will be doubled by the club, and also tripled by the Rotary Foundation thanks to the current offer by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. 
 
 
Bill swung into action as the auctioneer, ably assisted by Sandy (who organized the event) and by Pam, and everything was sold only ten minutes after our usual time.  How much money was raised ?  That’s a secret until next week.  Come prepared to guess the amount – whoever is closest will be rewarded.
 
The meeting closed with the Four-Way Test.
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Rotary Club of Sackville Bulletin October 26, 2017

Posted by Wayne Harper on Oct 26, 2017
 
 
   Thanks to Pam Harrison for the pictures.
 
Dianne Oulton was in the Chair today as we had a full house.  Today's meeting was on the 26th of the month, a date and number that had special meaning to Dianne.  It seems, most recently, that her grandson was born 4 years ago today and it was 26 years ago today that she and Frank had their first date.
Dianne also acknowledged the story in Tribune Post on Tom Lafford and his remarkable "touchdown" at last week's Titan football game.
 
  Guests today included two potential new members - Tammy Savoie and Alana Alcorn.  Justin and Makala Hunter were also guests (and Gold Mine winners) as was Speakers Laurie Richer and Brian Nielson.  There were no visiting members today.
 
Pam acknowledged a make up in Woodstock where she took her "Bell for Polio" campaign to raise funds for polio.  To date she has reached $1,270 and expects to meet her $1,500 target when she meets Rotarians in Moncton tomorrow.........  Dave and Susan F. were able to pass off the "Hot Potato" to Rotarians on Ottawa last week.  Our Club had the potato for 24 days and donated $240 to Polio...........There were no birthdays this week.
This week the 50-50 draw stood at $145 and   Louise had her ticket drawn.  Looking for the 8 of  , she pulled the 5 of  .  Happy dollars started with Bill being happy that he is going to Ottawa to see grandson #1.  It will be a whirl win trip as he is due to be the auctioneer next week........Gayle was happy and amazed that she can still sit out on her deck and drink coffee in the mornings............Josh was happy he took off Monday so he could go hunting.  While he didn't shoot a deer, his partner Christine's father did, meaning there will be meat for the winter for the second year in a row.........Ove had a novel idea.  Seems his car broke down in Edmunston and would be taking several days to be repaired.  Unable to rent a car to come home, he did the next best thing - he rented a U-Haul truck and drove it home.  Unfortunately wife Pat had the dog on her lap for the trip home............Edna was happy that she and Peter are leaving for England to visit the area that's home to the Boland clan.  Gayle will perform her duties while she is away.
 
Dave will be in the Chair next weeks as he heads up the annual Member Auction.  Bill will try to avoid any snowstorms in Ottawa as he is slated to be the auctioneer.............Upcoming meetings will see the Youth Services committee meet after this meeting, the Club Administration Committee will also meet after this meeting and the Board is scheduled to meet next Wednesday (November 1st).............In committee reports, Dave showed a short Rotary video.  Here Reverend Desmond Tutu conveys the theme of the video - "we are this close".  Several celebrities were shown echoing this theme.
  This weeks Gold Mine winner was Justin Guthro.  Justin is shown receiving his cheque for  $2,466 from Rotarian Edna Boland.
Also collecting their charity-of-the-week cheque was Brian Nielson from the Tantramar Family Resource Centre.  He is shown with Rotarian Edna Boland and the cheque for $617.
 
 
On President's Time, John read a letter from Adam Campbell of Ducks Unlimited to determine if we wanted to bartend at their upcoming dinner on November 25th.  This year they would like us to handle the whole bar from procurement and licensing to selling.  100% of the revenue would be ours.  Apparently Fundraising Chair Jamie is aware and has agreed.  Mary will follow through with Jamie.
Josh introduce our speakers today     - Brian Nielson and Laurie Richer from the Tantramar Family Resource Centre, one of our charities who benefit from the weekly Gold Mine draw.  The Tantramar Family Resource Centre grew out of Quality of Life meetings held in Sackville, New Brunswick in 2000. By 2005, a steering committee was formed, and by 2007, the TFRC became an incorporated entity with charitable status. 
    For the last 12 years, volunteers have driven the success of the Tantramar Family Resource Centre and a volunteer board of directors meets on a monthly basis to make decisions on funding applications, programming requests and fundraising ideas. 
The Tantramar Family Resource Centre works towards developing the Tantramar community as a safe, secure, and healthy community where all citizens have access to social services, where their basic needs are met, and where a reasonable quality of life is assured. They are a not-for-profit organization located in Sackville, NB.   They work in partnership with other local organizations (Rotary is but one), to put on free workshops and events to promote literacy, food security and family well-being. 
At one point Laurie demonstrated a programming initiative for kids that encourages kids to take up computer coding.  The software (Raspberry Pie) shows Bill playing a banana that made the sound of a digital piano.

Their programs include:

  • Story Tent (Saturdays in the summer)
  • Talk With Me Mother Goose & Baby Massage
  • Little Free Library (located outside of our office)
  • Mini Story Sacks
  • Family Literacy Day
  • Reading Is Pawsome! 
  • Art Hive workshops
  • Kids Have Stress Too! parenting program 
  • Pre and postnatal workshops
  • Car seat clinics
  • Wellness Week
  • Movie Nights @ Sackville Library
  • Midnight Madness
  • Parenting after Separation and Blended Families
  • Climate Change Week
  • Coat Drive
  • Raspberry Pi (coding for kids)
  Sandy thanked Brian and Laurie for speaking today by presenting them with a book to be sent to a local library acknowledging their participation today as well as a certificate and Rotary Pen.
 
Dianne adjourned the meeting with the 4-way-test.
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Rotary Club of Sackville Bulletin October 19, 2017

Posted by Charlie Scobie on Oct 19, 2017
 
Photographer: Pam Harrison
 
Darrell chaired the meeting and gave a graphic account of a two week trip on the Nahanni River (N.W.T.).  Negotiating the river in a canoe, he marvelled at the Virginia Falls (twice as high as Niagara), but ran into turbulent water thereafter.  When his canoe capsized he ignored instructions to let go and swim for shore, but hung on for dear life.  Eventually he did let go, grabbed on to the two following canoes which were lashed together, and lived to tell the tale. 
 
 
50-50 Draw: Mary’s number was drawn (again !), but she failed to pick the 8 of Hearts.  The pot of $136 carries forward to next week.
 
Guests:  Mariah, guest of Louise; and prospective member Tammy Savoie.
 
Visiting Rotarians:  Nicole Naish, Amherst Club.
 
Makeups:  Pam did a make-up at the Hampton Club.
 
Happy Dollars:  John was happy about the 7th annual Handmade Assembly at Struts,  and reminded members of the Craft Sale on Saturday at the Legion.  Dianne had a nice trip to Ontario, read to her grandson, and attended her niece’s wedding; she thanked Bill and Mary for covering for her while she was away.  Wynn was glad to see Tammy who is a cousin of Sharon’s; his grand-daughter won the Atlantic Junior Curling championship; he will not be here next week.  Louise is up at 5:30 a.m. training for doing 10K in Legs for Literacy on Sunday; Mariah will run 1K.  Gayle thanked Mariah for the pesto; the whole jar went into a great sauce.
 
 
Wynn and his fellow-guests had a great (auction) dinner which Trish was happy to host (she is still finishing the left-overs of the wine).  Judging by the menu it must have been a fabulous feast.
 
 
Pam is promoting the idea of a teal pumpkin: putting one at your door means that children with allergies are still welcome – the usual treats will be replaced with suitable gifts.  Great idea !
 
 
Gold Mine Presentation:  Ada Phinney, Principal of Salem Elementary School accepted from Bill a cheque for $616.50 and thanked Rotary for their ongoing support.  The school has 367 students.   To meet the needs of some, “Blessings in a Backpack” are distributed on Fridays; there is also a need for winter clothing and boots.
 
Next Week: 26 October 2017.   Chair: Dianne;  Greeter: Bill;  Introducer: Josh;  Thanker: Sandy.   Speaker: Brian Neilson, Tantramar Family Resource Centre.
 
Auction:  Trish gave another reminder of our in-house auction on 2 November Please let Sandy know what you are donating (with a picture if possible).
 
Projects Committee: Stacey reported that a sign will be placed next the Vimy tree.  Gold Mine applications are coming in.
 
 
John introduced himself as the stand-in speaker and raised the question of when Rotary meets.  A quick survey showed that a clear majority favour the breakfast meeting time, but some would consider meeting at another time once a month.  It was pointed out that those surveyed can come to breakfast meetings; others may be prevented from joining Rotary because they do not favour a breakfast meeting.  Our club had a lunch meeting for many years, but changed to the early hour because many members were involved in small businesses and could not attend in the middle of the day.
 
 
It then turned out that John was not the speaker; instead he introduced Stacey and Rachael Mathis to talk about the Sackville Commons.  The Commons is a co-operative and now has 15 owner members. The 6000 square feet facility at 64 Main Street has desk space in the front with free WiFi and coffee, and office space for tenant members at the back.
 
Currently the Board is planning fund-raising activities.  One suggestion: allow local organizations to put their name and logo on one of the rooms, for a monthly fee.  Another: invite organizations to sponsor new start-ups who can’t afford to pay $230 a month.
 
Both speakers are enthusiastic about the Commons and the way it brings people together and allows them to network.  It promotes an entrepreneurial spirit which will help keep the town alive, vibrant and beautiful.  The facility is open 9 to 5, Monday to Friday and visitors are welcome.
 
 
Wynn thanked the speakers in the usual way; the book “Viola Desmond Won’t Be Budged” will go to Dorchester Consolidated School.  Since Viola Desmond will appear on the new $10 bills, Pam suggested that one of the banks might be persuaded to donate 10 such bills to the school.
 
The meeting closed with the Four-Way Test.
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Rotary Club of Sackville Bulletin October 12, 2017

Posted by Charlie Scobie on Oct 12, 2017
 
Photographer: Pam Harrison
 
Dale chaired the meeting.  He thought of ranting about how hard it is to find things on the internet, but not being much of a ranter, he declined.
 
 
50-50 Draw: Mary’s number was drawn, but she picked the 4 of Hearts, not the 8.  The pot of $127 carries forward to next week.
 
Guests:  Former member Barb Jardine (President of the Tantramar Heritage Trust), and Rotaractor Colin.
 
Birthdays: Marita (in absentia), and Pam who will be 73 on Friday the 13th.
 
Happy Dollars:   A PSA from Gayle: a meeting is scheduled a week on Saturday, 2-4 p.m. at Middle Sackville Baptist Church to discuss the privatization of Extra Mural services.   Wynn was glad an obit he read was not our Darrell; he was also glad Richard Hicks won the Gold Mine – their families go back a long way; and he is looking forward to a Saturday evening (auction) dinner with Trish.   Stacey was glad her car heater removed the frost from her car this a.m.  Colin is happy to be dog-sitting for a week.  Dale is glad to have received the first Gold Mine applications.  Bill reported that Rotary got an honourable mention at Council for our contributions to the Booster Pump and the observation tower in the Waterfowl Park.
 
 
Gold Mine Presentation:  Richard Hicks was happy to receive a cheque for $5,012 from Wynn.
 
Next Week: 19 October 2017.   Chair: Darrell;  Greeter: Wynn;  Introducer: John;  Thanker: Ove.   Speaker:  Matthew Litvak, Minor Hockey.
 
 
Auction:  Trish gave another reminder of our in-house auction on 2 November. As well as donating a dinner or preserves or baking, why not give a souvenir you’ve brought back from a trip (preferably wine or liqueur).  Please let Sandy know what you are donating (with a picture if possible).
 
Port Hardy Club:  John found a communication from the Rotary Club of Port Hardy, B.C. They send greetings.  They also raised their glasses in a toast to our club and would like to hear back from us.  See www.porthardyrotary.org.
 
 
Gold Mine Presentation:  On behalf of the Tantramar Heritage Trust, Barb and Karen accepted from Wynn a Gold Mine cheque for $656.
 
President’s Time:  John noted the advertorial in this week’s Trib regarding the re-opening of the Foodland store: congratulations to Tony !  The Board are considering alternate types of meetings – online ? evening ?  Also up for discussion: reviving the RYE program.
 
 
Vimy Oak PlantingJohn thanked Pam for organizing the Vimy Oak planting ceremony on Wednesday.  Legion members joined with Rotarians for the event in Memorial Park.
 
 
Kevin Anderson assisted with the planting.  Gayle read the story of the Vimy Oaks, John Fougere gave some background on Sackville men who fought at Vimy, John presented Doreen Richards with a framed copy of the story and of the Certificate of Authenticity.  Pam proposed a toast to “The Boys of Sackville.”
 
 
 
SpeakerWynn introduced Karen Valanne, Executive Director of the Tantramar Heritage Trust who thanked the club for the Gold Mine donation to the Trust. 
The THT office is part of the Boultenhouse Heritage Centre complex which includes the Boultenhouse House, the Bulmer House and the Anderson Octagonal House.  The Trust also operates the Campbell Carriage Factory Museum in Middle Sackville.
 
 
Karen outlined the numerous programs that the THT offers to the community in the course of a year, including: Heritage Day event, lecture on the Battle of Vimy Ridge, Plant Sale, Strawberry Social, Family Campfire, Close Enough Trivia, Exploring the Stars, Baking Contest and Auction, Heritage Field Day, Quilt Show.  In addition, with the help of summer students, many programs are offered for young people including workshops and field trips. Coming up: a book launch on Sunday 15 October, a Genealogy Workshop, and the Annual Dinner on 17 November.  For details see heritage.tantramar.com.
 
During discussion, members urged the Trust to advertise its many programs as widely as possible.
 
 
Louise thanked the speaker for an interesting and informative presentation.
 
The meeting closed with the Four-Way Test.
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Rotary Club of Sackville Bulletin October 5, 2017

Posted by Charlie Scobie on Oct 05, 2017
 
Photographer: Pam Harrison
 
Charlie chaired the meeting.  He declined to give an update on the twin grandsons, but did give an account of 25 year-old Sean’s one year’s travels round the world.
 
 
50-50 Draw: Stacey’s number was drawn, but she failed to pick the 8 of Hearts.  The pot of $119 carries forward to next week.
 
Guests:  A special welcome was extended to Scotiabank staff members Susan Tower, Dan Jardine, Marlene Read, Christine Read, and Tracy Baker.
 
Visiting Rotarian: Sharon, South Lake County Rotary Club, Florida.
 
Makeups:  Pam attended the anniversary dinner in Charlottetown at which R.I. President Ian Riseley was present.
 
 
Susan F and other Rotarians had a makeup for the very successful apple-picking expedition with Rotaract members on Sunday 1 October.
 
Marshview Middle School Breakfast ProgramPam introduced a double cheque presentation. Our club raised $5,000 (fall breakfast, plus donations) for the Breakfast program; Scotiabank agreed to double our donation. 
 
 
On behalf of Scotiabank, Dan Jardine presented the “real” cheque to Heather Dixon, Principal of Marshview.   The symbolic presentation of both cheques was made outside at the end of the meeting. Heather expressed thanks on behalf of the school for the most generous donation and assured everyone that it would be put to good use.
 
[Pin]Pal Stories:  Sandy was in the Howard Johnston at Fredericton for a craft show when whom did she meet but Stacey.
 
Happy Dollars: Charlie sent thanks from Jean who is out of hospital and feeling better.  Susan and David are off to visit David’s bouncing grandson.  Wynn contributed $5, one for each of the Scotiabank guests.  Susan F is glad that the Marshview breakfast program will now be able to afford bagels.  Stacey has been called to the New Brunswick bar – CONGRATULATIONS !  Sharon has started to pack for going to Florida.  Gayle is glad to be back; there are Rotary clubs in France but they all speak French.
 
Next Week: 12 October 2017.   Chair: Dale;  Greeter: Wayne;  Introducer: Jamie;  Thanker: Marita.   Speaker:  Karen Vallane, Tantramar Heritage Trust.
 
 
It’s hard to keep track of Pam’s gentlemen friends: one week it’s Chris Hadfield, the next it’s Ian Riseley.   Pam told the President of R.I. about our Vimy Oak project and received this email:
October 2, 2017.   Hi Pam,   Thanks very much for the information about what the Rotary Club of Sackville is doing regarding the planting of trees.  I am delighted at the response my challenge to plant one tree for each Rotarian has received.  It is most uplifting.     Kind regards, Ian Riseley, President, Rotary International, 2017/18.
 
The Vimy Oak planting is next week, Wednesday 11 October, 5:00 p.m. at the Memorial Park.  Note the date and plan to attend. 
 
A Plastic Ocean: Pam showed a short video on the damage done to our planet by plastic waste.  Only a fraction of plastic is recycled. She encouraged members to sign a petition asking the government to do more to eliminate single use plastic.
 
Thank you:  Susan F read a letter of thanks from the two students, Kenny and Jenna, whom we supported in their Hike for Cancer.
 
Rotary Foundation Auction is scheduled for 2 November.  Trish called on members to contribute items for sale; this can include, for example, doing garden work (hint, hint).  Please send a note of your contributions to the auction to Sandy (with a photo if possible).
 
Hot Potato:  According to David we still have the Polio Plus hot potato (we pay a dollar a day as long as we have it). However, he plans to hand it on to a club in Ottawa in the near future.
 
Project Committee:  Stacey announced that applications for Gold Mine grants are available.  If anyone would like to serve on the committee please speak to Dale.  The new observation tower in the Waterfowl Park has been completed.  Moved by Stacey, seconded by Bill that we contribute $2,000 to this project (in partnership with the Town).  Carried.
 
 
SpeakerGeorge introduced Zach Melanson, a founding member of Community Forests International, who showed a video on the development of CFI work on Pemba and the neighbouring small island of Kokota.  Positive ways to counter climate change have helped transform the islands which were devastated by deforestation, water shortage and a declining fishery.
 
 
Trish thanked the speaker for an interesting and informative presentation.
 
 
Everyone adjourned outside so that Zach could take a photo of the double cheque presentation.
 
 
Gold Mine Presentation:  On behalf of the Sackville Food Bank Gayle accepted from Charlie a cheque for $633.50.
 
The meeting closed with the Four-Way Test.
 
 
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Rotary Club of Sackville Bulletin September 28, 2017

Posted by Charlie Scobie on Sep 28, 2017
 
Photographers: Sandy Harper, Bill Evans & Pam Harrison
 
Susan F welcomed everyone to a special Rotaract meeting, but declined to give a 2-minute bio.
 
 
50-50 DrawLouise’s number was drawn.  She came close, but picked the wrong eight.  The pot of $109 carries forward to next week.
 
Visiting Rotarian: Nicole Pauley, Rotary Club of Amherst.
 
 
Gold Mine Presentation:  On behalf of the Dorchester Food Bank, Josh accepted from Trish a cheque for $616.
 
PinPal Stories:  Trish was in Whitehorse, crossing the Rotary Centennial Bridge, when she met a man walking his dog who recognized that she was wearing a Rotary jacket.
 
 
Dianne says – “We were at the St.Jacobs market in Ontario on Saturday morning and the first booth we saw was The Rotary Club of Kitchener selling tickets on a Mercedes Benz so of course, being a fellow Rotarian, I bought some tickets. End of story.” So, if we see Dianne driving around in a Mercedes Benz, we’ll know where she got it.
 
Happy Dollars:  Louise had 7 students in her house for the weekend and was surprised to find everything in good order when she returned.   Wayne and Sandy are off to Fredericton for their first pre-Christmas craft show this weekend.   Wynn was in Montague, P.E.I. last Saturday and spent $100 at the 70 Mile Yard Sale.   Colin was happy that his thesis title has been accepted (Honours History).   Susan F recounted the difficulties of opening the school door to serve breakfast at M.M.School.   Trish is happy that she and Bruce will be in the same province for several weeks.  Josh got as a birthday present a trip to Toronto to see a Blue Jays game; he enjoyed it, apart from the $13 beers.   Marita had a visit from her brother from Louisiana, and is glad that her Mum is home from hospital.   Edna thanked Sandy and Bill for helping out while she was away; she biked 12 kms on a trail in Calgary.
 
Next Week: 5 October 2017.   Chair: Charlie;  Greeter: Trish;  Introducer: George;  Thanker: Mary.   Speaker:  Zach Melanson, Community Forests International.
 
Rotary Foundation Auction is scheduled for 2 November.  Be prepared to contribute items for sale (can include serving a meal), and come and bid.
 
Social Outing with Rotaract members:  Sunday 1 October, at Belliveau Orchard, 11:30 a.m. Cars needed to transport Rotaract members. Leave University Chapel at 11 a.m.
 
District Conference:  Louise reported on a great conference which she and Pam attended.  A “Polio Plus Hot Potato” is being circulated: pay a dollar a day while you have it, then pass on to another club.  Our club won the Public Relations award.
 
 
And Mary was recognized as The Rotarian of the Year, especially for all her work for the Gold Mine Draw.  See also Pam’s report below.
 
President’s Time:  John congratulated Mary on her award.  Joyce is home, says thanks for the card, but will not be at Rotary in the near future.  A card was signed for Jean Scobie who is in hospital.  The Vimy Oak will be planted in the Memorial Park on Wednesday 11 October, 5:00-5:45 p.m.; plan to attend.
 
 
The “accessible bicycle” which we are providing in partnership with the Drew Nursing Home, the Sackville Hospital Foundation and the Province of New Brunswick has arrived.   It will be kept at the Drew Home but anyone is welcome to enjoy the use of it. Drivers need to be in good shape. A training session is being offered this evening and some of the Rotaract members plan to attend.
 
 
 SpeakersSusan F reckoned that 2/5 early in the morning was pretty good and she introduced Rotaract members Elise (President) and Colin (Past-President). The group has about 20 members with others who will support some of their activities.  The chili cook-off raised $491.95.  Some 20 to 25 students are involved with the Marshview breakfast program (but more Rotarians are needed).  On 9 October they will start a new After School Program in Dorchester, with time for homework, sports and crafts.  They hope to get a $500 grant in support of this program.  The club hopes to host the District Training event in January.  As the most active club in the district they will invite others to see at first hand what they can do.   Upcoming in December:  Midnight Madness.
 
To keep up to date on all their activities, check their Facebook page.
 
 
Louise thanked the speakers, and remarked on how impressed we are with all the Rotaract members do.
 
The meeting closed with the Four-Way Test.
 
Some highlights of District 7810 Conference, 22-24 September, Hosted by the Rotary Club of Chatham, thanks to Pam.
 
 
Welcome by the representative of R.I.
 
 
Silent auction table with Sackville contribution front and centre.
 
 
The memorial service was conducted by Pam with candles lit for each of the 13 Rotarians and partners who passed away in the last 12 months.
 
 
One display highlighted the operations of Shelterbox Canada.
 
 
Some of the youth slept overnight in Shelterbox tents.  An idea for our Rotaract members ?
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MORE GOLD MINE WINNER 2017

Posted by Wayne Harper on Sep 24, 2017
 
Charities for 2017
                                     
Sackville Food Bank       
     Tantramar Heritage Trust Inc.             
Sackville Community Association                
Tantramar Family Resource Centre             
Sackville Memorial Hospital Foundation    
Tantramar Regional High School
Sackville Minor Hockey
Dorchester Consolidated School
                                                           Struts Gallery Inc.
                                                           Sackville Swim Club
                                                           Marshview Middle School
                                                           Salem Elementary School
                                                            Dorchester Food Bank
 
Places to Play
 
 Middle Sackville Variety
Sackville ESSO
Foodland
Patterson's Family Restaurant
Ultramar Gas Bar
Rose's Independant Grocer
Jean Coutu
Guardian Drugs
Gitpu Gas Bar
 
                   
 GET A FIRST-HAND LOOK AT WHO THE WEEKLY WINNERS ARE!  Click READ MORE
 
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Record Crowds at Fall Fair Breakfast

Posted by Wayne Harper on Sep 21, 2017
 
 
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The event actually started Friday afternoon with several Rotarians descending on the Civic Center to prepare the atrium for the breakfast the next day.  With all the preparatory work done on Friday afternoon, by first light on Saturday everything was –
 
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A Record number of 445 people were served (357 last year).  Below, Charlotte Purdy-Weir holds out a bowl so a Marshview student can fill it.  Rotarian Trish Edwards shares a joke while a Rotaract Student takes an order from Charlotte's husband David.  At times, the lineups were out-the-door.
 
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Another busy spot (right up to 3:00 pm) was the dish washing area of the kitchen area.  In the foreground is Josh Cormier, Stacey Merrigan and Susan Fisher trying to keep up with clean dishes.  In the background is Jamie Smith who cooked bacon all morning. 
 
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Wayne Harper, chair of the event, credits the success to his team, and all who helped, including Marshview Middle School Students and Mount Allison University's Rotaract Club.  In total, 20 Rotarians, 5 Rotaract students and 10 Marshview Middle School students insured that people were served in a timely fashion, dirty dishes were picked up and taken to the kitchen, tables were reset, fruit and juice were restocked and tea and coffee was always ready.
 
Bell Canada's local branch headed by Jenifer Wood, donated many give-aways, including a speaker which was raffled off along with Patterson's Restaurant who donated a cake, both netting $507.   Donations of bread and apple juice were gratefully accepted from Foodland and Rose's Independant Grocer.
Sales from all sources totalled $4,054 and after expenses, should net, just over $3,000.   One generous person gave a $200 donation.
 
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Susan Fisher is shown rinsing dishes before loading the dishwasher, while the counter is lined with dirty dishes waiting to be washed.
 
Major donor, Scotiabank has offered to match the receipts.  If 10 Rotarians each donate $100 to the Marshview Breakfast Program that will top up the $4,000 receipts to $5,000 – which Scotiabank’s will match !  Members are invited to bring a cheque next week (made out to Rotary Club of Sackville N.B.).  A great partnership !  Scotiabank staff will attend our meeting on 5 October.
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Rotary Club of Sackville Bulletin September 21, 2017

Posted by Charlie Scobie on Sep 21, 2017
 
Photographer: Pam Harrison
 
Wynn greeted a select group of Rotarians, and John chaired the first part of the meeting.
 
Visiting Rotarian: Sharon from the South Lake County Club, Florida (she’s going back there soon).
 
Birthday:  Young Josh was a year older.
 
50-50 Draw: Jamie’s number was drawn.  He came close, but still failed to pick the Eight of Hearts.  The pot of $100 carries forward to next week.
 
 
Happy Dollars:   John was happy to be going to a conference in Charlottetown attended by 400 people from art galleries around the world.   Sharon was doubly happy – she has new teeth (they still hurt) and a new car.   Wynn was happy that his wife was happy.   Josh was happy that the breakfast was such a success.
 
Next Week: 28 September 2017.   Chair: Bill;  Greeter: Wynn;  Introducer: Susan F;  Thanker: Louise.   Speakers:  Members of Rotaract.
 
Social Outing with Rotaract members:  Sunday 1 October, at Belliveau Orchard, 11:30 a.m. Cars needed to transport Rotaract members.
 
Vimy Tree: Pam reported that the tree has been ordered and will arrive shortly.  Kevin Anderson will plant it in the Memorial Park.  A photo is planned with the Presidents of Rotary and the Legion.
 
President’s Time:  John reported that Joyce had a fall and is in hospital.  Members signed a card for her.  We hope to see her back on her feet soon.
 
Rotary BreakfastWayne gave a report on –
 
 
With all the preparatory work done on Friday afternoon, by first light on Saturday everything was –
 
 
A record number of 445 people were served (357 last year). 
 
 
$4,054 was taken in; after expenses the net should be just over $3,000. 
 
 
Special thanks to Wayne, his team, and all who helped, including Marshview and Rotaract.  And to Bell for donations, including a speaker which was raffled for $507.  One person gave a $200 donation.
 
 
And thanks especially to those who helped with the dishes.
 
Pam reported that Scotiabank has offered to match the receipts.  If 10 Rotarians each donate $100 to the Marshview Breakfast Program that will top up the $4,000 receipts to $5,000 – which Scotiabank’s will match !  Members are invited to bring a cheque next week (made out to Rotary Club of Sackville N.B.).  A great partnership !  Scotiabank staff will attend our meeting on 5 October.
 
 
Wayne took over the chair and called on Wynn to auction four tickets (provided by Trish) for a Seafood Feast with Wine Pairings, the proceeds going to Patricia’s campaign for an orphanage in South Africa. The tickets went for $52 each with Sharon and Pam each getting two.
 
Financial Reports:  Darrell presented the reports for 2016-2017 (circulated by email to all members).  Member’s payments were not sufficient to cover the cost of our weekly breakfast, though with our new system matters should improve.  $10,000 will be carried forward for the proposed $20,000 legacy project in 2017-18. The bottom line according to Darrell: “We’re not going broke anytime soon.” Moved by Darrell, seconded by Wynn, and agreed that the Financial Reports be accepted as presented.
 
Club Assembly:  Members divided into three groups (Sharon got to sit with three lawyers) to discuss fund-raising.  Among the suggestions: a Talent Competition in early March, in the Vogue, in partnership with Mount A and other local organizations;  focus on one big breakfast at Fall Fair; a public auction in the fall.  The Fundraising Committee will follow up on the suggestions.
 
The meeting closed with the Four-Way Test.
 
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Rotary Club of Sackville Bulletin September 14, 2017

Posted by Charlie Scobie on Sep 14, 2017
 
Photographer: Pam Harrison
 
Wynn was in the chair and gave a brief overview of his career(s). Being a lawyer is his third profession.  His first was with the Royal Bank (where he learned to roll coins).  His second profession was teaching.  Having applied to be a math teacher he showed up at the interview wearing his Boy Scout uniform and was hired to teach Phys.Ed. (he did play football at Mt.A. and was on the diving team).
 
 
50-50 DrawLouise’s number was drawn but she failed to pick the Eight of Hearts.  The pot of $92 carries forward to next week.
 
Visiting Rotarian: Sharon from the South Lake County Club, Florida.
 
Gold Mine Presentations:
 
 
Danny Patterson was this week’s winner and was on hand to collect a cheque for $1,217.
 
 
Heather Dixon accept a cheque for $608.50 on behalf of Marshview Middle School.
Louise presented both cheques.
 
Happy Dollars:   Louise reported on the salsa fundraiser for her friend in New Zealand who has cancer.  There were only four jars left and they were promptly sold.  The sum of $50,000 of the $90,000 required for the treatment has already been raised.  Susan F was happy that five people have volunteered to make chili for the Rotaract sale on Friday evening, 5:30 – 8:00 p.m.  She is going camping next week at Kouchibouguac National Park. Ove reported that Pat is flying to Montreal, heading for the cottage; for the first time the pilot will be their daughter !  Gayle will be away for two weeks in France; as a member of the Citizen’s Advisory Board for Dorchester Penitentiary she issued an invite to the Awareness Day on 2 November when there will be escorted tours of the pen.  Sharon declined the invite: she’s been there before.  Josh is still working on renovations to his home and is glad he got his pump fixed.  Trish is serving a seafood dinner for Patricia Belliveau on Saturday 14 October.  She’s offering four more tickets to the dinner, with the proceeds going to the orphanage in South Africa. Wynn was happy to see Tony and congratulated him on the renovations at Foodland.  Wynn was also glad to report that their trailer in Florida was spared – though the roof of the neighboring one ended up on their property.
 
Next Week: 21 September 2017.   Club Assembly. Greeter: Wynn.
 
Marshview Breakfast:  The club will share duties with Rotaract members.  Volunteers needed for Monday mornings 8:00 – 8:30 a.m.  A sign-up sheet was circulated.
 
Projects Committee: Stacey reported on three projects (each under $500) which have been approved: planting of a Vimy Oak (Google “Vimy Oaks” for the story), contribution to Patricia’s work in South Africa, and the Viola Desmond project.
 
Breakfast:  Saturday 16 September: according to Wayne it’s all systems go.  Eight Marshview students will be assisting.  Tony is contributing food to the breakfast.
 
 
President’s Time:  Last week John noted that the Booster Pump now has a sign on the side indicating that this is a joint Town and Rotary project.
 
 
Speaker: Charlie introduced guest speaker Linda LeBlanc, President of the Dorchester Community Volunteer Action Committee – the group which operates the Dorchester Food Bank, one of the recipients of donations from our Gold Mine Draw.
 
The food bank serves Dorchester and the surrounding area, and is open one day per month, or as need arises.  About 15 to 20 families are served, with between 35 and 40 at Christmas time.  In addition to food, gift cards are also given at Christmas. Those served include people on social assistance, low income earners, and some seniors.  Donations are welcome and are much needed as government support has been cut back.  Food banks in larger centres are able to partner with big businesses, but this is not possible for smaller rural facilities.    
 
 
Joyce thanked the speaker for her presentation.
 
Wynn called for a few moments for thought and prayer, remembering the R.C.M.P. officer killed in the line of duty (helping a stranded motorist) – a perfect example of someone living by the Four-Way Test. The meeting then closed with the Four-Way Test.
 
 
Gold Mine Presentation:   From last week – on behalf of the Sackville Swim Club Stephanie LeBreton received a cheque for $682.50 from Susan F.
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Rotary Club of Sackville Bulletin September 7, 2017

 
Photographer: Pam Harrison
 
Chairman Wayne declined to give any biographical info but passed on some fascinating – if not frightening – info about Walmart. Customers in the U.S. spend $36 million every hour. With 1.6 million employees Walmart is the largest private employer in the world.  The company takes out life insurance on its employees, but when the employee dies the company collects the money.  90% of Americans live within 15 miles of a Walmart.  92% of what it sells comes from China.  It makes a profit of $36 billion per year.  Bentonville, Arkansas, where the Walmart HG is located has more millionaires than any place else in the world.
 
 
50-50 DrawPam’s number was drawn but she failed to pick the Eight of Hearts.  The pot of $81 carries forward to next week.
 
Visiting Rotaract:  Colin.
 
PinPal Stories:  Dianne, Charlie and George met outside the Post Office, with Susan F across the road – all pals, but no pins.
 
Birthdays:  Darrell was serenaded in advance of his birthday next week.
 
 
Gold Mine:  Kevin Price was on hand to receive his record-making cheque of $6,038 from Stacey.  With no winner for the previous 5 weeks this was the largest pay out ever.
 
Happy Dollars:  Josh was happy that Scotia Bank will sponsor our next breakfast, contribute $1,000, and provide two employees to help.  Louise has a friend in New Zealand who has breast cancer; the last hope is a new procedure which costs $90,000.  Among many contributing towards this goal is Mariah who has made salsa and sold 22 bottles at $10 a bottle – well done !  Wynn was glad to see a former bowling buddy, Kevin win the Gold Mine jackpot.  Dianne was glad to see Mitchell helping with the corn husking; he’s is going in to Grade 12.  After a delayed start owing to car trouble Dianne is heading for 2 to 3 weeks in Ontario.  Bill will visit Fredericton for a family reunion, the first in 3 years.  Edna is off for two weeks to Toronto, Edmonton and Calgary.
 
Next Week: 14 September 2017.   Chair: Wynn;  Greeter: Gayle;  Introducer: Charlie; Thanker: Joyce;  Speaker: Linda Leblanc, Dorchester Food Bank.
 
 
Corn: Pam reported on very successful corn husking and corn boil.  24 people (Rotarians and friends) husked 960 corn in 26 minutes, 30 seconds!  On a cool day the hot corn was much appreciated.  A great partnership with the Town !
 
Breakfast:  Saturday 16 September.  Please sign the duty sheet if you have not already done so.  The breakfast is in aid of Marshview Middle School Breakfast Program. Two more bean-makers were enlisted.  Susan F called for help with the Rotaract chili sale.
 
President’s Time:  John noted that the Booster Pump now has a sign.  Next year’s R.I. International Convention will be held in Toronto 23-27 June, 2018.  The club Christmas Party will be on 7 December: we need someone willing to act as host.  A Nominating Committee (Josh, Louise, John) has been formed to propose a slate of office-bearers for 2018-19.  The club assembly on 21 September will receive last year’s financial report, and also discuss fund-raising.
 
 
Speaker:  David introduced Adam Campbell, Head of Atlantic Conservation Programs, DUC (= Ducks Unlimited Canada), who gave a presentation on “A Scientific Approach to Local Habitat Conservation.”
 
 
Although DUC was started 78 years ago because of concern in the U.S. about declining numbers of waterfowl, surprisingly the speaker said very little about ducks but a great deal about wetland conservation.  The main focus now seems to be on “Conserving Canada’s Wetlands”.  The organization’s four main priorities in order of importance are  1. Wetland Conservation,  2. Public Policy,  3. Research,  4. Education.  Wetlands conservation is essential not just for wildlife habitat but for clean water and for flooding reduction.
 
 
DUC has carried out 1,500 projects in Canada, 129 of them in Sackville and the surrounding area, the latter at a cost of over $12 million.  One project in Jolicure was carried out to compensate for lost of habitat in Moncton. 
 
In addition to the many wetlands projects in this area DUC also operates the Beaubassin Research Station which includes a laboratory and dormitory accommodation. 
 
 
Josh thanked the speaker for an informative talk, and reminded us that conservation and hunting can go hand in hand.
 
The meeting closed with the Four-Way Test.
 
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AND THEN THERE WAS NONE!

Posted by Wayne Harper on Sep 03, 2017
 
At the end of the corn boil I observed less than 2 dozen corn left to be hand out.  This would mean in excess of 940 students and town's folk stopped by to enjoy corn-on-the-cob in the joint Town of Sackville and Rotary Club annual welcome to the students.  But the story does not start here.  It starts Friday night when 24 fun-lovin' Rotarians and friends descended on the Civic Center to shuck the corn.  And shuck they did, stripping the cover off of 960 corn in 26 minutes and 30 seconds.  We will try to find out if this is a record or not.  Here are the "shucking" crew taken after an exhausting 26 minutes.
Fast forward to Saturday morning and the Frosh were steered to the corn in military style formation - in other words, chaos.  A dozen Rotarians and Rotaract Students along with Town Council members handed the buttered corn to student after student for a solid two hours.  The result - many happy and grateful students, whose first full day in town was made just a little better.
Here are some of the photos of Rotarians and students alike.
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
This project has been a favorite of the Rotary Club for many years.  As long as there are hungrey students, this event is expected to continue.
 
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Rotary Club of Sackville Bulletin August 31, 2017

Posted on Aug 31, 2017
 
Photographer: Pam Harrison
 
 
Trish was in the chair and had circulated a questionnaire for her 3 minute bio.  Answers: 1. She has one sibling (sister Shelley); 2. Her hometown is Picton; 3. Her dog’s name is Daisy; 4. She has worked for 3 organizations – ASF, CWS, DFO; 5. Her job is Biologist, Atlantic Salmon Research Joint Venture Coordinator; 6. How many times on time for Rotary ? Too few to calculate.  The winners: Dianne (9 points) got a bag; Marita (8 points) got a cap, and Sandy (7 points) got a pen.
 
50-50 Draw:  Trish was not so happy when she failed to pick the Eight of Hearts.  The pot of $71 carries forward to next week.
 
Visiting Rotarian:  Sharon from South Lake County Club, Florida.
 
PinPal Stories:  Sandy, George, Bill, Dianne, Louise and the Drapers all met at the Farmers’ Market (but no pins).  Dianne reported on a meeting with Margaret Hicks one of our Paul Harris Fellows.
 
Birthdays:  Charlie is 85 and still going strong.
 
Happy Dollars:  Trish was happy to have her parents for a visit; the dog missed them after they left.   Wynn was happy to have taken over Ove’s duty as greeter; “What keeps old men happy ?” – sitting at a table with three beautiful women.  John was happy to hear from a niece and grand-niece in Houston that they are OK.  Dianne was at a golf tournament in Moncton last week; she started at the 14th hole which evidently was a bar hole as well as a par hole.  Ove’s grandson has started school in Ste. Adlele, Quebec where the English students go to the French school, and vice versa.  Josh slept in (after hitting the snooze button) but still made it to Rotary.   Marita plus sister, daughter and niece saw a wonderful air show at Greenwood (they slept in a tent with no pegs).
 
Next Week: 31 August 2017.   Chair: Wayne;  Greeter: Sandy;  Introducer: David;  Thanker: Josh;  Speaker: Adam Campbell, “Ducks Unlimited.”  
 
 
Corn Boil:  Final reminder from Pam.  Corn Shucking – Friday 1 September, 7 p.m. at Civic Centre (960 cobs – come and try for a new world record).  Corn Boil – Saturday 2 September, 9:30 a.m. come and help prepare, serve corn 11:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
 
Breakfast:  Saturday 16 September.  Please sign the duty sheet if you have not already done so.  The breakfast is in aid of Marshview Middle School Breakfast Program.
 
Fall Fair Parade will feature Trish and Pam’s convertibles, suitably decorated.
 
 
Rotary Foundation:   Remember to bring in your full money jars.
 
President’s Time:  John reminded members of the District Conference.  Pam and Louise will attend.  Our contribution as a “Reflection of Sackville” will be a copy of Sackville Then and Now.
 
 
Speaker:  Gayle introduced former Rotarian Patricia Belliveau who spoke on her forthcoming trip to South Africa which she has been planning for the last two years. She will leave on 15 November and will be away for three months, returning on 15 February 2018.  It should be a trip of a lifetime and will fulfill a long-time ambition to undertake some form of mission to young children.
 
The visit is organized by Stephen Puddle who has been going for several years to an orphanage in the small village of Windmill Park on the outskirts of Johannesburg. The orphanage, which is also a school, has two sections one for children up to 6, the other for ages 7 through 17. The school has no sports, so Patricia will be taking soccer and badminton equipment and hopes to develop a sports program.  The facility is in a gated community for security reasons.  From December 18 through January 8 she will be at another orphanage at Alden Tree.  Also going for part of the time is a registered nurse, Mary Elizabeth George.  Regular reports will be posted on Facebook.
 
Patricia has been busy fund-raising for the trip.  Two yard sales will help with her own expenses, while draws on a quilt and on a merchant basket are aimed at raising $3,000 for the orphanage – so far $2,100 has been raised.
 
 
John thanked the speaker and wished her well for her time in South Africa.
 
The meeting closed with the Four-Way Test.
 
 
Gold Mine Cheque:  Ryan Suter was on hand to receive a cheque for $634,50 from Charlie on behalf of Struts Art Gallery.
 
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Rotary Club of Sackville Bulletin, August 24, 2017

Posted by Charlie Scobie on Aug 24, 2017
 
Photographer: Pam Harrison
 
Pam opened the meeting with a very moving story of the sudden and tragic death of a 16 year old girl, friend of her grand-daughter.  Both girls were planning to get their driver’s licences and had signed their organ donation cards.  The silver lining was that the girl’s body parts saved many lives.
 
Bill chaired the meeting and read an extract from a fascinating book, Lab Girl: A Story of Trees, Science and Love by Hope Jahren.
 
 
50-50 Draw:   Marita’s number was drawn but she failed to pick the Eight of Hearts. The pot of $62 carries forward to next week.
 
PinPal Stories:  Josh was inspecting his house’s new foundation when a van drove up – Susan P and Lorne were also checking on progress.  Edna’s car was broken into; Ove found and returned her walking poles.  Rotarians keep an eye on each other !
 
 
Visiting Rotarians:  Two well-known VRs were welcomed –  Sharon from South Lake County Club, Florida,  and  Bill from the Picton, Ontario club.
 
Birthdays:  David has a birthday on 26 August, and Jamie has one on 29 August.
 
Happy Dollars:  Dianne was on PEI, played a dice game and won $7 which she put in her RF jar !  She drew attention to an article in this month’s Rotarian about a Syrian refugee family being welcomed to Amherst (“a sleepy Canadian town of about 9,000 that lies on the eastern boundary of the picturesque Tantramar Marshes” according to the article).  According to Wynn, Ontario clubs have not yet caught up with singing “in all of us command”; he has already sold all his breakfast tickets and was looking for more.  Last week he played a round of golf without scoring par at any hole.  It was the day for wedding anniversaries:  Louise (10th), Bill Edwards (48th), Sandy (49th) plus Al and Elaine Smith (49th).   
 
 
 
Gold Mine Cheque:  Barbie Kaye was on hand to receive a cheque for $586.50 from Trish on behalf of Dorchester Consolidated School.
 
Louise reported that the Montague, PEI club’s Gold Mine Draw went without a winner for three weeks (for the first time); their next draw is worth $46,000 !
 
Next Week: 31 August 2017.   Chair: Trish;  Greeter: Ove; Introducer: Darrell; Thanker: John;  Speaker: Patricia Beliveau.
 
Corn Boil:  A reminder from Pam.  Corn Shucking – Friday 1 September, 7 p.m. at Civic Centre (960 cobs – come and try for a new world record).  Corn Boil – Saturday 2 September, 9:30 a.m. come and help prepare, serve corn 11:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
 
 
Last Year’s corn-shucking crew.
 
President’s Time:  John reminded members of the District Conference, 22-24 September, in Miramichi: the registration deadline is 1 September. There are some club funds available to support members who attend.  An important message from Susan P:  if anyone who attended the Lobster Party went off with a steak knife that does not belong to them, could they please return it ?
 
 
Speaker:  Ove introduced Craig Evans, who gave a presentation on behalf of the Sackville Schools 2020 Initiative group with help from group member Debbie Champagne.
 
 
There are major problems with existing schools - $5 million in deferred maintenance at TRHS; Marshview Middle School (former High School) is 80 years old. The group came together in 2015 hoping for solutions in five years – hence “Sackville Schools 2020.”
 
 
The group advocates building a new 21st century building, and have looked at such facilities built in the last decade.  They have consulted widely and worked with school architectural firms.  There is an opportunity to create a large multi-stakeholder facility, anchored by a new school, but including e.g. a library, seniors’ services, social services, athletic facilities. Such a facility would have a lot more glass, common areas, meeting and other kinds of spaces.
 
The group’s initiatives are strongly supported by the Town.  There are prospects of Provincial and Federal funding.  A feasibility study has been conducted by Ernst & Young and the results will be shared in September.  It is important to consult as widely as possible and visioning sessions will be held with different groups to define what teachers, students, parents and the community would like to see in the way of new facilities and new programs.
 
Questions and discussion followed. Where will such a facility be located ?  The group can’t say.  Input is invited and everyone is asked to send in their ideas.
 
 
Dianne thanked the two speakers, and presented them with our new thank-you card.
 
The meeting closed with the Four-Way Test.
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Rotary Club of Sackville Bulletin August 17, 2017

Posted on Aug 17, 2017
 
Photographer: Pam Harrison
 
Dianne chaired the meeting, standing in for Susan F.
 
Visiting Rotarians:  June Woodburn from Timmins, Ontario, Porcupine Club, and Sharon from South Lake County Club, Florida.
 
 
50-50 Draw:  Dale’s number was drawn but he failed to pick the Eight of Hearts. The pot of $53 carries forward to next week.
 
Rotary Foundation:  A reminder to bring in your filled RF money jars. 
 
Happy Dollars:  Wynn who was 30 seconds late was glad to see the meeting started on time; he will miss the lobster party as he is playing in a golf championship.  Wayne and Sandy are happy to be celebrating their 49th wedding anniversary.   Darrell is going off to fish in Labrador and thanks Dale and Wayne for looking after the finances while he is away.   Sergeant-at-Arms Dianne thanked those who covered for her when she was late this morning.   George is happy to have his sister June visiting with him for a week.
 
 
Sharon was happy to be a rose between two thorns.
 
Next Week: 24 August 2017.   Chair: Bill;  Greeter: Marita;  Introducer: Dale; Thanker: Jamie (or substitute). 
 
Lobster Party:  Final reminder regarding lobster party to be held at Susan P’s cottage on Sunday 20 August at 2 p.m. (eat at 5 p.m.). A map with directions will be emailed to members.
 
Corn Boil:  Advance Notice: Corn Shucking – Friday 1 September, 7 p.m. at Civic Centre (960 cobs – come and try for a new world record).  Corn Boil – Saturday 2 September, 9:30 a.m. come and help prepare, serve corn 11:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
 
Rotary Trees:  Pam has planted 12 trees; Marita has planted 17.  So we already meet the goal of planting one tree per member, averaged over the whole club.
 
Rotary Foundation:   Our club’s givings in 2016-2017:  Auction $1,718 (matched by the club), 50-50 $500, four individual donations $200, for a total of $4,136 !  We give more than twice the District average.  A short video “Thank You For Doing Good In The World” was shown.
 
Fall Fair Parade:  Plans are being made to enter one or more sports cars, with Gold Mine cheques on display.
 
Canada 150 Polio Plus Appeal:  Pam has lined up visits to the Hampton, Shediac, Dieppe and Moncton West clubs.
 
 
President’s Time:  John was glad to be back and reminded members of the District Conference, 22-24 September, in Miramachi.  He read part of a long letter (unedited) of thanks from TRHS Bursary recipient Hannah Walton.
 
 
Speaker:  Dianne introduced Laura Morrell, a 2010 Mount A grad, and now a Program Officer with Elementary Literacy Inc., a not-for-profit charitable organization which aims to improve literacy rates among New Brunswick’s elementary school children. 
 
 
There are two sections – CLEF (French) and ELF = Elementary Literacy Friends.  Over 900 volunteers operate the program in 180 New Brunswick schools.
 
New Brunswick has a serious literacy problem. Over half the adult population are not beyond Level 2 literacy.  We are the second worst in the country.  Literacy rates have a significant impact on the state of the economy and on New Brunswick’s future prosperity.
 
Learning difficulties emerge early; that’s why the program focuses on the crucial point in a child’s reading development – Grade 2.  Volunteers receive training and work 2 hours a week for 10 weeks.  The program has already proved to be very effective.  More volunteers are needed.
 
 
Donations are sought from businesses and individuals.  E.g. $1,500 would allow a school to offer the program for an entire school year.
 
 
After some lively questions and discussion George thanked the speaker for an interesting presentation.
 
The meeting closed with the Four-Way Test.
 
 
Gold Mine P.S.   At the Toonie Count last Monday Leslie Estabrooks dropped by to collect her $1,139 winnings from Jamie.
 
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Rotary Club of Sackville Bulletin August 10, 2017

Posted by Charlie Scobie on Aug 10, 2017
 
Photographer: Pam Harrison
 
Darrell chaired the meeting, standing in for Susan P.  According to a CBC (early morning) report Walmart is installing a new video system to see whether customers are happy or frustrated.  They will then send an associate to check out  the customer – if they can find an associate.
 
 
50-50 Draw:  Trish’s number was drawn but she failed to pick the right card. The pot of $44 carries forward to next week.  Here is what she was looking for :
 
 
GuestPat Estabrooks who came to hear the speaker – and managed to collect a cheque as well.
 
PinPal StoriesBill was in a local store and saw an unattended stroller with twins in it: turns out it belong to Becky Stewart (an ex-Rotarian).  Susan F has heard from Louis who is still as addicted as ever to chicken pot pie.
 
BirthdaysSusan P has a birthday on 13 August, and was congratulated in absentia.
 
Happy Dollars:  Bill apologized for not sending out the usual weekly email reminder; he remembered at 11 p.m. last night but decided that was a bit late.   Wayne and Sandy were at the Farmer’s Market and met 2008-09 RYE student Mona Nilsson from Mariestad, Sweden, who is going to Winnipeg to work for 6 months.   George had dinner with Leslie Van Patter; his sister June is coming for a visit.   Dale is happy to have his son and daughter-in-law here for a visit.  Dianne did remember to email the visiting speaker.
 
Next Week: 17 August 2017.   Chair: Susan F;  Greeter: Mary; Introducer: Charlie; Thanker: George; Speaker: Laura Morrell “Elementary Literacy.”
 
 
Gold Mine Cheque:  Pat Estabrooks accepted from Bill a cheque for $569 on behalf of the Sackville Memorial Hospital Foundation.
 
 
Lobster Party:  To be held at Susan P’s cottage on Sunday 20 August at 2 p.m. (eat at 5 p.m.).  A sign-up sheet was circulated.  Lobster or steak ($15).  BYOB.  Bring lobster utensils. A map with directions will be emailed to members.
 
Canada 150 Polio Plus Appeal:  Pam reported that Port Elgin contributed $150 bringing  the total to about $750 so far (we are still short of our $150).  Shop NB shopping bags from Grand Manan were handed out.
 
President’s Time:  No President.  No Vice-President.  Message form PP Josh: “Keep up the good work !”
 
 
Speaker:  Bill introduced Kelly Taylor, manager of “Rural Rides.” 
 
 
This organization aims to help people in rural areas e.g. seniors, disabled (but not wheel chair), non-drivers, low/fixed income residents who need to visit a hospital/bank/store. The service helps to reduce isolation and to increase independence for those who do not have other access to transportation.
 
 
Since June a pilot program has been operating in the Tantramar area – see map. Drivers are all volunteers (have to be 21, with valid drivers licence, RCMP background check, supplemental liability insurance). They use their own vehicles.  Charge is 70 cents per km for those who can afford it, though most clients are charged 35 cents per km.  Parking fees are paid by the client.
 
Rural Rides is careful not to compete with local cab companies.
 
How can we help ? 1. Refer clients.  2. Volunteer as a driver.  3.  Support financially (RR is a registered charity and issues income tax receipts for donations).
 
 
An information brochure was distributed.  After questions Gayle thanked the speaker for an interesting presentation.
 
The meeting closed with the Four-Way Test.
 
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Rotary Club of Sackville Bulletin August 3, 2017

Posted by Charlie Scobie on Aug 03, 2017
 
Photographer: Pam Harrison
 
Sandy chaired the meeting until Josh arrived.  Condolences to Josh on the passing of his grandmother.  Josh shared some memories of how his grandparents first met. His grandfather was walking to school on a rainy day, dodging the puddles, when he noticed an umbrella ahead with some attractive curls underneath !  On another occasion he was to deliver a 100lb bag of flour but the horse wasn’t working (?) so he shouldered the bag and delivered it himself thus impressing his wife to be’s father.  Josh recalls never visiting his grandmother without being given some food to take home. He has not a single bad memory of her.
 
 
50-50 Draw:  Dale’s number was drawn but he failed to pick the eight of Hearts. The pot of $36 carries forward to next week.
 
Visiting Rotarian:  Sharon from South Lake County Club, Florida.
 
Make-ups:  Wynn attended Mississauga South (24 June), Oakville West (25 June a.m.), Mississauga West (25 June p.m.; the meeting was cancelled but this still counts as an attendance), Hamilton (26 June a.m.), Burlington (26 June p.m.), Burlington Central (26 June p.m.).  6 attendances in 3 days must be some kind of record.  He heard the same speech several times over from the 7080 District Governor Kathi Dick who is driven to meetings by her husband otherwise known as GOD (Governor’s Official Driver).
 
BirthdaysTrish has a birthday on 5 August, and was suitably serenaded.
 
Happy Dollars:  Susan F explained the absence of David who was at home looking after visiting family.  She also drew attention to an article in the current (Summer 2017) Mount Allison Record about New Zealand exchange student Marley Richards who has been an active member of the campus Rotaract group.  Trish also has visitors - Becky Stewart and the twins who are here for two weeks; she could use a playpen.  Wynn was careful to sing “in all of us” in “O Canada” while visiting the Ontario Rotary clubs;  in between doing make-ups he did have some time to golf.  Bill enjoyed his week in Ottawa. He is happy that Council passed an inclusivity motion, and that in response to a challenge from Cap Pelé the town now has several multi-colour crosswalks.  Dianne was pleased to see in the Trib notices by Hicks Lemoine Law welcoming Stacey as an Associate Lawyer and Josh as a Partner of the firm.
 
Next Week: 10 August 2017.   Chair: Sue P;  Greeter: Louise; Introducer: Bill; Thanker: Gayle.  
 
 
Rotary BellPam took her Rotary bell to the Pictou club last night; despite the small attendance they contributed $150 to the Canada 150 Polio Plus Appeal.  Last week Amherst gave $325.  Currently we have contributed $80 towards our $150 target.
 
 
At each of their meetings the Pictou club display their charter, awards, bell, etc. as reminders of what Rotary is all about.
 
 
Speaker:  Wynn introduced guest speaker Melody Petlock, Executive Director, Daybreak Activity Centre, one of 32 such centres in New Brunswick. Daybreak is a mental health centre which offers daily social, mutual support, cultural, educational and recreational activities.
 
Mental illness directly or indirectly affects almost all Canadians.  It is experienced by an increasing number of peoples from all walks of life. The commonest onset age group is 17 to 25.  Suicide is the leading cause of death for people under 50.
 
Melody explained what is meant by the “Psychosocial Skills Rehabilitation Model.” Everyone belongs.  No member is “too difficult.”  We will find a way to make it work . . . or find another way.  We do it TOGETHER.
 
 
Melody’s guest Jane McWhirter spoke movingly about the negative effects of loneliness, and about how much the Daybreak program has meant to her.
 
Daybreak stresses community involvement for all its members.  Advocacy and Education are important aspects of its work.  Originally started in 1999 and restarted in  2001, Daybreak suffered a serious loss with the February 2016 fire which destroyed its former location.  It is now happily located in the Sackville Commons.  Melody shared a “wish list” of current needs ranging from volunteers to financial support, equipment, appliances and furniture.
 
 
After a period of questions and discussion Dianne thanked the speakers.
 
The meeting closed with the Four-Way Test.
 
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Amherst Club Raises The Bar

Posted by Charlie Scobie on Jul 27, 2017
 
Rotary Bell:  Pam took her Rotary bell to the Amherst club on Monday and made her pitch for raising $150 from 10 clubs as part of the Canada 150 celebration.  The 23 Rotarians present contributed $325.  There’s still time to contribute to our target – let’s not let Amherst get the better of us !
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Rotary Club of Sackville Bulletin July 27, 2017

Posted by Charlie Scobie on Jul 27, 2017
 
Photographer: Pam Harrison
 
 
Chairman Ove was all smiles, as was guest Claire who was with her mum, this week’s Gold Mine Draw winner.
 
 
50-50 Draw:  Wayne was not so happy after drawing the Queen of Diamonds, not the 8 of Clubs.  The pot of $26 carries forward to next week.
 
Visiting Rotarian:  Pat Perry -  we hope to see her back again.
 
Make-ups:  George reported that he had breakfast at the Amherst club on Monday at 12 noon, along with Pam and Charlie (who happened to be the speaker).
 
BirthdaysOve skipped the chair’s introductory remarks but could not avoid birthday greetings.  He did not disclose his age, but did reveal that he is now counting backwards.  Claire was happy to tell us that in two days she will be 8 years old.  Both were suitably serenaded.
 
Happy Dollars:   Ove and Pat are heading to their cottage in the Laurentians for two weeks.   Louise is also off to the cottage for two weeks.  Dianne was in a golf tournament and got a birdie (if you know what that means);  a cousin is visiting and they had a trip to Lunenburg.  Wayne is happy that we have a new mike, though it took him an hour and a half to figure out how it works.  
 
 
Gold Mine Draw:  Tara Shipley, along with Claire, was happy to receive a cheque for $2,240; Trish made the presentation.
 
Next Week: 3 August 2017.   Chair: Sandy;  Greeter: Joyce; Introducer: Wynn; Thanker: Dianne.  Speaker: Melody Petlock – “Daybreak Program.”
 
 
 
Rotary BellPam took her Rotary bell to the Amherst club on Monday and made her pitch for raising $150 from 10 clubs as part of the Canada 150 celebration.  The 23 Rotarians present contributed $325.  There’s still time to contribute to our target – let’s not let Amherst get the better of us !
 
Pam also announced that the Charlottetown club will celebrate its 100th anniversary on Sunday 1 October.  The President of RI will be there.  Guests are invited to the dinner at 6 p.m. in the Confederation Centre; cost is $75. 
 
 
Speaker:  Last week we saw part of the video by former Alberta MLA Doug Griffiths entitled “13 Ways To Kill A Community” (also the title of a book he has written).  #1 – Don’t have quality water; #2 – Don’t attract business.  We missed #3 – Ignore your youth, but were able to see #s 4 through 13.
 
#4 – Deceive yourself about your real needs and values (communities need to “re-pot” themselves).  #5 – Shop elsewhere (don’t patronize local shops; shopkeepers – give people a reason to shop locally).  #6 – Don’t paint (beautification pays off).  #7 – Don’t co-operate (synergy is important).  #8 – Live in the past ( be NIMBYs and CAVEs – citizens against virtually everything).  #9 – Ignore your seniors (they make great volunteers and spend money in the community).  #10 Reject everything new (don’t learn from other people’s failures, learn from their successes).  #11 – Ignore outsiders (especially immigrants who can make a great contribution).  #12 – Become complacent -  (success is a baton race).  #13 – Don’t take responsibility (it’s much easier to blame others).
 
Thanks to Louise for suggesting the video, and to Bill and Wayne for overcoming the technical difficulties.
 
 
Gold Mine Draw:  Tracey Rose collected a cheque for $559.50 from Dale on behalf of the Tantramar Family Resource Centre.
 
The meeting closed with the Four-Way Test.
 
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Rotary Club of Sackville Bulletin July 20, 2017

Posted on Jul 20, 2017
 
Photographer: Pam Harrison
 
Marita was in the chair but her 2 minute bio was pre-empted in favour of the anticipated video presentation.
 
 
50-50 Draw:  Sandy’s number was drawn but sad to say she drew the 6 of Hearts instead of the 8, so $19 carries forward to next week. 
 
Visiting Rotarian:  Bill McLeish from Ottawa.
 
 
Gold Mine Draw:  Elizabeth Wells was on hand to receive a cheque for $560 from Trish on behalf of the Sackville Community Association.
 
PinPal Stories:  Though not wearing her Rotary pin (she was in her bathing suit) Trish did meet a couple from Ohio at the lake; Sue, President of the Willoughby Club thought that our club does wonderful things.  Pam visited the Port Elgin club with DG Iris who was very impressed with our club after her visit last week.
 
Happy Dollars:  Wayne had a sad dollar – he was feeling older after taking two 10 year olds to Magic Mountain.   Trish enjoyed a two week Docks and Drinks tour of Ontario.   Pam saw “Million Dollar Quartet” at the Charlottetown Festival; the cast included Sackville native and Mt.A. B.Mus. grad Trevor Grant.   Bill had a good news story - his son lost his wallet while at a blues festival; the next day someone put the wallet, complete with cash, through the letter slot at his home.  Last Friday George went with friends on a hike/picnic/swim on Pictou Island, a location he recommends.  Ove reported that Gayle is doing well after surgery – we hope to see her back soon !
 
Next Week, 27 July 2017:  Chair: Ove;  Greeter: Josh; Introducer: Wayne; Thanker: David.
 
 
Grocery Cards:  Pam reported that the sale of grocery cards last Rotary year brought in $1,500.  Darrell was glad to receive the cheque from Pam and Marita.  This money goes into the club account to meet club expenses.
 
Rotary Bell:  Picking up on an idea from the Sooke Rotary Club Pam has the Rotary bell from the former Springhill club and plans to take it to 10 clubs, beginning with ours.  She will invite each club to donate $150 for a total of $1,500 to mark Canada 150.  For a start she got $39 contributed at the meeting.
 
 
Speaker:  Trish introduced Louise who introduced the showing of a video by former Alberta MLA Doug Griffiths which she had seen at last fall’s conference of the AC accounting firms group (and which has been shown in Sackville).  Using a technique he developed in talking to high school kids (what are the best ways to ruin your life ?)   Griffith’s presentation is entitled “13 Ways To Kill A Community” (also the title of a book he has written).
 
 
Modern technology is wonderful – when it works.  Unfortunately the video encountered a technical hitch (due to “buffering” according to our techie expert) so that we only heard the first two ways to kill a community – 1. Water Quality (don’t bother to ensure the quality and quantity of your community’s water supply), and 2. Business Attraction (don’t bother to attract new businesses or promote business competition).
 
There was quite a lively discussion of Sackville’s water supply, the problem of attracting new businesses and the need to shop locally (which is actually #5 on Griffith’s list).  If the technical difficulties can be overcome it is hoped that the rest of the presentation can be viewed next week.
 
The meeting closed with the Four-Way Test.
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Paul Harris Presentation

Posted by Charlie Scobie on Jul 14, 2017
 
 
     
     Last Thursday Pam was in Sydney with the family of the late Viola Desmond.  She presented a Paul Harris Fellowship to Viola’s youngest sister Wanda in celebration of Viola’s social justice efforts.  Viola’s picture will appear on the new $10 bills to be issued next year.
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Rotary Club of Sackville Bulletin July 13, 2017

Posted by Charlie Scobie on Jul 13, 2017
 
Photographer: Pam Harrison
 
Chair Gayle summarized her life in 8 words: “Born in Toronto, moved fourteen times, retired here.”  In Toronto she lived a stone’s throw from where George lived and went to the same High School.
 
 
50-50 Draw: started over again from scratch, looking for the 8 of Hearts.  Josh’s number was drawn but sad to say he drew the King of Clubs so $11 carries forward to next week. 
 
Visiting Rotarians:  Sharon Meldrum from the South Lake County Club, Florida, and Bill McLeish from Ottawa.
 
 
Makeups:  Last Thursday Pam was in Sydney with the family of the late Viola Desmond.  She presented a Paul Harris Fellowship to Viola’s youngest sister Wanda in celebration of Viola’s social justice efforts.  Viola’s picture will appear on the new $10 bills to be issued next year.
 
PinPal Stories:  Wynn was driving to Debert at his usual sedate pace when he was overtaken by Dianne.
 
Birthdays:   Mary celebrates a birthday on 19 July, and was suitably serenaded.
 
 
Gold Mine Draw:  This week’s winner Orissa Sterling was on hand to collect her cheque for $1,140 from Marita.
 
 
Charlie accepted a cheque for $570 on behalf of the Tantramar Heritage Trust.
 
Happy Dollars:  Sue P is very happy that Cape Jourimain has a new manager, Andrew McKinnon.   Louise had a great time driving her parents round the Cabot Trail.   Wynn looks forward to going to PEI on the weekend.   Bill claims to have been haying in Fredericton Junction acquiring some prickles on his arms and legs in the process.   Josh says his grandfather still hays every summer; he himself is working on some demolition at the back of his house with the help of some family members.  Sandy is expecting to have two 11 year olds for a week, one of who calls her mother at 3 a.m. each morning.   Gayle is having her gall bladder remove on Monday.
 
Next Week, 13 July 2017:  Chair: Marita;  Greeter: John; Introducer: Trish; Thanker: Darrell.
 
President’s Time:  P.P. Josh welcomed DG Iris and invited all Rotarians to join with Board members in meeting with her after breakfast.
 
 
Speaker:  DG Iris Sullivan, Rotary Club of Chatham, was introduced by Pam. Ours is the 8th club she has visited this week !
A short video was shown of 2017-18 RI President Ian Risley introducing this year’s Rotary theme - “ Rotary: Making A Difference.”
RI has a strategic plan with three strategic goals which are : Support and Strengthen Clubs;  Focus and Increase Humanitarian Service; Enhance Public Image and Awareness.
 
Iris also reported that climate change is a big issue for President Ian: he has asked that during the period from 1 July 2017 to 22 April 2018 each Rotarian plant one tree.
 
Iris commended District 7810 for their Polio Plus fund-raising efforts; having raised $256,000 (including matching funds) our district, in proportion to size, is second in the world.
 
A special invitation was issued to Rotarians to attend the District Conference to be held 22-24 September at the Rodd Miramichi River Hotel; there is a special conference room rate of only $139.
 
Next year’s RI Conference will be held in Toronto and the District is looking for a Conference Chairperson.  This will be a great opportunity for Canadian Rotarians to attend an international conference.  Some group tours from N.B. and P.E.I. are being planned.
 
Charlie spoke briefly of changes he has seen in Rotary since he first joined in 1960.  A big change we are still waiting for is a female RI President.
 
Iris was thanked by Wynn for her inspiring presentation.
 
The meeting closed with the Four-Way Test.
 
 
 
Members then adjourned outside for a group photo celebrating “Canada 150.”
 
 
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Rotary Club of Sackville Bulletin July 6, 2017

Posted by Charlie Scobie on Jul 06, 2017
 
Photographer: Dianne Oulton
 
 
President John welcomed members to the first meeting of the new Rotary year and Wynn led a hearty singing of “O Canada.”  John declined to finish the story he started on a previous occasion but he did reveal why he signs cheques as DJM: his full name is Donald John Murchie Jnr.
 
 
50-50 Draw:   With only two cards left and a pot of $500 a lot was at stake.  Edna’s number was drawn by Roxanne and to her surprise she drew the right card, the Nine of Clubs !    Next week we start over again from scratch.
 
  
 
Gold Mine Draw:  This week’s winner Doris Lorette was on hand to collect her cheque for $1,150 from Gayle.
 
 
Happy Dollars:  Susan F, David and Gayle were happy to have entertained a group of Rotaractors who had lots of energy (they went down to the dyke to look at the Bay of Fundy).  The two who are doing the Banff/Jasper hike will receive $250 from donations by club members, and the club will match that amount as a contribution to their expenses.   Wynn travelled to Truro and Halifax on 1 July to celebrate their 50th anniversary.  He was glad to see Edna win the 50/50 draw, a fitting reward for all her hard work at the front desk.   Gayle was glad to have met the Rotaract group; they had been working hard in the lab and needed a break.   Wayne invited people to take in a “Concert in the Park” tonight.   Ove was delighted to receive a message from Mona Nilsson (RYE student from Sweden 2008-09); Mona hopes to visit Sackville for a week in August.  George was happy to get his red car back from the hospital after a brake transplant; he is about to take off for a week of golfing in Michigan; and he was glad to get messages from American friends on 1 July.  Louise attended the graduation on P.E.I. where her nephew and niece carried off many awards and scholarships; a proud night for the family.   John is about leave for five weeks of fishing in Maine.  Dianne thanked all who contributed to the successful BBQ on 29 June especially the gracious hosts John and Gemey, and chef DougEdna was happy to win the 50/50.
 
 
Dianne visited Sheree Fitch’s new book store “Mabel Murple's Book Shoppe Dreamery” in River John and bought a copy of If You Could Wear My Sneakers! for our visiting speaker donation to a local school library.  The book is inscribed “To the students and staff of Salem Elementary School – keep reading !  Sheree Fitch 2017.”  There are only 11 books left, so more donations are urgently required !
 
Next Week, 13 July 2017:  Chair: Mary;  Greeter: Jamie; Introducer: Tim; Thanker: Dale.
 
Rotary Foundation:  David has received a full RF change jar from John and has handed out an empty one to Stacey.  Members who have filled jars are urged to bring them in.
 
Fundraising:  Dale is working on the new application form for Gold Mine grants and is glad to have received half a dozen comments on the draft application form.
 
Secretary Josh announced that next week we will have a visit from DG Iris Sullivan; after breakfast she will meet with the Board at Bridge Street café and all members are welcome to attend.
 
High School Bursaries:  John announced the recipients of this year’s TRHS bursaries – Hannah Walton of Sackville who will study Nursing at St. Francis Xavier, Christy Bourque of Aulac who will study Psychology at St. Thomas, and Emily Patterson of Dorchester who will study English at St. Thomas.  Picking the recipients was no easy task as there were 25 applications.
 
 
Budget:  Treasurer Darrell presented the budget for the 2017-18 Rotary year.  A copy has been emailed to all members of the club.  A sum of $20,000 is budgeted for a legacy project (still to be determined).  The budget was approved.
 
John had more to say about plans for the coming year but time ran out.  Stay tuned.
 
The meeting closed with the Four-Way Test.
 
 
Gold Mine Draw:  Josh accepted a cheque for $555 on behalf of the Dorchester Food Bank,
 
and Gayle accepted a cheque for $575 on behalf of the Sackville Food Bank.
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Annual BBQ for 2017

Posted by Charlie Scobie on Jul 02, 2017
 
 
 
 
 
Photographer: Dianne Oulton
 
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Members and friends gathered at John and Gemey’s place for the annual Rotary BBQ.  The storm clouds passed by without any rain and the sun shone. 
 
Everyone enjoyed a fabulous feast.
 
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Some ate al fresco . . .
 
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Others dined in style.
 
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Edna balanced the books, while Doug cooked the steaks.
 
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Some helped themselves to a modest helping of dessert . . . others tried to see how much chocolate cake you can get on one plate.
 
After the meal Dianne handed out the Rotary service awards :
 
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Josh and Marita both joined Rotary on 1 January 2012 and so were presented with 5 year awards.
 
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Trish joined on 13 December 2007 and received a 10 year award, while David was recognized for 35 years in Rotary having joined on 1 March 1982.
 
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Next came the changing of the guard. 
 
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Dianne reached up to Josh to give him the Past-President’s pin . . .
 
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while Josh in turn presented the President’s pin to the incoming/returning president John.
 
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Josh looked back on the past year and thanked everyone who assisted him as president.  He made it to every meeting and even arrived on time last week.  He gave a special word of thanks to Joyce for the great job she did as secretary.  A special thanks also to John for being willing to take on the presidency again.
 
John gets to the meetings on time even if he does not always like talking to people that early in the morning.  He gave a special thanks to Dale who is stepping down as chair of the projects committee, and to Stacey who is taking over that position.  Thanks also to Mary not only for the great job she did as sergeant-at-arms but also for the use of her home as the Rotary “clubhouse.”  Dianne takes over as sergeant-at-arms.  John looks forward to the coming year and hopes to see a legacy project come to fruition.
 
Thanks were also expressed to Gayle for organizing the event, to Doug the master chef, and to John and Gemey the gracious hosts of the event (according to JohnGemey did all the work).
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Rotary Club of Sackville Bulletin June 29, 2017

Posted by Charlie Scobie on Jun 30, 2017
 
Photographer: Dianne Oulton
 
 
Members and friends gathered at John and Gemey’s place for the annual Rotary BBQ.  The storm clouds passed by without any rain and the sun shone. 
 
Everyone enjoyed a fabulous feast.
 
 
Some ate al fresco . . .
 
 
Others dined in style.
 
 
Edna balanced the books, while Doug cooked the steaks.
 
 
Some helped themselves to a modest helping of dessert . . . others tried to see how much chocolate cake you can get on one plate.
 
After the meal Dianne handed out the Rotary service awards :
 
 
Josh and Marita both joined Rotary on 1 January 2012 and so were presented with 5 year awards.
 
 
Trish joined on 13 December 2007 and received a 10 year award, while David was recognized for 35 years in Rotary having joined on 1 March 1982.
 
 
Next came the changing of the guard. 
 
 
Dianne reached up to Josh to give him the Past-President’s pin . . .
 
 
while Josh in turn presented the President’s pin to the incoming/returning president John.
 
 
Josh looked back on the past year and thanked everyone who assisted him as president.  He made it to every meeting and even arrived on time last week.  He gave a special word of thanks to Joyce for the great job she did as secretary.  A special thanks also to John for being willing to take on the presidency again.
 
John gets to the meetings on time even if he does not always like talking to people that early in the morning.  He gave a special thanks to Dale who is stepping down as chair of the projects committee, and to Stacey who is taking over that position.  Thanks also to Mary not only for the great job she did as sergeant-at-arms but also for the use of her home as the Rotary “clubhouse.”  Dianne takes over as sergeant-at-arms.  John looks forward to the coming year and hopes to see a legacy project come to fruition.
 
Thanks were also expressed to Gayle for organizing the event, to Doug the master chef, and to John and Gemey the gracious hosts of the event (according to John, Gemey did all the work).
 
Next week:  6 July 2017.  Greeter: George.  Program: Club Assembly.
 
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Rotary Club of Sackville Bulletin June 22, 2017

Posted by Charlie Scobie on Jun 22, 2017
 
Photographer: Pam Harrison
 
 
At 7:15 a.m. precisely Josh (yes Josh) stepped up and rang the bell.
Guest:  Gayle had as her guest long-time friend Jan Hook.
 
Chair:  Louise (delayed by a crown braid) took over in the chair.  She is justifiably proud of her nephew and niece: both went to the same PEI high school as she did, both have done exceptionally well, and one is headed for UPEI the other for Mount A.
 
 
Gold Mine PresentationHeather Dixon was on hand to accept a cheque for $560 on behalf of Salem Elementary School; she assured the club that the donation was much appreciated and would be put to a good use.
 
Visiting Rotarian:  Sharon from the South Lake County Club, Florida.
 
Makeups:  Charlie had two makeups in Victoria, B.C.  Victoria Harbourside meets at 7 a.m. in the Union Club next the Empress Hotel and is a very active club.  Royal Oak Centennial was holding their second last meeting as the club is disbanding due to declining numbers and failure to recruit younger members.
 
 
50-50 Draw:  With only three cards left Edna’s number was drawn but she failed to pick the nine of clubs.  So now with only two cards left the jackpot is at $483.
 
 
Happy Dollars:  Charlie enjoyed three weeks in beautiful British Columbia, including a visit to the Butchart Gardens and to a tea plantation.  Wynn was in patriotic garb (see above) for the last meeting before Canada Day, the day when he and Sharon will celebrate their 50th Anniversary.  Bill enjoyed the Salem School Send-Off day, and was glad he was not the one in the dunk tank.  Trish will be off to Ontario for two weeks after the BBQ.
 
 
Salem School Send-Off:  Susan F thanked the ten Rotarians (see some above) and one Rotaract member who helped out.  Tony was voted best hot dog cook.  The event raised $3,000.
 
Next Week, 29 June 2017:  No morning meeting !  BBQ at John’s at 6 p.m.  Cost: $10, kids free.  If you are coming please let Gayle know if you have not already done so.
 
Terry Fox Foundation:  Susan F presented an appeal on behalf of two Rotaract members who are taking part in a super-Terry Fox run (150 kms in 6 days) to raise money for cancer research.  The hat was passed round and it looked like there was a good response.
 
President’s Time:  Josh thanked all those who helped at the Salem School event.  This was his last regular meeting as President, but he is holding his thank-yous until next week’s BBQ.
 
 
Speaker:   Susan F introduced Len O’Brien who gave an informative talk on the “Green Trade” program of the John Howard Society of Southeastern New Brunswick.  This is an employment social enterprise designed to assist people who face barriers (e.g. ex-prisoners, those with mental health problems, single mothers) to secure work in the Greater Moncton area.  Such people are provided with job skills training to enable them to become valuable team members of Green Trade and eventually to an outside employer who can offer them a part-time or permanent position.  They are required to complete a goal-setting program that includes information on first aid, workplace safety job skills and ongoing life skills training and coaching. 
 
 
Support for this program helps further the Society’s goal of contributing to "Restarting People and Restoring Community.”  The program receives varied reactions ranging from sympathetic support to a NIMBY attitude.
 
The talk sparked a lively discussion focussed on the need for trust, as well as a critical look at our present prison system which often seems to be designed to punish rather than to rebuild lives.
 
 
Charlie expressed the thanks of the club for a most interesting and stimulating address.
 
The meeting closed with the Four-Way Test.
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Rotary Club of Sackville Bulletin June 15, 2017

Posted by Wayne Harper on Jun 16, 2017
 
Photography by Pam Harrison
 
  Joyce was in the Chair today.  Joyce came to Sackville in 1960 and as a new bride, wanted something to do.  She began marking exam papers in the English department and this expanded to other departments.  In 1970 she  was the Executive Secretary of the University Women and in 1980, went to work for the Administration office, eventually becoming the Executive Assistant to University President Donald Wells.  Wynn also eluded that she was a very good golfer.
 Gord Kline represented the Gold Mine Draw Charity-of-the-Week - Marshview middle school.  Gord, pictured left, is shown receiving a cheque for $598 from Rotarian Tony Carhart.
 
 For a Pin Pal story, Wayne tells how he and Sandy were delivering Jewellery to Cape Jourimain and ran into Sue Purdy, who was just leaving, as they arrived.  20 minutes later they were driving home when Wayne decided to visit Devon Strang (at the potato farm) to see if he would be a speaker at one of our weekly meetings.  He had just found a use for potatoes that normally would have been thrown out.  While talking to Devon, out popped Susan Purdy just finishing a tour.  Samples (vodka) were then enjoyed.  Wynn didn't look much different as he celebrated being another year older.There were no visiting Rotarians and Gord Kline from Marshview Middle School was an eventual guest.  Makeups were in short supply with only the Gold Mine Committee meeting and Pam visiting the Amherst Club.  Amherst will be celebrating the 80th anniversary of Camp Tidnish in July.  See picture for details. 
  Once again, Edna tried to give away $465 in the 50-50 draw.  Mary had her ticket drawn but failed to pick the 9  , instead drawing the 8 .  Close, but no cigar!  With three cards remaining in the deck, perhaps someone will be really, really happy next week.
Speaking of happy, 7 members and a guest were happy this week.  Josh was happy and lucky, but this author doesn't know why (must fire the note-taker)...............Wynn continued to bankroll the Club with several happy dollars.  He was happy to have celebrated another birthday.  He fondly remembers how good a golfer Chairperson Joyce was but sadness set in as he can't remember ever, not golfing this late in June............Dale announced that he and Linda will celebrate their 15th wedding anniversary this week.  The good news was that he remembered.............Bill was happy to have returned from Trudeauville where he fondly remembers holding his new grandson.  Welcome to the club Bill..............Stacey is ecstatic that as of noon this Friday, she is officially a lawyer.............Sue F.  thanked and named all the members who worked each week to administer the Breakfast Program at Marshview.  She and David were less happy with the 26-hour flight from Normandy (or was it Norway).  Seems they are not big on Air Cancelled..............Trish was happy to be back after a whole winter learning to speak French.  She now feels confident about taking on the Nort Shore.  She and Bruce also just returned from wedding in Naples...........Guest Gord Kline was happy to thank our Club for all the support we supply to kids and the dollars that help support his school.
Duty Roster Next Week
Chairperson       Louise            Greeter        Gayle
Introducer           Susan F.        Thanker        Charlie
Speaker              Joanne Murray from the John Howard Society
With the exception of the Gold Mine Draw committee, the are no committee meetings scheduled next week.
In Committee reports, Gayle re-circulated the sign up sheet for the upcoming BBQ on June 29th.  This year it will be held at the home of John Murchie & Gemey Kelly............John spoke of the bursary committee, citing this year there were 25 applicants.  One notable change, less students are applying for NBCC & NSCC and more to Universities.  He noted that a large percentage of applicants are from single parent families and thus can really use the funds.  To this end, the committee is recommending that we award a third bursary next year..........Sue F.  reported that she has sufficient volunteers to man the Salem Send Off on this Saturday at Salem Elementary School.  Members on the first shift should be at the school before their 1:00 pm shift start...........Pam indicated that she needed $300 more in grocery card purchases to meet this week's goal of $1,000.
President Josh indicated that the Board voted to accept that our funds for the original water project in India will now be diverted to another water project in India. Members wanting more information can contact Josh or Trish for details.
 
Susan P.  introduced today's speaker - Elizabeth Wells, the Dean of Arts at MTA.  This is Elizabeth's 8th or 9th time as a speaker, and every one has been a different topic.  
Today she brought forth a new passion - Hypnosis.  She is now a certified clinical hypnotist.  So what is hypnosis?
It is extremely old – goes back to Egyptian times.  It is a simple idea: your subconscious runs everything, but your conscious mind is always “chattering” and interfering.  People are put into a light or deep state of relaxation, to make helpful suggestions directly to the subconscious.  Hypnosis is used for relaxation and stress relief, smoking cessation, addictive or unhealthy behaviours and habits, weight management, getting rid of “negative self talk”, getting at root causes of negative or destructive behaviours, memory enhancement and dentistry or even surgery.  Currently, hypnosis is being performed by dentists, doctors, psychologists and practitioners who also do other therapies or modalities.  
    Hypnosis works by getting a person into a relaxed state, a quiet place by a series of relaxation phrases, which allow the person to go into a trance-like state.    There are a few myths about hypnosis.  You are not “unconscious” – you are aware all the time.  If you don’t want to be hypnotized, it won’t work – all hypnosis is self-hypnosis. You won’t do anything that you wouldn’t normally do or that goes against your beliefs or ethics.  You can’t suddenly do something (like lift a heavy weight) that you could not do otherwise.  You don’t “tell secrets” or do anything embarrassing.  You always wake up because the hypnotist’s voice is what keeps you in trance.  The benefits of hypnosis are many.  There is a release from behaviors or negative thought patterns, more feeling of control in your life, a reduction in anxiety, insomnia and other outgrowths of stress.  The biggest reason people go is to stop smoking and it can be practiced by oneself, self-hypnosis and suggestion.   
  
Elizabeth was thanked by Bill with the presentation of a book, in her name, to a local library.  She received a certificate and official Rotary pen/stylus.
 
 The meeting was adjourned with the repeating of the 4-way-test.
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Rotary Club of Sackville Bulletin June 8, 2017

Posted by Wayne Harper on Jun 09, 2017
 
 
     Prez Josh was the Chair this week.  He indicated that he and Christine will be going to Ottawa for the July 1st.  This will be his first visit to the Nation's Capital in 20 years.  He recalled his first visit - that of a Minstrel when he was a student at Marshview Middle School.  When the boy soprano heard that a trip was planned to Ottawa, he decided to stay for one more year.  Money was in short supply, but family and friend's helped and off he went.  He used some of the money to get a skate board,  a move not too popular with the adults.  Once there, he had a wonderful time and now looks forward to a return visit.
  Two cheques were presented to our Gold Mine Charities.  In the left photo, Rotarian Dianne Oulton is shown presenting a cheque for $583 to Matthew Estabrooks, representing Sackville Minor Hockey.
In the right photo, Stephanie Lebreton from the Sackville Swim Club accepts a cheque for $582 from Rotarian Sandy Harper.
 
Guest Matt Ripley attended on behalf Salem School (he is also the speaker) as did Matthew Estabrooks on behalf of Sackville Minor Hockey.  Visiting Rotarian, Sharon Meldrum, attended from The Southlake Club in Florida.  It was a busy week for makeups as the Gold Mine Committee, Club Administration, The Board and the Bursaries committees all met. Pam also attended the Wine Tasting for the Amherst Club last Saturday night.
   In the Pin Pal story department, Dianne had a couple.  She was plying the seas last week when one of the on-board guests, a Doug Person from Vancouver, identified himself.   She also met another man  from  Meaford Ontario when they were in Norway.  In another instance, she ran into a Rotarian from Arizona and when they found out she was from Sackville, asked if she knew Peter Manchester.  Small World!!!     At breakfast on Sunday, Pam ran into Amherst Rotarian, Steve Maltbe, still suffering from the Wine Tasting the previous night.
There were no birthdays this week, but Dianne had one when she was away, so the Club treated her to "happy birthday".
     Edna was still having issues trying to give away $444 this week on the 50/50 draw.  Ove's ticket was picked, but he failed to draw the 9  , instead drawing the 10 .
In Happy Dollars, Dianne was happy that she and Frank had a great cruise to Scandinavia and was really, reaLLY REALLY happy to announce another grandson.  She intends to take Evans down when the games begin............Louise was happy that her niece will be coming to MTA this fall.  She also invited all to the Vogue Cinema on Sunday at 2 pm to see a film on small town NB called 13 Ways to Kill a Community.  It will be followed by a guest speaker talking on the subject...........Wynn was happy that is appears he will get to golf and the sun will actually be shining.  He is also looking for someone to take his place at the Gold Mine Draw the last 2 Mondays in July..........Sharon was happy to note that she and Wynn will be celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary on the same day that Canada turns 150...........Sue Purdy announced that the crew of C3  will be at Cape Jourimain at 7 pm on June 28th.  All are welcome to come and meet them.
 
The Duty Roster for next week is as follows:
Chairperson       Joyce              Greeter      Dianne
Introducer           Susan P.         Thanker     Bill
Speaker              Elizabeth Wells
 
The only committee meeting next week will be the Gold Mine Draw Committee on Monday
Gayle, on behalf of the Club Administration committee announced the upcoming Annual BBQ on June 29th.  There will be no morning meeting that week.  Tickets are $10 per person with all kids free.  She circulated a sheet so members could sign up to bring a dessert or a salad.  The event will be at the home of John & Gemey Murchie, 178 Pond Shore Road.
Pam indicated to members that she was only $100 short of the $1,000 in grocery cards sold this month.  She hoped there would be a race to fulfill the goal.
In President's time, Josh advised members that the budget for 2017-2018 has a $8,000 deficit.  He urged members to support Club activities and subsequently announced a dues increase of $10 per year, to cover off Rotary International's $4 per year increase over the next 3 years. 
 
Sandy introduced our speaker this week - Matthew (Matt) Riley.  Matt is currently acting Principal at Salem Elementary School.    The school is one of 13 beneficiaries of the Gold Mine Draw.  He was here today to tell us how the money is used.
Salem is a K - 4 elementary school with an enrolment of 368 students. It has French immersion and extols outdoor education out of 19 homerooms.  He believes Sackville is a great place to raise a family and having MTA is a big aid. Our Rotary club helps fund the following items not funded by    the Province:
•Blessings in a Backpack - insures students in need receive a treat in their backpack every Friday before school ends.
•Partnerships with families - makes sure that families in need will reach out to the school for assistance in troubled times.
•Transportation - will provide drives or gas money when the need arises.
•Clothing - insures needy student are properly clothed during the various seasons.
•Milk Cards - issues milk cards to needy students.
•Lunches (beyond the Breakfast Club) - supplies food, over and above the breakfast program, when identified.
•Short Term/Long Term Support - supports families in need, especially families who find themselves between jobs.
When asked what Rotary could be doing in addition to our current program, Matt sees a real need in the area of mental health. 
 
    Wynn thanked Matt with a book that will be presented to a local library and a certificate and Rotary pen.
 
The meeting concluded with the 4-way-test.
 
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Rotary Club of Sackville Bulletin June 1, 2017

Posted by Wayne Harper on Jun 04, 2017
 
     As spring tries to make it to the Maritimes and Canada's 150th birthday is a month away, I thought I would show a symbol of that birthday - the Canada 150 tulip.   Thanks for the photo Pam!
 
    John was in the Chair today and took a few moments to talk about Polio and Rotary's fight to eradicate it from the face of the earth.  He  also recalled his early youth when polio was very prevalent, telling us of the restrictions his mother put on him, in an attempt to protect him from the disease.  At the time, he wasn't impressed with the restrictions. 
 
  Our guest speaker, Andrew Ollerhead, brought his dad Jeff along today.  Most members know Jeff as he has been a frequent speaker.  There were no other guests and no visiting Rotarians. Makeups were noted from the Gold Mine Committee (Jamie has the names), while there were no Pin Pal stories or Birthdays this week.
 
  Edna seems to be having a great deal of difficulty in trying to give away the 50/50 draw money.  This week was no exception as Joyce tried unsuccessfully to win the $428 Edna was offering.  Joyce drew the King of  instead of the needed 9 of  .
 
On the happy dollar front..........Sue P. was happy that Lorne's health has improved.  We were pleased to see him at the recent Paul Harris evening.  Sue also advised members that the Cape Jourimain Nature Center will open for the season on June 10th.  For hours and information, go to www.capejourimain.ca.............Pam was happy to see one of her photos appear on CTV's Cindy Day's weather forecast.  Seems the photo did not change the weather drastically............John was happy to be back from his trip to France and Italy.  That was the good news.  The bad news was that he had his phone and wallet pickpocketed.  Imagine not being able to call a store and tell them you can't buy anything.  He has got some wallet contents back after returning home..........Wynn met some new clients who happen to be from Paradise NS, a place Wynn lived in when teaching in Digby in 1969-1970.  He also announced that he has hired a new lawyer who speaks 4 languages..........Sandy was happy to have one of her old suppliers, when she had the MTA store, appear for a visit yesterday.  Leslie Dub (Dubware clothing line) was in town to visit the University and left some time to visit before her flight back to TO............Bill had a sad and happy dollar.  The sad news was he didn't have a dollar and the good news was that he and Heather became grandparents for the first time.  Just what we need - another entry into the "best-grandkids-in-the-world-contest".  You're going down Evans!!!
 
 Duty Roster Next Week
 Chairperson      Josh            Introducer    Sandy
 Greeter            David            Thanker        Wynn
 Speaker           Heather Dixon (or representative from Salem School)
 
Upcoming Committee Meetings
Monday, June 5 - Gold Mine Committee 
Tuesday June 6 - Club Administration Committee
Wednesday June 7 - Board Meeting
 
Committee Reports
Fundraising - Pam indicated that the Club and the Town will, once again, partner on the annual Corn Boil, to take place on September 2nd.  Shucking of the corn will take place the evening before.  Volunteers will be sought as the date gets closer.
Finance - Darrell urged all committees to finalize their budgets and get them to him.  It will be a topic at next week's Board meeting.
 
    President's Time
Josh reported that the international funds from our and other Clubs for the Nagpur project in India will now be diverted to another water related project.  He will keep the Club up-to-date on this file.
 
Ove introduced our speaker - Andrew Ollerhead, a grade 12 student at TRHS who was this year's participant in the Adventures in Citizenship Program.
 
  The program is a 5-day excursion to Ottawa for 200 students from across Canada.  The students are billeted in Ottawa and Andrew's "family", while not Rotarians, did have a child in the Rotary Exchange program.  Over the course of 4 days. the students listened to many speakers, including the Speaker of the House - Jeff Reagan, visited the War Museum, toured the House of Commons, visited the National Library and the National War Memorial.  At the final banquet, Andrew represented the Province on the diaz.  There were 15 students from New Brunswick and he met many new friends.  At the beginning and end of the week the students had free time for visiting on their own.
Sue Fisher then conducted the second part of the Youth Services Program - describing the various programs the committee has enacted in the last year and going forward.  They are as follows:
•Elementary
             •Salem School Send Off June 17
             •Dictionaries for Life Grade 3
•Middle School
             •Marshview Breakfast Program
             •Dorchester School
•High School
             •Adventures in Citizenship
•Rotaract
             •Marshview Middle School Breakfast Program
             •Food Bank – Fundraising & Uploading
             •Syrian Refugees – School bags and heavy lifting
             •Fundraisers – Midnight Madness and Chilli Cookoff
             •Wheel Chair Biking
             •Dorchester School – Homework Club
             •Open Sky
             •Community Forests International
Sue concluded with Youth Services credo - Kids Helping Kids Empowering Kids
Wayne thanked Andrew with a presentation of a book in his name to a local library and a pen and certificate.
The meeting concluded with the 4-way-test
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
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THE LATEST GOLD MINE WINNERS

Posted by Wayne Harper on Jun 01, 2017
 
Charities for 2017
                                     
Sackville Food Bank       
Tantramar Heritage Trust Inc.             
Sackville Community Association                
Tantramar Family Resource Centre             
Sackville Memorial Hospital Foundation    
Tantramar Regional High School
Sackville Minor Hockey
Dorchester Consolidated School
                                                          Struts Gallery Inc.
                                                          Sackville Swim Club
                                                                Marshview Middle School
                                                                Salem Elementary School
                                                                Dorchester Food
 
Places to Play
 
 Middle Sackville Variety
Sackville ESSO
Foodland
Patterson's Family Restaurant
Ultramar Gas Bar
Rose's Independant Grocer
Jean Coutu
Guardian Drugs
Gitpu Gas Bar
 
                   
 GET A FIRST-HAND LOOK AT WHO THE WEEKLY WINNERS ARE!  Click HERE.
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Rotary Club of Sackville Bulletin May 25, 2017

Posted by Charlie Scobie on May 25, 2017
 
Photographer: Pam Harrison
 
George stood in for Josh and invited himself to lead the singing of “O Canada.”
 
 
After breakfast Josh took over and commented on the great work done by Community Forests International (he is on their Board).  A new fund-raising drive is underway and the money raised will be matched by the European Union which is impressed by CFI’s work in tree-planting and clean water projects.
 
Birthday:  Bill is a year older and was duly serenaded;  Dianne was congratulated in absentia.
 
 
Gold Mine Presentation:  This week’s winner Sylvie Skidmore was on hand to accept a cheque for $1,144 from Sandy.  Sylvie’s husband was a previous winner.
 
50-50 Draw:  Dale’s number was drawn but he picked the 9 of spades instead of the 9 of clubs (so near and yet so far).  The pot now stands at $409.
 
Happy Dollars: Josh has been doing a property search in Dorchester which provided an insight into local history.  The centre of Dorchester used to be called “The Devil’s Half Acre” – 9 lawyers and 7 taverns were located there (which ones were the devils ?).  Dorchester has been declining for many years; Josh hopes that it will make a come-back soon.  Wynn reported that the Spatz house is empty except for the baby grand piano; let’s hope someone rescues it.  He too has done property searches in Dorchester, and has been in the former jail there (only as a visitor).  Charlie is off to Victoria, B.C. for 3 weeks and is hoping that the weather improves there.   Marita did a tour of the downtown looking for the projects committee; she eventually found them at the clubhouse (i.e. Mary’s).
 
 
Donation:  Damien Hardy, representing Community Forests International, received a cheque for $1,000 from Dale.  This is the first donation to their new fund-raising drive.  Much of their money comes from tree-planters in Canada who donate a whole day’s wages to this good cause.  
 
Next Week: Thursday 1 June.   Chair: John;  Greeter: Darrell;  Introducer: Ove;  Thanker: Wayne.
 
Grocery Cards:  Pam moved, Dale seconded a motion to allow Marita to be one of the signers for the grocery card account.  Carried.
 
Rotary Foundation:  Please return coin jars before the end of June.
 
 
Photos:   Wayne circulated two photos he had received from Neville Ralph’s wife Joan. One of the 6 women members of the club in July 1996 (above).  The other of all club members c.1991.   Pam shared the group photo of all the Paul Harris Fellows at last week’s gathering.  Once we are sure that all persons in these photos have been correctly identified they will be deposited in the archives.
 
President’s Time:  Josh expressed thanks to all who contributed to the success of last week’s Paul Harris Evening Celebration.  Feedback welcome on the format of the event: contact David, Pam or Charlie.
 
Club Assembly:   Dale gave a presentation on behalf of the Projects Committee outlining how our money is raised and where it went over the past year, as well as introducing the draft budget for next year.  Not so long ago we gave around $5,000 a year to good causes; now our annual budget is $47,000. This is due in part to the success of the Gold Mine Draw though other fund-raising events such as the Wine/Beer Tasting and the breakfasts also contribute.   
 
About two-thirds of our money goes to local projects such as TRHS bursaries, TRHS beautification Project, Sappy Fest youth camp, Owens Family Sundays, Open Sky.  One third goes to national and international projects such as ShelterBox Canada, the Red Cross, WASHRAG, World Community Service Projects and the Rotary Foundation.  These grants are in addition to the money that goes to the designated local charities from the weekly Gold Mine Draw.
 
Josh thanked Dale for the report and for all the work that lies behind it.
 
The meeting closed with the Four-Way Test.
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6 New Paul Harris Recipients Honoured

Posted by Charlie Scobie on May 22, 2017
 
 
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Paul Harris Evening Celebration 18 May 2017
It was a hot time in the old town tonight.  Members of the Rotary Foundation Committee had been praying for good weather and look what they got – temperatures close to 30 degrees !  All present – club members, previous Paul Harris Fellows and members of the local community – certainly got a warm welcome.  Everyone enjoyed finger food and drinks in the pleasant ambiance of Cranewood on Main, and a time of fellowship. The programs for the evening were much appreciated – they made excellent fans.
 
MC David, chair of the Rotary Foundation Committee, welcomed all present and introduced the highlight of the evening – the recognition of five outstanding local volunteers as Paul Harris Fellows.  Of special interest was the fact that this year marks the 100th anniversary of the Rotary Foundation.  It was in 1917 that Cleveland Rotarian Arch Klumph, President of Rotary International, proposed the establishment of a fund “for the purpose of doing good in the world.” Clubs may honour citizens who exemplify the Rotary ideal of Service Above Self by donating to the Foundation in their name and recognizing them as Paul Harris Fellows.  President Josh participated in the following recognitions:
 
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Alice Folkins (Westmorland Historical Society, Food Bank, Lioness club, youth work), introduced by Rotarian Darrell Harvey; 
 
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John Higham (Sackville Community Association, Tantramar Veterans Memorial Civic Centre, Tantramar Lacrosse, Tantramar Planning Commission, Town Council), introduced by Rotarian Louise MacKinnon; 
 
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Dianne Minshull (V.O.N., Meals on Wheels, Red Cross, Walking Program at Sackville Memorial Hospital), introduced by Rotarian Joyce Ferguson;
 
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Heather Patterson (Tantramar Seniors’ College, Food Bank, Tantramar Association of Grandmothers, Autumn House, Linus Project, Sackville Refugee Response Coalition), introduced by Rotarian Gayle Key;
 
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and Allan Pooley (55 years of service to Scouting in Sackville !), introduced by Rotarian Susan Fisher.
 
Three members of the club – Susan Fisher, Susan Purdy and Wynn Meldrum – who have recently donated to the Foundation were recognized as Paul Harris Fellows.  Acknowledgment was also made of members recognized as Paul Harris Fellows over the past two years: John Murchie, Louise McKinnon, Dale Creelman, Ove Samuelsen, Darrell Harvey, Charlie Scobie, Dianne Oulton, Bill Evans and David McKellar.
 
Club members can contribute to the Foundation on behalf of others.  Sharon Meldrum, introduced by Rotarian Pam Harrison, was so recognized as a Paul Harris Fellow as the result of a contribution by Wynn Meldrum.  Sharon’s many community activities include Scouting, Figure Skating, Kinnette Club, and Camp Tawasi.  She is a member of the Rotary Club of South Lake in Clermont, Florida.
 
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Above: the six new Paul Harris Fellows.  Left to right, Front: Alice Folkins, Sharon Meldrum;  Back: Heather Patterson, Allan Pooley, John Higham, Dianne Minshull.
 
President Josh congratulated the new Paul Harris Fellows and thanked all who had contributed to the success of the evening. 
The celebration closed with the Four-Way Test.
 
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In keeping with tradition all Paul Harris Fellows present assembled on the steps of Cranewood for a group photo.   They are, left to right: Front row:  Pat Estabrooks, Marion Holder, Mary Sears, Linda Draper, Jean Scobie, Sharon Meldrum.  Second row:  Pam Harrison, Dianne Minshull, Sandy Harper, Barb Chisholm, Heather Patterson, Alice Folkins, George Woodburn, Ken Draper, John Higham, Wynn Meldrum, Allan Pooley, Sheila Parker,  Susan Purdy.  Third Row:  Louise MacKinnon, David McKellar, Susan Fisher, Leslie Read, Ray Dixon, Patricia Belliveau, Charlie Scobie, Dale Creelman.  Back Row :  Bill Evans, John Read, Frank Chisholm, Darrell Harvey, Wayne Harper.
 
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Rotary Club of Sackville Bulletin May 18, 2017

Posted by Charlie Scobie on May 20, 2017
 
Photographer: Pam Harrison
 
 
Paul Harris Evening Celebration 18 May 2017
It was a hot time in the old town tonight.  Members of the Rotary Foundation Committee had been praying for good weather and look what they got – temperatures close to 30 degrees !  All present – club members, previous Paul Harris Fellows and members of the local community – certainly got a warm welcome.  Everyone enjoyed finger food and drinks in the pleasant ambiance of Cranewood on Main, and a time of fellowship. The programs for the evening were much appreciated – they made excellent fans.
 
MC David, chair of the Rotary Foundation Committee, welcomed all present and introduced the highlight of the evening – the recognition of five outstanding local volunteers as Paul Harris Fellows.  Of special interest was the fact that this year marks the 100th anniversary of the Rotary Foundation.  It was in 1917 that Cleveland Rotarian Arch Klumph, President of Rotary International, proposed the establishment of a fund “for the purpose of doing good in the world.” Clubs may honour citizens who exemplify the Rotary ideal of Service Above Self by donating to the Foundation in their name and recognizing them as Paul Harris Fellows.  President Josh participated in the following recognitions:
 
 
Alice Folkins (Westmorland Historical Society, Food Bank, Lioness club, youth work), introduced by Rotarian Darrell Harvey
 
 
John Higham (Sackville Community Association, Tantramar Veterans Memorial Civic Centre, Tantramar Lacrosse, Tantramar Planning Commission, Town Council), introduced by Rotarian Louise MacKinnon
 
 
Dianne Minshull (V.O.N., Meals on Wheels, Red Cross, Walking Program at Sackville Memorial Hospital), introduced by Rotarian Joyce Ferguson;
 
 
Heather Patterson (Tantramar Seniors’ College, Food Bank, Tantramar Association of Grandmothers, Autumn House, Linus Project, Sackville Refugee Response Coalition), introduced by Rotarian Gayle Key;
 
 
and Allan Pooley (55 years of service to Scouting in Sackville !), introduced by Rotarian Susan Fisher.
 
Three members of the club – Susan Fisher, Susan Purdy and Wynn Meldrum – who have recently donated to the Foundation were recognized as Paul Harris Fellows.  Acknowledgment was also made of members recognized as Paul Harris Fellows over the past two years: John Murchie, Louise McKinnon, Dale Creelman, Ove Samuelsen, Darrell Harvey, Charlie Scobie, Dianne Oulton, Bill Evans and David McKellar.
 
Club members can contribute to the Foundation on behalf of others.  Sharon Meldrum, introduced by Rotarian Pam Harrison, was so recognized as a Paul Harris Fellow as the result of a contribution by Wynn MeldrumSharon’s many community activities include Scouting, Figure Skating, Kinnette Club, and Camp Tawasi.  She is a member of the Rotary Club of South Lake in Clermont, Florida.
 
 
Above: the six new Paul Harris Fellows.  Left to right, Front: Alice Folkins, Sharon Meldrum;  Back: Heather Patterson, Allan Pooley, John Higham, Dianne Minshull.
 
President Josh congratulated the new Paul Harris Fellows and thanked all who had contributed to the success of the evening. 
The celebration closed with the Four-Way Test.
 
 
In keeping with tradition all Paul Harris Fellows present assembled on the steps of Cranewood for a group photo.   They are, left to right: Front rowPat Estabrooks, Marion Holder, Mary Sears, Linda Draper, Jean Scobie, Sharon Meldrum.  Second row:  Pam Harrison, Dianne Minshull, Sandy Harper, Barb Chisholm, Heather Patterson, Alice Folkins, George Woodburn, Ken Draper, John Higham, Wynn Meldrum, Allan Pooley, Sheila Parker,  Susan PurdyThird RowLouise MacKinnon, David McKellar, Susan Fisher, Leslie Read, Ray Dixon, Patricia Belliveau, Charlie Scobie, Dale Creelman.  Back RowBill Evans, John Read, Frank Chisholm, Darrell Harvey, Wayne Harper.
 
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Rotary Club of Sackville Bulletin May 18, 2017

Posted by Charlie Scobie on May 20, 2017
 
Photographer: Pam Harrison
 
Paul Harris Evening Celebration 18 May 2017
 
 
It was a hot time in the old town tonight.  Members of the Rotary Foundation Committee had been praying for good weather and look what they got – temperatures close to 30 degrees !  All present – club members, previous Paul Harris Fellows and members of the local community – certainly got a warm welcome.  Everyone enjoyed finger food and drinks in the pleasant ambiance of Cranewood on Main, and a time of fellowship. The programs for the evening were much appreciated – they made excellent fans.
 
MC David, chair of the Rotary Foundation Committee, welcomed all present and introduced the highlight of the evening – the recognition of five outstanding local volunteers as Paul Harris Fellows.  Of special interest was the fact that this year marks the 100th anniversary of the Rotary Foundation.  It was in 1917 that Cleveland Rotarian Arch Klumph, President of Rotary International, proposed the establishment of a fund “for the purpose of doing good in the world.” Clubs may honour citizens who exemplify the Rotary ideal of Service Above Self by donating to the Foundation in their name and recognizing them as Paul Harris Fellows.  President Josh participated in the following recognitions:
 
 
Alice Folkins (Westmorland Historical Society, Food Bank, Lioness club, youth work), introduced by Rotarian Darrell Harvey
 
 
John Higham (Sackville Community Association, Tantramar Veterans Memorial Civic Centre, Tantramar Lacrosse, Tantramar Planning Commission, Town Council), introduced by Rotarian Louise MacKinnon
 
 
Dianne Minshull (V.O.N., Meals on Wheels, Red Cross, Walking Program at Sackville Memorial Hospital), introduced by Rotarian Joyce Ferguson;
 
 
Heather Patterson (Tantramar Seniors’ College, Food Bank, Tantramar Association of Grandmothers, Autumn House, Linus Project, Sackville Refugee Response Coalition), introduced by Rotarian Gayle Key;
 
 
and Allan Pooley (55 years of service to Scouting in Sackville !), introduced by Rotarian Susan Fisher.
 
Three members of the club – Susan Fisher, Susan Purdy and Wynn Meldrum – who have recently donated to the Foundation were recognized as Paul Harris Fellows.  Acknowledgment was also made of members recognized as Paul Harris Fellows over the past two years: John Murchie, Louise McKinnon, Dale Creelman, Ove Samuelsen, Darrell Harvey, Charlie Scobie, Dianne Oulton, Bill Evans and David McKellar.
 
Club members can contribute to the Foundation on behalf of others.  Sharon Meldrum, introduced by Rotarian Pam Harrison, was so recognized as a Paul Harris Fellow as the result of a contribution by Wynn MeldrumSharon’s many community activities include Scouting, Figure Skating, Kinnette Club, and Camp Tawasi.  She is a member of the Rotary Club of South Lake in Clermont, Florida.
 
 
Above: the six new Paul Harris Fellows.  Left to right, Front: Alice Folkins, Sharon Meldrum;  Back: Heather Patterson, Allan Pooley, John Higham, Dianne Minshull.
 
President Josh congratulated the new Paul Harris Fellows and thanked all who had contributed to the success of the evening. 
The celebration closed with the Four-Way Test.
 
 
In keeping with tradition all Paul Harris Fellows present assembled on the steps of Cranewood for a group photo.   They are, left to right:                                               Front rowPat Estabrooks, Marion Holder, Mary Sears, Linda Draper, Jean Scobie, Sharon Meldrum.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Second rowPam Harrison, Dianne Minshull, Sandy Harper, Barb Chisholm, Heather Patterson, Alice Folkins, George Woodburn, Ken Draper, John Higham, Wynn Meldrum, Allan Pooley, Sheila Parker,  Susan Purdy.                                                                                                                                                   Third RowLouise MacKinnon, David McKellar, Susan Fisher, Leslie Read, Ray Dixon, Patricia Belliveau, Charlie Scobie, Dale Creelman.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Back RowBill Evans, John Read, Frank Chisholm, Darrell Harvey, Wayne Harper.
 
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A New Lawyer is our Newest Member

Posted by Charlie Scobie on May 15, 2017
 
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Our newest member just happens to be a new  lawyer who will be called to the bar in June.  The ceremony began with Charlie Scobie outlining some of the main features of Rotary based on the familiar Rotary Wheel emblem.  Josh (acting as proposer of the new member and as President) introduced Stacey Merrigan who is a graduate of Mount A and UNB and has just passed her bar exams.  Josh pinned Stacey and presented her with a Welcome to Rotary folder.  Following the induction, members came forward to welcome Stacey as a member of the Sackville club and of Rotary International.
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Rotary Club of Sackville Bulletin May 11, 2017

 
Photographer: Pam Harrison
 
Dianne was in the chair and welcomed members and guests.
 
 
Gold Mine Presentation:  TRHS students Zach, Carly and Lena received from Dianne a cheque for $568 for the high school.
 
 
Induction of New Member:  Charlie outlined some of the main features of Rotary based on the familiar Rotary Wheel emblem.  Josh (acting as proposer of the new member and as President) introduced Stacey Merrigan who is a graduate of Mount A and UNB and has just passed her bar exams.  Members came forward to welcome Stacey as a member of the Sackville club and of Rotary International.
 
Visiting Rotarian:  Sharon from the South Lake County Club, Florida.
 
Birthday:   Louise was serenaded by members, with an encore by special guest Mariah who sang Happy Birthday in German !
 
 
50-50 Draw:  Jamie’s number was drawn by Mariah, but he failed to pick the 9 of Clubs. So the pot of $395 carries forward to next week.
 
Happy Dollars:  Wynn reminded members that a Sobey’s card can be used at Foodland.  Charlie drew attention to the new exhibition at Fog Forest Gallery, “Our Town and Gown”; Mary Scobie’s painting “Chevy at the Diner” (Mel’s) was chosen for the poster and was sold within a day.  Dianne will be in Stockholm next week as part of a Baltic cruise; she will miss sharing her birthday with the club.   Louise shares a birthday with a 14 year old niece; she is studying for a Public Sector Accounting Course exam in Halifax.   George who chairs the Membership committee was happy to see Stacey welcomed as a new member; he hopes to see other new members soon.  This month marks the 40th anniversary of his arrival in Sackville.   Edna thanked Gayle for looking after the front desk, and Bill for looking after the house while she was away.
 
Next Week, 18 May 2017:  No morning meeting !  Paul Harris Evening, 6:30 p.m., at Cranewood on Main, 113 Main Street.
 
 
Rotary Foundation:  A reminder from David that our Paul Harris Evening will be held on next Thursday 18 May at 6:30 p.m. at Cranewood on Main (113 Main Street). Local volunteers to be recognized are Alice Folkins, John Higham, Dianne Minshull, Heather Patterson and Allan Pooley.  Tickets @ $15 per person are still available and entitle you to one free drink.
 
 
Spring BashJamie thanked everyone who helped with the Spring Bash last Saturday, especially Wayne who looked after the bar.  Josh thanked Jamie for all the great work he did to ensure the success of this major fund-raising event.
 
President’s Time:  Josh gave an update on our international project which has been cancelled.  A similar project in Bombay looks like a possible alternative for the funds.  Trish continues to work hard on this file.
 
 
Speaker:   Bill introduced Susan Lafford, Principal, Tantramar Regional High School who gave a presentation on “Fostering Future Leaders.” Susan grew up in Sackville, and graduated from TRHS in 1997 (B.Sc.) and from St Thomas in 1999 (B.Ed.).  She taught at Marshview before moving to TRHS where she was Vice-Principal for 4 years before becoming Principal.  She finds the high school a great place to work with its 33 teachers, 10 Educational Assistants plus support staff.
 
Susan thinks the school does not toot its own horn enough so with the help of three students – Lena Gallant, Zachary Boudreau and Carly Phinney – she gave an overview of some of the many activities designed to enable students to reach their fullest potential and to foster leadership abilities, active citizenship and an entrepreneurial mindset.
 
 
Carly spoke about the “Titan Mentors” program.  22 students are involved in mentoring newcomers to the school, offering support, friendship and academic help.  Our Gold Mine donation helps fund this program.
 
Lena participates in the “Wetheads” program.  Next year will be the 20th anniversary of the Tantramar Wetlands Centre which sees 4000 to 5000 visiting students each year.  Student volunteers help run the program and train others to take over when they leave. This is a great example of an “outdoor classroom.”
 
Zach spoke on “Youth in Action” which focuses on mental health issues in association with the Bell “Let’s Talk” campaign. A Mental Health Day features speakers and a variety of activities.
 
Other programs touched on included the Student Representative Council, Graduation Council, the Terry Fox Run, Cultures of Tantramar, Free the Children and Dragon Boat Racing.
 
 
Tim expressed thanks to the four speakers and members showed their appreciation with hearty applause.
 
The meeting closed with the Four-Way Test.
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Paul Harris Community Recognition Evening

Posted by Dave McKellar on May 10, 2017
 
Just a reminder that our weekly meeting will be canceled on Thursday, May 18th and instead will be held that evening where we will recognize five of our community volunteers.

Please bring your partners and friends and prospective members.  This is a reception and not a dinner and dress for the evening is casual.
 
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It is important that all club members make an extra special effort to attend to demonstrate our support of of our community volunteers.
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Rotary Club of Sackville Bulletin May 4, 2017

Posted by Charlie Scobie on May 04, 2017
 
Photographer: Pam Harrison
 
Sandy (standing in for Josh) called the meeting to order, and George led a vigorous rendition of “O Canada.”
 
Josh recounted his experience playing soccer in South America.  Without much soccer experience in Dorchester he and his friend Adam found themselves drafted onto a team on a beach in Brazil.  By dint of playing a brand of “Canadian Soccer” (body-checking allowed) their team came out the winners.
 
Guest:  Prospective member Stacey Merrigan;  Pat Estabrooks and Katherine DeVere Pettigrew representing the Sackville Memorial Hospital Foundation.
 
Visiting Rotarians:  Sharon from the South Lake County Club, Florida;  PDG Pat Perry from Miramichi.
 
 
50-50 Draw:  Wynn’s number was drawn, but he failed to pick the 9 of Clubs (he came close with the 5).  So the pot of $378 carries forward to next week.
 
Donation:  Dale presented the club with a motion to donate $1,000 to Community Forests International. The committee was impressed by CFI’s current fund drive.  Tree planters from across the country have donated one day’s wage – a total of $35,000.  The motion, seconded by Gayle, was carried.
 
 
Gold Mine Draw:  Pat Estabrooks accepted a cheque for $576 from Josh on behalf of the Sackville Memorial Hospital Foundation.
 
Happy Dollars:  George was happy that the golf course is due to open on Saturday (though there is rain in the forecast).   Sharon was happy to be sitting with the (legal) Bobbsey Twins.  Ove was in Toronto for his annual ‘59 college reunion; next week he heads to Montreal and the cottage.  Wynn drew attention to the sale of the effects of the late Pauline Spatz; see the Trib for details.  Pauline was a long-time supporter and chair of the Hospital Foundation.  Dianne had a great trip south including seeing her 3 ½ year old grandson and golfing for four days; another two weeks and she takes off for Stockholm and a Baltic cruise.
 
Next Week, 4 May 2017:   Chair: George ;   Greeter: Bill;   Introducer: Mary;   Thanker:  Tim;   Program: Susan Lafford, “Fostering Young Leaders.”
 
 
Gold Mine Draw:  This week’s winner Roxanne McKinnon was present to claim her cheque for $1,152 from Josh.
 
Rotary Foundation:  A reminder from Charlie that our Paul Harris Evening will be held on Thursday 18 May at 6:30 p.m. at Cranewood on Main (113 Main Street). Local volunteers to be recognized are Alice Folkins, John Higham, Dianne Minshull, Heather Patterson and Allan Pooley.  Tickets @ $15 per person are available; please get yours if you have not already done so. 
 
Spring BashJamie gave a final reminder: set-up Friday 1 – 3 p.m., the big event is on Saturday evening.  Jamie has sold 52 tickets !!
 
President’s Time:  Josh reported on our proposed irrigation project in India on which Trish has done so much work.  Rotary International has informed us that the district with which we were to partner has been suspended from participation in matching grant programs. Pat Perry explained the background of this: a district can be suspended for failing to present a report on a global grant project within the required time.  While this is a disappointment to us, it is good to know that Rotary International ensures that grant monies are properly administered.
 
 
Speaker:   Louise introduced Katherine DeVere-Pettigrew who gave an outline of the work of the Sackville Memorial Hospital Foundation. The Foundation’s mission is “to raise funds and administer its resources to preserve, maintain, and enhance the quality of healthcare in the Tantramar region.” All funds raised stay in our community.
 
 
The hospital has over 500 patients, 36,000 outpatient visits, 920 surgical procedures, and 8,500 X-ray examinations per year.  It has 133 employees, and the services of 10 doctors.  It provides 24/7 emergency care.
 
 
Katherine reviewed the successful fund-raising campaigns of the past five years.  This year’s campaign, launched a short while ago is called “Give Our Surgeons Inside Information.”  The main aim is the purchase of a portable Mini C-arm X-ray device, which carries a price tag of $85,000, and which will expand and enhance surgical capabilities at SMH by offering a whole host of plastic and orthopedic surgeries not currently being done. This low-radiation, high-resolution technology renders exceptionally detailed X-rays allowing surgeons to safely and accurately operate on bones and joints as well as visualize hardware (plates and screws) for placement or removal.  Also to be purchased is a replacement defibrillator for the Brunswick West unit.
 
In addition to the annual fund-raising campaign the Foundation partners with a number of other organizations in the community to promote health and wellness.
 
In responding to questions Katherine and Pat pointed to the need to cultivate new donors, and also to continue to emphasize the importance of the hospital and how much it is needed in the community.
 
 
After questions, Dianne expressed thanks to the speaker
 
The meeting closed with the Four-Way Test.
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Rotary Club of Sackville Bulletin April 27, 2017

Posted by Charlie Scobie on Apr 27, 2017
 
Photographer: Pam Harrison
 
Chairperson George (standing in for Dianne) called upon himself to lead in “O Canada” which he did to great effect.  George was brought up in downtown Toronto where they had tennis courts, but no nets.  Moving to the suburbs he graduated to tennis courts with nets and went on to play a lot of tennis.  After his knees gave out no more tennis but he claims he is still good for a round of golf.
 
 
50-50 Draw:  Susan P’s number was drawn, but she failed to pick the 9 of Clubs.  So the pot of $360 carries forward to next week.
 
Guests:  Prospective member Stacey Merrigan, and Gold Mine winner Jeff Long.
 
Visiting Rotarian:  Sharon from the South Lake County Club, Florida.
 
PinPal Stories:  Dale, while visiting a graveyard on Vancouver Island met a Rotarian, the manager, Ken Grey, from the Ladysmith club where he is the pig roaster.  He also met three Rotarians in Chemainus.  Louise reported that Mariah brought back a book from her school library – one that had been presented by Rotary.
 
Birthdays:   Joyce was suitably serenaded, and Tim received greetings in absentia.
 
Happy Dollars:  Sharon was thankful that when she got up this morning it was not freezing.   Josh thanked Gayle for standing in for Edna at the desk.  Louise wonders how many 8-year olds know what “the tax season” is.   Wynn was sad at the reminder that he still has to complete his taxes.  Susan P was glad to report that Lorne is improving a lot, and George seconded the motion.
 
Next Week, 4 May 2017:   Chair: Josh ;   Greeter: Wynn;   Introducer: Louise;   Thanker:  Sue F;  Program: the Hospital Foundation.
 
Rotary Foundation:  A reminder from David that our Paul Harris Evening will be held on Thursday 18 May at 6:30 p.m. at Cranewood on Main (113 Main Street).  Tickets @ $15 per person are now available; please get yours if you have not already done so. 
 
Administration:  John passed on an invitation from the Legion to attend a VE Day Commemoration ceremony on 8 May at 18.45 hours.  He also reported on the PETS & SETS meetings he attended with Josh and Pam; he came back with a new banner (“Rotary – Making A Difference”), and a new button (one).
 
Spring BashJamie is looking for coolers.  Bring them to the meeting next week, or on the night.
 
President’s Time:  Josh reported his impressions of the PETS & SETS meetings and in the interests of full disclosure revealed that he had left early.
 
 
Josh introduced Joey’s owner Anna Zappia who enjoyed having breakfast with us, and thanked Rotary for making Joey’s their home.  She revealed that she has sold a good portion of the restaurant to one of the staff members so that she can go into semi-retirement after 30 years in the business. She will still be on hand to give guidance to the new owner.  The current staff will stay, and Rotary will still be welcome.
 
 
Gold Mine Draw:  Jeff Long, this week’s winner, was present to collect a cheque for $1,140.00 from Gayle.
 
 
Brian Neilson was on hand to accept from Sandy a cheque for $570.00 on behalf of the Tantramar Family Resource Centre.
 
 
Speaker:   Joyce introduced Dr. Joshua Kurek, Assistant Professor in the Department of Geography and the Environment who gave a presentation on “Legacy Effects of DDT on New Brunswick Lake Ecosystems.”   He will be giving a paper at an international conference later this year, so remember – YOU HEARD IT HERE FIRST !
 
 
In the 1950s and 1960s huge amounts of DDT were sprayed on New Brunswick forests to counter the effects of spruce budworm.  It was only in 1970 that use of DDT was finally banned when its adverse effects became known.  Human activity has so impacted the environment that scientists are now speaking of a new “Anthropocene Era” beginning around 1950 which saw radical new human impact on the earth’s ecosystems.
 
Dr. Kurek’s research involves studying the sediments that have accumulated at the bottom of lakes in New Brunswick.  DDT is found in these sediments.  In 15 to 20 years it breaks down into other products which are equally toxic. These are absorbed by tiny organisms called cladocera and from there work their way up the food chain to fish which can then be eaten by humans.  While the amounts of DDT have decreased they are still many times the accepted level, and an ongoing cause for concern.
 
 
After questions, Susan P expressed thanks to the speaker for a fascinating lecture.  The book which will go to a local school library was suitably entitled “Some Monsters Are Different.”
 
The meeting closed with the Four-Way Test.
 
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Rotary Club of Sackville Bulletin April 20, 2017

Posted by Charlie Scobie on Apr 20, 2017
 
Photographer: Pam Harrison (welcome back !)
 
Chairperson David was just back from France.  The highlight of his visit was the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Vimy Ridge where he and Susan were among the 25,000 Canadians present – the majority of them high school students.  A minute of silence was observed as a tribute to the fallen at Vimy.
 
 
The chair’s 2 minute intro featured a photo of the new grandson, Dow (in Gaelic = of the black hair).
 
Guests:  Prospective member Stacey Merrigan.  Susan F had a guest via U-Tube – former RYE student Bente (with her sister). 
 
 
Gold Mine Draw:  Eric Estabrooks was on hand to accept a cheque for $1,115 from Sandy; he is the first individual to win the Gold Mine Draw twice !  A cheque for $557.50 will go to the Sackville Community Association.
 
PinPal Stories:  While on stand-by in Toronto airport Ove spied a familiar figure – Pam, on her way home from Portugal.  That constituted a PinPal story; along with a Rotarian from Moncton they claimed a make-up.
 
 
50-50 Draw:   Charlie’s number was drawn, but he failed to pick the 9 of Clubs.  So the pot of $346 carries forward to next week.
 
Happy Dollars:  Susan F was glad to have met two former RYE students – Bente (whose family speak perfect English and who treated the visitors royally), and Louis (who is in first year Engineering).  Both these students would love to come back for a visit.   Ove was happy to be back in Sackville amid the snow; 80˚ every day in Arizona is so boring.   Wynn was happy to underline the benefits of the RYE program; he still keeps up with Fernanda (Mexico 1995-96).  He now reckons his name should be Wynn No Dow Meldrum.  He is also finding that a Florida ID card is useful for scraping ice off the car.   Marita was happy to have visits from two sets of friends – quite a reunion – with two about the same age as Kalika. 
 
Next Week 27 April 2017:   Chair: Dianne ;   Greeter: Wayne;   Introducer: Joyce;   Thanker:  Sue P.
 
Rotary Foundation:  A reminder from David that our Paul Harris Evening will be held on Thursday 18 May at 6:30 p.m. at Cranewood on Main (113 Main Street).  Tickets @ $15 per person are now available. 
 
Pam passed on this important message:  What parts of Rotary need to be improved? Here is your chance to get your ideas in front of the leaders of Rotary International.  What would it take to make our organization better, stronger, more inclusive, more effective ? We need your thoughts. Please respond to Past District Governor John Carkner at jcarkner2@bellaliant.net
 
President’s Time:  Josh gave reminders of the Spring Bash on 6 May (see Jamie and sign up to help if you have not already done so), and the Paul Harris Evening on 18 May (get your tickets).
 
 
Speakers:   Josh  introduced Tai Christie who gave an excellent presentation on Global Brigades Honduras 2017 with occasional help from his dad, Adam Christie (Director, Student Life & International Services at Mount A.) 
 
 
Global Brigades started at Mount A in 2009 and to date some 550 students have taken part.  This year Tai and Adam were part of a group of about 50 who flew to Honduras on United (they did not get pulled off the plane).  Prior to leaving time is spent on meetings, fundraising, making soap, and getting the needed shots (which did not prevent Tai from getting sick on the trip).  Most of the volunteers are students but they are accompanied by medical and other professionals.  The procedure is to concentrate first on medical and dental work, followed by public health, water, and micro-financing.  Donated eye glasses are used with great effect.
 
Their work began with a health survey then meeting the family they were to be helping.  Most of the time was devoted to building a toilet with septic tank.  As Rotarians know from WASRAG (Water & Sanitation Rotarian Action Group), clean water and good sanitation are key to improving health standards.
 
The visit ended with a soccer match which turned out to be Canada v. U.S.A. (Canada won). While some question this type of short-term aid, it is of value and care is taken to follow up on the various projects.  Many of the students go back again.
 
 
Both Tai and Adam thanked Rotary for their support.  Sandy (with some help from Josh) expressed thanks to the speakers.
 
The meeting closed with the Four-Way Test.
 
 
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Rotary Club of Sackville Bulletin April 13, 2017

 
Photographer: Sandy Harper
 
 
Josh was in the chair.  Speaking from a background of working with legal aid clients in Nova Scotia he underlined the importance of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms introduced in 1982 under Justin’s father PET.  The Charter protects individuals from discrimination, from unreasonable search and seizure, and from the power of the state.
 
Guest:  Prospective member Stacey Merrigan.
 
Visiting Rotarian:  Sharon Meldrum of the South Lake, Florida Rotary Club.
 
 
Gold Mine Draw:  On behalf of the Tantramar Heritage Trust Al Smith accepted a cheque for $572 from Marita.  Donnie Steeves won $1,144 (the second member of the same family to win); the cheque will be presented next Monday.
 
PinPal Stories:  While at Costco Wayne and Sandy met PDG Wayne Warnes.  Edna’s daughter was a performer in a very successful Music for Humanity concert organized by the West Ottawa club to raise money for Polio Plus.  Bill had an email from Pam who is now on her way home from Portugal.
 
 
50-50 Draw:   Joyce’s number was drawn, but she failed to pick the 9 of Clubs.  So the pot of $330 carries forward to next week.
 
Happy Dollars:  Charlie is happy that the 10 year old twin grandsons (and their parents) are visiting next week. David has become a grandfather for the first time – his daughter had a baby boy; he has been warned to expect stiff competition.  Joyce’s grandson Mount A student Jonathan has been awarded a position as a parliamentary guide in Ottawa for the coming year after a rigorous application process including an interview in French; thereafter he will be going for a study year in Strasbourg.   Sue P was happy to report that Lorne is out of hospital; he finds that your legs don’t work so well when you’ve been in bed for two months.   Wynn was happy that the sun was out (a bit more like Florida).  Following on Josh’s talk he quoted a lawyer’s maxim “Just because you did it doesn’t mean you’re guilty.”   While in Florida he gave two presentations to the Rotary club: one on Canadian law and one on the Canadian health system.        
                                                                     
Next Week 20 April 2017:   Chair: David (or Josh);   Greeter: Joyce (standing in for Trish);   Introducer: Josh;   Thanker:  Sandy.
 
Rotary Foundation:  A reminder from Charlie that our Paul Harris Evening will be held on Thursday 18 May at 6:30 p.m. at Cranewood on Main (113 Main Street).  Tickets @ $15 per person are now available. 
 
 
Club Assembly:   Chaired by Josh
Jamie reminded members of the Spring Bash on Saturday 6 May at the High School. Currently we have nine vendors signed up featuring wine, beer and coolers. It will be the same band as last year, Freefall from Amherst.  A sign-up sheet was circulated. Sell tickets !!!
 
 
John outlined our agreement with the Sackville Commons which will provide us with storage space, use of the board room for the Monday Toonie Count, and access to other facilities such as photocopying and Wi-Fi.  There is a large room which might be used for breakfasts or for other events.
 
A Food Safety Course will be given by the Town on 29 April, 9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. (three members have already taken this course).  Also available is an online course on serving alcohol.
 
A reminder that Marita is in charge of grocery cards.  Close to $1000 has already been raised this year through sale of cards.
 
Following up on our Vendor Appreciation Night for the Gold Mine Draw a special thanks was expressed to Mary (good to see her back at Rotary !) for providing the Gold Mine “clubhouse” plus all kinds of work and support going all the way back to the initiation of the project.  Thank you Mary !
 
The meeting closed with the Four-Way Test.
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Rotary Club of Sackville Bulletin April 6, 2017

Posted by Charlie Scobie on Apr 06, 2017
 
Photographer: Sandy Harper
 
Darrell chaired the meeting but declined to give any personal stories (too embarrassing, he said).
 
Guests:  Potential new member Stacey Merrigan introduced by Josh.
 
 
Visiting Rotarian:  Sharon Meldrum (former member of our club, Past-President 1998-99), now a member of the South Lake, Florida club, brought greetings and exchanged banners with Darrell.
 
Make-ups:  Wynn had 7 from the South Lake, Florida club.
 
 
50-50 Draw: Louise’s number was drawn, but she failed to pick the 9 of Clubs.  So the pot of $324 carries forward to next week.
 
Happy Dollars:   John was happy that Wynn is back; also because he saw 100s and 100s of robins.   Dianne was happy to hear birds singing (a sign of spring ?); this time next week she will be seeing her grandson in Brampton.   Bill’s daughter and her husband will be at the Vimy commemoration on 9 April.   Louise’ nephew and niece will also be at Vimy on a school trip; her brother faces hip surgery tomorrow.   Wynn accompanied granddaughter Karlee to the World Junior Curling Championship in South Korea; he found the people there congenial and respectful.  In a market he saw a Rotary sign and met a Rotary District Secretary. He was glad he declined to transfer his membership to the South Lake club.  Sad dollars: his associate is leaving and he will have to go back to work.  Extra sad dollar: the golf course is not open yet.   Sharon is glad to be back in Rotary, and is praying for warm weather.
 
                                                                                   
Charlie reminded members that Sunday 9 April -  Wednesday 12 April, 2017 marks the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Vimy Ridge.
The Tantramar Heritage Trust is presenting a lecture by Sandy Fairbanks on "The Battle for Vimy Ridge," on Tuesday, April 11 at 7 p.m. at the Anderson Octagonal House Great Room located at the Boultenhouse Heritage Centre, 29 Queens Road in Sackville (between Joyce’s house and Marshview Middle School).
Sandy Fairbanks is a retired lawyer from Amherst NS who spent 33 years in the Reserve Forces with the Canadian Army. He has a passionate interest in history and will present an in-depth look at the battle tactics taken by the Canadian force that captured the strategic Vimy Ridge in France 100 years ago. It will be an informative and highly educational presentation on what is most certainly a defining point in Canadian history.
 
Next Week 13 April 2017:   Club Assembly.   Chair: Josh;   Greeter: Tim.
 
 
Gold Mine Draw:  On behalf of the Sackville Food Bank Gayle accepted a cheque for $584 from Bill.
 
Rotary Foundation:  A reminder from Charlie that our Paul Harris Evening will be held on Thursday 18 May at 6:30 p.m. at Cranewood on Main (113 Main Street).  Tickets @ $15 per person are now available. 
 
Fundraising:  Jamie gave out tickets for the Spring Bash 2017 to be held on Saturday 6 May at the High School.  Sell your tickets or expect a visit from someone with a baseball bat.
 
President’s Time:  Josh thanked Wayne and all who contributed to the success of the breakfast; all went smoothly.  A de-briefing meeting will be held.  Thanks to Wayne and Darrell for making shelves for the new storage area; also to those who helped with the move to the Sackville Commons.  The District Governor’s official visit will be on 13 July.
 
 
Speaker:  John got to introduce himself as speaker.  His topic was the Sackville Arts Wall.  As a background he pointed out that Sackville was a flourishing cultural centre a century and more ago, well ahead of other places in the Maritimes.  The Owens Arts Gallery (1895) is the oldest university art gallery in Canada.  The Art Gallery of Nova Scotia dates from 1908, but only got its building in 1988; the Beaverbrook Art Gallery in Fredericton dates from 1959.
 
The Sackville Arts Wall (across from Joey’s) currently has 13 plaques honouring 14 people (one is for Ivan and Vivian Hicks).  There are 9 men and 5 women.  Compare the Sackville Sports Wall of Fame which is 75% men. The oldest is Charles G.D. Roberts (born 1860); eight are still alive.  Why is it the “Sackville Arts Wall” and not “The Sackville Arts Wall of Fame” ?  With the inclusion of someone like Ian Hanomansing the definition of “arts” is being stretched.
 
There are pros and cons regarding the location of the wall on a downtown building.  Many people pass by it (but do they really see it ?)  It has to compete with other signage.  The signs deteriorate due to exposure to the elements.
 
 
In thanking the speaker Bill mentioned that the Town is considering another location; he also asked people to nominate new candidates for the wall (the committee only selects from nominees).
 
The meeting closed with the Four-Way Test.
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Rotary Club of Sackville Bulletin

Posted by Charlie Scobie on Mar 30, 2017
 
Photographer: Sandy Harper
 
Dale who chaired the meeting is happy to be off to Vancouver Island on Monday – bringing back memories of being in B.C. in 1969 and 1970, working in a pulp mill and a mine.  Transportation was by hitchhiking.  On one occasion he got a ride from a young lady in a sports car who was into skiing – it turned out to be Nancy Greene.
 
 
50-50 Draw: Marita’s number was drawn, but she failed to pick the 9 of Clubs.  So the pot of $305 carries forward to next week.
 
Pin-Pal Story:  John met long-lost member (?) Morgan Rosenberg at the Sackville Commons.
 
Birthday: Wayne is one year older on the 31st.  Happy Birthday !
 
Happy Dollars:  Susan F is happy that there is still snow for skiing; also that she leaves on Tuesday for Europe and for the Vimy Ridge anniversary event.   Wayne was happy that he made it to another one.
 
Next Week 6 April 2017:   Chair: Darrell;   Greeter: Susan F;   Introducer: John;   Thanker: Ove: Speaker: John.
 
Breakfast:  Coming up on Saturday.  Wayne reminded members that set-up on Friday is 4 – 6 p.m.
 
Sackville Commons: John asked for help on Friday at 1:30 p.m. moving Rotary stuff from Mary's and from the industrial park to our new space in the Sackville Commons.  Also a reminder that the Toonie Count will be at the Commons from now on (go to jail at rear of building).
 
 
Poetry: Josh introduced special guest Marilyn Lerch, Sackville’s Poet Laureate.  April is National Poetry Month and the community poetry reading event will take place on Sunday 30 April, 1:00 – 3:00 p.m. at the Town Hall.  Come and bring a poem to read!
 
President’s Time:  Josh expressed thanks to Susan F plus those who attended the curling/pizza event with the Rotaract club. The Moncton Rotaract members were very impressed with the support the Mount A group gets from our club.
 
Speaker:  Dianne introduced Jay Bohen Activity Co-ordinator at the Drew Nursing Home and Matt Pryde the Town’s Recreation Programs & Events Manager.   A video was shown introducing the “duet bicycle” and the philosophy which underlies its use.
 
 
The unit is basically a detachable wheel chair at the front and a bicycle at the back operated and controlled by a “pilot.”  Studies have shown that when this is used in seniors’ homes the experience has a marked effect in reducing depression and “failure to thrive.”
 
It is proposed that the Drew Home and the Town work together with a duet bicycle being purchased by the Town but available for use at the Drew.  The Town will be responsible for the maintenance of the unit. The cost is considerable – in the $6000 to $8000 range.  Jay thanked the club for the donation of $1,500 which we have already made.  It is hoped that some provincial grant money may be available.  The Town will also engage in fund-raising.
 
The “pilots” have to be specially trained and Matt will be involved in the training program.  Susan F felt that this was a program that should appeal to the Mount A Rotaract club. 
 
 
Marita thanked the speakers for a most interesting presentation.
 
The meeting closed with the Four-Way Test.
 
 
Gold Mine Presentation:  Josh accepted a cheque for $570 on behalf of the Dorchester Food Bank.
 
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Gold Mine Draw Vendors Honoured

Posted by Charlie Scobie on Mar 24, 2017
 
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On Wednesday 22 March 2017 our first Vendors Appreciation Night was held at The Painted Pony.  Gayle, who organized the event, welcomed members of the club and representatives of the various vendors.  She thanked the vendors for their generosity in allowing us to place our Gold Mine boxes in their places of business. To date the Gold Mine Draw has raised $202,215.00 with half of that going to the winners and the other half divided between local charities and Rotary projects and charities. 
 
Louise gave an overview of the history of our Gold Mine Draw acknowledging the help given to us by the Montague, P.E.I., Rotary Club. 
 
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As an example of how profitable the draw can be she presented this week’s winner Marguerite Harvey with a cheque for $2,302 – the draw took place on Marguerite’s birthday on 20 March !
 
Everyone present enjoyed the fellowship, not to mention the food . . 
 
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Some of those present . . .
 
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Sherry Bickerton and Greta Patterson.
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Charles and Shelley Beaver with Susan and David
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Brenda and John Long with John and Darrell
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Mike Knockwood with Joyce
 
A great evening – with many thanks to Gayle for all her hard work in organizing it !
  
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Rotary Club of Sackville Bulletin March 23, 2017

Posted by Charlie Scobie on Mar 24, 2017
 
Photographer: Sandy Harper
 
Bill was in the chair and recounted Heather’s mishap when she fell on the ice at the Curling Club.  X-rays (diagnosed in Moncton) showed no bones broken. No concussion – only a very sore head.  Bill recalled his own trip in an ambulance four years ago.  The moral: count your blessings.  “For most of us – most of the time – things are good.”
 
 
50-50 Draw:  John’s number was drawn, and he picked -  the Joker !  This (evidently) entitled him to pick another card – but not the 9 of Clubs.  So the pot of $305 carries forward to next week.
 
Happy Dollars:  Sue was happy to have been in Quebec City to see skier Alex Harvey win gold in the Cross-Country World Cup.  One year ago she was skiing with RYE student Louis;  via Facebook he wishes he was here.  Ove was looking forward to being in Phoenix, Arizona in 12 hours.   Dale’s grandson captains a Shediac hockey team and Dale was on hand last weekend to see them defeat two teams (grandson scored a goal).   John was happy he has no grandkids to report on.  He was also glad that Josh made the right call not to cancel Rotary this morning (no blizzard).
 
Next Week 30 March 2017:   Chair: Dale;   Greeter: Sue P;   Introducer: Jamie;   Thanker : Marita;  Speaker: Jay Bohen.
 
 
Gold Mine Presentation:   Matt Ripley, Vice-Principal of Salem Elementary, was on hand to accept a cheque for $579.50 on behalf of the school.
 
President’s Time:  Josh thanked Gayle for the great job she did in organizing the Vendors Appreciation Night held at the Painted Pony last night (see below).  Sell tickets for the breakfast on 1 April !  The Legacy Committee is working on various options for a legacy project; these will be presented to the club for discussion and a decision.
 
 
In 1987 the Rotary Club of Sackville, at the suggestion of then president Dr. Jim Purdy, proposed to the Town that a shelter be built over the “Booster Pump” on Main Street and an adjacent parking area be provided.  The Town agreed and the project became a joint one between the Town and the Rotary Club with each paying 50% of the cost of materials.  The Town is now planning to rebuild the shelter and pave the adjacent parking spot.  Moved by Dale, seconded by David, and carried that the club contribute $2,000 being 50% of the cost.  The signage will credit the Rotary Club.  The project is to be completed by 30 June.
 
 
Speaker:  Dale introduced Ryan Suter who has been with Struts Gallery/Faucet Media Arts Centre since 2014.  After an overview of the varied work of Struts/Faucet he focused in on the video camps for young people. These are held twice a year, usually in March and July, with 10 to 15 participants, age 9 to 14.  Expensive equipment is provided.  The kids brainstorm ideas for the videos and learn the benefits of collaboration.  The emphasis is on experimentation, play and the use of the imagination. The camp covers all stages of producing videos.  Ryan showed a sample video entitled “The Storm.” On the last day of the camp there is a screening of all the videos made for an audience of family and friends.  The camps are popular and usually do not have to be advertised as they quickly become filled up in advance.
 
 
Ove thanked the speaker and noted how much his daughter had enjoyed one of the camps; the interest in photography it generated took her to the Ontario College of Art and Design – even if her career path eventually took a different turn !
 
The meeting closed with the Four-Way Test.
 
 
On Wednesday 22 March 2017 our first Vendors Appreciation Night was held at The Painted Pony.  Gayle, who organized the event, welcomed members of the club and representatives of the various vendors.  She thanked the vendors for their generosity in allowing us to place our Gold Mine boxes in their places of business. To date the Gold Mine Draw has raised $202,215.00 with half of that going to the winners and the other half divided between local charities and Rotary projects and charities. 
 
Louise gave an overview of the history of our Gold Mine Draw acknowledging the help given to us by the Montague, P.E.I., Rotary Club. 
 
 
As an example of how profitable the draw can be she presented this week’s winner Marguerite Harvey with a cheque for $2,302 – the draw took place on Marguerite’s birthday on 20 March !
 
Everyone present enjoyed the fellowship, not to mention the food . . .
 
 
Some of those present . . .
 
 
Sherry Bickerton and Greta Patterson.
 
 
Charles and Shelley Beaver with Susan and David
 
 
Brenda and John Long with John and Darrell
 
 
Mike Knockwood with Joyce
 
A great evening – with many thanks to Gayle for all her hard work in organizing it !
 
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Rotary Club of Sackville Bulletin March 16, 2017

Posted by Wayne Harper on Mar 16, 2017
 
 
 
The meeting was ably Chaired by Charlie this week.  Instead of a bio, he read a poem that had special meaning to some members.
 
It’s nice to get up in the morning
When the sun begins to shine,
At 4 or 5 or 6 o’clock
In the good old summertime.
 
But when the snow is snowing
And it’s murky overhead,
O, it’s nice to get up in the morning,
BUT -  it’s nicer to lie in your bed.
 
    There was no big winner in last Monday's drawing of the Gold Mine Draw. However there is always a Charity that benefits and this week it was Marshview Middle School.  Here, Gordie Kline, representing the school accepts a cheque for $571.50 from Rotarian Tim Jones.
 
With the exception of our guest speaker (Gavin Hardie), there were no other guests or visiting Rotarians.  As well there were no Pin Pal stories nor Birthdays.  In the makeup department, Rotaract met this week with Marita attending in place of David and Susan.  The normal Gold Mine Draw crew met on Monday and the construction crew met for building shelves in our new storage area (Darrell and Wayne).
 
    The 50-50 Draw saw Wayne's ticket drawn.  Looking to pick the 9 of , he instead drew the 6 of , thereby missing out on $298.  I suspect the pot should start to grow more each week as members buy more tickets.  There was no shortage of Happy Dollars this week as members try to insure they contribute in a style that Wynn would be proud of.  That said, up first was Marita who was happy that she and daughter Kalika will be attending a CAD's event at Ski Martok, where Kalika will try snowboarding...........Josh, fresh back from Cuba, thanked Darrell for driving to Dorchester to collect the Gold Mine box that he would normally bring to Sackville each Monday.........Ove was happy that Josh was back from Cuba...........Louise indicated that she will be real happy this weekend as her father turns 80-years-young.  She and her siblings have created a scrapbook detailing her father's life throughout the past 80 years.  They plan to give it to him at a party in his honour this weekend.  She suspects tears will be the norm...........Dianne was happy that she remembered the surprise birthday party for Sandy last weekend.............Edna, also just back from Cuba, thanked Gayle for pinch-hitting for her while she was away............Sandy was triple happy this week.  Firstly, she was happy that Wayne pulled off the surprise party for her last Saturday night.  Seconded she was happy that, after the party (midnight), the folks at the ER indicated that she did not have a stroke - just Bell's Palsy, now being treated.  The third happy buck was reserved for her daughter and her family who arrived Monday to celebrate her birthday, bringing with them a scrapbook with old and new pictures and text indicating the 70 ways they love her.  Not too many dry eyes!.............Susan P. was happy that special friend Lorne has been transferred to the Sackville Memorial Hospital.  He claims the food is decent.
 
The Duty Roster for next week is:
Chairperson        Bill               Greeter          Sandy
Introducer           George        Thanker          Mary
 
Upcoming Committee meetings are as follows:
Fundraising Today 12 noon at Mary's house
Legacy Committee   Next week (Josh will advise)
 
Committee reports were sparse this week.  Gayle advised members that the Gold Mine Draw Committee will be holding a recognition night for our vendors who display the blue boxes each week in their businesses.  All members of the club are invited to the event next Wednesday evening from 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm at the Paint Pont Restaurant on Bridge Street.  Marita reported that the Rotaract Club held their final meeting of the current school year.  Margaret Tuzz-King was the guest speaker.  Subsequently, the Rotaract club donated $750 to Open Sky Cooperative.
 
In Josh's time, he indicated that he and John will be attending the upcoming PET's & SET's District meeting.  He also urged people to sell as many of their breakfast tickets as they can.  Then sell some more!!!
 
Gayle introduced Gavin Hardie, co-founder-owner of Bay of Fungi Mushrooms, a three old Sackville company producing fresh mushrooms.
  The principle operator, he claims to be a life long learner. Since the inception of Bay of Fungi he has spent countless hours researching and exploring the world of farming and fungi. Within this endeavor Gavin is able to combine many of his passions – arboriculture, green building, permaculture and land stewardship – as these passions naturally lend themselves to the cultivation of fungi. Like his fungi counterparts, he is a natural born recycler; expressed in the building and growing style of Bay of Fungi.  Gavin believes in producing food that is good for the earth and good for the people. "Our mushrooms are produced year round at our off-grid mushroom farm, capturing light from the sun to power our farm and bring delicious, nutritious and affordable mushrooms to you" he was quoted. 
Nicholas Thompson became interested in fungi through his study of soil ecology at Dalhousie University. He moved to New Brunswick in 2012 to work on an organic farm. There he met Gavin and the two decided to start Bay of Fungi. This project was exciting to Nicholas because the cultivation of fungi presents interesting challenges combining biology and technology; two subjects that Nicholas has been passionate about since childhood.
   
 
The company has grown over the last three years, as how the mushrooms are grown.  Formally grown in hay, they now grow them in a mixture of oats and other compostable substances.  Gavin or his other partner Ashley can be found at the Farmer's markets in Sackville and Dieppe.  Friends have helped them design the marketing for the business, leading to value-added "Grow-Your-Own-Mushroom" containers.
  The partners feel very comfortable that the lessons learned in the past three years have set them up for success in the future.  Revenues are now beginning to make their dream a reality and they intend to be around for quite a number of years.
 
    
 
 In the usual manner, Rotarian Louise thanked Gavin for an interesting presentation by presenting him with a certificate and a Rotary pen along with a book, to be donated in his name, to a local library.
 
The Four-Way-Test concluded the meeting.
 
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Rotary Club of Sackville Bulletin March 9, 2017

Posted by Charlie Scobie on Mar 09, 2017
 
Photographer: Sandy Harper
 
Wayne led the meeting in a rousing rendition of “O Canada.”
 
 Ove (standing in for Wynn) recalled one of his most embarrassing moments.  When a student at UNB he got a summer job in Saskatchewan working with CPR laying rails during the day and teaching English to Ukrainian workers at night.  The workers prevailed upon him to try chewing tobacco.  It was a hot day, the work was hard, and Ove felt sicker and sicker until one of the Ukrainians asked him, “Are you spittin’ ?”  That was learning to chew tobacco the hard way.
 
Guests:   Ove brought along Pat and their long-time friends David and Marlene Mercer.  Also welcomed were Gold Mine winner Doreen Richards and frequent visitor Elizabeth Wells.
 
 
50-50 Draw:  Dale’s  number was drawn but he picked the ace of Clubs, not the 9. The pot of $299 carries forward to next week.
 
Birthday:  After some debate it was decided that Sandy has a birthday on 14 March and she was duly serenaded.
 
Happy Dollars:  Charlie lost a back tooth but the gold cap weighed 4 grams and was worth $104; who says there’s no tooth fairy ?   Sue F is happy she and David are going to Quebec City to watch ski races.   Ove was glad that David and especially Marlene made it in time for the 7:15 a.m. breakfast.  Dianne loved the beautiful sunrise and hoped it was a sign of spring.  Gayle advised that you’ll be able to tell when it’s spring by the smell (i.e. skunks).
 
Next Week 16 March 2017:   Chair: Bill;   Greeter: Ove;   Introducer: Gayle;   Thanker: Louise;  Speaker: Gavin Hardie on “Mushrooms.”
 
Gold Mine Presentations:
 
 
 
This week’s winner Doreen Richards collected a cheque for $2,317 from Ove.
 
 
On behalf of the Sackville Community Association Elizabeth Wells accepted a cheque for $562.50 from David.
 
 
Pam Novak received a cheque for $570 from Sue F for Atlantic Wildlife.
 
 
Sue F and Dianne presented a cheque for $584.50 to Swim Club members Max Beaver, Grace Farella and Zoe Cober.
 
AdministrationJohn announced that the club has rented space in the Sackville Commons building.  It will be used for storage and also for the Toonie Count.
 
President’s Time:  Josh was in Cuba, but Dianne reported that before he left he had come into some money; he used it to buy pizza and along with David, Sue F and Dianne they went to the Dorchester School and served pizza to the 60 students !
 
Speaker:  Dianne introduced Colin Robertson, President of the Mount A Rotaract Club who had brought his harem with him – Shayla, Katherine, Ellen, and VP Elise.
 
 
Colin who is in his second year as President reported on the club’s activities.  They have had several successful fund-raisers (thanks to Rotarians for buying back chilli) but he is most proud of their community activities.  The club serves breakfast at Marshview Middle School (they have served over 1000), and also helps with the Food Bank. Members attended a District Training Session and while there made contact with the other four Rotaract clubs in the province; they keep in touch via Facebook and are planning a joint “Dictionaries for Life” project for next year. Colin thanked the Rotary Club and especially Sue for their interest and support.
 
Each of the other Rotaract members spoke briefly about what the club means to them.  Elise from Quispamsis, N.B., has seen the club grow in numbers this year.  Ellen from Moncton, N.B. is enjoying her first year in Rotaract.  Katherine from Vancouver, B.C. likes the opportunities for community involvement.  Shayla finds it a very active club with lots of opportunities for volunteer work.
 
Members of the Rotary club were impressed by the Rotaract students and their enthusiasm for serving in the local community.  The students were invited to attend Rotary meetings. Wayne pointed out that thanks to a recent rules change Rotaract members can also become members of a Rotary Club; he will check on what the position is regarding the payment of fees.
 
 
Joyce thanked the five students for an excellent presentation.  They each got a Rotary pen/stylus.          
                                          
The meeting closed with the Four-Way Test.
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RECENT GOLD MINE WINNERS 2017

Posted by Wayne Harper on Mar 02, 2017
 
Charities for 2017
                                     
Sackville Food Bank       
Tantramar Heritage Trust Inc.             
Sackville Community Association                
Tantramar Family Resource Centre             
Sackville Memorial Hospital Foundation    
Tantramar Regional High School
Sackville Minor Hockey
Dorchester Consolidated School
Struts Gallery Inc.
Sackville Swim Club
Marshview Middle School
Salem Elementary School
Dorchester Food Bank
 
Places to Play
 
Middle Sackville Variety
Sackville ESSO
Foodland
Patterson's Family Restaurant
Ultramar Gas Bar
Rose's Independant Grocer
Jean Coutu
Guardian Drugs
Gitpu Gas Bar
 
                   
 GET A FIRST-HAND LOOK AT WHO THE WEEKLY WINNERS ARE!  Click HERE.
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Rotary Club of Sackville Bulletin March 2, 2017

Posted by Charlie Scobie on Mar 02, 2017
 
Photographer: Sandy Harper
 
 
White-haired chairman Wayne spoke on behalf of those who survived the 1930s, ‘40s and 50s.  Their mothers may have smoked/drank while pregnant; they slept in cribs with lead-based paint; they rode bikes with baseball caps not helmets; they rode in cars with no car seats, seat belts, air bags and sometimes no brakes; they drank water from a garden hose not a bottle; they had no video games, 150 channel cable TV, DVDs, CDs, cell phones, personal computers, internet; they would leave home in the morning and play all day, as long as they were back when the streetlights came on; they fell out of trees, got cut, broke bones and teeth but no law suits ensued; they were spanked with ping-pong paddles or bare hands but no one called child services to report abuse. Yet these generations produced some of the best risk-takers, problem solvers and inventors ever.  If you are one of those born between 1925 and 1955 – CONGRATULATIONS !
 
Pin-Pal Story:  Dianne went to Coles in Amherst to buy a book and ended up having a long conversation with the lady in the shop whose daughter went on a RYE exchange in Australia.
 
 
Birthday:  Dale was a year older.  He’s now counting backwards.
 
50-50 Draw:   Sandy’s number was drawn but she failed to pick the 9 of Clubs. The pot of $282 carries forward to next week.
 
Happy Dollars:  Sue F will be happy when she finally empties the freezer of Rotaract chilli.   Gayle thanked Sandy and Charlie for the photo of Tony’s induction which appeared in this week’s Tribune-Post.   Bill said thanks for last week’s bulletin; he was visiting his son and wife in Ottawa.  Come May Bill will have a granddaughter – join the club !   He and Heather visited Quebec City on the way home and were impressed.  Edna’s daughter ended up staying an extra four days thanks to Porter Airlines.  She was also happy to be off to Cuba tomorrow.  John identified with the generation of Wayne’s opening remarks.   Louise wondered how two accountants could have such a risk-taking daughter; fortunately in the latest incident the front teeth stayed intact.
 
 
Gold Mine Cheque Presentations:  Ryan Suter was on hand to accept a $574 cheque from Josh for Struts Gallery.
 
 
Matt Litvak collected a $581 cheque from Gayle for Sackville Minor Hockey.
 
Next Week 9 March 2017:   Chair: Ove (standing in for Wynn);   Greeter: Marita;   Introducer: Dianne;   Thanker: Joyce;  Speaker: Rotaract Club members.
 
 
Rotary Foundation:  David displayed two awards won by the club – one for 100% membership participation in average giving of $100US to the Foundation in 2015-16, the other a certificate of appreciation for our support of the “End Polio Now: Make History Today” campaign.
 
President’s Time:  Josh delivered a rant on the NB taxation system where everybody’s property taxes go up but the Irving LNG plant pays $5.5 million less. Perhaps we need another Sir Albert Smith to get us a better deal.  A reminder of dates:  the next breakfast is on 1 April, and the Wine/Beer Tasting will be on 6 May.
 
 
Speaker:  David introduced Christopher Falconer, Principal of Dorchester Consolidated School who filled in his own bio info.  His talk was well-called “Dorchester School: Beyond Classroom Education” for he went on to give a comprehensive and moving account of the challenges faced in the school beyond the area of academic instruction. 
 
 
Of the school’s 60 pupils some 20% struggle with just basic needs.  Sometimes the teacher has almost to take on the role of a parent.  They have a breakfast program and also provide some hot lunches, milk and fresh fruit and vegetables.  The school even has a washer and dryer which get well used.  There’s also a vegetable garden (apple trees and raspberries to come) which helps with the teaching of cooking and kitchen skills.  There are field trips but the funding of these can be a problem.  The school’s Heritage Fair is a highlight and pupils have won numerous awards. Active living is encouraged with snowshoeing and hockey on a parking lot ice surface.  Other activities include choir, music, chess, maths completion, and a wide range of sports.  Costs are an ongoing problem and the Gold Mine donations are a godsend to the school.  Chris paid tribute to the school staff – the best ever, he says. Question period touched on the sensitive question of possible school closure.  The talk made clear what a devastating blow that would be to the community.  
 
 
Josh himself a graduate of the school gave a heartfelt vote of thanks to the speaker.      
                                                    
The meeting closed with the Four-Way Test.
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Rotary Club of Sackville Bulletin February 23, 2017

Posted by Charlie Scobie on Feb 23, 2017
 
Photographer: Sandy Harper
 
 
Moyra Boone was on hand bright and early to collect her $2,297 Gold Mine winnings from Charlie.
 
Chairman Josh arrived just in time to lead the singing of “O Canada.”
 
 
50-50 Draw:   Sue F’s number was drawn but she failed to pick the 9 of Clubs.  The pot of $274 carries forward to next week.
 
GuestsTony was a guest (for the last time), and there was a special welcome for his wife Marilyn.
 
Birthday:  Edna was absent last week so was retroactively serenaded with “Happy Birthday.”
 
Happy Dollars:  Edna’s daughter, home for the break, was due to leave today but her flight was cancelled so she gets another day of home cooking.   Rotaract had their Chili Sale in a blizzard so Sue F was offering frozen chili at $5 a container (she did a brisk business).   Sandy will be selling her jewelry at the Moncton Fashion Show on Saturday and was giving away free tickets to the event.   Diane gave a sports update - she went to a basketball game (playing against Crandall University  Mount A won in overtime); then home to watch curling.  This Saturday there will be a bonspiel in memory of Cecil Hicks.   Tony is happy he and his family have found a place they like to call home (Sackville !)   Sue P was just happy to be here.   Louise took last Friday off and went to Halifax with 7 other girls on a shopping expedition to buy a dress.     
                   
Next Week 2 March 2017:   Chair:  Wayne;   Greeter: Mary;   Introducer: David;   Thanker: Josh;  Speaker: Christopher Falconer, Dorchester Consolidated School.
 
 
Induction of New Member:  David presided at the induction of Tony Carhart as a new member of the Rotary Club of Sackville.  Gayle who proposed Tony as a new member introduced him to the club.  He has purchased the Foodland Store from Sobey’s and has plans to develop it. He and Marilyn (who is a TRHS graduate) have a daughter, and a son who works in the store.  This is his 5th move and he intends to stay.  David summarized the ideals of Rotary and spoke of both the responsibilities and the rewards of being a Rotarian.  Josh presented the Rotary pin, and all present shook hands with Tony to welcome him to Rotary.
 
President’s Time:  Josh thanked Charlie for providing information from the archives on the 1987-88 joint Rotary/Town project to build the “Booster Pump.”  The Town is going to rebuild the facility and will be approaching Rotary for help.  The next breakfast will be on 1 April (no kidding); a sign-up sheet will be circulated next week.
 
Club Assembly:  Josh passed on information from Trish about the joint Rotary project near Nagpur, India in which we are participating. 
 
 
The idea for this came from Becky Stewart when she visited the area with a District 7810 Rotary Group Study Exchange.  There are two linked projects.  One will work to conserve water in several watershed areas in a region where drought is a huge issue for farmers.  The other will help provide potable water by installing water filtration systems in a group of seven villages. This will include bringing drinkable water to the Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve benefitting visitors, guards and guides at the reserve. The project is a great example of Rotary co-operation with support from 7 clubs in south-east New Brunswick (plus the Fredericton Sunrise club) working along with the Rotary Club of Nagpur. The New Brunswick clubs are contributing $30,000 USD to the two projects.  An application is being made for a Rotary Foundation Global Grant.  Special thanks to Trish for the huge amount of work involved in organizing a project of this size on our behalf (continuing while she is on leave !)
 
Gold Mine:  Gayle mentioned how much we owe to the 9 businesses that have the Gold Mine blue boxes.  It is proposed to invite them to an Appreciation Night.  Stay tuned.
 
Circulation:  Sue P noted that members tend to sit in the same seats each week.  Her message:  circulate !  and get to meet and speak to different people each week.
 
 
Gold Mine (again):  Barbi Kaye came to accept a cheque for $567.50 on behalf of Dorchester Consolidated School. 
 
The meeting closed with the Four-Way Test.
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Rotary Club of Sackville Bulletin February 9, 2017

Posted by Charlie Scobie on Feb 09, 2017
 
Photographer: Sandy Harper
 
 
Gold Mine:  before the meeting Jocelyne Young was on hand to accept from Bill a cheque for $575 on behalf of Tantramar Regional High School.
 
Tim chaired the meeting and Wynn was back (briefly) from the sunny south to lead the singing of “O Canada.”
 
 
50-50 Draw:  David’s number was drawn but he picked the 9 of Hearts instead of the 9 of Clubs.  The pot of $265 carries forward to next week.
 
 
Makeups:  Wynn had a list of make-ups at the South Lake County club in Florida and had a document to prove it.  He gave us a rendering of their “Hello” song.  And here’s a  long-distance make-up from Portugal Pam who sent these pictures:
 
 
This Rotary club – Estoi Palace International – meets in a beautiful palace that has been converted into a hotel.  They produce this book quarterly.  They are an international club and their meetings are conducted in English.  See http://www.rotaryestoipalace.org/.
 
Birthday:  Edna was wished Happy Birthday in absentia.
 
 
Gold Mine #2:  This week’s winner Danny LeBlanc was happy to collect his $2,254 cheque from Tim.
 
Happy Dollars:   Wynn fell downstairs at a Florida night club after having two diet cokes (one over his limit) and hurt his foot.  This gave him an experience of the Florida health system.  He hopes to be back on the golf course soon.  His daughter is going as a spare on the Canadian team at the world curling championship in Korea (south, not north), and Wynn is going along too.  Dianne reported on behalf of the winning Curl for Cancer Gold Miners team.  Marita is anxious to sell you grocery cards and can now accept VISA thanks to some help from SandyOve apologized for his no-show at Gold Mine counting on Monday.   Josh apologized for his no-show as greeter this morning (too early).   Wayne thanked everyone who supported Curl for Cancer including Dianne and Tony; the amount raised was just shy of $14,000.   Skier Susan F was happy at the 40 cms of snow forecast for tonight.  John reported on an email received from Marion who hopes to be out and about again soon.
 
Next Week:   Chair:  Trish;   Greeter: Joyce;   Introducer: Darrell;   Thanker: John;  Speaker: Adam Campbell, Ducks Unlimited.
 
Rotary Foundation:  David reminded members that we are looking for suggestions of local volunteers to be recognized at the Paul Harris evening on 18 May.
 
Membership:  Gayle reported that the committee is working on ways to recruit new members.
 
President’s Time:  Josh congratulated the curlers who won on points (by beating a kids’ team 11-0).   The next breakfast is on 1 April (no kidding); we need someone to head up the breakfast.
 
 
Speaker:   Dale introduced guest speaker Christiana MacDougall who is a full-time social worker with Cumberland Mental Health Services in Amherst, a part-time lecturer in the Sociology Department at Mount A, and who is about to complete a Ph.D. at Memorial University.  Her presentation on “Can Childbirth Be Traumatic ?” was based on the research she has been doing for her doctoral thesis.  Between one third and a half of women say that their experience of childbirth was traumatic, and there are many causes of childbirth trauma.  Christiana’s research was based on in-depth interviews with 15 participants with each interview producing about 50 pages of data.  She found many examples of human rights violations.  Many women tend not to complain, but to comply.  Experiences of distress can lead to guilt and shame.  A sample interview illustrated how thanks to treatment by doctors or nurses a woman can become an object in the room rather than a person with a voice.  The study has many implications for hospitals and health authorities in such matters as informed consent, privacy and confidentiality during labour and delivery.  The findings of the study will be published as a book.
 
 
Christiana’s talk certainly gripped the attention of her audience, and was followed by a lively question period, after which she was appropriately thanked by Josh. The meeting closed with the Four-Way Test.
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Long Time Rotarian Leaves Us

Posted by Wayne Harper on Feb 02, 2017
 

Douglas J. T. Hamm of Sackville N.B. died on January 31st, 2017. He was born in Lunenburg N.S. to the late J. Henry and Luetta G. Hamm.

Following graduation from Lunenburg Academy in 1939 Doug accepted a position with the Canadian Bank of Commerce at Bass River, N.S., transferring to Shelburne and Amherst, N.S. respectively. In 1941 he enlisted in the RCAF and following training in navigation he joined 409 "Nighthawk" Squadron at Lille Vendre-ville, France. Doug was also a recipient of the Distinguished Flying Cross. 

After the war Doug began a career with Atlantic Wholesalers Limited located in Sackville, NB. In 1962 he was appointed President, a position he held until his retirement in 1983.

A strong and proud supporter of his community, he contributed in many ways. As a member of St. Paul's Anglican Church he served as church warden, treasurer, vestryman and for 49 years as a member of the choir. He was a member of Branch 26, Royal Canadian Legion, Sackville Rotary Club, Kinsmen K40, and Sackville golf and curling clubs. He was past Master of Lebanon #28, Masonic Lodge and was awarded the William G. Quinn medallion in 2002 by Grand Lodge for dedicated service. 

Doug supported the Sackville Memorial Hospital, the Heart and Stroke Foundation (N.B.) and was a former board member of the Victorian Order of Nurses, a past director of Atlantic Industries Limited and board member of Central Trust and Central Capital. In 1991, at Mount Allison University convocation ceremonies, he was presented the Board of Regents medal in recognition of his 18 years on the Executive Committee. 

He was an avid fisherman and enjoyed many trips fly fishing for salmon on the Southwest Miramichi. He was also an amateur artist and did many oil paintings of scenes on the Tantramar Marsh; actively enjoyed his many years as a member of the Sackville Golf and Curling Clubs; but most of all loved his time spent at the family cottage in Murray Corner where he indulged his passion for early morning swims in the warm waters of the Northumberland Strait. 

Doug was a longtime Active Member and Honorary Member of the Rotary Club of Sackville.

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Rotary Club of Sackville Bulletin February 2, 2017

Posted by Charlie Scobie on Feb 02, 2017
 
Photographer: Sandy Harper
 
 
Susan P chaired the meeting and delivered a long list of advice to seniors (and those who will one day be seniors).  It’s time to use the money you saved up but a bad time for a new investment, even if it seems foolproof.  Don’t let the past drag you down, and don’t let the future frighten you.  Embrace your golden years.  Don’t live with your children or grandchildren.  Get out of the house and meet people.  Laugh a lot.  Always stay up to date.  Keep a healthy lifestyle and walk every day.  .  .  .   and much more !
 
 
50-50 Draw:  Susan F’s number was drawn and guest Andrew Ollerhead (candidate for Adventures in Citizenship) came close but not close enough (7 of Clubs instead of 9).
 
Happy Dollars:   Wayne announced that Community Forests International is presenting an evening of short docs by Moncton-based filmmaker Craig Norris on Wednesday 8 February at 7 p.m. in the Vogue Cinema; admission by $5 donation.   As a result of Groundhog Day Susan F expects six more weeks of snow, snow, snow.  According to Marita, Kalika is looking forward to getting out in the snow.  So is Josh so that he can use his new tractor.  According to Bill a similar Groundhog Day 25 years ago was followed by 190 cms of snow in 3 days.
 
Gold Mine Presentations: 
 
 
Guest Marilyn Prescott was on hand to accept a cheque for $552 on behalf of the Sackville Memorial Foundation from Dale.
 
 
Susan F presented guest Tracy Rose with a cheque for $575 for the Sackville Family Resource Centre.
 
Next Week:   Chair:  Tim;   Greeter: Josh;   Introducer: Dale;   Thanker: Jamie;  Speaker: Christianna MacDougall.
 
Rotaract:  The Rotaract group will serve chili at Winter Carnival on 9 February; donations of chili and of baked goods welcome –  contact Susan F.
 
Curl for Cancer:  The Rotary Gold Miners team are all set to go on Saturday 4 February and would appreciate your support.
 
Global Brigades:   According to Dale student Adam Christie and his father are going to Honduras on 17-26 February under the Global Brigades program.  Donations were accepted to support their project (to be matched by the club).
 
 
President’s Time:  Josh, watched by RF Chair David, presented Bill with his first Paul Harris pin.   Members are asked to check their profile on ClubRunner and ensure that their contact information is up to date.   A reminder that it is possible to pay for breakfast on a quarterly basis.
 
Speaker:   Charlie introduced David Bruce making a return visit to Rotary this time to give a presentation on “The Importance of a Sports Wall of Fame.”
 
 
David is on the Board of Directors of the Sackville Sports Wall of Fame and it was only when he became involved with this group that he came to have a sense of the history and legacy of sports in this community.  Started in 1989 the Wall of Fame is located in the Tantramar Veterans Memorial Civic Centre.  There are three categories for recognition: Athletes, Builders, and Teams.  There are probably many people in the community not familiar with the Wall or aware of the many interesting stories presented there.  There is a need to make more of a connection with the local community.
 
A section of the Town web site is devoted to the Sports Wall of Fame and contains pictures of all those who have been honoured along with a short bio.  See https://sackville.com/residents/arts-culture/sports-wall-of-fame/
 
 
Ove expressed thanks to the speaker on behalf of the club, and the meeting closed with the Four-Way Test.
 
Will it build goodwill and better friendships ?  Pam (while enjoying the sunshine and warmth of Portugal) continues to meet Dutch people. 
 
 
They get the story of the Canada 150 tulips;
 
 
she gets the instant friendship Dutch folk reserve for Canadians.
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Rotary Club of Sackville Bulletin January 26, 2017

Posted by Charlie Scobie on Jan 26, 2017
 
Photographer: Dianne Oulton
 
THE SHOW MUST GO ON.  Despite the recent ice storm and many people still being without power Rotary went ahead as usual.  Susan (F not P) chaired the meeting but declared that it was too early for opening remarks.
 
 
Guests:  Ove brought Pat along.  Tony seems to be half way between a guest and a prospective new member.
 
 
50-50 Draw:  John shuffled the cards but Edna failed to draw the 9 of Clubs so $245 carries forward to next week.
 
Happy Dollars:   Charlie enjoyed haggis last night (Rabbie Burns Day) and delivered the Address to the Haggis (one verse only).   What happens when the power is out: Gayle has not talked so much to her husband for the last four years (note: don’t keep opening the fridge every four minutes).   Dianne offered room and board to those without power but had no takers (at least not yet).   They had a tree come down on a window, damaging the screen but fortunately not the window itself.   Susan F and David read books and napped; David ran a cable from his truck to the fridge.   Edna was grateful for Dianne’s offer, but hopes her power will be back on soon.
 
Next Week:   Chair:  Susan (P not F);   Greeter: John;   Introducer: Charlie;   Thanker: George [?].
 
Grocery Cards:  Marita sent her regrets; if you need a card give her a call.
 
 
Rotary Foundation:  David reminded members of the RF change jars.  One from Wynn has yielded $144.  Tony got an empty one to start work on.
 
President’s Time:  Josh thanked members for showing up despite the ice storm and also the kitchen staff for being there to make our breakfast.   He reminded members of the training session in Sussex on 11 February; several Rotaract members are attending and help is needed with transportation.
 
 
Gold Mine Draw.    Wanda Johnson was on hand to collect her winnings of $1,150 from Susan F.
 
Pin-ups:  For our centrefold section today we have several pin-ups – Rotary Foundation pins that is.  Josh did the pinning:  Ove is a Paul Harris +3,  Dale is a Paul Harris + 1.
 
 
Bill’s Paul Harris #1 is en route, and both Susan F and Susan P are rumoured to be nearing the target figure.
 
 
A Paul Harris + 6 pin (hence the red ruby) went to Charlie who was also the speaker : -
 
Polio Plus:  Poliomyelitis is a highly infections disease which affects mainly children under 5, causing paralysis and even death.  A dreaded disease back in the 1930s, 40s and 50s it cannot be cured, but since 1955 it can be prevented thanks to the vaccines developed by Dr. Jonas Salk and especially the oral vaccine of Dr. Albert Sabin. 
 
 
When the Rotary Foundation launched its Health, Hunger and Humanity program in 1979 its first project was to vaccinate 6 million children in the Philippines. The success of this project led Rotary to launch the Polio Plus program in 1985 with the aim of eventually eliminating polio world-wide. 
 
Rotary was the catalyst; in 1988 the World Health Organization, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, UNICEF, and later the Gates Foundation came together to form the Global Polio Eradication Initiative.  In that year 350,000 new cases of polio were reported in 125 countries.
 
Our club has made major contributions to Polio Plus over the years and two of our members – Nancy Gilbert and Pam Harrison – have taken part in National Immunization Days in India.
 
Despite a big push polio was not eliminated by 2005 Rotary’s centennial year, but huge progress had been made.  Thanks to many donors (including Rotary which has raised over $1.6 billion) we are moving closer to the target.  UNICEF workers like Melissa Corkum continue the difficult and sometime dangerous work of ensuring that every single child in the polio endemic countries is vaccinated. 
 
 
Polio is 99.9% gone and the number of countries with polio has been reduced to 3 (Nigeria, Afghanistan and Pakistan).
 
Our District 7810 is challenging clubs to make a voluntary contribution of $50 per member to Polio Plus this Rotary year.  Look for an email soon from RF Chair David with details on how to donate online.   Together we can all help to END POLIO NOW.
 
 
Charlie was thanked by Gayle, and the meeting closed with the Four-Way Test.
 
 
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Tulips and Freedom

Posted by Wayne Harper on Jan 23, 2017
 
 
Do you recall the special tulips from Holland which have been designated as the official tulip of Canada’s 150th birthday?  As the above picture shows, the elegant white blooms with red flames bear an amazing resemblance to our maple leaf flag.  Pam writes to tell of a special project she has for 2017: “My plan is to ‘build goodwill and better friendships’.  Every time I meet someone from Holland I tell them the story of the special red and white tulips and thank their country for the special gift. Most do not know of the tulips but they sure remember the Canadian soldiers liberating their country.”
 
 
Seen here is a Dutch couple Pam has met in Portugal.  She says: “George was one and a half years old and she was 4 months when the war ended. They both expressed their thanks to Canada, ‘a country of very nice people.’ "
 
A great way to put the Four-Way Test into practice !
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Rotary Club of Sackville Bulletin January 19, 2017

Posted by Charlie Scobie on Jan 19, 2017
 
Photographer: Dianne Oulton
 
George welcomed members on their way in, then led a rousing rendition of “O Canada.”
 
 
Sandy chaired the meeting and recalled how at age 6 she lived in Estevan, Saskatchewan – in the courthouse !  She lived in a small apartment in the basement but played in the jail (when not otherwise occupied).  Poking holes in the window screens let lizards in.  5 or 6 years ago, along with her two younger brothers, she revisited the building which was considerably changed.  They were invited in by a judge.
 
Birthday: Gayle shares her birthday tomorrow with Donald Trump’s inauguration.  She was suitably serenaded.
 
 
50-50 Draw: Louise’s number was drawn.  She came close, but drew the 10 of clubs instead of the 9 of clubs.  $239 carries over to next week.
 
Happy Dollars: George will miss the next 9 meetings as he will be in Florida.   Dianne’s curling team dressed as Montreal Canadians but lost in the final; next time the dress code is tie-dye shirts.  
 
 
Susan F was sad there was no snow (she just had to wait a little), but was happy to have tried out the “fat bikes” in Kouchibouguac Park.   Josh is happy to have bought a tractor (57 hp, with cab) so now he can plough himself out.
 
Next Week:   Chair: Sue P;   Greeter: Jamie;   Introducer: Bill;   Thanker: Gayle.
 
Rotaract: Susan F reported that members are lining up for the position of vice-president so they are going to have three, plus a summer co-ordinator.  They are keen to curl with Rotarians at the end of March.
 
Adventures in Citizenship:  Susan F is looking for a student to go to Ottawa.  Lacking a TRHS candidate a first year Mount A student might qualify.
 
Rotary ClothingSandy announced that if members provide an item of clothing she can arrange to have the Rotary logo and/or your name embroidered on it.  You have three weeks to apply.
 
Potential New Member:  Gayle brought forward the name of Tony Carhart as a potential new member (he attended last week).  A notice will be emailed to members.
 
President’s Time:  Josh announced a Rotary training program scheduled for 11 February, in Sussex.  More details to follow.  Dale has consulted with the Mayor regarding our Legacy project.  The Town is showing interest in developing the old quarry so that project is back on the table.
 
 
SpeakerOve stood in for Wynn (wishing he too was down south) and introduced the guest speaker Julia Feltham who gave a presentation on “The Sackville Commons Co-op” of which she is a founding member. 
 
 
Since September the Commons has occupied the former fire station and police station building on Main Street.  Currently there is a construction break as new steel posts are being put in to help support the roof.
 
The Commons Co-op is part of a world-wide “co-working” phenomenon which seeks to create new infrastructure to provide for a new work-force with many part-time and at-home workers.  They have a “Vision,” a “Mission,” and an impressive “Mandate” :
 
 
They already have 33 annual members and are looking for more. Groups using the facility include Daybreak, Live Bait, Bay of Fungi and a nano-brewery (which started production yesterday).  The Commons is designed to serve as a community hub for bringing ideas to action.  Two board rooms are available with room for 14/30 people.
 
Julia thanked Rotarians for the opportunity of speaking to the club.
 
 
Dianne thanked the speaker for a lively and interesting presentation.
 
 
The meeting closed with the Four-Way test.
 
Gold Mine Draw:  This week’s winner was Don Nelson who will collect $1,129.  A donation of $564.50 will go to the Sackville Community Association.
 
 
Do you recall the special tulips from Holland which have been designated as the official tulip of Canada’s 150th birthday ?  As the above picture shows, the elegant white blooms with red flames bear an amazing resemblance to our maple leaf flag.  Pam writes to tell of a special project she has for 2017: “My plan is to ‘build goodwill and better friendships’.  Every time I meet someone from Holland I tell them the story of the special red and white tulips and thank their country for the special gift. Most do not know of the tulips but they sure remember the Canadian soldiers liberating their country.”
 
 
Seen here is a Dutch couple Pam has met in Portugal.  She says: “George was one and a half years old and she was 4 months when the war ended. They both expressed their thanks to Canada, ‘a country of very nice people.’ "
 
A great way to put the Four-Way Test into practice !
 
Pam says hi to everyone !
 
 
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Rotary Club of Sackville Bulletin January 12, 2017

Posted by Charlie Scobie on Jan 12, 2017
 
Photographer: Dianne Oulton
 
Bill chaired the meeting until Josh arrived to take over.
 
 
Guests:  Gayle introduced Tony Carhart, the new Foodland manager and a prospective Rotarian.   Larry Estabrooks and his wife Helen attended the meeting.
 
Gold Mine Cheques:  Josh presented cheques to this week’s winners:
 
 
Larry Estabrooks was happy to receive the winner’s cheque for $2,338.
 
 
Barb Jardine accepted a cheque for $642 on behalf of the Tantramar Heritage Trust.
 
50-50 Draw:   Dianne’s number was drawn but she failed to pick the Nine of Clubs, hence the sad face.  The pot of $229 carries forward to next week.
 
 
Happy Dollars:   Susan F was happy to have gone skiing in Kouchibouguac Park, but was sorry to see a thaw.   Dianne is pleased to have a Rotary Gold Miners team ready for Curl for Cancer – the others are Dale, Jamie and Susan F.   Louise was happy to have survived a visit to Disney World (she even went on a rollercoaster).   John was sorry to see that the amount donated via Happy Dollars is down (due to Wynn’s absence ?)   Edna had no particular reason; she was just happy.
 
Next Week:   Chair: Sandy;   Greeter: George;   Introducer: Wynn (or substitute);   Thanker: Dianne.
 
Rotaract:  Susan F reported on last night’s meeting.  The Rotaract members are full of energy:  they run the breakfast program at Marshview, help out at and donate to the Food Bank, and are planning another chilli cook-out at the Winter Carnival.  And they are interested in another social evening with Rotary.
 
Projects:  Dale reported on a new project at the Drew Home - “Cycling Through the Ages” - which features a 2-person rickshaw-type cycle.  Total cost is $8,000 part of which will come from the Town.  Rotary has been asked for $1,500.  Moved by Dale, seconded by Dianne that we approve this donation.  Carried.
 
President’s Time:   Josh circulated a card received from 2009-10 RYE student from Sweden Johanna Brodin who was married this past summer.
 
 
Trish has been granted a leave of absence from February through June 2017 (she’s taking French classes).
 
Gold Mine Draw:  Josh presented a report (prepared by Jamie) on progress so far after just under two years in operation.  Total amount raised: $184,474, of which $91,983 went to winners, $45,480 to local charities, and $46,980 to Rotary charities.  $68,661 was raised in 2015, and $108,594 in 2016.  The number of participants continues to grow.  The week the Gold Mine began a total of $902 was received; last week it was $2,568. 
 
Legacy Project:  Josh reported on the deliberations of the Legacy Committee.  Projects considered but set aside as not possible at this time include a Dementia Village and a Park in the old quarry.  Consideration is being given to assisting with a new facility for Bob Edgett’s Club.  Other possibilities include a Dog Park (at Beech Hill ?), a Rotary Digital Sign (downtown ?), and repurposing the old Train Station.  A brainstorming session by tables produced further suggestions: an exercise station (for adults), a seniors and handicapped bus service, a water source for refillable bottles, a youth or travellers’ hostel, a Rotary rotary (traffic circle) with landscaping and a Rotary sign, enhancing the NB Trail, setting up an endowment fund e.g. for high school bursaries.  George reminded members that Rotary policy is to set up a project then turn it over to another agency to run.
 
Josh thanked members for all their suggestions.  He plans to have a strategic planning session on a Saturday with a view to making a final decision and getting a project under way before the end of this Rotary year.
 
The meeting concluded with the Four-Way Test.
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Rotary Club of Sackville Bulletin January 5, 2017

Posted by Charlie Scobie on Jan 05, 2017
 
Photographer: Pam Harrison 
 
Ove’s name was on the schedule but the chair looked remarkably like Bill.  The meeting opened with a rousing rendition of “O Canada” led by GeorgeBill took the opportunity to remind members that the Duty Roster is available on the web site (including Gold Mine duties).  It is the responsibility of each member to check out when they are on duty and to arrange for a replacement if they cannot attend.
 
 
50-50 DrawGeorge’s number was drawn but he failed to pick the elusive Nine of Clubs, so the pot of $220 carries forward to next week.
 
 
Roaring Rotarian:  Trish was back from Ontario with an idea for fund-raising -  a can of “Roaring Rotarian” hand-crafted, all-natural, Golden Ale, “Supporting your local Rotary Club projects”, complete with the Rotary logo on the front and the Four-Way Test on the back.
 
 
Gold Mine Presentations:  Christoph Becker was on hand to accept a cheque for $508.50 from Josh on behalf of the Port Elgin School.
 
 
Gayle received a cheque for $527 from Trish for the Sackville Food Bank.
 
Happy Dollars: Charlie set things straight regarding the Feast of Stephen which is 26th December, not 31st (when his younger brother Stephen was born).   Josh was happy to see Canada beat Sweden 5-2 to advance to the final of the world junior hockey championship against arch-rival the U.S.   Marita’s father was very happy to get two rabbits for Christmas.   Dianne is looking for more curlers for the Gold Mine Team in Curl for Cancer.   Bill who doesn’t get Christmas presents nevertheless got a record-player which will enable him to work through his large box of 78s.  Pam is happy that Marita has agreed to take over sale of grocery cards while she is in Portugal for the next three months.  Susan discovered that 6 years old grandkids can program a cell phone to sound an alarm early on Christmas morning.  
 
 
Pam saw the New Year in (Canada’s 150th birthday) on Parliament Hill.  When did the fireworks start ? According to Bill at 8:17 p.m.   Why ? Because on the 24 hour clock that is 20:17.
 
Next Week:  Club Assembly.  Greeter will be Gayle.
 
President’s Time:  Josh wished everyone a Happy New Year.  He thanked Marita for showing him how to update the ClubRunner web site.  And a final appeal:  we still need a Secretary for next year.
 
SpeakerWayne got to introduce himself (“I’ve known today’s speaker for a very long time”) before giving a presentation on “Vocational Service.”  
 
 
This is one of the original four (now five) Rotary “Avenues of Service” and though often neglected is in fact a key part of Rotary.  Vocational Service calls every Rotarian to aspire to high ethical standards in their occupation, while recognizing the worthiness of all useful occupations.  Through the classification system all Rotarians represent their business or profession in the club, and demonstrate the high ideals of Rotary in their workplace.  The Rotary ideal is expressed in The Four-Way Test which we repeat each week, and in the longer, 8-clause Rotary Code of Conduct which was recently revised and updated.  Every Rotarian has a “Classification” and we should emphasize this aspect of Rotary more than we have done in recent years. 
 
Wayne’s talk closed with a number of suggestions for Vocational Service “Project Ideas.”
 
 
Further information on Vocational Service is available online at the RI website where one can subscribe to a free quarterly newsletter “Vocational Service Update.”
After some lively discussion David thanked the speaker (but didn’t present him with a pen).
 
 
After the meeting, which closed with the Four-Way Test, a cheque for $200 was presented to Curl for Cancer.
 
 
Carried over from last week:  a cheque for $1,017 was presented by John to the weekly winner Janet Richard.   
 
No winner this week !
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Rotary Club of Sackville Bulletin December 22, 2016

Posted by Charlie Scobie on Dec 22, 2016
 
 
Photographer: Pam Harrison
 
Marita chaired the meeting and after a rousing rendition of “O Canada” led by George recalled a Christmas family gathering with a big storm outside and no one going anywhere.  The power went out but that did not put an end to dinner.  Candles were set up in the back porch and after a wait of many hours produced a wonderful hot crock of beans.
 
 
50-50 Draw:  Tim’s number was drawn but instead of the 9 of Clubs he drew the 9 of Diamonds, so the pot of $212 carries over into the new year.
 
Makeups:  Wynn had multiple make-ups during October, November and December at the South Lake Rotary Club, Clermont, Florida.
 
Happy Dollars:  It must be the Christmas season: almost everyone was happy for one reason or another this morning.
 
 
Wynn was happy to be back even it was only for health insurance purposes; he returns to Florida tomorrow.   Dianne was happy to have heard from former RYE student from Japan Mizuki Iwanaga and shared a box of cookies which Mizuki had sent. 
 
Other happy Rotarians included Louise who is preparing to head south to a secret destination (don’t tell Mariah);  Sue who has a frostless greenhouse;  Pam who attended the Port Elgin Christmas party;  Charlie whose daughter Mary has two paintings in Janet Crawford’s Christmas show (one already sold and gone).
 
Gold Mine Presentations:  
 
 
Jason Smith was on hand to collect his winnings of $1,140 this week.
 
 
Acting Principal Heather Dixon collected a cheque for $570.00 on behalf of Salem Elementary School.
 
 
Lucy Macdonald accepted a cheque for $1,000 in support of the “Make Something Sunday” program at the Owens Art Gallery.  This arts and crafts program for the whole family has seen some 350 participants in the course of the past year.
 
Next Week:  Thursday 29 December: NO MEETING.
 
Next Meeting:  Thursday 5 January 2017.  Chair: Ove;   Greeter: Dianne;   Introducer: Wayne;   Thanker: David.
 
President’s Time:  Josh offered some seasonal reflections, thanked members for a good Rotary year so far, and wished everyone an enjoyable Christmas season.
 
Speaker:  Trish introduced Jean-Francois LeBlanc the new RCMP Community Program Officer who gave an interesting presentation on “911: A Brief History” drawing on his 13 year experience as a 911 dispatcher with RCMP.
 
 
He found this experience stressful and is glad to have moved on to his new position here in Sackville.  While Britain introduced an emergency phone service in 1937 it was only in 1974 that a 911 emergency service was adopted in Canada.  The speaker outlined the procedures followed when a 911 call is received.  The 911 operator has to keep callers calm while getting from them all the essential information. 
 
 
About 35% of the calls received are not real emergencies and they risk having real emergency calls put on hold.  The speaker offered a list of examples of misuse of the system.  In response to questions he clarified when and when not to call 911.
 
 
Darrell thanked the speaker for an interesting and informative presentation, and the meeting concluded with the Four-Way Test.
 
The following are the 13 beneficiaries of the Gold Mine Draw for 2017 approved at the 15 December 2016 meeting of the club:
 
Dorchester Consolidated School
Dorchester Food Bank
Marshview Middle School
Sackville District Assistance Centre
Sackville Community Fund Association
Sackville Memorial Hospital Foundation
Sackville Swim Club
Sackville Minor Hockey Club
Salem Elementary School
Struts Gallery Inc.
Tantramar Family Resource Centre
Tantramar Heritage Trust Inc.
Tantramar Regional High School
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Rotary Club of Sackville Bulletin December 15, 2016

Posted by Charlie Scobie on Dec 15, 2016
 
Photographer: Pam Harrison
 
Dianne chaired the meeting (in place of Mary) and after the singing of “O Canada” called for a minute’s silence as a mark of respect for the late Sheelagh CallaghanSheelagh and Peter were wonderful host parents to many RYE students.
 
 
According to Dianne all Oultons are related. Dougie (not Douglas) Oulton was on hand to accept a Gold Mine cheque for $1,170.
 
Pin-Pal Story:  Following Frank’s retirement he and Dianne met with Investor Group’s rep Kevin – who has just joined the Moncton club.
 
50-50 Draw:  Dianne was in the spotlight again; though her number was drawn she failed to pick the 9 of Clubs.  The pot now stands at $202.
 
 
Happy Dollars:   Sandy is glad the Christmas craft sales are over.  George expressed thanks for all the golf balls he received on his birthday; he is also glad to have an automatic car starter so he can go into a warm car.   Susan F is heading to Toronto for Christmas, but not staying with the twins.  Ove is heading for the Laurentians and meeting up there with family from Edmonton.   Gayle is heading for Toronto and will be staying with intelligent tri-lingual twins.   Sue P is glad her greenhouse is finally finished; but sorry to pass on news that Lorne is in hospital in Moncton following a slight heart attack and is waiting to go to Saint John.   Josh now has the use of a snow-blower (fixed up for $5); he thanks all who donated to the Movember campaign.  Talking of grandchildren Dianne is looking forward to a new one in May.   Pam will be at the Port Elgin club Christmas Party tonight when three new members will be inducted.
 
Next week: Thursday 22 December:   Chair: Marita,  Greeter: David (or stand-in),  Introducer: Trish,  Thanker: Darrell,  Speaker:  Jean-Francois LeBlanc.
 
A reminder from Pam – buy grocery cards !
 
President’s Time:  Josh (picture above) reported that the Projects Committee had received 26 applications from groups for Gold Mine grants.  Under Dale’s leadership a careful evaluation process resulted in a recommended list of 13 beneficiaries for 2017.  The list was approved by the meeting.  Some concerns were raised regarding the amount of financial information requested in the applications.  The process may still need to be fine-tuned.  Grateful thanks were expressed to Dale for his work on this file. Thanks were also expressed to Joyce for hosting the Christmas party and to Bill for providing the entertainment.
 
 
Speaker:  Tim introduced guest speaker Jeff Ollerhead of the Mount A Geography and Environment department whose presentation was entitled “Drones for Research: Endless Possibilities.” 
 
 
In the 1800s people used kites or balloons; World War I saw the start of aerial photography; now for as little as $1,500 one can buy a drone which can be preprogrammed to take pictures with a 12 MP camera.  By taking a series of pictures from slightly different perspectives one can construct a 3D model of a site.  Drones are ideal for coastal research – no need to venture out on dangerous mud flats.  Other uses range from examining the side of buildings to providing thermal imaging of hot spots in a grass fire.
 
 
Jeff responded to a series of questions especially on the regulations covering the use of drones.  A typical drone can fly for 20 minutes before having its battery pack replaced.
 
Dale expressed thanks to the speaker and the meeting concluded with the Four-Way test.
 
Gold Mine Beneficiaries:  Cheques were presented to Marshview Middle School ($585):
 
 
and to Sackville Swim Club ($577).
 
 
P.S.   ROTARY INTERNATIONAL
Rotary is a great international movement. 
 
 
Here is Pam on a recent visit to Boston.  The ladies on each side are members of Boston clubs and next to Pam is the PDG Stella Roy of District 7820.  Boston Rotarians have been invited to Halifax in 2017 to commemorate the centennial of the Halifax explosion.
 
 
Here is David on a recent visit to San Miguel de Allende in Central Mexico where the local Rotary Club goes out of its way to welcome visitors.
 
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Rotary Club of Sackville Bulletin December 8, 2016

Posted by Charlie Scobie on Dec 09, 2016
 
Photographer: Pam Harrison
 
 
Rotarians and guests gathered round a festive fireplace for the annual Christmas Party, thanks to -
 
 
 
As they arrived members filled up a basket of books
 
 
A potluck supper . . .   with a wonderful ham  . . .  and complete with . . .
 
 
. . . ten green bottles  . . .
 
 
. . .  was enjoyed by all
 
 
A bevy on the bench
 
 
President and guest
 
 
Here's to us !
 
 
Which one is the real Santa Claus ?
 
 
George celebrated a birthday and received a cake and about 100 golf balls of various hues
 
 
This seemed to make him popular with the girls
 
Entertainment was provided by our  . . .
 
 
 
A good time was had by all !
 
SEASON'S  GREETINGS  from
 
 
 
 
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Rotary Club of Sackville Bulletin December 1, 2016

Posted by Charlie Scobie on Dec 01, 2016
 
Photographers: Pam Harrison and Sandy Harper
 
Josh arrived in time to chair the meeting and give an update on the renovations of his house, built in 1848 plus later additions.  The back part of the house was at one time a Post Office with the only phone in the area.  The old insulation could be birchbark, wood shavings or old newspapers, the latter providing interesting historical information.  One article concerned MP Henry Emmerson whose efforts to increase the size of the CN workshops in Moncton did not go down well locally.  The central square in Dorchester housed the Court House, eleven lawyers’ offices and almost as many taverns which led to its being known as “The Devil’s Half Acre.”  Another newspaper article listed the courthouse docket with a list of appearances for a variety of offences.
 
 
Josh reported that on 26 November he, Jamie, Gayle and Pam were barkeeps at a fund-raiser at Tantramar Regional High School.  Their labours earned $400 for club funds.
 
 
Pin-Pal Story:  At the TRHS event Jamie and Josh met a Rotarian from the Rothesay club (who remains anonymous).
 
50-50 DrawSandy and/or Wayne’s number was drawn but Wayne failed to draw the Nine of Clubs.  The pot now stands at $194.
 
Happy Dollars:  Ove missed last week’s meeting as he was having a pacemaker installed.  The choice was - wait 4 months to have it done in Moncton or have it done within a week in New Glasgow; he opted for Nova Scotia.  The operation took 45 minutes during which time he was conscious. Now he feels 20 years younger !   Louise gave a reminder of the “Nutcracker” performances on 10 and 11 December; contact her for tickets.  She also regaled everyone with an account of what happens when you have an Elf on the Shelf in the house.  Given the weather (and the weather forecast) Josh was happy to see everyone here.
 
 
John reminded everyone that next week’s meeting is the Christmas Party (no morning meeting).  Please let him know if you plan to attend and what you will contribute to the potluck supper.
 
 
ElectionJohn submitted the following slate of office-bearers for 2016-2017:  President: John;  Past-President: Josh;  Vice-President and President-Elect: Louise;  Secretary: TBA;  Treasurer: Darrell.   The list was approved by acclamation.  Committee chairs will be announced later.
 
 
Movember:  A mustachioed Josh expressed thanks for the support he has received.  Of the $130 that has been donated so far, $80 has come from Rotarians.  To donate go to https://ca.movember.com.  “You simply need to click on the donate button, search Josh Cormier and my profile will come up. You can then make a donation. Thanks!”
 
 
Financial Report:  Darrell presented the financial statements for 2015-2016.  The “Club” part of the statement deals with club operations, the “Trust” part with givings to charities (we are a registered charity which means we can give tax receipts for charitable donations).  Both accounts are in good shape.  Darrell pointed out that the sale of grocery cards brought in $2000 (up from $500 the previous year); can we make it $3000 next year ?  The other big source of income in the Gold Mine Draw.  Moved by Josh, seconded by Bill that the financial report be approved; agreed unanimously. Josh expressed the thanks of the club to Darrell for the great work he does as treasurer: he was sure missed when he was away !
 
Legacy Committee:  Although the committee was not able to meet yesterday because of the storm Josh outlined some of the major legacy projects that are under consideration including:  a Dementia Village (on the Dutch model), an assisted living community, a downtown electronic billboard, a landscaped park at the quarry site, a campground at Beech Hill Park, a water refill centre, a walking/cycling trail (jointly with the Amherst Club), a pedway across the Tans-Canada Highway.  The committee will look further at the various options and there will be a strategic planning session at the next Club Assembly prior to making the final decision. 
 
The meeting closed with the Four-Way Test.
 
 
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Rotary Club of Sackville Bulletin November 24, 2016

Posted by Charlie Scobie on Nov 24, 2016
 
Photographer: Pam Harrison
 
Louise chaired the meeting and for her two minutes’ worth recounted her experience with a high school exchange program, “Island to Island” (P.E.I. – Vancouver Island), when she met Cindy who became a life-long friend.  They met up again 15 years later and have kept up ever since despite her friend having MS and driving a hand-controlled car.
 
 
Gold Mine winner Jacklyn Hicks came along to collect her winnings of $1,185.  She works at the York Street Day Care and knows Mariah !
 
 
Barb Kaye was also on hand to receive a cheque for $592.50 on behalf of Dorchester Consolidated School.
 
Pin-Pal Stories:  Dianne claimed a triple – two Rotarians in the accountant’s office, plus meeting P.D.G. Wayne Wornes.
 
50-50 Draw:    Guest Mariah’s number was drawn but she failed to pick the Nine of Clubs (below left).  The pot now stands at $186.
 
 
Susan F reported on cookie-decorating night with Rotaract and their subsequent success at Midnight Madness where they made $252 (which will be matched).  Proceeds go to the Food Bank. Five of their concoctions consisting of hot chocolate, candy cane and marshmallow (above right) were quickly sold off.  Rotaract will be in action again at the next Midnight Madness a week on Friday.
 
Happy Dollars:   A news item on the New Year Polar Bear dip prompted Susan F to contact Louis who is doing fine and would love to come.   John was happy to have met Ken Draper and Linda.   Pam showed a slide of Pushing for Education at River Hebert District School; with help from Scotia Bank over $10,000 was raised for the school.   Louise reminded members of the Nutcracker on Dec 10 at 7 p.m. and Dec 11th at 2 p.m. in Con Hall; email Louise for tickets.   Trish was happy Bruce is home so she doesn’t have to walk the dog in the morning.
 
Next Week:   Chair: Josh;  Greeter: Dale;  Club Assembly.
 
 
Club Admin:  John reminded everyone of the Christmas Party on 8 December.  Full details will be emailed to everyone.  Please let him know who is coming and what they will be bringing for the Potluck.  And . . . remember to bring books (for donation to local libraries on behalf of visiting speakers). 
 
President’s Time:  Josh reported on being at the Hospital Foundation thank-you event on 17 November when Rotary was specially thanked for their Gold Mine donation. 
 
 
Speaker:  Susan F introduced guest speaker 2000-01 RYE student in Porsgrunn, Norway, Laura Reinsborough who spoke on her time in Toronto and of her return to her roots in 2015 (with her family she came back to Sackville and bought the Meldrums’ house on Weldon Street).  Her interest in the environment and in social justice can be traced back to her RYE experience.  She was inspired by the cascading garden, sloping down to the fjord, of one of her host mothers.
 
In the big city she founded the “Not Far From The Tree” movement.  Some 1.5 million pounds of fruit are grown in Toronto every year !   With the help of 3000 volunteers fruit was harvested and distributed: 1/3 to the owners, 1/3 to the volunteers and 1/3 to social agencies such as food banks.  Now the project is being copied in other Canadian cities (even Niagara !).
 
 
Moving on from that Laura is now focussing on “food security”.  Definition: “Food security exists when all people, at all times, have physical and economic access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food that meets their dietary needs and food preferences for an active and healthy life.”  She was inspired by attending the great Terra Madre conference in Turin, Italy last September as part of the Canadian delegation (see above), one of 7000 delegates from 140 countries there to learn and celebrate the Slow Food movement (v. fast food).   In today’s world where so many still are not adequately fed we need to be caretakers of the land, of seed, and of food.  Laura is currently involved with a whole series of food security organizations, most of them right here in New Brunswick.
 
 
Charlie  thanked Laura for a fascinating talk noting how her experience with Rotary had shaped her current interests.
 
The meeting closed with the Four-Way Test.
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Rotary Club of Sackville Bulletin November 17, 2016

Posted by Charlie Scobie on Nov 17, 2016
 
Photographer: Pam Harrison
 
Joyce chaired the meeting and for her two minutes’ worth recalled Alex Fancy’s recent production - 1916 : Keep the Faith, Keep in Touch, Keep the Home Fires Burning – readings from the Sackville Tribune, Sackville Post, and the Argosy from 100 years ago in the midst of World War I.  One student participant had a German accent.  It turned out that he was from Germany, had volunteered to take part and had asked to read his favourite poem – “In Flanders Fields.”
 
 
Eric Estabrooks was on hand to accept his winnings from this week’s Gold Mine draw – the tidy sum of $3,496 ! 
 
Pin-Pal Story:  While shopping in Costco Edna met Ken DraperKen – we miss you !
 
Birthday:  John was a year older and was suitably serenaded.
 
 
50-50 DrawOve’s number was drawn but he failed to pick the Nine of Clubs.  The pot now stands at $177.
 
Happy Dollars:  Susan F had Rotaract meet at her house: they are preparing to sell hot chocolate and cookies at the forthcoming Midnight Madness, proceeds in aid of the Food Bank.   John enjoyed helping out at the Marshview Middle School breakfast along with a Rotaract student who had problems with John’s age.   Louise learned the hard way to teach children not only how to use can openers but also that they are sharp.  A nasty cut needed four stitches at the hospital but did provide a great subject for Show and Tell.   Trish was happy to be back after a fall of travelling.   Edna thanked Mary and Bill for their help while she was away; she had an awesome three weeks in Sicily.
 
Next Week:   Chair: Louise;   Introducer: Susan F;   Greeter, Thanker (and Bulletin): Charlie;   Speaker:  Adam Niles, RYE student in Brazil.
 
Pam reminded members of the invitation from the Woodstock Club to attend their celebration of the Rotary Foundation’s 100th Anniversary on 1 December, 6 p.m., at the Best Western, Woodstock, N.B.
 
Club Admin:  John was beaming when he announced that in response to his appeal last week Pam and Dianne have agreed to take over responsibility for Speakers, and Charlie has agreed to be Bulletin Editor.  However, we still need a Secretary for next year.
 
Projects:  Trish gave a last call for anyone who would like to be part of the review of the application process for Gold Mine grants.  Recipients will be invited to give a talk on how they used the grant money.
 
President’s Time:  Josh extended his thanks to volunteers Pam, Dianne and Charlie.  He is a Movember participant again this year; check the web site for details.  He also reminded members of the Donor Appreciation Reception at noon at Sackville Memorial Hospital.  [Editor’s note: Rotary was well represented at the reception. Via Josh the club was warmly thanked for its support of the Hospital Foundation through Gold Mine donations.  Also, speaking from personal experience, Ove paid a moving tribute to the importance and excellence of our local hospital].
 
 
Speaker:  Pam introducer guest speaker Dr. Diana Hamilton, Associate Prof. of Biology at Mount A, whose research over the past 17 years has focused on the use of the Bay of Fundy by migrating Semi-Palmated Sandpipers.  Her work is done in partnership with colleagues and students :
 
 
These amazing birds spend summer in the Arctic and winter in South America, with the Bay of Fundy providing them with a “Big Stop” and the way south.  While here they eat enough to double their weight to keep them going on the long journey south. 
 
The birds’ patterns of behaviour have changed over the years.  One factor is the increasing number of Peregrine Falcons who prey on the sandpipers.  Studies show that the sandpipers develop more flexible foraging patterns.  They also eat a broader diet than previously realized.
 
 
In addition to tagging birds it is now possible to affix to them a tiny radio transmitter and follow their movements using the Motus Wildlife Tracking System.  The birds now stay longer than they did a decade or two ago; the first arrivals tend to stay longer.  The timing of their departure seems to correlate with atmospheric pressure and wind direction (these birds are smart).  Protection of the feeding areas is essential.
 
 
Bill thanked Dr. Hamilton for a fascinating address and the meeting closed with the Four-Way Test.
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Rotary Club of Sackville Bulletin November 10, 2016

Posted by Charlie Scobie on Nov 10, 2016
 
Photographer:  Pam Harrison
 
 
Josh arrived just in time to take over the chair from Dianne and pay tribute to his great-grandfather a veteran of both World Wars who was shot in the arm at the Battle of Vimy Ridge then, having joined the merchant marine in WWII, was torpedoed and spent 14 hours in the water before being rescued.  Josh’s grandfather was too young to serve in WWII and at age 14 was the oldest male in Dorchester, all the men having enlisted.
 
 
TRHS Principal Susan Lafford was on hand to accept a Gold Mine cheque for $588.50 on behalf of the school.  In thanking the club for their continuing support she reported that the last donation had helped pay for the new landscaping at the school.
 
 
50-50 Draw:   Mary’s number was drawn but she failed to pick the Nine of Clubs.  The pot now stands at $169.
 
Happy Dollars: Dianne reported that Frank has made his last trip to Rogersville; he had supper with the pharmacy staff before handing over the keys to the new owner.  On a sad note this will be the first Remembrance Day since the passing of Dianne’s father. He was a veteran; six buddies from Hartland N.B. went to the war and he was the only one who came back.  Susan F was anxious as her son is currently in Washington, D.C.
 
Next Week:   Chair: Joyce;   Greeter and Thanker: Bill;   Introducer:  Susan F.
 
 
Rotary Foundation:  David thanked all those who contributed to last week’s in-house auction in aid of the Rotary Foundation.  Now it can be told:  the amount raised was $1,718 !   Tim was the one whose guess was closest to the amount and who therefore won the bottle of wine.
 
Club Admin:  John (on behalf of Wayne) announced that the club is looking for a new secretary for next Rotary year (2017-18).  Wayne wants to step down from some of his many duties so a new bulletin editor will be required as well as a Visiting Speakers organizer.
 
Speaker:  Sandy introduced TRHS teacher John Fougere back by popular demand for a Remembrance Day talk.  This year he shared the results of his researches into the life of Sackville native Homer Wellington PalmerHomer was born on 12 October 1897 on a farm off Ogden Mill Road, one of 13 children.  His father was a Superintendent of Schools for the area.  He moved to Calgary and it was there that he enlisted in 1915 at age 18 in the Canadian Infantry (Alberta Regiment).  His enlistment form (below) completed in his own handwriting is available on the internet.
 
 
After basic training he sailed to Europe and experienced his baptism of fire at the Battle of the Somme which saw massive casualties in a deadly struggle for a few hundred yards of territory.  He also survived the Battle of Vimy Ridge (commemorated by a striking war memorial).  However on 3 June 1917 he was reported missing in action at a place called Liévin in northern France, and his body was recovered the following day.  In accordance with the usual practice he was initially buried close by, but later moved to an official Canadian War Graves Commission cemetery at La Chaudiere, Pas de Calais, France.  Like all next of kin of fallen soldiers his parents received a bronze medallion about five inches in diameter known as a “death penny.” Several of these medallions can be seen attached to graves of family members in the Sackville cemetery.
 
 
Unfortunately no photo of Homer is available and the surviving members of his family are scattered across North America.  However, John has been in touch with a grand-niece who lives in Orlando, Florida.  He hopes to pursue further research with a view to writing an article.
 
 
Pam thanked the speaker for his most interesting talk, and the meeting closed with the Four Way Test.
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Rotary Club of Sackville Bulletin October 27, 2016

Posted on Oct 27, 2016
 
Photographer: Pam Harrison
 
Chairman John began a story of his father flying over Sicily in a bombing mission in 1943 when his B52 was brought down into the sea and he escaped in a lifeboat.  They headed for land only to be captured by Italians and sent to Rome where they got to live in style in a palace.  But when Germans took over from the Italians matters change drastically and the prisoners were sent to Stalag 17 in Poland where . . . (at this point the 2 minute bell rang;  for the rest of the story wait till the next time John is in the chair).
 
 
Guests:   Peter Lerette and his wife Marilyn who collected winnings of $1,141.00 in this week’s Gold Mine Draw. 
 
Pin Pal Story Susan F back from their trip to Croatia noted that at Zagreb airport there was a box for people to donate their loose change (Croatia is not on the euro); the box had a Rotary sticker on it.
 
 
50-50 Draw : Dale’s number was drawn but he failed to pick the Nine of Clubs.  For next week the pot will be at $150+.
 
Happy DollarsCharlie and Jean celebrated an anniversary on Tuesday, one with a zero on the end – their 60th.   Ove reported that Pat is in Edmonton looking after a 5-year old and a 2-year old; challenging but enjoyable.   Wayne and Sandy will be at 7 shows in the next 6 weeks, starting at Dartmouth (a happy dollar ?).   Susan thanked John for organizing the bowling party with Rotaract last night; she was also happy with their trip to Croatia – a fascinating country with lots of history (also involved was driving through mountain tunnels).   Dale was glad he sold his trailer; this involved a visit to Bathurst where he met an old friend on the golf course.  As a PSA he mentioned his participation in the volunteer income tax program which helps low income families and seniors with their returns; more volunteers are needed.  John was happy to meet Joyce’s grandson Jonathan at the bowling event; he also put in an extra dollar to help make up for the fact that Wynn is away.
 
 
Next week:  Chair: David,  Greeter: WayneCharlie reminded everyone of the IN-HOUSE AUCTION IN AID OF THE ROTARY FOUNDATION next week, 3 November. Come and bring a guest !  It would be appreciated if those who are donating items to the auction would bring them in good time before the meeting.  Payment will be by cash or cheque.  Over 40 items have been donated and there are some outstanding items.  On display was the jewelry from Portugal donated by Pam
 
Gold Mine Draw:  Susan F circulated a sign-up sheet for helping with the Gold Mine Draw in 2017.  Every member is asked to take a turn.
 
 
President’s Time :   Josh commented on the success of the joint meeting with the Port Elgin club last week.  He also expressed thanks to John for last night’s bowling event, and to David and Susan for their work with Rotaract.  There were more Rotaract students at the bowling than Rotarians, and they were more than happy to take away the extra pizza with them.
 
Speaker:  Wayne introduced Mark Murray, Sales and Marketing Manager for Enbridge N.B. (assisted in his presentation by Account Manager Mark Lanteigne) who spoke on “Natural Gas and the Next Energy Economy.”   He began as Enbridge employees do with a “safety moment” – in this case the need for winter tires for safe driving.  Natural gas is widely used in N.B. – in universities, schools, hospitals as well as homes.   It is, Mark claimed, safe, clean, reliable, versatile and less expensive than oil or electricity.  It is the ideal transition fuel in the coming shift from non-renewable to renewable energy.  Enbridge is now heavily involved with renewable energy – wind, solar and geo-thermal – and will be investing $44 billion in this in the next 3 years. 
 
 
Much was also made of Enbridge’s “Neutral Footprint” -  “We will plant a tree for every tree we remove to build new facilities”;  “We will conserve an acre of land for every acre of wilderness we permanently impact”;  “We will generate a kilowatt of renewable energy for every kilowatt our operations consume.”  Mark responded to a series of questions.  A halt was called 5 years ago to laying further pipelines in residential areas since this can only be done if the operation is to be profitable.  The industry is regulated by government, and the current franchise agreement will expire in 2019.  Enbridge supports a carbon tax and believes that in the long run it will create more jobs.
 
 
The speaker was thanked by Wayne for an interesting and informative talk.
 
The meeting closed with the Four-Way Test.
 
 
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Rotary Club of Sackville Bulletin October 20, 2016

Posted by Charlie Scobie on Oct 21, 2016
 
Photographer: Pam Harrison
 
Members of the Sackville and Port Elgin Rotary clubs gathered on the evening of Thursday 20 October 2016 at the Baie Verte Community Hall for a joint meeting to celebrate World Polio Day, and were welcomed by Assistant Governor Pam.   Special guests included District Polio Plus Chair Rick Rogers, PDG Wayne Wornes, and District Rotary Foundation chair Pat Perry.
 
 
After grace offered by Marilyn Prescott all present sat down to a wonderful meal of seafood chowder / chili with homemade biscuits served by members of the Port Elgin club. 
 
 
Above left: Rick Rogers who gave a presentation on Polio Plus;  above right:  President Josh (Sackville) and President Don (Port Elgin) in the chowder / chili line.
 
 
To cap the meal off dessert was a beautiful cake (produced by Pam) to help celebrate “World Polio Day” and with the PP slogan “End Polio Now.”   Above:  Rick, Josh and Don prepare to cut the cake.
 
 
PDG Wayne made two presentations.  One was a re-presentation of a District Governor’s Citation to Rick Rogers in recognition of his outstanding service to the Rotary Foundation and Polio Plus (this time his name was spelled correctly).
 
 
The second award brought a unique honour to our club and to our district. Margarite Harvey received the Rotarian Spouse/Partner Award “for demonstrating exemplary humanitarian service through Rotary.”  Signed by Ravi Ravindran, President of Rotary International, this is the only such award given this year in our zone (Alaska to Bermuda) and one of only 100 given throughout the entire Rotary world.
 
 
In documenting the award Pam recalled Margarite’s ongoing support for Rotary and all it stands for and especially her service in our Dominican Republic project where she paid all her own expenses, brought school supplies, clothing and toys, played with the kids, and visited schools and hospitals.
 
In recognition of World Polio Day (actually 24 October) Rick Rogers presented an update on this amazing undertaking as it inches closer and closer to the elimination of polio.  Despite the appearance of 4 new cases in a remote area of Nigeria (which had been polio free for 18 months) the number of cases continues to decline in the two other remaining countries Pakistan and Afghanistan.  Even after the last reported case vigilance will still be required as the virus can survive in water and in the ground. 
 
Financial support is still vital in this closing stage and donations by Canadian clubs are now matched on a 5 to 1 basis.  Rick has set a goal of $50,000 for our district 7810 and with 1200 members donating an average of $50 each we can reach this goal.   He went on to declare that the Port Elgin club has already reached this goal (the first club in the district to do so) and presented each member with a special pin.
 
 
The evening closed with photo-taking – of the Port Elgin club (above)  - and of all Rotarians present at the meeting (below).  On behalf of the Sackville club Josh thanked the Port Elgin club for hosting the evening, for the great meal and for a true time of Rotary fellowship.  Members of the Port Elgin club were invited to join us for our in-house auction in aid of the Rotary Foundation on 3 November.
 
 
The meeting closed with the Four-Way Test.
 
 
 
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Rotary Club of Sackville Bulletin October 13, 2016

Posted by Charlie Scobie on Oct 13, 2016
 
Photographer: Pam Harrison
 
 
Bill (above left) standing in for Jamie recounted an “alternate reality experience.”  An aunt visiting from Calgary brought with her an envelope of family memorabilia.  Among the contents was a copy of a letter written by Charlotte Dixon Hart in June 1930 – the same letter published in the current issue of The White Fence !
 
 
John Read was a guest and collected a cheque for $610 on behalf of the Tantramar Adult Learning Centre.
 
Birthday:  Pam is one year older and was suitably serenaded.
 
50-50 Draw:  John’s number was drawn but he failed to pick the Nine of Clubs.  The pot is growing and now stands at $144.
Happy Dollars:  Trish had a fantastic Thanksgiving weekend with her parents.   Wynn was happy because after tomorrow he will not be in the office; this will be his last meeting for quite a while as he is heading for sunshine and golf courses.   Ove finally had his dinner at Edna’s and strongly recommends it.   Gayle is taking off for a 12-day European tour and boat cruise.   Louise is heading for Disney World (don’t let on, it’s a secret).   Since everyone is going on a trip George mentioned his trip in from Port Elgin; the school bus also leaves at 6:30 a.m.   Edna is heading for Italy.   Dianne is going to Brampton, Ontario to celebrate her grandson’s third birthday.   Trish is going as far as Hamilton this weekend where she’ll see Becky and the twins.
 
NEXT WEEK:  No morning meeting.  6 p.m. joint meeting at Port Elgin Rotary Club to celebrate World Polio Day.  Meal: fish chowder.  Cost: $10.  Guest Speaker: Rick Rodgers, District Polio Plus Chair.
 
 
Charlie reminded members of the In-House Auction in aid of the Rotary Foundation on 3 November.  An email was sent out and 5 or 6 people have already responded with donations.  It is hoped that all members will make some donation to the auction.
 
President’s Time:  Josh (photo above) reminded members of the Bowling Night with the Rotaract club on Wednesday 26 October at 6 p.m. Despite what Josh said pizza will be served.  Two Gold Mine cheques (over $1,000 in total) were passed on to the Dorchester Food Bank a donation which will make a huge difference to their operations as Christmas approaches.
 
Gold Mine Draw:  Because of rollovers $6,800 will go to the next winner.  This week alone saw 30 new members.
 
SpeakersWayne gave an impromptu introduction to the two speakers: Elizabeth Wells of the Mount A Music Department (also currently Dean of Arts), and 4th year music student Branden Olsen (from Quispamsis, N.B.). 
 
 
Their topic: “An Internship in Academic Administration.”  This is a unique arrangement that has been worked out at Mount A.  As a music student Branden was also interested in researching a non-music topic, in acquiring leadership skills, and in learning about administration.  As Dean of Arts Elizabeth does not have an assistant.  While a student could not be privy to all that goes on in a Dean’s office arrangements were worked out whereby Branden could be an intern mentored by the Dean.  He chairs the Students’ Council thus providing valuable student input.  He has participated in a Visioning Session for the Arts faculty, a Teaching/Learning summit for four area universities, and in working groups that have student members.  Although initially unpaid the position is now funded through the Campbell/Verduyn Fund.  Future plans include jointly writing a book on student success – and inviting Justin Trudeau to Mount A.  The university administration internship is a new (possibly unique) idea which could be applied in other areas such as business. How does Branden handle his many responsibilities ?  The secret is strict scheduling (and, one suspects, a capacity for hard work).
 
 
The two speakers were thanked by Trish (who would like to know more about scheduling).
 
The meeting closed with the Four-Way Test.
 
 
   
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Rotary Club of Sackville Bulletin October 6, 2016

Posted by Charlie Scobie on Oct 06, 2016
 
Photographer: Pam Harrison
 
Dianne chaired the meeting which began with a stirring rendition of “O Canada” (“. . . in all of us command”).  She then gave an account of life on Park Street amid the trucks and mud; water currently comes from a fire hydrant but at least there is no water in the basement.
 
Guests:  Josh introduced Christine and Johnson’s Mills neighbor Susan Briggs.
 
 
Gold Mine Presentation:  Josh and Susan accepted from Dianne a cheque for $562.00 for the Dorchester Food Bank.
 
Birthday:  Marita celebrated a birthday in absentia.
 
 
50 – 50 Draw:  Darrell’s number was drawn but he failed to pick the Nine of Clubs.  The pot now stands at $136.
 
Happy Dollars:  Darrell’s recent trip out west took him as far as Campbell River, but he is glad to be back (?).   Susan F reported on the second refugee family in town; they are settled in an apartment with the help of furniture donated by a member of the Amherst club.    Gayle thanked those involved with last week’s very successful evening meeting for prospective new members, including Pam’s great presentation on Rotary.  This was also a chance to see the AWC at work, as an owl which had been hit by a truck was brought in to be cared for.  Also:  the Food Bank is looking for chest freezers.   Wynn was glad to have participated in his last trial for 2016; he reminded members of the open house for Duncan Allison on 7 October from 3:00 to 5:00 p.m..   Charlie had a great trip to Maine and New Hampshire (the White Mountains), but was very restrained in speaking of his 9 year old twin grandsons.  Pam has completed 8 marathons; the last one for this year will be on Sunday in the Valley.
 
Next Week:  Chair: Jamie;  Introducer: Marita;  Thanker: Trish.  Susan F is down as Greeter but will be in Croatia.
 
Administration:  John announced a bowling evening with Rotaract members on Wednesday 26 October.  Many thanks to Joyce whose home will be the venue for the Christmas party on 8 December.
 
Fund-Raising:  Jamie reported that the Fall Breakfast netted just over $2200 ($400 of that came from the cake !).  Attendance was 337, with ¾ of sales at the door.  Thanks to all who helped.
 
Foundation: Charlie gave advance notice of the in-house auction in aid of the Rotary  Foundation on Thursday 3 November.  Note the date, plan to attend and participate.  Donations of items to sell are sought from all members; the first ones have already been received.
 
President’s Time:  Josh passed on an invitation to attend a meeting of the Port Elgin club on the evening of Thursday 20 October.  Menu: fish chowder; charge $10. A vote showed enough support, given that we can car-pool.  There will therefore be no morning meeting on 20 October.  Josh is shown here next to our new flags.
 
 
Speaker:  Wayne introduced well-known speaker Al Smith who gave a presentation on “The Tantramar Heritage Trust: The First Twenty Years.” 
 
 
The first meeting of the Trust was held on 9 October 1996.  An amazing amount has been accomplished in the last 20 years:  a membership of over 200; 30 books published; a quarterly newsletter The White Fence; a large web site; assets worth $1.7 million; many events and programs.  Al focused especially on the 6 properties now owned by the Trust: The Campbell Carriage Factory Museum built in 1840 and fully restored by the Trust;  The Anderson Blacksmith Shop which replaces an earlier one burned down;  The Boultenhouse Heritage Centre which consists of three buildings – The Boultenhouse House (1842), the Bulmer House (c.1790) and the Anderson Octagonal House (1855) moved to this site in 2012;  The Scoggins Marsh Barn (out of an original 360 barns this is one of only 12 remaining).  These amazing accomplishments have only been possible with the help of generous donors and many volunteers.  Future plans include building up an endowment, and partnering with other organizations in the area.  For fuller information on the work of the Trust go to their web site at heritage.tantramar.com.
 
Gayle expressed thanks to Al on behalf of the club and congratulated the Trust on their achievements.
 
 
The meeting closed with the Four-Way Test.
 
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Rotary Club of Sackville Bulletin August 25, 2016

Posted by Wayne Harper on Aug 28, 2016
 
In the twilight of a beautiful day, 24 members and their guests met at Louise MacKinnon's house for the 2016 version of our annual Lobster Party.  This is the second year the party has been held at Louise's house and the second year 20-odd Rotarians have helped Louise & Rob celebrate their             wedding anniversary.    This year Sandy baked them a cake and they received the Club's best wishes in the form of a signed card.
 
This year we had touring Rotarians from the Isle of Wight and Briarwood as special guests.    Adrian Brewer and Cindy Titus are crossing Canada to ask Rotary Clubs across this great Nation to help them distribute water containers to Africans.  
A recent study of sub-Saharan African countries shows that in just ONE day, women collectively spend an estimated 16 million hours fetching water. – 16 MILLION HOURS  carrying their own weight in water, in dirty jerry cans and containers, not just from a local pump (a few hundred yards away) but sometimes over 6 miles or even further, just to survive. 
Imagine how much time and effort these ladies are putting in to just one task – the collection of water. Now imagine if we could send our Rotary Water Barrels to help these women, and cut down 16 million hours, to just 4 million hours each day.
Imagine what they could do with the rest of their time? Imagine how many lives we could save.
The time could now be spent in education, health and welfare, as well as domestic issues and tasks.
We can empower these women and enrich their lives.
The Rotary Water Barrel is the INSTANT solution!
The container allows African women and children to push/pull water containers instead of putting them on their heads, shoulders or carrying them in their arms.   Also larger, they reduce the number of trips they have to make to the water source.  The initiative, aptly named "Roll Out The Barrell", will see thousands of African women and children given these barrels.  
  Adrian explained that he was not here soliciting funds from our club.  Instead, in this country, the emphasis will be on moving a barrell across the Canada Trail from coast to coast and club-to-club.  Along the way, it is hoped that Club will either donate or make their community aware, so donations may be given.
      
 
Following the presentation, President Josh and Adrian exchange club banners.
    With the formal part of the meeting over, it was time to delve into a feed of lobster (and for some of us - steak).  
 
 
  
  As if the lobster and steak were not enough, one couldn't miss the selection of desserts - yum!  Alas. as darkness set in, we wandered home to think about the next social event on September 30th at the Atlantic Wildlife Institute.  Don't miss it!   I'm sure this cool dude won't.  
 
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Three Years in a Row

Posted by Wayne Harper on Aug 28, 2016
 
Look at what we got!  For the third time in as many years, our Club received the Best Attendance Award at the District Conference.   Here Pam Harrison is shown receiving the award on behalf of the Club from former District Governor Wayne Wornes.  Because of the committee work by club members and the fun meetings, our club should continue to win this award in the future.
 
  
 
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Lobster Party A Hit

Posted by Wayne Harper on Aug 28, 2016
 
In the twilight of a beautiful day, 24 members and their guests met at Louise MacKinnon's house for the 2016 version of our annual Lobster Party.  This is the second year the party has been held at Louise's house and the second year 20-odd Rotarians have helped Louise & Rob celebrate their  wedding anniversary.   This year Sandy baked them a cake and they received the Club's best wishes in the form of a signed card.
 
This year we had touring Rotarians from the Isle of Wight and Briarwood as special guests.   Adrian Brewer and Cindy Titus are crossing Canada to ask Rotary Clubs across this great Nation to help them distribute water containers to Africans.  
A recent study of sub-Saharan African countries shows that in just ONE day, women collectively spend an estimated 16 million hours fetching water. – 16 MILLION HOURS  - carrying their own weight in water, in dirty jerry cans and containers, not just from a local pump (a few hundred yards away) but sometimes over 6 miles or even further, just to survive. 
Imagine how much time and effort these ladies are putting in to just one task – the collection of water. Now imagine if we could send our Rotary Water Barrels to help these women, and cut down 16 million hours, to just 4 million hours each day.
Imagine what they could do with the rest of their time? Imagine how many lives we could save.
The time could now be spent in education, health and welfare, as well as domestic issues and tasks.
We can empower these women and enrich their lives.
The Rotary Water Barrel is the INSTANT solution!
The container allows African women and children to push/pull water containers instead of putting them on their heads, shoulders or carrying them in their arms.   Also larger, they reduce the number of trips they have to make to the water source.  The initiative, aptly named "Roll Out The Barrell", will see thousands of African women and children given these barrels.  
  Adrian explained that he was not here soliciting funds from our club.  Instead, in this country, the emphasis will be on moving a barrell across the Canada Trail from coast to coast and club-to-club.  Along the way, it is hoped that Club will either donate or make their community aware, so donations may be given.
      
 
Following the presentation, President Josh and Adrian exchange club banners.
    With the formal part of the meeting over, it was time to delve into a feed of lobster (and for some of us - steak).  
 
 
  
 As if the lobster and steak were not enough, one couldn't miss the selection of desserts - yum!  Alas. as darkness set in, we wandered home to think about the next social event on September 30th at the Atlantic Wildlife Institute.  Don't miss it!   I'm sure this cool dude won't.  
 
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Rotary Club of Sackville Bulletin August 18, 2016

Posted on Aug 24, 2016
 
  Dianne was in the Chair today as the Club welcomed 2016-2017 District Governor, Virginia Joles.  Guests today included George & Connie Carter (see below) and President Josh's partner  
Christine Steeves.
         
    Visiting Rotarians included former DG Pat Perry from the Chatham NB Club, George's sister, June Woodburn, from the Timmins Ontario club and District Governor Virginia Joles from Presque Isle Maine.
 
Makeups this past week were from the Club Administration committee which met Tuesday night and the Lobster Party Committee that met yesterday afternoon.  Members didn't have any Pin Pal stories, but DG Jinny met new RLI leader Marc LaPointe, where she changed the flags on a pin.  A quiet week, there were no birthdays.
 
    The 50-50 Draw saw Jamie trying to pick the 9 of   .  He chose the 4 of   , missing out on $94.  In the happy dollar segment, Josh was happy to spend last weekend in the US as he had a buddy who was getting married............Wynn was happy as he and Sharon exercised their Foundation Auction purchase of a dinner-on-the-patio at Wayne & Sandy's house.  The cool rainy weather relegated the bunch to inside the house.  The meal was still delicious..............John was happy to be back after spending the last 5 weeks in Connecticut.  He was also happy that no one called the police as he was measuring the Rotary wheel at the Rotary bridge first thing this morning.............Pam was doubly happy that the DG was here and that she raised more money than she thought for her last race..........Sandy was happy that grand kids from Ottawa were here last week, where they both made and designed jewellery.  The oldest, Megan, included her creation in Sandy's collection at the Farmer's Market last Saturday, and Megan sold her bracelet as the first thing sold.  Sandy also acknowledged daughter Kristen's adoption of a 9-year-old girl in Halifax.   From what she has learned, she is a lovely girl and will be a great addition to the family.
 
Two recent Gold Mine winners were present today to receive their cheques.  First up, Winner of the August 15th draw was George Carter.  George was accompanied by his wife Connie.  George, shown on the left, receiving a cheque for $2041 from Rotarian Dianne Oulton  Also present to receive a cheque on behalf of Sackville Minor Hockey was Matt Litvak.  He is shown receiving a cheque for $504 from Club President Josh Cormier and District Governor Virginia Joles.
  
 
The duty roster will not be necessary next week as it is the annual Lobster party at Louise's house.
 
In Committee reports, John indicated that the committee will be replacing the Canadian flag as it is getting frayed and tattered.  He also explained his presence at the Rotary bridge this morning.  One of the Bronze Rotary wheels is missing and he was taking measurements on the remaining one before placing an order for a new one.............Pam reminded Rotarians of the Corn Boil shucking to take place on September 2nd at 7 pm @ the Civic Center.  Servers should be at the Corn Boil on Saturday, September 3rd at 10 am.  The group will also be giving out 300 water bottles, which will need to be filled..........Representing the Youth Committee, John read a thank you e-mail from Bonnie Russell, a recent bursary winner at the TRHS graduation.
 
    In President's time, Josh reminded members of the Lobster party, to be held next Thursday at Louise's house @ 6 PM.  There will be two visiting Rotarians - Adrian Brewer from the Isle of Wight and Cindy Titus from Briarwood.  They will speak for about 5 minutes.
 
Today's guest speaker was fellow Rotarian and District Governor, Virginia (Jinny) Joles.  Jinny took over her duties on July 1st and has been visiting Clubs in the District ever since.  She represent the Presque Isle, Maine club.  Overseeing the SETS/PETS sessions in the spring, she recalled that President Josh had paired Sackville with one of the Fredericton Clubs.  The idea behind this was to allow the two clubs to get to know each other and to share ideas on how to better serve their communities.  Expanding beyond the clubs, she urged members to also learn more about our district and zone.
She asked members to think about donating an additional $26.50 to the $100 every-member-every-year Foundation giving.  Founded in 1916 by Arch Klump, the Foundation's first donation was $26.50 and three years later the first payment from the fund was to Crippled children, which later became Easter Seals.
Jinny touched on the changes that the Council on Legislation passed earlier this year.  They include a $4 dues increase in each of the next three years, attendance to be at least two meetings a month and that Rotaract members can now be a member of a Club.  Membership is down 3 % and she urged us to revisit former members to see if the time is right for them to return.  She reminded members of the District Conference to be held on August 26-27 in Presque Isle, ME, World Polio Day on October 23rd and the Rotary Convention in Georgia on June 10 - 14, 2017.
Jinny was thanked by President Josh who presented her with a Rotary pen and certificate and the book which will be donated to a local library in her name.
A photo session of the members present is shown below:
 
Shown in the foreground left to right is Pam Harrison, DG Virginia Joles and Sandy Harper.
Sitting behind the table left to right are Christine Steeves(guest),  President Josh Cormier, Secretary Joyce Ferguson, Sergeant-at-Arms Mary Sears, and Director Jamie Smith.
Standing left to right is Past President Dianne Oulton, Wayne Harper, Former DG, Pat Perry, Director George Woodburn, Director Dale Creelman, Ove Samuelsen. Wynn Meldrum, Trish Edwards, Bill Evans and Director Edna Boland.
 
Following the meeting, Jinny met with the Board members present.
   
 
 
The meeting was adjourned with the repeating of the 4-Way Test.
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District Governor Visits Club

Posted by Wayne Harper on Aug 23, 2016
On Thursday morning, August 18, 2016. District Governor Virginia Joles visited the Club for the annual District Governor's visit.  Each year at this time,  the DG makes a visit to each club in the district to impart the President of Rotary International's vision for the next year.    Here Jinny is shown addressing the club.  At the conclusion of the meeting, members present posed for a group picture.
Following the regular meeting, Jinny met with our Board members to outline, in detail, the District's expectations for the coming year.
 
    
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Rotary Club of Sackville Bulletin August 11, 2016

Posted by Charlie Scobie on Aug 11, 2016
 
Photographer: Pam Harrison
 
 
Before the meeting began Sheila Parker stopped by to collect a Gold Mine cheque for $500.50 from Bill on behalf of the Sackville Memorial Hospital Foundation.
 
 
George, standing in for David, called the meeting to order.
 
50 - 50 Draw:  Dale’s number was drawn but he failed to pick the 9 of Clubs.  The pot now stands at $84.
 
 
Birthday:  Sue P as well as being the speaker also celebrated a birthday and was duly serenaded.
 
Happy Dollars:  Wynn had expected to wear a suit but a court case was settled so instead in appeared in Sockless Casual.  Wayne has been enjoying the grandkids’ visit; after trips to P.E.I. and Cape Breton they’ll be back again for next weekend.  Dianne on her last round of golf celebrated a birdie by drinking from a “Birdie Flask” (contents of flask not specified).  Trish may be heading home shortly to check on her dad who has had surgery for a perforated bowel and faces a 3 - 6 month recovery.  George’s sister arrives today; we hope to see her at Rotary next week.  Sue P had mixed feelings about her birthday, but was happy that the Cape Jourimain lighthouse has finally been moved.  Sandy was glad that she managed to get the grandkids to try playing Yahtzee; now they are hooked on the game.
 
Next Week:   Chair: Dianne,  Greeter: Louise,  Introducer: John,  Thanker: Ove,  Program: Visit by District Governor.
 
Fundraising Breakfast on 17 September: Wayne circulated a sign-up sheet.
 
Corn Boil on 3 September.  Meet on 2 September 7 p.m. at the Civic Centre for another attempt at the Olympic record for husking 1000 ears of corn.
 
District Conference:  Pam explained that each club is asked to bring a table centerpiece relating to their work for the Rotary Foundation.  Since ours relates mainly to toilets and water this poses a challenge.  Perhaps use one of the water bottles to be handed out to students ?
 
Membership:  George has checked out the AWI facility where our special meeting for prospective new members will be held on 29 September.
 
 
Speaker:  Bill called on Sue P to speak on her favourite topic.  She recalled volunteering to serve on the Board of the Cape Jourimain Nature Centre for 1 year: that was 15 years ago.  Because the building of the Confederation Bridge and the end of the ferries put many local people out of work government money became available to create work opportunities in both the P.E.I. and N.B. sides of the bridge.  The Canadian Wildlife Service gave an area from their nature preserve on the N.B. side and in 1997 government funds were transferred to the new Cape Jourimain Nature Centre Inc. 
 
 
N.B. Tourism occupied part of the reception building until this year; their withdrawal resulted in a 6% drop in attendance.  Part of the building is now rented by Strait Crossing; they use it in connection with their year-round shuttle service across the bridge.  Financing the two-building centre is a constant struggle.  The N.B. government operating grant of $100,000 per year has been cut in half.  Plans are underway to establish an endowment fund.
 
After a long struggle and the overcoming of many obstacles the Cape Jourimain lighthouse was finally moved back from the eroding shoreline (for the third time) on 3 August.  After a media mix-up the move was covered by a variety of media including the Sackville Tribune-Post.
 
 
The move alone cost $50,000.  Restoration of the structure could cost another $50,000 to $75,000.  A fund-raising Lighthouse Art Auction and Gala Evening will be held on 20 August at 7 p.m. in the Nature Centre. 
 
Sue fielded a number of questions.   Appreciation was expressed for the Centre, not least for its excellent restaurant.
 
Josh expressed the club’s thanks to Sue for her talk and for the countless volunteer hours she has devoted to the Cape Jourimain Centre.
 
The meeting closed with the Four-Way Test.
 
 
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Rotary Club of Sackville Bulletin August 4, 2016

Posted by Charlie Scobie on Aug 04, 2016
 
Photographer: Pam Harrison
 
 
Assistant Greeter Wynn standing in for Josh welcomed members to the meeting.
 
 
Sandy standing in for Darrell called the meeting to order.
 
 
Gold Mine winner Rose Ceretti was on hand to collect a cheque for $1,001 handed over by Ove.
 
Sandy told how she got into the jewelry business.  After she retired she still felt the itch to do something.  Seeing a jewelry display she thought, “I could do that” and with instructions from UTube and supplies from the internet a new business was born.  That business has flourished, with the help of a well-paid assistant (actually, Sandy designs the items and Wayne makes them).  The jewelry is sold at various markets and craft fairs.  It provides a good hobby and brings in a few extra dollars.
 
Make-Ups:  Pam was at a gathering on Grand Manan in her capacity as an Assistant Governor.  Bidding in an auction saw her with $100 worth of lobster (uncooked).  A helpful Rotarian cooked the lobster for her and she took it home where the family ate some but Pam got the lion’s share.
 
Birthday:  Trish’s birthday was noted in her absence.
 
50-50 Draw:  Sandy claimed to have the winning ticket though she put it in the Blue Box by mistake (to be confirmed).  However she failed to pick the 9 of Spades, so the $76 pot is available for next week.
 
 
Happy Dollars:  Charlie was happy to see 6 paintings by daughter Mary in the new Fog Forest Gallery summer show; 3 were already sold and 2 have gone.  Check the FFG web site.  He was also happy with the opening event of the Olympics - the Canadian women’s soccer team 2-0 victory over Australia (first goal in 20 seconds; Canada shorthanded for 70 minutes of the game).  George played in a golf tournament paired with a senior, Bud Livingston from Debert who at 91 turned in a respectable 114.  Wayne is anticipating a visit from their daughter-in-law’s family plus 2 grandchildren, and are heading out to camp in Fundy National Park.   Joyce’s son Andrew who is a senior producer with CBC Newsworld made it to Rio after a horrendous journey (courtesy of American Airlines); she is not altogether happy that he will be there for the duration of the Olympics.  Dianne was in Halifax for Sarah Oulton’s outdoor wedding at Best Western, Chocolate Lake.  She was happy that Douglas was able to walk Sarah down the aisle.  Dianne will be in Miramichi to visit/care for her father who is in hospital.  Pam circulated the 9 October 2008 club photo (at the Rotary Bridge) and suggested that we should take another group photo.
 
 
Next Week:  Chair - David,  Greeter - Joyce,  Introducer - Jamie,  Thanker - Marita, Speaker - Sue P on the Cape Jourimain Lighthouse.
 
Membership:  committee chair George stressed the need to recruit new members. An evening meeting is planned for 29 September with a number of potential new members invited.  Keep membership in mind !  “What is Rotary” cards and application forms are available at each meeting.
 
Fundraising:  Meeting next Monday 8 August, 6 p.m., at the “Clubhouse”, Fairfield Road.
 
District Governor’s Visit:  A good attendance is requested for the 18 August visit by DG Ginny and husband Jerry.  There will be a meeting with the Board after breakfast then a tour of Rotary projects in Sackville.
 
Lobster Party:  25 August at Louise’s.  Cost $15 for food (bring own drinks) payable in advance.
 
President’s Time:  Dianne (see photo above) standing in for Josh read a fine letter of thanks from Megan Cunningham for her Rotary bursary (shared with Bonnie Russell).  Megan is heading for the University of King’s College, Halifax.   The next breakfast is scheduled for 17 September.  Sue P will be in charge but needs an assistant to help with planning and organizing the event.
 
In the absence of the arranged speaker, the meeting closed with the Four-Way Test
 
 
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Rotary Club of Sackville Bulletin July 28, 2016

Posted by Wayne Harper on Jul 31, 2016
 
Dale was in the Chair today and because of two speakers, decided to eliminate the  story time, instead getting into the meat of the meeting.  Guests to day included the parents of speaker Adam Niles and Gold Mine Winner Nick Rodger.  
    
Visiting from Toronto was former Club member and visiting Rotarian Leslie Van Patter.  She was accompanied by her partner and fellow Rotarian, Mark Wilson.
Make ups were applied to members of the Project Committee and the Gold Mine Committee.  Ove was the birthday boy this week, fully 4 months younger than your scribe.      Speaking of the scribe, Wayne's ticket was drawn for the 50-50 draw but drew the Jack of   instead of the Nine of   .  He missed out on $69.
 
This week Louise was happy that she is going to the cottage in a few days........Wynn was thrice happy as he determined he was related to the Steeves (had a major reunion last weekend), was critical of the traffic in Toronto (three lights to make a left turn) and he ran into Pam and family in the airport..........Wayne was happy that Leslie paid us a visit so he could thank her for all she does for our club..............Darrell was happy that he was leaving for the West on Saturday, returning at the end of September............Leslie was happy that she came back and is enjoying her vacation at the beach............Sandy was happy that daughter Kristen and her husband Andrew are adopting a little girl, giving her and Wayne another grandchild.
 
At various times throughout the meeting, recent winners in the Gold Mine Draw were presented with their cheques.
   
 
Left above, Nick Rodger picks up his cheque for $1033. from Rotarian Dale Creelman.  Nick won the Draw for July 18th.  Top Right above, Anne Steeves also picked up a cheque from Rotarian Dale Creelman for $1033.  Anne won $1001 in the July 25th draw.  In the right bottom photo, Brian Nelson picks up a cheque on behalf of the Tantramar Resource Centre for $500.
 
Duty Roster for Next Week is as Follows:
Chairperson        Darrell        Greeter        Josh
Introducer           Guylaine     Thanker      Mary
 
Upcoming Committee Meetings Next Week are:
Board  -  Next Wednesday
Membership  -  Immediately after this meeting.
 
President Josh also thanked Leslie for all she does for our Club.  He mentioned the project that the Foundation is proposing.  In it they will give out 300 water bottles at the corn boil.  This will promote both our Club and the Rotaract Club.  As it was not budgeted for and over $500, it required a vote by the members.  Pam moved that "the Club purchase 300 water bottles for a total of $837.75, to be given out to students at the annual corn boil".  The motion was seconded by Charlie.  Motion Carried.
 
      Susan F. introduced both speakers today - youth who have travelled in the past year at some expense to Rotary.  First up was Bonnie Russell, a TRHS recent graduate who attended the Adventures in Citizenship program in Ottawa.  This is an intensive 4-day trip to Ottawa where 220 students from across the country get together for fellowship and a visit to Canada's capital.  They had a chance to visit Parliament Hill for a tour of the Senate.  They also got to go to the War Museum and Camp Fortune.  They had a visit from the Speaker-of-the-House, before going to the University of Ottawa for a tour.  There they had a talk from Elizabeth May, leader of the Green Party.  A highlight of the trip was a chance to sit in to a citizenship ceremony.  Approximately 50-60 people became new Canadians.
    
Our next presenter was Adam Niles, our RYE student who spent the last year in Brazil.  He wore his favourite clothes from Brazil, the Gaucho's traditional wear.  His first host family was a farmer from Dom Pearito, who was both strict on his family and very rich.  Dinners, parties and meetings  were very formal (suit and tie).  School was from 8am to 12 noon.  The rest of the day usually encompassed horseback riding.  High school is 3 years and there is a lot of music.  Adam learned to play the trumpet and he got a chance to act in a Christmas Pageant, playing Joseph.  He was on summer vacation from December to March.  His second host family was not as strict as the first.  They opted for a party to celebrate anything.  During the month of January he got a chance to tour the country for the whole month.  His third host family was also a farm one.  They lived in a very fancy home with a sophisticated security system.  Brazil is rated as the 10th most dangerous city in the world.  A highlight of his year was his skydiving event.  During his year, he met 16 different students in the District, 4 in his city.  They will be friends for life.
    Both Bonnie and Adam were thanked by Louise.  They were each given a Rotary pen and citation.  A book will be donated to a local library in their name.
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Blue Jay Fever

Posted by Wayne Harper on Jul 26, 2016
 
Members will no doubt remember Pam's grandson Mitchell, who was a regular visitor to our weekly meetings 2-years ago.  Seems that Mitchell just turned 16 on July 7th and Grandma Pam had a special gift for him - a visit to Toronto and tickets for a Blue Jay's game.  They went to the ballpark early in hopes that Mitchell would get a ball.  There were a lot of other kids there with the same dream, standing on the sidelines and watching the warmups.   Mitchell did get a ball and he was thrilled.  The big smile and thumbs up made Pam's day.  However, a little girl and her dad were not so lucky and Mitchell saw the sadness in the little girl's eyes and a dad that couldn't make it happen.  Mitchell gave the ball to her.  He said it was worth while just to feel their joy.  Talk about Service Above Self.
 Pam and Mitchell were joined by Pam's son Kent and his son Sam for this special family weekend in Toronto.
 
No trip to Toronto would be complete without a visit to the Hockey Hall of fame.  Here the whole family cuddles up to the Stanley Cup.
 
 
  Upon returning home from Hog Town, what did Mitchell do first????  Well drive Grandma's car, of course!
  
   
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Rotary Club of Sackville Bulletin July 21, 2016

Posted by Wayne Harper on Jul 24, 2016
 
Charlie was in the Chair today, beginning the meeting with a moment of silence for Pauline Spatz, a very good supporter of many causes in Sackville.  She was a very proud recipient of a Paul Harris Fellowship in 2012.
     Charlie's "story-of-the-week" relates to the "twins" (his grandsons).  Living in Kittery Maine, they do not see many "people-of-color".  In fact they mostly see them on TV and it is usually President Obama they see.  Hence they categorize all "black" people as Obama.  Recently they were in an elevator when a black man entered.  They pointed to him and exclaimed "Obama".  The man said he was not Obama and bent down so he could talk.  The man went on to talk about how he hoped all men of all races could get along.  According to Charlie, the boys are likely to remember this for a very long time.  
 
     
 
 There were no visiting Rotarians this week, but Mariah Inglis accompanied her mom, Louise to the meeting. There are no birthdays in the coming week, no Pin Pal stories from the past week and make-ups were earned for the Gold Mine Draw committee at the weekly draw.
 
The 50-50 draw this week was worth $57.  Sue P. had her ticket drawn, but she failed to cut for the 9 of    , instead picking the Queen of   .
 
The Happiness that has prevailed the last few weeks continued today.    Bill started this trend as he was glad the Town's first refugee family had finally arrived.............Wynn surprised several of us as he wasn't supposed to be here today.  He returned to look after business following Pauline's death.  He will return to the Links at Glen Abbey tonight for his volunteering duties..........Louise was happy that she and the family are back from Vancouver, where she met a gal whom she has been friends with for the past 30 years.........George was sad that Pauline had passed away as he recalled her being part of his Yoga sessions each week..........Dianne was sad and happy.  She will miss Pauline's smile but was happy she was leaving for Golf in "Schube"  later today.  She will also be attending Carline McIsaac's wedding this weekend.  Carline was a Rotary Exchange (outbound) student a few years back.  Leslie Van Patter will also be coming back for the wedding..............Pam was happy that she will be flying to Toronto later today to take grandson Mitchell to a Blue Jays game..............Susan P.  had a PSA regarding the breakfast at Cape Jourimain this Saturday from 8 to 11 am.............Gayle is happy that her twin grandson are here for a visit.  She would like to see a "twin-off" between her grandsons an Charlie's.
 
Duty Roster Next Week
Chairperson     Dale       Greeter      Bill
Introducer         George  Thanker   Louise
Speaker - Bonnie Russell and Adam Niles (student exchanges)
 
There were no Committee reports this week and President Josh did not have anything for this week.
 
Gayle had the pleasure to introduce our speaker this week - Dr. David Fleming, a professor of Physics at Mount Allison University.
   
David's presentation today centered on finding Arsenic in strange places.  He began by recapping his previous presentation 3 years ago:
                    • Arsenic is well known as an acute poison,
                    • Health effects from chronic exposure through drinking water are significant and widespread,
                    • Associated with skin cancer and other skin effects, elevated rates of bladder, kidney, and lung cancer.  
                    • They used XRF to search for trace elements in samples. 
                    • Elements of interest (other than arsenic) have included lead, selenium, zinc, strontium, and iron.
A Consumer's Report of November 2012 had a lead story on finding Arsenic in food.  This lead to a new project to see if it was true or not.  They purchased 14 different types of rice and rice products from a local grocery store: two varieties of brown rice; an instant brown rice; two varieties of white rice; a rice mix blend; seven grain blend; microwave rice; rice cereal; brown rice cereal; rice cracker; brown rice cracker; brown rice flour; and rice snack bar.  All samples were measured first by XRF using a portable desktop system at Mount Allison.  Samples were analyzed for signals from arsenic, manganese, iron, nickel, copper, and zinc.  These same samples were then sent to the Health and Environments Research Centre at Dalhousie University for ICP-MS chemical analysis.  The results from XRF were compared with results from ICP-MS for the different elements.  Their conclusions were statistically significant correlations between XRF results and ICP-MS results were obtained from arsenic, zinc, iron, manganese, and copper.  The highest concentration of arsenic observed was still fairly low, at about 0.3 parts per million.  The highest levels were observed in brown rice and brown rice products.  Further, lab-based desktop XRF is capable of providing measurements of elemental concentrations in a variety of samples.   Currently they are expanding to look at methods to track zinc, arsenic, and selenium in fingernails/toenails.
      David was thanked by Joyce.  She presented him with a pen and certificate.  A book will be donated to a local library in his name.
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Rotary Club of Sackville Bulletin July 14, 2016

Posted by Wayne Harper on Jul 17, 2016
 
 
  For many members, today was one of sadness as our Rotary Youth Exchange student was attending his last Club meeting, and he returns to Belgium on Friday.  Arguably, Louis Alsteems was one of the most loved exchange students we have ever had.  Ever smiling, always respectful and forever volunteering, he will be missed.  We wish Louis a great life and hope he will, one day,  come back for a visit.  Louis - you Rock!  
 
After a three week absence, Bill took to the Chairperson's role today.  Chairperson Bio's are no longer required.  In it's place, Chairperson's are free to talk, for 3 minutes, on any subject they think the members would enjoy hearing about.  Today, Bill updated us on the plight of the first refugee family coming to Sackville.  This family is actually coming from Beirut, Lebanon and will arrive next week.  They are a young couple with one child.    Another family, from the Congo, will arrive in the coming weeks.  The volunteer committee is glad that all their preparations should make for an easier transition for the families.
There were no guests today but visiting Rotarian Bill McLeish, from Ottawa attended.
 
 
Makeup were had by the by the Gold Mine committee, Pam met Rotarians for a Pin Pal story after finishing two marathons and Mary claimed to be 21 again.  Happy birthday Mary.
 
No surprise that George's ticket was once again, drawn for the 50-50 draw.  No surprise that the outcome was the same as before.  Looking for the 9 , he drew the ace of  and missed out on $48.  
 
One of our Gold Mine winners was present to collect their winnings.  Sandy harper is shown presenting a cheque for $524.50 to Jerry Hicks on behalf of the Tantramar  Adult Learning Center.
 
Similar to last week, members were in a happy mood and a few were sad.  Bill was happy that a few weeks ago a member bailed him out (dollar wize) when he was happy but had no money...........Susan F. was sad that her snow plowing machine was leaving - that is, Louis is going back to Belgium on Friday............Louis was also sad as he thanked the club members for their friendship over the past year.  He vowed to visit some day...............Susan P. was happy to offer a PSA for the upcoming Cape Jourimain breakfast.  Profits will be used to pay for the moving of the recently acquire lighthouse.  After the $50K for the move, another $18K will be needed for renovations.............Wayne was happy that Bill McLeish, a visiting Rotarian whom he met at the farmer's market recently, came to today's meeting...............Trish was happy that the annual Dock, Decks and Drinks is about to start..........Ove was sad to announce that Pat's brother died, but was happy that son Christian came home from Montreal in is wonder $200 car............Dianne was somewhat sad that her father is in hospital in Miramichi and happy that she had a good golf game the other night, was happy that Edna threw a dinner for the hosting families of the RYE exchange and congratulated Dale for a good job coordinating the purchase of the motorized scooter as described last week..........Edna was sad that her son was leaving soon............Wynn was happy that he and Sharon will be going to Oakville, Ontario for the RBC Canadian Open Golf Tournament as volunteers and he was happy that we didn't screw up the National Anthem this morning.
 
Duty Roster for Next Week
Chairperson         Charlie           Greeter         Jamie
Introducer             Gayle             Thanker        Joyce
Speaker - David Fleming - Hunting for Arsenic in Unexpected Places
 
There are no committee meetings scheduled for this week.  The Foundation Committee met to decide a 100th Anniversary project.  They decided on giving water bottles to potential Rotaract students at this year's corn boil...........Susan F. of the Youth Services Committee reported that our outbound RYE student, Adam Niles, is back and will give a presentation to the club on July 28th.  Bonnie Russell, out Adventures in Citizenship student, will also give a presentation that day.
 
President Josh reminded members of the District Conference at the end of August.  There are club funds available to assist members who wish to attend.  He invited members to the Annual Lobster Party on August 25th at Louise's.
 
Wayne introduced today's speaker, Michael Fox, a professor of Geography at MTA.  Mike's topic was Sackville Schools 2020.           The Provincial Government has said many times that money is tight and decisions unpopular have to be made.  Such was the announcement last year that Dorchester school was to close.  Many community members of Sackville decided that they needed to review our school situation.  A working group came together last summer (2015) in response to a DEC request to the province to fund a “combining study” for schools in Sackville after an initial decision to close Dorchester School. They concluded that rather than spending millions of dollars on aging school infrastructure…we create a new, 21st century learning environment for Sackville’s students.  They then spent many months and many hundreds of hours, aided by many generous people, trying to determine how to make this a reality.  They began working with award-winning C21 Group; national council focused on bringing 21st century education to Canadian (and other) students.  The group presented a request to the DEC that the outcome of school infrastructure review should be creating a 21st century learning environment in Sackville.  This would require a new facility: combining TRHS & Marshview would not deliver this result the community desires.  They requested that Sackville Schools 2020 be a part of the school review process.  The group imagined…..the opportunity for a larger, multi stakeholder project, anchored by a new school development, emerged (new schools, library, seniors services/residences, social services, athletic facilities, Mount A, NBCC); imagined… a full-scale, integrated community education model where all educational functions and facilities worked together.
Why Now is the Right Time?  Sackville is about to embark on its next Community Strategic Plan.  The group has met with Mayor & Council to ask for education to be the economic and cultural focus of our community (recognize what already exists and strengthen it!)   Education is already the single largest economic engine in the town – 600 jobs, millions of $$$ in salaries and investments.   Sackville Schools 2020 recommends making an integrated, multi-use 21st century educational facility the centerpiece of new plan: – community access – shared services – meeting spaces – new library   Create a community development corporation to execute upon this vision – athletic facilities – public health – seniors housing.
   
Michael was thanked by Josh and presented with a pen and certificate.  A book in his name will be donated to a local library.
 
The meeting was adjourned with the 4-way-test.
 
 
 
 
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Rotary Club of Sackville Bulletin July 7, 2016

Posted by Wayne Harper on Jul 07, 2016
 
Welcome to a new Rotary Year,  and to the new Board and President, know that the membership is behind you all and we look forward to working to insure Rotary has a prominent place in the community.
Pictured above is the new Board of Directors and Officers for 2016-2017.  Front Row Left - Mary Sears (Sergeant-at-Arms), Dianne Oulton (Past President), Joyce Ferguson (Secretary) and Edna Boland (Director Youth Services).  Back Row Left - George Woodburn (Director and Chair Membership), Darrell Harvey (Treasurer), John Murchie (President Elect and Chair Club Administration), Dale Creelman (Director and Chair Projects), Jamie Smith (Director and Chair Fundraising) and David McKellar (Chair Foundation).
 
President Josh was in the Chair today.
 
 
 
 
 
As if playing into the words above, we presented cheques to the latest Gold Mine winners.
     
 
Left: President Josh presents a cheque for $1,000 to Steve Ridlington who was the big winner of the July 4th draw.  In the right photo, President Josh reverses roles as he accepts a cheque for  $500 on behalf of the Dorchester Food Bank.  Rotarian Guylaine is shown presenting the cheque.
 
There were no visiting Rotarians today, however Wynn had as his guest, Duncan Allison, an associate in his law firm.  Makeups were many this week as the Board, Club Administration and the Gold Mine committees all met.  Chairs are to give the names to Edna.  For Pin Pal stories, Dianne ran into former District Governor Wayne Wornes in Sackville this week.  They were passing through.   Both were elated at being "past somethings".   At a symposium for new councilors, Bill ran into a Rotarian who was also the guest speaker.
 
    The 50-50 draw this week featured a "whopping" $38.  David's ticket was drawn, but drawing the King of   got him nothing but a hope he may repeat the feat next week.
 
Almost 1/2 of the membership were happy this week!  Susan F. was happy to get an e-mail from Louis this week.  He was in Montreal which he liked, but claimed to like Sackville better...............Ove was happy that he got rid of his third leg (cane)...........George was happy  that he stopped at McDonald's in Truro this week. The people in front of him bought him a coffee..........Dianne was happy the she got to see a photo of Trish who received an award from the Wildlife Council.........Pam was happy that she survived two marathons............John was happy to aid President Josh in starting the meeting on time.............Sandy was happy that she saw he granddaughter of Elaine Smith, acting in an episode of When Calls The Heart on CBC this past week.............Joyce was happy that her grandson has returned from Europe..........     Dale was happy and sad.  He was happy that his daughter and son are home visiting and sad that he missed the Board Meeting this week..........Trish was happy that she got to test a new hybrid gold club at Golf Town this week............Wynn was allot happy this week.  He was glad that his guest Duncan got up and made the meeting, his anniversary was on July 1st (the 49th) and he walked in a parade in Truro..........Bill was happy to be back as he missed the last three meetings.
 
Duty Roster for Next Week
Chairperson           Bill           Greeter         Guylaine
Introducer              Frank       Thanker       Josh
Speaker - Michael Fox & Craig Evans
 
There are no committee meetings scheduled for this week.
 
From the Club Administration Committee, John advised everyone of the Lobster Party, scheduled for August 25th at Louise's house.  More details will be forthcoming.  He also indicated that the 50-50 draw is slightly modified in that there is no longer a $5 consolation prize...........Dave showed a video on the Foundation, which celebrates it's 100th anniversary this year.  He asked members to fill up their Mason jars with spare change.  Three members have recently turned in their jars with monies exceeding $100..............Dale report for the Projects committee that the motorized wheel chair is on order and is expected next week.  You may recall that our Club topped-up funds to make the purchase possible.
 
Incoming President Josh used this Club Assembly meeting to set out his vision and direction he would like to see the Club embark on during his term.  He was glad that fundraising is not the issue it once was, thanks to the successful weekly Gold Mine Draw.  The Spring bash and the breakfasts will compliment the Draw.  He happily supports the changes made to the Wine and Beer Tasting event that has now become the Spring Bash.  He hopes to "grow" this event even more.  The format changes to the Christmas party were also welcomed.  Josh feels that now may be the time to determine what a legacy project might be.  Several items have been talked about over the years, but the lack of funds kept them from progressing.  With the success of the Gold Mine Draw and it's increase in available funds, now may be the time to set some "wheels in motion".  Josh would like to see the membership process speeded up by streamlining the process.  He is looking forward to the year, and asks members to help him.  As a conclusion he reminded members that the District Governor is coming to the Club on August 18th.
 
Josh adjourned the meeting with the 4-way-test.
 
 
 
 
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Rotary Club of Sackville Bulletin June 30, 2016

Posted by Charlie Scobie on Jun 30, 2016
 
Photographer: Pam
 
 
Wynn chaired the meeting and for his bio/intro explained how he moved from Phys.Ed. to Law.  While teaching in Nova Scotia he received a call from his father (Hon. Wendell W. Meldrum) asking him to come back to Sackville and practice law.  At the time he had a “life contract” as a teacher (this was the early 70s).  Wynn gave a detailed account of the episode that convinced him to accept this invitation.  He was accused of beating up a student - a serious charge.  The student did indeed appear to be in bad shape but it turned out that it was his father who had beaten him.  It was this unpleasant incident that tipped the scales in favour of moving to Law and to Sackville.
 
Make-upsGeorge did a make-up at the Truro club which meets in the Best Western Glengarry.  No speaker as it was the transition to the new executive.
 
 
50-50 DrawGuylaine’s number was drawn but she failed to pick the Nine of Clubs. The pot now stands at $32.
 
Happy DollarsOve was happy and didn’t need to say why.   Dianne was happy for multiple reasons: she won the 50-50 at the Ladies’ Golf Night; youngest daughter Teona got an award for highest standing in her technologist exams; at lunch with Louis she heard all about the TRHS prom and grad (Louis is now on the Eastern Canada tour); she also saw “Mamma Mia !” in Charlottetown.  Guylaine’s number came up twice in the draw this month; she too saw “Mamma Mia !” - as have Charlie and Pam: they all praise it as a Broadway quality production.  Wynn’s grand-daughter graduated with honours from Colchester Academy and also was valedictorian.; his mother-in-law is 99 today; and he is going to see the Beach Boys.
 
Gold Mine Draw Cheque PresentationsCathy Jones was the lucky winner this week and was present to claim her cheque for $2,113. 
 
 
Principal Chris Becker received a cheque for $532.50 on behalf of Port Elgin Regional School.
 
 
In return presented the club with a framed certificate from the school saying “Thank You Sackville Rotary Club : For Supporting Port Elgin Regional School.”
 
 
 
Next Week will be a Club Assembly.  The Greeter is George.
 
John thanked Gayle and Doug for hosting last week’s BBQ which went very well (so many desserts !)  He also reported that our bursaries were awarded at the TRHS graduation, to Megan Cunningham who is heading to King’s College, Halifax to study journalism, and to Bonnie Russell who will study Engineering at Dalhousie (and who will be speaking to the club about her participation in the Adventures in Citizenship program). The selection committee was very impressed with the student recipients.
 
President’s Time:   Dianne passed on to Darrell a cheque for $1000, a District Grant in support of the “Family Sunday at the Owens” program.
 
 
Along with incoming President Josh, she presented a Paul Harris pin (with 3 sapphires) to David who reminded members that he will be letting each person know where they stand with their Rotary Foundation contributions and thus how much is needed to trigger a Paul Harris Fellow.
 
Speaker:  Dianne introduced Catherine Lovekin, Assistant Professor of Physics at Mount A and an expert on “Binary Stars”, the subject of her talk.  It turns out that the star we know best - our own sun - is not a typical star.  It is a lone star while the majority have one or more companions (some as many as five or six).  Very common is the arrangement of two stars in tandem, hence “binary stars.”  A distinction can be made between “visual binaries” (which can actually be seen with the help of a telescope or even binoculars), “spectroscopic binaries” (where the evidence comes from the Doppler Effect on their emitted light), and “eclipsing binaries” (where the two stars undergo mutual eclipses).  The study of binary stars is important for understanding the evolution of the universe.  Our own star/sun will end up as a White Dwarf then as a Supernova;  not to worry, as this will not happen for another 5 billion years.
In thanking the speaker for a most interesting talk John remarked that the universe is way more complex than most of us can imagine.   It’s good to have some one so well qualified to explain some of it to us.
 
 
The meeting closed with The Four-Way Test.
 
 
 
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Annual BBQ

Posted by Charlie Scobie on Jun 24, 2016
 
 
 
The annual Rotary BBQ was held at Gayle and Doug’s house on the hill, and despite changeable weather a good time was had by all.
All present enjoyed a fantastic meal.  Thanks to all who contributed.
 
 
After the meal President Dianne welcomed Rotarians and guests, then called on Jamie to give a brief overview of the Gold Mine Draw.  For the 2015-16 Rotary year (with still one week to go) the Draw brought in $96,000, with 50% going to winners, and the other half to local and Rotary charities.  2100 people are now participating.  The amount in the budget for 2016-17 is $104,000.  Thanks to all who worked so hard on this and not least to Louise who came up with the idea.
 
 
Dianne reviewed attendance figures for the year.  23 members have perfect attendance (including make-ups).  Mary is away out ahead when it comes to make-ups.  Actual attendance for the year was 71%; counting make-ups it was 94%.
 
President Dianne presented four Service Awards as follows :
 
With the Rotary year drawing to a close it’s time for some changing of the guard.  Thanks were expressed to Trish who is stepping down as chair of the Projects committee; Dale will be taking over that slot.  Thanks also to Marita who is stepping down as Secretary; that position will be filled by Joyce.
 
 
Dianne welcomed President-elect Josh and presented him with his pin.
 
 
Josh said he was looking forward to working together with all members of the club.
 
Past President John acknowledged that one of his most difficult jobs as President was persuading Dianne to take over as President.  He thanked Dianne for doing an excellent job and all present responded with a round of applause.  Josh then added his thanks and presented Dianne with her Past-President’s pin.
 
 
Finally a special thank-you was extended to Gayle and Doug for hosting the event.
 
 
 
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Rotary Club of Sackville Bulletin June 23, 2016

Posted by Charlie Scobie on Jun 24, 2016
 
Photographer: Pam
 
 
The annual Rotary BBQ was held at Gayle and Doug’s house on the hill, and despite changeable weather a good time was had by all.
All present enjoyed a fantastic meal.  Thanks to all who contributed.
 
 
After the meal President Dianne welcomed Rotarians and guests, then called on Jamie to give a brief overview of the Gold Mine Draw.  For the 2015-16 Rotary year (with still one week to go) the Draw brought in $96,000, with 50% going to winners, and the other half to local and Rotary charities.  2100 people are now participating.  The amount in the budget for 2016-17 is $104,000.  Thanks to all who worked so hard on this and not least to Louise who came up with the idea.
 
 
Dianne reviewed attendance figures for the year.  23 members have perfect attendance (including make-ups).  Mary is away out ahead when it comes to make-ups.  Actual attendance for the year was 71%; counting make-ups it was 94%.
 
President Dianne presented four Service Awards as follows :
 
With the Rotary year drawing to a close it’s time for some changing of the guard.  Thanks were expressed to Trish who is stepping down as chair of the Projects committee; Dale will be taking over that slot.  Thanks also to Marita who is stepping down as Secretary; that position will be filled by Joyce.
 
 
Dianne welcomed President-elect Josh and presented him with his pin.
 
 
Josh said he was looking forward to working together with all members of the club.
 
Past President John acknowledged that one of his most difficult jobs as President was persuading Dianne to take over as President.  He thanked Dianne for doing an excellent job and all present responded with a round of applause.  Josh then added his thanks and presented Dianne with her Past-President’s pin.
 
 
Finally a special thank-you was extended to Gayle and Doug for hosting the event.
 
 
 
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Rotary Club of Sackville Bulletin June 16, 2016

Posted by Charlie Scobie on Jun 16, 2016
 
Photographer: Pam
 
Wayne was in the chair and having run out of autobiographical material passed on selections from a document entitled “The Future.”  In 1998 Kodak had 170,000 employees, yet within a few years the company was bankrupt. What happened with the advent of digital cameras is expected to happen in numerous areas in the coming decades.  The list includes artificial intelligence, self-drive cars, cheap electricity and abundant water, medical devices more intelligent than doctors, 3D printing, bitcoin currency, and so much more.  70%-80% of current jobs will disappear in the next 20 years.  Most people will live way past 100. Google “An Author’s Look Into The Future” by Udo Gollub to get all the amazing details.
 
 
50-50 Draw:  Sandy won the draw but failed to pick the 9 of Clubs, so the pot of $27 carries forward to next week.
 
Birthday:  Wynn has passed the magic #70 and was duly serenaded.
 
Happy Dollars:  Wynn was happy that Meldrum Law has taken on a new full-time associate lawyer.  Sue F was glad to have 7 volunteers to help at the Salem School Sendoff event but could use one more.  David and Sue went to see Ove in the Moncton Hospital and found him looking better; he hopes to be home by the weekend.  Louise  was so pleased when daughter Mariah, at a dancing class event, shared some of her bouquet of flowers with a girl who had none; there’s much we can teach our children but compassion and empathy have to come naturally.  John gave a reminder of the opening of the “Tantramar Again, Again” exhibition in honour of the Tantramar Heritage Trust ‘s 20th birthday - at the Owens Art Gallery, this Friday at 7:30 p.m.  Apropos of forecasting the future he remembered being a librarian in 1968 and being told there would be no more books in a couple of years.  Dianne made brownies for Louis and friends as they watched a soccer match; she prefers french fries (with salt).  Sandy is going to Halifax for her daughter’s birthday celebration (she’s 43 !).  Edna recalled that when Louis arrived last August one thing he didn’t care for was lobster; last night, she reported, he actually ate a full one ! (must be an acquired taste).
 
 
Gold Mine Cheque:  Ruth Donald, Principal of Marshview Middle School collected a cheque for $532.50 for the school.  The money will go to the breakfast program.  Next year there will be a back-pack program which will allow kids to take home food for the weekend.  Sue F thanked those who helped with the breakfast program this year; it will continue next year with the help of Rotaract members.
 
Grocery Cards:  Pam presented treasurer Darrell with a cheque for $2000 from the sale of grocery cards.  The money goes to club funds.  Thanks to all who bought cards - and to Pam and helpers !
 
 
Next week:  BBQ at 13 Station Road.  Bring chairs, sun-screen, a hat. The weather is going to be fine.  The Rotary tent will be set up.  No morning meeting.
 
Speaker:  The scheduled speaker had cancelled thus providing a good opportunity for Darrell to present the “Profit and Loss Budget Overview 2016-17.”  With a PowerPoint presentation (and some help from Louis) he reviewed the high points of the budget which will be balanced in the forthcoming Rotary year and will have a record income thanks to the Gold Mine Draw. 
 
 
Moved by Sue F, seconded by Pam that the budget be accepted as presented - carried unanimously.
 
The meeting closed with the Four-Way Test.
 
After the meeting Linda Steele was presented with this week’s Gold Mine winnings - the handsome sum of $3,102 !
 
 
 
 
 
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Rotary Club of Sackville Bulletin June 9, 2016

Posted by Charlie Scobie on Jun 09, 2016
 
Photographer: Pam
 
This was definitely Dianne’s Day at Rotary.  She greeted members on arrival, chaired the meeting, was the main speaker - and thanker.
 
 
Before breakfast Jennifer Estabrooks dropped by and collected a Gold Mine cheque for $519.50 on behalf of the Sackville Swim Club.
 
 
Dianne  brought not so good news about Ove who had a serious fall at home (down stairs).  He is in the Moncton Hospital and - according to Pat - looks “as if he had been in a bar-room brawl.”  All our best wishes for a speedy recovery.
 
Pin Pal Stories:  Pam reported on her visit to Winnipeg to see the new Human Rights Museum.  At the Coat Check she met someone whose husband was a long-time Rotarian, while in the Gift Shop she met Clare Archibald of the Moncton Club !  Pam was full of praise for the museum.  At the market on Saturday Sandy met members of Lucy MacDonald’s family visiting from Ottawa; in no time they were discussing a house exchange !
 
Happy Dollars:  Charlie attended the opening night of the new musical at the Confederation Centre - “Mama Mia !” - and strongly recommends the show.  Trish passed on a message from her father - if ever you’re heading out west via Prince Edward County there’s always a beer in the fridge.  Louis loves the “Beausejour Bars” (variant of Nanaimo Bars) which Edna makes.  Bill (with $ subsidized by Wayne) reported that next week he will be in Ottawa visited his son who is in their first home.
 
Next Week:  Chair - Wayne;  Greeter - Wynn;  Introducer - David,  Thanker - Jamie,  Speaker -  Gilles Volpe on “Energy Policy in New Brunswick.”  A reminder from John that our annual BBQ and Service Awards will be the following week, 23 June; no morning meeting that day.
 
President’s Time: Dianne read two letters.  One a letter of thanks from Elaine Smith for our donation to the Sackville Hospital Foundation.  The other (sent to all donors to the Sackville Refugee Response Coalition) with news of two families expected in 4 to 12 weeks, one from Syria, the other from the Democratic Republic of Congo.  The committee is working on bringing a third family.
 
50/50 Draw:  Gayle (below left) got to pick a card but failed to draw the 9 of Clubs.  The pot stands at a modest $20.
 
 
Council on Legislation:  Wayne (above right) shed light on R.I.’s Council on Legislation which meets once every 3 years to consider changes to the constitution of Rotary.  At their recent meeting they considered some 180 proposals about half of which were passed; these will take effect as of 1 July.  Many changes provide more flexibility for clubs, e.g. weekly meetings are not required (twice a month is OK), membership requirements are to be determined by clubs, “classifications” are de-emphasized, Rotaracts can become Rotarians, the admission fee is eliminated, no distinction between regular and E-clubs.  Annual R.I. fees are to increase from $56 to $60.  See the R.I. web site for full (very full) details.
 
With only three weeks to go to the end of the Rotary year Dianne gave an overview of the club’s activities in 2015-16.  A highlight has been the success of the Gold Mine Draw which to date has brought in $116,652 (half going to winners and half to charities). There are 1,797 people enrolled with 11 new members this past week alone.  (There have been roll-overs for the past two weeks so next week’s pot will be over $3,000).  The strategic planning session last January set goals which need to be kept in mind, including one major fund-raiser (the Spring Bash) and two breakfasts per year.  Other activities included the Alzheimer’s Coffee House and the Bowling Night with Rotaract.  The Adventures in Citizenship program was re-started and we look forward to hearing from the student who went to Ottawa. Louis has been one of our best RYE students ever.  Unfortunately we will not be having a RYE student next year.  We do hope to start an Interact Club at TRHS.  One of the most important features of our club and its meetings is - LAUGHTER !
 
 
Dianne thanked everyone for their support during the year, and for all the work done including at the District level. The club responded with an enthusiastic round of applause.
 
The meeting closed with the Four-Way Test.
 
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Rotary Club of Sackville Bulletin June 2, 2016

Posted by Charlie Scobie on Jun 06, 2016
 
Photographer: Sandy
 
George was in the chair, standing in for Trish who was starting her new job today (best wishes !).   The Town Engineer for some 20 years, George is a believer in Ducky’s as a place to meet people and even to be asked to join Rotary.
 
Two Gold Mine cheques were presented.  Barry Rothfuss collected a cheque for $494 on behalf of the Atlantic Wildlife Institute.
 
 
Chris Falconer received a cheque for $482.50 on behalf of Dorchester Consolidated School.
 
 
50/50 Draw.  Guylaine’s ticket was drawn but she failed to pick the Jack of Spades so the pot of $17 will grow a bit more by next week.
 
 
Happy Dollars began with a not so happy report by Wynn on Ove who has had a setback with a couple of falls (Ove - please learn to take it easy !).  On a happier note Wynn was glad to play his first round of golf for the year on the local course.  Gayle wanted to thank Jamie for the great job he did organizing the Wine/Beer Bash.  Susan F was happy David is fit enough to help painting the deck.  Bill was glad to see a brand new screen (even if no one had noticed), but sorry it was not going to be used today.  Charlie likes the new electronic sign at TRHS which is now in operation.  Guylaine was glad to win $5 and also happy to be back at Rotary after missing the last two weeks.  George is looking forward to leaving on Saturday heading for golf at Myrtle Beach.
 
Next week is a Club Assembly with Dianne doing all the jobs including greeting.
 
President’s TimeDianne went with Louise to the TRHS Beautification celebration (plus Activities Banquet) and was pleased that Rotary was thanked for its contribution to the project.
 
Speakers:  Darrell introduced speakers John Read, (below, left) chair of the Citizens’ Advisory Committee at Dorchester Penitentiary and Ed Muise (below, right) who is the warden. 
 
 
John gave an overview of the work of the Advisory Committee which has “lots of freedom but no real power.”  They can observe, question and advise.  The 10 person committee meets once a month and has good relations with the staff and with inmates. Ed then gave an excellent talk on the Canadian prison system, the Atlantic region, and specifically on Dorchester Penitentiary which is the second oldest in Canada (opened in July 1880).  The prison has a staff of 400 and around 700 inmates of whom about 440 are in the medium security section with the rest in minimum.  The staff come from the surrounding area and with a salaries budget of $40 million there is obviously a considerable impact on the local economy.  The “cascading” system of different levels of security was explained.  All prisoners in the region go to Springhill initially to be assessed for the appropriate security level.  (All women in the Atlantic region go to the institution at Truro). 80% of the prisoners have problems related to drugs or alcohol.  Everything possible is done to rehabilitate them and prepare them for re-entry into society. “We never give up on any inmate,” said Ed.
A lively question period followed including queries as to why the prison farm was closed since it had proved so beneficial.  Basically it was a political decision but it was felt that very few prisoners returned to farm-related occupations.  Instead there are courses in various trades (landscaping, welding, electrical, etc.).  The farm program was also very expensive to operate.  Prison staff go out into the community including speaking at high schools; they take inmates with them whose talks often make a significant impression.
 
 
Louise thanked the speakers in the usual way, and the meeting closed with the Four-Way Test.
 
 
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Rotary Club of Sackville Bulletin May 26, 2016

Posted by Wayne Harper on May 27, 2016
 
   Tim was in the Chair today.  Opting to bypass his bio, he chose to update us on his recent family trip to Toronto.  The trip was centred around visiting his father-in-law who was turning 80. The whole family (10 persons) went to the CN Tower.  After paying the $80 each admission fee, the group was whisked to the top, much to the chagrin of Tim.  Like some of us, he doesn't like heights. Putting on the "brave" face he managed to look outside the windows.  Jaw dropping (or is stomach dropping) views through the glass sidewalk almost did him in.  Time for dinner, they went to the revolving restaurant, where it turns 360 degrees every 70 minutes, to reveal the city.  "Hey!!  Where did the washrooms go?"  Seems they are in the centre fixed section and appear to move. This experience won't appear again on his bucket list.
 
There were no visiting Rotarians today and only one guest - Karen Bamford, our guest speaker.  Make ups accrued from the Gold Mine and Club Admin committee meetings.  Pin Pal stories are always interesting.  This week, Bill and Edna were in a car when another pulled alongside and indicated they wanted to drag race. The other "racer" was none other than out own Dave.
 
  Dianne now has another "Bill" to share the weekly birthday with, the other being the late Bill Swift.  Bill was celebrating his birthday today while Dianne does so on the 1st.
 
 
Edna's ticket was drawn and she unfortunately drew the seven of    spades.  She was looking for the nine of    and missed out on a lottery approaching amount of $13.  If you missed it, George won the pot a couple of weeks ago.
 
 
Happiness abounded this week.  Dave was happy to return following an operation to replace his knee.  He was very appreciative of the support he received, especially to Sue who had her patience tested pre and post op..........This was the day of returns as Ove is also coming off of major surgery to his abdomen.  He considers himself very lucky when he looks back at his issues.  Others also agree............Gayle was happy to be back from her mini-vacation in Ontario and "la Belle Province".  During it, she visited former club members Bruno and Joanne Ganasi.  On a walk, Joanne suffered a heart attack.  Now back to normal, the wake-up call is now front and center.  Bruno will be retiring in the next few weeks.  Wouldn't it be nice if they moved back to Sackville?...........Sue was happy that Dave is back home.  Banned from driving a car for a while, he can at least drive the tractor and cut the grass.............Pam was happy that she participated in the Bluenose Race.  She is also excited to visit Winnipeg shortly where she will visit the new Human Rights Museum, an idea fostered by the late Issy Asper (Global TV etc.).  Pam shared a taxi with him years ago where he initially talked about this idea..........John thought he was happy that Wayne foisted the minutes from the last Club Admin meeting on him, claiming he had to do a lot of things at today's meeting..............Wynn was happy that he was in court yesterday when the deluge of rain hit Moncton (50 ml in 60 minutes)..........And finally, Edna was happy to have both Dave and Ove back in town after successful operations.
 
The Duty Roster for Next Week is:
Chairperson        Trish           Greeter      Dave
Introducer           Darrell        Thanker     Guylaine
Gold Mine Counters         Pam, Dianne, Dale or Wayne
 
Committee reports were short this week.  John reminded members of the Annual BBQ and Service Awards evening on June 23rd.  The event is at Gayle's house (Station Road) at 5:30 pm.  Cost is $10 each (Kids are free) and members are asked to bring a dessert or salad.  Pork tenderloin will be the main dish.  RSVP by June 9th.  There is no morning meeting that day.
June 8th is the date of the next Board Meeting, moved from June 1st as it is Dianne's birthday.
 
  This weeks winner of the May 23rd draw was present to collect his winnings.  Sid baker is shown with Rotarian Tim Jones receiving a cheque for $965.
 
   Dale introduced our speaker - Karen Bamford, a English professor at Mount Allison University.  Karen sought to compare the violence of the Shakespearian era with today, as we celebrate the 400th anniversary of his death.  The Elizabethan the 1st era in Stratford England was surprising similar to today.  In modern times, the world has to deal with groups and individual terrorists who would seek to spread their views through very violent behavior.  Surprising, 400 years ago, similar individuals existed.  Of note was the so called Gun Powder Plot, a plan to blow up the the houses of Parliment.  An anonymous letter foiled the plot that would have seen 36 barrels of gunpowder blow up the buildings.  The plotters were found within 3 days and a trial sent them to unspeakable public tortures.  The leader was one Guy Fox.  The anniversary, November 5th, is now a national holiday in Britain.  
     
 November 5th in modern times is also the anniversary of the breakout on the Ebola Epidemic.  Back in 1603, it also began an epidemic, known as the plague.  It would go on for centuries with over 100,000 people killed during the 13th, 14th and 15th centuries.  In the worst of times,  the populace could gage how bad things were based on whether the theatres were open or not.  It appears life was just a complicate 400 years ago as it is today.  Today we have terrorism and massive flu's, the same as in Shakespeare's time.
 
  Karen was thanked by George who presented her with a certificate and pen and a book which will be donated to a local library.
Time closed the meeting with the 4-way-test.
 
 
 
 
 
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Rotary Club of Sackville Bulletin May 19, 2016

Posted by Wayne Harper on May 23, 2016
 
 
 
 
     Susan F.  was in the Chair today.  Rather than expand on her bio, she opted to update the members on Dave and Ove's condition following their recent hospital stays.  Dave had a new knee installed a little over a week ago and is improving daily.  Now home, his leg is a little black-and-blue and he has a fair amount of pain at night.  A light sleeper, it seems that he actually woke up during the operation and could watch what was happening.  Drugged up, he didn't feel any pain.  He is up and walking, but tires easily.  Ove had an operation to remove an aneurism in his abdomen.  He came home last Monday and could be found in his office later that same day.  He is improving.  At one point, he and Dave were roommates in hospital.
 
Guests today were Morgan Rosenberg (potential member), Alf Walker (Gold Mine winner), Christina Collins and Liana Gould our guest speakers for the day.  There were no visiting Rotarians nor Pin Pal stories today but several members had makeups if they were at the school breakfast or on the Gold Mine committee.  Birthday girl Guylaine celebrates a birthday on the 21st, but was absent today.
 
Following the winning of the 50-50 draw last week, this week's pot stood at a jaw-dropping $9.      George's ticket was yet again drawn.  Looking for the 9        he drew the 3    .  The consolation prize was just slightly less than the pot.  In the happiness department, Louise was happy to go to prison last week - as a guest. She realized how much we take freedom to do what we want, when we want, for granted.  The prisoners can't............Louis was happy he has met so many other student during the past 2 weeks.  He also enjoyed the Chancellors Dinner at MTA on Monday night...........Bill celebrated his 45 year graduation last weekend amongst people a lot younger than him.  He managed to keep his sanity (may be in dispute).............Dianne is happy that her grandson arrives tonight.  She was also glad she visited Dave and Ove............Pam was happy that she met one of her new goals - to complete a marathon a month.  One down!!!...............Trish was unhappy that she set her alarm to PM instead of AM, but is happy that she is now going to work in Moncton - still for the Feds..............Susan F. was happy to read a letter from Bonnie Russell, our most recent Adventures in Citizenship student.   Wayne will arrange for her to speak to the club...........Wynn was happy to acknowledge the great medical system we have in this country and glad that Alf Walker won the Gold Mine draw.
 
NEXT WEEKS DUTY ROSTER
Chairperson               Tim                Greeter               Darrell
Introducer                  Dale               Thanker              George
 
Committee Meeting Next Week
Club Administration meets next Tuesday at 7 PM at John's house.
 
In committee reports, John urged committee chairs to get their budgets done.  The RYE committee reported that their budget is done but not sent in.  Susan also asked for volunteers for the BBQ at Salem School on June 18th.  Jamie, Louise and Dianne volunteered.
 
In President's time, Dianne urged members to sign the cards for Dave and Ove.
 
    
 
Presentations for the Gold Mine draw were held before turning the meeting over to our guest speakers.  The big winner last week was Alf Walker, here shown receiving a cheque for $983 from Rotarian Wynn Meldrum.  Also picking up a cheque was Matt Litvak, on behalf of Sackville Minor Hockey.  Matt is shown accepting a cheque for $491.50 from Rotarian Darrell Harvey.
  
     
Charlie introduced our guest speakers Christine Collins and Liane Gould, both representing Ability NB.  
 
       
They deal mostly with mobility disability, stemming from afflictions from spinal cord issues, MS, spinal bifita, ALS and amputations.. New brunswick has the most mobility issues in Canada, with 90,000 NBer's claiming some kind of mobility issue.  Councilors traveled over 600,000 kilometers last year to help these people.  Poverty, inactivity and social isolation are common amongst people with mobility issues.  Councillors work with people of all ages in their own community.  They develop plans and goals which will allow participants to achieve independence.  They will also provide funds when all other sources have been exhausted.  Oft time they will partner with companies and educational facilities to offer new skills to the participants.  In some cases, specialized equipment can be rented.  Last year, 369 families used the service and demand is growing.  Statistically, 50% of those over age 65 will incur mobility issues.
 
    Christine and Liane were thanked by Sandy who presented them with Rotary pens and a book to be donated to the local library
 
 
 
 
 
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Rotary Club of Sackville Bulletin May 5, 2016

Posted on May 10, 2016
 
 
 
 
    Josh was in the Chair today.  As a teen in high school, he went West for a summer to work on a ranch.  He wasn't the typical "cowboy", but he and his ranch mates were responsible for moving the huge irrigation lines that one can see in fields.  The weather was very arid and the "wheel lines" had to be moved every day.  Because of the dryness, one had to be careful not to cause a spark from any source as a fire could erupt very quickly.  He drew a parallel to the current fires in Fort MacMurray as they are ravaging the super dry area around the city.  He and his crew did not want to be responsible for any fires starting on their watch.
 
There were several guests today - here to hear RYE student Louis tell us about Belgium.   Josh brought his partner Christine, Dianne brought hubby Frank, Edna brought her husband Peter and Susan brought her son Colin.  Tantramar High School was represented by Principal Susan Lafford and Vice Principal Heather Welling.  Elaine Smith was in attendance, representing the Hospital Foundation.
 
There were no visiting Rotarians this week.   For makeups, the Board met as did the Fundraising Committee.  The respective chairs passed on attendees to Edna.  In the Pin Pal department, Dianne ran into former Sackville Rotarian Reiner Hempl, who was visiting from his current home in Winnipeg.  There were no birthdays to celebrate this week.  Too bad as we could have been in good voice because of all the extra people at the meeting this week   Dale had the good fortune to have his ticket drawn this week.  In search of the Jack of      he drew the Ace of    and missed out on $103.    Wynn was happy this week that the local golfing started this week.  He also had a PSA where he stated that he has not retired and recently signed a lease on his office space until 2019..........Dianne was also happy that the golfing has started as she and Frank hit the "links" last Sunday...........Trish was happy that her parents were arriving and that hubby Bruce finally figured where he lives and was on his way back home.
 
The Duty Roster for Next Week is as Follows:
Chairperson        Dianne           Greeter   Charlie
No introducer or thanker is required as the meeting is a Club Assembly.
Gold Mine Counters next Monday are:  Dale, John, Wynn & Charlie
 
The Fundraising Committee (Pam) reported that she was 3 people short of selling $1,000 worth of grocery cards today.  A number of people agreed to meet the target............On the Projects front, Trish relayed the story of an individual whose wheelchair was purposely damaged and needs to be replace.  Insurance will cover some of the cost.  She proposed that the Club make up the $800 shortfall by bring forth a motion.  It was duly seconded and received a favourable vote.  Trish also proposed that we donate $1,000 to the Red Cross to aid the people of Fort MacMurray.  Also seconded, it was passed.
 
In President's Time, Dianne informed members that Ove has been in hospital in Fredericton.  Diagnosed with an aneurysm, a blood clot has moved from his foot to near his head.  He is being treated and is expected to be released shortly.  Dianne also wished Dave good luck on his surgery next Wednesday to replace his knee.
 
 Bill had the pleasure of introducing our speaker this week - Louis Alsteems our popular RYE student.  Louis hails from Belgium, in particular, Braine Le Chateau, which has 10,000 hearty souls.  Belgium is a country of 11,200,000 people, whose capital is Brussels.    Three languages are the norm - French, Flemish (Dutch) and German.  The country is made up of 10 provinces and 3 regions.  It has a King (Philippe), 7 governments and 3 regional governments.    Belgium is famous for its cheese, beer and waffles (my favourite 3 food groups) and the country hosts the World's biggest music festival.  Louis will be returning to Belgium in July of this year.  It safe to say he has been one of the most popular RYE students ever.
  John presented Louis with a card and pen as a thank you gift.  The meeting was adjourned with the reciting of the 4-way-test.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Rotary Club of Sackville Bulletin April 28, 2016

Posted by Charlie Scobie on Apr 28, 2016
 
Photographer: Pam
 
Sandy in the chair supplemented her recent 2-minute bio with an account of her experience as a teacher in London, Ontario, in a poorer area of town.  She was able to develop new teaching/learning methods using e.g. flow charts, and with the participation and co-operation of the children.  It turned out to be a wonderful year with the best Grade Ones she ever had.
 
Guests:  Two guests were present to receive cheques.  Brian Neilson (who also happens to be a candidate for Council) accepted a cheque for $510.50 on behalf of the Tantramar Family Resource Centre. 
 
 
Sheila Parker was delighted to receive her Gold Mine winnings of $2017.  She will be giving the money to a family member towards the cost of their further education.
 
 
Pin-Pal Stories:  Joyce and Josh attended the PETS/SETS meetings which provided a good opportunity to meet other Rotarians.  Among them was the President of the Fredericton Sunrise Club with whom we are now paired.  They meet Wednesdays at 7:00 a.m. in the Delta Hotel.
 
50/50 Draw:  Charlie’s number was drawn, but unfortunately he failed to pick the Jack of Clubs.
 
 
Happy Dollars:  Pam was glad to be back but was singing the praises of Portugal where the weather is wonderful, the people are kind, and the oranges are great; she extended an invitation to anyone to join her 15 January to 15 May next year.   Joyce was happy that Josh drove to the PETS/SETS meeting; on behalf of Marilyn Prescott of the Port Elgin club she circulated a donation sheet for their annual Kids to Camp Walkathon.   Louise was not exactly happy about this Income Tax time of year (60 hours of overtime in April); it’s an occupational hazard for accountants - Rob had to pick up his own birthday cake.  Louise is happy to be going to Vancouver the second week of July to visit a friend who has MS.   Wynn noted that Josh had said he found the PETS/SETS meetings “all right”; he thought it refreshing to hear a lawyer tell the truth.   Dianne reported on the great time she and Frank had with Louis in Halifax, including a visit to Peggy’s Cove, the Harlem Globe-Trotters, a High School production of “Fiddler on the Roof,” the “Shrek” musical and the Saltscapes Expo.
 
Next Week:   Chair - Sue P;   Greeter and Introducer - Bill;   Thanker - Frank (or substitute);   Speaker - Louis.
 
Fundraising:  A request for coolers for the Spring Bash was promptly answered.  The sign-up sheet is still available.  We now have 5 wine, 3 beer and 2 spirits vendors.
 
Speaker:  Wynn introduced frequent visitor David Bruce (Director of Research Services at Mount A) whose topic was “Municipal Governance: Whatever Happened to the Finn Report ?”, a timely topic with municipal elections coming up. 
 
 
Is New Brunswick’s present system with a maze of cities, towns, villages, unincorporated areas and local service districts sustainable / viable / appropriate ?  Most people would agree the answer is No but how to bring about change and what changes are needed are problematic questions. People in the smaller areas cannot elect representatives. In 2008 Jean-Guy Finn produced a detailed report which basically recommended reducing the present 250 or so municipal entities to 53.  While some minor changes have been made basically the report has gathered dust.  The report’s recommendations were intended as a package deal but many communities are resistant to the radical changes that are needed before more serious crises develop.  The Finn plan for regional government might see e.g. a Tantramar region which would include Sackville, Dorchester and Port Elgin plus all the surrounding rural areas.  David noted how the problem has been dealt with in Nova Scotia with some voluntary and some forced amalgamations.  Currently there is a major proposal for amalgamation in Pictou County which needless to say has sparked different reactions: try Googling “Amalgamation: No Thank You” and “One Pictou County.”    
The talk produced some lively questions and contributions. 
 
Dianne expressed thanks on behalf of the club;  she explained that Frank who heard David speak at the recent candidates’ meeting had some trouble (as a pharmacist) in figuring out what LSDs were.
 
 
The meeting closed with the Four-Way Test.
 
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Rotary Club of Sackville Bulletin April 21, 2016

Posted by Charlie Scobie on Apr 21, 2016
 
Photographer: Jamie
 
 
Ove chaired the meeting and for his 2-minute bio recalled his experiences in the 1960s working on a railroad gang in Saskatchewan while teaching English to some of his Ukrainian fellow-workers at night.  Hard work, but lots of money.  One hot day he was prevailed upon to try chewing tobacco, but after a while didn’t feel so good.  He crawled under a truck and in a while was looking decidedly green. The foreman crawled in after him and demanded to know, “Are you spittin’ ?” It took aeons to get fully back into shape.  We live and learn.
 
Birthdays:  Both Joyce and Tim were a year older this week.  So as it happens was her Majesty the Queen (and so would have been Jake who shared the Queen’s birthday).
 
50-50 Draw:  John’s number was drawn but he failed to pick the Jack of Clubs.  The pot now stands at $91.
 
 
Happy Dollars:  Charlie’s twin grandson are visiting but he declined to enlarge on their artistic and literary achievements; they’re not keen to return to the U.S. but would prefer to stay in Canada.  John echoed their preference for this side of the border; he was also happy that the Amherst Golf Club is about to open.  Wynn was in court with another lawyer representing the opposing side; luckily Josh was not too hard on him.  Dianne, Frank and Louis are heading for Halifax, via Peggy’s Cove; they’ll be seeing “Shrek” at Neptune Theatre.  Edna thanked Mary for filling in while she was away.  Sue is also heading for Halifax to a major, 3-day vets’ conference - designed to be a learning experience.
 
Next Week:  Chair - Sandy;   Greeter & Introducer - Wynn;   Thanker - David;   Speaker - David Bruce.
 
Fundraising:   Jamie circulated a sign-up sheet for the Spring Bash, and reminded people to SELL TICKETS.
 
Speaker:  Wayne introduced frequent guest speaker, Mount A Music Prof, Anglican deacon, next Dean of Arts, President of Sackville Community Association Elizabeth Wells  who gave a talk on the Association- “What We Do” and “How to Become Involved.”  
The Association began in the 1960s with local churches taking the lead.  Their major project is Christmas Cheer which helps some 250 needy families in the E4L area.  The program includes vouchers for local stores (Foodland, Independent), fruit baskets for elderly and shut-ins, toys and used clothing, gift cards for teens.  Help is also offered throughout the year e.g. to those who can’t afford oil/electricity, to those with medical expenses and to transients.  Youth are a special concern and some are helped to attend summer camps.   Some $30,000 is raised annually mainly through donations by members of the community.   How can we become involved ?  -  by donating to the Association,  - by continuing our Gold Mine support,  - by volunteering,  - by letting the Association know of local families in need. 
George expressed the club’s thanks  -  it’s good to know that some of our Gold Mine money is going to such a good local cause.
 
 
Gold Mine Presentations:
A cheque for $498 was presented to Elizabeth Wells for the Sackville Community Association
 
 
And one for $494 to Gayle for the Sackville Food Bank.
 
 
The meeting closed with the Four-Way Test.
 
 
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Rotary Club of Sackville Bulletin April 14, 2016

Posted by Charlie Scobie on Apr 14, 2016
Photographer: David
 
Dianne chaired the meeting (her third Rotary meeting this week) and provided a 2-minute bio.  Born in Chatham, N.B., she came to Mount A for a year, became interested in working with children and completed a program at Mount St. Vincent.  After a stint at Regent Street Nursery School in Fredericton she came to Sackville in 1979 as a teacher at the Sackville Play School where she was “Miss Dianne” for 16 years.  Then she met Frank - and the rest is history.
 
Visiting Rotarian:  Lacey Fisher from the Amherst Club who was also this week’s Gold Mine winner of $2001 !  ($506.50 went to the Tantramar Adult Learning Centre). 
 
Guests:  Mayoral candidate John Higham with his bodyguard Pat Estabrooks. (Louis with his new haircut almost qualified).
 
Makeups:  Wayne and Dale took the Food Safety Course, plus there was a slew of committee meetings.
 
PinPal Stories:  Charlie met Nancy and Paul Gilbert in Victoria and provided an update.  Nancy’s work in Nigeria with PIND (Partner Initiatives in the Niger Delta) is drawing to a close, but she is still heavily involved with WASRAG (Water and Sanitation Action Group), plus working on a Ph.D. at Royal Roads University.  With a condo in Cook Street Village and a yacht in Sidney marina it looks like they’re in Victoria for the foreseeable future.   John found that it pays to wear all the Rotary pins you have when he attended a meeting in Fredericton with the Minister and Deputy Minister of Heritage, Tourism and Culture both of whom recognized him as a Rotarian and a Paul Harris Fellow.
 
50-50 Draw:  Bill’s number was drawn but he picked the wrong card so the pot is now $85 and growing.
 
Happy Dollars:  Bill reckoned that he and Lacey between them had average winnings of over $1000 this morning.   Wynn was glad to be able to sing the national anthem without having to repeat the pledge of allegiance. Back in December he claimed his fourth hole-in-one !  Josh owned up to being late, as did Marita.   Ove took credit for being the one who introduced Nancy to Rotary.  Sue P thanked everyone who helped with the last breakfast.  Back from Belgium and Holland, she strongly recommends river cruising; however, she only saw one Rotary sign - on an interpretation centre.  Trish looks forward to leaving tomorrow for St. Martin.
 
Next Week:  Chair: Ove;  Greeter and Introducer: Wayne;  Thanker: David;  Speaker: David Bruce;  Gold Mine Counters:  Guylaine, Wayne, Gayle and Sue P;   Gold Mine Charity: Sackville Community Association.
 
Farmers’ Market:  Wayne is looking for help with the Rotary Bacon on a Bun (and coffee) stall at the Farmers’ Market this summer.  A sign-up sheet was circulated.
 
President’s Time:  Dianne announced that the annual BBQ has been rescheduled to Thursday 23 June 2016; it will be held at Gayle’s.   This is “Volunteer Week” and “Volunteers are the roots of strong communities.”  A show of hands revealed how much members volunteer in Rotary and in the community; everyone gave themselves a round of applause.
 
Gold Mine Draw:   Jamie announced that funds taken in by the Gold Mine Draw have now exceeded $100,000 !   We started with 500 participants; now we have 1,727 !
 
 
Spring Bash:  Jamie reviewed plans for the major fund-raising event to be held on Saturday 7 May at Tantramar Regional High School, with Tasting 7-9 p.m. and Dance with FreeFall band from 9 p.m. on.  Sale of all 250 tickets @ $40 would bring in $10,000.  Confirmed vendors are Moosehead (Beer), Molson/Coors (Beer), Sleeman’s (Beer), Univins (Wine), Belliveau Orchards (Wine), Winegarden (Wine), Innovative Beverages (Wine/Spirits), Mike’s Beverage Co. (Spirits/Ciders), Campari Group (Spirits) with a further two possibles (Labatt and Miller).  The school custodian will help with set-up and clear-up.  A sign-up sheet will be circulated next week.  The planning committee will meet next Monday, 6 p.m., at Mary’s - all welcome.
 
The meeting concluded with the Four-Way Test.
 
 
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Rotary Club of Sackville Bulletin April 7, 2016

 
 
    Marita was in the chair today.  A self-described "army brat", she lived in Europe for a while.  Moving back to Canada (Chatham NB) her family moved again to Moncton to Chatham (again) to Greenwood and back to Chatham.  In later years she went to MTA.  She met her husband David on a bus on her way to an Army re-union.  She worked at the "Pen" in Dorchester before moving to MTA for the next 25 years.  She retired to look after her daughter after her daughter's accident.
 
There were no visiting Rotarians and only two guests - Jennifer Friesen and former Rotarian Patricia Belliveau.  On the make up           front,   Charlie managed at least one make up to each of three Clubs in Victoria....... Wynn went to the South Lake Rotary Club in Florida each week from November until he left.  He also assisted with their fundraising activities...........There were no Pin Pal stories or Birthdays this week.  A tad smaller than the Chase the Ace draw in Sidney, Gayle had her ticket drawn and chose the 2 of .  Unfortunately she was looking for the Jack of  and missed out on the $79.
 
Happy dollars netted a few happy Rotarians this week.   Gayle was happy that Bill also attended the Poet's time with her.  She has been asked by the town whether the Chili Cook Off for the Rotaract club during the Fall fair was a go this year.  Answer -                 yes.......    Patricia was happy and PSA'd at the same time for her latest acting venture - the Snow Queen. She plays a robber woman, a grandmother and a reindeer.  The play starts April 9th.  She was also sad      that her costume didn't fool Dianne...........     Louis was happy that he was in Halifax last weekend where he got to meet PM Justin Trudeau..........Wynn was happy that he went to see his granddaughter Carly win the Gold Medal in the World's Junior Curling Championship in Denmark...........     Dianne was               happy that her grandson is coming to visit,  Unrelated, she was happy that Louis was introduced to fruit last weekend in Halifax and now eats it every morning at her house............Bill was happy that the turnout for the weekly meeting this morning has been the highest of the year so far.
 
Duty Roster for Next Week
Chairperson      Dianne         Greeter      Trish
Club Assembly
 
Upcoming Committee Meetings:
Tuesday, April 12th - Club Administration - 7:00 pm Wayne's House
Wednesday, April 13th - Projects - 5:30 pm CWS Office
 
Committee reports were light this week.  Wayne asked members to consider volunteering to help with this years "bacon-on-a-bun" at the Farmer's Market, scheduled to begin on April 30th.  Wayne will work almost all Saturdays and hopes to have others assist.  The Farmer's Market runs until October 29th (27 weeks).  The program will not run if there is no volunteer support.
 
Dianne reported that we will turn over the Independent Sales slips to Salem School.  Members can bring slips to the meeting each week.
 
       Trish introduce today's speaker - Andy Marr.     Andy chose to speak on RRSP's and their relevency as a long term investment strategy.  The son of a 5th generation farmer form Corn Hill, Andy went to MTA where he met and married wife Beth Ann and raised 4 kids.  Currently they are enjoying empty nester status.
RRSP's were created in 1957, where you could contribute a maximum of 10%.  Today, you can contribute 18% or a maximum of $24,930.  Currently 60% of Canadians have a RRSP.
In considering buying an RRSP, one needs to consider what you will need to live on once retired, how much to save, in what vehicle do you want to save, being sure to talk to a professional for help answering these questions.   RRSP's are based on income, are tax deductible, have tax free growth, have a spousal option and have a home buyers option (repayable in 10 years).  
      At age 71, one has to convert to a RIFF and take out 5 1/2 %.   In order to help minimize the taxes due when you take out money, Andy recommends that you remove some before retirement and park it in some other savings vehicle.  You will still pay tax, but it presumes you have more funds and can afford to do this.  When you retire, combine these savings with a lesser amount in the RIFF, thereby reducing taxes owed, at a time when you have less disposable cash.  Reducing the size of the RIFF reduces the amount of tax owed when one of the spouses dies (currently at 50% rate).  The goal then is to spend more before death.  One needs to be aware that all pensions attract taxes once a person retires.
 
Darrell thanked Andy by presenting a book which will be donated in his name to a local library.  Andy also received a certificate and a Rotary pen.    
 
 
 
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Gold Mine Weekly Winners

Posted by Wayne Harper on Apr 01, 2016
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Charities for 2016  
                                     
Sackville and Dorchester Food Banks        
Tantramar Adult Learning Centre              
Sackville Community Association                
Tantramar Family Resource Centre             
Sackville Memorial Hospital Foundation    
Tantramar Regional High School
Sackville Minor Hockey
Dorchester Consolidaed School
Atlantic Wildlife Institute
Sackville Swim Club
Marshview Middle School
Salem Elementary School
Port Elgin Regional School
 
Places to Play
 
Middle Sackville Variety
Sackville ESSO
Foodland
Patterson's Family Restaurant
Ultramar Gas Bar
Rose's Independant Grocer
Jean Coutu
Guardian Drugs
Gitpu Gas Bar
 
                   
 GET A FIRST-HAND LOOK AT WHO THE WEEKLY WINNERS ARE!  Click Read More.
 
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Rotary Club of Sackville Bulletin March 31, 2016

Posted by Wayne Harper on Apr 01, 2016
 
 
 
     Sandy subbed in the Chairperson role today for Mary who was busy with her Sergeant-at-Arms duties.  In her bio, Sandy recalled being born, at an early age, in Brockville ON.  She admitted being an "army brat" and in 1966, moved from Calgary to London ON.  She met Wayne at his brother's wedding and they were married in 1968.  In 1974 she along Wayne and 2 children moved to Ottawa, where she did a stint at CRA, wielding the dreaded "red pen".  The family moved to Sackville in 1982 where Wayne joined the Loblaw's team.  She bought the struggling Pierrot Apparel chain of stores in 1991 and added the MTA clothing line later that year.  Eventually all the ladies stores were closed to concentrate on the MTA business.  Mount A took over in 2006 and she retired.
 
There were no visiting Rotarians but we were joined by guests David & Crystal Kelly, Kashe & Azi Ghandi and Teri Tower.  On the makeup front, returning George admitted there were not a lot of Rotary clubs nearby in Florida.  Thus no make ups.  Trish had District meetings in Moncton.  Only one Pin Pal story to report this week - within Susan F's ski group was a Rotarian from Moncton.    Only one birthday this week, Wayne, who hit another milestone.
 
Edna was puzzled as to why no one came forward in the 50/50 draw, until she discovered that she had the ticket.  Unfortunately she drew the Ace of  and missed out on the $75.  Several people were happy this week, including George who just returned from Florida.  Given he could be golfing, on the beach or in the pool, this might be a stretch for "is it the Truth!!!"........     Joyce was happy to be back from St. Lucia (see above) but was genuinely happy that her son has joined Rotary in Halifax..........Susan F. was happy at the prospect we could be having a major snow storm next week.  There must be something in her well water.  Skiing is over, get over it............Gayle read a PSA advertising National Poetry Month and a meeting April 6th at Town Hall...........Dianne was happy that this was Mountie Pride Day...........Truly the happiest person this week was Edna who is taking off for Paris for two weeks.  Mary will be taking over.
 
The Duty Roster for Next Weeks is:
Chairperson    Marita        Greeter       Tim
Introducer       Trish           Thanker  Darrell
Speaker      Andy Marr talking on whether RRSP's are the best investment.
 
Committee Meetings coming up are:
Fundraising  Monday, April 4th 6:00 pm at Mary's
Board    Wednesday, April 6th  5:30 pm at Goya's
Club Admin  Tuesday, April 12th  7:00 pm at John's
Projects  Wednesday April 13th  5:30  CWS boardroom
 
From the Club Admin Committee, John advised members that the Town will once again offer a food handling course at Town Hall on Wednesday, April 13th.  We should have another 3-4 Rotarians certified.  Cost is $45, which the club may cover..........Susan F.  read a letter fom Adam Noiles, our outbound student in Brazil.  He is beginning to get homesick and basically finds high school there difficult.  He is returning home on June 16th and will be scheduled to do a presentation to the Club during the summer............  President Dianne reminded members of the campaign launch for the Hospital Foundation at noon today in the Hospital atrium.
 
This week we had winners from the last two weeks Gold Mine draw collect their cheques.
    
In the top left photo, David Kelly collects his cheque for $1,968 from Darrel Harvey.  David was the big winner in the March 21 draw.  In the top right, Rotarian David McKellar presents a cheque for $509 to a representative of Salem Elementary School, as the charity-of-the-week  for the March 21st draw.  Bottom left sees Rotarian Bill Evans presenting Teri Tower her cheque for  $940 and the winner of the March 28th draw.
 
Tim introduced our speaker today - Kashe Ghandi, a chemistry professor at MTA and the head of the University sponsored Centre for Green Materials.  The group advocates the greening of the planet.  Their future dreams are to replace fossil fuels, to turn nuclear waste into electricity, to protect natural resources by a reduction of waste and to protect lives, heritage and buildings from earthquakes.    They plan to achieve these lofty goals by turning waste into value-added products through cohesive planning methods. Ideas start in a computer lab by the students and are eventually sent to a chemistry lab.  Ideas may flow back and forth until they are satisfied they have a viable plan.  The ideas are taken to labs in Japan, the UK and Vancouver, where they are  tested to insure viability.  Plans also included moving to Generation IV reactors, which uses water under pressure instead of radiation to produce electricity.  Obviously, this is much safer and produces less waste.  Ideas are not just limited to what we think as "greening".  Some of these ideas will eventually assist in lessening food spoilage and cancer treatments.
Kashe was thanked by Dale who presented him with a book that will be donated in his name, to a local library, along with a certificate and a Rotary pen.
The meeting adjourned with the 4-way-test.
 
 
 
 
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Rotary Club of Sackville Bulletin March 24, 2016

Posted by Wayne Harper on Mar 27, 2016
 
 
 
There was no Chairperson this week.  In fact, there was no morning meeting.  Testing a new idea, the Admin Committee was exploring a social event whenever a fifth Thursday occurs in a month.  There are 4 such occurrences per year.  Credit for the idea goes to Dianne and the organizing goes to Admin Chair John.
 
Fourteen (14) members of the Club, along with a half-dozen spouses, showed up Wednesday evening along with 6 Rotaract Club members for an evening of fellowship and fun.  While most members had bowled at sometime in their life, most hadn't in several years, making for some weird contortions of people's bodies.  For sure, some muscles would be sore the next day.  Many more of us got tired just watching Mariah, daughter of Rotarain Louise as she bowled and bowled and bowled and bowled.  In true Rotary spirit, she was not going to give up until all the pins were down.
 
Above, President Dianne's husband Frank converses with three Rotaract students, while in the background, John can be seen practicing for the Spring Bash in May.  In the right photo, Rotarian Louise can be seen with daughter Mariah and RYE student Louis.  Behind Louise, hubby Rob checks his phone for the latest in University business and Wayne and Gayle get ready to bowl.
 
 
Above the two Presidents - Dianne of the Rotary Club and Colin of the Rotaract Club pose before challenging each other.  In the photo to the right, a Rotaract member shows his skills as he delivers the ball.
The evening was capped off with pizza and a few drinks.
 
The next month where 5 Thursday's occur is June, where the Annual BBQ and Service & Attendance awards, 
is scheduled for June 30th.
 
Next week, the regular morning agenda continues with the following Rotarians scheduled for duties:
Chairperson        Mary          Greeter       Sue P.
Introducer           Tim             Thanker     Dale
Gold Mine Counters         Guylaine, Wayne, Gayle and Sue P.
Box Pickup     Wayne
 
 
 
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Rotary Club of Sackville Bulletin March 17, 2016;

Posted by Wayne Harper on Mar 16, 2016
 
 
Sue Fisher was in the Chair today.  She was also the greeter, the introducer and the thanker.  Fortunately, the meeting substance was minimalist, just like the turnout for todays meeting.  Sue talked about her family's history; a history that dates back to the 16th century in Stutgarten, Germany.  In early 1700, the family moved to New Jersey with their name now anglicized.  Some of these early pioneers emigrated to New Brunswick in 1783.  Her grandfather married a Fawcett, and thus Sue figures she is related to 1/2 of Sackville.
 
There were no regular quests today, but Pat Perry, representing the Mirimachi NB Club, joined us as a visiting Rotarian.  In the make-up department, Dale and Trish met to plan for the transition of Dale to Chair of the projects committee in July.  Dave and Sue F. earned multiple MU's putting breakfast signs out as they refused to stay in place.  Sue P. worked on the breakfast setup all week.  There were no birthday or Pin Pal stories this week.
 
   The 50-50 Draw pot sat at a staggering $70 this week.  Josh's ticket was drawn but he failed to find the Jack of Clubs, instead drawing the 3 Spades.  He donated the consolidation prize to Happy Dollars.
Sue F. was happy that she met last year's president of the Rotaract Club at a workout this past Monday.  She has just been accepted to Dal's medical program.............Josh was happy that he got to see the red sky this morning.  Unfortunately, it usually means a storm later in the day.........Sue P. was happy that the breakfast seems to be coming together.  We'll all know that Saturday.............    Dianne was happy that she competed in a curling event earlier in the week.
 
There will be  no morning meeting next week HOWEVER the duty roster for March 31st is as follows:
Chairperson        Mary          Greeter       Sue P.
Introducer           Tim             Thanker     Dale
Gold Mine Counters         Dale, Tim, Dave, John.
GM Charity                         Salem School
In the picture to the left, this is what happens when you live with President Dianne.  Here RYE student Louis is shown wearing the biggest bow tie ever.  Of course this was in celebration of Saint Patrick's Day.  Thank you Gayle for getting the shamrock material the rest of us wore today.
 
In Committee reports, Sue P. distributed the final breakfast task list.  She asked members to bring their own aprons.  Friday will see the set up of tables done by the Civic Center staff.  We will be precooking bacon, preparing fruit salads, decorating and moving supplies to the center............John wants members to tell him if they are going bowling next Thursday - RSVP asap.
President Dianne asked members to turn in their ticket money no later than the breakfast.  She also relayed the Club's condolences to Jamie on the death of his grandfather.
There was no speaker today and the meeting was adjourned early.    Sue concluded the meeting with the 4-way-test.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Rotary Club of Sackville Bulletin March 10, 2016

Posted by Wayne Harper on Mar 11, 2016
 
 
 
 
Joyce was in the Chair today.  She was born in Glasgow Scotland and is still young enough to remember having to go to the bomb shelters  during WW II.  A graduate of Edinburg University (with a double major) she eventually met Laing Ferguson.  They were married and moved to Canada.  The rest of the story will be told the next time she is Chair.
 
     
 
   There were no visiting Rotarians today, however Pat Samuelsen and Reg Beal paid us a visit.  In the make up department, The Club Admin Committee, the Breakfast Committee and the Rotaract Committees all met during the week.   The Chairs will give the names of those who attended to Edna.  Sue P. tried to do a makeup in Costa Rica, but the Club did not meet the day it was supposed to.  John had occasion to meet former Rotarian Rob Christie's wife.  Rob was from the Yellowknife Club and most recently the Pictou Rotary Club and is the father of Sackvillian, Adam Christie, who headed the Massie Program for years at Mount Allison and has been a speaker at our Club in the past.
   There were two birthdays this week - Frank's on he 12th and Sandy on the 14th.  The 50-50 draw saw Prez Dianne's ticket drawn.  In search of the elusive Jack of Clubs, and the associated $67, she drew the four of Diamonds and settled for the consolation prize.
 
A few Rotarians were happy this week.  Louise was happy that daughter Mariah is residing with the grandparents.  Louise says she must be comfortable with this as there were no phone calls wanting to come home............Chairperson Joyce was happy as she will be leaving for St Lucia tomorrow............David alluded to having a good time in Quebec, skiing and just hanging out..........
       Ove was happy as he and Pat were leaving for their cottage in the Laurentians and he intends to get some skiing in before it all melts..........Bill was happy that Ove let him use his parking lot for the visitors Bill had to his home last week.............Gayle was happy and sad - happy there is no snow and sad because she forgot to call Joyce this morning to remind her she was the Chair. 
 
Next Week's Duty Roster is as follows:
Chairperson       Dianne             Greeter  Sue F.
Introduces          Sue F.               Thanker   Charlie (David volunteered)
Gold Mine Counters     Dake, Tim, David and John
Speaker   Gilles Volpe - Energy Policy in NB.
 
John reminded members that the March 24th morning meeting has been canceled in favor of a March 23rd event partnering with the Rotaract Club.  We will be bowling and the cost will be $10.  Spouses are most welcome...........We want to update the pictures on our web site.  If anyone has some special picture(s), send them to Wayne.............John reviewed the social events for the year.
Sue F.reported that the Rotaract Club has had their last meeting for the year and have collected 160-170 books and have $350 that will be used for nap sacs to be donated to under privilidged children.  Sue P. asked members if they cannot make the breakfast to please let her know.
 
President Dianne reminded members that the Pre Sets is set for April 2, while the Pets & Sets will be held on April 23rd in Moncton.  The next RLI will be April 9th, in Presque Isle.  Registration will be paid for by the District.  Enroll by March 15th to Terry MacDonald, District Secretary.  Next Thursday is Saint Patrick's Day and Dianne asked members to wear green.
 
The winner and the charity-of-the-week attended the this weeks meeting and picked up their cheques.  
 In the left picture, Rotarian Louise MacKinnon is shown presenting a cheque for $1,011 to Reg Beal.  Reg was the big winner in the Draw of March 7th.  In the second picture, the Sackville Swim Club representative is shown picking up their cheque for $505.  The Sackville Swim Club was the charity-of-the-week for the March 7th draw.
 
Sue P. introduced our speaker - Kim Reade, Vice President - International and Student Affairs for Mount Alison University.  Her talk today centered on how MTA welcomes the World to Sackville.  The current enrollment at MTA is 2325 students, that includes 709 new students. 42% are male and 58% are female, with 67% coming from the Atlantic provinces.  10% or approximately 200 students are here from 40 countries around the world. The top three countries are the US, India and Korea.  Lately there has been a focus on recruiting students from China and Vietnam.  Mount Allison also sends students abroad which become great ambassadors for the school.   So-called "exchange" programs greatly benefit the institutions because of the goodwill generated between the schools.  The Massie Program has over the years accepted 1,000 student and sent the same to Japan.
   Kim alluded that studenst like to attend MTA because: it is small, it has a #1 reputation, its a safe campus, there is flexibility in the programs and there is a favorable monetary exchange rate, particularly between Canada and the US.  Students faced many obstacles - the cooler weather, language and culture, but programs have been developed to assist students when they first arrive on campus.  International students are important to the University as they pay more to attend and they help diversify the campus.  Over the  years the international students have insured that there are alumni all over the world.  Domestic students have the possibility of making friends who live around the globe.
Kim was thanked by Bill who presented her with a certificate and a Rotary pen and indicated that a book will be donated, in her name, to a local library.
 
 
 
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Rotary Club of Sackville Bulletin March 3, 2016

Posted by Wayne Harper on Mar 03, 2016
 

  Josh was in the Chair today.  He grew up in Dorchester, where he claims to have a great time growing up.  He thinks some of his teachers remember him for all the wrong reason, still he has fond memories of small-town NB, especially when he was in law school.

   He recalled looking to buy a house in the Dorchester area.  He waited until the lady put it on the market, then discovered he might not be able to afford it.  With the help of Rotarian Ove and some Creative Accounting (CA), he bought it and has been fixing it up since 2012.  The house (built in 1848) still consumes a fair amount of his time.
Only one guest came to the meeting today - Paulette Purdy.  There were no visiting Rotarians, but several make ups - Sue P. in Toronto, the Board after their meeting yesterday and the Gold Mine Committee.  Rotarian Dale will be celebrating another year older of the 6th.
Louise had her 50-50 ticket drawn , hoping to draw the Jack of Clubs.  Unfortunately she drew the 10 of Hearts and lost out on $63.  Easy come, easy go!
 

Louise was happy that the Club sought fit to award her a Paul Harris Fellowship last Thursday.  She was totally surprised..........Sue P. was happy and sad - happy that she and Lorne had a great time in Costa Rica, and sad that Lorne ended up in the hospital with pnemonia in Toronto.  They got home late Monday night and Lorne is starting to recover, even though he had no heat or power in his house when he got home..........Trish was happy and sad.  Happy that the "girls" are coming from Ontario to "chill out" for a few days, and sad that she missed serving breakfast at the school last Monday.............John was happy that the Club awarded him a Paul Harris Fellowship two weeks ago  The ever humble John thought there were more deserving members.................Louis was happy that he go to go to Halifax last week and in the upcoming March break, he is going to Quebec to ski.

 
The Duty Roster for Next Week is as Follows:
Chairperson        Joyce             Greeter       Sandy
Introducer           Sue P.            Thanker      Bill
Speaker    Kim Meade - VP Mount Allison University
GM Counters       Dale, Bill, Joyce & Ove
 
Upcoming Committee Meetings - Club Admin meets next Tuesday (March 8th) at 7 pm at Gayles.........The Breakfast committee will meet next Monday (March 7th) at 6 pm at Mary House..........The Projects Committee will meet the week of March 14th.  Trish will send out the details.
 
For the first time in living memory, there were no Committee Reports.
 
     The winner of this weeks Gold Mine Draw was a guest of the Club today.  Paulette Purdy is shown accepting her cheque for $985 from Rotarian Sandy Harper.
 
President Dianne asked those members who have not paid their first-half dues, to do so quickly.  Club finances are less than expected due to some member resignations and a flurry of expenses...........There will be no morning meeting on March 24th as we will be partnering with the Rotaract club in a fun evening - bowling and other things, on March 23rd..............The next RLI meeting is on April 9th in Presque Isle, ME.  Registration is paid for by the District.
 
Sandy introduced our speaker - Sue Purdy, who talked about Food Safety.  She recently attended a course put on by the Town on January 30th.  Recent laws make it mandatory that, as a provider of fundraising breakfasts, we need to have members who have taken the Food Safety course.  One of the most important components is the washing of one's hands.  A special sink must be provided just for washing hands and every time a member changes jobs, they should wash their hands.  Another consideration is how food is maintained - that is time and temperature.  Foods must be kept at a certain temperature once cooked and in some cases, should be disposed of after not being used in a reasonable amount of time.  Chili and beans are one of the foods that can cause disease if not handled properly.  Members serving food and kitchen workers should be using hair nets and gloves.    Dishes and cups cannot be touched on their respective food surfaces.  If you have a cut on your hand, you cannot work in the kitchen.  Sue will consider getting chef hats instead of the hair nets.  Sue will be discussing, in detail, these procedures with all those working our breakfast on March 19th.  The next course will be again sponsored by the Town and is scheduled for April 13th from 9 am to 3 pm.
 
Josh thanked Sue and concluded the meeting with the 4-way-test.
 
Rotary Club of Sackville Bulletin March 3, 2016 Wayne Harper 2016-03-03 04:00:00Z 0

Three New Paul Harris Fellows

Posted by Dave McKellar on Mar 01, 2016
 
Rotary Club of Sackville Celebrates The Rotary Foundation Centennial
 
  The Rotary Club of Sackville recently recognized three of its members with a Paul Harris Fellow at a weekly club meeting as part of its yearlong celebration of the centennial of The Rotary Foundation.
 
The three Rotarian’s that received this recognition were immediate Past President John Murchie, Louise MacKinnon and Dale Creelman.  They were recognized not only for their many years of dedicated service to the club but just as importantly for their many contributions to the local community.
 
L to R Josh Cormier (Pres Elect), John Murchie, Dale Creelman and David McKellar (Foundation Chair)
 
L to R Louise MacKinnon, David McKellar (Foundation Chair) and Dianne Oulton (President)
 
The Foundation is the $1 billion charitable arm of Rotary International. To mark the centennial, Rotary aims to raise $300 million by July 2017 for its campaign to eradicate polio and for service in communities around the world.
 
Established in 1917 with a donation of $26.50, The Rotary Foundation is dedicated to advancing world understanding, goodwill, and peace. Through grants and other resources, Rotary members develop sustainable projects that promote peace, fight disease, provide clean water, support education, save mothers and children, and grow local economies.
 
Rotary International’s top priority is the global eradication of polio. Rotary launched its polio immunization program, PolioPlus, in 1985 and in 1988 became a leading partner in the Global Polio Eradication Initiative along with the World Health Organization (WHO), the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and more recently, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
 
Rotary International has contributed more than $1.5 billion and countless volunteer hours to eradicate polio. Through 2018, every dollar Rotary commits to polio eradication will be matched 2-to-1 by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, up to $35 million a year. Since the initiative began, the incidence of polio has plummeted by more than 99.9 percent, from about 350,000 cases a year to less than 71 confirmed in 2015.
 
Rotary International brings together a global network of volunteer leaders dedicated to tackling the world’s most pressing humanitarian challenges. Rotary connects 1.2 million members of more than 34,000 Rotary clubs in 200 countries and geographical areas. Their work improves lives at both the local and international levels, from helping families in need in their own communities to working toward a polio-free world.
 
The Rotary Club of Sackville is always looking for new club members who are interested in playing a key role both in their local community and around the world.  For more information on becoming a member visit http://sackvillerotary.ca/, email us at sackvillerotaryclub@gmail.com or drop us a note at PO Box 6331, Sackville, NB E4L 1G6.
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Rotary Club of Sackville Buletin February 25, 2016

Posted by Wayne Harper on Feb 28, 2016
 
 
John Murchie was originally to be the Chairperson today, but with John away, Bill stepped into the role.  A fairly recent retiree from Mount Allison University, Bill first came to MTA as a student in the Commerce (hooray) program in 1967.    A budding entrepreneur, even back then, Bill and another student started a burger business in the evenings in Trueman Hall.  A natural, the business was so successful that Bill paid for his tuition and residence fees for the year.  Unfortunately for the rest of the students, Bill left the Commerce Program (boo) in his second year and the business closed up.  This story will be continued.
 
Our favorite guest Rotarian (Pat Perry from Miramichi) was back this week along with non-Rotarian guests Chris Falconer and Debbie Stokes.  Josh, Gayle and Susan all had make ups this week along with the Gold Mine Counters.  There were no Pin Pal stories or birthdays this week.  However, President Dianne celebrated Rotary's 111th birthday (actual on February 23rd) with a cake and candles.
 
  Darrell had his 50-50 ticket drawn this week and was hoping to draw the Jack of Clubs.  However he didn't draw a Jack, he didn't draw a black card and he didn't draw a Club.  This is another way of saying he didn't draw the Jack of Clubs and therefore didn't win the $60.  Instead he collected $5.
 
In Happy Dollars, Darrell was happy he a least got a chance to try for the 50-50 draw...........Dale was happy as he thanked the Club for the Paul Harris Fellowship last week...........Dianne was happy that Louis moved in this week and was happy recently when she and Frank were in Toronto.  They had a nice visit with their grandson, although it was nice when they came home............Susan F. was a little sad that Louis is now gone (he left his Belgium flag) but was happy that the chili sold out for the Rotaract club.
 
Next Week's Duty Roster is a follows:
Chairperson          Josh            Greeter       Ove
Introducer             Sandy          Thanker      Wynn
Speaker Catherine Lovekin ---  Talking on Binary Stars
Gold Mine Counters   Dale, Tim, Dave, John
 
Committee Meeting next week -----  Board meets on Wednesday 5:15 pm @ Goya's
 
Committee Reports ----  Dave reported that Jeff Schnurr was happy with the donation that the Rotaract Club gave him a few weeks back........Dave also had the pleasure of presenting Louise MacKinnon with the 3rd Paul Harris Fellowship that the Club awarded this year.  Louise was visibly thrilled..........Jamie reported that the Spring Breakfast will be on March 19th at the Civic Center.   The Spring Bash (formally the Wine & Beer Fest) will be on Friday May 7th at the High School.  Wayne circulated a worker sign up sheet for the breakfast............Again, Susan F. lauded the Rotaract Club for the success of their Chili Cookoff.
 
President Dianne read a letter from Ruth Donald of Marshview school thanking us for our donations towards the Breakfast program.  Dianne also announced that there will be no morning meeting on March 24th as we will join the Rotaract Club the previous evening for a time of fellowship, including bowling and maybe bar-hopping.  She also notified members that Lorne Boothe, Susan P's friend is in hospital in Toronto with pnemonia.
 
Gold Mine recipients this week were as follows:
  Winner of the February 22nd draw was Debbie Stokes who won $967.  Rotarian Edna Boland is shown presenting her the cheque.   The charity for the same week was Dorchester Consolidated School.  Accepting the cheque from Rotarian Jamie Smith is Chris Falconer.
 
  
 
 
Ove introduced our guest speaker - Lucy MacDonald , the Curator of Education and Community Outreach at the Owen's Art Gallery.  Today she was talking about the education and outreach Sunday program that our Club supports financially.
In the fall of 2015, the Owens introduced Make Something Sundays, a re-launch of their popular Family Sunday program. With an emphasis on making, this monthly program introduces craft processes and contemporary methods through informal hands-on workshops for children 12 and under and their families. Central to the program is that Make Something Sundays are intergenerational: children work alongside adults (often parents or grandparents), and families work together at shared tables creating opportunities for exchange. The fall program covered a wide territory from Do-it-Yourself Button Making to No-Needle Knitting and Drawing Machines to Leather Tooling. Make Something Sundays are sponsored by the Rotary Club of Sackville. The response to the new program has been incredibly positive, more than doubling the average monthly attendance of the previous Family Sunday program.
Make Something Sundays are complemented by the addition of a small portable library featuring an expanding collection of art books for young readers. The library supports parents and other caregivers in extending conversations about art, creativity and making with their children.
In tandem with the launch of Make Something Sundays, they developed in-gallery activity packs called Owens Art Kits. Designed for visitors aged 2-12, Art Kits offer playful mini-making activities inspired by our exhibitions. Available on loan from the front desk during any visit to the Owens and promoted during Make Something Sundays, each Art Kit contains everything needed for a small hands-on activity in the galleries. Presented in small custom printed cotton drawstring bags, Art Kits hold materials and an accompanying card with activity instructions and guidance. The first set of Art Kits explored ideas of transportation and travel encountered in the exhibition, Planes, Trains, Automobiles and Donkeys. The second focused on themes of nature, observation and scientific order in conjunction with the exhibition Cabinets of Wonder: Art and Science in the Academy and the Community. Art Kits change monthly with kits tailored to 2-4 year olds and 4-12 year olds, respectively.
 
Lucy was thanked by Wayne and was presented a "thank-you-note" and a Rotary pen.  A book in her honor will be donated to a local library.
 
the meeting concluded with the 4-way-test/
 
 
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Rotary Club of Sackville Bulletin Feb 18, 2016

Posted by Wayne Harper on Feb 18, 2016
 
   Today was a Club Assembly.  One could tell that due to the lack of members attending.  It's too bad when members don't come to a Club Assembly meeting as this is where most of the business of the Club gets done.
  Today, the Club Assembly was turned over to the Foundation Committee, chaired by DaveMcKellar.  Dave admitted to understanding what some of the Syrian refugees must be going through as he himself, was a refugee in 1957.  He, along with his family landed in Quebec city by boat to begin their new life in Canada.  The family ended up in North Bay where he finalized his early education.  Several degrees later, he ended up in Ottawa.  There he met Susan and when they both retired, came to Sackville.  He has been a Rotarian for over 30 years.
 
Today was a day of "none" as there were no guests, no visiting Rotarians and no birthdays.  Susan had a makeup from a       Rotaract  meeting and the Fundraising committee met on Monday night.   The only Pin Pal story came from Gayle as she contacted Charlie to see how he was enjoying Victoria.  Gayle was bragging about the warm weather we have had as of late.  Charlie said this was the norm and asked if the tulips and croquasis' were "blowin in the wind".  Gayle couldn't top that.
 
 
 
    The 50-50 draw was looking for the Jack of Clubs.  Guylaine's ticket was drawn, but while she had a Club, it was the nine.  She settled for the consolidation prize.  The pot was worth $57 today.
 
    More than a few people were happy today:    Bill was both happy and sad, happy that the refugee furniture will be moved to the apartments this Saturday (volunteers needed) and sad that the program has been "paused" by the government.  They site a backlog in the processing...........Wayne had a PSA from the Port Elgin Rotary Club that invited members to a musical desert party this Saturday night at the Baie Verte Hall at 6 pm.  cost is $7..........  Ove was real happy he has returned from Hawaii and can't wait to go back..........Guylaine was happy and sad - happy that there is no snow, sad because there is no skiing...........Susan F. thanked Josh for taking Louis under wing and taking him to the fire hall, describing what goes on..............   Edna was happy that as of February 14th, she had been a Rotarian for 3 years.  The Club and Ove were also happy she decided to stay.
 
 
 
The Duty Roster Next Week is as Follows:
Chairperson        John                 Greeter       Marita
Introducer           Ove                   Thanker     Wayne
Speaker is Lucy MacDonald from the Owens Art Gallery
Gold Mine Counters are:      Dale, Bill, Joyce and Ove.
 
There are no upcoming committee meetings in the next week.
 
Committee reports were light.  Susan F. indicated that the Rotaract Club met last night to finalize plans for the Chili Cookoff, that occurs tonight from 6-8 pm at Johnstone Park.  Members are invited to "come-on-down" and taste the various chilies.  Sounds like supper to me.
 
With Dianne still away, Josh reported that he received word that the PETS / SETS meeting is on April 2nd at Crandall University in Moncton.  Not only is he and Joyce mandated to attend, the Chairs of many of the committees are asked to attend.
 
Dave introduced himself as speaker for the day.  His message was about the Foundation and leading to the presentation af three (3) Paul Harris Fellows to members of the Club.  He showed an excellent DVD on the history and mandate of the Foundation.  In 2017, the Foundation will celebrate it's 100th Anniversary.  Started by Arch Klump with a first donation of $26.50, the Foundation overseas $3 billion of activity each year.  The Foundation is dedicated to saving lives and is now on the edge of eradicating Polio from the face of the Earth.  It funds projects around disease and education and awards Peace Scholarships each year through 4 Peace centers around the world.
Paul Harris Fellowships were developed as a way to acknowledge members who donated $1,000 US to the Foundation or a way to acknowledge members from the Club or members of the community who volunteered or gave back to their community through exceptional service. The Foundation decided to award three (3) Fellowships this year.  Two (2) of the recipients were present today.   Dale Creelman was awarded a Fellowship as he has been a very busy Rotarian, having chaired the Projects committee and the Breakfast committees (he returns as the Chair of Projects for the next Rotary year).  He has also been Chair of the Cape Jourimain Nature Center, and has volunteered to do taxes for seniors for 15 years.  John Murchie has also lead an active life as a Rotarian, having served as President last year and returns to that job for the 2017-18 Rotary year.  He is currently chair of the Club Admin Committee and has very active in community based organizations for many years.  This was the first Paul Harris Fellow for both of them.
Dale And John are pictured with President Elect Josh Cormier (L) and Chairperson David McKellar
 
 
 
 
 
At the conclusion of the meeting, Aaron Lloyd dropped by to pick up a cheque for $476 on behalf of the Sackville Minor Hockey Association.  Presenting the cheque to Aaron is Rotarian Josh Cormier
 
 
 
 
Dave did double duty as he thanked himself and closed the meeting with the 4-way-test.
 
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Rotary Club of Sackville Bulletin February 11, 2016

Posted by Wayne Harper on Feb 14, 2016
 
 
 
  Louise filled in for Jamie as the Chairperson.  She was born in PEI, one of three children.  After graduating from UPEI, she moved to the mainland, eventually settling in Moncton in 1993.  She met future husband Rob off and on for the next 14 years, before marrying in 2007.  Daughter Mariah was born in 2009.  She has been a great help in our Gold Mine Draws when mommy brings her.  Louise is a CPA CA who heads the McIsaac Darragh office in Sackville.
 
Today we had Dr. Harold Popma and Michael Fox as guests.  Also joining us for breakfast was TRHS principal Susan Lafford, who was there to pickup money from the Gold Mine Draw.  We had visiting Rotarians Pat Perry from Miramichi and Ken McGeorge from Fredericton.  Ken was also the keynote speaker today.
 
Make ups stemmed from members of the Gold Mine Draw and the Breakfast Committees plus Trish who attended organizing meetings for the upcoming Multi-Club Event.  There were no birthdays nor Pin Pal stories this week.
 
   Fresh from his win in the Gold Mine draw, Wayne had his ticket drawn for the weekly 50-50 draw.  Seeking the Jack of clubs, he broke his winning streak by choosing the four of Hearts.  He won the consolation prize of $5.
 
   In the Happy Dollar segment this week,   Wayne was happy that his ticket was drawn, but sad he missed out on the $55 the draw was up to.  Of course this pales beside the $2,945 he won on the Gold Mine Draw this week, where he was real, real, real HAPPY!!!!!............Gayle was happy that she is now getting up for Rotary and it is not totally dark........Trish was happy for an upcoming trip to Ontario...........Bill was at a celebration of the incoming Syrians where it was acknowledged that Rotary played a significant financial part............Susan F. was happy to see Louie getting so much fun from using the snow blower to clear the driveway.  Other Rotarians are becoming jealous that they did not host Louie.
 
The duty roster for next week is as follows:
Chairperson      Dianne      Greeter     Mary
The meeting is a Club Assembly co-chaired by Dave McKellar, Foundation Chair
Golf Mine Counters are:    Dale, Bill, Joyce and Ove
 
On the committee front, Trish reminded members of the Multi-club event at Royal Oaks Golf Club on Saturday, February 20th.  The event will highlight and raise money for a project in Africa.........Susan F. thanked the members for contributing $117 last week that went towards "filling a knap sack" with school supplies.  One of our members and her daughter, also filled a knapsack on their own. 
 
The Club Administration Committee was supposed to meet next week but that has been postponed until March.  With Dianne away in Aruba, there was no report from the President.
 
 
     Marita introduced our Speaker Ken McGeorge, the Interim Executive Director of the Alzheimer Society in NB.  Ken's topic was "A Vision for Change".  In 2013 it is estimated that 44 million people worldwide suffered from Dementia.  it is estimated that this number will grow to 76 million in 2030 and 135 million by 2050.  In New Brunswick, 16,000 families are fighting what seems to be an impossible battle.  Ken alluded to the fact that diagnosis takes too long and that primary care is largely inefficient and that there is no recognition of Dementia as a Chronic Disease.  Access in rural areas of the Province is difficult.  The 10 warning signs are: memory loss that affects daily functioning; difficulty performing familiar tasks; problems with language; disorientation of time and place; poor or decreased judgment; problems with abstract thinking; misplacing things; changes in mood and behavior; changes in personality and loss of initiative.
Communicating with persons with Dementia can be frustrating.  One needs to reduce distractions when communicating; gain the persons attention, face-to-face on their level; be aware of tone and body language; be clear and concise - speak slowly and clearly and give extra time to process information and be consistent if you repeat yourself.
In New Brunswick, the situation seems impossible.  This disease cripples families and communities, and our health system is buckling under the strain.  Their vision is seeing communities where no one suffers from dementia - we have taken a stand against the disease, defied its predicted path, and defeated its dark shadow.
   Ken was thanked by Trish who presented him with a token pen and a book which will be donated to a local library on his behalf.
 
The meeting concluded with the 4-way test'
 
 
 
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Rotary Club of Sackville Bulletin February 4, 2016

Posted by Wayne Harper on Feb 08, 2016
 
Gaylaine was in the Chair today.  In her bio, she admitted to being from Cabano, Quebec, just across the border from New Brunswick.  Completing high school, she trekked off to Montreal to study optometry.   Upon graduation, and after a stint in Nova Scotia, she came to Moncton, working for Dr. Marcantonio in Riverview.  In 2013, she purchased the Sackville part of the business and also bought Dr. Daigle's office in Shediac.  Married with 2 children, she lives in Moncton and has been a Rotarian for just over a year.
 
Guests today were Andy Marr, who was there to pick up a Gold Mine cheque on behalf of the Sackville Memorial Hospital Foundation and Elizabeth Wells who was also there to pick up a Gold Mine cheque for the Sackville Community Association.
   
Andy is shown accepting his check from Chair Guylaine Foulem and Elizabeth is shown with Rotarian Dave MacKellar.
Other guests were Pam Novak and Barry Rothfus, our speakers today.  Pat Perry was once again our visiting Rotarian.
There were no Pin Pal stories this week, but Edna will celebrate a birthday on the 10th.
 
    In the 50-50 Draw department, Louie again had his ticket drawn, but alas he didn't draw the celebrated Jack of Clubs, instead drawing the 2 of Hearts and missed out on $52.
A few people were happy/sad this week!   Sue P. was sort of sad as the Government announced that the Tourist Bureau in the Cape Jourimain Center will not open this year.  The annual rent will be missed...........
        Louie was happy to be curling in the Curl for Cancer Bonspiel with Dianne this weekend.  He circulated a pledge sheet..........Marita was happy that Gayle took the minutes of the  Board meeting last night.   Travelling from Moncton in the storm was not pleasant and took until well after the meeting had started for her to get back to Town........Bill was sorry he missed the Planning Session.  He was in bed with the flu.  He thanked his wife for the TLC that got him well.........Dianne was happy with the success of the planning session last Saturday morning.  18 Rotarians showed up.
 
The duty roster for next week is as follows:
Chairperson     Jamie                Greeter      Louise
Introducer        Marita                Thanker     Trish
Gold Mine Counters        Dale, Joyce, Ove
The speaker next week is Ken McGeorge, speaking on A Provincial Dimentia Strategy
 
Committee reports were a little sparse this week.    Dale reported that the Legacy Committee met to elect a new Chair to replace former member Ken Draper.  The committee is still looking for a chair.  They did agree to continue to meet and review projects        that may leave a legacy in the community............Sue P. reported    on behalf of Fundraising that she took a Food Safety Course last Saturday.  She will share that knowledge with the Breakfast Committee when it next meets..........Sue F. reported on the activities of the Rotaract Club at MTA.  Their next event is February 18th for their annual Chili Cookoff.  Volunteers to make chili are needed.  Sue is hoping the Club will match the funds they raise.
 
Committee meetings in the next week are the Membership at 1:30 pm later today (Feb.4th) and the Youth Services in the next two weeks.  Sue F.  will decide on the date and time.
 
This was President Dianne's last week before taking off for sunny Aruba.  She reminded members of the multi-club event on February 20th at Royal Oaks Golf course.  See Trish for details......Dianne asked members if any one knows where the missing Club History books are.........The Board will review the Strategic Planning notes from Saturday's meeting and go back to the relevant committees for those items to be implemented.
 
Wayne introduced our speakers today -  Pam Novak and Barry Rothfus from the Atlantic Wildlife Institute.  The have been in town for 20 years, having been lured here by the presence of, and a partnership with, the Canadian Wildlife Service of the Federal Government.  They set up shop on 120 acres of eco sensitive land on the Tantramar River near Cooksville.  Over the years the institute has grown to 20 buildings including an educational centre.  They are a charitable, not for profit business that depends on community, educational, government, environmental and corporate support. They are licensed in 4 provinces to provide wildlife rehabilitation, education, research and emergency response.  Currently 3,000 to 5,000 animals covering 200 species are referred annually.  This requires a lot of volunteers, all who a trained in the educational centre.  In the plans are a medical and student residence to be built in the near future.
   Pam and Barry were thanked by  Tim and given a book that will be donate to a local library and a rare Rotary pen.
 
 
 
 
 
 
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MTA Rotaract Active in the Community

Posted by Susan Fisher on Feb 07, 2016
Last semester, Mount Allison Rotaract made a substantial donation to Community Forest International; a Sackville based NGO that focuses on individual and community connections to the forests that sustain them.  The charity has its headquarters on School Lane and operates on both a local and an international level.  MtA Rotaract, a small club on campus with strong ties to the Rotary Club of Sackville, planned and put on a bake sale at Sackville’s Midnight Madness event in December.  They baked close to 200 shortbread and gingerbread cookies at the home of a local Rotarian, all of which were purchased by the event’s attendees.  These sales, along with several generous donations from passers-by, yielded a grand total of $221.85.  This amount was matched by pre-accumulated funds in the club’s bank account and rounded up.  At their first meeting of the semester, the club president, Colin Robertson, presenter charity founder Jeff Schnurr with a $500 cheque.  
Rotaract is the youth wing of Rotary International and it provides an opportunities for young people to enhance the knowledge and skills that will assist them in personal development, to address the physical and social needs of their communities, and to promote better relations between all people worldwide through a framework of friendship and service.
 
 
 
 
 

Mount Allison’s Rotaract Club is putting on a chilli cook off on February 18th from 6pm-8pm as part of the Sackville Winter Carnival. The event will be located at the Bill Johnstone pavilion and  $5.00 will get you any 3 cups of chilli of your choosing. After enjoying the chilli’s, you will be able to vote for your favourite chilli of the night. All proceeds from this fundraiser will go towards purchasing school supplies for Syrian Refugee children expected in Sackville. Do you have a chilli recipe you would like to enter? If so please email hcfletcher@mta.ca. We hope to see you there!
 

 
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Rotary Club of Sackville Bulletin January 28, 2016

Posted by Wayne Harper on Jan 28, 2016
 
   George was in the Chair today, just hours before he heads to Florida for 2 months.  George was born in that other center of the universe - Toronto and actually went to school with today's speaker - Doug Key.  Who says it's not a small world.  George followed high school with degrees at Waterloo University and University of Western Ontario.  His career started in Oakville ON but in 1997 he saw the error of his ways and moved to the real center of the universe - Sackville.  Here he was the Director of Engineering, retiring in 2014.
 
Today's guest was Susan Bour who attended for a short time and collected the Sackville Food Banks Gold Mine charity funds from the draw of January 4th.........  Our guest Rotarian was former District Governor Pat Perry........  With meetings this week for the Gold Mine, Fundraising and Club Administration Committees, there were lots of make ups.  Committee Chairs passed on the names to Edna............Sue F. will celebrate a birthday next week.........In the "I've got no Pinpal Story Department", George recalled wearing his Rotary T-shirt on his last tip to La Vegas and no-one acknowledged him as a Rotarian.
 
      The 50-50 draw saw John's ticket drawn for the second week-in-a-row.  Going for the Jack of Clubs, the outcome was the same as last week, he lost, drawing the Queen of Clubs and missed the $48 in the pot.......Dale was happy that the Square System was working for the Grocery card program this week.  We exceeded the goal of $1,000 this week............
    John was happy that Dale was happy as last week Dale was not happy.........Bill was happy that he attended a talk at MTA last evening given by Mariatu Kamara, a refugee who lost both hands when she was a teenager.  Bill was awestruck at the accomplishments of this girl.
 
The Duty Roster Next Weeks is:
Chairperson      Guylaine            Greeter   Joyce
Introducer        Mary                  Thanker  Tim
Toonie Counters      Darrell, Bill, Joyce & Ove
 
Susan Bour accepted a cheque on behalf of the Sackville Food Bank.  They were the charity of the week for the January 4th Draw.
 
On behalf of Club Administration, John indicated that one person will be going to the Food safety Course this weekend.  Wayne has now added the list of charities and the places to play the Gold Mine Draw to the web site.   A social evening is in the infancy planning stage and it is necessary to buy more Club Banners.  John moved that "the Club spend up to $700 to buy banners".  The motion was seconded by Trish and Carried.
 
In President's Time, Dianne reminded the Board that there is a Board meeting next Wednesday at Goya's.  She reminded members of the Strategic Planning session scheduled for this Saturday morning at 9 pm at the United Church.  All members are encouraged to attend.
 
     Louise introduced our guest speaker - Doug Key, who is the husband of Rotarian Gayle.  Doug lived briefly in the '70's in Sackville, moved to Guelph for 20 years than to Penn State College in State College PA and retired in 2008 and moved back to Sackville.  Doug's passion is model railroading.  He was introduced to trains at an early age as his grandfather was an engineer.  The hobby today dates back a hundred years to the height of toy trains as the toy of choice for young lads.  Many famous people are model railroaders, where the basis is sharing knowledge.  This knowledge today, is easily shared thanks to books, magazines, internet, videos, even U-tube channels specializing in model trains.  Hobbyists love to meet at shows, malls and conventions to check out the next best thing.  As well, many of us will remember our train days where to move a train and it's speed were performed using a transformer.  Today a remote accomplishes this using small circuit boards.  Layouts are limited to the users imagination and the space they have.  Doug acknowledges that the hobby today is dominated by the older generation, so getting the word out to younger individuals is paramount if the hobby is to continue.
 
    Sue F. thanked Doug with the presentation of a book which will donated to a local library in his name.
 
    At the end of the meeting, the Family Resource Centre picked up their cheque for $477.  They were the charity-of-the-week for the draw of January 25th.  Here Rotarian Gayle presents the cheque.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Rotary Club of Sackville Bulletin January 21, 2016

Posted by Wayne Harper on Jan 24, 2016
 
                                                                                                                                                               The Chairperson today was Club Prez Dianne, who admitted to being from Chatham NB (now Miramichi) and that Former District Governor Pat Perry, who is also from Miramichi is, well......from the wrong side of the tracks (Newcastle), or is the river.  I'm sure this friendly rivalry will go on for some time.  Dianne admitted that she has given her Bio many times before and decided to proceed with the meeting.
 
Guests today were   Lorne Boothe, Harold Trenholm, speakers Ruth Coates & John Read.  Former District Governor Pat Perry was also in Attendance.
 
There were no Makeups this week nor birthdays during the next week.
 
 
       
Sue P. had a  Pin Pal story as she was waiting in the Porter Air's lounge in Toronto.  She met fellow Rotarian Dave MacKellar who was on the same flight.  The 50-50 draw this week saw John's ticket pulled.  His quest for the Jack of clubs was thwarted when he chose the Ace of  Spades.  He forfeited the pot of $45.
 
In the Happy Dollars segment, John was happy that he finally got to meet his next door neighbours........
      
  George was happy that he has only 7 more sleeps before he takes off for Florida for 2 months.......Sandy returned to the meeting today and was happy to be there..........visiting Rotarian Pat was happy that she was able to hold an Exec meeting on the phone and it was over in only 39 minutes.  This could be a world record..........Ove was happy and excite to be going to paradise - Hawaii...........Dianne was happy the she was runner-up in the B section of a curling bonspiel in Rexton recently.
 
The duty roster for next week is:
Chairperson     George          Greeter    Josh
Introducer       Louise            Thanker  Sue F.
Gold Mine Counters      Edna, Trish, Wayne & Marita
 
The only committee report was from the Youth Services Committee.  Sue recap the evening that the Rotaract committee held recently where they donated funds to Jeff Schnurr of Forests International.  She also reported that multi-time speaker John Fourgere, a teacher at TRHS, is assisting with the process of finding a representative to send to the Adventures in Citizenship trip to Ottawa this year.
 
Committees meeting next week are: Foundation after this meeting; Fundraising next Monday at 6 pm at Mary's house and Club Administration next Tuesday at 7 pm at John's house.  In President's time, Dianne reminded the Directors she wanted a short meeting after this one.
 
 
  Joyce introduced our two speakers - Ruth Coates and John Read who were there to talk about Open Doors - GED and Adult Learning.  
 
 
 
 
   
 Stats prove that health improves when literacy is improved, not just reading and writing, but financial and computer skills.  More than half of the adults in New Brunswick between the ages of  16-65 do not have the level of literacy and essential skills to successfully function in today's society.  The New Brunswick Adult Literacy Strategy has developed a program of 12 regional committees that oversee the delivery of adult literacy classes.  The Provincial government provides funds for  teacher's salaries and supplies only, not other expenses like rental space or other supplemental requirements.  Serving our area is the  South eastern Regional Adult Learning Board, of which Ruth Coates is the Manager.
Since 2008. the program has graduated 472 GED graduates.  Classes are located at 7 locations in SE New Brunswick and have flexible hours for part-time and full-time classes.  There is no charge for any of the classes and class size typically averages 8 students.  Learning is self paced.  Locally, Cynthia Adams has been the teacher for over 20 years, graduating locally, 28 GED grads since 2008.
    Dianne thanked John and Ruth by presented them each with rare Rotary pens and donating a book to a local library in their name.
The 4-way test ended the meeting.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Rotary Club of Sackville Bulletin January 14, 2016

Posted by Wayne Harper on Jan 15, 2016
 
  John was subbing for Frank in the Chair today.  John was born in Plainville, NJ. an area not known for its hospitality.    John was named after his father, who was a prisoner-of-war at the time John was born.  When he was old enough to leave home for college, John chose the west -Colorado in particular.   The story will continue next time.
 
Guests Sherry Richard & Brock Grover attended our meeting today as winners of the Gold Mine Draw.  Pat Perry, former District Governor from the Miramichi Club was a visiting Rotarian.  Pat will be working in the area this winter and expects to attend many of our meetings.  Make ups were recorded from the Rotaract Committee and to those help with the breakfast at Marshview Middle school.  There were no pin pal stories this week, however Gayle will be celebrating a birthday on the 20th.
 
    George's ticket was drawn for the 50/50 draw.  Aiming for the Jack of Clubs, he drew the 6 of Diamonds, losing the $40 the pot was up to.  On the Happy Dollars front, George was happy that he will be going to Florida in 2 weeks for a 2 month holiday..........Visiting Rotarian Pat was happy that her 8-year-old granddaughter was chosen to be on the All City Girls Hockey team in Saskatoon..........Sue F. was happy that Louie now knows how to operate the snow blower - and he likes it!.........Trish was happy that she didn't set the clock for 6:15 PM.........Dianne was happy that she will be curling with the girls in Rexton.........Edna reported that Virgil says hello to the Club.........Louise was not particularly happy as daughter Mariah wasn't exactly excited with the wardrobe choice.   Those of us with daughters can relate!
 
The duty roster for next week is as follows:
Chairperson      Dianne           Greeter       John
Introducer        Kevin             Thanker       Sue P.
Gold Mine Counters   Kevin, Trish, Edna, Wayne & Marita
 
Committee reports - Fundraising's Jamie handed out 5 tickets to all members.  The idea is to get members to each sign up 5 new players for the Gold Mine Draw........Dale announced that he has grocery cards for sale and encouraged members to buy them early in the meeting as he has to leave immediately at meeting's end........    The Projects Committee Chair, Trish asked the Club to vote on another initiative.  With Margaret Tuzz-King the guest speaker last week  she chose not to include Open Sky in last weeks vote.  Therefore she (Trish) moved that "the club donate $1,000 to Open Sky Cooperative".  The motion was seconded by Sue F.   the vote passed.........    Sue F. reports that the Rotaract club will make a presentation to Jeff Schnurr on Wednesday, January 20th in room 120, Avard Dixon Building.  Members are encouraged to attend.  The Chili Cookoff will be held on February 18th with the profits earmarked for supplying knapsacks and school supplies for disadvantaged students.   The Adventures in Citizenship project is beginning to get underway with student interviews.
 
Committee Meetings in the next week include: the Club Administration Committee on January 20th at John's house and the Fundraising Committee on January 18th at Mary's house.
 
President Dianne reminded everyone of the Strategic Planning session at Wayne & Sandy's house on Saturday, January 30th @ 9:00 am.  She urged members to think about who might make new members and invite them to a meeting.
 
The last two winners of the Gold Mine Draw were presented with their cheques.
      
Winning the December 28th draw was Brock Grover who took home $2,786.  Equally happy was Sherry Richard, the winner of the January 11th draw, who received a cheque for $1,892. On the charity front, the Tantramar Learning Centre was presented a cheque for $487.    
 
Because of the snow storm, our regular speaker canceled as she was coming from Fredericton.    In her place, visiting Rotarian Pat Perry stepped in to update the membership on the Polio Plus program.  February 21st this year will mark 30 years of the Polio Plus program.    Currently Africa is now polio free, a huge undertaking.  Only 2 countries still have polio and the cases are less than 100 per year.  Over the past 30 years, 1.3 billion dollars have been raised and over 2 billion children have been immunized.  The light at the end of the tunnel can finally be seen.
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Rotary Club of Sackville Bulletin January 7, 2016

Posted by Wayne Harper on Jan 15, 2016
   
 
   Gayle was in the Chair today, freshly back from her European jaunt.  She specialized in a varied career, but the one that stands out was putting her husband Doug and kids through school.  
    She returned to Sackville in 2008 after stints in State College PA and Quelph ON. She promptly embarked on a real estate career, retiring in 2013, the year she was also Club President.
 
No Guests or visiting Rotarians found our meeting this week.  Make ups came from the Board which met on January 6th.  While in Wales, Gayle tried to do a make up but the meeting was canceled due to the holidays.
 
In the 50/50 department, Tim tried to find the Jack of Clubs.  He succeeded in getting a Club, but it was the wrong one (five), thus losing out on $36.  
 
  Happy Dollars were far and few this week.  Josh was happy that he and Louie did the Polar Bear plunge in Dorchester on New Year's Day.  Now there is a memory, or is it a nightmare, that Louie will have for Years...........Bill was happy that many members showed u as he forgot to send out the reminder notices............Sue Purdy was happy to have lunch with Wayne in Halifax, but not the  circumstances.  Sue asked for volunteers to move a hospital bed and lift chair at 1 pm.  In typical Rotary fashion, Darrell, Dale, Josh and Dave volunteered.  Our guest speaker Margaret volunteered to send some helping hands from the Open Sky (turned out to be 3).
 
Next Weeks Duty Roster is as follows:
Chairperson     Frank    Greeter   Jamie
Introducer                    Thanker     
Speaker    Chistiane      from Abilities NB
 
In Committee Reports - George reminded everyone that Gabi Hunter and Ken Draper recently resigned and all members should be thinking of potential new members.  Forward names to the committee............Dale advised everyone that he is taking over the grocery card program from Pam for the next 4 months as Pam enjoys Portugal..........The Projects committee had a big job this week.  Here, Projects Chairperson Trish presents a cheque for $2,000 to Ada Phinney for Salem Elementary School's Outdoor Classroom.  Not done, Trish made 4 more proposals for member consideration and approval.  They were:  Sackville Refugee Resource Coalition, $2,000; Nigeria Rotary WASHRAG project, $2,000; Abilities NB, $500 and Make-A-Wish Atlantic, $500.  Not surprising, the membership approved all requests.  
 
Upcoming meetings this week - Youth Services meets immediately following this meeting.
 
President Dianne reminded members of the Strategic Planning Session on January 30th at Wayne & Sandy house........Josh and Joyce were reminded of the PETS/SETS conference for incoming Officers on April 23rd in Fredericton..........Dianne asked for volunteers to take the bulletin pictures each week while Pam in away.  Sue F.  and Dave volunteered.
 
Josh introduced our guest speaker - Margaret Tuzz-King.  Margaret told us about the Open Sky Cooperative and that it's mandate was filling the gap in local services as a charitable social enterprise serving adults with social development or mental health challenges.   Early on they decided that a farm setting was an excellent way to tackle this challenge. She went on to tell us about the formation of the co-op in 2011 and the purchase of the land and buildings.     She summarized all the success since then and described their objectives for 2016 which was to add a 2nd full-time resident and grow a partnership with TRHS and MtA to help assist the transition from a school environment to a work environment.  An excellent six minute video at the end of the presentation captured the essence of what the Open Sky Co-op was all about! 
 
 
  Margaret was thanked by Ove with a presentation of an ultra rare Rotary pen and a book which will be donated to a local library in her name.
 
The meeting concluded with the 4-way-test.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Rotarian & Syrians in TO

 
Pam Harrison was in Toronto recently, on her way to 4 months in the sun.  As luck would have it she was staying in Toronto at a hotel that is hosting Syrian refugees, maybe 200 or more.   Yesterday morning these two refugee children saw snow for the first time. They just didn't know what it was!   So cute to see their reaction.

The family of four was leaving to meet their host family in St Johns, NL. They were very well dressed and very excited. He showed me his paper work because they did not speak  English. They would take a shuttle to the airport and Fly Air Canada to NL. 
  

This the first of many adventures that this family will encounter in Canada.  Just landing in the season's biggest snow storm would be their first.
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Rotary Club of Sackville Bulletin December 17, 2015

Posted by Wayne Harper on Dec 17, 2015
  Sue F. sat in for an ailing David in the Chairperson's role today.  Sue, a Sackville native, went through some of the school system, attended a private boarding school and returned to attend Mount Allison University.  After graduating she got her CA degree and began work at the Touche Ross accounting firm in Saint John, a company her great grandfather founded.  After 20 years and countless moves,she left the bean counting where she taught at Algonquin College in Ottawa, joined Rotary and met David.  Retiring in 2013, she and David moved back to Sackville along with son Colin.
 
Sue brought the meeting to order at 7:15 am.  Following breakfast, guest Susan Lafford was introduced. Susan, the principal of TRHS, received a cheque for $472 as this weeks charity in our Gold Mine Draw.  Susan alluded to the fact that this donation may be the last amount required for the new electronic sign, partially erected at the entrance to the high school.
 
Former District Governor Pat Perry was a visiting Rotarian this morning.  Pat will be working in the area for the next few months, so we expect her to be at many of the meetings.  Pat is from Miramachi.
 
Louie had 4 makeups this past week, including 2 in Halifax. The projects committee had a meeting last night.
 
There were no birthdays this week, but Pam had two pin pal stories. Seems she dined at the Harvey's, a item she bought at the Foundation auction and while on a flight to Halifax, she met the President Elect for the Moncton Rotary Club.
 
Sue P. eventually found her 50/50 ticket, but it was for naught as she drew the King of Spades.  The Jack of Clubs would have netted her the $32 pot but she settled for the $5 consolidation prize.  
 
There were a few more happy people than last week.  Bill was happy that the local committee aimed at bring in a Syrian refugee has raised almost enough (money) to bring in the second family.........Trish was happy that Wayne came to her rescue last weekend as the PA system was giving her fits-and-starts.  Seems the real culprit was the power source in the wall..........Louie was happy that he received his fix of Belgium chocolate from home.  Did I miss it???............George was happy as he is going to visit sister June at her home in Las Vegas.  He leaves shortly.  it's questionable whether Ducky's or the Black Duck will be able to withstand his absence for a couple of weeks............Ove is off to his cottage in the wilds of the Laurentians, north of Montreal.  The big test will be surviving the grand kids and Christmas morning.........Louise is happy that her dealings with the "little people" are over for another year.  First up it was Mariah dancing in the Nutcracker for three performances.  No sooner was this over, it was time for the annual cookie making party, complete with 20 kids and parents.  On a lighter note, she thanked Darrell for being Santa in the construction of a doll closet.  I don't know about you, but I sure want to see if he can make it down the chimney without "making a clatter".........Sue P. was excited that her grand kids from Halifax are coming by train on Boxing Day.  Seems there is no train in Christmas Day........Edna was excited that she will pick up her daughter whose is arriving on Friday..........Guylaine was happy that she won't have to get up so early for the next couple of weeks.  Wait until she checks the duty roster for the next meeting.
 
There are no meeting for the next two Thursdays.  The Duty Roster for January 7th is as follows:
Chairperson     Dianne
Introducer       Josh
Thanker          Ove
Greeter           Guylaine
 
Pam urged members to buy the last $1,000 in grocery cards she had brought to the meeting.  By meetings end, she had sold them all.
Trish, on behalf of the Projects Committee, read a card from Marshview School, thanking us for our contributions this year.  Our Club plays a big part in the breakfast program.   The committee approved a list of recipients receiving funds before the year end. Darrell will be preparing the cheques.  She basically touched on a new project involving clean water in the DR.  She will detail the project in an e-mail to all members.
 
There are no planned committee meetings during the holidays (Gold Mine counters excepted).  The Board will meet on Wednesday, January 6th.
 
President Dianne concluded her first six months, all the while apparently keeping her sanity.  She wished everyone a Merry Christmas and welcomed Pat Perry to join us during her work term in the area.
 
   John introduced our guest speaker Garry Donaldson.  Garry is the Manager of Migratory Birds for the Canadian Wildlife Service, who moonlights as a ornithology expert on an annual two week migration of students to the Arctic each summer.  The expedition is called Students on Ice and this year was during the last week of July and the first week of August.  Thus far there have been seven      such expeditions, this year with 115 students    and 110 staff from around the world. 1/3 of this years students were Canadian, who cough up $12,000 for a chance to go on the trip.  The staff are high quality people from around the world, who act as teachers and resource people to the students.  Orientation occurred in Ottawa from where they left to go to Kangerlusuaq, Greenland, then on to Resolute Bay in the Arctic.  The journey was on a ship, which was a great place to return to after spending their days on the tundra,  ice flows and in Zodiacs on the water.    Even the locals get involved when the students arrive, adding to the experiences the students are receiving.  The students are now allowed any technology devices, such that they can experience life in the Arctic.  Many subjects are taught emphasising hands-on experiences.    It appeared that a couple of our members were very interested in exploring this opportunity in the coming years.
 
    Trish thanked  Garry by presenting a book in his honor to a local library.
 
 
The meeting concluded with the 4-Way test.
 
 
 
 
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Rotary Club of Sackville Bulletin December 10, 2015

Posted by Wayne Harper on Dec 11, 2015
Darrell was in the Chair today.  A native of Edmunston, he moved to Nova Scotia at an early age.  After spending 5 years training to be an accountant, he went into the corporate world.  Not liking the "bean-counter" role, he switched to a computer specialty when they were a novelty.   After a career at National Sea Products, he moved to Sackville (Loblaw's Atlantic Wholesalers) to be Vice President of Information Services.  When his role went to Toronto, he didn't, becoming a contract specialist with Connor's Bros. and McCain Foods.  After several years he moved back to Sackville to start yet another career - Fine Furniture and home renovations.  He is currently the Treasurer of the Club
 
We had a number of guests today - namely Aaron Lloyd (Jean Coutu), Jeanne-Mance Larocque (wife of the speaker) and Masimo, a RYE student residing in Dieppe plus others who were there to receive money and will be highlighted below.   In the makeup category, members of the Club Admin Committee met last night, Pam took Louie to a hockey game and Trish prepared toast for the Marshview Breakfast Club.
 
There were no Birthdays in the coming week, BUT George missed his birthday last week.  A rousing round of Happy Birthday emanated from the dulcet tones of the members.
 
With last week's Christmas party replacing the regular meeting, there were no Gold Mine presentations.  They were put forth this week.
     
 
Pictured left was our winner from two weeks ago, Philip Sears. He was presented with his cheque for $961 by Rotarian Dale Creelman.  On the right, Rotarian Sandy Harper is shown presenting this weeks big winner, Frank Chisholm, with a cheque for $926.
 
    
 
As we continued to give away money (this week $2,750), Rotarian Sue Fisher is happy to present $463 to the Minor Hockey representative, Erin Lloyd.  Lastly, on the right, Rotarian and mother Susan Purdy presents a cheque for $400 to daughter Charlotte Purdy-Weir, representing Marshview middle school.  Both of these were the weekly charities in the Gold Mine Draw.
 
   Determined to give away even more money, the 50/50 draw ticket belonged to Trish who was attempting to pull the elusive Jack of Clubs.  Alas it was for naught as she drew the Ace of Clubs missing out on a whopping $28 and pocketing the consolation prize of $5.
 
Happy Dollars were slight this week with only 4 Rotarians either sad or happy.  First up, Trish was happy that she won the 50/50 but had to contribute all as that was all she had.............Sue F. eluded the fact that her son Colin is well known by name at McDonalds.  She was sad however, when she found out that Colin had registered her as an Uber driver.  Sue's popularity soared as some of Colin's fellow student thought they had a personal chauffeur.  Needless-to-say, Sue was real happy when Colin un-registered her.............Gayle was happy, or soon will be, as she and Doug are headed for an ocean cruise concluding in Wales for Christmas.  Could it be that they are really headed for one of Charlie's quaint castles?............Louise was happy this week as all the rehearsals that daughter Mariah has been attending lately will culminate in 3 performances this weekend of the Nutcracker.
 
The Duty Roster for next week indicates the following:
Chairperson is David               Introducer is John
Thanker is Marita                    Greeter is George
The Speaker is Garry Donaldson on the topic of Student on Ice:  Expedition to Polar Regions.
 
Three committees reported results from their meetings this past week.  Darrell reported that the Admin Committee is looking to get more members to advertise their companies on our web site.  The nominal cost ($60 per year) helps to offset the licensing fee to operate the Club runner system.........Pam was promoting the Grocery Card program again.  While she is away this winter, Dale will take over the role.  As Pam says, everyone has to eat - why not help the Club by buying grocery cards for all the main Grocers in the area.............Sue F. reported that the Rotaract club made $200 from their recent cookie sale and are donating it Jeff Schnurr and his tree planting organization.
 
Next Tuesday or Wednesday evening the Projects committee will meet at Trish's house around 5:30 ish.  Committee members will receive an e-mail pinpointing the exact date.
 
    Prez Dianne indicated that the Club is proceeding with a food safety course in the New Year.  She asked for 4-5 volunteers, getting Gayle, Edna, Sue, Dale and John to agree......  She announced that Past President Ken Draper has resigned for the club.  Juggling living in Moncton and a part time job was just too much to continue with.  He will be sorely missed.......  Dianne gave notice to all members that there will be a strategic planning session for the Club on January 30th at 9 am at Wayne & Sandy's house.  This planning session is meant to set the direction that the Club wants to take for the next five years.  Rotarian Mel Kennah from Moncton will facilitate.  All members are urged to attend.
 
Wayne had the pleasure of introducing this morning's speaker, Philip MacNeil.  Phil is a former Rotarian and past President of the Club.  He and Jean Mance attended today to take us through their recent journey to Tuscany
    
 
Tuscany is an area of Italy with a population of around 23,000 and is usually thought of as the birthplace of the Italian Renaissance period.  It is also a great wine producing area (Brunella Wines being the most famous)  and it contains seven (7) World Heritage Sites.    Florence is the capital of the region that feature many hill-top towns.  Phil's many photographs paint a picture of an area rich in history, a Mecca for tourists and an architectural wonderland.  The Pont Veccehio bridge pictured below doesn't even look or feel like a bridge until one gets to the center.  This 14th century bridge is lined with shops leading to the center.
 
 
Phil Was thanked By Tim.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Rotary Club of Sackville Bulletin November 26, 2015

Posted by Charlie Scobie on Nov 26, 2015
 
 
Photographer: Pam Harrison
 
Dianne chaired the meeting which opened with a moving video put together by District RYE students of many nationalities pleading for understanding and tolerance and asking everyone to “Pray for Paris.”
 
 
In place of a bio Dianne noted that her name is spelled with two “n”s. She explained that her mother and one sister were both called Anne; brother John suggested that if another daughter came along she would have to be called “Trianne.”
 
Guests:  Rotaract President Colin and V-P Elise.  Rotaract will be at Midnight Madness next week aiming to raise $400 - and hoping that Rotary might match it.  They need crockpots for hot cider, and would welcome donations of apple juice.
 
Louis (below left) explained how the RYE students put together the “Pray for Paris” video with the help of Facebook.  He also quickly sold out of tickets he was selling to raise money for TRHS Grad (he’ll bring more to the Christmas party).
 
 
50/50 DrawWayne’s number came up but he failed to draw the Jack of Clubs. The pot stands at $23.
 
Happy DollarsCharlie leaves on 4 December for 4 months in Victoria, B.C. and will miss getting up at 6:30 a.m. every Thursday; he has left Mary 17 toonies to put in the Draw while he is away.   Gayle had an unhappy dollar: on Monday night she drew the winning number for the record Gold Mine pot - 278 looked very like her own number 273 (especially with her thumb over part of the number).  Louise took Mariah to have her eyes tested and explained that Guylaine was a Rotarian -  “Does that mean she doesn’t eat meat ?” -  “No, it means she likes to help people” - “So, does that mean I’m a Rotarian ?”  Wayne put in a sad dollar for Trish (in absentia) for the Hamilton Tiger Cats’ recent loss.   Guylaine was glad to be feeling better after 3 weeks on the sick list.   Bill is happy to be going to Newfoundland next week to celebrate Christmas early with family but he’s sorry to miss the Christmas party.
 
Admin CommitteeJohn explained a proposed change in Bylaw 2.01 specifying that the Board should have no less than 10 members.  John moved, Bill seconded the motion which passed unanimously.
 
Pam confirmed that the money sent for the Eden Children’s Village project will result in 181 RF points being credited to each member of the club.  Grocery card sales have netted $720 so far this year; the target is $1000 by 31 December.  When Pam is away this winter Dale has agreed to look after card sales.
 
Next Week:   No morning meeting.  CHRISTMAS PARTY  6 p.m. at 22 Park Street.  Please remember to bring a book (for local schools). Parking available across the street.  Enter via the garage - “Back door guests are best.”
 
President’s Time:  Dianne read a letter of thanks from Open Sky for our recent donation.  Open Sky are facing a serious financial crisis due to withdrawal of funding. Next Tuesday 1 December is “Giving Tuesday” - a good day to donate to the Rotary Foundation.
 
Gold Mine Draw:  This week saw a record amount paid out of $4,722.00.  In the last three weeks 98 new people have signed up.  To date the Draw has taken in over $60,000 with half going to winners and half going to local charities.
 
 
Louise presents the record win to Teri LeBlanc who said “This is more money than I have had in my entire life.”
 
 
Sackville Tribune-Post editor Scott Doherty accepts a cheque for $522.50 on behalf of the Trib’s chosen charity, the Tantramar Family Resource Centre.
 
Elections:  The slate of office bearers for next Rotary year (2016-2017) was approved as follows:
President:  Josh;   Past-President:  Dianne;   President-Elect:  John;   Secretary:  Joyce;   Treasurer:  Darrell;   Sergeant-at-Arms:  Mary;   Admin:  John;   Membership: George;   Fund-Raising:  Jamie;  Projects:  Dale;   Rotary Foundation:  David;   Youth:  Sue F.
 
 
Photo:  (left to right)  Front row:  Darrell Harvey, Mary Sears, George Woodburn ; Back row:  Dale Creelman, Joyce Ferguson, John Murchie, Josh Cormier, Jamie Smith, Dianne Oulton.
 
The meeting closed with the Four-Way Test.
 
 
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An Insprational Speaker From Toronto

Posted by Wayne Harper on Nov 19, 2015
 
In Mid- June, Pam  was invited to a community breakfast in Springhill to hear Mark Wafer speak. Mark is a great spokesperson and leading advocate for people with disabilities. He is a Rotarian and his wife Valarie is a Past DG and currently the Rotary International President Representative.
 

He presents his positive business story and the affirmative attributes of hiring disabled employees. He is deaf so understands disabilities. (82 presentation in 2014)

Mark not only meets all the criteria for the Champion’s League awards but meets the highest standards of business excellence when it comes to creating a truly inclusive workforce in his business.

Mark opened his first Tim Hortons location in the fall of 1995 and shortly thereafter hired his first employee who has an intellectual disability. Since then, Mark and his wife Valarie have employed and/or provided job placements for almost 50 people who have a disability. They currently employ 14 people who have a disability in various positions in their 7 stores and are always looking for opportunities to include people who have a disability in their business. And yes, 15 years later, that first employee is still with them.

Clearly Mark leads ‘by example’ in his actions and in his business.

In recent years Mark has demonstrated significant leadership with the Tim Hortons parent corporation TDL, urging them, as a corporation, to do more. In early 2009, Mark persuaded TDL to launch a franchise-wide educational program about the merits of including people who have a disability in the workforce. This included a multi-page educational piece that was launched on TDL’s internal franchise portal and repeated on several occasions showcasing the merits of including people who have a disability in Tim Horton’s locations, responding to FAQs and ‘how to get started’ information. In addition Mark has delivered personal presentations on including people who have a disability in the workplace at several of TDL’s regional owners meetings in Ontario.

Mark has also been the lead ‘Champion’ of the Rotary at Work initiative in Ontario. Mark dedicates countless volunteer hours to traveling around Ontario making public awareness presentations to Rotary Clubs and individual Rotarians, urging them to consider hiring people who have a disability and, in turn, to assist in Championing this cause. This effort has resulted in 88 people who have a disability being hired in the past two years with only 2 days per week of paid staff support.

Mark is also an active member of JOIN’s Business Leadership Network in Toronto.

Clearly this is another Rotarian making a difference in the world in which we live.

 

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Rotary Club of Sackville Bulletin November 19, 2015

Posted by Charlie Scobie on Nov 19, 2015
 
Photographer: Pam Harrison
 
Dale chaired the meeting and provided an impromptu bio.  Though originally from Truro, N.S. he worked for many years at Mount A and considers himself a Sackville native. Having retired 6 years ago he spends time with family and - with Linda - on truck/trailer trips (in 2011 they made it to B.C. and back).  Having joined the club 7 years ago Dale can claim to be a very active Rotarian.  He was recruited by George (who along with Ove holds the record for recruiting most members).
 
Gold Mine ChequeJohn Reid accepted a cheque for $523 on behalf of the Tantramar Adult Learning Centre.  The Centre operates in facilities at the back of the rink.  The program upgrades education for over 18 year olds to GED level and there are currently 24 students in the class. 
 
 
Guests:  A welcome was extended to Rotaract President Colin, and Vice-President Elise.
 
 
Make-Up : Pam claimed a make-up for attending the Area Training at Presque Isle.  A slew of committees also met; Gayle must surely have created a new record by attending three in one day.
 
BirthdayJohn was the birthday boy and was suitably serenaded.
 
Pin-Pal StoryPam recalled that Jeff Schnurr’s presentation at our Paul Harris Night led to his being invited to speak at the District Conference.  His presentation there attracted more notice and last week he spoke at the Miramichi club where the members were so impressed they sent $1000 towards his latest project. Josh put in a word for Community Forests International; see their web site at  http://forestsinternational.org/. Colin noted that the Rotaract Club are raising money for Community Forests International; they are challenging Rotary to make at least as much as they do at the forthcoming Midnight Madness.
 
50/50 Draw: Mary’s number was drawn, but she failed to extract the Jack of Spades from the pack, hence the sad expression (below).  The pot stands at $18.
 
 
Happy DollarsGayle and Louis have a date on Monday night at Goya’s.  Colin noted that as soon as his folks left for the Bahamas we got our first snow; only six months more of winter to come.  Also : please collect Turkey Bucks and give them to Sue F so they can be donated to the Food Bank.  Dale contributed $10 for what started out as a very unhappy story with a serious eye injury incurred by his grandson; the happy ending is that a rare new form of surgery at the IWK in Halifax has been very successful.  Joyce has visions of Haute Cuisine after learning that her RYE grandson in France is going to a cooking school.  Josh visited his new niece in Calgary; he reckons there are more people there from Sackville than in Sackville itself.  Louis was happy that the Gold Mine Draw took in over $2000 for the first time this week; there are now 2,046 people enrolled in the Draw.  Trish was looking for someone to bring Louis back from the Peace Week in Moncton on Sunday and was more than happy when Pam promptly volunteered.
 
Next Week :  Chair:  Darrell;   Thanker:  Mary;   Greeter:  Frank.
 
MotionPam explained that $5,263.85 raised for water filters in the Dominican Republic can no longer be spent there.  She moved that this amount be forwarded to the District to help fund the Eden Children’s Village project.  Motion passed.  This money should be eligible for Rotary Foundation points; it is being suggested that these be distributed evenly among club members.
 
President’s Time:  Dianne reminded members that next week’s program includes the election of office-bearers; still needed is a nominee for 2017-2018 President. A food safety course is to be offered by Laurie Ann Wesselby; the cost is about $100.
 
 
SpeakersBill introduced both the topic - the Sackville Refugee Response Coalition (SRRC) - and the speakers, first year Mount A students Keith Nicholson (from Florida) and Kavana Wa Kilele (from Mozambique). SRRC is a local group of concerned people including representatives of the Mount A community, local churches and service organizations.  Their goal is to sponsor and welcome a refugee family or families to Sackville.  In order to apply, $30,000 needs to be raised (the $10,000 mark has been passed).  Donations can be channeled through local churches (United, Presbyterian, Anglican, Main Street and Middle Sackville Baptist) which can give tax receipts. 15 sub-committees have been set up and are looking for volunteers; for more info or to volunteer email chapel@mta.ca. See also the SRRC Facebook page. Donations will also be looked for - anything from beds to winter jackets.  The presentation included a compelling video on the Syrian refugee crisis.
 
 
Keith and Kavana were thanked by Louise and the meeting concluded with the Four-Way Test.
 
 
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Rotary Club of Sackville Bulletin November 12, 2015

Posted by Charlie Scobie on Nov 12, 2015
 
Photographer: Pam Harrison
 
Dianne chaired the meeting and welcomed visiting Rotarians Don Lockhart, President of the Port Elgin Club and Marilyn Prescott, Rotary Foundation chair.  Also welcomed was District Governor Wayne Wornes (below left) who was on an “unofficial visit”; he mentioned the Rotary Training Workshop being held next weekend at Presque Isle for Area One clubs.  A similar workshop will be held for clubs in our area next spring.
 
50/50 Draw: Jamie (below right) had the right number but drew the wrong card which he was quick to tear up.  The pot stands at $16.
 
Pin Pal Story:  While at the Halifax Forum Christmas market Sandy and Wayne were delighted when Chloe MacIsaac (2011-12 RYE student to Bruges, Belgium) recognized them and came over for a chat.  Chloe is attending Mount St. Vincent University.
 
Gold Mine Cheques: Leslie Reid came along to collect a cheque for $464 and to say thanks on behalf of Open Sky.
 
Held over from last week:  Elaine Smith accepted a cheque for $434 on behalf of the Sackville Memorial Hospital Foundation.
 
Happy Dollars:  Dianne was happy to have spent Remembrance Day in Miramichi with her 90 year old father, a World War II veteran.   Jamie was glad to announce that this week’s Gold Mind Draw pot will be over $3,600.   Trish was happy to make it to Rotary this morning after a three week absence.   Ove is heading out to Edmonton to visit two amazing grandchildren.   Susan F will be away for the next two weeks in Bermuda (someone has to go).   Susan P is delighted that Cape Jourimain now owns the lighthouse; all they have to do is move it.  Marilyn Prescott was happy to be with us; she is heading for Barbados.   Pam drew attention to a project to plant 117,000 trees (one for every Canadian soldier killed in action) along the Highway of Heroes in Ontario; see  hohtribute.ca. 
                         
Next Week:  Chair: Dale;  Intro: Guylaine;  Thanker: Louise;  Greeter: Dianne; Speakers: Kavana Wa Kilele and Keith Nicholson, Sackville Refugee Response Coalition.
 
Youth:  Susan F outlined plans to send a high school student to Adventures in Citizenship in Ottawa next May.  A motion to fund this up to $1,200 was passed.
 
Projects:  Dale and John are working on a project to establish a campground possibly in Beech Hill Park.  A meeting with Town staff showed that the Town would be prepared to support this effort.
 
Grocery Cards:  Pam reported sale of $1000 worth of cards this morning which = $50 for the club.  Remember - everyone has to eat !
 
President’s Time:  Dianne has sent out a notice regarding a strategic planning session to be held on Saturday 30 January; more details to follow.  Club elections will be held in two weeks time; nominations still needed for position of President Elect.
 
Speaker: Charlie gave a PowerPoint presentation on “Introducing the Rotary Foundation”.
 
After a brief survey of the history of the Foundation he outlined Polio Plus, District and Global Grants, Rotary Peace Centres, the three funds (Polio Plus, Annual Fund, Endowment Fund), Donor Recognition and how to give to the Foundation (see www.rotary.org/myrotary/en/take-action/give).
Dianne thanked Charlie
 
then joined Pam in modeling the standard wear (front and back) for polio immunization workers in Nigeria (courtesy of Melissa Corkum).
 
Pam and David (members of the Rotary Foundation committee) distributed collection jars; now you know where to put your loose change.
 
The meeting closed with the Four-Way Test.
 
 
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Rotary Club of Sackville Bulletin November 5, 2015

Posted by Charlie Scobie on Nov 05, 2015
 
Photographer: Pam Harrison
 
Charlie chaired the first meeting in the new location at Joey’s and, as the oldest member of the club, claimed 5 minutes to outline some of the highlights of his bio. He can’t remember what he had for lunch yesterday but he does remember the outbreak of World War II on Sunday 3 September 1939 (his birthday). After studies at Glasgow University (founded 1451) and a spare-time career as an archeologist, he came to Montreal in 1965 where he taught at McGill, then to Sackville in 1972 to teach at Mount A. for 27 years.  He first became a Rotarian in 1959 in Scotland and has been a member of the Sackville Club for 42 years.
 
Gold Mine Draw Presentation: Elaine Smith accepted a cheque for $434 on behalf of the Sackville Memorial Hospital Foundation, and thanked the club for their support.  She is happy that the Foundation reached its goal this year.
 
                          
Gold Mine Draw Monday night working group: for the period 9 to 30 November the team consists of Gayle, Ken, Ove, and Tim.
 
The 50/50 Draw started over again with a pot of $10.  Wynn’s number was drawn but - to his disgust - he failed to pick the Jack of Clubs.
 
 
Happy Dollars:  Wynn was happy his cousin drew his number in the draw; on Monday he departs for a warmer location; and don’t forget the big auction coming up on 7 November (full details in local press).  Wayne passed on an invite from the Port Elgin Club to attend a Music Night in the Baie Verte Hall Saturday evening in aid of international disaster relief.  Sue F gave an update on Rotaract: the bad news - the president has resigned (Colin is interim president); the good news - they have 3 VPs. Josh had no money but cadged a loonie off one of his more prosperous legal colleagues so he could report the successful running of 10K in 51 minutes (it was 3 days later before he could walk normally).  Louise reported on their time in Toronto including visits to the zoo and the very popular aquarium; she also drew attention to the large current Gold Mine pot (approx $2500).  Bill was back from Ireland, the Emerald Isle, where it only rains at night; he did have some difficulty driving on Irish roads (over there the left side’s the right side, and the right side’s the wrong side).  Dianne expressed thanks for the delicious breakfast; she also gave notice that the club is looking for a VP/President Elect for next year.  John was happy that Bill came back.
 
Next Week:  12 November will be Rotary Foundation Day.  The Greeter will be David.
 
Grocery Cards:  Pam thanked all those who continue to support the sale of grocery cards; the aim is to sell $1000 worth per week.  She also distributed to members a Remembrance bracelet which includes a copy of John McCrae’s poem “In Flanders Fields.”
 
President’s Time: Dianne circulated a number of thank you letters from local organizations which we have supported.  
 
Christmas PartyJohn announced that the party will be held on 3 December (no breakfast meeting that day) at the home of Dianne and Frank.  Pot luck, though a ham will be supplied.  BYOB.
 
Speaker:  George introduced TRHS teacher John Fougere
 
 
who gave a very appropriate and informative address on “The History of the National War Memorial” in Ottawa.
 
 
It is technically a “cenotaph”, i.e. an empty tomb to honour those buried elsewhere.  The design was by an English sculptor, Vernon March. The figures on the top of the monument represent Peace and Liberty and the highest point is the torch which refers to John McCrae’s words: “To you from failing hands we throw/The torch; be yours to hold it high.” The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier was added in 2000 and in 2007 an honour guard was established to ensure “the sanctity of the site.”
There were a number of questions and comments with several members sharing their Remembrance Day memories.
 
John was thanked by Bill and the meeting closed with the Four-Way Test.
 
 
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Rotary Club of Sackville Bulletin October 29, 2015

Posted by Charlie Scobie on Oct 29, 2015
Photographer: Pam Harrison
 
John stood in for the absent Bill and chaired the meeting.  “O Canada” was led by a duet of Pam and George. John’s bio talk was the first installment of how he came from Colorado to Canada.  After discovering that a Mini cannot pull a U-Haul he stocked up on canned goods, made it to Bar Harbour, then by ferry to Yarmouth. After a long wait at Customs he evidently gate-crashed his way into Nova Scotia and headed for Halifax.  Stay tuned for the next installment.
 
Make-ups: Pam and Dianne attended the Amherst Club and understood why the Amherst Rotarians were so appreciative of our breakfast. Dianne and Guylaine attended a Rotary Leadership Institute in Truro.
 
Elizabeth Wells collected a Gold Mine cheque for $429 from Ove on behalf of the Sackville Community Association
 
and  Ada Phinney accepted a cheque for $435 from Louise for Salem Elementary School.
 
50/50 Draw:  Guylaine needed to draw the King of Spades to win the $92 jackpot - and that’s exactly what she did ! (see below left)
 
 
Happy Dollars:  Wynn  produced a Brazil soccer shirt that dated from their hosting the first incoming RYE student in 1985-86 - Vanessa Chaves from Kuritiba, Brazil; the shirt went to Louis (see above right).  Other things that made Wynn happy: the World Curling Championship at Truro; meeting Susan Creelman (Dale’s cousin); sitting in the same seat at Goya’s for the last time; looking forward to a big auction on 7 Nov at 20 Sears Road, Midgic. Charlie passed on word from Jeff Schnurr (Paul Harris Fellow) regarding Community Forests International’s latest project to train people on the island of Pemba in the techniques of permaculture. For details see the Indiegogo web site at  igg.me/at/pembapermaculture/x/2193394.
 
Jeff Schnurr with Community Forest Pemba Director Mbarouk Mussa Omar.
 
Guylaine was happy to win the draw and also to attend the RLI in Truro; she thanked Dianne for being patient with her driving.   Sue F knew she had to be somewhere by 1-2:30 p.m. today but couldn’t figure out where.   Louise is going to Toronto; Mariah is looking forward to visiting the zoo.   Wayne is looking for a Rotary team (or teams) for Curl for Cancer on 6 Feb.; forms are available.  
Ada Phinney, Principal of Salem School (below left) thanked the club for donations to the school.  Some will go to support the breakfast program including snack backpacks, and some to purchase another Spin Bike.  
 
President’s Time:  Dianne (above right) has graduated from the RLI program, having completed all three parts and gained the RLI pin.  Check the District 7810 web site: our club is featured in two items (“Coats for Care” and our inhouse auction for Polio Plus).   As this was the last day at Goya’s David was brought in and thanked for the great breakfasts he has provided over the past year and a half. 
 
Committee meetings will continue to be held at Goya’s.
 
Next Week:  AT JOEY’S (same day, same time).  Chair: Charlie;   Intro: George;   Thanker: ? ;   Greeter: Darrell.
 
Rotaract:  Sue reported that Rotaract is going well:  working along with Community Forests International;  collecting Turkey Dollars from Foodland (save yours and pass them on);  planning an event for Midnight Madness; working with the Marshview breakfast program (along with a full roster of Rotarians).
 
Polio PlusPam drew attention to the excellent article in the current Rotarian on Nigeria.  Thanks to Melissa Corkum “Polio Free Nigeria” buttons and “Every Last Child” stickers were circulated to members.
 
Speaker:  Sue F introduced Guylaine who gave her classification talk which coincided nicely with Children’s Vision Month.  Her main theme was the importance of testing children’s eyes at an early age.  It is reckoned that as many as one in four children beginning school may have an eye problem which impairs their ability to learn.  80% of learning is visual. 
School vision screening is not the same as a proper eye examination.  It is recommended that children have their eyes tested as early as 6 to 9 months. For a Children’s Vision Month contest go to www.DOCcontest.comFrom the questions and comments that followed it was clear that this talk was a real eye-opener.
 
Guylaine was suitably thanked by John and the meeting closed with the Four-WayTest.
 
 
 
 
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Rotary Club of Sackville Bulletin October 29, 2015

Posted by Charlie Scobie on Oct 29, 2015
 
 
Photographer: Pam Harrison
 
John stood in for the absent Bill and chaired the meeting.  “O Canada” was led by a duet of Pam and George. John’s bio talk was the first installment of how he came from Colorado to Canada.  After discovering that a Mini cannot pull a U-Haul he stocked up on canned goods, made it to Bar Harbour, then by ferry to Yarmouth. After a long wait at Customs he evidently gate-crashed his way into Nova Scotia and headed for Halifax.  Stay tuned for the next installment.
 
Make-ups: Pam and Dianne attended the Amherst Club and understood why the Amherst Rotarians were so appreciative of our breakfast. Dianne and Guylaine attended a Rotary Leadership Institute in Truro.
 
Elizabeth Wells collected a Gold Mine cheque for $429 from Ove on behalf of the Sackville Community Association
 
and  Ada Phinney accepted a cheque for $435 from Louise for Salem Elementary School.
 
50/50 Draw:  Guylaine needed to draw the King of Spades to win the $92 jackpot - and that’s exactly what she did ! (see below left)
 
 
Happy Dollars:  Wynn  produced a Brazil soccer shirt that dated from their hosting the first incoming RYE student in 1985-86 - Vanessa Chaves from Kuritiba, Brazil; the shirt went to Louis (see above right).  Other things that made Wynn happy: the World Curling Championship at Truro; meeting Susan Creelman (Dale’s cousin); sitting in the same seat at Goya’s for the last time; looking forward to a big auction on 7 Nov at 20 Sears Road, Midgic.  
 
Charlie passed on word from Jeff Schnurr (Paul Harris Fellow) regarding Community Forests International’s latest project to train people on the island of Pemba in the techniques of permaculture. For details see the Indiegogo web site at  igg.me/at/pembapermaculture/x/2193394.
 
Jeff Schnurr with Community Forest Pemba Director Mbarouk Mussa Omar.
 
Guylaine was happy to win the draw and also to attend the RLI in Truro; she thanked Dianne for being patient with her driving.   Sue F knew she had to be somewhere by 1-2:30 p.m. today but couldn’t figure out where.   Louise is going to Toronto; Mariah is looking forward to visiting the zoo.   Wayne is looking for a Rotary team (or teams) for Curl for Cancer on 6 Feb.; forms are available.  
Ada Phinney, Principal of Salem School (below left) thanked the club for donations to the school.  Some will go to support the breakfast program including snack backpacks, and some to purchase another Spin Bike.  
 
 
President’s Time:  Dianne (above right) has graduated from the RLI program, having completed all three parts and gained the RLI pin.  Check the District 7810 web site: our club is featured in two items (“Coats for Care” and our inhouse auction for Polio Plus).   As this was the last day at Goya’s David was brought in and thanked for the great breakfasts he has provided over the past year and a half. 
 
 
Committee meetings will continue to be held at Goya’s.
 
Next Week:  AT JOEY’S (same day, same time).  Chair: Charlie;   Intro: George;   Thanker: ? ;   Greeter: Darrell.
 
Rotaract:  Sue reported that Rotaract is going well:  working along with Community Forests International;  collecting Turkey Dollars from Foodland (save yours and pass them on);  planning an event for Midnight Madness; working with the Marshview breakfast program (along with a full roster of Rotarians).
 
Polio PlusPam drew attention to the excellent article in the current Rotarian on Nigeria.  Thanks to Melissa Corkum “Polio Free Nigeria” buttons and “Every Last Child” stickers were circulated to members.
 
 
Speaker:  Sue F introduced Guylaine who gave her classification talk which coincided nicely with Children’s Vision Month.  Her main theme was the importance of testing children’s eyes at an early age.  It is reckoned that as many as one in four children beginning school may have an eye problem which impairs their ability to learn.  80% of learning is visual.
 
 
 
School vision screening is not the same as a proper eye examination.  It is recommended that children have their eyes tested as early as 6 to 9 months. For a Children’s Vision Month contest go to www.DOCcontest.comFrom the questions and comments that followed it was clear that this talk was a real eye-opener.
 
 
Guylaine was suitably thanked by John and the meeting closed with the Four-WayTest.
 
 
 
 
 
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Rotary Club of Sackville Fights to End Polio Worldwide

Posted by Dave McKellar on Oct 22, 2015
 
World Polio Day: Rotary Club of Sackville Fights to End Polio Worldwide
 
In honor of World Polio Day, which is widely recognized on the 24th of October, the Rotary Club of Sackville held a fun auction on Thursday, October 1st and raised $1500 as part of Rotary’s 30-year mission to eradicate the crippling childhood disease polio.
 
Local Rotarian Pam Harrison suggested that to recognize the 30th anniversary of Rotary’s fight to eradicate polio that our 30 members should raise a minimum of $30 each.  This goal of $900 was exceeded through the generosity of individual club members!
 
Due to the enthusiasm of club members to achieve their goal the Board of Directors decided to match these contributions to a total of $3000!
 
 
World Polio Day follows a succession of significant developments that have made 2015 one of the most important years in the history of the polio eradication initiative. The World Health Organization (WHO) announced on 25 September that Nigeria is now polio-free and has been officially removed from the list of countries where polio is endemic. It’s been 14 months since any cases of polio caused by the wild virus have been detected there. With Nigeria’s historic achievement, polio remains endemic in only two countries: Afghanistan and Pakistan. That means transmission of the virus has never been stopped there.
 
Since 1985, Rotary has contributed nearly $1.4 billion and countless volunteer hours to the protection of more than two billion children in 122 countries.  So the message to world leaders is clear: support the final push to achieve eradication now while the goal has never been closer, or face the potential consequences of a new polio pandemic that could disable millions of children within a decade.
 
President Dianne Oulton of the Sackville Rotary Club said that “contributing to the end game of the Polio Plus eradication initiative was the right thing to do especially since every new dollar Rotary commits to polio eradication will be matched two-to-one by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation up to US$ 35 million a year. So our club’s contribution of $3000 in essence will be tripled to a grand total of $9000”.
 
A highly infectious disease, polio causes paralysis and is sometimes fatal.  As there is no cure, the best protection is prevention. For as little as US 60 cents worth of vaccine, a child can be protected against this crippling disease for life.  After an international investment of more than US$9 billion, and the successful engagement of over 200 countries and 20 million volunteers, polio could be the first human disease of the 21st century to be eradicated.
 
The Global Polio Eradication Imitative  is spearheaded by the World Health Organization, Rotary International, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF).  It includes the support of governments and other private sector donors.
 
About Rotary
 
Rotary brings together a global network of volunteer leaders dedicated to tackling the world’s most pressing humanitarian challenges. Rotary connects 1.2 million members of more than 34,000 Rotary clubs in over 200 countries and geographical areas. Their work improves lives at both the local and international levels, from helping families in need in their own communities to working toward a polio-free world. For more information, visit Rotary.org.World Polio Day: Rotary Club of Sackville Fights to End Polio Worldwide
 
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Rotary Club of Sackville Bulletin October 22, 2015

Posted by Charlie Scobie on Oct 22, 2015
 
Photographer: Pam Harrison
 
Wynn got the meeting off to a prompt start and Pam led an upbeat singing of “O Canada.”  Wynn went on to fill in some biographical details.  He is “from away” having arrived here at the age of two.  He started off as a Phys.Ed. instructor and coach, a job he loved.  When his lawyer father was called to the bench he went back to school in 1973 to study law in order to take over the family business in the building that has been a law office since 1897.  When not golfing he is still a Small Claims Court Adjudicator for another four years.
 
Guests:  Joyce brought along a longtime friend, Barb Dickson, a lassie from Lancashire.
 
 
Louis’ guest was his host father Douglas Johnston.
 
Gold Mine Cheques:   
   
Edwin Skidmore came along to claim his $890 cheque.
 
Patricia Belliveau was present to accept a $445.00 Gold Mine cheque on behalf of Bob Edgett’s Boys Club.
 
Visiting Rotarian:  George’s sister June (a Blue Jays supporter) from the Timmins-Porcupine Rotary Club, always a welcome guest.
 
PinPal Story:  Dianne met Gayle and Ove at a Comedy Night at the Capitol Theatre.
 
50-50 Draw:  June (below right, with chair Wynn on left) did not pick the King of Spades.  The pot now stands at $89.
 
Happy DollarsJosh enjoyed the excitement of Monday night and is happy that Canada now has a good-looking Prime Minister.  Gayle enjoyed the Comedy Night, thanks to tickets from GeorgePatricia is looking forward to her 60th birthday celebration this Saturday night 8 p.m. at 38 King Street; you all come !  Dianne appreciated Guylaine getting up early last Saturday to come with her to the Rotary Leadership Institute meeting in Truro.  Wynn is happy the Jays are still playing, and a grand-daughter is still undefeated in a curling bonspiel.  He expected Ove to be having a crying party, but it turned out that even Ove has had enough of a right-wing conservative.  Guylaine enjoyed the RLI meeting; she has a new member of the family, a fish called “Election.”  Edna was happy to be leaving shortly for Ottawa (no, she was not elected to parliament).
 
Next Week:   Chair - Bill;  Intro - Gayle;  Thanker - Ken;  Greeter - Dale.
 
NEW LOCATION !!!  Wayne reported on behalf of the committee seeking a new location for meetings.  19 options were considered, a short list produced and each visited, with the final decision being Joey’s at 16 York Street.  We are sorry to be leaving Goya’s and appreciate all David’s hard work on our behalf.
 
President’s Time:  Dianne welcomed today’s guests, and complimented David on the article and photo in this week’s Tribune-Post  - along with a page of Gold Mine photos all good PR for the club.  She also thanked those who served at the Alzheimer’s Coffee House at the Drew Nursing Home last Thursday, especially Louis who did a great job serving the residents.
 
Speaker:  Wayne introduced Jeff Ollerhead thanking him for appearing at such short notice.  Jeff’s remarks focused on three islands.  Easter Island, famous for its statues,
where the population died out after having used up all the island’s resources. 
Manhattan Island where the havoc caused by Hurricane Sandy has been fixed - until the next storm.   Robben Island where Nelson Mandela spent 17 years, in antithesis to the other two, since Mandela brought from it not bitterness and a desire for revenge but Truth and Reconciliation.  Jeff quoted a very influential 1968 article by ecologist Garrett Hardin entitled “The Tragedy of the Commons.”  We face huge problems today - from the loss of the cod fishery to Woodpoint being cut off by flooding three times in the past 18 months.  We are ruining the commons. The world’s problems cannot be solved by technical means alone.  We need to recognize that “no man or woman is an island” (a politically correct version of John Donne’s famous quote).  Rotarians with their motto of “Service Above Self” should be leading the way in getting involved in the issues of the day. 
 
Joyce thanked Jeff for a very thought-provoking address, and the meeting closed with the Four-Way Test.
 
 
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The Story Behind July 1st

Posted by Wayne Harper on Oct 18, 2015
 

The Story Behind July 1

 
Happy New Year, everyone! Though it may sound strange to hear that in the middle of summer, July 1st marks the New Fiscal Year for Rotary Clubs around the world. To find out why, we’ll need to delve into the history of the organization.
 
1910 Rotary Clubs of America Convention (Image courtesy of Rotary International)
 
Did you know that the July 1st New Year has been a Rotary tradition for over a century? When Rotarians had their first convention, way back in 1910, the New Year was set as the day after the convention ended in August. They made the same decision in the lead up to the 1911 and 1912 conventions, which also took place in August. At the 1912 meeting, the Rotary board of directors ordered a financial audit of the International Association of Rotary Clubs. The auditors went on to recommend that the Rotary fiscal year end on June 30, in order to give clubs time to prepare their financial statements in advance of the convention. They’d also be able to determine an accurate number of delegates to send, so convention organizers would be able to prepare.
 
These were all good reasons, but in an age of wool suits and no air conditioning it didn’t take long for practical considerations to change the date of the conventions again. In 1916 the Rotary decided to hold their future annual conventions in June to avoid the hottest days of the year. However, the July 1 date for the Rotary New Year had already become a tradition, one that continues 102 years later.
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Rotary Club of Sackville Bulletin October 15, 2015

Posted by Charlie Scobie on Oct 15, 2015
Photographers: Pam Harrison and Dianne Oulton.
 
Wayne chaired the meeting and gave a brief biographical overview. Born in Ottawa he grew up in Ontario and went into the grocery business where he became a Senior Systems Analyst.  Loblaws stole him away and sent him to a place called Sackville (where ?) in 1982: the best move he and Sandy ever made.  He became VP Wholesale Operations for Atlantic Wholesalers.  After leaving AW he bought the Vogue Cinema which he operated for 14 years, while teaching in the Mount A Commerce Department part-time.  Now he strongly recommends retirement.
 
50-50 Draw: Sandy (see below) looked suitably sad after having her number picked but failing to draw the King of Spades.  The pot now stands at $84.
 
 
BirthdayLouis turned 18 today; he received a birthday card, a birthday cake (see below), and was suitably serenaded.
 
 
Pinpal:  Gayle claimed her first pin-pal story having met past DG Patricia Perry in the parking lot last Saturday a.m.
 
Happy DollarsWynn (who is always happy) was glad that he found his Rotary apron; as an ad he announced an upcoming auction on 7 November; and he is happy that his  granddaughter did so well in a Halifax cashspiel.  Marita was glad that with family members she made it downhill at Wentworth.  Joyce finally got throufgh on Skype with her grandson in France and was surprised to hear him speaking in fluent French to his host mother; also, she looks forward to a visit from an old friend from the U.K. arriving next Monday.  Sandy was happy she won the $5 from the draw; a visit to Halifax cost her for getting the car fixed.  Guylaine looks forward to participating in a 5K race on the Island, and to having a visit from her parents from Quebec.
 
Next Week:   Chair: Wynn;   Intro: Frank or substitute;  Thanker: Joyce;  Greeter: Charlie;  Speakers: Chris Ward and Janine O’Reilly: “Trip to New Zealand.”
 
Committee Reports:                                                                                                                                         
Rotary Foundation (David) - the Board has passed doubling in-house auction proceeds of $1500 to $3000.  Approved by unanimous vote (needed for expenditures of over $500).  Gates Foundation will treble this for a total of $9000 for PolioPlus !                                      
Youth (Sue F) -  The RYE program will be suspended for one year because of lack of host families.  Plans to get Interact Club going at TRHS.
 
New Club:  Pam reported the birth of a new club in the Fredericton area.  Agreed to send greetings.
 
Gold Mine Draw:  Dora Beal was on hand with husband Norman to accept a cheque for $1725 from Dianne.
 
 
President’s Time:  Dianne reported that a committee is exploring possibilities for a new venue for our weekly meetings.  A new budget line increasing the amount for Rotary training from $500 to $1000 for the current year was approved.
 
Speaker: Dianne introduced Stephen Puddle a native of New Zealand who came to Sackville in 2005 and who has two main interests as a travel agent and a promoter of community theatre.  Like many Canadians he was dismayed by Stephen Harper’s downplaying of the Arts.  “Is Art Really Necessary ?” -Yes, he says, whether it’s our three art galleries (Fog Forest/Struts/Owens) or the offerings of live theatre in Sackville.  Theatre has very ancient roots and even survived in Communist Russia.  What would our community be without the arts which reflect all aspects of human experience? Stephen founded the Performer’s Company, now in its eighth year; it helps bridge the Town/Gown divide. After its most recent production “Dracula” they are all set to present “Quartet” by Ronald Hardwood, starring Sue Rose, Penny Mott, Sandy Burnett, and  Glen Nichols, 18-22 November at the Maritime Conference Centre.  Stephen was thanked by Josh who could recall being in Dorchester Consolidated School productions.
 
 
The meeting officially closed with the FourWay Test, but was followed by Gold Mine cheque presentations of $215.75 each:
 
two to Josh Cormier, presented by Trish, one for Dorchester Food Bank and one for Dorchester Fire Department;
 
 
 
and one to the Sackville Food Bank presented by Gayle to Paul Harris Fellow Susan Bour on behalf of the Sackville Food Bank.
 
 
On Thursday afternoon a team from Rotary -
 
 
served coffee and muffins at an Alzheimer’s Coffee House at the Drew Home. 
Louis came along to help serve the residents -
 
 
 
 
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Rotary Club of Sackville Bulletin October 8, 2015

Posted by Charlie Scobie on Oct 08, 2015
 
Trish chaired the meeting which opened with a very upbeat rendition of “O Canada” led by Amherst Rotarian Jeanne.  A warm welcome was extended to President Elizabeth Smith-McCrossin who led a team of visiting Rotarians from Amherst: Angela Burgess, Paul Calder, Denise Corey, Morris Haug, Barry Helm, Stephen Maltby, Jeanne Milner, Sue Read, Don Russell, Brian Trenholm, and Ron Wilson.
 
 
Birthday Greetings went to Marita and to Pam (more like 17 than 71).
 
Trish (below left) packed a lot into her 3-minute bio.  Born in Hamilton, Ontario she roots for the Ti-Cats (though we didn’t get to hear the cheer).  After moving to Picton, in beautiful Prince Edward County she studied Biology at Queen’s followed by a Master’s at U.N.B.  After coming to Sackville with Bruce she worked initially with the Atlantic Salmon Federation, and is now with the Canadian Wildlife Service.  A past-President of our club, Trish currently serves as District Youth Protection Officer.
 
50-50 Draw :  Visiting Rotarian Morris (below right) looks sad: he drew the 7 of Spades instead of the King, leaving the jackpot of $79 still intact.
 
 
PinPal StoryLouise while on the Island on business met the President of the Charlottetown Club.
 
Happy Dollars: Louise had a PSA - Girl Guide cookies on sale @ $5 a box.   Wynn was sad to have wrapped up his golf clubs for the winter, but happy that he has reserved tee-time for 11 November in Florida.   Sue P is thankful for the beautiful fall weather (sure beats the spring).  Trish looks forward to a visit from her sister on Sunday.   Bill thanked the club on behalf of the Hospital Foundation for our Gold Mine donation; he looks forward to seeing his friend Douglas from Halifax on Saturday.   Pam attended a gathering at the Millbrook Reservation near Truro to honour murdered and missing aboriginal women; participants included Bob Rae and three residential school survivors.   Sue F was at the Marshview Middle School breakfast on Monday when 30 students were served; volunteers are needed, and donations of home-made jam would be very acceptable.   Barry was glad to be at the meeting and to meet up with friend Darrell.   Morris was glad Pam bought a Trip of the Month ticket from him, though in return he had to buy tickets for our dinner/auction.   Marita enjoyed hiking with her grand-daughter at Wentworth.
 
Next Week:  Chair: Wayne;   Introducer: Dianne;   Thanker: Josh;   Greeter: John (in place of Bill).
 
President’s Time: Dianne welcomed President Elizabeth and the Amherst Rotarians and promised a return visit. 
 
 
A letter of thanks has been received from Kathleen Cooper on behalf of Dorchester Consolidated School.  Eight Rotarians will participate in an Alzheimer’s Coffee House at the Drew Nursing Home 2:30 - 4:00 p.m. on Thursday 15 October.  Stay tuned for word on a change of location for our meetings.
 
RESULTS !!   Wayne announced that the recent breakfast brought in $3500, with $1300 in expenses for a profit of $2100 !  David announced that last week’s in-house auction brought in $1500; the Board have agreed to double that to make $3000 which in turn will be trebled by the Gates Foundation for a total of $9000 going from our club for Polio Plus !
 
Committee Reports:  Jamie reported that tickets for the Dinner/Auction on 14 November are available; a list of businesses to contact will be circulated.  Trish reported that a list of local Gold Mine recipients has been drawn up, though it can still be added to.
 
Speaker:  David introduced Mount A Maths and Computer Science Prof. Liam Keliher (they have a shared interest in cryptography) who gave a fascinating talk on “Steve Jobs: A Difficult Genius.”
 
Since his death from cancer in 2011 there have been numerous studies of Jobs and a new movie is about to come out.  There is no doubt he had a difficult and demanding personality.  Though kicked out of Apple in 1985 he came back to become CEO in 2000 and oversee the development of the IPod (2001), ITunes (2003), the IPhone (2007), and the IPad (2010).  Largely thanks to him Apple is the most valuable company in the world, worth some $700 billion.  Fortune Magazine called Jobs “One of Silicon Valley’s leading egomaniacs”.  Yet if had had been a nicer person would he have accomplished as much ?  That is an open question.
Gayle thanked Liam on behalf of the club and visitors.
 
Before the meeting Gold Mine cheques of $215.50 each were presented to The Dorchester Fire Department (received by Dianne on behalf of Josh),
 
 
and to the Sackville Fire Department (received by Deputy Fire Chief Wendell Crossman).
 
The meeting ended with the Four Way Test.
 
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Rotary Club of Sackville Bulletin October 1, 2015

Posted by Charlie Scobie on Oct 01, 2015
 
 
Dianne was in the chair and the meeting opened with (for once) the basses and tenors dominating the singing of “O Canada.”  The President noted with satisfaction that members had actually done what she told them last week and varied where they sat and who they sat with.
 
Next Week:  Chair: Trish;   Intro: David;   Thanks: John;   Greeter: Wynn;   Speaker: Liam Keliher -  “Steve Jobs: A Difficult Genius.”  We will be hosts to 14 members of the Amherst club !
 
Twelve of the new style Rotary aprons (with the new Rotary logo) are available at $25 each.  See one modeled by Joyce (below left).  In the 50-50 draw Joyce’s number was drawn but she failed to find the King of Spades; the jackpot now stands at $66.
 
Wynn (below right) took over as auctioneer for the annual in-house auction.  He assured us that the auctioneer has to look different: see for yourself.
 
 
Today’s auction was sponsored by the Rotary Foundation Committee with the proceeds going to the final drive to eliminate polio.  Committee chair David provided a PowerPoint presentation as a background to the auction reminding us of the need to “END POLIO NOW.”
 
 
A wide selection of items was up for grabs. 
 
 
The bidding was fast and furious and Wynn moved things along so smartly that we finished just on the 8:30 a.m. mark.
After the auction those present gathered for a group photo (to be used for publicity in the local press re the polio campaign).
 
 
The meeting ended with the Four Way Test.
 
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Weekly Bulletin - September 24, 2015

Posted by Wayne Harper on Sep 29, 2015
 
  
 
  For the second week in a row, Tim was front and center, this time as Chairperson.  He got the meeting going by giving away money.
 
Last week's Gold Mine winner, Carol Brine joined us and claimed her prize of $896.00 Here carol is shown accepting her cheque from Bill Evans.
 
   Also accepting a cheque as Charity of the Week was the Dorchester Public School. Joyce is shown presenting the cheque for $448.
 
Dianne brought hubby Frank as her guest.  There were no others aside from our guest speaker, Andy Marr.
 
 
There were lots of make-ups this week stemming from the breakfast last Saturday and the Gold Mine and Club Admin committee meetings.  There was only one birthday this week as Josh hit the next decade.  He received a make up card.  
 
The 50/50 pot is starting to creep upwards - now valued at $61. Edna's ticket was drawn but she drew the King of Hearts, instead of the Queen of Hearts.
 
In the Happy $'s department, Wynn was happy, but I don't know why as I cannot decipher Sandy's notes (neither can she).............Ove wasn't happy or sad, he was mad at himself for forgetting to show up for his Gold Mine Draw duties...........Dianne was pleased to bring Frank today.  She was also happy that Louie seems to be having a great time within the District as recently they went for a sunset swim and a zip line.  He hangs with 16 other RYE students, including 5 from Belgium.........Joyce reported that her grandson is having a wonderful time on his exchange.  He also recently celebrated his 18th birthday and got a bottle of wine from his Rotary Club...........Josh was happy to turn 30.........Marita was happy that she has her house back as her house guests from Louisiana have left.  Daughter Kalika is now in light therapy and the cat has no more Ticks (she had 300)........Sue was happy that the Belgium chocolate was as good as she imagined........Edna was happy to win / loose as above but was pleased that she went mushroom picking with a guide.  So far, those picked haven't killer her.
 
Next week is Club Assembly with the whole thing devoted to the member Foundation Auction.  Wayne will be the greeter.
 
Prez Dianne read a letter from Marshview School thanking us for supporting the breakfast program and reiterating the importance of it.......She has ordered 12 Rotary aprons at $25 each.  Dianne and Guylaine will be attending the RLI meeting and there is still 2 places available in the car........Finally, a suggestion - move to a different table next week.
Dianne and Louie exchanged Club Flags.
   
 
The Foundation Committee reminded members of next week's auction and showed the video of last weeks presentation on the coats for the homeless.  To date, $120 of the requested $180 has been collected.  Sue reported that her makeup Rotary Club in Toronto has collected 100 used coats for the homeless.
 
In the "I don't know what committee this falls under", Bill and Edna attended a town meeting organized by 5 churches, to see if there was anything that could be done locally for the Syrian refugee situation.  They reported a great discussion and a steering committee will be formed.
 
Sandy reported that there were 359 people at last Saturday's breakfast.  There are still some member ticket money to be turn in and members are urged to do so quickly.  Net income should be close to $1,800.
 
   Darrell introduce our guest speaker Any Marr, a financial advisor who was there to talk about TFSA's.  Andy alluded to the fact that TFSA' are a very "misunderstood investment tool" and in real terms it is a "shelter for your money".  Every one over the age of 18 should consider this tax free investment.  Along with a proper SIN #, people can invest up to $10,000 each year.  If you had invested the maximum amount since the start of the program, you would have contributed $41,000 + interest.  The funds grow tax free and can be withdrawn tax free at your leisure.  However you cannot replace that money in the same year as the withdrawal.  TFSA should be in investors highest risk investments, where the most money can be made.
 
Andy was thanked by Pam.     
 
 
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GROCERY CARD FUND RAISING
Congratulations and thank you all Rotarians, we met our goal of $1,000.00 per week!!    YES! YES! YES
We have set a target $2,000.00 for the CLUB FUND in this Rotary year.
month
Sales    (5% and 2.5% VISA)
Balance (APPROX)
2015-2016 goal
 
$2,000.00
July (5 meetings)
$5,119.12  sales =  $250.00 appox
$1,750.00
August (3 meetings)
$2,500.00  sales  = $120.00 appox
$!,630.00
Sept (4meetings)
$4,550.00 sales =   $225.00 appox
$1,405.00
October (5 meetings)
 
 
November
 
 
December
 
 
January
 
 
February
 
 
March
 
 
April
 
 
May
 
 
June
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
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Weekly Bulletin - September 17 2015

Posted by Wayne Harper on Sep 17, 2015
 
Susan Fisher presided over the meeting by getting it started on time.  She asked Pam to start a Rock 'N Roll version of the National Anthem.  A key change part way through allowed some of us to relax our shorts and sing along.
Two of our guests were there representing Tantramar Regional High School, one of the charities in our Gold Mine Draw fundraiser.
  
  Shown here is Rotarian Marita Webb presenting a cheque for $437.50 to Tim Soper (L) and Rebecca Long (R).
 
  This week we also had a visiting Rotarian, all the way from Port Elgin.  Actually Vaughn Alward lives in Sackville, but was a long time member of the Rotary Club of Port Elgin.  Today he is an Honorary member of that club.  Vaughn visited us to collect his winnings from the Gold Mine Draw.  He was presented with a cheque for $2,325.00 by our 2015-2016 RYE student Louie Alsteens.  I suspect Vaughn's wife Marilyn will no longer chide me at the Farmer's Market for not drawing her number.  
 
On the birthday front this week, Darrell celebrated another milestone as he entered another decade.  Congrats Darrell!  Remember, it's just a number.
 
Pin pal stories were lacking this week, but not the enthusiasm for the 50/50 draw as we all waited with baited breath for a chance to win a whopping $58.  Joyce's ticket was drawn, but she drew the 7 of diamonds, thus ensuring a pot in the $60's next week will only be eclipsed by Inverness in Cape Breton.  
 
On the Happy Dollars front, Gayle was happy that there has been some progress in her son-in-laws treatments in Halifax.  She also mentioned that there will be a meeting this Sunday in the MTA chapel to discuss the plight of the Syrian refugees and how Sackville might assist.......Ove indicated that he had a phone call from a friend indicating that he will match (up to $600), donations from Rotarians to a Syrian cause........Dianne was happy hat she went to the District Conference this past weekend and that she and Pam are still friends after sharing a room.........Wynn was happy that our guests above  are good furniture movers.........Dale was happy that he got rid of all the beans he came with this morning........Louise was happy that she had a meeting with the principle of Salem School who updated her to what the funds from our Gold Mine Draw are used for.  It seems that the school has identified needy families that they have been able to support with clothing and food and that our money was able to purchase these necessities.
 
Next week the duty roster reads as such:
Chairman - Tim
Introducer - Darrell
Thanker - Jamie
Greeter - Trish
 
Our Speaker is Andy Marr, talking about TFSA's
 
The committee reports were started by the Fundraising Committee who reminded members of this week's Fall Breakfast at the Legion.  Those who are involved have been sent the task list..........From the Projects Committee, Pam showed the members a prototype coat/sleeping bag designed for homeless persons.        Several Clubs in the District have banded together to purchase 35 of these units for distribution in 7 cities.  The coats cost $180 each and next week members will be asked to donate so that we can by a least one coat..........The Foundation Committee reminded members that October 1st will be the annual member auction.  Items can be donated and given to committee members.  Sandy will be documenting the items........Susan reported that the Rotaract Club met last night for the first time this college year.  Thirty five new and fifteen previous members attended.
 
On the meeting front, the Club Administration Committee will meet at John's house next Wednesday (September 23rd) at 7:00 pm.
 
President Dianne recapped some of the District Conference, particularly the House of friendship, an initiative of our Club.  Eleven clubs from the District participated.    During he Conference, our Club won the Best Attendance award.  This is the second year in a row that we have won this award.  Credit goes to the meticulous record keeping by Edna.  DG Wayne Wornes presented each club with the Theme banner, displayed each week on the podium.
 
 
 
This week's speaker was our own Tim Jones, giving his classification talk. Tim was introduced by Dale.  A successful Funeral Home Director with his brother Weston, Tim alluded to the fact that he is better know as "Mr. Sold By Jen".  Born in Port Elgin, Tim was the middle of four kids, born to David & Jane Jones.  Graduating in 1988 from TRHS, Tim took off for the lights of Toronto and Sheridan College's photography program.  He was taught by master photographers who oft times had celebrities visiting he school.  Graduating in 1990 he married "Jen" and they eventually ended up in Halifax where they opened their own photography studio.  Not wanting to pursue photography in the digital age, he went to Dalhousie for 3 years in an engineering program.  However, brother Weston wanted to expand the funeral home business and needed help from Tim.  He and Jen moved to Sackville and he began an active role in the business. They currently operate 6 funeral homes in NB and NS, conducting around 275 funerals per year.  He is on call 24 / 7, 365 days per year.  They were the first funeral home with their own web site and have established a secondary business of producing web sites for other businesses, with an emphasis on the funeral business.  A business is that is a sad one for the most part, he get a lift from his wife Jen, and his daughter and son.  Two of his passions are cooking and travel.
Tim was thanked by Guylaine.   
  
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
         
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Rotary Club of Sackville Bulletin September 10, 2015

Posted by Charlie Scobie on Sep 10, 2015
 
Photographer: Pam Harrison
 
President Dianne, in the chair for the club’s A.G.M., welcomed guest Aaron Lloyd, and extended a special welcome to our new RYE student Louis Alsteens from Belgium.  (Louis needs a ride to Moncton on Friday 18 Sept and back on Sunday 20; if you can help please contact Sue F).  Gabi is in Austria for a year and is on a Leave of Absence from Rotary.
 
Aaron accepted a Gold Mine cheque for $425 on behalf of Sackville Minor Hockey.
 
Make-ups:  Louise did a make-up at the Montague club and brought further news of the success of their Gold Mine Draw which now takes in c. $20,000 a week. Pam and Dianne attended the Moncton West and Riverview club.
 
50-50 Draw:  Darrell was lucky with his number but not with his card.  The pot now stands at $54.
 
 
Happy Dollars:   John met Gayle: things are going well.  Sue F is happy that Louis is here and hopes he manages to stay awake.  Ken got his second son married off last week; it was a great wedding and all the bills are paid.  Wynn had a very long and involved story about arranging court dates; it appears that all’s well that ends well.  Louise attended her sister’s wedding; she expressed special thanks to Aaron as Jean Coutu is the #1 retail outlet for the Gold Mine Draw.
 
Next Week:  Chair: Susan F;   Intro: Dale;   Thanker: Guylaine;   Greeter & Speaker: Tim.
 
Inhouse Auction:  Charlie reminded members of the Inhouse Auction on 1 October with proceeds going to the Global Polio Eradication Initiative.  Let Sandy know what goods or services you will be donating.  Our aim is to raise at least $30 for each of our 30 members, as this is the 30th anniversary of Polio Plus.  If we can raise $1000 the Gates Foundation will contribute $2000 for a total of $3000.
 
Corn & Cards:  Pam thanked the 22 members who helped with the corn boil; the corn husking was completed in a Canadian and World record time of 26 minutes and 34 seconds (see below).  Sales of grocery cards continue to do well; our goal for this year is to raise $2,000.
 
 
FINANCE:  Darrell walked the members through the financial statements for 2014-2015 which were duly approved.   He clarified the difference between the Club Account and the Trust Account; the latter only pays out to “qualified donnees” and is the only one that can issue income tax receipts.
 
YOUTH:  Sue F (below left) reviewed the RYE and Rotaract programs; it is hoped to start an Interact group at TRHS.  With the difficulty of finding enough host families the emphasis in future may be more on the short-term exchanges.
 
FOUNDATION:  Ken (below centre) summarized the activities of the past year for “our charity.”  We achieved the goal of averaging at least $100 per member for the RF. Remember Ken’s favourite slogan: “No donation is too much.”
 
PROJECTS:  In Trish’s absence Dianne (below right) reported on 2014-15 projects.  $13,900 went to local and international projects (not counting RYE funds or the Gold Mine Draw recipients).
 
 
FUNDRAISING:   Josh (below left) looked back on the varied success of different fund-raisers.  The Wine/Beer Tasting has been in decline, “Madam Butterfly” was a new venture which many enjoyed, the Dinner/Auction at the Legion went well with a new format, while the Gold Mine Draw is now the highlight of our fund-raising.  Two breakfasts did well. one not so well.
 
MEMBERSHIP:  George (below centre) reminded us that while we gained four new members last year we also lost four !  Our membership continues to hover around the 30 mark. All Rotarians are asked to help identify prospective new members.
 
ADMIN:  Wayne (below right) went over the many duties of this committee which ensures that the club runs smoothly.  A new podium is to be purchased.  All the club’s assets and equipment are now documented on ClubRunner. We now have the latest version of ClubRunner.  Members can advertise on the web site for $50 per year. Wayne has been responsible for arranging speakers for some time - he would welcome someone willing to take over this responsibility.  
 
 
Congrats to Dianne on steering the club through a very full and informative AGM !   The meeting closed with the Four-Way Test.   
 
 
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POLIO ALMOST GONE

Posted by Wayne Harper on Sep 06, 2015
 
  In 1985, Rotary International set out to create what would become the largest Rotary project ever undertaken - the Eradication of Polio from the Face of the Earth.  Thirty years later and more than a billion dollars, the goal is almost there.  Only 3 countries are polio-endemic:  Afghanistan, Pakistan and Nigeria.  These remaining 1% of polio cases are the most difficult to prevent because the virus persists in the hardest-to-reach area,
 
Although polio cases are down 99% worldwide from the 350,000 cases in 1988 to 59 cases - an all time low - in 2015 our work is not done.  For this final push, more money will be required.
 
Bill Gates once said "Rotary Continues to be The Heart and Soul of Polio Eradication".  To that end, through 2018, every US$1 Rotary commits to WHO and UNICEF in direct support for polio immunization will be doubled (up to US$35 million per year) by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
                  
 
Now our members have a chance to easily donate to this worthy cause.  On October 1st, the will be an in-house Foundation Auction, where the proceeds will go to the  Polio Eradication initiative.  To celebrate the 30th Anniversary of Polio Plus, it is suggested that each member donate $30 which will be matched by $60 by the Gates Foundation. 
 
With 30 members we should be able to generate $2,700.  To make it easy to donate, all members have to do is show up on October 1st and bid on a wide range of goods and services.
 
 
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960 Corn on the Wall ..........

Posted by Wayne Harper on Sep 05, 2015
 
What do you do when you put 22 people in the civic center on a Friday night early in September?  You give them 960 cobs of corn to shuck, and shuck they did to a new Rotary record of 22 minutes, 34 seconds. Spurred on by Pam Harrison, this elite group of passionate-corn-shuckers, made short work of 80 dozen cobs of corn. Pictured below is this group of thrill seekers representing the Rotary Club of Sackville, Town Councillors and ordinary citizens who would have been devastated if a new record hadn't been set.
 
Why would they do this you might ask?  For a number of years the Rotary Club of Sackville and the Town of Sackville have combined forces to put on the largest corn boil in South Eastern New Brunswick to welcome Mount Allison University frosh to Town.
 
This year almost 500 hundred students were welcomed to this tradition at Bill Johnstone Memorial Park.  Combined with the weekly Farmer's Market, the event was met positively by the students I talked to and the vendors didn't mind the extra traffic to the market.
 
Below students are pictured with their faces buried in the corn.
 
          
  A pleasant surprise was the appearance of District Governor Wayne Warnes.  Wayne and his wife Sophie and 2 RYE students made the trek from Moncton to assist Rotarians and Town Councilors.  Here Wayne is shown handing a cob of corn to a student.
      
960 Corn on the Wall .......... Wayne Harper 2015-09-05 03:00:00Z 0

Rotary Club of Sackville Bulletin September 3, 2015

Posted by Charlie Scobie on Sep 03, 2015
 
Photographer: Pam Harrison
 
President Dianne welcomed guests DG Wayne Wornes and wife Sylvie, former member Patricia Belliveau, and former member and GSE team member Becky Stewart with tiny twins Violet and Henry
 
Dianne’s 3-minute bio covered her birth in Miramichi (formerly Chatham - on the right side of the river) and her career as a pre-school teacher known by all as “Miss Dianne”.  She came to Sackville in 1979, married Frank (22nd anniversary on 2 October), and has three step-daughters and one grandson.
 
Gold Mine Presentations:  
Brian Neilson was on hand to accept a cheque for $392.50 on behalf of the Tantramar Family Resource Centre, with George doing the honours.
 
Marshview Middle School Principal Ruth Donald received a cheque for $398 on behalf of the School from President Dianne and DG Wayne.
 
Birthday:  Charlie, the senior member of the club was suitably serenaded.
 
Pin Pal Stories:  Charlie, with Frank accompanied Pam last Thursday to a Paul Harris Fellowship event for UNICEF worker Melissa Corkum who is on the front line of the fight against polio in Nigeria (Nigeria and indeed the whole of Africa are currently polio-free !).  The event was held at the family home near Oxford, Nova Scotia so that Melissa’s 98 year old grandmother could be present.  Dianne at a Royal Oaks golf tournament met Rotarians too numerous to mention.  Wynn met George at the Debert golf club.
 
While Charlie told his pinpal story Patricia looked after one of the guests.
 
50/50 Draw:  George’s number was drawn but not the right card; the pot is now $47.
 
Happy Dollars:  George was glad he at least won $5.   Wynn’s granddaughter Karlee  entering Grade 12 has 3 offers from universities for track, soccer and curling scholarships respectively; a “blatant ad” for his forthcoming auction (see web site) cost him $5.   Guylaine is celebrating a 10th wedding anniversary.   Sue F is glad incoming RYE student Louis Alsteens arrived safely (presently with host family at cottage); also the Rotaract members are enthusiastic about another Chili event.   Becky contributed a generous $20 - she is happy to be here with the twins.  Trish set the record straight: she was the one who neglected to put in the winning Gold Mine toonie.   Patricia while happy to be at Rotary was unhappy about being “released” from Canada Post.
 
Next week:  10 September, club A.G.M. with Dianne in the chair and Susan F doing the greeting.
 
President’s Time:  Dianne read a letter from Gayle thanking the club for the card we sent; she has received the all-clear on the surgery she had earlier this summer.  Thank-you cards have been received from almost all the charities who have received donations from the Gold Mine Draw including recently Community Forests International, Open Sky and the Memorial Hospital Foundation.
A letter has been received from the Rotary Club of Port Hardy, B.C. with news and pictures; they would love to hear from us.  Check their web site.
 
Corn BoilDon’t forget !  Friday 7 p.m. at Civic Centre - corn husking; Saturday 10 a.m. at bandstand - help with setup; 11:30 a.m. start serving.  While there pick up a Bacon-on-a-Bun from Wayne.
 
Lobster Party:  Next Thursday 10 September 6 p.m. at Louise’s: directions on how to get there will be emailed to all.  Pay now, eat later.
 
Projects Committee:  Trish invited everyone to attend the next meeting on Monday 14 September 6 p.m. (after toonie count) at Mary’s, pizza and pop provided - discussion of next year’s Gold Mine recipients.
 
Next Breakfast is 19 September at the Legion.  A task list is about to be circulated.
 
Inhouse Auction is scheduled for 1 October with proceeds going to Polio Plus.  The services of a renowned auctioneer have been secured.  Watch for further announcements.
 
Guest Speaker: DG Wayne Wornes was introduced by Pam and began by playing a short video of R.I. President “Ravi” Ravindran introducing this year’s Rotary theme at the International Assembly at San Diego.  Rotarians are called not only to give generously but also themselves to “Be a gift to the world.”
Ravi is an amazing man: try Googling his bio on the RI web site.  The news on the polio front is encouraging with 2018 as a possible target date for the elimination of polio.  Wayne talked up the forthcoming District Conference in Moncton (11-13 September) and thanked the Sackville club for being responsible for the House of Friendship.  District 7810 faces some unique challenges: it is one of the largest districts geographically and one of the smallest in terms of membership.  However, there are prospects of two new clubs for the District.  The RYE program also faces challenges; Wayne suggested doing more to promote short term exchanges in the hope that in the long run this would encourage full-length ones.
 
Pam thanked Wayne and presented him with a framed photo of the AGs meeting on Grand Manan in August 2015.
The meeting closed with the Four-Way Test.
 
Pam reported selling $1,550 worth of shopping cards this morning. “Using shopping cards may result in close to $75.00 for our club funds and all you do is include Rotary while you are feeding your family.”
 
 
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Rotary Club of Sakville Bulletin August 27, 2015

Posted by Charlie Scobie on Aug 27, 2015
 
Photographer: Pam Harrison
 
Sandy chaired the meeting and welcomed guests Jerry Hicks, Elizabeth Wells with  her twin sister Carol, and Mariah (who brought her Mom along).  A specially warm welcome to Vallie.
 
Dianne introduced 2006-07 RYE student Elisabeth Weidner (Seelbach, Germany) and husband Andy; they are currently WOOFing across Canada (Working On Organic Farms).
 
Sandy gave her 3-minute bio.  As an army brat she was used to lots of moves. Her first job with the Bank of Montreal earned her $2,200 a year; teaching moved her up to $5,600.  In 1967 she met Wayne at his sister’s wedding; they were married the following year and have a son and daughter. After coming to Sackville in 1982 she bought Pierrot’s clothing store and expanded that to sell Mount A clothing.  Now she keeps busy making and selling jewelry.
 
Birthday:  Jamie was a year older and received a make-up card.
 
Pinpal Stories:  On PEI Wynn met a Rotarian from Florida: in the interests of Maritime hospitality he attended a lobster supper and a showing of “Anne.”   Dianne met Dave and Susan at Hopewell Rocks.
 
50/50 DrawOve’s number was drawn but he failed to draw the King of Spades.
 
Happy Dollars:  Josh was happy three people showed up to fill in for him last week at the Draw count.   Elisabeth was happy to be back in Canada and visiting with Dianne and FrankWynn played at the Eagles Glen championship but was not so happy to take 3 to get out of a bunker at the 5th hole.   After successful surgery Vallie has a lot to be happy about.  Dianne was glad to meet up again with Elisabeth and Andy and presented cards to them.  She also had a visit from 2006 RYE student Cassie KingOve also met Cassie. Louise is on vacation until 8 Sept, and may have time to celebrate her 8th anniversary.   Susan F was able to Skype with her daughter in Germany;  our incoming RYE student from Belgium arrives tomorrow.  Another RYE student, Joyce’s grandson has arrived safely in France.   
 
Next Week:  Visit by District Governor Wayne Wornes.
 
Gold Mine Draw:   Cheques were flying fast and furious during the meeting.
 
This week’s winner Bill Wolfe collected $785.
 
School Principal Kathleen Cooper collected $357 on behalf of Dorchester Consolidated School.
 
Elizabeth Wells received $384 on behalf of the Sackville Community Fund.
 
Jerry Hicks collected $410 for the Tantramar Adult Learning Centre.
 
REMINDERS:  The Lobster Party is on 10 September; please confirm attendance and pay the $15 in advance next week.  Note that there will be a regular meeting that morning (our A.G.M.).    The Corn Boil is on Saturday 5 September with the prep the previous night at the Civic Centre.  
    
Charlie introduced guest speaker Dr. Sandy MacIver, Director of the Ron Joyce Centre for Business Studies at Mount A. who spoke on “The Two-Pronged Challenge of 21st Century Business: Successfully Resolving Conflict and Building Trust.”  Drawing on his personal experience the speaker outlined how he survived a difficult childhood, matured at Mount A (class of 1974), and as a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford (where he was known as “The Attack Dog.”)  How can we live and work together ?  Convinced that this is a key question, he researched, taught and consulted in the field of conflict resolution and trust-building.  
We need to move from a collective monologue, through argumentative debate, to reflective dialogue then generative dialogue to produce ideas to solve serious issues.   Not only in business but in all walks of life we need to establish a culture of trust - one spoonful at a time.  
 
Sandy was suitably thanked by Wayne and the meeting ended with the Four-Way Test.
 
 
 
 
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Rotary Club of Sackville Bulletin August 27, 2015

 
Photographer: Pam Harrison
 
Sandy chaired the meeting and welcomed guests Jerry Hicks, Elizabeth Wells with  her twin sister Carol, and Mariah (who brought her Mom along).  A specially warm welcome to Vallie.
 
Dianne introduced 2006-07 RYE student Elisabeth Weidner (Seelbach, Germany) and husband Andy; they are currently WOOFing across Canada (Working On Organic Farms).
 
Sandy gave her 3-minute bio.  As an army brat she was used to lots of moves. Her first job with the Bank of Montreal earned her $2,200 a year; teaching moved her up to $5,600.  In 1967 she met Wayne at his sister’s wedding; they were married the following year and have a son and daughter. After coming to Sackville in 1982 she bought Pierrot’s clothing store and expanded that to sell Mount A clothing.  Now she keeps busy making and selling jewelry.
 
Birthday:  Jamie was a year older and received a make-up card.
 
Pinpal Stories:  On PEI Wynn met a Rotarian from Florida: in the interests of Maritime hospitality he attended a lobster supper and a showing of “Anne.”   Dianne met Dave and Susan at Hopewell Rocks.
 
50/50 DrawOve’s number was drawn but he failed to draw the King of Spades.
 
Happy Dollars:  Josh was happy three people showed up to fill in for him last week at the Draw count.   Elisabeth was happy to be back in Canada and visiting with Dianne and FrankWynn played at the Eagles Glen championship but was not so happy to take 3 to get out of a bunker at the 5th hole.   After successful surgery Vallie has a lot to be happy about.  Dianne was glad to meet up again with Elisabeth and Andy and presented cards to them.  She also had a visit from 2006 RYE student Cassie KingOve also met Cassie. Louise is on vacation until 8 Sept, and may have time to celebrate her 8th anniversary.   Susan F was able to Skype with her daughter in Germany;  our incoming RYE student from Belgium arrives tomorrow.  Another RYE student, Joyce’s grandson has arrived safely in France.   
 
Next Week:  Visit by District Governor Wayne Wornes.
 
Gold Mine Draw:   Cheques were flying fast and furious during the meeting.
 
This week’s winner Bill Wolfe collected $785.
 
School Principal Kathleen Cooper collected $357 on behalf of Dorchester Consolidated School.
 
Elizabeth Wells received $384 on behalf of the Sackville Community Fund.
 
Jerry Hicks collected $410 for the Tantramar Adult Learning Centre.
 
REMINDERS:  The Lobster Party is on 10 September; please confirm attendance and pay the $15 in advance next week.  Note that there will be a regular meeting that morning (our A.G.M.).    The Corn Boil is on Saturday 5 September with the prep the previous night at the Civic Centre.      
Charlie introduced guest speaker Dr. Sandy MacIver, Director of the Ron Joyce Centre for Business Studies at Mount A. who spoke on “The Two-Pronged Challenge of 21st Century Business: Successfully Resolving Conflict and Building Trust.”  Drawing on his personal experience the speaker outlined how he survived a difficult childhood, matured at Mount A (class of 1974), and as a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford (where he was known as “The Attack Dog.”)  How can we live and work together ?  Convinced that this is a key question, he researched, taught and consulted in the field of conflict resolution and trust-building.  
We need to move from a collective monologue, through argumentative debate, to reflective dialogue then generative dialogue to produce ideas to solve serious issues.   Not only in business but in all walks of life we need to establish a culture of trust - one spoonful at a time.   Sandy was suitably thanked by Wayne and the meeting ended with the Four-Way Test.
 
 
 
 
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PROMISE QUILT

Posted by Pam Harrison on Aug 13, 2015
 
 
Rotary Promise Quilt
A star is often a guide as we travel toward a journey, our journey to eliminate POLIO. The colours are those of Polio Plus!!
 
Symbols of our geography such as sailing, lighthouses, agriculture, star gazing and green for our land and blue for our sky and water
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Quilter Anna Peters (Moncton) and good friend of Rotarian Pam Harrison, ADG.  She is a retired school teacher and an active member of Victoria’s Quilters - they make 600 lap quilts per year for cancer patients. Currently the group meets twice a week, their long range plan is to raise enough money to purchase a ‘long arm quilter’.
PROMISE QUILT 
Quilt blocks from District 7810 and Zone 24 -  Once again we are asking districts for a 10 inch square quilt block to assemble another “Promise Quilt” to benefit Polio Plus in 2015. The 2014-2015 quilts will be auctioned off at the 2015 zone meeting.
The goal is to have a square from all districts  in both zones 24 and 32.  The squares can be appliquéd, embroidered, patched, or even drawn on with cloth markers.  You may want a representation of your geographical area, a special project your district is known for, an example of one of the six areas of focus, or anything you like. 
 You will enjoy seeing what the talented Rotary quilters are able to do and you may even want to bid on the completed quilt. The winning bid will be a donation to the Polio Plus fund.
 
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Rotary Club of Sackville Bulletin August 13, 2015

Posted by Charlie Scobie on Aug 13, 2015
 
Photographer: Pam Harrison
 
Ove doubled as greeter and chair, and proceeded to reveal the secrets of his early life.  Born and brought up in Montreal he was sent to a boarding school that would have made Oliver Twist look like a walk in the park.  He felt a lot happier attending Lower Canada College for two years before going to UNB to study Geology.  Switching from that he earned a B.A. in Economics then studied law at Ottawa.  After a position with a law firm in Amherst a change in the NB government from Liberal to Conservative paved the way for his setting up in Sackville, thanks to the kindly help of Frank Fraser and the Royal Bank.
 
Guests:   Vallie was welcomed as a guest, as were Visiting Rotarians Peter Masson (Scarborough North) and guest speaker Amy Lynn Patterson (Greater Moncton Sunrise).
 
Birthday:  Sue P’s birthday was celebrated in absentia.
 
50/50 Draw:  Darrell’s number was drawn but he picked the Queen of Hearts instead of the King of Spades and so missed the jackpot which now stands at $35.
 
Happy Dollars:  Sandy was happy that her daughter is married, it didn’t rain, and everyone had a wonderful time thanks to many helpers.  Peter Masson was happy that having reached the age of 80 he passed the mandatory Ontario driving re-test.  Trish is heading to Ontario for a vacation; she also has a one year wedding anniversary coming up.  Bill is heading in the same direction to meet up with family and (thanks to an uncanny premonition that led to an early ticket purchase) see the Blue Jays play the Yankees.  Louise is back from two weeks at the cottage entirely technology-free.  Ove is likewise back from his cottage north of Montreal, also technology free as he left his cell phone at a motel in Edmundston. Wynn shot an 84 at Cabot Links and tried out the new course at Cabot Cliffs; next week he goes to P.E.I. - you’ve guessed it - to play golf.  Darrell was happy to win $5, and looks forward to meeting a life-long friend at the Eastern Shore.
 
Gold Mine Draw: Chris Sears and family were on hand to accept a cheque for $3,145 !
 
NEXT WEEK:  Please note that there will be no meeting next week as Goya’s is closed.
 
Committee Reports:  John reported on a lively Admin meeting.  A back up is needed for Edna for the coming weeks.  The date for the Lobster Party (originally scheduled for 3 September) will be changed; stay tuned.  Trish appealed to all members to participate in a review of community organizations that will benefit from the Gold Mine Draw in 2016; documentation is posted on ClubRunner.  Louise reported on the ongoing success of The Gold Mine Draw with the Montague, P.E.I. club: the most recent pot of $33,000 brought in 175 new registrations.  Our registration is now close to 1700; if we could get that up to 2000, we could be taking in over $100,000 in a year.
 
Speaker:  Gayle introduced Amy Lynn Patterson, former Mount A student, worker with the Town’s Cultural Capital project, and Paul Harris Fellowship recipient, who gave a lively account of the founding of the new Greater Moncton Sunrise club three years ago.  The club meets at Maverick’s, Tuesdays at 7:15 a.m.  They have about 25 members, half of them under 40, and about 50/50 male/female, and they support local charities especially the Great Moncton Food Depot.  Dues are payable monthly. Her ulterior motive in visiting Sackville was to sell tickets for their Dinner & A Movie For A Year fund raiser.   Amy was thanked by Trish.
 
Gold Mine Draw:  Charlotte Staples accepted a cheque for $421.50 on behalf of Open Sky Co-operative.
 
The meeting closed with the Four-Way Test.
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Rotary Club of Sackville Bulletin August 6, 2015

Posted by Charlie Scobie on Aug 06, 2015
 
Photographer: Pam Harrison
 
Dianne in the chair welcomed visiting Rotarians Nancy and Paul Gilbert, George’s sister June, and Leslie Van Patter with her guest Mark WilsonJosh’s guest was his partner Christine Steeves.  Guests Sheila Parker and Ada Phinney were present to receive cheques.
 
Make-Ups:  Pam claimed a make-up for a meeting of Assistant Governors on Grand Manan (getting there involved a cruise). 
 
PinPal StoriesCharlie and Sue P met up with the visiting Rotarians, Charlie at Le Chat Bleu and Sue at Cape Jourimain.
 
Birthday:  Sue P was serenaded in anticipation of her birthday next week.
50/50 Draw:  Nancy had the right number but drew the wrong card.  The pot now stands at $30.
 
Happy Dollars:  Wynn was happy to see the “blast from the past”; also his doubts about Josh’s judgment were now allayed by Josh’s choice of a SteevesWayne was glad that within 72 hours their family wedding would be over and he would get his life back; he does approve of his new son-in-law who has been working hard at the house.  Sue P  announced another fund-raising breakfast at Cape Jourimain this Saturday 8 August 8 - 11 a.m. in aid of the lighthouse (a temporary permit has been secured to move it this summer); she also has discovered how much paint costs, though FRS has donated 10 gallons to help paint the lighthouse.  Sandy is looking forward to family members arriving for the wedding (sounds like there is going to be a full house).  Dianne leaves shortly for B.C. to see her grandson (and his parents).  Trish celebrated her birthday yesterday.  Gayle wondered if Rotarians could put together a flotilla of kayaks to view the wedding from the lake.  Paul explained that they came east for the wedding of youngest daughter Evelyn in Ottawa.  Nancy was glad to be back in Sackville, and Leslie was happy to be home.
 
Next Week:   Chair: Ove;   Introducer: Wynn;   Thanker: Frank;  Greeter: Ove; Speaker: Paula Sears on “Service Dog Training.”
 
Nancy Gilbert was invited to speak briefly on her work with WASRAG (Water and Sanitation Rotarian Action Group) in the Niger delta area of Nigeria. Currently she is Manager, Appropriate Technology Enabled Development Program at Partnership Initiatives in the Niger Delta (PIND), and is also a Ph.D. candidate at Royal Roads University. This involves commuting to Nigeria on a regular basis (from Victoria B.C.!)  Conditions are dire in the Delta area - schools with no toilets, no running water.  With the help of Rotarians from the 100 clubs in District 9140 Nancy is focusing on helping 30 schools.  Proctor and Gamble are donating $360,000 to this project.
 
Committee Reports:  Wayne reported that Kevin and Vallie will assist with the stand at the Farmers’ Market.  Jamie gave reminders of the next Breakfast on 19 September, and the Dinner and Auction on 14 November, for which we need an auctioneer. 
 
Trish read a letter of thanks from Marilyn Lerch for our support of the printing of “Breaking The Word Barrier.”
 
President Dianne welcomed all members to the 2015-2016 Rotary year. 
 
In keeping with this year’s theme “Be a Gift to the World” everyone received the gift of a 2015-2016 Rotary pin neatly tied up in yellow paper and a blue ribbon with a card saying “Thanks for your gifts !”
 
 Thanks were expressed to outgoing club officers Wayne and Gayle. 
 
Incoming officers were recognized:  Josh (Youth), John (Past President), Darrell (Treasurer),  Marita (Secretary) and Mary  (Sergeant-at Arms).
 
Also Jamie (Fundraising), George (Membership), Edna (Youth Services), and Trish (Projects).
 
And Dave (RYE), Wynn (Compliance Officer), and Pam (District 7810 Assistant Governor).
 
And club members all of whom make their own contribution:  Charlie, Sue P, Joyce, Bill, Sandy and Dale.
 
Dianne outlined goals for the coming year including: recruiting 5 new members, donating $3,400 US to the Foundation, hosting one RYE student, two breakfasts and one major fund-raising event, and developing a strategic plan for the club.  The Gold Mine Draw will continue: it has already netted over $32,000.  Dianne called on all members to share their ideas, hopes and dreams, and work together to help make our club, our community, and our world a better place.
 
Two Gold Mine Draw cheques were presented :
 
Sheila Parker accepted a cheque for $400.50 on behalf of the Sackville Memorial Hospital Foundation.
 
Ada Phinney accepted a cheque for $382 on behalf of Salem Elementary School.  She also thanked the club for all their support of the school - and for the invitation to be at the breakfast.
 
The meeting closed with the Four-Way Test.
 
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Rotary Club of Sackville Bulletin July 30, 2015

Posted by Charlie Scobie on Jul 30, 2015
 
Photographer: Pam Harrison
 
Marita chaired the meeting and for her two-minute bio told a dramatic story of how she, as a 7-year old, along with a friend rode their bikes and played in a gravel pit on the former “Siegfried Line” (between Germany and France) only to find themselves almost in the middle of a full-scale NATO exercise.
 
Guests:  Karsten and Katherina, both from Germany and both former RYE students were welcomed as guests of Dave and Sue F.
 
Birthday:  Ove was a year older this week.
50/50 Draw:  Marita had the right number but the wrong card and so missed the jackpot currently at $23 (and growing).
 
Happy Dollars:  Marita was glad to be going to the Miramichi.  Joyce is looking forward to a visit from son Andrew and family (two 12 year old girls) from Toronto.  Dave’s daughter is coming from Scotland.  Katherina was happy to be back in Canada and looks forward to showing her boyfriend the country.  Wynn is no longer among the ranks of the homeless.  George looks forward to a visit from his sister (even if it means meeting the plane at 1:30 a.m.);  he also looks forward to a one-week visit from Leslie Van Patter.   Dianne is happy to have a new computer and even happier that she has a son-in-law who will set it all up for her.  She also was glad to meet former Rotarian Jeff McKinnon and family in the Bill Johnstone Park: the kids will be on stage Friday at 6:30 p.m. as part of the Kids’ Corner Power Jam which is supported by our club.
 
 
Next Week:  Greeter will be Marita.  Not a Club Assembly but an intro to the new Rotary Year.
 
Committee Reports:   ADMIN: Josh (2016-17 President) is looking for people to chair the Projects and RYE committees, and for a club Secretary.   FUNDRAISING: Wayne is looking for help with the flapjacks/bacon on a bun stand at the Farmers’ Market.  The next Breakfast will be on 19 September. RYE: Sue F has heard from Adam who has arrived safely in Brazil and attended his first Rotary meeting.  GROCERY CARDS:  Pam reports that in the month of July card sales brought in $250 for the club !
 
Gold Mine Draw:  Josh accepted a cheque for $174.75 on behalf of the Dorchester Fire Department.
 
Speaker:  Wayne introduced Pierre Arsenault, Director of Mount A Athletics for the past 6 years.  Pierre reviewed Mount A athletics during that period. A four-point strategic plan was developed and followed :
 
 
Important also was “The Birth of Mountie Pride”, with Passion, Relentlessness, Intelligence, Discipline, and Execution spelling out PRIDE.   Mount A athletes have a strong academic record with 90% in good standing, and many are involved with the local community.
In response to questions, Pierre outlined the protocols in place to deal with the possibility of concussions; rules are changing to protect players.  The new artificial turf field will serve not only football but also soccer and lacrosse.   
 
Dianne thanked the speaker and the meeting closed with the Four-Way Test.
 
P.S. Check p.59 of the August Rotarian and you’ll find a list of Rotary International SERVICE ABOVE SELF Award Winners, R.I.’s “highest honor for individual Rotarians” which “recognizes Rotarians who have demonstrated exemplary humanitarian service, especially those who have helped others through personal volunteer work and active involvement in Rotary.”  The name for District 7810 is “Robert Chagrasulis,”
better known to us as “Dr.Bob,” leader of the water project in the Dominican Republic.
In this photo he is sitting next to Pam (centre front).  Also in the picture are the other members of the Sackville team Sue P, Lorne Booth, Carrie White and Marguerite Harvey.  Thanks to Pam for the photo.
 
 
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Rotary Club of Sackville Bulletin July 23, 2015

Posted by Charlie Scobie on Jul 23, 2015
 
Photographer: Pam Harrison
 
Bill began unconventionally with an atheist (or was it agnostic ?) grace, then extemporized his two minute bio.  Though he has seven generations buried here nevertheless he is “from away” since he was born in Quebec.  After graduating from Mount A he worked at a gas station.  He was asked to fill in for someone at the Mount A Library - and retired 38 years later.  Since 2012 he has been a member of the Town Council.
 
Visitors:  Adam Christie (guest of Ove) was welcomed, as were Patricia Beliveau and Carrie Phinney who were present to collect a Gold Mine cheque for $366 on behalf of the Bob Edgett’s Club.
 
 
Principal Susan Lafford accepted a cheque for $343 on behalf of TRHS and thanked Rotary for their support of the High School renovation project.
 
 
Make-Up:  Dianne claimed a make-up from the Rotary Club of St. John’s; it was her third attempt and the meeting did not actually take place because of the premiers’ conference.
 
Pin Pal:  While retrieving her luggage at the airport Dianne met a member of the Dartmouth club (a former RYE student).
 
50/50 Draw:  Wayne had the right number but picked the wrong card, so missed the $27 jackpot.
 
 
Happy Dollars:  Trish was happy to be heading for Oakville.  Wynn thanked God Bill had not done anything foolish (so far);  the Sackville Golf Club are in the lead in the second round of a golf tournament.  Wayne’s daughter is getting married in two weeks in their back yard; he hopes to enjoy the day if he has not died from exhaustion by then.  Dianne had a wonderful week in Newfoundland (saw an iceberg off Brigus, went whale watching, had fish and chips five times), but had to buy a jacket and hat to keep warm.  Patricia Beliveau was happy to have won the Gold Mine Draw in February, but sad (like many people) at the passing of Stan Carew.   Susan P was glad the breakfast at Cape Jourimain went well and thanked Rotarians for supporting it; there will be another breakfast on 8 August + a tour of the lighthouse.  Louise was looking forward to two weeks at the cottage, and Guylaine to her vacation.  Kevin was glad his two kids (20 and 25) were happily off together to Newfoundland.
 
BRIDGE STREET.  Wynn wondered if the value of his property would increase now that he has a swimming pool in the basement.  Ove claimed to have a bigger (and muddier) pool.  George was glad he is retired.
 
Next Week:   Chair - Marita;   Intro - Wayne;   Thanker - Dianne;   Greeter - Mary;  Speaker - Pierre Arsenault (Mount A Athletics Director). 
 
President’s Time:  Dianne hopes the club will be well represented at the District Conference 11 - 13 September.  She has booked a room at the Crowne Plaza which she will be sharing with Pam - but there’s room for two more.  Members are encouraged to check the list of committees on ClubRunner and volunteer for a committee of their choice.  A nice thank-you note was read from Audrey and Wayne Hicks for their Paul Harris awards.
 
RYE:  Susan F is still looking for one more host family for the student who is coming in August.
 
Speaker:  Trish introduced Patricia Lorenz who comes from a small community in Illinois and was brought up on a farm, and who spoke eloquently of how her experience as a RYE student had affected her personal, academic and professional life.  Her RYE experience took her to a small town in Denmark where she learned the language, enjoyed the food, made the handball team and played a (borrowed) saxophone.  Despite the cultural differences “People are people everywhere.”  A friend persuaded her to come to Mount A where she did a Commerce degree with a major in Marketing.  Canada brought its own culture shock -  different outlooks on politics, health, education and the world generally.  Currently she is with the Massie program.  Will she stay in Canada ?  That’s possible.
 
 
Dave expressed the thanks of the club, and the meeting closed with the Four-Way Test.
 
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Rotary Club of Sackville Bulletin July 16, 2015

Posted by Charlie Scobie on Jul 16, 2015
 
Photographer: Pam Harrison
 
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.
 
GuestsVallie 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 BunWayne 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.
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Rotary Club of Sackville Bulletin July 9, 2015

Posted by Charlie Scobie on Jul 09, 2015
 
Photographer: Pam Harrison
 
After a rather timid rendering of “O Canada” Kevin opened the meeting with a Buddhist prayer (a first for the club).  He welcomed outgoing RYE student Adam Niles who leaves in two weeks, and speaker Dakota MacLean who brought his Dad along with him.
 
Despite two recent introductions to the club Kevin did supply additional biographical details.  After studying Geology he spent 15 years in Sweden where he worked for the government before he fled back to Canada.  Woodpecker Treecare now has three apprentice tree-climbers, one being K’s daughter.  Among other things Kevin has performed as Dracula, is Maritime contact for Straight Spouses Network, is a Buddhist, and co-ordinates a non-religious meditation group.
 
PinPal Stories:   While buying a new (bright red) Corolla Charlie met Steve LeBlanc, PP of the Amherst Club, and Glen Roberts who helped with our refreshments stand at the Salem School Summer Sendoff.
50-50 Draw:  Ken’s number was drawn and he picked the Ten of Diamonds to win the $96 pot.
 
Trish passed on thanks from the New Brunswick Federation of Music Festivals for our support of their festival.
 
Happy Dollars:  Ken was happy to win the 50/50.  Gayle was happy to be at Rotary  after her surgery and thanked Dianne for her visit and others for emails, cards, flowers and food.  Dale flips flapjacks at the Market on Saturday mornings; he could use some help this Saturday from 9 to 10 a.m.  Sue P announced a breakfast at Cape Jourimain 7:30 - 11 a.m., Saturday 18 July to raise funds to help save the lighthouse. Kevin is willing to serve on any committee.
 
Next Week:  Chair: Louise;   Intro: Tim;   Thanker: Darrell;   Greeter: Ken;   Setup:  Darrell and Guylaine.
 
Wayne presented Sue P with her Ten Year Service Award.
 
President’s Time:  John (apologies from Dianne) read a letter of thanks from Bursary recipient Patricia who is studying culinary arts.  He also presented Dale with a special pin for bringing in a new member.
 
Pam announced that Foodland now takes Sobey’s cards; also that cards can be used for the purchase of gas.
 
Rotary Foundation:  Ken announced that we raised $5,001 for the Foundation last year (our goal had been $4,000).  Under the “$100 per member” target we actually scored a $128.62 per member average.  Remember, says Ken, “no gift is too large !”
 
Speaker:  Dakota MacLean, last year’s outbound RYE student gave an illustrated account of his year in Sicily. 
 
 
He stayed in Trecastagni, a small town on the slopes of volcanic Mount Etna.  Photos showed the town with its central piazza (not to be confused with pizza, although he had that as well), a beautiful church, and vineyards on the slopes (he worked in one of them).  There were also pictures of his host families and of the many friends he made including other RYE students in the same district. 
 
 
He attended a culinary school and, along with 26 others learned to cook (taste and presentation are the keys).  The year was topped off with a 15-day European tour.
 
 
Dakota thanked Rotary for making possible the most wonderful year in his life.  Dale expressed thanks on behalf of the club and the meeting closed with the Four-Way Test.
 
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Rotary Club of Sackville Bulletin July 2, 2015

 
Photographer: Pam Harrison
 
 
Standing in for Ken, Josh chaired the meeting - having arrived at 7 a.m. !  Following the new format he gave his bio in 2 minutes: born in a suburb of Dorchester, his family are Partridges and Cormiers.  Educated at Dorchester Consolidated and TRHS, he did a B.A. at Dal in Political Science/History, then a law degree at U.N.B.  After articling for a year in Amherst he was called to the bar in both NS and NB.
 
Outgoing to Brazil RYE student Adam was welcomed.  Then two special guests, Tim Price and son Randy were presented with an all time record Gold Mine cheque for $2,165 !
 
50-50 Draw:  The jackpot is now over $90.  Trish’s number was drawn but unfortunately she picked the 3 of diamonds, not the ten.
 
Happy DollarsTrish had a wonderful Canada Day including an outing to Amherst Point.  Joyce went to Halifax to attend grandson Jonathan’s graduation from Halifax West High (on the Principal’s List).  Bill was sad Margot was not present for her last meeting (Moral: hug people when you get the chance); and happy his baby is coming from Newfoundland plus boy friend; he also told a great Two Dogs story.  Wynn was sad he missed the BBQ (a two day trial), and happy his granddaughter in Truro graduated with highest marks in Grade 12 Biology; plus he did an ad for his auction on 4 July (including paintings by notable local artists). Dianne was happy that Trish joined the Tuesday lady golfers; but sad that she’ll miss the next two meetings (going to St. John’s, Newfoundland). Ove visited Gayle in the Amherst Hospital and found her in good spirits. Charlie drew attention to a CBC radio program on the Canadian Flag which includes an interview with Ruth Stanley.
 
Next Week:  Chair: Louise;  Intro: Susan F;  Thanker: Dale;  Greeter: Joyce;  Set-up: Dale and George.
 
President’s Time: Dianne has met with PP John to check on Presidential duties. Members (especially new ones) are urged to check the different committees on ClubRunner and volunteer to serve on a committee of their choice.
 
RYE Committee: Susan F noted that all those in contact with RYE students need police checks, renewable every three years.  We will have an incoming student from Belgium arriving at the end of August.  There is an urgent need for host families !
 
Wayne presented attendance awards to Dale and Josh.
 
Sue (F not P) introduced Sarah Jarvis, Mount A student and recipient of Rotary bursary in 2014. Sarah gave an overview of her first year at Mount A.  Resident in Harper Hall, she survived orientation week and going to first classes, and made a number of close friends.  There is much emphasis on “School Spirit”.  A highlight was joining Garnet and Gold (Mount A’s oldest student society) and singing in the chorus of “Anything Goes.”
It was hard for Sarah to say goodbye to friends at the end of the academic year; she can’t wait to get back !  A possible career goal ? - Forensics/criminology. Charlie expressed thanks on behalf of the club: it was clear that our bursary has been put to good use.
 
The meeting closed with the Four Way Test.
 
Grocery cards: Thank you to Rotarians for supporting our club through grocery card sales - this week's sales were $550.00 and results in $27.50 profit for the club fund. Pam will confirm acceptance of SOBEYS CARDS at Foodland in Sackville.
 
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Rotary Club of Sackville Bulletin June 25, 2015

Posted by Charlie Scobie on Jun 29, 2015
Photographer: Sandy Harper
 
 
President John welcomed Rotarians to the annual end-of-the-Rotary-year BBQ held in the beautiful grounds of John and Gemey’s Upper Sackville property.  Thanks were expressed to the organizing committee - Joyce, Gayle and John himself (who had cut all the lawns).  Special thanks to master chef Doug for the terrific pork loins, and to all who contributed the delicious salads and desserts. 
 
Where else could you get a feast like this for $10 ?
 
Though only a member of Rotary for the past 5 years John looked back on what he thought had been “a really, really, really swell year.”  In fact it had been the best year of his life (apart from 1987 when he and Gemey got married). True he may have ignored some emails from the powers that be, but he found satisfaction especially in helping the local community - for example, such projects as the Salem School Send-off and the TRHS bursaries.  Thanks are due to all the Board members, including the now retiring ones, for their good will, hard work and knowledge that had contributed so much to the year’s success.
 
The Changing of the Guard.  President-elect Dianne was asked to come forward.  John was happy that he is taller than she is, that Frank had encouraged her to take the position, and that the club was getting a really good President.  He then affixed the President’s pin, and Dianne in turn pinned John as Past President.  Dianne emphasized that Rotary is a co-operative effort and called on all members for their support.
 
Attendance Awards were handed out by Wayne.  Qualifying under “the 85 rule” (age + years in Rotary) were Frank, Ove, Charlie, Wynn, Pam and Wayne.  Recognized for perfect attendance were Sandy, Darrell, Jamie, Bill, Edna, Josh, Louise, Gayle, Dale, Dianne and Mary.  This gives the club a 90%+ record, probably the best in the District.
 
Service Awards were also given out by Wayne as follows:  Five Years - Past President JohnTen Years - Dianne and Sue Purdy (in absentia);  Thirty Five Years - Frank.
 
RYE Students John had some special words for Bente (who leaves on 30 June) and Margot (who leaves on 4 July) - “It’s been terrific having both of you for the year !” - “We will miss you !” - “We wish you all the best !” - “We hope you’ll come back to visit us !”  We also wish Adam well as he prepares to leave for his year in Brazil.
 
The meeting - and the Rotary year - closed with the Four-Way Test.
  
Postscript:   The “Co-op” is now “Foodland” !  Just before the change-over we had $400 in Co-op grocery cards left.   These were donated to the Food Bank.  Pam reports: “Susan Bour (Paul Harris Fellow) and Linda Trentini went to the Co-op and purchased a lot of food.  They said that the Co-op were very generous as well in giving some very considerate prices.  So please pass on our thanks to the Rotary Club for their generosity and for their even considering the Food Bank.  We are very busy every Wednesday morning when our clients arrive but before that, on Tuesday, we get a truck load of food stuffs, also toilet paper, paper towels, garbage bags, etc. Volunteers are there to unload and put items away whether it be on shelves or into the freezers.” Good to know that we were able to contribute to a really good cause !
 
Rotary Club of Sackville Bulletin June 25, 2015 Charlie Scobie 2015-06-29 03:00:00Z 0

Park Gets a New Sign

Posted by Wayne Harper on Jun 23, 2015
 
It has been almost three years since the sign denoting the Lillas Fawcett Rotary Park was torn down due to extreme age.  At the time, the Town Council agreed to replace the sign that had Rotary's namesake on it.  An election and a change of council necessitated a "review" that lasted another eighteen months.  In the end, Rotary agreed to pay for the cost of a new sign and the Town would bear the cost on installation. 
A week ago the new sign was finally erected.  It stands proud and is very visible from Main Street (both ways) and Morice Drive.  Using a combination of Town and Rotary colours, the sign pays homage to a Rotary project began in the late 1970's. Over the years the beach area has been improved, the parking lot has been expanded, a new dock, new washrooms and a new utility and storage building have been installed.  Newer playground equipment is a popular spot with young children.  Like most Rotary projects, this park was turned over to the Town years ago and is maintained by the Town.  The partnership between the Town and the Rotary club has been a profitable one for many years, culminating in many Rotary sponsored beautification projects around the Town.
Park Gets a New Sign Wayne Harper 2015-06-23 03:00:00Z 0

Rotary Club of Sackville Bulletin June 18, 2015

Posted by Charlie Scobie on Jun 18, 2015
Dianne got the meeting off to a prompt start at 7:31 a.m. and Joyce (yes Joyce) ably led the singing of “O Canada.”
 
JOEism : We have four seasons: Winter, Still Winter, Almost Winter, and Construction.
 
Guests welcomed :  Adam Niles outgoing RYE student to Brazil in an as-yet badgeless jacket;  Duncan Allison here for the next year articling with WynnKevin, no longer a guest, was welcomed to his first meeting as a member.
 
Birthdays/Anniversaries :  Wynn was probably the last person to wear the birthday hat. Gabi and Dave have an anniversary.
 
Make-ups:  Club Admin, Gold Mine, BBQ Planning all met;  John, Jean, Charlie, Dianne, Bill, Jamie and Tim all worked the canteen at the Salem School Summer Send Off last Saturday.
 
50/50 DrawOve (again !) won the draw but drew the wrong card thus missing the $90 pot.
 
Happy $$Dianne was happy her father celebrated his 90th birthday last Sunday.  Trish was (temporarily) speechless when she received her Paul Harris Fellow from the club last Thursday.  Gayle liked seeing everyone dressed up for the occasion.   Wynn played four rounds of golf recently with the score ending in zero in each case.  Josh is building a deck in front of his house and finds it handy to have family do the work for you.  Both Gabi and Louise are glad tomorrow is the last day of school: a break from making lunches.
 
NEXT WEEK Thursday 25 June:  No Morning meeting. This means this was Bente’s last regular meeting; Margot will have one more. BBQ 6 p.m. at John and Gemey’s.  Gayle reported that pork loin steaks have been ordered for 50, so come one, come all.  Bring deck chairs and BUG SPRAY.
 
President’s Time:  Dianne read a nice thank you card from John and Lesley Read.  Committee chairs please email Dianne a list of their committee members. 
 
Club Admin: Wayne reported that the new sign is now in place at Lillas Fawcett Park.
 
Other items relating to new Rotary year - a new set-up schedule is to be issued;  the Lobster Party will be on 3 September;  in place of JOEisms each chair will give a 2-minute bio;  Anniversaries to be dropped;  birthday Hat to be phased out, replaced by a make-up card.
 
Grocery Cards: The club approved Dale, Pam and Ken as signing authorities for RBC grocery account.
 
Projects: Trish reported that giving of three TRHS bursaries this year was approved by mail vote.  A motion to give $500 to help fund Sappyfest Kids’ Power Jam was approved.
 
BudgetDarrell presented the budget for the coming Rotary year, with the help of input from committees.  A highlight is the estimated $80,000 revenue from the Gold Mine Draw.  $3,500 allocated to the RYE program.  The budget was approved as presented.
 
Grocery Cards: Pam outlined the benefits of this program and urged everyone to buy cards regularly.  35 members buying a $100 card per week would yield an annual income of $8,400.
 
House of Friendship:  Trish gave a presentation on the House of Friendship at District Conference (11-13 September, Crowne Plaza Hotel, Moncton).  Our club is again to be responsible for the House of Friendship which provides opportunities for Rotarians to meet old friends, make new ones, share ideas and learn about other clubs.  Each club furnishes a display table with info on their own club activities. A small organizing committee is needed: Pam and Dianne volunteered.  The theme will be the same as next Rotary year:
 
The meeting closed with the Four-Way Test which is featured in a new life-sized banner.
 
Gold Mine Draw:  Last week’s winner of $1,404 was Roland Cook.
 
Rotary Club of Sackville Bulletin June 18, 2015 Charlie Scobie 2015-06-18 03:00:00Z 0

Paul Harris Community Event a Success

Posted by Charlie Scobie on Jun 14, 2015
 
 
Master of Ceremonies Dave welcomed a packed gathering of Rotarians and friends in St. Paul’s Anglican Church Hall.  Trish led a spirited rendering of “O Canada.” 
 
A welcome was extended to special guests DG Michael Walsh and Francine, and PDG Gordon Hankin and Dale from Pictou, Nova Scotia (guests of Pam and both Major Donors).
 
DG Michael brought greetings from the District and passed on the latest encouraging news from Polio Plus (number of new cases in the world this year down to 23).  Councillor Bill Evans brought greetings from the Town of Sackville.
 
Pam said grace and everyone tucked in to a delicious Roast Beef dinner.  Following the meal Laurie Ann Wesselby and her “Sandpiper Catering” team received an enthusiastic round of applause.
 
Dave ably carried out the induction of new member Kevin Anderson, who was introduced by Ove. Dave outlined the obligations of each Rotarian as well as the satisfaction to be derived from membership.  President John presented Kevin with his Rotary pin, telling him to “wear it proudly and wear it daily.”
 
   New member Kevin Anderson           Guest speaker Jeff Schnurr
 
Rotarian Pam was next on deck with DG Michael, PDG Gordon and their wives all participating in the recognition of Pam as a “Major Donor” (10 Paul Harris Fellows).  Pam received a special pin and a crystal in recognition of her outstanding support of the Rotary Foundation.
 
 
A presentation on Paul Harris and “Paul Harris Fellows” by Charlie introduced the recognition of six persons from Sackville each of whom have “shared their generous spirit with our community, and abroad, and affected the lives of many people” in the Rotary spirit of “Service Above Self.”  Details of their many accomplishments and contributions were detailed in the program.  DG Michael, President John and Foundation chair Ken took part in the ceremonies.  The recipients were as follows:
 
Lesley Read presented by Joyce.
 
 
John Read presented by Joyce.
 
Susan Bour presented by Gayle.
 
Sheila Parker presented by Sandy.
 
Audrey Hicks presented by Sandy.
 
Wayne Hicks presented by Sandy.
 
Next, President John announced the surprise recognition of one more Paul Harris Fellow made possible by funds raised by the club:  Rotarian Trish was recognized for her many contributions to Rotary at both the club and district level.
 
 
Charlie introduced guest speaker Jeff Schnurr, founder and Executive Director of Community Forests International highlighting the exceptional job CFI have done in restoring the heritage Middle Sackville Superior School (1908) building for use as CFI’s headquarters.  Backed up with PowerPoint illustrations Jeff outlined some of the organization’s amazing recent accomplishments and some of its plans for the future. Last week saw the planting of the 1.5 millionth tree; the goal is to plant another million by 2020.  On Pemba the equivalent of 100 football fields have been planted with crops and food is now being exported.  CFI is also active here in New Brunswick:  110,000 trees have been planted on the Upper Aboujagane Road.  The recent Cabin Design contest brought in 57 submissions from 11 countries around the world.  The next project is to plant a fruit orchard at CFI’s farm near Sussex.
 
Wayne thanked Jeff for a great presentation remarking that many people three times Jeff’s age have not accomplished a third of what he has.
The proceedings closed with the Four-Way Test.  Photos were then taken of the seven new Paul Harris Fellows,
 
and of the 36 Fellows present.  This night’s additions brings the total of Paul Harris fellows recognized by the Rotary Club of Sackville to 101 !
 
 
Following the Paul Harris Celebration evening Foundation chair Ken emailed his thanks to all who contributed to such a successful event :  Our MC "maestro" David, our own HG decorating team of Sandy, Dianne, Wayne, Gayle, Joyce, John and David, ticket coordinators Edna & Sandy, food by Gayle, biographies by Joyce, anthem virtuoso Trish, town greetings by the "Councillor" Bill, grace by our “Psalmist" Pam, our resident "PH historian" Charlie, "Inductor" Ove, "El Presidente" John and a host of people who made quick work of clean-up. A special thank you to DG Michael Walsh and Francine for all they added to the evening.  To our special Rotarian in Toronto, Leslie for artistic works and unselfish support 
Paul Harris Community Event a Success Charlie Scobie 2015-06-14 03:00:00Z 0

Rotary Club of Sackville Bulletin June 11, 2015

Posted by Charlie Scobie on Jun 13, 2015
 
Photographer: Pam Harrison
 
 
Master of Ceremonies Dave welcomed a packed gathering of Rotarians and friends in St. Paul’s Anglican Church Hall.  Trish led a spirited rendering of “O Canada.” 
 
A welcome was extended to special guests DG Michael Walsh and Francine, and PDG Gordon Hankin and Dale from Pictou (guests of Pam and both Major Donors).
 
DG Michael brought greetings from the District and passed on the latest encouraging news from Polio Plus (number of new cases in the world this year down to 23).  Councillor Bill Evans brought greetings from the Town of Sackville.
 
Pam said grace and everyone tucked in to a delicious Roast Beef dinner.  Following the meal Laurie Ann Wesselby and her “Sandpiper Catering” team received an enthusiastic round of applause.
 
Dave ably carried out the induction of new member Kevin Anderson, who was introduced by Ove. Dave outlined the obligations of each Rotarian as well as the satisfaction to be derived from membership.  President John presented Kevin with his Rotary pin, telling him to “wear it proudly and wear it daily.”
 
   New member Kevin Anderson           Guest speaker Jeff Schnurr
 
Rotarian Pam was next on deck with DG Michael, PDG Gordon and their wives all participating in the recognition of Pam as a “Major Donor” (10 Paul Harris Fellows).  Pam received a special pin and a crystal in recognition of her outstanding support of the Rotary Foundation.
 
 
A presentation on Paul Harris and “Paul Harris Fellows” by Charlie introduced the recognition of six persons from Sackville each of whom have “shared their generous spirit with our community, and abroad, and affected the lives of many people” in the Rotary spirit of “Service Above Self.”  Details of their many accomplishments and contributions were detailed in the program.  DG Michael, President John and Foundation chair Ken took part in the ceremonies.  The recipients were as follows:
 
Lesley Read presented by Joyce.
 
 
John Read presented by Joyce.
 
Susan Bour presented by Gayle.
 
Sheila Parker presented by Sandy.
 
Audrey Hicks presented by Sandy.
 
Wayne Hicks presented by Sandy.
 
Next, President John announced the surprise recognition of one more Paul Harris Fellow made possible by funds raised by the club:  Rotarian Trish was recognized for her many contributions to Rotary at both the club and district level.
 
 
Charlie introduced guest speaker Jeff Schnurr, founder and Executive Director of Community Forests International highlighting the exceptional job CFI have done in restoring the heritage Middle Sackville Superior School (1908) building for use as CFI’s headquarters.  Backed up with PowerPoint illustrations Jeff outlined some of the organization’s amazing recent accomplishments and some of its plans for the future. Last week saw the planting of the 1.5 millionth tree; the goal is to plant another million by 2020.  On Pemba the equivalent of 100 football fields have been planted with crops and food is now being exported.  CFI is also active here in New Brunswick:  110,000 trees have been planted on the Upper Aboujagane Road.  The recent Cabin Design contest brought in 57 submissions from 11 countries around the world.  The next project is to plant a fruit orchard at CFI’s farm near Sussex.
 
Wayne thanked Jeff for a great presentation remarking that many people three times Jeff’s age have not accomplished a third of what he has.
The proceedings closed with the Four-Way Test.  Photos were then taken of the seven new Paul Harris Fellows,
 
and of the 36 Fellows present.  This night’s additions brings the total of Paul Harris fellows recognized by the Rotary Club of Sackville to 101 !
 
 
Following the Paul Harris Celebration evening Foundation chair Ken emailed his thanks to all who contributed to such a successful event :  Our MC "maestro" David, our own HG decorating team of Sandy, Dianne, Wayne, Gayle, Joyce, John and David, ticket coordinators Edna & Sandy, food by Gayle, biographies by Joyce, anthem virtuoso Trish, town greetings by the "Councillor" Bill, grace by our “Psalmist" Pam, our resident "PH historian" Charlie, "Inductor" Ove, "El Presidente" John and a host of people who made quick work of clean-up. A special thank you to DG Michael Walsh and Francine for all they added to the evening.  To our special Rotarian in Toronto, Leslie for artistic works and unselfish support
Rotary Club of Sackville Bulletin June 11, 2015 Charlie Scobie 2015-06-13 03:00:00Z 0

Rotary Club of Sackville Bulletin June 4, 2015

Posted by Charlie Scobie on Jun 04, 2015
Photographer: Pam Harrison
 
Joyce doubled as Greeter and Chair.  Her first sad duty was to call for a minute’s silence in memory of former member Neville Ralph who died in Amherst on 1 June.
 
 
Guests: Darrell’s Marguerite; Dale’s Linda; Nick Rodger; Kevin Anderson, former RYE student in Ottawa Natalie (left below) guest of Dave and Sue.
 
 
JOEism:  Youth would be the ideal state if it came a little later in life.
 
Make-ups: Gold Mine Draw group;  Dianne attended Fall Fair (18/19 Sept) meeting - Rotary will contribute Chili and Breakfast.
 
Pin-Pal Stories: Sue P was in Saint John visiting at the hospital which involved crossing a Rotary bridge to nowhere (?).
 
50-50 Draw: Sandy failed to draw the 10 of Diamonds and so missed the pot of $90 (see above right)..
 
Happy Dollars:  Despite only winning $5 Sandy was glad her ticket was drawn and not Wayne’s.  Sue F is happy Colin is going to camp (he gets up at 5:30 a.m.).  Dale recommended the Iceboat Landing Restaurant at Cape Jourimain which opens this weekend; try coffee and a cinnamon bun or the Sunday brunch.  He is happy that he is no longer involved with Cape Jourimain - an opinion not shared by Sue P.  Wynn is now officially homeless; he recommends an auction in the Lions’ Den on 4 July.  Guylaine is glad her first Customer Appreciation Day went well.  Ove is happy that Pat comes back on Wednesday. Dianne greatly enjoyed her spa sojourn and is all set to get out into the garden and plant flowers.  George recommended a new restaurant on Bridge Street next to the Black Duck Inn.  Gayle spotted Wynn at a church yard sale.  Kevin had two middle of the night trips to the airport to meet his daughter who will be working with him.  Edna is happy to be off to Newfoundland tomorrow.
 
President’s Time: Standing in for John, Dianne announced two dates to remember: club Lobster Party on 3 Sept, and District Conference in Moncton on 10 Sept.
 
Grocery Cards:  With time running out to use cards at the Co-op members bought all the remaining cards except for $400 worth which was donated to the Food Bank.
 
Gold Mine Draw:  No winner this week so expect a bigger pot next week.
 
 
John Reid accepted a cheque for $338 on behalf of the Tantramar Adult Learning Centre
 
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Vern Vickruck accepted a cheque for $323 on behalf of Open Sky.
 
Sandy introduced the presenters of a program on “Portugal”: Pam did most of the talking, while Marguerite covered the Show and Tell.  For their month-long visit they rented a car and took along Darrell as chauffeur (he had to negotiate the narrow streets).  With the help of PowerPoint they painted a picture of a beautiful country with a warm climate, blue skies and friendly people. Storks, “the silent birds” have large nests and stand a metre tall (same height as Pam).  Oranges are plentiful and amazingly cheap. One side trip was to Gibraltar where they saw the famous tail-less monkeys.  Another to Seville with its amazing cathedral begun in 1528, and the Giralda Tower with its 99 levels (which Pam climbed all the way to the top). Portugal produces a lot of cork and samples were circulated. Pam met cyclist Pauloo, a diabetic, on the top of a mountain and they have kept in touch sharing news on their mutual concern.  Pam is going back for 3 months next year and would be happy to have members come with her - she’ll arrange accommodation.  Bill expressed thanks on behalf of the club.
 
 
The meeting closed with the 4-Way Test.
Rotary Club of Sackville Bulletin June 4, 2015 Charlie Scobie 2015-06-04 03:00:00Z 0

Former Member Passes Away

Posted by Wayne Harper on Jun 03, 2015
 
Former member of our Club, Neville Ralph passed away on Monday, June 1st at the Cumberland Regional Hospital.  Neville was a member of our club from the early '90's to 1997 and transferred membership to the Amherst NS club when he took up residence in Amherst.  Neville was a good friend and collegue to many members of this club.  Member Louise MacKinnon credits Neville for getting her husband Robert to apply for the Assistant Comptroller job at Mount Allison University and for also introducing them to each other.  Darrell Harvey and Neville had a special friendship that saw them work on many woodworking and renovation projects.  For years they and their wives met for Sunday morning breakfast at the Big Stop.  Sandy and Wayne Harper enjoyed a social bond with Neville and his wife Joan when they live in Sackville, enjoying sumptious dinners several times per year and meeting new friends in Amherst.  Many former members would have been fellow Mount Allison professors, and undoubtedly would have come to respect Neville for the way he respected his student's views, even keeping in contact with many after graduation.  RIP old friend.
Neville obituary is reprinted below.  
 
Neville Winston Ralph
1940-2015
It is with sadness that we announce the passing of Neville Ralph.  Neville passed away peacefully at the Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre on June 1, 2015.
Neville was born in St. John’s, Newfoundland.  He was the son of  Rev. George & Ella (Blundon) Ralph, and grew up in several small communities ‘out around the bay’, Elliston, English Harbour, Port Elizabeth, Exploits, Lawrenceton and Botwood; he was very proud of his Newfoundland heritage.
Nev’s priorities were family, career, friends, and involvement with his professional associations and community organizations.
Following high school graduation, he enrolled in a two month teaching program in St. John’s; upon completion, he began his teaching career in a one-room school in Lawrenceton where he taught for a year.  He then worked at a variety of positions as he pursued education and career goals.  He obtained his B.A. and M.B.A. while working part-time and raising a young family with his first wife, Patricia Harris.  He then achieved his CA designation and practiced for a number of years, then taught at Memorial University School of Business, and retired as a Professor Emeritus from Mount Allison University.  Neville strived to "open the doors to the world of accounting" to his bright young students.   He was so proud of their accomplishments.
Nev had many interests and hobbies which he approached with energy and enthusiasm.  He had a tireless zest for life and was a committed lifelong learner.  He was always ready to learn and develop new skills and to take on new adventures. 
He was a furniture-maker and boat-builder.  He enjoyed golf, technology, music, good-natured competition and many outdoor activities.  His latest accomplishment was learning to play the ukulele;  he rarely missed a Thursday morning practice session with his dear friends, his fellow ukulele players.  He also sang with a local acappella group, The Fellows.
He held offices in a number of professional associations and community organization, including the Rotary Clubs of Sackville and latterly, Amherst NS.  He had many good friends who shared his diverse interests. 
Neville is survived by his wife, Joan , and their children – Tara (Joshua and Alexander), Halifax, Jennifer (Andrew, James & Ben), Yarmouth, Craig (Tana), St. John’s, Mark (Vicky), McLeese Lake, B.C. and Michael (Anabel, Sanchia & Kali), Vancouver, B.C., his brothers Melvin (Beulah) and David (Pearl, deceased). Neville was a loving husband, father, step-father and grandfather.  He was so very proud of his blended family. 
He was pre-deceased by his parents and his sister Joan.
Thank you to all of our dear friends and the care-givers who assisted Nev in his final and courageous journey through life. 
Arrangements have been entrusted to Furlong~Jones Funeral Home, 70 Church St., Amherst, NS (902-667-8777) where a celebration of Nev's life will take place on Saturday, June 6, 2015 at 2 pm followed by a reception.
Those wishing to make a donation may do so to the CRHCC Palliative Care Program, or the charity of your choice.  Family flowers only.
 
Former Member Passes Away Wayne Harper 2015-06-03 03:00:00Z 0

Rotary Club of Sackville Special Bulletin May 22, 2015

Posted by Charlie Scobie on May 29, 2015
Rotary Club of Sackville Beer and Wine Fest, Friday May 22, 2015
7.00 - 9.00 p.m., Sackville Curling Club
This event is a major fund-raiser for our club.
 
Photographer: Pam Harrision
 
6:55 p.m. SO MANY EMPTY GLASSES . . .
 
 
. . .  BUT NOT FOR LONG . . .
 
 
FOR SOME, STANDING ROOM ONLY . . .
 
 
OTHERS PREFER A SEAT . . .
 
 
JOSH CHECKS OUT THE VENDORS . . .
 
 
THREE SATISFIED CUSTOMERS . . .
 
 
The Beer and Wine Fest was followed by a BLUES DANCE with the 24th STREET WAILERS . . .
 
 
At the regular club meeting on 28 May Josh thanked all those who helped and worked so hard to make the event a success.  Numbers were down a bit - a continuation of a trend.  The committee is conducting a review and looking at possible changes.  One of the biggest challenges is attracting more wine vendors.   A final figure is not yet available but the net profit for the evening is expected to be in the $5,000 range, with the proceeds going to local projects and organizations..
 
WELL DONE  !!!
 
Rotary Club of Sackville Special Bulletin May 22, 2015 Charlie Scobie 2015-05-29 03:00:00Z 0

Rotary Club of Sackville Bulletin May 28, 2015

Posted by Charlie Scobie on May 29, 2015
Photographer: Pam Harrison
 
It took a trio of lawyers to start the meeting with an unblessed breakfast.  Josh, taking over from Wynn and Ove welcomed guests Kevin Anderson and all three of Margot’s host families - the Duchemins, the Smiths and the Watts.  Special thanks were extended to visiting Rotarian Bill Edwards for his help at the fund-raiser last Friday and Saturday.
 
JOEism: Whether a man ends up with a nest egg or a goose egg depends a lot on the kind of chick he marries.
 
 
Dianne got to wear the birthday hat. Diamonds may be a girl’s best friend but Gayle came up short of them in the draw - 10 of Diamonds would have won the $74 pot.
 
HAPPY DOLLARS: Ove took his dog for a walk in the Waterfowl Park and ended up in the drink.  Bill Edwards was glad to be here and thanked everyone for hospitality received.  Wynn has sold his 14 rooms/2 bathrooms/3 halls house - and moved into a 5 room home (auction on 4 July).  Gayle gave back her $5.00 winnings; she passed on greetings from Bruno and Joanne (despite a strep throat).  Louise announced Mariah’s appearance in a ballet presentation, this Saturday 2:30p.m., at Amherst High School. Dianne will celebrate her 60th with a spa weekend.
 
NEXT WEEK: Chair: Joyce;  Introducer: Sandy; Thanker: Bill;  Greeter: John;  Setup: Joyce and Wynn; Speaker: Pam Harrison - “A Portugal Travelogue.”
 
Pam :   Thank you for supporting our club by purchasing GROCERY CARDS. May’s sales totalled $3,725.00. Our sales goal for June will be $4,000.00 - 5% means $200.00 profit for club services.  All you have to do is keep on eating !!!
 
Louise drew attention to the Montague, P.E.I. Gold Mine Draw which is celebrating its 3 year anniversary and has paid out over $1 million in winnings and $970,000 to local charities to date !  Our draw had 40 new participants this past week.
 
ROTARY FOUNDATION: Ken reminded Rotarians of the Paul Harris Dinner on 11 June, 6 p.m., St Paul’s Anglican Church Hall.  Tickets @$25 are now available.  Guest speaker will be Jeff Schnurr, Community Forests International. No morning meeting that day.
 
Ove introduced guest speaker RYE student Margot.  Despite last minute lack of PowerPoint presentation Margot gave a great talk to a very appreciative audience.
 
 
  Why come to Canada ? Margot wanted an English speaking country.  Her home town is a village 60 kms from wine-famous Bordeaux where it is “a bit warmer” than Sackville. French stereotypes: “French don’t shower” - not true.  “French eat snails and frogs” - well, yes, true. Canadians are polite and nice, whereas French can be rude (some Canadians also ?). Margot shared pictures of her family.
 
 
Her mother is an educational assistant, and her father works at a local nuclear power plant.  The highlight of her time here ? - meeting a ton of nice people. Wynn expressed thanks on behalf of the club.
 
 
Susan F presented Margot and Bente with Canadian mitts.
 
 
CHEQUES galore from the Gold Mine Draw. Brian Neilson accepted $354.50 from Jamie on behalf of the Tantramar Family Resource Centre.
 
 
Michelle Knockwood accepted this week’s prize of $709.00 from Louise.
 
 
The meeting closed with the Four-Way Test.
 
 
Rotary Club of Sackville Bulletin May 28, 2015 Charlie Scobie 2015-05-29 03:00:00Z 0

Rotary Club of Sackville Bulletin May 21, 2015

Posted by Charlie Scobie on May 21, 2015
 
Photographer: Pam Harrison.
 
Chairman Wynn welcomed a bustling crowd that included (left to right) guests Nick Rodger, Kevin Anderson and Weston Jones (Gold Mine Draw winner).
 
 
Two Visiting Rotarians from B.C. were also welcomed: Deborah Nolan, a founding member of Cumberland Centennial Rotary Club, Cumberland, B.C., and Bayne Mann from the Strathcona Sunrise Club, Comox Valley, B.C.
 
JOEism:  The perfect age is somewhere between old enough to know better and too young to care.
 
Make-ups:  Fund-raising, Admin, Gold Mine Draw and District RYE committees all met.
 
Wynn planted the birthday hat firmly on Bill’s head.  Dave’s number was drawn but he failed to pick the 10 of Hearts.
 
 
 
Happy Dollars. Dave was happy enough to return his $5 winnings.  Susan F is expecting 35 cousins for supper on Saturday.  Trish’s parents did arrive - at midnight.
 
Next Week:  Looks like the legal profession is taking over (as Wynn pointed out).  Chair: Josh;  Introducer: Ove;  Thanker: Wynn;  Set-up: Ove (helped by Marita).  However, the Greeter will be Bill.
 
(Vice-) President’s Time:  Dianne recalled the time (when the club met at the Drew Nursing Home) when our valuable birthday hat went missing.  Activity Director Jay was contacted and 6 weeks later it was found in a certain resident’s room.   Said resident was not anxious to part with the hat and finally relinquished it only when another hat was purchased for him.
 
Josh gave a last-minute briefing on arrangements for the Wine and Beer Tasting fund-raising events.  The duty roster will be circulated by email.
 
Ken reminded everyone of the Paul Harris Night at 6 p.m. on Thursday 11 June at the Anglican Church Hall (no regular meeting that morning).  Tickets @ $25 will be available next week.
 
Weston Jones looked happy to receive from Louise the largest jackpot cheque so far - $1,987.00.  The local group benefiting from this week’s draw was the Tantramar Adult Learning Centre.
 
 
Guest Speaker:  Dale introduced Andrew MacKinnon, a Sackville native, graduate of St.FX and Acadia, and now Science and Education Officer at Cape Jourimain Nature Centre.  After distributing a class hand-out Andrew outlined some of the more interesting facts about the Cape Jourimain lighthouse.  Constructed in 1869 at a cost of $3,500, it was one of the last octagonal lighthouses.   Due to erosion it has twice been moved back from the shore - in 1911 and in 1955.  Automation in 1959 did away with the need for a lighthouse keeper.  The talk also included interesting information on clams which can be aged by the rings on them.  Dale and Sue P confirmed that the lighthouse will have to be moved again and is in need of restoration; expect an appeal soon.  Wayne thanked the speaker for a most interesting presentation.
 
 
P.S. from Pam: Thank you to all who buy grocery cards to support our wonderful club. So far in May we have sold $3,075.00 which means we have raised over $150.00 and all we did was eat three meals a day - EASY. Sales this week were $1,325.00.
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Rotary Club of Sackville Bulletin May 14, 2015

Posted by Charlie Scobie on May 16, 2015
Photographer: Pam Harrison
 
 
President John chaired the meeting (again).  The less said about the singing of "O Canada" the better.
 
JOEism: The nice part about living in a small town is that when you don't know what you are doing, someone else does.
 
Bente enjoyed the visit with her parents and brought back Dutch cookies which were distributed to members and greatly enjoyed.  Thank you !
 
 
Make-ups:  Gold Mine group Mon night; Projects Committee Tues night; Admin Committee Wed night.
 
PinPal:  At last Dale had not one but two PinPals to report: while flipping flapjacks on Saturday he met former member Chester MacDonald's daughter Marilyn;  plus one member of the Dartmouth club.  Bente saw a Rotarian on a video at Pier 21.
 
 
Happy Dollars:  Trish is happy her parents are coming to visit and Bill should be with us next week.  Susan F reported on the RYE students' participation in the RYLA program in Moncton;  rides needed on Friday 15 May for 5 p.m. and back on Saturday 16 May at 5 p.m.  John is happy that next week he will not be in the chair; also that he is going to Italy for 3 weeks.  Bill had a PSA: Sunday 31 May, 1 p.m., at Main Street entrance to Waterfowl Park - fundraising walk for Alzheimer's.  Wynn was glad Bill remembered this announcement.  Sandy also had a PSA (in the absence of Dianne): Grandmothers to Grandmothers' Africa Trip Presentation, Wednesday 20 May, 7 - 9 p.m. at Sackville United Church.
 
Next Week, 21 May:  Chair: Wynn volunteered; Introducer: Marita; Thanker: Wayne; Greeter: Jamie; Setup: Marita, Ove; Speaker: Susan P: "What you should know about dying."
 
Presidents's Time:  21 students applied for our TRHS bursaries; seven "amazing" students were interviewed; two were chosen.  This is Police Week: everyone is invited to a BBQ at the Town Hall this Friday, 15 May, 12 noon-2 p.m.
 
Committee Reports:  FUNDRAISING: Sandy reported - Silent Auction items urgently needed for Wine/Beer Tasting event - drop off at Harpers' or bring next week at the very latest.  Clean up can be done on Saturday a.m.  PROJECTS: Trish reported committee has reviewed budget requests: $500 to go to Hospital Foundation, $5000 to TRHS beautification project (digital signboard); club agreed to $2000 donation to Nepal earthquake relief via DisaterAid Canada and UNICEF Canada.  The committee recommends that a higher proportion of the Gold Mine Draw proceeds be allocated to local projects.
 
GROCERY STORE CARDS: Pam reported that $700 worth of Co-op cards need to be sold soon.  $1,100 worth of cards were sold during the meeting.  "Everyone must eat; we ask you to consider supporting Rotary while feeding your family."
 
Club Assembly.  A wide-ranging discussion took place on the Gold Mine Draw and future fund-raising policy.  In Louise's unavoidable absence a sheet of "Facts" and "Issues" was circulated as a basis for discussion.  After the first 12 weeks of the project $16,290 has been raised: $6,584 for the winners, $3,477 for local organizations, and $4,947 at the discretion of the club.  Club revenues for the project  for 2015-2016 are estimated at c.$20,000.  Should we expand the scope of the project ?  The need for further promotion was strongly emphasized.  Wynn agreed to contact the Tribune-Post.  Susan F agreed to contact the aid-receiving organizations.  Information on these groups can be found on ClubRunner.  All members are asked to think about the future of this project; also, in the longer term, on same "legacy" project. 
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Rotary Club of Sackville Bulletin 7 May, 2015

Posted by Charlie Scobie on May 07, 2015
Photographer: Pam Harrison
 
 
John chaired the meeting (again) and welcomed Kevin Anderson (guest of Ove and a potential member), and Letitia Estabrooks (guest of Gabi).
 
JOEism: Weddings: for the bride a wedding means a shower; for the groom it’s curtains.
 
Make-ups: Between the Fundraising Committee, the Breakfast, and the Gold Mine Draw group did anyone not have a makeup ?
 
It was Louise’s turn to wear the birthday hat.
 
 
PinPal :  Susan F visited a Rotary tent in the Cotswolds, part of a nation-wide U.K. Rotary blood-pressure program.
 
50/50 Draw: Ken won the draw but not the jackpot, now $55.
 
Happy Dollars: Wynn is counting on a family get-together to help clearing out the house;  Gabi is glad the kids’ birthdays are past for another year;  Ove is meeting up with a friend for a 50th class reunion; Ken is glad to be out of town for the next ten days. Trish thanks Darrell for taking over set-up duty; Susan F is happy Dave remembered Mothers’ Day; Susan P thanked everyone who helped with the breakfast;  Dianne looks forward to visits from two cousins; Edna looks forward to a trip to Ottawa, Victoria and Edmonton.
           
Next Week, 14 May:  Club Assembly.  Chair: John again; Greeter: Guylaine;  Setup: Marita, Ove.   
 
President’s Time :  John read letters of thanks for Gold Mine Draw donations from Susan Lafford, TRHS Principal, and Kathleen Cooper, Dorchester Consolidated School Principal.  Many favourable comments were received on the breakfast. A request has been received from Brian Neilson, Salem School Home and School Association for help with the Salem School “Summer Send-Off” on Saturday 13 June 1-5 p.m.; please contact President John if you would like to help.  
 
Committee Reports:  FOUNDATION (Ken): note Paul Harris Night (catered roast beef dinner), tickets $25, Thursday 11 June (no a.m. meeting that day);  FUNDRAISING (Josh): Thanks to everyone, especially Sue P and Sandy for success of breakfast; Wine and Beer Tasting Friday 22 May - some water coolers needed, also items for silent auction.  PROJECTS (Trish) meets next Tuesday at 12 noon; this Saturday help needed with flapjacks (aka pancakes). CLUB ADMIN (Wayne) meets next Wednesday 7.15 a.m.   Susan P has surplus eggs from breakfast for sale @ $4.00 per carton.
 
Speaker: Susan F introduced her most patient fellow-traveller Dave who presented his classification talk, “My Story”.  Born in Glasgow, Dave emigrated with his family to Canada at an early age, and attended school in North Bay, Ontario.  With degrees in cartography from Ryerson and Ohio State he worked with National Defence Intelligence for 30 years. Top secret mapmaking included Bosnia and Afghanistan, with lots of travel including visits to the Pentagon.  Dave has a long-time relationship with Rotary, starting with reading his father’s The Rotarian (especially the “Stripped Gears” section), and continuing as a member of the Ottawa West club.  He led a GSE team to Sweden in 2008.  Rotary Romance:  Dave and Susan met as part of Ottawa West Club’s drivers’ program. Dave was thanked by Trish.  
 
 
John concluded the meeting with the Four-Way Test.
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Rotary Club of Sackville Bulletin April 30, 2015

Posted by Charlie Scobie on Apr 30, 2015
Photographer: Sandy Harper
 
 
President John chaired the meeting which began with a period of silence to reflect on the situation in Nepal.  Guests welcomed: Kevin Anderson (speaker), his wife Vallie Stearns, and assistant Rory FraserSue conscripted as many volunteers as possible to work at Saturday’s breakfast.
 
JOEism: The difference between painting the town and painting the porch is marriage.
 
Make-ups: Ken attended a Foundation District meeting (funds available for District grants).  Others attended Rotary Learning Institute, Gold Mine Draw meeting, and Fund Raising Committee.
 
Birthday:  Ken got to wear the hat this week.
 
Anniversary: Gayle and Doug 43 years (longer than Gayle has been single).
 
Happy DollarsGabi won the 50/50 draw, but only $5, not the pot ($42 and growing).  Wynn attended “Grease” with Bente in starring role and Margot in the chorus.  Darrell was happy to be home (?).  Ken was glad that Harper (Wayne, not Stephen) now has the bulletins with a new look and up to date.  Dianne went to Fredericton with Josh and Gabi and got a logo pin with the next Rotary motto “Be a Gift to the World.”  Bente will be glad to see her parents and sister in Ottawa.  Trish’s PSA featured a Tantramar Blues Society event with JW-Jones of Ottawa at George’s Friday at 9 p.m.
 
Next Week, 7 May:  Chair: John again;  Introducer: Mary;  Thanker: Trish;  Greeter: George;  Setup: Mary, Darrell; Speaker: Dave (classification talk).
 
Committee Reports:  PAUL HARRIS (Ken) - names agreed on for the Paul Harris night; information needed for the brochure.  FUNDRAISING (Josh) - breakfast on Saturday; Wine/Beer Tasting tickets @ $40, $20 for dance only (please check on stub).  Meets Monday (4 May) 12 noon at Goya’s.  PROJECTS (Trish) - proposal will be forthcoming on aid to Nepal; government will match contributions to eligible organizations.  YOUTH (Trish, District Youth Protection Officer) - with Sue attended RYE Orientation meeting along with upcoming outgoing RYE student Adam Niles.  BOARD meets next Wednesday evening.
 
 
Speaker:  Sandy introduced “newcomer” (2002), ex-geologist, now arborist, Kevin Anderson of Woodpecker Tree Care.  An arborist is trained in the art and science of planting and caring for trees and shrubs one at a time.  Comparison of a 2004 Sackville Street Tree Inventory with today shows just how many trees have been lost - 168 out of 428.  Then and Now pictures illustrated the point.  The “tree-lined streets of Sackville” are sadly depleted.  Truro and Fredericton have good tree-planting programs; what about Sackville ?  If we don’t plant more trees we’re sunk.  Plant a variety of species, but not under power lines.  Kevin concluded by thanking Rotary for the RYE program which enabled his son Dan to spend a year in Brazil in 2008-09. Bill thanked Kevin for his presentation.
 
 
Gold Mine Draw.  John was kept busy handing out cheques - an overdue one to Kathleen Cooper, Principal, Dorchester Consolidated School (on left); this week’s one to Linda Trenholm ($644) who also accepted the donation to Sackville Community Association (on right).
 
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Weekly Bulletin - April 16/15

Posted by Wayne Harper on Apr 29, 2015
 
George was in the chair today.  There were no visiting Rotarians or guests (speaker excepted)  and there were no birthdays or anniversaries.
 
Charlie returned this week and claimed 4 make ups in Victoria BC.
 
On the 50/50 front, Jamie's ticket was drawn.  Unfortunately he drew the 3 of Hearts and missed the $30 pot.
 
Only a few members were happy today (that is only a few paid).  Charlie was real happy to be back in Sackville.  Seems it was just too warm in Victoria.  Truth is he missed the crap that passes for spring here.  He did indicate that he had a great winter in Victoria..........Wynn was happy to announce that his granddaughter has been named to the under 18 Canada Curling Team.........Ove was sad that Pickles has closed...........Dianne was happy that the sun is now up when we all get up for Rotary on Thursday mornings............George revealed how good the Edderly Bros. concert in Port Elgin was last weekend.
 
Duty Roster for Next Week
Chairperson  Jamie
Introducer  Ken
Thanker  Susan F.
Greeter  Gabi
Set Up  Mary & Trish
 
Committee Reports
Fundraising - Louise described the process on Mondays at the Gold Mine counting and draw.  If members want to join, please see her........Wendy Austin was last weeks winner of the Gold Mine draw.  She came to the meeting and picked up a cheque for $611.  Wendy is shown receiving the cheque from Gold Mine Draw chair Louise.
 
Today's speaker was Andy Marr, a financial planner who is also the Chair of the Sackville Memorial Hospital Foundation.  The goals of the Foundation are to keep people in the community and their mission is to raise money for the hospital.  105 employees looked after 600 patients and 1000 day surgeries last year.  This year the Hospital has begun it's annual fundraiser to raise $100,000.  The money will be used to buy many smaller items used throughout the Hospital.
 
Sandy thanked Andy by presenting him with a book in his name to be donated to a local library.  He also received a certificate and a rare Rotary pen.  
 
George closed the meeting with the 4-Way Test
 
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Weekly Bulletin - February 26/15

Posted by Wayne Harper on Apr 26, 2015
John was in the Chair again today, doing double duty as the Chairperson and the Speaker.  There were no visiting Rotarians this week, but Sherry Bickerton, our first regular Gold Mine Winner was a guest this week.
It was also a slow week for Birthdays and anniversaries as there were none.
 
In the new draw, John's ticket was drawn.  It did him little good as he drew the 3 Clubs but was looking for the 10 Diamonds.
 
Next Weeks Duty Roster is as follows:
Chairperson - John
Greeter - Bill
Set Up - Dave & Louise
 
Under President's time, John read a letter he received from Charlie, who is vacationing in Victoria.  Seems the cherry blossoms were out in full force, while here at home we can't find the tree, let-alone the blossoms.  He is having the time of his life, trying to spoil the best grandkids in the nation.
Ken also took the time to present the Club with a $1,000 cheque from ScotiaBank.  The donation is to be used for schools in the area.  
 
Committee Reports:
The Annual Foundation Auction for members will be held at next week's meeting.  Call Sandy with your donations.
 
Fundraising - the meeting was cancelled due to the weather.  The next Toonie draw meeting is next Monday at 5 pm - the Lafford centre.  Due to the change of the Wine Fest date, the May 22nd breakfast will be moved.  The new date TBA.
 
Projects - Trish reported on a $3,000 shortfall in the multi club district fundraiser.
 
Upcoming Meetings:
Projects Committee - Date to be Announced.
Board - Next Wednsday at Goya's @ 5:30 pm
 
Our guest speaker this week was John who wanted to talk about literacy and in general, all the programs the Club is involved in.  He suggested that we give more books each week to a library.  The committee will have to weigh the ramifications of this.  He was pleased to see TRHS getting more use of the recording studio, raising he profile of Rotary and involving more students within the school.  He touched on the Family Series at Owen's Art Gallery which is going on each Sunday for the winter months.  He suggested that all these programs somehow enhance and influence literacy.
 
The meeting concluded with the 4-Way Test.
 
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Rotary Club of Sackville Bulletin April 23, 2015

Posted by Charlie Scobie on Apr 26, 2015
 
Jamie chaired the meeting which began with a rousing rendition of O Canada led by Bill. 
 
Guests who were welcomed: Bente’s host parents Rima and Louis;  Margot’s host dad Peter and host sister Naomi Smith; Kevin Anderson; Pierre Barth from Labrador City (new owner/operator of Pizza Delight).
 
JOEism: The best way to get back on your feet is to miss a car payment.
 
Ken introduced speaker Bente, noting that with our RYE students we get “the best of what the world has to offer.”  This was certainly confirmed by Bente’s presentation on “My Country and Me.”  She confessed to being creative (watercolours), not very sporty (but she has been doing yoga), into languages (Dutch, English, French, German), and travel (Europe, the U.S., Thailand). Introduction to Bente’s family, plus cats Preekie and Pookie.  A survey of the Netherlands followed.  GEOGRAPHY: 110 times smaller than Canada, but has 12 provinces, one of them reclaimed from the sea.  HISTORY: occupied by Spain, Austria, France, Nazi Germany - 5 May marks liberation by Canadian troops in 1945.  Tulips sent to Ottawa as a thank-you. CULTURE: windmills, clogs, biking, everyone (almost) speaks English. If you want coffee be sure to go to a “café” not a “coffee shop” (which sells something else).  Gayle thanked Bente for a wonderful presentation.
 
 
Joyce got to wear the birthday hat. 
 
 
PINPALS:  Charlie met Nancy Gilbert in Victoria; she is working on a Ph.D. at Royal Roads University and developing a plan for water and sanitation in the Niger Delta helped by a $90,000 grant.  At a conference in Halifax Susan met that rare creature - a vet who is also a Rotarian.
 
HAPPY DOLLARS: Ove was happy to win the 50/50 draw (even though he drew the wrong card, and his happy dollar reduced his winnings to $4).  Wynn is downsizing which means getting rid of stuff, including more Rotary archival material. Rima was glad to host Bente and to be invited to Rotary. Trish was happy her Dad shared a “Rotary Moment” with her; also to be able to rake the grass in Ontario.  Dianne was happy about the contribution of RYE host families.  
  
NEXT WEEK, 30 April:  Chair: substitute for Jeff;  Introducer: Louise;  Thanker: Tim;  Greeter: Gayle;  Setup: Mary, Trish; Speaker: Kevin Anderson.
 
FUNDRAISING (Josh): meets tonight.  Breakfast tasks will be assigned. Tickets for Wine/Beer tasting were distributed: $40 (dance only = $20).
 
FOUNDATION (Ken): meets today. Last chance to nominate Paul Harris Fellows for 11 June.
 
Stephanie Bailie was delighted to receive a GOLD MINE cheque for $652.
 
 
The meeting closed with the Four-Way Test.
 
 
 
 
 
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Weekly Bulletin - February 19/15

Posted by Wayne Harper on Apr 22, 2015
John was once again, in the Chair this week.
 
There were no visiting Rotarians, but Sue's son Colin Roberts paid us another visit.  I think he likes the breakfasts.  On the makeup front, the Fundraising committee met this week and Josh has given the names to Edna.  Trish had a District Youth meeting this past week.  Birthdays and anniversaries were real slow this week as there were none.
 
In the 50/50 draw department, Dianne's ticket was drawn.  She was looking to draw the 3 Hearts and she did, taking home $167.  Congrats.  The draw will now start over.
 
The Duty Roster next week is as follows:
Chairperson   John (again)
Greeter   Wynn (send the corporate jet to Florida if he is to make this one)
Set Up  Louise & Dave
 
 
President John announced the resignation of Jordan Normore due to work related issues. Gabi and John represented the Club at Marshview Middle School's Flag Day.
 
Committee Reports
Trish reported that the cheques for the breakfast program at Salem and Marshview Schools have been delivered and were much appreciated.
Josh reported that the Gold Mine draw is now "live" with the first behind-the-scene-activities set to go next Monday at the Lafford centre.  The next breakfast is now set for March 21st at the Legion.
Sandy reported that she has sold $2,575 worth of grocery cards.
 
Todays speaker was Foundation Chair Ken Draper where Paul Harris's life was recalled.  He founded Rotary in 1905 with 3 friends.  Today there are 12 million members worldwide.  The Foundation was started in 1917 with a starting grant of $500.  The Paul Harris recognition was started in 1947.  In 2012, funds were allocated to polio plus, district grants  and locally TRHS sound studio, the Owens gallery project and internationally, in conjunction with 6 other district clubs, projects in Haiti.  Ken explained the matching grants program where if we raise $10,000 it will grow to $35,000 with this program
At the conclusion of the presentation,  the following members were presented with Paul Harris recognitions:
Charlie (5th)  he was away and will get it when he returns.
   Mary (3rd
  Dianne (2nd)  
   Trish (1st).
Pam was also be recognized  for having donated in excess of $10,000.
 
The meeting concluded with the 2-Way Test.
 
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Weekly Bulletin - January 29, 2015

Posted by Wayne Harper on Apr 21, 2015
  Dianne was in the chair today as John was away.
 
There were no visiting Rotarians, however, Sue's son Colin Roberts paid us another visit.  There were no birthdays or anniversaries this week but Josh, Jamie, Louise and Mary had a fundraising makeup.
Dale's ticket was drawn and he drew the 7 spades, looking for the elusive 3 hearts.  Too bad as he missed out on $155.
 
Next weeks duty roster calls for:
Chairperson       Darrell
Introducer          George (will need the corporate jet to get him in Florida)
Thanker             Ken
Greeter              Tim
Setup                 Sue P. and Gabi
Speaker             Karen Kronstanje  on Cryptography
 
Committee Reports
Fundraising - Josh reported that the concentration is selling the early bird draw tickets.  A few members are selling at Rose's and the Co-op.  The committee is meeting weekly until the draw get established.
Youth services - Sue reported that Rotaract made $540 recently.  This Saturday will be a Chili Tasting at Bill Johnstone park.  Members to make chili are needed.
Project - Trish presented Wayne a cheque for corporate sponsorship at the upcoming Curl For Cancer Bonspiel.
 
Todays meeting centered around the multi-club event in Moncton on February 21st at Royal Oaks Golf Course.  Together 6 South East area Clubs + Grand Manan and Fredericton came together to raise $19.000 for a project in India, first suggested by GSE member and former Club member Becky Stewart.  The idea is to provide clean water for 400 persons using solar powered water filters.  The presentation was made by Trish.
 
 
 
 
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Weekly Bulletin - April 9/15

Posted on Apr 08, 2015
Dianne was in the chair today.  There were no visiting Rotarians today, however our Gold Mine winner Dwayne Estabrooks joined us for breakfast this morning.  Like last week, there were no birthdays or anniversaries.
 
Dianne thought she had a pin pal story this week when she read Snapped, a weekly paporazzi pictorial published in Moncton.  In it were pictures of herself, Trish, Bente and Bill.  In the makeup category, members of the Admin committee had a meeting last night, the Gold Mine Committee met Monday night and Wynn returned from Florida with 8 make ups.
 
The 50/50 draw was worth a paltry $30 this week with members trying to pull the 10 Diamonds.  Dianne drew the ticket but drew the Jack of Diamonds from the deck.  No one was disappointed as she won the "biggie" a few weeks back.
 
In the I'm Happy, I'm Sad category, Sue was happy that the cherry blossoms were out in BC,.............Louise was sad as the daughter of a work associate has been diagnosed with a rare form of cancer,.......Dianne was happy that were have now been holding our meetings at Goya's for a year,..........Edna was happy that she and Peter are headed our West,............Ken wasn't happy that upon arriving in Halifax last weekend, he had car problems and hotel issues..........George had a PSA regarding a Rotary fundraiser in Port Elgin featuring the Edderly Bros.,..............Dale was happy that Doug Key (Gayle's husband) spoke at the Legion last Friday night on Model Railroading...........Wayne had a PSA regarding his band will be playing at a fundraiser for Theresa Malifant in Moncton Friday night at the Press Club..........Wynn was happy and sad.  Happy to be back from Florida, happy his granddaughter won a silver medal in curling, sad that the snow is not gone and happy/sad - his house is sold, and he is about to be "homeless"............Trish was happy that she and Bruce are headed for Ontario this weekend to see the Tragically Hip..........Joyce was happy that her Grandson will be a RYE student next year.  He is going to France..........Gabi was happy that she went to Montreal and today was her son's birthday.
 
Duty Roster for Next Week
Chairperson  George
Introducer   Joyce
Thanker     Sue P.
Greeter   Frank (alternate needed)
Set up  Tim
 
As today was a Club Assembly, President Elect Dianne asked all committee chairs to update the membership on their activities year-to-date.
 
Committee Reports
Administration Committee - Wayne updated members on the by law changes.  After discussion Wayne moved that "the bylaws dated ammended 2015 previously distributed to all members be ratified".  The motion was seconded by Bill and carried.  Wayne detailed a synopsis of his committee's activities including:
  • Role of the Committee
  • The committee has designed a new podium to be used at our weekly meetings and at community events.  It has been designed by the committee and will be built when Darrell comes back from Portugal.
  • The committee will be pursuing the replacement of the Rotary Lookout in the updated Waterfowl Park.  The committee is dealing with the Town.  As soon as the snow melts, the new sign will be erected at the Rotary Lillas Fawcett Park.
  • Awaiting the snow to melt so Rob Lyons can add Goya’s Restaurant to Roadside Sign.
  • Begun the inventory process to document our assets at both Andy’s store & Goya’s Restaurant.  If you have Rotary stuff at you home, let Gayle or Wayne know.  The process will contain a description, serial/model #’s, quantities and a picture of the major items.  The final list will be published in Club Runner where all committees have access to it.
  • Still need someone to assist with the weekly speakers.  The role is primarily emailing speakers as a way to remind them.  Some booking will also take place.  Person should think about taking over this role.
  • Square-Up will be available on Edna’s I-Pad to take Visa & MC for weekly breakfasts.  An easier way to pay for them is paying by the Quarter.  Can be done on Club Runner.  Cost is $132.
  • The Annual Lobster Party is on September 3rd.  Location is yet to be decided.  The DG will attend.  There will be a morning meeting as well with the DG.
  • The Annual BBQ and Service Awards event will be held at John Murchie’s house on June 25th.  There will be no morning meeting.
  • JOEisms will be done at the end of June.  Beginning July 3rd, we introduce “meet the Rotarian”.  Each member throughout the year will introduce themselves for 2 minutes.  It is designed to let new and newer members know who their fellow club members are.  Members will be reminded thru the weekly roster email.
  • The Club AGM will be held on September 10th.  Each Committee Chair from 2014/15 will report on what their committee accomplished in 2014/15.
  • The committee is considering doing something different on the 5th Thursday’s in April,  July, October, December, January 2016  and April 2016.
 
Membership Committee - Recently the committee has accepted the resignation of three members due to conflicts ith their jobs.  The committee is looking at the classifications where we do nit hve members currently ie: education and medical.  The committee will be organizing a special Fireside Chat this spring.
 
Fundraising Committee - Josh announced that Jamie will be taking over the committee beginning on July 1st.......The next breakfast will be at the Legion on May 2nd.  Sue Purdy is the Chair........The Club will be partnering with the Sackville Blues Society to provide the entertainment/dance at the Beer & Wine Fest on May 22nd.  The event will be at the Curling Club.......The Gold Mine Draw is progressing very well with almost close to $10,000 raised thus far........Last weeks winner Dwayne Estabrooks was here today to receive a cheque for $1,757.  
 
Projects Committee - Trish indicated that there is now more money to spend as a result of the fundraising activities.  As well, district funds have increased.  $7,000 is now available for both international and local projects.........The Club is also a member of a consortium of clubs from the SE involved with a water filtration project in India.
 
Foundation Committee - Ken reported that the recent member auction netted $1,717.........The bi-annual Paul Harris Community event is scheduled for June 18 and will be held at the Anglican Church hall.  Nominations will be solicited from club members of deserving community members.
 
Youth Services Committee -Sue Fisher reported that we still need host families for next year beginning in August.  Next year we will be entertaining only 1 student, a boy from Belgium........The Rotaract Club at MTA is now wrapped up for the year as the student go back home.
 
Upcoming Committee Meetings
Fundraising - Tonight at Mary's
Foundation - After this mornings meeting
Youth Services - After this mornings meeting.
 
Dianne concluded the meeting with the 4-Way Test
 
 
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Weekly Bulletin - April 2/15

Posted by Wayne Harper on Apr 01, 2015
Gayle was in the Chair today.  Except for our speaker, there were no visiting Rotarians and no other guests.  The birthday and anniversaries were also devoid.
Members of the Fundraising and Board committee met and thus are credited with a makeup.  The Chairs reported the attendance to Edna.
 
The 50/50 draw this week was a meager $26 with members looking for the 10 Diamonds.  Sue Purdy's ticket was drawn but she missed out on the top prize as she drew the 9 Clubs.  The $5 consolidation prize went to Happy Dollars.
 
George was happy to be back from Florida..........Sue was happy that she won the 50/50 consolidation prize........Josh was happy that a long weekend was coming.............Dianne enjoyed the World Curling Bonspiel in Halifax last week......Louise was happy to report that in 6 weeks on the Gold Mine draw, the Club has given our charities over $1,500.
 
Next Weeks Duty Roster
Chairperson -  Dianne
Greeter  - Charlie
Set up - Tim
 
The President's time was all about presentations this week.    First off, John presented a pin to George for bringing in a new member.  Next he did the same thing to Ove.  Finally he presented Josh with a brand new extension cord to replace one lost at one of our events.  
 
Committee Reports
Fundraising - Last weeks Gold Mine draw was not won thereby automatically increasing the pot.  Over 900 tickets have now been sold...........The Beer & Wine Fest organization is progressing.  Josh announced that 7 vendors are now confirmed........The next breakfast will be on May 2nd.  Tickets were distributed..........A new fundraiser was announced.  We will be selling Flapjacks at the Farmer's market every Saturday beginning on May 9th.
 
Projects - Trish explained our involvement in the upcoming music festival on June 3 - 6 in Sackville.  The project committee is proposing that the Club fund the festival to the tune (sic) of $500 to be used for scholarships.  After some discussion, Trish moved that "the Club will contribute $500 to the New Brunswick Federation of Music Festivals in support of scholarships to be handed out at the Provincial Finals to be held in Sackville  June 3 - 6, 2015".  The motion was seconded Edna.  The Motion was carried.
 
Upcoming Meetings
 
Club Administration meets next Wednesday at 7 pm at Wayne's
Membership meet right after this mornings meeting.
Fundraising later this morning @ 10:15 am.
 
Our speaker, Frank Strain, was introduced by Josh.    Frank is a professor at MTA and his topic was Searching for Tornadoes:  A talk on the Future of Dimensia in New Brunswick.  Not surprising, Frank indicated that population changes show that seniors are a larger part of the population base.  Thus Dimensia is a growing issue in the Province.  Frank was thanked by Ove.
 
Gayle concluded the meeting with the 4-Way Test
 
 
Weekly Bulletin - April 2/15 Wayne Harper 2015-04-02 00:00:00Z 0

Tantramar High School Gets Donation

Posted on Mar 30, 2015
 
The Rotary Club of Sackville has selected Tantramar Regional High School to be one of the organizations to receive funds from their new 'Gold Mine' fundraising initiative.
 
 
TRHS received $268.50 from March 16th draw.  Club President John Murchie presents Principal Susan Lafford the cheque.
 
You can participate in their weekly 50/50 draw running every Monday evening until December 28, 2015 and support TRHS at the same time.
 
To participate:
Register your name, phone number, email and street address at one of the participating retailers listed below.
You will receive a Gold Mine number after registering. Registration is free.
 
Each week, you can take a chance on the 50/50 by visiting one of the participating retailers, writing your Gold Mine number on a sticker and placing it on a toonie.  Drop the toonie into the Rotary Gold Mine Blue Box.
 
The Rotary Club will draw a number from the list of Gold Mine players each week, and if a drawn number was played that week, the winner will receive 50% of the total amount collected. Winners will be announced in the Sackville Tribune Post. People whose number is drawn and did not participate that week will have their names listed as non-winners. If there is no winner, the amount "rolls over" next week and continues until won.
 
Each week, half of the remaining 50% of the funds raised will be donated to the organizations chosen by the Rotary Club to benefit from this fundraiser. The recipients will rotate, with TRHS receiving funds from the draws on March 16, June 15, September 14 and December 14.
 
Thank you to these participating retailers:
-Tantramar Gas Bar - Ultramar
-Esso Convenience
-Goya's Pizza
-Jean Coutu Pharmacy
-Middle Sackville Variety
-Patterson's Restaurant
-Sassy's Convenience
-Rose’s Your Independent Grocer
-Sackville Co-op
-Gitpu Tobacco and Gas – Dorchester
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Weekly Bulletin - March 26/15 Wayne Harper 2015-03-26 00:00:00Z 0

Weekly Bulletin - March 19/15

Posted by Wayne Harper on Mar 18, 2015
 
John was once again in the Chair as 11 Rotarians, 2 RYE students and 2 guests braved the storm to make it to he meeting.
There were no visiting Rotarians but former Rotarian Pat Belliveau was a guest and Sue Purdy brought along Lorne Booth.  Members of the Projects Committee received a makeup.  Because of the storm, only Trish, Gayle and John were at the meeting. 
 
There were no birthdays and anniversaries this week.
 
On the 50/50 front, Sandy drew the 5 of clubs, while looking for the 10 diamonds. Too bad!!  She didn't win the $19 but did get $5.
 
Next Weeks duty roster is as follows:
Chairperson - Gabi
Introducer -    John
Thanker -       Ove
Greeter -        David
Set Up -         Jamie & Sue F.
 
 
Josh reminded members of the Spring (sic) breakfast this Saturday at the Legion as part of the Fundraising Committee report.  The task list has been published.  The Wine & Beer tasting Event planning is progressing with 6 confirmed vendors.  This yeas the event will be on May 22nd at the Curling Club and will feature a dance as part of the event.
Josh is shown presenting a cheque for $1,469 to Patricia Belliveau.  Patricia was the latest winner of the Rotary Gold Mine draw.
 
Trish reported that her committee (Projects) is reviewing funding requests as the Club expects to have more money to distribute as a result of the Gold Mine draw.
 
This weeks speaker was yours truly (Wayne) who spoke on the topic of Club Runner 101.  Little known aspects of the system were discussed.  As many members were away, he  will give this presentation again at a later date.
 
The Four Way test concluded the meeting.
Weekly Bulletin - March 19/15 Wayne Harper 2015-03-19 00:00:00Z 0
Weekly Bulletin - March 12/15 Wayne Harper 2015-03-12 00:00:00Z 0

Bank Donates to Club

Posted by Wayne Harper on Mar 06, 2015
The Bank of Nova Scotia has had a program called Scotia Employee Volunteer Program for many years.  The bank will provide up to $1,000 on an annual basis to an employee who has been part of an organization for a least a year and has contributed at least fifty hours working as an unpaid  officer, director, volunteer, fundraiser or organizer during the past year.  During the past year, Ken spent far more that the fifty hours as detailed in the criteria of the program. In fact he spent more than fifty hours just in Board meetings, and at least that in again in fundraising activities and other committee meetings.  This is the fourth time Ken has participated in the program and was awarded the money recently.  In the picture below, Ken is shown donating the money to the Rotary Club of Sackville.  Receiving the cheque is Club President John Murchie. 
 
 
Bank Donates to Club Wayne Harper 2015-03-07 00:00:00Z 0
Weekly Bulletin - March 5/15 Wayne Harper 2015-03-05 00:00:00Z 0

Rotarians Experience the DR

Posted by Wayne Harper on Feb 24, 2015
At the end of January, Rotarians from around the world converged on the Dominican Republic, to once again, leave their comfortable surroundings and to volunteer to help people in a foreign country.  One doesn't know how good we have it until you get to experience what these Rotarians experienced recently.
Club members Pam Harrison & Sue Purdy and Margurite Harvey, the wife of club member Darrell Harvey, made such a trip two weeks ago.  While there  they installed water filters, attended clinic working with HIV awareness and family health,  adult school on the bateys, built latrines on the bateys, visited two Rotary Clubs in LaRama and  visited the hospital
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In the picture, Pam in the center is joined by Margurite right and new friend Carrie on the left.
 
The group posed for this picture:
 
 
The group was headed up by Br. Bob as he is best known.  
 
 Dr Bob arranged a visit to this school. The principal is a Rotarian (white top) and has started a school for children whose parents cannot afford their education. They must wear a uniform. (Approximately 300 children in four small classrooms, grades 1 to 6). They need two more classrooms to accommodate the overcrowding.  
Our club collected money to be used to meet a need, classrooms are a GREAT need so our club’s contribution will start the “classroom fund”, several others added to our donation and we presented the principal with $400.00 US. She was thrilled, with tears and a big hug I know it was appreciated. 
 
At the conclusion of the trip he wrote members of the team the following letter:
 
  Only one week ago we all found our flights from Punta Cana, La Romana, and Santo Domingo to wing our way home to new snow, newer snow, and now the newest. (except for Wendell in Haiti and now home in Florida).
  I hope you have had the time to reflect on our week, on what we accomplished in deed and in thought. There is no way one little team can make a huge physical impact in four short work days, but I have found that the local Dominicans and Haitians  can make a profound difference in our hearts and minds. If we went with open hearts and full suitcases, we should have returned with full hearts and empty suitcases - except for the coffee and vanilla.
  Though we named our week the Clean Water Work Week from its beginning in 2011, it has become less about water and less even about work. If you saw something or met someone who changed your way of looking at humanity, the week was a success, no matter its name. This change happens to me every time on every trip I make to the bateys of the eastern Dominican Republic. For me the trip was a success, and I hope it was for you too.
  We had a disparate (not desperate) team of individuals this time as on former teams. But we are all Rotarians and I hope the guiding principle of Service Above Self served us well  on our daily group work.
  Is it the Truth? Is it fair to all concerned? Will it build goodwill and better friendships? Will it be beneficial to all concerned?
  I think we had a good balance of work and leisure. If there is too much work, we can feel overwhelmed; too little, then like we have accomplished nothing. If there is too much empty time, well then it was not a work week at all. Balance.
  Let me know your thoughts. Each year's schedule and overall plan is revised according to the previous year's experience. You can email only me if you want, so your comment can be private, or the team list if that suits.
  I also hope you are all healthy also. It is about now (7-10 days) one of the mosquito related illnesses would show, if it were to do so.
  My last word for now, the same last word I always have for any of my teams: do not forget these people.
 en amistad, in Rotary friendship,
 el senor
dr bob
 
  
 
Dr Bob is shown with one of the local children.
Rotarians Experience the DR Wayne Harper 2015-02-25 00:00:00Z 0

Members Receive Paul Harris Recognition

Posted by Wayne Harper on Feb 23, 2015
 
On February 19th, four members received recognition of contributions to the Rotary Foundation by receiving Paul Harris recognition.  Annually, the club celebrates Paul Harris' birthday by bestowing Paul Harris Fellowships on members who have contributed $1,000 US to the Rotary Foundation.  This year our recipients were:
Mary Sears, shown with President John Murchie.  This is Mary's 3rd Paul Harris.
 
Dianne Oulton, President Elect, is shown with Club President John Murchie.  This is Dianne's  2nd Paul Harris.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Pam Harrison is shown with President John Murchie.  Pam has donated the equivalent of 10 Paul Harris's.  Rotary Internationsal does not have a pint for this level of contributions.
 
 
Trish Edwards is shown with President John Murchie.  This is Trish's first Paul Harris.
 
 
On June 11th this year, the Club will recognize members of the community whom the Directors deem are worthy of Paul Harris recognition.  It will be a dinner event, where we hope that the District Governor will attend.
Members Receive Paul Harris Recognition Wayne Harper 2015-02-24 00:00:00Z 0

Weekly Bulletin - February 5/15

Posted by Wayne Harper on Feb 04, 2015
John was in the Chair this week.
 
There were no visiting Rotarians but Sue's son, Colin Roberts paid us yet another visit. The Fundraising committee met last week and josh has given the names to Edna.  Sue and Dave were involved with Rotaract and Mary was selling tickets at the Co-op this past weekend.
 
Edna will celebrate a Birthday on the 10th and Frank $ Barb are celebrating 47 years of marriage
 
Sandy drew the lucky ticket but it wasn't lucky in pulling the 3 hearts,  Instead she pulled the Jack of spades and lost $158.
 
Next Weeks Duty Roster is:
Chairperson     Dave
Introducer         Jamie
Thanker            Louise
Greeter             Trish
Set up              Sue P
Speaker           Dan Steeves - Printmaking at MTA
 
Committee Reports
Fundraising - The early bird draw for the Gold Mine Draw will be held on February 14th.  A bean supper celebrating Flag day will be held on February 15th.  The Wine Tasting Event will be moved to the Curling Club, tentatively scheduled for may 8th.
Membership - Ove announced that Patricia Belliveau has resigned sue to work related issues.  She plans to return in October 2016 when she retires.  In the meantime she will help with Rotary events when she can.
 
Upcoming Meetings 
Club Administration - February 10th
Board - February 11th
 
Our speaker today was Karen Kronstanje on the subject of Cryptography.  She eluded to the fact that because of the popularity of the Internet, people need to insure that their data is safe.  Cryptography allows ciphers to protect and encrypt you data, making it harder for other people to get at it.  She claims the 4 goals to cryptography are as follows:
1. Secrecy - converts data to other codes through encryption
2. Integrity - If data modified - report it.
3. Authentication - Insure you know who you are sending data to.
4. Non-Repudiation - Ensures that the transaction has taken place.
 
Many question were fielded at the conclusion of her talk.
 
Weekly Bulletin - February 5/15 Wayne Harper 2015-02-05 00:00:00Z 0

Former RYE Student Returns

Posted by Wayne Harper on Dec 29, 2014
 
Former RYE student Mizuki Iwanaga visited the Club at the December 18th meeting.  Mizuki was one of our students in 2009-2010.  An active Junior curler when she was here, she returned, after her stay, to Japan, more specifically, to Sophia University in Tokyo.  This last semester, Mizuki was on an exchange through Sophia University, studying in New York City. Dianne and Frank hosted a dinner with her and all her original host families while she was here.  On December 22nd, she flew back to New York City where she met a fellow student, studying in another state.  They were going to spend Christmas together before returning to Japan on December 30th.  She has one more year before graduating.
 
At the conclusion of the weekly meeting, Mizuki can be seen with our current RYE students, Bente and Margot.  
 
Former RYE Student Returns Wayne Harper 2014-12-30 00:00:00Z 0

Record Sales

Posted by Pam Harrison on Dec 18, 2014
 
Rotary Club of Sackville
Thank You
December’s total sales
$3,475.00
‘credit card service’ starts January –thanks Sandy
 
 
Record Sales Pam Harrison 2014-12-19 00:00:00Z 0

Members open Wallets

Posted by Wayne Harper on Dec 18, 2014
 
In a few weeks time, Rotarian Pam Harrison and Margurite Harvey (wife of Rotarian Darrell Harvey) will be off to the Dominican Republic to volunteer their time setting up sand water filters.  While there,  they want to help school children by supplying school supplies we take for granted.
Pam determined that it was more prudent to buy the supplies in the DR.  In order to assist with the cost, Foundation Chair Ken Draper decided to auction off two very expensive bottles of wine by holding two "Heads   and Tails auctions.  The winners of the bottles were Josh Cormier and Dianne Oulton as they were the last persons standing.  

Here Ken and Pam display the $300 + raised at Thursday's meeting.  That will go a long way to outfitting school children with much needed school supplies.  A big thank you to all Club members.
 
Members open Wallets Wayne Harper 2014-12-19 00:00:00Z 0

Grocery Card Fundraiser

Posted by Pam Harrison on Dec 15, 2014
 
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Do you and your family eat every day?
Do you and your family buy groceries?
PLEASE buy grocery cards from Rotary!!!!
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Our RYE Students

Posted by Wayne Harper on Nov 06, 2014
 

Rotary Youth Exchange students Bente Van Ingen from Holland and Margot Barbotin from France await a ride to school after a recent Rotary meeting.  The girls who attend every weekly meeting have been an absolute delight and a friend of all the members.  They are not shy about helping in our fundraising events as well.
Our RYE Students Wayne Harper 2014-11-07 00:00:00Z 0

New Members

Posted by Wayne Harper on Nov 03, 2014
 
On October 31st, the Club welcomed two new members. Firstly, Tim Jones.  Tim resides in Sackville with his wife Jennifer and together with his brother Weston, they run a chain of Funeral homes in South East New Brunswick and Cumberland County Nova Scotia.  Here, President John Murchie "pins" Tim with his Rotary pin.
 
 
Also joining the club was Joyce Ferguson.  A 50-year resident of Sackville, Joyce was the wife of the late Laing Ferguson, a active member of this club for many years and most recently a Honorary member.  Joyce was very active in the community and by all accounts, was an excellent golfer.  Now retired, she had only one request - "put me to work".  
 
 
President John Murchie is shown "pinning" Joyce with her Rotary pin.
 
 
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Fundraising Breakfast

Posted by Wayne Harper on Oct 05, 2014
 
On Saturday, October 4th, the club held it's last fundraising breakfast for 2014.  This fall breakfast raises funds for the breakfast program at Marshview Middle School.  The event is hugely successful with in excess of 300 breakfasts consumed by community members.  Profit is expected to be in excess of $2,000.  
 
Here students from Marshview Middle School man the serving line, providing a great help to Rotarians in preparing and serving the breakfast.
 
Rotarian Mary Sears always makes a boiled icing cake which is the subject of a secondary draw.  Here, a visitor from SE Asia and confessed breakfast lover draws out the winning name  -  Sheila Parker, a long time attendee of our breakfast.  As an aside, the author enjoyed a piece of this cake at a party later on Saturday night.    MMM Good!
Fundraising Breakfast Wayne Harper 2014-10-06 00:00:00Z 0

A Surprise Award

Posted by Gayle Key & Wayne Harper on Sep 30, 2014
In late June of this year, Past District Governor Pat Perry asked if we were having our Lobster Party again this year and if we were, could she come.  Fast forward to August 21st where the party was in full swing and Pat was there.  Part way through the dinner, Pat arose and asked for the Club's attention and for Gayle to come forward.  There she presented the Club with The Significant Achievement Award from Rotary International signed by the President and Pat.  
This was a total surprise to all members of the Club.  The award was earned as a result of our attention to literacy and the music program at Tantramar Regional High School.  Details of the program follow.
 
The Rotary Club of Sackville has decided to champion literacy in all forms through several creative communal projects.  Over the past years, our club members have donated books that are presented to our weekly speakers.  After an acknowledgement in the book, where their name, date and topic are identified on the inside cover, the book is forwarded to one of our three Sackville schools: elementary, middle or high.
 
Discussion held over this last year resulted in a club decision to continue the legacy theme with a twist.  With club money from a breakfast fundraiser and a gift from the passing of Rotarian Jake Fisher, the club worked with school staff and students to transform a storage area into a music and recording studio.  To some students who were at risk, this became a significant project for them.  In the spring of 2013, the students compiled a CD entitled TRHS: Roots.  It features both original and non-copyrighted works by currents students and alumni, including Sarah Jarvis, Katelyn Wheaton, Jessica Grant, Hayden Nurse, Nick Grant, Joey Rouse, Mark Geddes, Margaret Torrance and Virginia Tingley.  Grade 12 student Zack Bruce has produced this project through is Independent Study in Audio Engineering this semester. There was a formal unveiling of the studio with a Rotary plaque and coverage by the local media.
 
This project is easily emulated where there is an abundance of youth with passion and eagerness to communicate and learn through music.  Reading and writing are important however other avenues of literacy speak to the diversity of our projects.
A Surprise Award Gayle Key & Wayne Harper 2014-10-01 00:00:00Z 0

Dsitrict Conference Awards

Its Saturday evening and you are enjoying a nice glass of Chardinay at the District Conference  Banquet.  Suddenly your world is rocked with the announcement that the Sackville Rotary Club has just won an award.  Worse still. you have to go upfront to receive the award.  Such was the dilema that faced Club Prez John Murchie.  Pictured below is Pam Harrison. John and Trisha Edwards with the Best Club Attendance Award for the District.  

As if to get John's adrenalin going even more, the Club also won another award (along with 5 other Clubs) for an international project.  Trish is pictured in the photo along with representatives of other clubs.

 
The good news was John survived to tell the tale at this weeks meeting.
 
 
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The Opera Comes to Town

Posted by Wayne Harper & David Mckellar on Sep 07, 2014
 
The opera is coming to Sackville thanks to the Rotary Club of Sackville's latest fundraiser.  An exclusive showing of Puccini's opera Madam Butterfly in 3D at the Vogue Cinema should appeal to a broad range of people - old and young alike.
 
for more information, check out -
 
www.madambutterfly3d.com
 
The Opera Comes to Town Wayne Harper & David Mckellar 2014-09-08 00:00:00Z 0

Another Record Set

Posted by Wayne Harper & Pam Harrison
 
On Friday, August 29th, 14 members plus friends showed up at the Civic Center to husk 1,000 cobs of corn in preparation for Saturday's Rotary and Town of Sackville sponsored Corn Boil, an annual affair to celebrate the arrival of the new students at Mount Allison University.  Here the huskers pose for a photo.
 
 
Thanks to a wonderful turnout of Rotarians, friends and Town employees, we set a new record of 27.15 minutes to complete our corn husking efforts. Missing from the photo is Matt Pryde and Kent Harrison (took the photo). You might say the corn was flying this evening!!!  Below, Rotarian Mary Sears is trying to outpace former Mayor, Pat Estabrooks.
 

 
 
Here was what it was all about as 600 + students and another 1,000 market goers showed up at the Sackville Farmer's Market the next day.
 
 

 

 

 
Most members of the club showed up to meet, greet and hand out corn to the new students and Town's people.  Below, past President Gayle Key, Dianne Oulton, George Woodburn and Sue Fisher work hard to keep up with the demand.
 
 
 
 
 
Another Record Set Wayne Harper & Pam Harrison 2014-09-08 00:00:00Z 0

Town Entry Sign has a Rotary Connection

Posted by Wayne Harper & Charlie Scobie
 
The Town of Sackville has installed new billboard signs along the Trans-Canada Highway, on either side of the town.  They are based on a specially commissioned oil painting, 24 by 48 inches in size, entitled “Sackville Market Day,” by Mary Scobie.  According to Town official Jamie Burke, “We really wanted to capture the festive atmosphere of downtown Sackville and show the vibrancy of our downtown.”  The billboard features the tagline, “Sackville: Home of Mount Allison University.”  The painting also appears on the cover of the 2014 Sackville tourist brochure.
 

Mary Is the daughter of long-time member Charlie Scobie
Mary Scobie grew up in Sackville and received a Bachelor of Music degree from Mount Allison University and a diploma in graphic design from the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design in Halifax.  She moved to the west coast in 1992 and currently lives outside of Victoria, B.C. where she paints and works as a graphic designer and illustrator.  A frequent return visitor to Sackville, her paintings have been featured in exhibitions at Fog Forest Gallery in Sackville, and at Eclectic Gallery and Gallery at the Mac in Victoria, B.C.  See http://maryscobie.com/bio
Town Entry Sign has a Rotary Connection Wayne Harper & Charlie Scobie 2014-08-17 00:00:00Z 0

The Anne Murray Centre Turns 25

Posted by Wayne Harper & Pam Harrison on Jul 26, 2014
 

Anne Murray grew up in the small Nova Scotia coal mining town of Springhill, far, far away from the glitter and glamour of Hollywood. Yet her breathtaking flight to fame has made Anne Murray a household name in entertainment capitals of the world, and she has amassed more musical awards and accolades than almost any female singer in history.

The Anne Murray Centre showcases the incredible life and times of Springhill's internationally acclaimed songstress Anne Murray. Step into the remarkable story of this Canadian icon and take an intimate look at her humble beginnings, flight to fame, and enduring contributions to the world of music.

Pictured is Rotarian Pam Harrison with Anne at the 25th Anniversary celebration.

The Anne Murray Centre is a non-profit organization and is a registered Canadian charity. All of the revenue generated from the operation of the Centre is used to provide employment for local people and for the ongoing maintenance of the Centre


The original initiative for the Anne Murray Centre came from volunteer members of the Springhill Industrial Commission and the Cumberland Regional Development Authority. They envisaged such a Centre as a catalyst to stimulate the economy of the community, and promote awareness of the music of Nova Scotia and Canada through the public presentation of Anne Murray’s life and career achievements.

The Anne Murray Centre has fulfilled Anne's wish to contribute in a unique manner to her hometown, which has suffered through two mine disasters and two devastating fires since 1956. Anne’s mother Marion kept several personal artifacts and CBC contributed to the professional items. 

Since opening its doors in July of 1989, the Anne Murray Centre has welcomed more than 400,000 visitors from around the world

The Anne Murray Centre Turns 25 Wayne Harper & Pam Harrison 2014-07-27 00:00:00Z 0
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Goin' for Another Record

Posted by Wayne Harper on Jun 26, 2014

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Welcome corn huskers

ADVANCED NOTICE

DATE              Friday August 29th, 2014

TIME              7:00

PLACE                        Civic Centre, Sackville

Hope you can join us for another record breaking event – only 1 hr to husk 1,000 corn!!

Corn boil is Saturday August 30th. We have the great joy to welcome all those wonderful youth and chat with the fabulous town’s folks. Plan to join us for another enjoyable event!!!

 

Goin' for Another Record Wayne Harper 2014-06-27 00:00:00Z 0

Another Year Over

Posted by Wayne Harper on Jun 26, 2014

Remember when we were kids.  This time of year was always magical as we looked forward to summer vacation and NO MORE SCHOOL!.  As adults, this time of year can be sad and it can be happy.  It's usually happy because we can look forward to our annual vacation during the next few months.  Perhaps your workplace has interim staff to cover for vacations.  This can be a rewarding time as we get to meet new people.

For Rotarians, it can be a sad time as this time of year marks the end of the Rotary Exchange student's time with us.  This year was no exception.  Christoph returned home to Solothurn, Switzerland on Wednesday and as I write this, Henna has just landed in Turenki, Finland.  Both students were model exchange students, bringing out the best of the RYE program.

At the end of last week,  they attended the prom for the graduating students of Tantramar Regional High School.  Here they are pictured at the Rotary bridge on Mount Allison University's campus prior to the event.  By all accounts, the friends they made while at TRHS will miss them a lot.

 

 

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Another Year Over Wayne Harper 2014-06-27 00:00:00Z 0

Rotary District Golf Tournament

Posted by Wayne Harper on Jun 25, 2014

We are going on the concept that Bragging

Rights are more important than prizes – but we will have some closest to the hole prizes on the par 3’s.

Fox Creek is a premium course hence the cost. Any food requirement afterward can be had at the St. James Gate

Pub & restaurant on site.


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2014 Rotary District 7810 Golf Tournament.doc 

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Rotary District Golf Tournament Wayne Harper 2014-06-26 00:00:00Z 0

4 - Person Golf Scramble

Posted by Wayne Harper on Jun 25, 2014

The Limestone Rotary Club hosts a golf tournament (Fund raiser) every year around the 4th of July.  This year will be the 22nd annual tournament and will be on July 5th.  It features cash prizes for both gross and net scores.  Inside the regular tournament, we run a tournament for rotary teams with the winning team taking home a traveling trophy for the year and having their clubs name and year of winning scribed on the trophy (Bragging rights).  See following for more details about the tournament.

 

- Four (4) person scramble (*expect limited to the first 20 teams)

 

- Entry fee $100 per TEAM

 

- Shotgun Start 8AM U.S.

 

- Limestone Country Club

 

- $10,000 Hole in one prize (* insurance currently limits to 80 golfers.  If we exceed 80 golfers, we would need time to adjust the insurance fee)

 

- $5,000 putting contest

 

- Longest drive, closest to pin, 50/50 etc.

 

For more info, contact:

Larry Zensius 207-325-4667

Clifford Rhme 207-551-3659

Limestone Country Club 207-325-7277

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3 - Person Golf Scramble

Posted by Wayne Harper on Jun 25, 2014

Presque Isle Rotary Club 
9th Annual 3- Person Golf Scramble
to benefit the Aroostook County Chapter of Junior Achievement


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Saturday, July 12, 2014

Cash Prizes 
for the top
Men’s and Women’s
teams in both Gross and Net

 Hole in One Prize

·Putting Contest

 Closest to the Pin

· Longest Drive

Place:  Presque Isle Country Club

Time:  Shotgun start at 9AM 
(Golfers must check in no later than 8AM)

Cost:  $120 per team

Contact Persons:

Jennifer Flynn, 760-1176 
(
flynnj@husson.edu )

NO HANDICAP RESTRICTIONS 
Golf carts can be reserved for an additional charge at the 
Presque Isle Country Club Pro-shop
Please call Barry Madore at 764-0430 no later than July 1, 2014

 

 

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Weekly Bulletin - June 19th, 2014

Posted by Jeff MacKinnon on Jun 18, 2014

THE ROTARY CLUB OF SACKVILLE

WEEKLY BULLETIN NOTES

DATE:     June 19th, 2014

CHAIRPERSON:  Sue Purdy

GUESTS: Bill briefly introduced Theresa Richards who is our guest speaker today.

VISITING ROTARIANS:  George introduced his sister and frequent Sackville Rotary visiting Rotarian, June Woodburn.

MAKE-UPS: Fundraising committee met on Monday.

BIRTHDAYS: Wynn            ANNIVERSARIES:  Gaby & David

PINPAL:    None this week. Apparently we didn’t get out much last week.

50/50 DRAW:    Looking for the 9D, Judy drew the last remaining card in the deck, which just happened to be the 9D!! After 51 attempts, we finally have a 50/50 winner! The final value of the pot was $722!

HAPPY DOLLAR$:

Judy was happy to have won the 50/50 Draw!

Dianne was happy there may be another pharmacist in the family.

Wynn was happy to be another year older, and happy to recently celebrate his 50th High School reunion. He is also happy to be playing in the Moncton Rotary Club scramble at Fox Creek on the 19th of September, if he can find a few more interested hackers to fill up the group. (Which he achieved before the end of the meeting. Fore!)

Trish is happy to be heading off to go salmon fishing for the weekend.

June was happy to find a nice yoga studio in Sackville: Nava Yoga on Main Street with a great instructor Leanne Laracey.

Bill is happy heading to Ottawa next week, where his son will be getting married on the same day as he and Heather’s 39th wedding anniversary.

Susan is happy to be home after looking after her 94 year old dad, but received some unfortunate news that he is heading back to the hospital for treatment.

Dianne passed a card of “Congratulations” signed by everyone at Rotary to give to Darrell’s granddaughter Sarah.  Sarah has helped us out at many of the Pancake Breakfasts.

DUTY ROSTER NEXT WEEK:                                                 

Chairperson:       Sue F.

Introducer:          Bill

Thanker:             Gabi

Greeter:               Ken

Speaker:             Judy will be providing her "Classification Talk"

COMMITTEE REPORTS:

  • Josh (Fundraising Committee): Pancake breakfast next weekend. Sell tickets, and expect a task list to come out this week. Handing out beans to cook up to interested bean cookers.

UPCOMING MEETINGS: 

None to report this week.

PRESIDENT’S TIME

Gayle had three announcements to share:

  • Terry MacDonald has been sending out invites to Rotary Golf tournaments. Members are encouraged to sign up and meet members from other clubs on the links.
  • The Rotary Club of Moncton has initiated a mobile giving campaign for the fallen RCMP officers. Can donate via smartphone. Text Moncton 45678
  • Last meeting of the Rotary Year, and last meeting for our RYE students Henna and Christophe

PRESENTATION

Bill introduced our guest speaker Theresa who provided a presentation on “ACORN” and what they do across the region.

Sue concluded the meeting with the 4-Way Test.

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RYE 2014

Posted by Pamela Harrison on Jun 08, 2014

The Rotary Club of Sackville is pleased to have selected Dakota MacLean and Max Farella as their outbound exchange students, both will live the next year in Italy. Christoph Meyer from Switzerland and Henna Paussu from Finland have enjoyed a great year in Canada.

The Rotary Youth Exchange program has been an important part of our club’s life. Every week we enjoy the youth’s stories of experiencing new food, new school life, sports, family life and of course the Canadian weather.  All Rotarians are encouraged to plan an event to host the students for “something Canadian” – like a hockey game, a trip to a maple sugar camp, a walk in the water Fowl Park, camping, skating, travel, Christmas concerts, theater, etc!! They love it all – we have been blessed with wonderful host families who look forward to the next student.

Thank you to the wonderful Rotarians of Copenhagen, Denmark that organized the program in 1929.Since then, Rotary International has sent young people around the globe to experience new cultures. Currently, about 9,000 students are sponsored by Rotary clubs every year. Our club is better for this experience!!

 
 
 
 
 
 
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KEEPER OF THE CLIFFS

Posted by Wayne Harper on Jun 01, 2014

View of the Joggins Fossil Cliffs

Joggins is a Canadian rural community located in western Cumberland CountyNova Scotia. On July 7, 2008 a 15 km length of the coast constituting the Joggins Fossil Cliffs was officially inscribed on the World Heritage List.  Getting that designation was the culmination of work by a committee, of which our own former Honary Member, the late Dr. Laing Ferguson was a member.  The fossil cliffs in Joggins N.S. were a large part of Laing’s life. He took many students there on field trips as well as many public groups and organizations. In 1988 Laing wrote “The Fossil Cliffs of Joggins”, a popular book that was reprinted several times. Laing was also involved in the committee that succeeded in getting the fossil cliffs designated a UNESCO World Heritage site. His research was a critical part of the application to UNESCO.  In recognition of Laing’s significant and continued contribution to the Joggins Fossil Institute he was made an Honorary Lifetime Member and named a “Keeper Of The Cliffs” in 2009.  

  

There has been a surge in interest in Joggins over the past two decades. Recent geologic work has been primarily coordinated by Martin Gibling, Professor of Sedimentology at Dalhousie University.  During this interval, Gibling supervised and mentored a number of PhD students and postdocs including John Calder, Howard Falcon-Lang, Sarah Davies, and Mike Rygel.

Amateur fossil collectors have also made major contributions to our knowledge. For example, Don Reid, a long-time resident of Joggins, donated his entire collection of Joggins fossils to the Joggins Fossil Institute. Many of his specimens are on display in the Joggins Fossil Centre. 

In 2009, palaeontologist Melissa Grey was hired as the first scientific curator for the Joggins Fossil Institute.   The Joggins Fossil Institute continues to conduct and foster research at the site and hosts international paleontologists and geologists and conference field-trips. JFI also has a Science Advisory Committee comprising scientists from Maritime universities and government departments. This is a volunteer committee whose mission is to: provide expert and comprehensive advice and support to the JFI on scientific matters respecting the development, conservation and management of the Joggins Fossil Cliffs property, the content of the Joggins Fossil Centre's programs, scientific research related to the fossil cliffs, and scientific issues arising from the site's status as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The Committee also assists in reporting on the status of monitoring programs and state of conservation of the Joggins Fossil Cliffs property.

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A BRIDGE TOO FAR and MAYBE TOO HIGH

Posted by Wayne Harper on May 29, 2014

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Rotary International in Sydney Australia.  Mike and Francine Walsh, Rotary Club of Moncton West Riverview are attending. You may have seen the CBC news; Rotarians with flags on the famous Sydney Bridge. Rotary set another world record!!! 

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IN GOOD COMPANY

Posted by Wayne Harper on May 26, 2014

Rotary International recently published a list of notable Rotarians who have served over the past hundred or so years.  Incredibly, we can be proud to say that we are in the company of some of the world's greatest history-makers.  

 

  • Warren G. Harding, U.S. president
  • Jean Sibelius, Finnish composer
  • Dr. Charles H. Mayo, co-founder of Mayo Clinic
  • Guglielmo Marconi, Italian inventor of the wireless radio and Nobel laureate
  • Thomas Mann, German novelist and Nobel laureate
  • Friedrich Bergius, German chemist and Nobel laureate
  • Admiral Richard E. Byrd, American explorer
  • Jan Masaryk, foreign minister of Czechoslovakia
  • H.E. Soleiman Frangieh, president of Lebanon
  • Dianne Feinstein, U.S. senator
  • Manny Pacquaio, Filipino world-champion boxer and congressman
  • Richard Lugar, U.S. senator
  • Frank Borman, American astronaut
  • Edgar A. Guest, American poet and journalist
  • Sir Harry Lauder, Scottish entertainer
  • Franz Lehar, Austrian composer
  • Lennart Nilsson, Swedish photographer
  • James Cash Penney, founder of JC Penney Co.
  • Carlos Romulo, UN General Assembly president
  • Sigmund Sternberg, English businessman and philanthropist

Ready to make history with us? Get involved. 

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Weekly Bulletin - March 13th, 2014

Posted by Jeff MacKinnon on Mar 12, 2014

THE ROTARY CLUB OF SACKVILLE

WEEKLY BULLETIN NOTES

DATE:     Mar. 13th, 2014

Meeting cancelled this week due to inclement weather. Induction of our four new members was postponed to next week, March 20th.

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Gala Held to Aid Camp Rotary

Posted by Wayne Harper on Feb 14, 2014

Camp Rotary is owned by the Rotary Club of Fredericton and is operated by Easter Seals New Brunswick. Children who have special needs, physical disabilities, diabetes and cancer have an opportunity of a lifetime attending the camp.    Brandon Liston who is the Easter Seals representative is quoted at a recently held meeting of the Rotary Club of Fredericton saying,” Rotary Camp has provided all of us an opportunity to meet others just like us.  We are a family and I look forward to going every summer.   You put a smile on our faces.”

 

On February 14, 2014, at the Delta Fredericton, the Rotary Club of Fredericton hosted a Gala in support of Camp Rotary.   The evening began with a reception at 6:00 pm.  Roses were provided for the ladies and Mario Therieault serenaded on his accordion.     Dinner began at 7:00 pm:

Roasted pumpkin with nutmeg cream soup

Herbed pork loin with merlot poached plum chutney

Classic crème brulee

 

The Master of Ceremonies for the evening was Mayor Brad Woodside.  The “Meadowlarks” Fredericton’s Ladies Barbershop ensemble provided dinner entertainment.  

 

Hugh Cameron, auctioneer, entertained with a live auction.    In addition to several wonderful packages, there were two tickets to see Michael Buble in concert in Toronto, Ontario June 28.  Air Canada will fly two to Toronto on June 27 with return on June 28.  Accommodations are included.

 

The evening continued with the “Downtown Blues Band” providing an opportunity to enjoy more live entertainment where one could chat and enjoy our friends and dance to midnight.

 

 

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One of our Own Designed The Canadian Flag

Posted by Wayne Harper on Feb 07, 2014

The Royal Union Flag, which is also the flag of the United Kingdom, was used as the official flag of Canada until 1965. Various designs of the Canadian Red Ensign were used between 1868 and 1965 but Canada’s Parliament never officially adopted them. The National Flag of Canada’s current design results from a period of discussion, debate and political maneuvering in the early 1960s.

Dr. George F.G. Stanley designed the current flag, which is inspired by the Royal Military College of Canada’s flag. The multi-party parliamentary committee formed to select a new flag unanimously chose the design on October 29, 1964. The House of Commons passed the design on December 15, 1964. Queen Elizabeth II proclaimed the new flag on January 28, 1965, and it was inaugurated on February 15 in the same year.


In the picture below, you can see George sitting with his wife Ruth, after a Rotary meeting on March 16, 2000.  The picture was taken at our meeting place at the time  - The Drew Nursing Home.

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Sitting front row - left to right:

Nancy Gilbert, Ralph Howe, * Pam Harrison, Dr. George Stanley, Ruth Stanley, Elaine Smith and Barbara Campbell

Standing back row - left to right:

* Frank Chisholm, Virgil Hammock, Jim Purdy, *Charlie Scobie, Joe Atkinson, Robert Milton, *George Woodburn, Joyce Chua (RYE Student) *Ove Samuelsen, Muriel Stirling, *Wayne Harper, Rick Ayer, and Ron Corbett.

* = Current Members as of February 2014

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HONARY MEMBER PASSES AWAY

Posted by Wayne Harper on Dec 25, 2013

April 25, 1935-December 25, 2013

 

It is with deep sadness that the family announces the passing of Dr. Laing Ferguson on December 25, 2013 at the age of 78, after a lengthy illness. 

He is survived by his wife Joyce, sons Neil (Elizabeth), Andrew (Marlyn), Kirk, four Grandchildren Jonathan, Liam, Caleigh and Hillary, and his brother Bill and family in Scotland. 

Born in Dunfermline, Scotland, Laing graduated from the University of Edinburgh in 1957 with a BSc Honours geology and in 1960 with a PhD in Palaeoecology. After a two year Postdoctoral Fellowship in Edmonton Alberta and time spent working in the Arctic, Laing accepted an Associate Professor position at Mount Allison University in Sackville, N.B. in 1962. Laing became the Head of the Geology department from 1973 to 1995, holding the Sir James Dunn Chair from 1982 onwards. He was awarded the title of Professor Emeritus from Mount Allison University in 1999. 

During his time at Mount Allison he sat on many boards and committees including the Senate and Board of Regents. Laing was also a Fellow and Member of various Geological/Paleontological societies and associations. Laing was heavily involved in the Atlantic Geoscience Society, on the Executive and acting as President in 1982. 

The fossil cliffs in Joggins N.S. were a large part of Laing’s life. He took many students there on field trips as well as many public groups and organizations. In 1988 Laing wrote “The Fossil Cliffs of Joggins”, a popular book that was reprinted several times. Laing was also involved in the committee that succeeded in getting the fossil cliffs designated a UNESCO World Heritage site. In recognition of Laing’s significant and continued contribution to the Joggins Fossil Institute he was made an Honorary Lifetime Member and named a “Keeper Of The Cliffs” in 2009. Laing was heavily involved in the Atlantic Geoscience Society, on the Executive and acting as President in 1982. 

A human rights activist, Laing helped found the Canadian National Section of Amnesty International in 1973, becoming the second President in 1976. He was also very involved in the local Sackville group. A lifelong philatelist, Laing enjoyed working on his stamp collection, as well as gardening, and he appreciated a good single malt. 

Laing was on the Citizens Advisory Committee of the Dorchester Penitentiary for many years, acting as chair of the committee several times. Laing was a long time Rotarian and was awarded a Paul Harris Fellowship in 2009. 

The family would like to thank the doctors, nurses and staff at the Drew Nursing Home in Sackville for their care of Laing in recent years. For those who wish, donations to Heart & Stroke Canada, Amnesty International Canada or the charity of your choice in his name would be appreciated. 

Arrangements have been entrusted to Campbell’s Funeral Home, Sackville. A memorial will be held in Sackville in the coming weeks.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

On April 12, 2012 we celebrated the 100th anniversary of the Titanic with a club photo and Laing held a beautiful wreath made from ‘Forget –Me- Nots”.

 

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Bulletin November 28, 2013

Posted by Wayne Harper on Nov 27, 2013

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Bulletin of the
Sackville Rotary Club,
Thursday, NOVEMBER 28, 2013
Gayle Key, President
Editor: Wayne Harper



NEXT WEEK

Thursday, December 5, 2013
Chairperson :  
Greeter:
Introducer:  
Thanker:
Speaker:   Christmas Party  - No Morning Meeting

THIS WEEK
Chairperson:    Sandy
Greeter:   Patricia
Introducer:
Thanker:
Speaker:  AGM & Elections

Image Chairperson Sandy brought the meeting to order with the singing of the National Anthem and a prayer of grace. 

VISITING ROTARIANS

None

GUESTS
 
Mitchell Fagen and Jorden Normore

MAKE UPS

Trish had a District meeting.  Ken attended the Port Elgin meeting.  Patricia, Louise Mac, Gayle & Trish had a Youth Committee (RYE) meeting.

BIRTHDAYS

None this coming week.

ANNIVERSARIES

Edna and Peter will be celebrating on the 29th.

PIN PAL STORIES

None.

50/50 DRAW

Guest Jorden drew Christoph’s ticket.  On his way to $247, he drew the 2 of Spades.  Unfortunately he needed the 9 of Diamonds.  Instead he won $5.

HAPPY DOLLARS

Patricia was mentioning the New Year’s Party @ the Conference Centre……….Wynn was happy that his granddaughter qualified for the Provincial curling zone playoffs in Nova Scotia………..Sandy was happy that Margaret Eaton called from the Times-Transcript to do a story on her jewellery.  She was also happy that the Craft Fair circuit was over for this year.  She will now have some weekends free………..Ove was happy that Josh was on time this morning………Louise Mac. was happy that Mariah will be dancing  in the Nutcracker in Moncton next week.

COMMITTEE REPORTS

Fundraising – JOsh announced that the Rotaract Club’s bake sale was a huge success.

Foundation – Ken announced that the member auction will be held in the New Year.

Youth – Patricia announced that were three candidates for the RYE outbound exchange.  Two were selected and have been emailed.

UPCOMING MEETINGS

The  Executive Committee will meet next Wednesday.  The Projects Committee will meet next Tuesday.

PRESIDENT’S TIME

Neither the President or the Vice President were present, thus no report.

GUEST SPEAKER

Past President Trish presented the Officers for 2014 - 2015.  They are as follows:

President Elect - John  (Will become President on July 1, 2014)

President Nominee – Dianne  (Will become President Elect on July 1, 2014)

Vice President – TBA

Secretary – Marita

Treasurer – Darrell

Past President – Gayle

The 5 Directors and the Sergeant-at-Arms will be presented later on in the year.

Wynn raised the issue of the Christmas party being at night and no morning meeting.  Thus those who cannot attend the evening meeting are penalized attendance wise if it is assumed that the Xmas Party constitutes a meeting and thus is mandatory.  The issue was tabled to next weeks Executive meeting who will decide if the meeting is mandatory.

Josh split the members up by tables who took time to de-construct the auction and to come up with issues or improvements ideas for next year.  Issues/ideas raised were as follows:

·         There was not enough space to properly display the items.  This would worsen if a silent auction was added.  This problem was caused by the Legion not letting us to set up in the larger area.  ACTION -  As the customer, we will set up the room the way we want to accommodate our needs.  Alternately, we could move the event to the Civic Center.

·         Raising more money.  ACTION – Include a silent auction.

·         PA system was not perfect.  This was a borrowed single speaker system.  ACTION - The Club is in the process of buying its own multi-speaker system with more power.

·         Gift Certificates were difficult to find at the conclusion of the evening.  ACTION – Once sold, the gift certificates will go with the paperwork to the bidder’s box.

·         Two Cashiers were not enough at the end of the evening.  ACTION – Establish another cashier for CASH Only purchases.

·         Most items did not sell for more than the MSRP.  ACTION – For those buyers who do pay more than the MSRP, they would receive a ballot for a separate draw at the end of the evening.

·         Many people were just not bidding on items.  ACTION – Identify people within the community who typically have bought many items at other auctions (People with deep pockets).  Encourage them to attend the event.

·         Most of the donors did not attend.  ACTION – Have tickets ready at the outset of the donor solicitation visits.

·         There were other events on the same evening (in particular a hockey/football auction).  ACTION – Establish the date early and insure it is published in the Town calendar.

·         The dinner was delicious.

·         Miscellaneous Suggestions

Ø  Consider not having a dinner – just nibblies only.  The evening is then free for all to attend.

Ø  November is a busy month for Rotary.  Consider another time or move the other events earlier.

Ø  List the MSRP for each item.

Ø  Combine our auction with the Rotary Club of Amherst.


UPCOMING WEEKS
Thursday, December 12, 2013 
Chairperson :
Greeter:
Introducer:  
Thanker: 
Speaker:  Ken Draper - Foundation
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Member Visits School

Posted by Wayne Harper on Nov 24, 2013

Malala’s Message

Rotarian and elementary students give presentation on the plight of education in Pakistan, Haiti while launching Nickels for Knowledge campaign

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River Hebert District Elementary School launched its Nickels for Knowledge campaign on Tuesday that will help raise money for school uniforms and school fees for one student for one year in Haiti.  For the past six years, the school and its students have been involved in a number of charitable fundraising campaigns similar to this one. Pictured, from left are (back row): Emily Boudreau, Rotarian Pam Harrison and Jenna Gower. (Front row): Abby Gower and Chloe Fagan.

 

RIVER HEBERT-The right to receive an education. While it’s a privilege that most Canadian children take for granted, access to a free education is not as readily attainable in such countries as Pakistan or Haiti due to political unrest and poverty.

On Tuesday, a day ahead of National Child Day/ United Nations Universal Day of the Child, Rotarian Pam Harrison, who was assisted by River Hebert Elementary students Emily Boudreau, Chloe Fagan, Abby Gower and Jenna Gower, gave an eye-opening presentation on how the right to an education came to be enshrined in and reaffirmed by the UN Declaration of the Rights of the Child circa 1959.

As grade six student Abby Gower held up a copy of I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban, Harrison told students about the story of Malala Yousafzai, a teenage girl who spoke out against the Taliban when they took control of the remote Swat Valley region of northern Pakistan.

Malala fought for her right to an education, a fight that nearly ended her life. On Tuesday, October 9, 2012, Malala was shot in the head at point-blank range while riding the bus home from school when she was just 15 years-old.  Miraculously, Malala survived this terrorist attack to champion her cause in the hallowed halls of the UN in New York, earning her a Nobel Peace Prize nomination in the process.

“The Universal Day of the Child is a United Nations project based on the Universal Rights of the Child,” said Harrison. “For the past six years, River Hebert Elementary has raised money for (anti-malaria) bed nets for children in Africa; water filtration systems to Haiti; chickens to families Zimbabwe; shelter boxes for those suffering from the earthquake in Haiti and polio immunization in Nigeria. This year will be (raising money for) educating one child for a year in Haiti.”

As the request of Harrison, grade six student Emily Boudreau read a passage from Gifts With Vision, 2013-2014: A Giving Catalogue from the United Church of Canada. Following the 2010 earthquake that afflicted Haiti, the Methodist Church began rebuilding 100 schools. While their school restoration projects are going well, many Haitian families are finding it difficult to pay school uniform costs and school fees, two things that are required in order to send their children to school.

According to Harrison, $45 will cover the cost of educating a child for one month in Haiti: $20.00 for the school uniform and $25.00 for school fees, a recurring cost.

Grade six students Chloe Fagan and Jenna Gower distributed containers to students in hopes that their parents would help fill them with such coins as nickels, dimes and quarters. This marked the beginning of the Nickels for Knowledge campaign.

“Remember, that every nickel you give will help educate children in Haiti,” stated Harrison. “You are all the most important people on Universal Day of the Child.”


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Bulletin November 21, 2013

Posted by Wayne Harper on Nov 20, 2013

ImageBulletin of the

Sackville Rotary Club

 Thursday, NOVEMBER 21, 2013

Gayle Key, President

        Editor: Wayne Harper

NEXT WEEK

Thursday, November 28, 2013
Chairperson :  Sandy 
Greeter:  Patricia
Introducer:   John
Thanker:  Josh
Speaker:  AGM & Elections

THIS WEEK
Chairperson:   Ove
Greeter:  
Introducer: Jeff
Thanker: John
Speaker:  Tanya Bostick

Chairperson Ove brought the meeting to order with the singing of the National Anthem and a prayer of grace. 

VISITING ROTARIANS

ImageJune Woodburn (George’s sister) visited from Timmins Ontario

GUESTS
 
Speakers Tanya Bostick & Zach Bruce

MAKE UPS

Auction Attendees (Josh to supply names to Edna)

BIRTHDAYS

John

ANNIVERSARIES

None

PIN PAL STORIES

Trish was in a pub in Kingston ON and met some Rotarians.  Did a great wine debate ensue?  Wynn was leaving a session in Halifax when he ran into Rotarians.

50/50 DRAW

Wynn’s ticket was drawn and he was seeking the 9 of Diamonds.  He came close, but drew the 8 of Diamonds.  He won $5.  Next weeks pot should exceed $245.

HAPPY DOLLARS

Patricia had a PSA where she was advertising an event at the Maritime Conference centre.  Steven Puddle will do a series of skits on December 31 and January 1st.  Cost is $20………..Wynn thanked all members, especially Patricia, Dale and Darrell who assisted with the auction.  He will try to find some time at an upcoming meeting to have the members de-construct the evening and to come up with ideas to improve the event………….Trish was happy that Becky will be here for the weekend……..Jeff was happy that his Xmas shopping was done and he thanked Wynn for a good job at the auction……….Sandy was happy that the heat was supposed to be back on later in the day.  The motor on the furnace expired and they have had no heat for 3 days, except for 2 small electric heaters………Josh was happy that the auction went well.

COMMITTEE REPORTS

Administration – Dianne reminded people that the Xmas Party is on December 5th at Sue and Dave’s house.  Mix ’n’ mingle is at 6 pm with pot luck dinner at 6:30.  Members are asked to rsvp.

Visions – John gave an update to the new 5-year plan.  Of most importance is the membership decline.

Youth – Patricia acknowledged that Henna and Christoph are going to the Peace weekend in Moncton.

Projects – Pam updated the members on the Nickels for Knowledge project covered in a previous email.

UPCOMING MEETINGS

None

PRESIDENT’S TIME

Gayle updated us on the plans of the District re the disaster in the Philipines.

GUEST SPEAKER

Jeff introduced Tanya Bostich, a music teacher at TRHS.  She brought with her, music student Zack Bruce.  Music education at the school consists of 1) creating & making music and 2) presenting & performing music.  Also taught is music theory and history.  New at the school, as a result of the Rotary sponsored recording studio, is singer/songwriter workshops.  This independent study has spawned a CD project.  Zack expressed his thanks to the Club for the equipment donated by Rotary.  The Cd will be launched at a reception on December 10th @ 7 pm at the school.

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Here Sue F. acknowledges the plaque erected at the High School thanking the Rotary Club and her late father, Maurice "Jake" Fisher for their generous donations that allowed this project to go forward.



UPCOMING WEEKS

Thursday, December 5, 2013 
Chairperson :
Greeter:
Introducer:  
Thanker: 
Speaker: NO Regular Meeting – Christmas Party at 7pm

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Bulletin November 14, 2013

Posted by Wayne Harper on Nov 13, 2013

ImageBulletin of the
Sackville Rotary Club,
Thursday,
November 14, 2013
Gayle Key, President
Editor: Wayne Harper



NEXT WEEK
Thursday, November 21, 2013
Chairperson :  Ove
Greeter:  Pam
Introducer:  Jeff
Thanker:  John
Speaker: Tanya Bostick

THIS WEEK
Chairperson: Patricia
Greeter:   Mary
Introducer:
Thanker:
Speaker:  Louise MacKinnon

Chairperson Patricia brought the meeting to order with the singing of the National Anthem and a prayer of grace. 

VISITING ROTARIANS

June Woodburn (George’s sister) visited from Timmons, Ontario.

GUESTS
 
None this week.

MAKE UPS

Fundraising Committee.  Josh to give the names to Edna.

BIRTHDAYS

None.

ANNIVERSARIES

None

PIN PAL STORIES

None this week.

50/50 DRAW

Pam’s ticket was drawn this week in search of the $230.  Alas, she drew the 7 of Diamonds instead of the 9 of Diamonds.  She won $5.

HAPPY DOLLARS

 Image Josh was happy that all the ladies of the club were in moustaches when he arrived at the meeting today.  Seems his “Movember” fundraising is going well………Dianne had a PSA re: the upcoming Football Association Auction (same night as ours)……….John was happy the Pauline Spatz, a long-time supporter of the Club, turns 89 this week………Sue P. was glad that Mount A Football won last weekend and will be in the quarter finals for the Vanier Cup…….Trish was sad that she will be away for the Auction, but happy to be going to Ontario to visit friends and family………Pam was happy that November is Foundation month and that the average  donation is $163 per member.  We are constantly above this figure………..Patricia was happy that she will have the grandkids for the weekend.

COMMITTEE REPORTS

Josh reported that the dates for the various fundraising activities have been set for the next year.  He will seek approval from the Executive.  The Auction is this Saturday and we need to sell more tickets.  Wynn went over the various tasks in detail.
Patricia reported that the RYE students are off to Moncton this weekend for a Peace weekend.

UPCOMING MEETINGS

None scheduled for next week.

PRESIDENT’S TIME

No comments this week.

GUEST SPEAKER

 ImageLouise Mackinnon was this week’s speaker, delivering her Classification talk.  She was born in PEI to great parents, who also had 2 siblings.  Louise put herself through UPEI buy pumping gas at an Irving station and receiving scholarships.  She received her BBA with an accounting major.  She chose accounting because of the potential job opportunities after graduation.  She did some contract work out of college and then got a job at KPMG in Moncton in 1993.  She received her CA degree in 1996.  She helped manage the Confederation Bridge project to PEI.  Louise indicated that it takes about 2 ½ years to get one’s CA degree and there are mandatory upgrades every 3 years.  She joined McIsaac Darragh in 2011 and maintains the Sackville office.  She married Robert Inglis in 2007 and had a daughter Mariah in 2009.  She has volunteered time at the Tree of Hope  and United Way Fundraisers and was on the Executive of the Moncton Chamber of Commerce.

UPCOMING WEEKS
Thursday, November 28, 2013 
Chairperson :  Sandy
Greeter:  Patricia
Introducer:  John
Thanker: Josh
Speaker: AGM & Elections
                                                           


 

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CHRISTMAS AUCTION & DINNER UPCOMING

Posted by Wayne Harper on Nov 10, 2013

THE ROTARY CLUB OF SACKVILLE

     Presents It`s

       Christmas Auction and Dinner


Saturday, November 16, 2013


Tickets Available from Members or 
On-Line 
at www.sackvillerotary.ca

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Accepted
       

 

Limited Tickets May Be Available At The Door

Note:  You do  not have to go to the dinner in order to participate in the auction.  This option is free.


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                                                               ABOVE ARE A FEW OF THE ITEMS TO BE AUCTIONED OFF ON NOVEMBER 16th

Below is a list of the auction items to November 11th

DESCRIPTION                                               MSRP

I Tower Speaker System $ 229.99
Braun Electric Razor $ 299.99
RV Hose & Brush
1 Green Fees
1 Green Fees
Sunflower Kitchen Chair $ 80.00
B & D Crush Master Blender $ 30.00
Paderno Saute Pan $ 149.00
16 Pc Dinner Ware Set $ 39.99
18" Wall Clock $ 29.99
Ukele $ 39.95
Messenger Bag $ 27.49
Sport Jacket
Axe Gift Pak in Laptop Bag $ 32.19
Christmas Wreath + $30 Cert
Photo Book $ 40.00
Car Wash kit $ 30.00
Fun 'n' the Sun Kit
2 Green Fees $ 60.00
Folding Camp Chair w/cup hol $ 23.00
Homelite Leaf Blower $ 90.00
Xmas Decoration - Singer
Xmas Decoration - Singer
Xmas Decoration - Door Hanger
Calloway Golf Club Golf Bag
Necklace & Earring Set $ 35.00
52 Pkgs Ginger Snaps $ 130.00
Bar B Q $ 300.00
Staffordshire Porcelein Figurines $ 400.00
"Covered Bridge" Painting $ 100.00
Family Pass for Four $ 80.00
T-Sirt & $100 Gift Certificate $ 100.00
Spa Pedicure $ 45.00
$20 Gift Certificate $ 20.00
Wine Opener Set + Wine $ 50.00
Complete Wine Making Packages $ 220.00
Green Handcarved Pot $ 88.00


4 Christmas Placemats $ 30.00
Brunswick Sheets Queen Size $ 50.00
Windriver Winter Jacket $ 149.99
Windriver Fleece Jacket $ 59.00
Windriver Men's Jacket $ 129.99
Quilted Table Runner $ 45.00
Hand Made Eskimo Art $ 200.00
Christmas Centre Piece $ 50.00
Gloves, Glasses, Oil & Hat $ 35.00
Gloves, Glasses, Oil & Hat $ 35.00
Shampoo, Cut, Blowdry $ 25.00
$10 Gift Certificate $ 10.00
Backpack w/ Thermos & Book $ 30.00
$40 Print Shop Voucher $ 40.00
Painting $ 250.00
6 Bottles of Jost Wine $ 110.00
Framed "Best of Toronto" $ 350.00
Jean Beliveau Signed Jersey $ 500.00
Framed Sydney Crosby $ 50.00
Framed Print/Card Combo $ 55.00
Framed Greatest Moments $ 200.00
Hammer Away Toy $ 30.00
Snowflake Necklace 10K White Gold $ 220.00

See you at the dinner.

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Bulletin November 7, 2013

Posted by Wayne Harper on Nov 06, 2013

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Bulletin of the
Sackville Rotary Club,
Thursday, NOVEMBER 7, 2013
Gayle Key, President
Editor: Wayne Harper


NEXT WEEK
Thursday, November 14, 2013
Chairperson :  Patricia
Greeter:   Mary
Introducer:  
Thanker:  
Speaker:  Louise MacKinnon – Classification Talk

THIS WEEK
Chairperson:  Mary
Greeter:   Marita
Introducer: Gayle
Thanker: George
Speaker:  John Fougere

Chairperson Mary brought the meeting to order with the singing of the National Anthem and a prayer of grace. 

VISITING ROTARIANS

None

GUESTS
 
Mitchell Fagen (Pam’s Grandson)

MAKE UPS

The Executive Committee, the Fundraising Committee and those who worked the Breakfast last Saturday.  Committee chairs are to give names to Edna.

BIRTHDAYS

None

ANNIVERSARIES

None this week.

PIN PAL STORIES

None

50/50 DRAW

Sandy’s ticket was drawn this week.  She cut the cards for the 9 Diamonds and $218, but got the 4 Hearts instead.  She won $5.

HAPPY DOLLARS

Ken was happy that Mitchell was at the meeting this week and chose to sit with the “Three Wise Men”…………Louise Mac was real happy to report that hubby Rob has just been appointed to Vice President Administration and Finance at MTA effective next July…………Dianne had a PSA advertising Live Bait performance this weekend………..Mitchell was happy he was here and sitting with the “Three Wise Men”………….Wynn was happy that his granddaughter won a Bonspiel in Ottawa…………Sandy was happy that she survived the Craft sale in Halifax last weekend.  She was not even tired………..Louise H. was happy for all the Movember Men………Edna was happy to be back at the gym after her vacation.

COMMITTEE REPORTS

Josh thanked all those that worked the Breakfast last weekend.  The Breakfast was deemed to be another success.  Its now onto the Auction and Josh urged people to sell their tickets.  Dale was selling left-over items and Wynn revealed the list of duties.

UPCOMING MEETINGS

None next week.

PRESIDENT’S TIME

Gayle talked about the 2014 convention in Australia.

GUEST SPEAKER

 Image Gayle introduced John Fougere, a teacher at TRHS who was here to talk about the importance of Remembrance Day.   Image John went to France in 2007 and visited the grave of his great uncle who is buried in a cemetery at Breterville Sur Laize.  The cemetery’s upkeep is under the auspicies of a War Graves Commission.  Residents of Northern France love Canadians as the win at Vimy Ridge is attributed to the Canadians.
Remembrance Day, not only recognizes veterans from WWII but WWI and the Korean War, which celebrates 60 years since the outbreak.
 Image John was thanked by George with the usual books donated to a local library.

UPCOMING WEEKS
Thursday, November 21, 2013 
Chairperson : Ove
Greeter:  Pam
Introducer:  Jeff
Thanker: John
Speaker:Tanya Bostick – TRHS Recording Studio
                                               

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Bulletin October 31, 2013

Posted by Wayne Harper on Oct 30, 2013

  ImageBulletin of the Sackville Rotary Club,


Thursday, OCTOBER 31, 2013


 Gayle Key, President


                        Editor: Wayne Harper


NEXT WEEK
Thursday, November 7, 2013
Chairperson : Mary 
Greeter: Marita
Introducer:  Gayle
Thanker: George
Speaker: John Fourgere – Remembrance Day

THIS WEEK
Chairperson: Louise Mac. 
Greeter:    Ove
Introducer: Ken
Thanker: Gayle
Speaker:  Joni Fleck Andrews

Chairperson Louise brought the meeting to order with the singing of the National Anthem and a prayer of grace. 

VISITING ROTARIANS

None

GUESTS
 
Louise’s daughter - Miriah

MAKE UPS

Pam & Gayle attended the Rotary Success Seminar in Dartmouth + the Admin and Fundraising Committees met earlier this week.  The Chairpersons are to give the list of attendees to Edna.

BIRTHDAYS

None

ANNIVERSARIES

  Image Darrell and Marguerite are celebrating another married year.

PIN PAL STORIES

None

50/50 DRAW

This weeks draw was worth $208.  Charlie’s ticket was drawn, but alas, he drew the 6 of Clubs, not the 9 of Diamonds for the win.  He received $5 instead.

HAPPY DOLLARS

ImageDianne was happy, now that she has a new grandson………….ImageCharlie likened the three witches, (Patricia, Sue and Sandy) to Shakespear’s Three Witches………..

Patricia acknowledged that she had her Rotary pin on under her costume…………. 

ImageImage Trish was glad the sun finally show up and that yesterday was her dad’s birthday………..Wynn was happy that Trish was happy to see the sun + he saw his grandson’s grad picture.  He forgot the third thing (a senior thing)………..Dale has the beans for the upcoming breakfast…………







 Image Pam liked the Rotary breakfast signs up all over town and she has got all her auction items collected………Sue P. was glad to be back from Ontario………..Josh self fined for not wearing a costume.

COMMITTEE REPORTS

Fundraising – Auction volunteer list is all set up and the breakfast task list is likewise complete.  Any problems, see Wynn or Josh.   Auction items are due in by tomorrow.

UPCOMING MEETINGS

Membership meets immediately after this meeting.

PRESIDENT’S TIME

Gayle reported on the Success seminar.


GUEST SPEAKER

Ken introduce guest speaker  Image Joni Fleck Andrews who talked to us about Transportation for Tantramar or a car-sharing program for the Region.  Joni acknowledged that the average cost to owning one personal car was $10.452 per year and a lot of fossil fuel is used in everyday travel.  She has been looking at alternatives such as car share, car pools and public transportation.  The most practical for our area appears to be car share.  It is member based, members have access to a vehicle and the vehicles are placed strategically around the area.  It is a simple as ordering a vehicle, picking up the unit, using it and returning when done.  The program pays for the maintenance.  She is looking at a possible partnership with Enterprize to assist on the insurance.  They are looking at a Koutney BC model as it is a small region.  Look for a possible start next month with one car at $10 per hour of use.
 Image Joni was thanked by Gayle.








UPCOMING WEEKS
Thursday, November 14, 2013 
Chairperson : Ove
Greeter:  Mary
Introducer:  
Thanker: 
Speaker:Louise MacKinnon – Classification Talk
                                                           

MORE HALLOWEEN PICTURES OF MEMBERS

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EDNA

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HENNA

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JEFF

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LOUISE

 

 

 

 

 

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MARY

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Sue P.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Bulletin October 24, 2013

Posted by Wayne Harper on Oct 23, 2013

ImageBulletin of the

Sackville Rotary Club,

Thursday, OCTOBER 24, 2013

Gayle Key, President

Editor: Wayne Harper

NEXT WEEK

Thursday, October 31, 2013
Chairperson :  Louise Mac
Greeter: Ove
Introducer:  Frank
Thanker: Gayle
Speaker: Joni Fleck Andrews

THIS WEEK
Chairperson:  Louise Mac.
Greeter:  
Introducer:
Thanker:
Speaker: Karen Stentaford

Chairperson Louise  brought the meeting to order with the singing of the National Anthem and a prayer of grace. 

VISITING ROTARIANS

None

 

GUESTS
 
None

MAKE UPS

Trish - District Youth Committee, The Fundraising Committee (Josh to give names to Edna)

BIRTHDAYS

  Image Patricia decided she would be one year older on the 29th.

ANNIVERSARIES

 Charlie & Jean and Ove & Pat are celebrating almost a hundred years of    marriage this week.

PIN PAL STORIES

Charlie ran into Jeff Schnurr (a recent Paul Harris recipient) who was wearing his Paul Harris pin, of which I understand, he is very proud to have.



50/50 DRAW

Chairperson Louise Mac drew the winning ticket this week.  However, she failed to draw the Nine of Diamonds, and missed the pot of $200.

HAPPY DOLLARS

Patricia talked to former RYE student Koko who was glad she was baptised, otherwise she couldn’t have got into the school she wanted to go to.  She invited all the girls to a Brunch this Sunday………….Dianne announced that the Relay for Life raised $60,000 for Cancer last Friday night…………Sue F. was a whole lot happy as she indicated that she is going to see son Colin, who is in military school, she is going to a Celtic Festival and she and David will be going to Australia for 5 weeks………Ove ran into a former RYE student in Quebec who is also a student at MTA…………Trish was happy that her mother came for a visit and that she is going to Ontario to see former club member, Becky Stewart…………Sandy was happy that she and Wayne went to see Stewart MacLean last week where she got some books autographed for the forth time……….John had a PSA for the Struts Gallery Craft Sale at the Legion this Saturday………..Wynn was happy that his grandson won the under 20 Bonspiel in Nova Scotia………….Susan T. had a PSA concerning Scotiabank’s upcoming annual cake sale.  The bank will match all funds raised…………Edna was happy the she and Peter had a great trip to Ontario and Quebec and they got to hear their daughter play.

COMMITTEE REPORTS

Membership  - Ove announced the resignations of Peter Hess and Brian Muir
Fundraising reminded member that the Breakfast and the Auction are both upcoming and ticket sales are most important.  Auction prizes should be turned in asap.

UPCOMING MEETINGS

Administration meets next Monday at Wayne’s house at 7 pm.  ……….Fundraising will meet next Wednesday at Mary’s house – 5 pm

PRESIDENT’S TIME

No report this week

GUEST SPEAKER

Dave introduce our speaker this week – Image  Karen Stentaford.  Karen is an expert in old-fashioned photography, known as tin-type.  She likens it to the original instant photography (like Polaroid), with the finished picture ready in about 10 minutes.   Image This historic process dates from the 1850’s and was used extensively for portraits.  She took up this speciality because she did not want a permanent darkroom.  To that extent, she uses a ice-fishing tent when she needs one.  In May of this year she did 74 pictures in a one day blitz at the farmers market and in July and August she spent the summer in Iceland.  She shared some of her photos of that trip.  At the end of the presentation, we all went outside for a tin-type group photo.

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UPCOMING WEEKS
Thursday, November 7, 2013 
Chairperson : Mary
Greeter: 
Introducer:  Gayle
Thanker: George
Speaker:John Fourgere – Remembrance Day


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Bulletin - October 17, 2013

Posted by Wayne Harper on Oct 16, 2013

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Bulletin of the
Sackville Rotary Club,
Thursday October 17 2013
Gayle Key, President
Editor: Wayne Harper



NEXT WEEK

Thursday, October 24, 2013
Chairperson :  Louise H
Greeter: Louise Mac
Introducer:  David
Thanker: Frank
Speaker: Karen Stentaford - Wet Plating Process

THIS WEEK
Chairperson:  Ken
Greeter:  Louise H
Introducer:  Dianne
Thanker:  George
Speaker:  Mike Green & Wendell Crossman - Fire Prevention Week

 Image Chairperson Ken brought the meeting to order with the singing of the National Anthem and a prayer of grace. 

VISITING ROTARIANS

Betty Crouse from Kincardine, Ontario.

GUESTS
 
None

MAKE UPS

None

BIRTHDAYS

None

ANNIVERSARIES

None this week

PIN PAL STORIES

None

50/50 DRAW

Guest Betty had her ticket drawn this week.  Going for the $184, she drew the 8 of Hearts and ended with the consolation prize of $5.

HAPPY DOLLARS

Patricia brought in the end of the Girl Guide cookies left to sell.  Mint Chocolate, soooooo goooood!!!...........Louise H had a sad dollar as she recalled the death of Logan Crossman earlier this week.  She and Todd are friends of the family...........Wynn was eager to remind people that this is Relay for Life weekend and asked members to try to support it is some way.  He was also happy that his granddaughter has attained a specific level in Curling that she is now eligible for monetary assistance from Curl NS...........Dale reminded member that the Cape Jourimain Center is closing for the season and this weekend they are having a big craft sale............Trish was happy that her mother is coming for a visit.   Seems big Bill is staying home, so the girls will have quality time together............Guest Betty was happy that she is going to PEI this weekend and is hoping for good weather.


COMMITTEE REPORTS

Patricia advised that Henna and Christoph are off to Grand Manan island this weekend with a number of other RYE students in the Province.

Trish asked members to look at the Tribune Post this week to see the Plazma Cars that the Club is supporting.

Pam didn't have a report per se, but she did allude to having fun collecting prizes for the auction.  She indicated those she contacted were very willing to donate because they think Rotary does good work (which we do).


UPCOMING MEETINGS

Club Administration meets this Monday at Wayne's house at 7 pm..........Fundraising meets on Wednesday at 5:30 pm at Mary's house.

PRESIDENT’S TIME

Gayle was still away, but advised, by email, that members should complete the Vision Questionnaire and turn it in by next week.  She also urged members to sell Fall Breakfast tickets.


GUEST SPEAKER

Dianne introduce our two guest speakers -   Mike Green and Wendell Crossman, both Deputy Chiefs of the Sackville Fire Department.  Last week being Fire prevention Week, their talk centered around fire safety.

 Image Mike began by expanding on the local department.  It consists of  42 volunteer firefighters and a  full time chief.  They operate 10 pieces of equipment from pumper trucks to an aerial truck to rescue boats.  Last year they responded to 137 calls.

 Image Wendell told us that during Fire Prevention Week, they concentrate going to Salem and Marshview Schools, where they educate students on how fires start, what to do when they see a fire, who to call and where most fires occur in the home (most are grease fires that start in the kitchen).  Throughout their talk, they stressed a home having smoke alarms on every floor on the house, and making sure each October there is a fresh battery put in it.  They also show the children how to get out of a burning house.


 Image George thanked Mike and Wendell for their insight by presenting them with a book that will be donated, in their name, to a local library.
 







UPCOMING WEEKS
Thursday, October 31, 2013 
Chairperson : Louise Mac
Greeter: Ove
Introducer: Frank 
Thanker: Gayle
Speaker: Joni Fleck Andrews - the Car-Share Program


 


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Bulletin - October 10, 2013

Posted by Wayne Harper on Oct 09, 2013

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Bulletin of the
Sackville Rotary Club,
Thursday,
October 10, 2013
Gayle Key, President
Editor: Wayne Harper





NEXT WEEK
Thursday, October 17, 2013
Chairperson:  Ken
Greeter: Louise H.
Introducer:  Dianne
Thanker: Dave
Speaker: Craig Bowser & Wendell Crossman – Fire Prevention Week

THIS WEEK
Chairperson:  Josh
Greeter:  Ken
Introducer: Darrell
Thanker: Dianne
Speaker: Wayne Harper – Vocational Service

Chairperson Josh brought the meeting to order with the singing of the National Anthem and a prayer of grace. 

VISITING ROTARIANS

 Image Betty Clouse visited us from Kincardine ON.

GUESTS
 
ImageHenna has guests – Rye students staying in Moncton.  They were Mara Schneider from Switzerland and




 

Image Welmaed Wessels from the Netherlands.

MAKE UPS

Susan F. had a makeup with the Rotaract Club at MTA.  The fundraising committee met yesterday.  Josh to give the names to Edna.

BIRTHDAYS

ImageThis week there were three birthdays – the youngest was Henna.  

ImageNext Marita claimed another year older followed by 






ImagePam who likewise added another year.

ANNIVERSARIES

There were no anniversaries this week.

PIN PAL STORIES

Patricia met guest Betty as she was attending a meeting at the Open Sky Farm.  Once she found out Betty was a Rotarian, she invited her to our meeting.

50/50 DRAW

This week’s draw was for $182.  Charlie’s ticket was drawn but unfortunately he drew the 4 of Clubs.  He took home the consolation prize.

HAPPY DOLLARS

Gayle was happy that she is going to Montreal for the weekend then on to New England…………Mary had a surprise phone call last night to inform her that she had won a $3,000 travel voucher…………..Dave showed us a plastic box that was full of loose change he has been putting in there for a while.  He was going to the bank to roll and count it and then donate it to the Rotary Foundation…………Pam was happy that she recently attended a taping of the TV show City Line.  She also attended a recent conference in Fredericton on Alzheimer’s………Guest Betty was happy to be in Sackville, a small town like her home town……….Patricia was happy that an article on Henna was in the Tribune Post and happy that Betty accepted her invitation………..In response to Pam’s subject on Alzheimer’s Disease, Wynn reiterated Pauline’s Spatz’s involvement.   She has supported the program to the tune of $22 K each year……….Sue P. was off to the center of the universe (Toronto) for her dad’s 94th birthday……….Bill was happy that he will be in Brussels for the next two weeks.

COMMITTEE REPORTS

Patricia read an email she received from Marina Cupido, who is in Brussels.  She is having a great time, although the language is hard to learn.
Gayle advised that John would be circulating a vision survey for next year.  Members are asked to quickly fill it out and return it to John.
Josh was urging members to sell their Breakfast tickets and to contact their assigned Businesses for donations to the Christmas Auction and Dinner.  George advised that Nick Chase had donated some original art for the auction.

UPCOMING MEETINGS

None this week.

PRESIDENT’S TIME

Gayle indicated that the Success Seminar is on October 26th.  Any members are eligible to go……..  The EOS Transportation Study is on October 23rd.  Gayle will be away and is looking for a rep to go……….  Gayle suggested that member dress up for Halloween as it is on our meeting day……….Trish advised that she has 4 free tickets to a baby boomer dance this weekend. See her for the tickets..........ImageGuest Mara Schneider exchanges Club flags Prez Gayle.

GUEST SPEAKER

Dianne introduced our speaker this week – long-time Rotarian Wayne Harper.  The topic this week was Vocational Service, in line with this month’s theme.
 Image He described Vocational Service as the second of Five Avenues of Service that encourages Rotarians to serve others through their Professions and to practice high ethical standards and to recognize all useful occupations.  He went on to say that just as Rotarians represent their vocation in Rotary, so do they represent Rotary in their vocation, as he went on to discuss the relevance of the Four-Way-Test and the Code of Conduct.
He suggested that Clubs and Districts should follow RI strategies covering new member recruitment while trying to fill in deficient vocations in the current club membership.  Joining Business organizations is a good way for members to interact with other professions, perhaps being able to recruit a new member.  Volunteering and mentoring in youth activities may help youngsters to make sound career choices in the future.
Harper was thanked by Dianne. 

UPCOMING WEEKS

Thursday, October 31, 2013 
Chairperson: Louise Mac.
Greeter: Ove
Introducer:  Frank
Thanker: Gayle


 

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Another Celebrity Visited

Posted by Wayne Harper on Oct 08, 2013

Guess who went to City Line TV this week?    

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Here she is with her friend Jane from BC and TV host Tracey Moore.(centre).

This is the second TV show she has visited this year, the other being Steven and Chris in January.


 

 

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Bulletin - October 3, 2013

Posted by Wayne Harper on Oct 02, 2013

ImageBulletin of the

Sackville Rotary Club

Thursday, October 3, 2013

 Gayle Key, President

      Editor: Wayne Harper

NEXT WEEK

Thursday, October 10, 2013
Chairperson :  Josh
Greeter: Ken
Introducer:  Darrell
Thanker: Dianne
Speaker: Wayne Harper – Vocational Service Month

THIS WEEK
Chairperson:  Gayle
Greeter:  George
Introducer:
Thanker:
Speaker: Gayle  - Club Assembly

Chairperson Gayle brought the meeting to order with the singing of the National Anthem and a prayer of grace. 

VISITING ROTARIANS

None

GUESTS

ImagePat Estabrooks came to the meeting to thank Rotary for its donation to the recent Sackville Memorial Hospital Foundation fundraising campaign.

MAKE UPS

Members of the Executive committee.  Gayle to supply the names to Edna.

BIRTHDAYS

None this week.

ANNIVERSARIES

None

PIN PAL STORIES

Sue F. was moving to Sackville and the mover was a Rotarian from Kempville ON.

50/50 DRAW

This week draw was worth $172.  Louise H’s ticket was drawn, but unfortunately she drew the 3 of Diamonds.  She took home the consolation prize.

HAPPY DOLLARS
Patricia was real happy as she sold a whole case of Girl Guide cookies.    She was also happy that she went biking in the Magdalene Islands………..Louise Mac was happy the former RYE student Thomas had a birthday recently……….Josh was happy to be part of the Dorchester Fire Departments newest fundraiser.............Dale was happy.  His brother invited him out for a nice little walk in Cape Breton.  42 K later, they finished.  Seems it was a marathon!………Louise H. was happy that she bought Charlie’s book for her father-in-law + she is enjoying the changing of the leaves……….Wynn was happy that the Curl Atlantic Bonspiel was won by Heather Smith Dacey.  He is now rank in the top 16  golfers in the Province……….Dianne was happy that she recently celebrated her 20th wedding anniversary.  Frank bought her a lovely sunflower chair for the garden…………Gayle was happy that the ballet is coming to Con Hall on October 8th.

COMMITTEE REPORTS
John gave out the Breakfast tickets for the November 2nd breakfast.

Ken advised that the Foundation Auction will be held during the meeting of December 12th.

Sue F. indicated that the Rotaract bake sale will be held in the MTA quad on Friday, October 4th.

UPCOMING MEETINGS

None

PRESIDENT’S TIME

Gayle saved her time for the Club assembly.

GUEST SPEAKER

Today was a Club Assembly.  ImageGayle started off by recapping the District Conference.  One of the major concerns is that Rotary is not growing, but rather membership is stagnated.  Saturday was a full day of meeting and workshops.  Other members attending were Trish, Dianne, Pam and the Rye students.  Our club received the Best International Project award.  Next year’s meeting will be held in Moncton.

Trish explained the newest project from her committee.  It aids the Saint John Club and is called Bike, Boots and Band-Aids.  The goal is to collect used bikes, boots and first aid supplies to be donated to the Dominican Republic.  We have until November 2 to collect stuff…..The project committee has decided that 2/3 of the profit from the Xmas Auction will go to Environmental education including the construction of a trail and amphitheatre at Salem School.  Trish made the motion and seconded by Patricia “that funds from the Xmas Auction be used to assist the trail and amphitheatre at Salem School”.  The motion was carried by the members present.

Today was also induction day as Susan Tower became the newest member.  ImageCharlie developed a new presentation that was, as usual, excellent. ImageKen introduced Susan as her sponsor.  All members welcomed Susan.Image

Gayle described in detail the RYE program and its associated costs.  Many of the new members needed to know about the program and Gayle did a good job describing it.

Wayne presented the revised Club Constitution and Bylaws for ratification.  Revisions were necessary due to the changes from RI as a result of the Council on Legislation.  There was significant discussion on what is deemed to be a quorum.  In the end, on a motion by Wayne, seconded by Charlie, “that the Club Constitution and the Club Bylaws as previously circulated be adopted”.  The motion was carried with one dissention.


UPCOMING WEEKS
Thursday, October 24, 2013 
Chairperson: Louise H
Greeter: Louise Mac.
Introducer:  David
Thanker: Frank
Speaker: Karen Stentafort – Tin-Type Plating Process

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DISTRICT CONFERENCE

Posted by Wayne Harper on Sep 28, 2013

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Four members and our two Rotary Youth Exchange students attended the District Conference in Miramachi at the end of September.

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Here members enjoy Rotary fellowship at the Saturday night banquet.

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Dianne Oulton

 

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Gayle Key

 

 

 

 

 

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Pam Harrison

 

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Trish Edwards


 

 

 

 

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RYE students Henna and Christoph were there with other RYE students from the district


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The evening was capped off with a play as the entertainment.





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Here Trish poses other Award winners as she accepts the International Project Award.





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Bulletin - September 26, 2013

Posted by Wayne Harper on Sep 25, 2013

ImageBulletin of the
Sackville Rotary Club,
Thursday, September 26, 2013
Gayle Key, President
Editor: Wayne Harper


NEXT WEEK
Thursday, October 3, 2013
Chairperson :  Gayle
Greeter:  George
Introducer:  
Thanker: 
Speaker: Club Assembly

THIS WEEK
Chairperson:  John
Greeter: Josh 
Introducer: Dale
Thanker:  Darrell
Speaker: Colin Leroque – Wood of the Titanic

Chairperson John Image  brought the meeting to order with the singing of the National Anthem and a prayer of grace. 

VISITING ROTARIANS

No visiting Rotarians this week.

GUESTS
 
ImageLouise Mac. Brought daughter Mariah to Rotary this week

MAKE UPS

Sue P went to Amherst.  However they did not have a noon meeting.  Good try!  The Projects Committee had a meeting this past week -  thus makeups.

BIRTHDAYS

Image Josh has another birthday tomorrow.

ANNIVERSARIES

ImageDianne and Frank made it for another year next week on the 2nd .

PIN PAL STORIES

Louise Mac. met Sue P. at Dayle’s Department store.  Sue was upset about there being no Rotary meeting in Amherst, so she went shopping.

50/50 DRAW


This week, Bill’s ticket was drawn.  The nine of Diamonds eluded him as he picked the eight of clubs.  Next week’s pot should be over $180.

HAPPY DOLLARS

Bill was happy his ticket was drawn, but sad he didn’t win.  Life’s good!.........Charlie announced that they have sold over 600 copies of his new book, way more than he thought………..Ove was happy as he saw a picture of his house in Charlie’s book.  He also advised that former Rye student Catherine Schneider is the proud mother of a baby boy……..Dianne got an email from Kikkis recently.  Seems it’s beginning to slow down after the wedding and she is having a baby.  Dianne also had a PSA for Live Bait Theatre’s Spud ‘n’ Suds………..Josh was happy at just how fast he can be in the morning when he has to be the greeter.  This was a trial run for the next time as he and Darrell traded duties...……..Sue P. exclaimed she was happy, but didn’t know why.  Seems it was too early…………Marita was happy that her daughter got a job.

COMMITTEE REPORTS

Wayne advised that the auction letter was late and he would have it out in the next couple of days…………The Projects committee will announce a new project at next week’s Club Assembly.

UPCOMING MEETINGS

The Executive will meet next Wednesday at Gayle’s house @ 5:30 pm.

PRESIDENT’S TIME

Gayle thanked everyone who made chili for last Friday’s sale.  Also Marita did a fantastic job selling slushy’s.  The Town want us back next year.

GUEST SPEAKER

Dale was the introducer this week, introducing Dr. Colin Leroque, the head of the dendrochronology lab at MTA.  

ImageColin is probably best known for identifying the age of the world oldest hockey stick a number of years ago.  This notoriety is what brought PBS to his door to try to see if some artifacts were from the Titanic or not.  He had a picture that he was trying to compare the tree rings to those in a data bank on his computer.  The show’s promoters (History Detectives) weren’t sure if the sample they had was from the Titanic or the Lusitania.  Once in the lab he began to compare the rings in the picture to see if he could get a match on the pattern of the rings.  Once he got one, he would know the age.  Knowing the type of wood would get him closer to where the wood was grown, thus helping to pin down which ship the artifact came from.  If the oak was from Ireland, it would be the Titanic.  If the wood was from Scotland, it would be from the Lusitania.  He deduced it was from the Titanic.  Soon a film crew arrived to film the process and then some of the other US networks picked up on the story, thus making him somewhat famous, if for only a short time.
Josh thanked Colin for a very interesting talk, by presenting him with a book that will be donated in his name to a local library.  ImageSadly we will not have Colin as a speaker again as he is moving to Saskatoon (The university of Saskatchewan).  

UPCOMING WEEKS
Thursday, October 10, 2013 
Chairperson : Josh
Greeter: Ken
Introducer:  Darrell
Thanker:  Dianne
Speaker: Vocational Service Theme Talk


 

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Bulletin - September 19, 2013

Posted by Wayne Harper on Sep 18, 2013

ImageBulletin of the
Sackville Rotary Club,
Thursday, September 19, 2013
Gayle Key, President
Editor: Wayne Harper


NEXT WEEK
Thursday, September 26, 2013
Chairperson :  John
Greeter: Josh
Introducer:  Dale
Thanker:  Darrell
Speaker: Colin Laroque - Wood from the Titanic

THIS WEEK
Chairperson:  Jeff
Greeter:  John
Introducer: Charlie
Thanker: Dale
Speaker: John Murchie

Chairperson Jeff Image  brought the meeting to order with the singing of the National Anthem and a prayer of grace. 

VISITING ROTARIANS

None this week

GUESTS 

None

MAKE UPS

ImageSue F. had a Rotaract meeting at MTA……………

ImageTrish attended the inbound RYE orientation meeting in PEI, along with Gayle…………The Fundraising Committee met earlier in the week……….Persons working the breakfast also get a make-up.  Committee Chairs to give names to Edna.

BIRTHDAYS

ImageDarrell added another year today.

ANNIVERSARIES

ImageLouise and Todd are enjoying another year of wedded bliss on the 21st, 

Imageas is Chairman Jeff and April on the 20th.

PIN PAL STORIES

ImageLouise Mac. Read a letter from Coralie. It seems she is missing us, and us, her.



50/50 DRAW

ImageOve had the pleasure of dipping in the pan this week, drawing out Josh’s name.  

ImageUnfortunately the $158 will carry over until next week as Josh drew the 10 of Clubs.






HAPPY DOLLARS

 Image Josh was happy that the breakfast seemed to go well.  He has another cousin getting married this weekend and he will attend another bash.  It’s a dirty job, but someone has to do it.  He also managed to get his tractor pulled out of the mud and had time to cut wood…………

ImageWynn played at Fox Meadows Golf Club, but alas, he didn’t win.  He arrived at Mary house during the Fundraising Committee meeting, to bring a Breakfast sign back.  Now he is part of the committee…………..

ImageCharlie announced that the book has arrived and will be available at the book launch on Friday night at 7 pm....

ImageTrish was happy that her sister managed another birthday………..

ImageMarita revealed that some coordination is coming back to her daughter, but it’s going to be a long road.  We are all pulling for her…………

ImageBill was glad that his son was not on the double decker bus in Ottawa.  Life’s good!.............

ImageOve was happy to announce that wife Pat is half-way through her cancer treatments.

COMMITTEE REPORTS

 Image Wayne announced that the Christmas Auction and Dinner will be on November 16th and that businesses to be canvassed will be sent to each member later in the week………….

ImageJosh indicated that there were some left-overs from the breakfast to be sold.  See Dale.  Tentative breakfast results would indicate a profit of $2,000.  In conjunction with the auction, Josh asked members if they know of a graphic artist who might volunteer some services at various times of the year.  The Club feels awkward about going back to Leslie each time as she is now in Toronto……….

ImageSue F. revealed that she attended the first Rotaract meeting at MTA for this year.  She will be the Club liaison for Rotaract.  They had 22 students who attended out of a registration of 40.  Some have been RYE students.

UPCOMING MEETINGS

The Projects Committee will meet on September 23rd at the Open Sky Farm.


PRESIDENT’S TIME

 Image Gayle reminded members that the Club is selling Chili and Slushy’s at the Fall Fair.  The Fall Fair parade is on Saturday afternoon at 1pm.  Volunteers are still welcome.  She also thanked all those who participated in the Breakfast.

GUEST SPEAKER

  ImageCharlie introduced our guest speaker, who turned out to be our own President-Elect, John Murchie.  John decided to talk about “Why he is here”.  John indicated that he has a BA and a MA from the University of Colorado and has been in Canada for 47 years.  He spent some time at the Nova Scotia Institute of Art & Design as a professor, but has been in Sackville for 20-odd years.
 Image The year is 1966 and John saw a poster on the wall of U of C  advertising for instructors at Dalhousie in Halifax.  They load up the U-Haul, hitch it to the Mini and went nowhere.  Trailer too heavy.  After six months in Halifax, he was deported, but returned 9 months later.  The day after arriving, he was hired by the Nova Scotia Institute of Art & Design.  One day later, the University of Colorado called to offer a job, but he declined.  And the rest is history, so they say.  They remained until the early nineties, when Gemey got a job as Director of the Owens Art Gallery.  John eventually went to Strut’s Gallery, retiring in the past year.
 

Image Dale thanked John by giving him a book that will be donated, in his name, to  a local library.




UPCOMING WEEKS

Thursday, October 3, 2013 
Chairperson: Gayle
Greeter: George
Introducer:  
Thanker: 
Speaker: Important Club Assembly

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Bulletin - September 12, 2013

Posted by Wayne Harper on Sep 11, 2013

ImageBulletin of the
Sackville Rotary Club,
Thursday, September 12, 2013
President: Gayle Key
Editor: Wayne Harper



NEXT WEEK
Thursday, September 19, 2013
Chairperson :  Jeff
Greeter: John
Introducer:  Charlie
Thanker: Dale
Speaker: John Murchie

THIS WEEK
Chairperson:  George
Greeter:  Jeff
Introducer:  Bill
Thanker:  Charlie
Speaker: Sheila Parker & Ryan Reid – Relay for Life

Chairperson George Image brought the meeting to order with the singing of the National Anthem and a prayer of grace. 

VISITING ROTARIANS

None this week.

GUESTS

ImageGuest speakers Ryan Reid & Sheila Parker.  

ImageSue brought her friend Lorne Booth to the meeting.

MAKE UPS

Pam had a makeup at the Moncton West-Riverview Club where two new members were inducted.



BIRTHDAYS

None this week.

ANNIVERSARIES

ImageKen and Linda celebrate another year of bliss on the 16th.

PIN PAL STORIES

No stories this week.



50/50 DRAW

ImageGuest speaker Ryan drew Gayle’s ticket from the pan.  

ImageGayle didn’t win the $147 as she failed to draw the Nine of Diamonds from the deck.





HAPPY DOLLARS

ImageSue F. was happy on a number of fronts.  First, she has had report from son Colin who is a first year military student who has survived camping and kayaking.  Second Dave sold the boat and thirdly, she sold the house in Ottawa………..

ImageWynn has a couple of happy dollars.  He met a friend he hadn’t seen in 15 years.  As well, he had a new client this week that ended up being related to him…………..

Image Charlie had a PSA.  Seems his daughter is showing several of her paintings at Fog Forest gallery beginning tonight…………

 ImageDianne is glad to be back from her daughter’s wedding in BC and from their escape to Las Vegas.  We were also treated to details of her daughter’s new family………….

Image Gayle was also coming back from vacation, this year’s trip to Newfoundland.  We won’t ask what she kissed………..

Image Trish thanked Dianne and Wynn for their happy dollars which became a gemology lesson……….

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Louise Mac. Had a PSA for a BBQ next Wednesday.  For details, contact Louise.



COMMITTEE REPORTS

 Image Josh reminded members of the breakfast this Saturday morning.  If you don’t have a job to do, see him.  Members should pick up their packs of beans before leaving today…………

Image  Sue F. had the first meeting with the new President of MTA’s Rotaract Club.  Sue is chairing this Youth subcommittee………..

 Image Trish informed members that her Projects committee will have their next meeting (Sept.24th) of the Open Sky Farm in Middle Sackville.  Her committee has also decided to slow down the accessibility van project, now that one is currently available.  They believe that one will still be needed in a few years, giving the committee time to plan that will ensure a correct response.  The committee has also decided to buy a book on Sappy Fest for auction at our Christmas Dinner Auction on November 16th.

UPCOMING MEETINGS

The membership committee meets today at Ove’s office.

PRESIDENT’S TIME

ImageGayle indicated she will be attending the Rotary Success Seminar on October 26th in Moncton.  Any members who want to go should see her.  She’s glad to be back in Town and was happy that the corn boil went well.

GUEST SPEAKER

Image  Bill introduced our guest speakers today – Ryan Reid and Sheila Parker, the Chair of the local Relay for Life committee. 

 Image  Ryan is a 5th year student at MTA and was diagnosed with testicular cancer at age 16.  Initially in remission, cancer came back in his limp nodes that require chemo.  Ultimately he endured an 8-hour surgery procedure that seems to look good so far.  He is the student leader of the Relay for Life.  

 Image Ryan has created his own T-Shirts – Check Em, the proceeds of which are donated to the Relay.  Members wanting to buy one can contact Ryan at rareid@mta.ca.  



ImageSheila was next, revealing some statistics on cancer in New Brunswick.  Locally in NB, $1.6 million dollars has been invested in such things as travel and travel assistance for over 700 people and 400 wigs for those who lose their hair after chemo.  It also funds smoking cessation courses.
This year’s Relay for Life will have a theme Dress by Decade that will see teams dressing up.  The committee wants to create a party atmosphere.  On October 18th, a survivor’s dinner will be held at the Baptist Church on Main street.  The Relay is on the next evening with Wynn being a guest speaker, to talk about his best friend, who recently passed away. Today’s talk was meant to entice the Club to be a corporate sponsor, which Trish verified was budgeted for.
 Image Charlie thanked both speakers by acknowledging that a book in their name will be donated to a local library.





UPCOMING WEEKS
Thursday, September 26, 2013 
Chairperson : John
Greeter: Josh
Introducer:  Charlie
Thanker: Dale
Speaker: Colin Leroque

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Bulletin - September 5, 2013

Posted by Wayne Harper on Sep 04, 2013

ImageBulletin of the
Sackville Rotary Club,
Thursday,
September 5, 2013
Gayle Key, President
Editor: Wayne Harper



NEXT WEEK
Thursday, September 12, 2013
Chairperson :  George
Greeter:  Jeff
Introducer:  Bill
Thanker: Charlie
Speaker:  Sheila Parker & Ryan Reid – Relay for Life

THIS WEEK
Chairperson:  Marita
Greeter:  Frank
Introducer: Sue F
Thanker: Brian
Speaker: Paul Bogaard

Chairperson Marita Image  brought the meeting to order with the singing of the National Anthem and a prayer of grace. 

VISITING ROTARIANS

None this week

GUESTS

 Image Paul Bogaard (our guest speaker) and
ImageChristoph Meyer – our RYE student from Switzerland who was attending his first meeting.

MAKE UPS

All those who worked the Corn Boil on Saturday and those who shucked corn on Friday night.  Pam to give Marita the names.


BIRTHDAYS

None

ANNIVERSARIES

None

PIN PAL STORIES

ImageLouise H. was at a golf tournament in Moncton where she met RYE student from Denmark.  

ImagePatricia ran into a former RYE student from Belgium who went on to found a Rotaract Club when she got home.





50/50 DRAW

ImageThis week’s haul was $137 and John had his ticket drawn. 

Image Unfortunately the Nine of Diamonds eluded him as he picked the Queen of Clubs.  He did get the token “fiver”.

HAPPY DOLLARS

John had a sad dollar as Laing was not there today.  It seems that the driver for the van had other commitments…………..


ImageWynn has another sports update – he is a member of a golf club in PEI where he was named to a Ryder Cup team.  He admitted to having a pretty good year………..

ImageSue F was happy that Christoph made it without any problems…………

ImageTrish was happy that she has only about 40 cucumbers left.  Could there be pickles at the Foundation auction?...........

ImageLouise H announced that she had complimentary tickets for a hypnotist who was going to be in Moncton Thursday night.  Wynn snapped them up…………..

Marita was happy that the sale of slushy’s at the corn boil netted $170, even given only one side worked properly.  We should do well at the Fall Fair.


COMMITTEE REPORTS

ImageJosh revealed that the Corn Boil seemed to be a complete success.  He mentioned that John is co-ordinating the sale of 
breakfast tickets.  If you need more, see John…………

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Patricia read a short email from Marina Cupida, out outbound RYE student.  We think she is having a good time.  Patricia also mentioned that there will be an orientation in PEI next weekend where Christoph and Henna will get to meet other RYE students who are here in the Maritimes.

UPCOMING MEETINGS

ImageOve announced that the Membership committee would be meeting after this morning’s meeting……….. 

ImageThe Club Administration committee will meet on Tuesday night at Wayne at 7 pm and the Club Executive will meet on Wednesday night at Gayle’s at 5:30 pm.




PRESIDENT’S TIME

Prez Gayle was still away and VP John had no updates for us.

GUEST SPEAKER

 Image Sue F. introduced this week’s speaker  - Dr. Paul Bogaard.  

ImagePaul has been a frequent speaker on all things history on many occasions.  This week he chose to cover Sackville’s entire history from the porch of George’s Roadhouse in 20 minutes.  The five founding peoples were the M’kmaq, the Acadians, the Planters, the Yorkshiremen and the Loyalists, in that order.  The M’kmaq settled in what is now the Midgic International Airport and over to Westport & Westcock, both of which can be seen from the porch.  The Acadians arrived in 1755 and settled in the Middle Sackville and Westcock areas.  The founding members actually lived on what is now Beale Heights, which can be seen from the porch.  In 1760, the expelled Acadians were replaced by the Planters who came from New England.  They used many of the spots vacated by the Acadians, this can be seen from the porch.  In 1760 the Yorkshiremen (Dixons, Andersons & Bulmers) arrived and began to make their presence felt, particularly in ship building.  These locations can be seen across the fields behind the train station.  As well the Andersons built houses (The Octagonal House)Image on what is now Richardson Street and the Bulmers build what became  Boultenhouse and then sold it to Anderson.  Both can be seen from the back of George’s.  In 1780,  the Loyalists arrived expanding the shipbuilding in an area that can be seen from the porch.  

ImageChristopher Boultenhouse buys his namesake from Anderson and eventually the Foundry land would also be bought from the Anderson family.  Thus the founding of Sackville, could in fact, be seen from the steps of George’s Roadhouse.





 Image Brian thanked Paul by presenting him with a book that will be donated, in his name, to  a local library.






UPCOMING WEEKS
Thursday, September 19, 2013 
Chairperson : Jeff
Greeter: John
Introducer: Charlie 
Thanker: Dale
Speaker: Colin Leroque

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Bulletin - August 29, 2013

Posted by Wayne Harper on Aug 28, 2013

Image   Bulletin of the
Sackville Rotary Club,
Thursday, August 29, 2013
Gayle Key, President
Editor: Wayne Harper


NEXT WEEK
Thursday, September 5, 2013
Chairperson :  Marita
Greeter:  Frank
Introducer:  
Thanker:  Brian
Speaker: Paul Bogaard

THIS WEEK
Chairperson:  Frank
Greeter:  Mitchell
Introducer:  Barb
Thanker:  Becky
Speaker:  Inga Hansen

Chairperson Frank Image brought the meeting to order with the singing of the National Anthem and a prayer of grace. 

VISITING ROTARIANS

None this week.

GUESTS

ImageMarita brought her friend Clare Lawson.  

ImagePeter brought his children, Andrew and Katie.  Our "summer Rotarian" 






ImageMitchell joined us for the last time this summer.  Seems he has to go back to school next week.

MAKE UPS

The Fundraising committee (Mary, Louise Mac, Dale, Josh & Wayne) met earlier this week.  

ImageMarita had a makeup last week in Gilford CT.  Here she shows the flag she received from the Club.  

ImageKen, in his role as Assistant District Governor had makeups in Bouctouche and Shediac this week.





PIN PAL STORIES

ImageTrish spent the last two weeks in Ontario where she had the chance to meet the in-bound RYE student from Belgium.  With the entire goings on, she didn't make the Club meeting in Ennismore.  
ImageKen was driving in Town when he spotted a small trailer with a Rotary sign on it.  Seems it was from a Rotary Club in Ontario, who had just delivered an ambulance and firefighting equipment to a ship in Saint John, destined for Guatemala.

ImagePam met some Rotarians when she visited a new restaurant during its opening.





BIRTHDAYS

This week we had a flood of Birthdays, beginning with: 
ImageBecky, who unfortunately will be leaving our Club on Monday as she moves to Ontario, is congratulated by Chair Frank.   
ImageNew member Susan T.  celebrated being another year older, shown here with Chair Frank, exercising his lips. 
 ImageThe oldest member of the Club, Charlie, celebrated another year.  Chair Frank rested his lips.

ANNIVERSARIES

None this week.



50/50 DRAW

ImageThis week's draw was worth $130.  Susan T.'s ticket was drawn.  She drew the King of Spades while hoping for the Nine of Diamonds. She did get the token $5.

HAPPY DOLLARS

ImageMitchell had some sad and some happy dollars this week.  He was happy because his family bought a golf cart, and he gets to drive it.  He was sad because he returns to school next week………….

ImageWynn was happy that he no longer is the Prez. of the NBGA Seniors Division.  He was also happy he won the Team Trophy at a tournament at the Algonquin in St. Andrews………….



ImageIn an emotional sad dollar, Trish wished her best friend Becky, Bon-Voyage as she gets set to move to Port Rowan Ontario…………

ImageMarita was happy for the care she and her daughter received at a clinic in New England.  They seemed to have figured out why her daughter's spine is out of alignment.  They have prescribed new glasses which will help with orientation………….

ImageKen was happy that the Club has two dedicated members who make sure our Club Runner system is up to date for communication to the membership. The members he was referring to were Dale & Wayne.  (Ed. Note Very nice gesture Ken)…………

ImageOve was happy that he and Pat are going to be Grandparents again.  Daughter Anna is due for the second time…………




ImageLouise H. was happy that she gets to spend the day on Moncton's Royal Oaks Golf Club today.  It a tough job but someone has to do it.


COMMITTEE REPORTS

ImageWayne announced that the ability for Club members to pay dues, quarterly meals and event tickets is now available on Club Runner.  He will send our instructions in the coming week.
ImageJosh distributed Breakfast tickets for the event on September 14th.  The Xmas Auction & Dinner will be on November 16th.  Members will be asked to assist with prize donations from businesses.


ImagePatricia announced that Christophe, our second RYE student has arrived and is in PEI this week with his host family. 

Pam reminded all of the need for cornhuskers on Friday night at the Civic center.

UPCOMING MEETINGS

No meetings Scheduled for the upcoming week.  


PRESIDENT’S TIME

ImagePrez Gayle was away and VP John asked Becky to come forth as her last official time with the club.    Becky asked the Club to consider keeping her project with India ongoing.  She donated $100 as an incentive to keep it alive.





SPEAKER

ImageThis week Barb had the pleasure of introducing our guest speaker – Inga Hansen, a MTA BFA graduate of MTA who is currently in a Master's program at the NS College of Art & Design.  
ImageFor the summer, Inga has been working at Keillor House Museum in Dorchester, curating old clothes from 1860 to 1960.  She has accumulated 20 mannequins holding the refurbished clothes from this era.  She shared pictures of clothes from 1905 to 1960, while describing the changes that occurred each 10 years.  With clothes this old, great care has to be taken as they are sensitive to humidity and light.  They are store in a humidity controlled room.  Currently, it is the younger women who are dictating fashion.  Inga invited the members to come see these clothes and to look at other items such as bedding and napkins.
Inga was thanked by Barb with a presentation of a book in her name that will be donated to a local library.


UPCOMING WEEKS

Date:  September 12, 2013
Chairperson: George
Greeter:  Josh
Introducer:  Bill
Thanker:  Charlie

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New Rotary International Web Site

Posted by Wayne Harper on Aug 22, 2013

 

 

For nearly two years, we’ve been working to refresh and revitalize Rotary’s website and in just a few days, your new website will be unveiled to our members and the public.  We are set to launch on August 26th, and in anticipation of this exciting event, I am reaching out to the leaders of our organization and asking you to join me in being champions and advocates for this wonderful new tool.

 

We want to draw attention to a few key features of the new website that we think you will find most helpful as you field questions from Rotarians in the coming weeks.

 

Two distinct versions of the website


My Rotary (for members)

·      All members will be encouraged to register and sign in when visiting the site. Members will be able to better engage through their own customized experience based on their interests, and conduct their Rotary business more easily than ever before.

·      The new website will eliminate the need for the Member Access Portal (MAP). Those currently registered in MAP will simply be prompted to re-register when first visiting the site and will then be able to access tools previously located in MAP, such as the ability to edit club data, use Rotary Club Central, etc.


Rotary.org (for the general public)

·       The public site tells our story to external audiences in a fresh, streamlined way, encouraging people to get to know Rotary and learn about all the great work Rotarians are doing all over the world.

 

Find what you need!

·      The website has been entirely rebuilt, grouping items more logically. Testing has confirmed that user experience is cleaner and more streamlined than what is offered today. For example, tools that help you manage your Rotary business—such as running reports—are now conveniently located under a tab called “Manage.”

·      The website’s “search” engine is now powered by Google, making locating documents, articles and tools much easier.

 

Important changes

·      “Contact this Club” – Visitors to the site can submit a request online to learn more about a specific club and membership. The RI Board has requested that an email be automatically sent to the District Governor and Membership Chair to notify you of this request, they will then follow up as appropriate with the club.

·      Rotary Foundation Grants – Many of you have already visited the Rotary Grants microsite and all it has to offer. That functionality will now be merged into the new site so everything you need will be in one place.

·      Security – As part of the new launch, we are also adopting industry leading security measures to manage your IDs and passwords. To facilitate this transition, any MAP user who logged in within the last year will go through an abbreviated re-registration process.

·       Browsers – The new website uses some of the latest browser capabilities and because of that, visitors to the site will need to be on modern browsers. Whatever browser you prefer to use, we recommend you upgrade to the latest version to have the best experience possible.

 

 

Please send your questions to  website@rotary.org.  

 

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Bulletin - August 22, 2013

Posted by Wayne Harper on Aug 21, 2013

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Sackville Rotary Club,

Thursday, AUGUST 22, 2013

Gayle Key, President

Editor: Wayne Harper

NEXT WEEK

Thursday, August 29, 2013
Chairperson :  Frank
Greeter:  Mitchell
Introducer:  Barb
Thanker:  Bill
Speaker:  Inga Hansen - Curating Old Clothes

THIS WEEK
Chairperson:  Gayle
Greeter:  Dave
Introducer:  Gayle
Thanker:  Becky
Speaker: Pat Perry - District Governor

Chairperson Gayle Image  brought the meeting to order with the singing of the National Anthem and a prayer of grace. 

VISITING ROTARIANS

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Bill Hirtle from Peace River, Alberta.

GUESTS
 
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Patricia brought Granddaughter Issabella with her this week.  Do you suppose this is really early in the morning?

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Summer "Rotarian" Mitchell was here as guest of Grandma Pam.

MAKE UPS

None this week.



BIRTHDAYS

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Dave decided he will add another year next week (August 26th).

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ANNIVERSARIES

Louise and Rob will celebrate their 6th year of wedded bliss the 25th.

PIN PAL STORIES

None!


50/50 DRAW

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District Governor Pat draws out the winning ticket this week.

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She drew out Sandy's ticket, but she failed to draw the 9 of Diamaonds, drawing instead, the 9 of Clubs.  She won the consolation prize of $5.


HAPPY DOLLARS

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Wayne was happy he read Wynn and his daughter's winning of the Provincial Golf Championship Low Net, in the paper.  He knew Wynn was humbled and wouldn't have mentioned it.


ImageBarb was happy that to celebrate the 151st birthday of Claude DeBussey, who wrote such notables as "Clair de Lune" and "An American in Paris".

ImageGrannie "Patricia" was woken up early by Granddaughter Issabella so she wouldn't miss Rotary.

ImageSue was happy that she attended the Lobster Party last night.  It meant she didn't have to cook.





ImageDarrell was happy as he leaves, later today, for a two weeks fishing trip to Labrador.

ImageWynn was happy, as Wayne reported, that he and daughter Wendy did so well in the Provincial Championship Golf Tournament.

ImageDianne was happy that the Lobster Party was a success and that it is over.






ImageJeff was happy that he got in his first round of golf this season.

ImageSandy was happy that Dianne and Sue P. took over the organization of the Lobster Party. She didn't have to do anything.  She thanked them.

ImageSue was doubly happy that the Lobster Party was over.  Seems it went well.





COMMITTEE REPORTS

ImageJosh indicated that the summer Breakfast is on September 14th and he will have tickets for all members next week.  The fall breakfast is scheduled for November 2nd and the dinner auction on November 16th.

ImagePatricia indicated that Christoph will arrive from Switzerland on Saturday.  Several members will meet him at the airport.

ImageMitchell's Grandmother indicated that the Corn Boil will take place next weekend.  The "husking" will take place at the Civic Center on Friday @ 7 pm.  The Boil itself will be on Saturday on Bridge street at 11 am.  Members are urged to help as this is a lot of fun.

UPCOMING MEETINGS

Fundraising will be next Wednesday (August 28th).  Josh will advise the location.

PRESIDENT’S TIME

ImageSue F. was away when the Service Awards were distributed in June.  Here, Prez. Gayle present a 10-year service award to her.


Gayle thanked Sue P. and Dianne for organizing the Lobster Party.  It was a fun event, and showcased our Club's fellowship with the District Governor in attendance.  She also advised that Marita will allow us the use of the Slushy machine so we can sell at the Corn Boil and Farmer's Market on the August 31st. Volunteers are needed.



GUEST SPEAKER

This weeks speaker was District Governor for District 7810, Patricia (Pat) Perry.  She was introduced by Gayle.  She began by thanking all members who were at the Lobster party for making her feel welcome.  She noted the friendly club fellowship.  As District Governor, Pat feels her role is to bring the theme of Engage Rotarians, Change Lives from the Rotary International President, down to the club level.  She believes that members can be engaged by participating in projects, not only locally, but internationally.

ImageShe indicated that in the past few years, the District spent $210,000 in projects, $100K in international water projects and 61K in agricultural stimulus in Africa.  She recalled the beginning of the Polio Plus project in 1985.  Soon Bill Gates offered to donate $100 million if Rotarians would raise $200 million.  It was done in short order.  In 2012, India announced that it was free of Polio, a huge endeavor, given the shear size of the country.

ImageThe remaining countries are Pakistan, Afganistan and Nigeria, all countries currently in conflicts, making the challenge more difficult.  Nevertheless, the new target for total eradication is 2018.  Bill Gates is now willing to donate more, only this time he will donate $2 for every $1 Rotary raises.

There can be no doubt in anyone's mind, that Rotary Engagement can Change Lives.


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Becky thanked Pat for her talk by presenting a book in her name to a local library.


UPCOMING WEEKS
Thursday, September 5, 2013 
Chairperson : Gayle
Greeter: Frank
Introducer:  Becky
Thanker: Brian
       Speaker:  Paul Bogaard


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Evolution of the Rotary Wheel

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SUCCESS SEMINAR

Posted by Wayne Harper on Aug 21, 2013

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      Success

  Seminar




Join us for an informative

day of learning and Rotary
fellowship .
♦ Membership
♦ Foundation
♦ Public Image


Share YOUR experiences,
learn from the specialists.
Zone 24 Multi-District
Saturday, 26 Oct 2013
Registration: 8:00 am
Program Starts: 9:00 am


Location
Moncton Lions Community
Centre
473 St-Georges St.
Moncton, NB


Register
ARRFC Duncan Conrad
duncanconrad@eastlink.ca
902-368-3568
Cost
$25 including lunch. Pay at the door
Please register by 12 Oct. to assure lunch reservation.

Don’t miss this opportunity to learn about and contribute to our
knowledge of the three basic building blocks of Rotary, membership,
Foundation and public image.

PRESENTERS and  TOPICS TO BE DISCUSSED

Moderator
Duncan Conrad, PDG
duncanconrad@eastlink.ca


Foundation

Dennis Dinsmore, PDG
dennis@dinsmoregroup.com
Rotary Regional Foundation
Coordinator

• Fund Development
• Future Vision Update
• Polio Update
• Programs


Membership

Paul Beaulieu, PDG
beaulieupaul1@gmail.com
Rotary Coordinator

• Recruitment of new members
• Retention of existing members
• Starting new clubs
• New club models, eclubs, corporate memberships, etc.


Public Image

Peggy Hebdem
peggy.hebden@gmail.com
Rotary Public Image
Coordinator

• Enhancing public awareness
• Rotary’s Branding initiative
• Using social media


If you have other topics related to Foundation, Membership or Image which you wish addressed and
not on our list, please contact seminar organizer Duncan Conrad with your suggestions.
Duncan Conrad, PDG
duncanconrad@eastlink.ca
902-368.3568

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Bulletin - August 15, 2013

Posted by Wayne Harper on Aug 14, 2013

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Bulletin of the

Sackville Rotary Club,

Thursday, August 15, 2013

 Gayle Key, President
 Editor: Wayne Harper

NEXT WEEK

Thursday, August 22, 2013
Chairperson :  Gayle
Greeter: Dave
Introducer:  Wynn
Thanker: Becky
Speaker: Patricia Perry - District Governor

THIS WEEK
Chairperson:  Wayne
Greeter:  Darrell
Introducer:  Wayne
Thanker:  Bill
Speaker:  Kellie Mattatall - Skate Board Park

Chairperson Wayne  Image brought the meeting to order with the singing of the National Anthem and a prayer of grace. 

VISITING ROTARIANS

There were no visiting Rotarians this week.

GUESTS
 
Louise MacKinnon introduced our newest RYE student - Henna from Finland

ImageKen Introduced our prenennial summer Rotarian - Mitchell Fagan

ImageGuest Speaker Kellie introduced some of her guests

ImageRecent Paul Harris recipient, Pat Estabrooks and Julian and Eric Bruening




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MAKE UPS

None this week.

BIRTHDAYS

  Image The are no birthdays this coming week, however Sue P. missed hers last week and got to wear the Kassie Hat this     week.

ANNIVERSARIES

In the anniversary department, Wayne & Sandy will celebrate 45 years of marriage on Saturday (17th).

PIN PAL STORIES

None this week.

50/50 DRAW

ImageGuest speaker Kellie drew out Laing's ticket this week.  Laing needed the 9 diamonds, but chose the 4 of spades.  As they say, no cigar, but he did get the $5 consolidation prize.

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HAPPY DOLLARS

Pam started off the Happy $ parade by acknowledging the return of Laing to our meetings.  She also advised us of World Humanitarian Day on August 19th.  Image

Josh was happy, and his dress code showed it, as he readied himself for the Greater Sackville Chamber of Commerce golf tournament later on this morning.

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Attending the same golf tournament was George who was doubly happy.

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Having just celebrated her birthday last week, Sue was happy that she is still here.



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Darrell recently had a friend visit from Newfoundland and the two golfed in Parsboro.  He was also happy that he will depart next Thursday for his annual "guys-at-the-camp-in-Labrador-where-we-have-to-fly-in-and-spend-a-week-fishing  (right)" trip.




COMMITTEE REPORTS

Sue P. reported that the lobster party will be at Dianne's home (22 Park St.) next Wednesday.  Please bring lawn chairs, lobster tools and your choice of beverages............ Pam reminded us that if you have nothing to do on August 30th, come to the Civic centre to husk corn in preparation for the next day's Corn Boil with 750 new MTA students.

UPCOMING MEETINGS

No meetings are scheduled for the coming week.

PRESIDENT’S TIME

  Image Prez Gayle advised  that there is a Rotary Success Seminar in Moncton on October 26th.  See Gayle if you are interested.  She and Pam are going...........The 2019 Rotary Conference will be held in Durban, South Africa.  for more info, visit www.africacalling.co.za............The International students arrive back on campus in time for a reception at Tweedie Hall on August 28th from 7:00 - 8:00 pm.  If your are interested in going, let Gayke know.





GUEST SPEAKER

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Chair Wayne did double duty this week as he introduced Kellie Mattatall who was here, along with skateboarder Eric Bruening, to talk about Sackville's Skateboard Park.  Kellie is part of a committee whose mandate is to "look at the feasibility of construction of a new skate park within the community".  Assisting in the presentation, was Eric Image who spoke from a skateboarder's perspective on the needs, which include a place where skateboarders can go that is safe and will offer the challenges they are looking for.  Skateboarding provides exercise that helps in cardio-vascular and core strength, agility and most important - it's an outdoors activity, getting those who participate, away from their computer screens. 

ImageKellie showed a picture from the 1980's one some of the first skateboarders.  Studies have shown that skateboarders tend to be creative, and this alumni was no different.  Now 30 years later, one has gone into playing music with the National Orchestra, another is an award winning graphic designer, still another is a recording studio executive, one became a writer and another is a Juno Award winner.

The committee is currently looking at what can be done, suggesting a full-blown new park may be in the range on $400K. 

Image Here is a look at the current Sackville Skateboard Park on Dufferin St.  As can be seen by the sign, safety plays an important part.  Injuries do occur as can be seen with Eric broken arm.

ImageEventually, the committee would like to give the Town skateboarders a place similar to what is found in Amherst.  Image


It was ironic that one of the councillors seconding the motion creating the committee got to thank Kellie and Eric with the presentation of a book in their name to a local library.  Image




UPCOMING WEEKS
Thursday, August 29, 2013 
Chairperson : Frank
Greeter: Gayle
Introducer:  Barb
Thanker: Bill
Speaker:  Inga Hanson - Clothes from the 19th Century

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Bulletin - August 8, 2013

Posted by Wayne Harper on Aug 07, 2013

ImageBulletin of the

Sackville Rotary

Thursday, August 8, 2013

Gayle Key, President

Editor: Wayne Harper

NEXT WEEK

Thursday, August 15, 2013
Chairperson :  Wayne
Greeter: Dianne
Introducer:  Wayne
Thanker: Barb
Speaker: Kellie Mattatall - Skateboard Park

THIS WEEK
Chairperson:  Dianne
Greeter:  Darrell
Introducer: Trish
Thanker: Wynn
Speaker: Ove, Dale and Louise H. - Membership Committee

Chairperson Dianne  Image  brought the meeting to order with the singing of the National Anthem and a prayer of grace. 

VISITING ROTARIANS

There were no visiting Rotarians this week.

 

GUESTS
 
Short Term Students (Outbound) Lindsay Trueman and Pauline Rejean (inbound from France).  

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Summer Rotarian Mitchell Fagan returned, navigating grandma Pam's Top Down, Orange Beast.

MAKE UPS

Trish attended the District Youth Committee meeting while the Executive met yesterday (Gayle, Darrell, Dal, Mary, John, Ove, Wayne & Guest Patricia) along with the RYE committee (Dave, Patricia & Louise H.).

BIRTHDAYS

Both Sue's have birthday upcoming.  Sue P. has a birthday on the 13th while Sue F. is on the  9th.  Neither were there to wear the Kassie Hat.

ANNIVERSARIES

ImageDave and Sue F. share an anniversary this coming week on the 11th.







 


PIN PAL STORIES

Patricia was in Grand Manan this past weekend where there were many Rotarians at the RYE orientation.  

50/50 DRAW

 Image   Ken, along with Guest Mitchell, were the big winners this week.  

ImageActually they only won $5 as they failed to pick the elusive 9 Diamonds, picking the 4 of Diamonds instead.





HAPPY DOLLARS

ImageKen was happy to introduce our newest member Susan Tower, Manager at the Scotiabank.  She has already joined the membership committee.  Ken was unhappy that his partner-in-crime (Mitchell) didn't draw the winning card.  Could this spell dissent in Shangrala?

ImageImageWynn was happy that he has become Physic as he predicted that he would not win the 50-50 draw.  Who knew?







ImagePatricia was happy to be returning to work after her holidays. She was also pleased that she had all the Grandkids home at the same time.  No wonder she wants to return to work!

ImageTrish was happy that she will be vacationing in Ontario the next couple of weeks.  I'll bet she's in wine country - Prince Edward County.

ImageCharlie was real happy as his latest book on Sackville was finished and sent to the publishers. 300 books were pre-sold, against a budget of 200 pre-sales.  Looks like a success to me.


ImageOve was happy as he is headed for the cottage in La Belle Province for the next few weeks.

ImageBarb was happy to see the sun.

ImageLouise H. was happy that the RYE students will arrive over the next few weeks.  She is asking members to pick a day within a month to do something with them.  Don't forget Police checks are necessary.




ImageHere Pam and Mitchell do the Miracle T at a Dairy Queen.  I'd be happy to anytime I'm at a DQ.






COMMITTEE REPORTS

Wayne reported that the Lobster party is on August 21st at Dianne house (22 Park St.)  The District Governor, Pat Perry will be in attendance.

ImagePatricia reported that the first RYE student (Henna) will arrive tonight from Finland.  Christoph arrives from Switzerland next week.

ImageShort term exchange student Lindsay Trueman reported briefly on her exchange to France, thanking the Club for making it happen.

Charlie reported that Laing is feeling lonely since his transportation to and from the meetings, was curtailed due to obsolete equipment.  Members can visit him at the Drew, room # 115.  It appears that the former operator of the abilities van is in the  process of buying another.  We expect that Laing will rejoin us at that point.





 
UPCOMING MEETINGS

None scheduled for the upcoming week.

PRESIDENT’S TIME

 Image Gayle indicated that the envelope for Coady, passed around last week, netted $260.  Gayle then called up Past President Trish to give our service and attendance awards for members who were not at the ceremony.  
Image First up was Dale who received his certificate for 5 years of being a Rotarian.
ImageHere, Patricia receives her "get-out-of-jail-card" for perfect attendance last year.








GUEST SPEAKER


ImageThis week it was Past President Trish's job to introduce our guest speaker.  This week's speaker(s) were members of the Membership Committee to talk on, what else, membership in this, membership month.  Membership Chair introduced members of the committee - Dale, George, Louise H. Dave and Susan.  The committee's mandate is not only to recruit new members but to retain the current members.  To this end, the committee feels that all members should be engaged.  Thus all members need to be on a least one committee.
ImageDale show the members, a matrix indicating what committee each member was on.  Many members were on 5 - 7 committees, but there were some who were not on any. The membership committee is addressing this. Their goal is that every members is on a least two committees.  

ImageOne of the newest members on the committee, Louise H. related what it is like to be a new member, not knowing what committees interested her.  She is glad to be part of this committee, indicating that it feels good to be involved.  She believes that one learns about Rotary through being part of the committee structure.  The committee meets the second Thursday of each month at 8:30 am in Ove's office.  The committee urges all members to bring forth names of potential members.  


ImageWynn thanked the speakers by presenting a book to Chair Ove.  The book will be presented to a local library.









UPCOMING WEEKS
Thursday, August 22, 2013 
Chairperson : Marita
Greeter: Dave
Introducer:  Wynn
Thanker: Becky
Speaker:  Pat Perry - District Governor
               
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Bulletin - August 1, 2013

Posted by Wayne Harper on Jul 31, 2013

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Bulletin of the
Sackville Rotary Club,
Thursday, August 1, 2013
 Gayle Key, President
 Editor: Wayne Harper


NEXT WEEK

Thursday, August 8, 2013
Chairperson : Dianne 
Greeter: Darrell
Introducer: Trish 
Thanker: Wynn
Speaker: Membership Committee

THIS WEEK
Chairperson:  Sandy
Greeter:  Dale
Introducer:  Sue P.
Thanker: Wayne
Speaker:  Jeff Schnurr

Chairperson Sandy brought the meeting to order with the singing of the National Anthem and a prayer of grace. 

VISITING ROTARIANS

None this week.

GUESTS
  

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             Fredette Frame                           Mitchell Fagan                        Jackie Vanthournouyt


MAKE UPS

Two committees had makeups this week.  The Admin Committee (Wayne, Sandy, Dianne, Bill, Edna & Gayle) plus the Projects Committee (Trish has the names).

BIRTHDAYS

Trish celebrates her birthday on the 5th.  Image

ANNIVERSARIES

ImageBrian and Carol celebrate another year of wedded bliss on the 3rd.  Laing and Joyce celebrate on the 6th.







PIN PAL STORIES

None this week.

50/50 DRAW

          

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 Guest Mitchell was had his ticket drawn this week by fellow guest Fredette. Image  Mitchell was going for the $91 this week but he drew the 2 clubs.  

HAPPY DOLLARS

Guest Mitchell was happy that he won the consolation $5.  He also told us about his recent fishing expedition in which he caught a bass that had been tagged 5 years earlier........... ImageDianne was happy that she received a note from former RYE student Mizuke, who 
was here from Japan.  She was also happy that she won the Ladies Longest Drive award in a recent golf tournament she was in.........

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Bill was happy that he was not on the ferry from Newfoundland that hit the dock recently.  He was on that ferry a couple of weeks ago.............  Charlie was sorry he was not at Rotary last week for Bill's induction.  He acknowledged Pam who filled in.  He had visitors recently from Scotland and they shared the same great great granddaughtersImage..........ImageOve had an email from Cassie who was pleased that we were still using the "cassie hat" for member birthdays.  Ove indicated how happy he was to have attended Trish's house last weekend for the dinner he purchased at the Foundation auction last fall...........ImageFrank was also happy -  he attended the same dinner at Trish's............ImageSue F. was happy that her recent high school graduated son was formally inducted into the forces last week as he attends RMC.  She recently found a pair of her dad's shoes (size 13) that just happens to fit son Colin.  Guess where the shoes are now?............  

ImageTrish was happy that her sister and brother-in-law were coming to visit.........ImageBarb was happy to be back at Rotary after spending the last few weeks with possibly the best grandkids in the land.........

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Marita was ecstatic that her basement is finally being renovated.  This week she will have visitors from Louisiana who will probably be bundled up in our "cool" weather.  They should come in January, then they will know COLD.........

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Becky had a sad dollar this week.  She has been transferred to Long Point / Port Rowan Ontario where she will head the Ontario branch of Bird Studies Canada.  The recent new member was choked up as she will have to resign our club........



ImageWynn stepped up the Granddaughter's Wars as he indicated that one of his granddaughters recently won an under 18 race.  As for golf, he has been getting up early an on the course by 5:30 am each day.  I hope he is not too sick!.........

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Jeff was real happy to see that Joel Plasket was coming friday night for Sappy Fest.  He was also happy that Sappy Fest would be celebrating their 8th anniversary this weekend.





COMMITTEE REPORTS

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Patricia told us that long term RYE student Henna will arrive next Thursday from Finland.  Our second short term student will arrive later today.  She will be here for two weeks..........Image ImageTrish acknowledge the picture of the presentation to the Sackville Memorial Hospital Foundation's recent capital campaign.  Look for the picture to be in the local and Moncton papers.  The Projects Committee is also looking for new members.  See Trish if you are interested.  Trish touched on a new project to possibly assist in the purchase of an abilities transit van through the Aviva Insurance Access Fund.  This fund is similar to the Kraft one that the Curling Club took advantage last year.

UPCOMING MEETING

The RYE sub-committee of the Youth Committee will meet next Wednesday.  Also on the same night, the Executive Committee meets at 5:30 pm at Gayles.

PRESIDENT’S TIME

Nothing to report this week.


GUEST SPEAKER

ImageSue P. introduced our guest speaker this week - Jeff Schnurr, a Paul Harris Fellow awarded by our club in 2011.  Those attending the Paul Harris dinner may recall that Jeff was off in exotic lands planting trees.  Well alot has happened to Jeff since those inaugural days.  For those who did not know Jeff's story he took a moment to describe the beginning.  After high school, he decided to travel before going to college.  ImageHe toured Europe and ended up planting trees.  Later in Africa, he told some villagers about his tee-planting days and asked why they couldn't do the same.  That was the start to a career that hasn't slowed up a bit.  With no money, he and the villagers began collecting seeds, and the women built nurseries.  In the first year they planted 100,000 trees.  They now grow 35 species (9 of which are mangoes) and this year they celebrated planting their 1,000,000 th tree.  He came back to Canada, opened an office and began fundraising.  Image  Along the way he met a couple from Sussex who were acknowledge experts in tree conservation.  He eventually bought their farm where they now grow and sell organic vegetables.  He also uses the farm as a teaching venue. Back in Pemba, they are now in 14 communities, have built a school, built a 250,000 litre rain water storage facility and have now wired the village with electricity using Batteries and wireless energy.  They are also planting vegetables for sale and sustainability.  Wayne thanked Jeff for a riveting presentation by presenting a book in his name that will be donated to a local library. 

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UPCOMING WEEKS
Thursday, August 15, 2013 
Chairperson : Dave
Greeter: Dianne
Introducer:  Wayne
Thanker: Barb 
Speaker:  Kelly Mattall - Skate Board Park

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ROTARY HELPS THE HOSPITAL

Posted by Wayne Harper on Jul 29, 2013

The Rotary club of Sackville has always been grateful and humble by the support the community of Sackville has played towards all of the fundraisers sponsored by the Club.  This week it was the turn of the Club to give back to the community with the donation of $500 towards the Sackville Memorial Hospital Foundation's "it's the way we Operate" capital campaign.  

Quoting Rotary President Gayle Key. "much of the success of the Sackville memorial Hospital comes from it's hugely successful day-surgery program.  Not only does it benefit the citizens of Sackville, it relieves the pressure from the two hospitals in Moncton and the one in Amherst.  It only makes sense that we would want to contribute to a program can make a difference to so many people.   We believe the Day Surgery Anaesthesia System to be that program".

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Here making the presentation, from L to R:  President Rotary Club of Sackville, Gayle Key, Vice Chair of the Sackville Memorial Hospital Foundation, Elaine Smith and Past President of the Rotary Club of Sackville, Patricia  Edwards.

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Bulletin - July 25, 2013

Posted by Wayne Harper on Jul 24, 2013

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Bulletin of the
Sackville Rotary Club,
Thursday,
July 25, 2013
Gayle Key, President
Editor: Wayne Harper


NEXT WEEK
Thursday, August 1, 2013
Chairperson :  Dianne
Greeter:  Dale
Introducer:  Sue P.
Thanker:  Wayne
Speaker: Jeff Schnurr – Forests International

THIS WEEK
Chairperson:  Darrell
Greeter:  Charlie
Introducer: Marion
Thanker: Trish
Speaker: Lee Campbell – Live Bait Theatre Update

Chairperson Darrell brought the meeting to order with the singing of the National Anthem and a prayer of grace. 

VISITING ROTARIANS

 Image Marion Holder, one of our honorary members was a visitor this week.

GUESTS

Guest speaker Lee Campbell  Image was the guest of Marion.  Once again our resident visiting teen Mitchell Fagan  Image accompanied his grandmother Pam H.

MAKE UPS

Josh indicated that the Image  Fundraising Committee met at Mary’s house on Wednesday afternoon.  Attending were Louise H., Mary, Josh, Dale, Gayle and Wayne




BIRTHDAYS

This week Ove  Image will turn another year older on the 31st.

ANNIVERSARIES

John and Gemey will celebrate another year of wedded bliss on the 30th.

PIN PAL STORIES

None this week.

50/50 DRAW

Our guest speaker Lee drew out the winning ticket this week.  Our newest member Bill  Image tried for the $80 pot, but he chose the Ace of Clubs.  That’s a long way from the 9 of Diamonds.  He did pocket the $5 runner-up prize.





HAPPY DOLLARS

  Image Brian was happy that the Rotary Club donated to the Hospital Foundation’s latest Capital campaign.  An official presentation will be made soon…………..George  Image was extremely happy that Will and Kate decided to name the future King after him………..Wynn Image was real happy that with Ove’s birthday, he is now the youngest practising lawyer in town.  He is also having a great year golfing in the various local tournaments…………Bill  Image had a happy dollar as he won the “boobie” prize in this week’s 50/50 draw.  He had a sad/happy dollar stemming from jumping in a pool with his cell phone in his pocket.  His daughter managed to salvage it and it now works.  Thank God for the younger generation………….Jeff  Image was happy that the crew he sails with won his class in a recent race to PEI.  He also had a PSA indicatin that he is having a Blue Grass event at his house this weekend………….Marita  Image had a couple of happy dollars.  First she was happy that Edna will be taking over the role of Cashier, allowing her to replace Pam as Secretary.  Secondly, she was happy that her friend is coming from Louisiana  this week and she may have a problem with our cool weather…………Guest Mitchell Image was happy that the Royal baby was born and he reminded us all that Christmas was only 5 months away…………Louise M.  Image was happy to be going on vacation next week.  Now she is hoping for good weather………….Guest Lee  Image was happy to have his brother from the center of the universe (Toronto), visiting him………….Trish  Image was happy that she will be hosting a dinner this week for Ove and friends, a commitment she made and sold at the Foundation Auction.  I think this is Ove’s second year………Pam H. was happy that Bill was to be inducted.





COMMITTEE REPORTS

 Image Wayne relayed some of the Club Runner issues following the “highjacking” of personal information by District 7810.  Any members needing to know their user name and password are encouraged to contact Terry MacDonald at tmacd@rogers.com or call Wayne.


       Image Josh indicated the fundraising activities scheduled for the fall.  They include a breakfast on September 14th, a chili sale at the Fall Fair on September 20th, a breakfast on November 4th and a Dinner/Auction on November 16th.





UPCOMING MEETINGS

The Administration committee will meet at Wayne’s house next Tuesday at 7 pm.
The Projects Committee will meet at Trish’s  Image house next Tuesday

PRESIDENT’S TIME

Gayle  Image turned over the first part of her time to Pam H.  Image who talked about Rotary and what all members should know.  This was the prelude to the induction of Bill Evans as the Club’s newest member.

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GUEST SPEAKER

Our guest speaker was introduced by Honorary member Marion, a Director with Live bait Theatre.  She introduced Lee J. Campbell, the recently hired Artistic Director of Live bait Theatre.  He began his talk by highlighting his background in theatre from his humble beginnings as a gofer to actor to the present.  Most actors at the regional level are not in it for the money and 75% of all actors are unemployed.  Actors are interested in the humanities and acting is all about telling a truth.  Image  Live Bait, like most small companies, relies on government grants, fundraising and box-office for their operating capital.  In recent years, the box-office has been significantly down, thus putting the Company in a position of now being unable to meet its obligations.  There are also more competition in town recently with a least 2 new acting companies now cutting into the box-office.  Lee is actually happy that they now longer rent their own theatre space, which was way too costly.  The current Board needs to determine what the people on the Town want and expect.  There also exists and need for qualified business people to sit on the Board or to volunteer their services (accounting, fundraising, legal, advertising) to move the theatre forward.  Without this help, it will not exist for much longer.


Lee was thanked by former musical star of the Prince Edward County Theatre scene, Trish.  Image

UPCOMING WEEKS
Thursday, August 8, 2013 
Chairperson : David
Greeter: Darrell
Introducer: Trish
Thanker: Wynn
Speaker: Membership Committee Monthly Theme



 

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Forest International Carries On

Posted by Wayne Harper on Jul 22, 2013
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Beyond adaptation, we're fixing the planet

Community-led change - It's a big task. Over the past few months we've been working with rural villages in both Pemba, Tanzania and Canada to change the way we live and work as the world changes around us. We've reached a point where communities must adapt, and as our old systems of forestry, food production, energy, water provision and building break we're working hard to develop new solutions. All of the solutions we attempt are designed and developed by villagers and community members themselves, because if they can't answer the big questions surrounding climate change, no one can.

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This newsletter is all about fixing problems, it's what CFIers are best at. We've got an Annual Meeting coming up, pilot projects abroad and a workshop series here in Canada. We at CFI are communities, we are villagers, we work the land and we believe in tomorrow. You are a part of the solution and we're going to work together to fix the systems we use. So pick up a shovel and plant a tree, take a workshop, build our vision at our Annual Meeting or support our work in Pemba. We're working to fixing the most broke system of all time, so we're going to need everyone.

-The CFI Team

 

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Jeff Schnurr will be speaking at the Weekly Meeting of the Club on August 1st

 

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Bulletin - July 18, 2013

Posted by Wayne Harper on Jul 17, 2013

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Bulletin of the
Sackville Rotary Club,
Thursday,
July 18, 2013
Gayle Key, President
Editor: Wayne Harper


NEXT WEEK
Thursday, July 25, 2013
Chairperson :  Darrell
Greeter:  Charlie
Introducer:  Sue F.
Thanker: Trish
Speaker:  Bill Campbell – Live Bait Theatre

THIS WEEK
Chairperson:  Dale
Greeter:  Becky
Introducer:  Sandy
Thanker:  Sue P.
Speaker:  Leslie Read & Catherine White – Open  Sky Cooperative

Chairperson Dale  Image brought the meeting to order with the singing of the National Anthem and a prayer of grace. 

VISITING ROTARIANS

  Image  Bill Edwards, who is also Trish’s dad, was visiting from the Picton Rotary Club.    Bill has been a frequent visitor, usually at the Wine Tasting time of year where he has volunteered to help in this fundraiser.

GUESTS

This week the Club hosted both short term exchange students.  Norio Zimmerman was visiting from Switzerland and was staying with outbound short term exchange student Ben Hicks,  Image who will be going to Switzerland in two weeks.  The boys were joined by Ben’s mother Ellen.  Image  For the third week, Pam H. grandson Mitchell Fagan  joined us for a bit of Rotary fellowship.  This week he sat with the “old boys” – Ken, Darrell & Wayne. 

MAKE UPS

There were no makeups this week.

BIRTHDAYS

This week Mary Image  decided to add another year (actually it beats the alternative).  Mary didn’t have to wear the “Cassie hat” for too long as it turned out that guest Ben Hicks  Image was also having a birthday.  He was suitably crowned.

ANNIVERSARIES

Peter and Tanya are having an anniversary this week.  If you forget Peter, it’s a long way into Town from the “farm”.

PIN PAL STORIES

Patricia got to take Thomas to the airport on Monday and met other RYE captains from other Clubs who were sending their RYA students off to their home countries.  Image  Wayne was at the Shediac Farmer's Market last Sunday when he came upon 2 Rotarians from the Shediac Club who were selling Trip Tickets for their fundraising draw.  Image  George was also at the market and ran into the same two Rotarians.  Image  Sue P came upon Josh who was celebrating the wedding of a friend.  Does Josh remember?  Inquiring minds want to know!

50/50 DRAW

This week’s draw was worth an estimated $73.  Guest Catherine Image  drew the winning ticket – Sandy’s (or maybe Wayne’s).  Image  Seeking the elusive 9 of Diamonds, she drew the 7 of Hearts instead.  

HAPPY DOLLARS

 Image Charlie was happy to give a PSA as he has been charged with the production of a history book of photos of Sackville.  Seems they need several thousand dollars before the book can be printed.  Charlie was advocating pre-sales.  Anyone who wants to reserve a copy, see Charlie………Trish  Image was doubly happy as she actually beat Becky to Rotary this morning.  The second half was that her mom and dad were visiting from their home in Prince Edward county in Ontario………….Dale  Image was happy to report that he and son Kyle (a visitor last week) went to a rodeo in San Quenton.  He indicated it was every bit as good as other stampedes he has seen.  They also went camping to round out Kyle’s visit………..Gayle  Image was playing Grandma to twin grandkids by taking them strawberry picking.  However the field were closed.  They did the next best thing – go for ice cream.  Unfortunately, the flavours the kids wanted were not available.  Some days you just can’t win………..Patricia  Image was pleased that the play “Enchanted April” was sold out for 6 of the 7 nights it played.  Patricia was one of the participants.  This week she will be playing grandma babysitter as she looks after her twin granddaughters as mom Michelle takes a break for holidays…………Dianne  Image felt guilty that she was the one who revealed that it was guest Ben Hick’s birthday…………Sandy  Image was happy as she turned back to the club, the $5 she won in the 50-50 draw.

COMMITTEE REPORTS

Administration Committee - Wayne was asking for a volunteer for the lobster party in August.
Membership Committee – Ove reported that Louise H. will be joining his committee.  Bill Evans will be inducted next week.
Youth Committee – Patricia reported that Thomas went back to France on Monday.  Short term exchange student Norio Zimmerman was here for 2 weeks from Switzerland.  Ben Hicks will be outbound short term in 2 weeks.  He will go to Norio’s in Switzerland.  Coralie will be going back to Belgium on August 3rd and inbound RYE student Henna, will arrive from Finland on August 8th.  Our second RYE student, Christophe, from Switzerland, will arrive on August 4th.
Projects Committee – Charlie questioned whether the club could help with transportation for Laing as the current van is not repairable.  Trish indicated that the committee will take it under advisement.  Marita will check with a similar service in Memramcook.  Trish also mentioned that the club will/has sponsored 2 cars for the Playschool.

UPCOMING MEETINGS

Fundraising meets next Wednesday (July 24th) at Mary’s house at 5:30 pm.  All members are invited.  As this was her last Rotary meeting, RYE student Coralie  Image  exchanged Club banners from her home club in Belgium.  Guest Norio  Image also exchanged banners from his club in Switzerland.  Image  Gayle acknowledged Calgary’s request for funds to aid flood victims.

PRESIDENT’S TIME

Gayle acknowledged Calgary’s request for funds to aid flood victims.  See her for donations.

GUEST SPEAKER

  Image  Sandy introduced our guest speakers, Leslie Read  Image  and Catherine White who were here to talk about the Open Sky Cooperative.  The Coop offers residential and day programs that provide personal development and vocational support for adults who face barriers due to social, developmental or mental health challenges.  They are taught skills on an 11 acre farm in Middle Sackville that could get them integrated into the general workforce.  Our Club could help with the actual teaching using member skills, or members could help with the physical farming.  The facilities are also open for groups to meet and all are invited to see the operation and how it works.  Leslie acknowledged that some equipment and supplies are needed and perhaps we could help.  Recently they embarked in testing how to grow vegetable all year.  They were completely successful last year using several greenhouses.  Their vegetables and eggs are for sale to the general public.
Sue P.  Image thanked both ladies with the presentation of a book which will be donated in their name to a local library.

UPCOMING WEEKS
Thursday, August 1, 2013 
Chairperson : Darren
Greeter: Dale
Introducer:  Sue P.
Thanker: Wayne
Speaker: Jeff Schnurr – Community Forests International


 

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DISTRICT CONFERENCE

Posted by Wayne Harper on Jul 12, 2013

   

wh-4p-ol Rotary District 7810
2013 Annual Conference
September 27-29, 2013
Miramichi, NB
Location: Carrefour Beausoleil, 300 Beaverbrook Road
Map: http://bit.ly/13sD548
District Governor Pat Perry and her fellow Newcastle Rotarians invite you to attend the Rotary District
7810 Conference, September 27 􀍴 29 in Miramichi. We have an exciting agenda planned with lots of
opportunity to learn more about Rotary from a district and international perspective. There are also
some fellowship activities to take part in, including a Golf Tournament and "Rotary's Got Talent" evening.

We will be honoured with the attendance of a representative from Rotary International, as well as a
polio survivor, Peace Scholar and a UN & UNICEF Security Advisor. District Awards will be presented at the 

dinner on Saturday and you will be entertained by the Miramichi Heritage Players.  Closing out the

conference will be the memorial service followed by the business meeting on Sunday morning.

Our fellow Chatham Rotarians have also been involved in the planning of the conference and both clubs
are eager to welcome you with our famous Miramichi hospitality.
Days Inn is the host hotel. They have set up a block of rooms, so book early, and are offering a special
rate of $90.85 for those attending the conference. Call 506-622-1215. Days Inn . Other
accommodations can be found on the City of Miramichi website.
The deadline for registration is Thursday, September 12. Please complete the attached registration
form(s) and return with payment.
For further information contact Dawn Waye at dawn.waye@miramichi.org .
See you in Miramichi!


 wh-4p-ol    Rotary District 7810
2013 Annual Conference
September 27-29, 2013
Miramichi, NB
R E G I S T R A T I O N
Name: ___________________________________________________
Address: ___________________________________________________
___________________________________________________
Phone: ___________________________________________________
Email: ___________________________________________________
Club: ___________________________________________________
Conference Registration:
$150.00 / person X ______ = __________
(includes all sessions, lunches and Saturday dinner and HST)
Please indicate any allergies or dietary concerns __________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________
Golf Tournament:
$75.00 / person x _______ = __________
(please complete and return attached golf tournament registration form)
Total __________
 Please make cheques payable to District 7810 and forward along with a copy of this form to:
Tim Kairns
974 Douglas Avenue
Fredericton, NB
E3A 9M7

Please also email a copy of this form to Barb Stothart, Rotary Club of Newcastle
stothartbj03@hotmail.com
Deadline for registration is Thursday, September 12, 2013.
See you in Miramichi!


wh-4p-ol Rotary District 7810
2013 Annual Conference
September 27-29, 2013
Miramichi, NB
Location: Carrefour Beausoleil, 300 Beaverbrook Road


Tentative Schedule
Friday, September 27, 2013
1:00 – 4:00 pm Golf Tournament, Miramichi Golf & Country Club
4:00 – 8:00 pm Registration
Free time activities include Miramichi River Boat Tours, Beaubears Island Tours
and Metepenagiag Heritage Park (Red Bank)
7:00 – 11:00 pm Rotary’s Got Talent & Newcastle Club’s 70th Birthday Celebrations


Saturday, September 28, 2013
Breakfast on your own
9:00 – 9:30 am Opening Ceremony
9:30 am – 12:00 pm Plenary Sessions
12:00 – 1:00 pm Lunch
1:30 – 3:30 pm Plenary Sessions
5:30 – 6:00 pm Happy ½ Hour
6:00 – 7:00 pm Welcome, Rotary International Representative Address, District Awards
7:00 – 7:50 pm Dinner
7:50 – 8:00 pm PDG Frank Hussey Award – Rotarian of the Year
8:00 – 10:00 pm Entertainment


Sunday, September 29, 2013
Breakfast on your own
9:00 – 9:30 am Memorial Service
9:30 – 10:30 am District Business Meeting
10:30 – 10:45 am Nutrition Break
10:45 – 11:15 am Closing Ceremony

wh-4p-ol Rotary District 7810
2013 Annual Conference
September 27-29, 2013
Miramichi, NB
Activities – Friday, September 27
We are pleased to offer you these activities that you can do on your own time Friday afternoon.
Miramichi River Boat Tours - Discover Miramichi aboard the 50 passenger,
Max Aitken tour boat featuring the river's only double decker touring. Relax in
comfort as your colourful Acadian Captain, Azade Haché interprets the river
and its history. Ninety minute tours depart Ritchie Wharf, Miramichi.
www.miramichiriverboattours.ca
____ (number of people) 1 pm sailing $12/person, payable upon arrival at activity
____ (number of people) 3 pm sailing $12/person, payable upon arrival at activity


Beaubears Island - To begin your adventure to Beaubears Island, visit the
Beaubears Island Interpretive Centre, which features an interactive museum
filled with artifacts and information about the historic village of Nelson, the
early Mi'kmaq community, the Acadian tragedy at Camp d'Esperance, and the 
shipbuilding success of Beaubears Island. Catch the ferry to Beaubears Island.
You can spend an hour or an afternoon exploring the unique natural habitat on
the island. Take a tour guide with you to learn all about the history and the
flora and fauna. www.BeaubearsIsland.ca
____ (number of people) 2 pm tour $15/person or $13.50/person for groups of 10+,
payable upon arrival at activity
____ (number of people) 4 pm sailing $15/person or $13.50/person for groups of 10+,
payable upon arrival at activity


Metepenagiag Heritage Park - Come experience the ancient Mi'kmaq culture
that has existed at its life source for over 3000 years. View the archaeological
finds , see historic Mi'kmaq ceramic pottery.  Gain and understand of the
significance of the Augustine Mound and Oxbow National Historic Site
designations. www.metpark.ca
____ (number of people) 10 am 􀍴 5 pm $8 Adults, $6 Seniors, $6 Youth, payable upon arrival at
activity
Name: _____________________________ Rotary Club: ______________________
Email: _____________________________ Phone: ______________________
Completed forms can be emailed to dawn.waye@miramichi.org or faxed to 506-623-2261.
Deadline to register for tours is Friday, September 20. 2013.


wh-4p-ol Rotary District 7810 Annual Conference 

Golf Tournament
September 27, 2013
Miramichi Golf & Country Club 

930 Water Street,

  Miramichi N.B. E1V 3M5
Telephone: (506) 622-2068
Google Maps Link: http://maps.google.ca/maps?hl=en&q=miramichi+golf+and+country+club+website&bav=on.
2,or.r_qf.&bvm=bv.45960087,d.aWc&biw=1024&bih=673&wrapid=tlif136786984443510&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wl
Registration Information:
Name:________________________________________________________________________________
Rotary Club:___________________________________________________________________________
Mailing Address:_______________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________
Will you require club rental? No_______ If yes _______please indicate left_____ or right_______
Shuttle service will be provided between the golf club and your hotel in Miramichi, New Brunswick
Please check if you require shuttle service: Yes:___________ No: _____________
Contact Barb at: stothartbj03

 

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Bulletin - July 11, 2013

Posted by Wayne Harper on Jul 10, 2013

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Bulletin of the
Sackville Rotary Club,
Thursday, July 11, 2013
Trish Edwards
Editor: Wayne Harper


NEXT WEEK
Thursday, July 18, 2013
Chairperson :  Dale
Greeter: Becky
Introducer:  Sandy
Thanker: Susan P.
Speaker: Leslie Read – Open Sky Co-operative

THIS WEEK
Chairperson:  Gayle
Greeter:  Bill
Introducer:
Thanker:
Speaker: Club Assembly

Chairperson Gayle brought the meeting to order with the singing of the National Anthem and a prayer of grace. 

VISITING ROTARIANS

None this week.

GUESTS
 
Pam  Image brought her grandson Mitchell again this week, while Dale  Image had his son Kyle join him.

MAKE UPS

Members of the Visa Project (Wayne, Sandy & Dale) met this past Monday and Dianne had a makeup of sorts as she attended the wedding of former RYE student Ana Laura “Kikis” Fernandez.  By all accounts, it was a lovely affair with over 600 guests at the reception.

BIRTHDAYS

This week (13th) Peter  Image celebrates with another birthday.  He didn’t have to wear the hat for long as birthday girl, Louise H.,  Image from last week was here and did not escape the wearing of the “Cassie Hat”.

ANNIVERSARIES

None this coming week.

PIN PAL STORIES

George  Image was visiting “his uncle Larry” and what do you know – he met the bar-tender who was an exchange student in 2006. George didn’t determine her home club or where she went.

50/50 DRAW

Yet again, Marita’s  Image name was drawn, but the elusive 9 of Diamonds  Image eluded her again as she picked the 5 of Clubs and missed the $65.

HAPPY DOLLARS

  Image  Ken was gracious in his thanks to the Club and the Paul Harris committee for the recent presentation of a Paul Harris Fellowship.  He also recanted some words from his granddaughter who was admonishing him for not taking his car golfing.  The exact words were something like “you know grampie, if you had taken your car golfing, grammie would have never backed into it in the driveway”, quote unquote.  And that’s how she rolls!..........Wynn  Image was happy that he finished 2nd in a recent golf tournament in Dartmouth.  The bad news was he finished 1st last year.  Practice!  Practice! And more Practice!.............Dianne  Image was happy that she had a mini-Rotary-meeting in Jaurez, Mexico last weekend as former club member Leslie Van Patter was there for Kikis’ wedding.  Also present was Fernanda Orpineda and Erick “Rae”  Delgadillo, both exchange students from Mexico, who were here just before and just after Kikis.

COMMITTEE REPORTS

Wayne  Image announced that the Lobster Party will be held on August 21st at his house.  The District governor has rearranged her schedule to be present.  He also asked for SOMEONE TO VOLUNTEER TO ORGANIZE THE EVENT.  The long-time-coming VISA project is just in final testing.  Soon all members will be able to use a credit card for major club events and quarterly meals and annual dues.
Ove is looking for two new members to volunteer to be on the membership committee.  Image  Kindly see him before the President arbitrarily appoints two members.
Sandy reported that the “$100 per member per year” Foundation project is now at $161 per member.  Way to Go members!!!!!.  She also made available, wallet cards, describing what Rotary is.  
John  Image report that the bursary sub committee recently reviewed 9 applications, interviewed 5 and ultimately picked two graduated of TRHS as this years deserving winners of our yearly $1,000 bursaries.  The winners were Sara Briggs and Brena Rothfus.  Both will be attending university in the fall.  John also reported that the van that brings wheelchair bound Laing Ferguson to the weekly meetings is on its last legs.  John hinted that maybe we could do something – a conversation for another day at a Projects Committee meeting.

UPCOMING MEETINGS

The VISA sub committee will meet this Friday at 1 pm at Wayne’s.  Membership will meet right after this meeting in Ove’s office.  Fundraising’s next meeting is July 24th at Mary’s house.

PRESIDENT’S TIME

In lieu of a speaker, Image  Prez Gayle led the Club Assembly.  She indicated that the Club has been approached by Calgary clubs asking for assistance following the devastating floods two weeks ago.  Pam H. cautioned the Club with her personal story of donated funds not being used for their original intent.  It was tabled until the next Executive meeting.
Wayne touched on the progress of the VISA system, which should be ready for member and public use in the next two weeks.  The system will allow member and the public to purchase event tickets on line using a credit card.  Members will also be allowed to pay their semi-annual dues and quarterly meals costs.
Ken   gave a Foundation report in which he thanked Sandy  Image for her contribution over the last several years as Chair of the committee. He reported that the club has donated over $140K over the past 10 years, with $72K just in the last few years.  As well, the club has donated $25K to Polio Plus in 2009-2010.
Wayne and Gayle present service and perfect attendance awards to members who did not attend the BBQ two weeks ago.  Of special note was a certificate to Charlie for 40 years of service to our Club.  Image He noted that he was also a Rotarian in Scotland before joining our Club, making his total service even higher.  Wayne noted that this year there were more perfect attendance recipients than in previous years.
Josh  Image updated the membership on the Wine Tasting event which netted $11K  He also listed the dates for the next fundraisers as follows:
Breakfasts – September 14th and November 2nd
Corn Boil – August 31st – selling Slushies
Fall Fair – Selling Chili – September 20th
Dinner Auction – November 16th
Wine & Beer Tasting – May 2014
Art Fest – Summer of 2014
 
GUEST SPEAKER

None this week.

UPCOMING WEEKS

Thursday, July 25, 2013 
Chairperson : Darrell
Greeter: Charlie
Introducer:  Susan F.
Thanker: Trish
Speaker: Lee Campbell – Live bait Theatre.

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Bulletin - July 4, 2013

Posted by Wayne Harper on Jul 03, 2013

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Bulletin of the
Sackville Rotary Club,
Thursday,
July 4, 2013
Gayle Key, President
Editor: Wayne Harper


NEXT WEEK
Thursday, July 11, 2013
Chairperson :  Gayle 
Greeter:  Bill
Introducer:  
Thanker: 
Speaker: Club Assembly

THIS WEEK
Chairperson:  Bill
Greeter:  Barb
Introducer: John
Thanker: Sue F.
Speaker:  David Fleming – Detecting Arsenic

Chairperson Bill  Image brought the meeting to order with the singing of the National Anthem and a prayer of grace. 

VISITING ROTARIANS
None this week

GUESTS
 
Pam H. brought  her grandson Mitchell  Image for an early breakfast.

MAKE UPS

Gayle reported that the Executive Committee met last night.  Patricia reported that earlier in the week the Youth Committee (RYE) met. Both committee chairs are to give the names present at these meeting to Marita.

BIRTHDAYS

Louise Hicks turned another year older, but unfortunately was not present and didn’t get a chance to wear the “Kassie” hat.  However, guest Mitchell recently turned 13 and received the full treatment from the members.  

ANNIVERSARIES

There were no anniversaries in the coming week, however both Bill and Heather and Marita and David had anniversaries on June 28th and Wynn & Sharon had one on July 1st.  

PIN PAL STORIES

None

50/50 DRAW

Guest speaker David Fleming Image drew out Wynn`s ticket.  Unfortunately, Wynn didn`t win the $57 as he drew the 9 clubs instead of the 9 hearts. Image

HAPPY DOLLARS

 Image  Barb was real happy that her son and his family will be coming home next week from their home in Bahrain.  She was also happy that Eastlink was finally coming……….Pam  Image was happy to report that her Dartmouth Dragon Boat Team finished 3rd out of 200 boats in the Nation’s Capital recently.  Congrats!.............Guest Mitchell Image  was happy to report that he is now officially a teenager as he  turned 13 recently.  We think that he is a favorite of Grannie Pam H………….Wynn  Image was extremely happy again this week as he updated us on the grandkid’s latest accomplishments.  In the latest segment of “Grandpa Wars”, his granddaughter was headed out West, another was going into French Immersion.

COMMITTEE REPORTS

Wayne was testing the water to see if the club could get a couple of teams for the upcoming Greater Sackville Chamber of Commerce Golf Tournament.

UPCOMING MEETINGS

A few members of the Administration Committee will be meeting on Monday to finalize the Debit Credit card project.

PRESIDENT’S TIME

Outgoing President Trish took the opportunity to thank members for their support and to pin incoming President Gayle Image with the President’s pin.  Gayle announced, with regret, the resignation of Secretary Pam B.  Image from the Board of Directors.  She will remain a member of the Club.  Gayle thanked Pam for her dedication over the past two years.  Gayle will pass on her plans for the upcoming year at next week’s Club Assembly.

GUEST SPEAKER

  Image  John introduced (sort of), our guest speaker Dr. David Fleming,  Image a Professor at MTA.  David’s talk concerned diagnosing arsenic in humans.  To do this, he and his team take samples of finger nail clippings.  Most recently, a portable X-ray florescent system has been introduced.  This system allows the identification of arsenic in a person system instantly and can register arsenic levels down to 1 part per million.  Now the team can go into the field to get fresh samples.
Certain parts of the world are extremely high – Bangladesh in particular.  It is suggested this is a result of contaminated ground water.  David also indicated that some parts of Nova Scotia also have ground water caused high levels.  To counteract the arsenic, Selenium is introduced.  In progressive countries, most municipalities supply generally filtered water, but wells are rarely checked.  The health effects of these high levels of arsenic in ground water are cancer, circulatory and kidney problems.


After answering several questions, David was thanked by Sue Fisher.  Image


UPCOMING WEEKS
Thursday, July 18, 2013 
Chairperson: Dale
Greeter: Becky
Introducer:  Sandy
Thanker: Susan P.
Speaker: Leslie Read – Open Sky Project


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MOVING DAY

Posted by Wayne Harper on Jul 03, 2013

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July 1st in Rotary is a big day each year.  It is, after all, the date when all the officers and Directors of every club in the world and also including Rotary International, are changed.  Our Club is no different.

This year President Trish Edwards (2012-2013) Image  handed over the gavel to President Elect Gayle Key  (2013-2014)  Image.  At Thursday's meeting, Trish is shown presenting Gayle with her President's pin.  Image  Following this presentation, Gayle presented the Past-President's pin to Trish.  The ladies are all smiles Image as Gayle begins her year.  At next weeks Club Assembly, Gayle will outline her plans for the next Rotary year.  As for the Directors, long-time Director (Foundation) Sandy Harper Image  retired as a Director.  Joining the Board of Directors is John Murchie  Image as Vice President and President-Elect.  Unfortunately, Secretary Pam Bowman resigned on July 3rd, citing personal reasons.  The balance of the Board of Directors carries over from 2012-2013 and is as follows:

Secretary - Open

Treasurer - Darrell Harvey  Image

Director - Wayne Harper  Image

Director - Ove Samuelsen  Image

Director - Josh Cormier  Image

Director - Ken Draper  Image

Director- Dale Creelman  Image

Sargeant-at-Arms - Mary Sears  Image



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A Partnership Made in Heaven

Posted by Wayne Harper on Jun 26, 2013

Rotary International and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation have renewed a
fundraising partnership they hope will inject millions of new dollars into
the final push to eradicate polio, a goal both say is closer than ever.

Only 69 cases of polio were reported globally so far this year as of June
19, and an independent board monitoring the global eradication effort
recently said halting transmission of the disease by the end of 2014 is "a
realistic prospect." The number of cases has declined substantially from
1,352 reported in 2010, and the virus is endemic in pockets of only three
countries: Pakistan, Afghanistan and Nigeria.

But the war on the final vestiges of polio is tough. Polio vaccinators have
been shot and killed in recent months in Nigeria and Pakistan. An
eradication goal was missed last year. And the virus appears to be resurging
in the Horn of Africa, with more than one-third of the cases so far this
year in Somalia and Kenya-two countries that had been largely polio-free.

Under the agreement, the Gates Foundation said it will match two to one
every new dollar that Rotary commits to polio eradication up to $35 million
a year over five years. That could total $525 million, including $175
million from the Rotary Foundation and $350 million from the Gates
Foundation for polio immunization programs, the organizations said.

The fundraising is part of a six-year drive to raise $5.5 billion for a
"polio eradication and endgame strategic plan" led by Rotary International,
the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Unicef and the World Health
Organization to wipe out the virus by 2018. Governments, nongovernmental
organizations and individual philanthropists such as New York City Mayor
Michael Bloomberg have pledged $4 billion of that amount. The Gates
Foundation has committed $1.8 billion of that amount, which it says will
include its matching funds for Rotary.

Rotary launched its first fundraising campaign for polio in 1985, prodding a
World Health Organization resolution to eradicate the disease. It has
contributed $1.2 billion since then toward eradication, raised through
donations from Rotarians as well as their communities, and thousands of
Rotary volunteers have helped immunize children in multiple countries.

Over the past year, volunteers have vaccinated people in mobile clinics and
at toll plazas in Pakistan, met with religious leaders, and implemented
lessons learned from India, which successfully stopped transmission of polio
with programs like health camps that offer nutrition training and other
health services along with polio vaccine.

"Rotarians are spending not only money out of their pockets and raising
money in the community, but they've also spent a considerable amount of
their own money and time to go to these countries and help with the
vaccination efforts," said John Germ, vice chairman of fund development for
the Rotary International PolioPlus Committee.

The amount Rotary is seeking to raise is less than approximately $228
million it raised during a recent five-year campaign, in which the Gates
Foundation also matched funds. Part of the reason is concern about "donor
fatigue," Mr. Germ said. But mainly, he said, Rotary's goal now is to
persuade major donors such as governments and corporations to give more for
the final eradication push. "We need to reach out and get money from those
who have not given," he said.

And, he said, Rotary is likely to raise more than the $35 million a year.
"Rotary's got a history of exceeding its goals," he said.

"We both want to maintain the momentum," said Gates Foundation CEO Jeff
Raikes, adding that the new endgame strategy has plans and resources for
quelling outbreaks like the one in the Horn of Africa. "We're very excited
about what can be done here."


Story from the Wall Street Journal

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Another New Member

Posted by Wayne Harper on Jun 24, 2013

Two guys drinking in a bar.

 

 

 

One says, “Did you know that Lions have sex 10 to 15 times a night”????

 



“Bugger”  says his friend, “And I just joined Rotary.......”

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ANNUAL BBQ

Posted by Wayne Harper on Jun 23, 2013

Thursday, June 27, 2013

Annual BBQ and Service Awards

5:30 pm

Marita and Dave Webb's House

2 Harris Drive

Please bring a salad or desert

FREE....FREE....FREE


No regular morning meeting.

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COMMUNITY LEADERS RECEIVE PAUL HARRIS FELLOWSHIPS

Posted by Wayne Harper on Jun 17, 2013

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Above, this year’s Paul Harris Fellowship award winners gather for a photo following last week’s award dinner. From the left; Darrell Harvey (Rotary Club Treasurer), Pat Estabrooks, Raymond Dixon, Kathleen McMullen, Ken Draper (Rotary Club Past President), Margaret Hicks, Louis Lambe and Dr. Michael Fox.


SACKVILLE, N.B. – Six local volunteers who have dedicated their lives to making Sackville a better place to live were honoured last week with the Rotary Club’s highest award.

Pat Estabrooks, Kathleen McMullen, Michael Fox, Ray Dixon, Lou Lambe and Marg Hicks, all described as “unsung heroes” in their community, were awarded Paul Harris Fellowships during a formal dinner celebration hosted by the Sackville Rotary Club last Tuesday evening that paid tribute to the spirit of community service.

•Pat Estabrooks, a native Sackvillian and former mayor, has been involved in community service in a number of ways over the years, starting out on education boards and school associations when her daughter was young, then moving into municipal politics later on, first elected to town council as a councillor then taking on the top post as Sackville’s first female mayor. She has also served on the Sackville Memorial Hospital Foundation, chairing the fundraising committee for the last four years.

•Kathleen McMullen, a long-time resident of Sackville, has been continuously active over the years in both professional and community activities. She is past president of the local Playschool Inc., a former director with Live Bait Theatre, and a past chair of the school and parent advisory committees. She has also volunteered as a literacy tutor at the high school, was a board member with the former South East Regional Health Authority, and is a past chair of the Sackville Memorial Hospital Foundation Board. She is currently an elected member and vice-chair of Horizon Health Network.

•Ray Dixon’s volunteer activities are also numerous. The long-time Sackville resident has been a driver for the Meals on Wheels program, helped organize the successful Yorkshire 2000 celebrations, and served on the board of the Tantramar Heritage Trust. Dixon had spent countless hours at the Boultenhouse Heritage Centre where he has worn many hats including rental manager, janitor, repair supervisor and a go-to guy. In 2000, he helped shingle the east side of Campbell Carriage Factory and then assembled a crew of a volunteers to install the rough-sawn floor, build two decks, reroof the blacksmith’s shop, install new windows and put up walls in the display area. He currently serves on the board of the Tantramar Seniors College.

•Lou Lambe, volunteer extraordinaire, has had his presence felt in nearly every aspect of the community. His efforts have been devoted to a range of activities including driving seniors to medical appointments to helping out with events at the local schools. Lambe, named Sackville’s citizen of the year in 2009, has provided leadership for the local Honda Walk, helps out with the annual farm field day, and has served as chair of the Relay for Life, treasurer of the National Conference of the Celiac Association and has worked as a member of the Sackville police advisory and recreation advisory committees.

•Marg Hicks has devoted her life to helping others, jumping in whenever she is needed for fundraisers – for a person who is ill, for a church group, for a seniors’ group, etc.; she’ll play music, fill a basket to be raffled, cook meals, baking desserts, working at the door, selling tickets, or making cakes. Hicks is regularly found in the homes of local seniors, cooking, doing household chores, grocery shopping, gardening, supervising medication, offering personal care, and more. She also taxis seniors to card parties, breakfasts and teas, while also offering them care and compassion. She also visits the local hospitals and nursing homes regularly and often sits with terminally ill patients.

•Michael Fox, a geography and environment professor at Mount Allison University, volunteers his time teaching a geography course at Tantramar high school and offers an advanced standing course so students can obtain university credits. Fox’s research is in social geography and community planning and he stresses the importance of community-based learning. He has connected dozens of his students directly with the Sackville community and focuses on the importance of university-community relations. He has served as chair of the Tantramar planning commission as well as a board member of Renaissance Sackville, the downtown revitalization committee, and Transportation for Tantramar.

Fox served as guest speaker for last week’s event, bringing his ideas to the table on how the ‘town-gown’ relationship can be enhanced. He said an improved relationship between the university and the community can be a win-win situation for all.

“There’s lots of evidence of good things going on in this community, great success stories . . . we can make them even better,” he told the full house who came out for the dinner at the Lions Club.

Fox said there needs to be ongoing talks and more open communication between the two parties and he proposed they should look at partnering on a “shared strategic direction for our community.” Working collaboratively, they can achieve much better results than working separately, he said. For example, the town and the university both need an economic development director and a communications officer, and they could perhaps look at joining forces to share these and other services.

“Imagine the phenomenal stuff that can happen when the town and the university are working together,” said Fox.

Story reprinted from the Sackville Tribune Post files, by Katie Holmes


 

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DISTRICT CONFERENCE

Posted by Pamela Bowman on Jun 16, 2013

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Get Ready for the Next District Conference

September 27 - 29, 2013

Carrefour Beausoliel.

300 Beaverbrook Rd, Miramichi, NB  E1V 1A1.

The closest accommodates, are the Howard Johnson, Days Inn and Lakeview Inn and Suites.

Registration details will follow shortly.

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Bulletin - June 13, 2013

Posted by Wayne Harper on Jun 12, 2013

PTS-2

Bulletin of the
Sackville Rotary Club,
Thursday,
June 13, 2013
Trish Edwards, President
Editor: Wayne


NEXT WEEK
Thursday, June 20, 2013
Chairperson :  
Greeter: 
Introducer:  
Thanker: 
Speaker: No Morning Meeting 

THIS WEEK
Chairperson: Trish 
Greeter:  
Introducer:
Thanker:
Speaker: Club Assembly

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


June 13

1886 – A fire starting in bush west of the city razes much of Vancouver in less than an hour, destroying nearly 1,000 buildings.  Up to 50 people are killed, and only 4 houses are left standing.

1908 - Canadian boxer Tommy Burns knocks out Bill Squires in the 8th round to win the world heavyweight boxing championship. 

1931 - Dust storms in Manitoba in one week deposit at least 6,000 tons of topsoil blown in from drought-stricken Saskatchewan farms.

1993 - Kim Campbell was chosen to succeed Brian Mulroney as Progressive Conservative Party leader.  She was the first woman Prime Minister of Canada and she will lose election on October 25, 1993, winning just two seats in the Commons.

VISITING ROTARIANS

None

GUESTS
 
Ken brought his replacement Susan Tower,  Image Manager at Scotiabank.

MAKE UPS

None

BIRTHDAYS

Wynn  Image has a birthday on June 19th.

ANNIVERSARIES

Dale and Linda celebrate their anniversary on June 15th.  Image

PIN PAL STORIES
None this week.

50/50 DRAW

Marita’s  Image ticket was draw for the second week in a row.  The result was, however, the same – she drew the 5 hearts and did not win the $50.

HAPPY DOLLARS

  Image  Sue was happy that we all sang the National Anthem just about the best as we ever have.  It was, actually, pretty darn good…………Josh Image had a sad $ - seems he sat up last night to watch Boston lose in the NHL playoffs………….Wynn was happy as he made a crucial shot and won a golf tournament.  Image  He’s also glad that he is turning another year older.  Seems it beats the alternative.   After seeing Charlie’s grandson’s drawing of Charlie, Wynn acknowledged Charlie had the smarter grandson – this week!…………Charlie  Image true to form was yet again amazed by his twin grandsons in Kittery ME.  One of the lads drew a picture of his grandfather that was remarkable in its likeness.  Image  I guess Charlie artistic prowess is being passed on…………Dianne Image  indicated that RYE student from a few years ago,  Ana Laura “Kikas” Fernandez , is getting married in July and she and Frank are going to the wedding in Juarez, Mexico………..Trish  Image was happy as it was her last meeting as President.

COMMITTEE REPORTS

Wayne reported that the Annual BBQ and Services Awards will be on June 27th at Marita’s house.  There will be no morning meeting……….Sandy passed out a “What is Rotary” card to be used when someone asks the question “What is Rotary”.  Members should carry a copy in their purse or wallet as a means to introduce Rotary to potential new members.

UPCOMING MEETINGS

The Administration Committee may meet next Monday to finalize the Paul Harris Dinner details.  Wayne will decide if a meeting is necessary. 
The Membership Committee will meet today immediately after this meeting at Ove’s office.
PRESIDENT’S TIME

This was a Club Assembly.  See notes below.

CLUB ASSEMBLY

Darrell presented the 2013-2014 budgets as recommended by the Board of Directors.  Next year will prove to be anxious as a minimal loss is forecast.  Following discussion, Darrell moved that “the budget for 2013-2014 be accepted as presented and distributed”.  The motion was seconded by Wynn and carried by the membership.
• Trish  Image took the opportunity to recap her year as President.  
• During the year we accepted 5 new members and lost a similar number.  
• Donations to the Foundation under the $100 for every member fell short of expectations and well short of the $200 + of previous years.
• For fundraising we added another breakfast which generates another $2,000.
• Distribution of our dollars was very close to the 50% local and 50% international that she forecast at the beginning of her year.
• Literacy will remain a focus of the club.
• The club and monies from the estate of Jake Fisher established a recording studio at TRHS.
• She enjoyed working with several other Clubs in the immediate vicinity.
• The RYE program continue to brighten our days and our meetings.
• Some of her personal goals were: a) engagement of all members; b) reviving of the Legacy project; c) improving our relationship with the Town; improving our relationship with Mount Allison University; and d) to review our Vision statement

UPCOMING WEEKS
Thursday, June 27, 2013 
Chairperson : 
Greeter: 
Introducer:  
Thanker: 
Speaker: No morning meeting – Annual BBQ at 5:30 pm.


 

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THE FUGITIVE

Posted by Wayne Harper on Jun 12, 2013

WANTED


021

This comes to us from a USA sketch artist; seeking information on a Sackville Rotarian that matches this description. If you have any information on this individual please reply email TO Pam.


ATTENTION

Charlie Scobie was identified by several Rotarians.

He pleaded guilty to the charge of being a ‘very proud grandfather’.

 

 

019

 

 


 

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Bulletin - June 6, 2013

Posted by Wayne Harper on Jun 05, 2013

PTS-2

 

Bulletin of the
Sackville Rotary Club,
Thursday,
June 6, 2013
Trish Edwards, President
Editor: Wayne


NEXT WEEK
Thursday, June 6, 2013
Chairperson :  Trish
Greeter:  Wayne
Introducer:  
Thanker:  
Speaker:  No Speaker – Club Assembly

THIS WEEK
Chairperson:  Brian
Greeter:  Trish
Introducer:  Pam B.
Thanker:  Barb
Speaker:  Louise Hicks

Chairperson Image  Brian 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


June 6

1891 - John A. Macdonald dies.  The bells of Ottawa toll 76 times for Canada's First Prime Minister.

1944 - D-DAY: Operation Overlord's 60-mile front opens a new campaign in Western Europe as about 14,000 Canadian soldiers join in the Normandy landing.  The Canadians advance further inland on that first day than either the British or the Americans. 

1957 - CBC TV program Front Page Challenge first broadcast.

1995 - Belgian Brewer Omterbrew SA, Europe's fourth largest, offers $2.7 billion for John Labatt Ltd., owner of the Toronto Blue Jays, Toronto Argonauts, the SkyDome and Labatt's brewery, 


VISITING ROTARIANS
George’s sister June Woodburn  Image visited us from Timmins.  June is a regular visitor to our Club.  Image  Long-time Honorary member and former Club President Marion Holder enjoyed a breakfast with us today.  

GUESTS 

Guest Marion brought Lee Campbell Image  to the meeting this morning.  Lee is the new CEO of Live Bait Theatre.

MAKE UPS

The Executive Committee met on Wednesday night and Pam B. will turn in the names.  The Bursary sub-committee met to interview TRHS potential bursary winners.  John will turn in the names.

BIRTHDAYS

There were no birthdays this coming week but Bill Evans missed his last week when he was in British Columbia. Brian didn’t let him miss the Cassie Hat ritual.  Image

ANNIVERSARIES

No anniversaries this week.

PIN PAL STORIES

This week we had more Pin Pal stories than we have had all year.  Up first, Image  Ove indicated that he ran into Louise H. at the hospital last week………….Marita Image  was visiting the hospital last week and saw Ova and Pat.  Seems like there may have been a mini convention there or they were having a bed sale………..Dianne  Image wasn’t at the hospital – no – she was in the Miramichi last weekend and ran into Dale, who was also visiting the tall ships……….George  Image was at city hall in Moncton last week when the city was celebrating Rotary’s 99th anniversary week with a flag raising by the Mayor and the President of the Moncton West Riverview Rotary Club………..Pam B Image  was in Amherst and came upon some of their Club members who visited us a couple of weeks ago………..Thomas  Image posted something on Facebook and got a response from Monet, France.  Do you suppose someone is checking up on him?  Inquiring minds want to know!

50/50 DRAW

Marita had the winning ticket this week, but she drew the 3 of Clubs.  Image  She did not win the $41.

HAPPY DOLLARS

 Image  Wynn led off the grandchildren parade with a list of athletic accomplishments by several of his grand kids.  He also had a sad dollar as he indicated his best friend – Don Johnstone – was near the end of his life’s journey………..Ken  Image was happy that the adoption of his newest grandchild was finalized………..Charlie  Image was happy that he received an award from the Heritage Society for all the work he has done over the years.  He recently retired from the Society.  He gave us warning of the grandchild update next week……….Josh  Image was happy that his sister recently got married and the ceremony was on a beach.  A pair of his friends are also getting married in the future………….Ove  Image continued the grandchild update as he eluded to a video that showcases his grandson standing for the first time…………Trish  Image was happy to acknowledge that Bruce officially wins the award for the most nights away.  She also was happy to brag up her “special pets” in the absence of any grandkids…………..Patricia  Image was excited to have her two grandkids help her in her garden…………..Louise H.  Image  was happy that her youngest son is graduating from high school soon……………Louise M.  Image was glad she attended the Senior’s event at the new Rotary park in Amherst last week.  You may recall that the visiting Amherst members mentioned this opening when they visited a couple of weeks ago…………..Guest Marion Image  was happy to be  at the meeting.  She was announcing the “Not Dead Yet”  Image musical event scheduled for a week Friday, here at George’s.  Lee  Image also talked about the event and touched on other upcoming events in the near future.  It doesn’t sound like they are going to roll over and play dead just yet………….Marita updated us on the health of her family.  While her dad is doing well, her brother-in-law is in hospital; maybe for the last time……….Continuing the doom-and-gloom forecast, Bill had a sad dollar as his neighbor recently died.  On a positive note, his tomato plants have been planted.

COMMITTEE REPORTS

Administration – Sue  Image urged members to get their ticket for the upcoming Paul Harris evening on the 18th.  She was also looking for volunteers for the BBQ on the 27th.  Let Wayne know if you can help.   Wayne also indicated that he will be having Club Runner training sessions in the next few weeks.  He will contact new members next week to set a date.
Membership – Ove announced that the  Image membership committee will meet on the second Thursday of each month.   The committee is also looking for more new members.  Current members are asked to recommend new members.
Foundation – Sandy had several “piggy banks” left over from last year’s fundraiser.  Image  She got rid of most.  Thus far the Club has not reached its average $100 donation per member for the Foundation.  Normally we are around $200 per member and the District leader, so we are significantly behind.
Projects – The Bursary subcommittee under John, Image  has been interviewing candidates for this year’s TRHS bursaries given out at the graduation exercises.  They have decided on two candidates who each will receive $1,000.

UPCOMING MEETINGS

The Paul Harris sub-committee may meet next Monday night at Wayne’s at 7 pm.

PRESIDENT’S TIME

Trish indicated that the annual corn boil with the new students at MTA will be held on Saturday, August 30th.  She also indicated that the BBQ is on June 27th and the lobster party on August 21st.  The district Governor will attend.  She asked members to indicate to her those critical dates that their committees need each year.  It is published on Club Runner.

GUEST SPEAKER

Pam B.  Image introduced our speaker this week – Louise Hicks one of our new members.  Image  Louise was giving her classification talk.  Louise grew up in Bathurst and was trained as an interior designer.  For years she worked out of her home, and then went to Maloney Electric as the economy soured.  Today she is a financial planner with the Investor Group.  Married to husband Todd, they have two sons – one in college and one about to graduate from high school.  For years she was a “sports slave”, following her sons sporting events.  With them now young adults, she recently took up painting.  She loves to travel and they have been to the Caribbean several times.  Husband Todd being a contractor, it was inevitable they would design and build their home.  She has been with Investors Group since 2011 and credits them with her ability to feel comfortable with people and to be less introverted.


Louise was thanked by Barb Image  who presented a book that will be donated to a local library.

UPCOMING WEEKS
Thursday, June 20, 2013 – NO MEETING AS THE PAUL HARRIS IS ON THE 18th. 
Chairperson:  
Greeter: 
Introducer:  
Thanker: 
Speaker:


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Bulletin - May 30, 2013

Posted by Wayne Harper on May 29, 2013

PTS-2

Bulletin of the

   Sackville Rotary Club,

Thursday, MAY 30, 2013

Trish Edwards, President

   Editor: Wayne Harper

NEXT WEEK

Thursday, June 6, 2013
Chairperson:  Brian Muir
Greeter: Trish Edwards
Introducer:  Pam Bowman
Thanker: Peter Hess
Speaker: Louise Hicks – Classification Talk

THIS WEEK

Chairperson:  Ove Samuelsen
Greeter:  Sue Purdy
Introducer: Ove Samuelsen
Thanker: Ove Samuelsen
Speaker: Ally Manthorne

Chairperson Ove brought the meeting to order with the  Image  singing of the National Anthem and a prayer of grace. 

  TODAY IN CANADIAN HISTORY

OR

USELESS INFORMATION YOU NEED TO KNOW

May 30

 

1832 – The Rideau Canal officially opens to traffic, with 47 locks linking the Ottawa River at Ottawa with Lake Ontario at Kingston, Ontario.

1940 - Toronto Stock Exchange declines 25% after German victories in Europe.

1942 - British and Canadian planes ravage Cologne in World War II's first thousand-plane bomber raid.  

1991 - Justice Minister Kim Campbell introduces new gun control legislation, boosting penalties for some firearms offences while exempting competition shooters.

1997 - CBC Morningside host Peter Gzowski signs off on his last show in Moose Jaw, where he got his start as a journalist. 


VISITING ROTARIANS

Judy Linkletter from Salmon Arm BC. 

GUESTS 

None

MAKE UPS

Both the New Generations (RYE) and the Administration Committees met this past week.  The Chairs will give the names present to Marita.

BIRTHDAYS

Only one birthday this week – Dianne Image  decided to be another year older on June 1st.

ANNIVERSARIES

None this coming week.

PIN PAL STORIES

It seems that the MTA student who is working at Camp Rotary in Fredericton came in to see ImagePatricia and say goodbye until the fall.

 Image Wynn had a pin pal story, but none of my notes make any sense.  Here are the key words – Rye, did not, ping and District.

50/50 DRAW

Frank had his ticket drawn this week. Image   While he got the token $5, the 9 diamonds eluded him.  He had the seven of clubs.


HAPPY DOLLARS

 Image Wynn was doubly happy this week.  He bought a chowder dinner at the Auction last year and collected on the event at Doug and Gayle’s house.  I heard words like superb, delicious, yummy and I want that next year.  His second happy dollar was that he played golf with Frank’s daughter Alison last week……………Frank had a happy/sad dollar.  He was happy that daughter Alison was home, but sad that Wynn got to tell the golf story before he could………..Becky was real happy that Ove took over the chairs role this morning.  Image  Seems like the bed was too warm and she didn’t want to get out…………Guest Judy Image  was happy that she feels so welcome when she comes home to our Rotary club each year…………Barb Image  paid a dollar just so Gayle could tell a story……….. Image Gayle reciprocated on how hubby Doug was sitting on a love seat on the patio when the leg fell off.  Doug went "a** over teakettle".  Gayle said it wasn’t a pretty sight.  Doug didn’t get hurt but she got sore ribs from laughing.

COMMITTEE REPORTS

Wayne reported on the Paul Harris dinner which is now going to be held on Tuesday, June 18th.  The dinner is at the Lion’s den at 6:00 pm for cocktails.  Members will receive email invitations soon.   Please tell us of your intentions.

UPCOMING MEETINGS

The Executive will meet next Wednesday, June 5th at Trish’s house at 5:30 pm.

PRESIDENT’S TIME

Trish was away and VP Gayle had nothing to report.

GUEST SPEAKER

Ove did double-duty today as he introduced our guest speaker – Ally Manthorne from Bird Studies Canada.  Image  Ally is the recognized expert in the Chimney Swift Bird population.  Looking like flying cigars, they are often confused with bats as they feed on insects at dusk.  They are very social as there can be over 1,000 birds at a single roost, but are territorial with only one pair occupying a single chimney. 

They winter in South America (along the Amazon) and summer in the eastern portions of North America.  Originally nesting in old logs, they graduated to chimneys when the logs were gone.  Ally predicts that in 30 years there may be no Chimney Swifts left as the insects decline, the effects of climate change are realized and human intervention plays a bigger role in their day-to-day life.

A large portion of Ally’s Image  job is education, with partnerships being established at the Middleton District High School.  There is even a web cam set up in the school chimney so the student can check in at any time of the day.  She eludes that this is the fun part.

Ove Image  doing triple duty also thanked Ally with the presentation of a book in her name that will be donated to a local library.


UPCOMING WEEKS
Thursday, June 13, 2013 
Chairperson: Trish
Greeter: Wayne
Introducer:  
Thanker: 
Speaker: Club Assembly

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Bulletin - May 23, 2013

Posted by Wayne Harper on May 22, 2013

PTS-2

       Bulletin of the

  Sackville Rotary Club,

  Thursday, MAY 23, 2013

  Trish Edwards, President

     Editor: Wayne

NEXT WEEK

Thursday, May 30, 2013
Chairperson :  Becky
Greeter: Sue P.
Introducer:  Ove
Thanker: Pam B.
Speaker: Ally Manthorne

THIS WEEK
Chairperson:  Wayne
Greeter:  Brian
Introducer: Mary
Thanker: Pam B
Speaker: Dr. Diana Hamilton

Chairperson Wayne 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

May 23

1817 - Montréal business leaders establish the Bank of Montreal, with a capital of £250,000, opens for business on November 3, 1817.

1906 - Moncton mayor James Ryan found guilty of two counts of assault in physical attacks against newspaper publisher John Hawke.  The pair engaged in fist fights in Hawke's newspaper office and Moncton's Council Chambers.

1962 - Engineers start drilling first stretch of tunnel for Montréal's new Metro subway system. 

1974 - New Brunswick is the first province to be officially bilingual and the first province with a common law background to draft statutes in both official languages.

1983 - John Adams of Thunder Bay, Ontario, receives a heart and two lungs from an American donor.  It is Canada's first heart-lung transplant.


VISITING ROTARIANS

This week 8 Rotarians from Amherst NS drove across the marsh and joined our meeting.  They were RobertImage, Susan Image , Jeanie, Ivan Image , Joe Image , Maureen,  Image Anne and Susan.

GUESTS
 Bill introduced his wife Heather Patterson, Image  while Patricia brought along Isabella,  Image her grand daughter.

MAKE UPS

Dale reported that the Projects Committee met and he has given the names to Marita.

BIRTHDAYS

There were no birthdays this week, however Jeff was away last week when he had a birthday.   Image He got to wear the “Cassie Birthday Hat”.  No one escapes this ritual.

ANNIVERSARIES

None this week.

PIN PAL STORIES

None.

50/50 DRAW

Guest Heather Patterson drew out a ticket belonging to Jeanie, Image  one of our guests from Amherst.  However she failed to draw the 9 of Diamonds, drawing instead, the queen of Diamonds.

HAPPY DOLLARS

Image Pam B. was doubly happy because this weekend her dragon boat team celebrates 10 years.  She was also happy to see so many fellow Rotarians from Amherst………..50/50 winner Jeanie Image invited all to the Rotary park’s Senior’s Day on June 8th from 1-5 pm.  The park demonstrates yoga, zumba and a myriad of exercises, has entertainment and benefits the VON……….Ken Image was happy that he will become a grandfather again in the new year.  Just another entrant in “Grand Child Wars”.  He was also happy that Barb was helping him in his genealogy search………….Wynn Image  was happy he recently shot an 89 at golf………..Guest Susan Image thanked Guest Susan MacIsaac for inviting all Amherst people to come across the marsh……….Dianne  Image was happy that she is now taking golf lessons.  She will beating Wynn before too long………..Sandy Image  congratulated Pam H. for completing her for marathon in Halifax last weekend.  Pam took a few minutes to describe the experience…………Sue P. Image  was happy that her daughter Charlotte is graduating with her Masters from UNB.

COMMITTEE REPORTS

  • Sue P. advised members that the Paul Harris dinner has been moved to Tuesday, June 18th at the Lion’s Den.
  • Dale indicated that the Projects committee is set to interview 5 high school students to aid in selecting the bursary winners.


UPCOMING MEETINGS

Wayne advised that Club Administration will meet at his house next Tuesday, at 7 pm.

PRESIDENT’S TIME

Prez Trish was away, but President-Elect, Vice President, Recently Retired, Committee Member and all-around good person Gayle ably filled in announcing that the Rotary Club of Moncton West – Riverview golf tournament will be held on Aug 29th.  Green Fees are $250 per golfer or $1000 per Team………….The next Executive Meeting is June 5th at Trish’s house, 50  Landsdowne St………..Committee Budgets are due immediately.

GUEST SPEAKER
Mary introduced our guest speaker this week – Dr. Diana Hamilton, a biology professor at MTA.  Image  Diana introduced to the migratory efforts of the Sand Pipers in the Bay of Fundy, a critical stopover site for their winter migration to South America.  Diana and her team began a new study last summer that sought to prove or disprove theories about how the Sand Pipers feed and where they feed. Image  In 2012, 700 birds were caught, banded, flagged and had radio transmitters attached in order to better observe the habits of the birds.  There is some evidence that the bird population is declining, perhaps because some of the sources of food are also declining.  Year two of this study is set to begin, catching more birds in both the Nova Scotia and New Brunswick portion of the Bay of Fundy.  Diana fielded many questions following her talk.

Diana was thanked by Pam B.  Image

UPCOMING WEEKS
Thursday, June 6, 2013 
Chairperson: Brian
Greeter: Trish
Introducer:  Pam B.
Thanker: Peter
Speaker: Louise Hicks – Classification Talk

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Club Member in Marathon

Posted by Wayne Harper on May 18, 2013

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Here club member Pam Harrison is shown with the new man in her life - the Marathon mascot.  

The Blue Nose Marathon is over and here she is at the finish line. It was a great day and she saw a few Rotary friends at the World Trade and Convention Centre.  Her time is listed in the Halifax Herald on the last page very close to the bottom, if you get her point???

Congratulations for taking on this event.

 

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Bulletin - May 16, 2013

Posted by Wayne Harper on May 15, 2013

PTS-2

 

       Bulletin of the
Sackville Rotary Club,
Thursday, MAY 16, 2012
Trish Edwards, President
Editor: Wayne


NEXT WEEK
Thursday, May 23, 2013 
Chairperson:  Wayne
Greeter: Brian
Introducer:  Mary
Thanker: Ove
Speaker: Dr. Diana Hamilton

THIS WEEK
Chairperson:  Sandy
Greeter:  Sandy
Introducer: Becky
Thanker: Marita
Speaker: Coralie Magonet

Chairperson Sandy  Image 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


May 16
1964 - E.P. Taylor's Northern Dancer, ridden by Bill Hartack, wins the 90th Preakness Stakes.

1970 - Randy Bachman leaves the Guess Who.  He will found Bachman-Turner Overdrive. 

2006 - Statistics Canada holds Canada Day 2006 for the latest census.  Population is now 31,612,897.

VISITING ROTARIANS

None

GUESTS
 
  Image  Bill Durant was Dale’s guest, while Paul Berry and wife Christine  Image were Coralie’s guests.

MAKE UPS

Wayne, Sandy, Sue and Gayle for a Club Admin. Committee meeting.

BIRTHDAYS

None

ANNIVERSARIES

None

PIN PAL STORIES

Patricia Image  ran into a student at the post office who was staying for the summer to work at Camp Rotary in Fredericton
• Dianne went to a graduation party after Image  convocation where she met a student who was the President of the university Rotaract Club.

50/50 DRAW

For the second week-in-a-row, Wynn had a chance at winning the 50/50 draw.  This week all 52 cards were in the deck as this was a new draw.  Image While the number was right, the suit was not.  Beginning this week, only one ticket is drawn each week with the winner getting a minimum of $5 and a chance at the deck.  This draw, members are trying to find the 9 of diamonds.

HAPPY DOLLARS

 Image Wynn was happy at the table win last week……….Darren Image  was doubly happy after winning “the big one” last week.  He also had a PSA for Ducky’s announcing the entertainment and draught beer special this weekend…………Bill Image  was also doubly happy – his son graduated from MTA last weekend and he was pleased to be the newest member of the Rotary Club………Charlie Image  is off to Maine this weekend and will be igniting the latest round of “grandchild wars”. He’s not even back yet but I can almost hear the rebuttals………..Ove Image  is also entering the Frey by going to the cottage this weekend where his latest grandchild will be there  He's a bear for punishment!!………..Pam B. Image  was happy that she celebrated her 45th graduation last weekend (the math people have now guessed your age).  An even happier dollar was that she has been cancer free for 17 years……….Jeff Image  was happy to announce that he will have a musical concert at his house this weekend.  Sounds like a blast………..Marita Image  was happy that the cancer treatment that her brother-in-law is going through seems to be working.  She also updated us on the treatments her daughter has been going through in San Diego………..Pam H.  Image  was happy that she is participating in a marathon in Halifax this weekend.

COMMITTEE REPORTS

Sandy took a moment to explain the origins of Paul Harris, his relationship to Rotary and the upcoming dinner to the club for the benefit of the new members.  This year’s dinner will feature Paul Harris Fellowships being awarded to members of the community and will be held on Thursday, June 20th.   NOTE: - A late change – the dinner will now be held on Tuesday, June 18th.  Details by email shortly.

UPCOMING MEETINGS

 The Paul Harris sub-committee of the Administration Committee will meet right after this meeting for some late-breaking news.
 The Membership Committee will meet in Ove’s office after the morning meeting.
 The next Executive meeting will be June 5th at Trish’s house.
 The Projects Committee will meet at Dale’s house next Tuesday (May 21st) at 5:15 pm

PRESIDENT’S TIME

Trish asked Committee chairs to finalize their budgets for the upcoming year.

GUEST SPEAKER

The week’s speaker was our own RYE student from Belgium – Coralie Magonet.  She was introduced by Image  one of our newest members – Becky.  Coralie guided us through an audio pictorial adventure of Belgium.  Rightfully so, she claims that Belgium is the best country in the world and Bruges is the greatest city (having been there, I would concur).  Belgium is a small country measuring less than half the size of New Brunswick and is located in the middle of Europe or 5 time zones away.  With a population of some 11 million, it can be likened to Canada in that it has 2 languages and animosity exists between the two.  Its biggest city (Brussels) is also the capital of the EU.  The second largest city (Anvers) is home to the diamond industry with 85% of the world’s diamonds going through Anvers.  Image
She went on to describe some of the 300 musical festivals, the 3-hour meals and the food (mussels, French fries and waffles).  Belgians like their beer with over 8,700 kinds of beer available.  Many famous people have come from Belgium (including Gramm – who invented the scientific measure still used today in labs around the world), the inventor of the saxophone and the Smurfs.


Coralie was thanked for her presentation by Marita, Image  who indicated she had been to Belgium many years ago and the pictures brought many memories back.

UPCOMING WEEKS

Thursday, May 30, 2013 
Chairperson : Becky
Greeter: Sue P.
Introducer:  Ove
Thanker: Pam B.
Speaker: Ally Manthorne


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Bulletin - May 9, 2013

Posted by Wayne Harper on May 08, 2013

PTS-2

    Bulletin of the
Sackville Rotary Club,
Thursday, MAY 9, 2012
Trish Edwards, President
Editor: Wayne


NEXT WEEK
Thursday, May 16, 2013 
Chairperson:  Sandy
Greeter: Sandy
Introducer:  Becky
Thanker: Marita

Speaker: Coralie Magonet – I’m from Belgium

THIS WEEK
Chairperson:  Trish
Greeter:  Peter
Introducer:
Thanker:
Speaker: GSE Team from India

Chairperson Trish Image  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

May 16

1964 - E.P. Taylor's Northern Dancer, ridden by Bill Hartack, wins the 90th Preakness Stakes.

1970 - Randy Bachman leaves the Guess Who.  He will found Bachman-Turner Overdrive. 

2006 - Statistics Canada holds Canada Day 2006 for the latest census.  Population is now 31,612,897.


VISITING ROTARIANS

None

GUESTS
 
 Image Bill Evans + Guest Speakers ImageAshwini Purohit & ImageJigisha Naidu

MAKE UPS

Dave & Sue made up in Kempville ON, Gayle & Trish in Shediac, and members of the following committees: Executive & Administration.  Committee Chairs are responsible for giving names of those who attended to Marita.  Speaking of whom, Marita had makeups at Tory Pines in LaJoya, CA and San Diego, CA where she got to help clean up a mountain. 

BIRTHDAYS

Wife, mother, runner and number cruncher Louise M. Image  has a birthday this Mother’s Day.  Does that mean double the presents?

ANNIVERSARIES

None this week.

PIN PAL STORIES

None!

50/50 DRAW

This week’s draw was worth $82.  Image  Ashwini drew Coralie’s name first out of the pan.  She didn’t win, Image  drawing the 8 of spades from the deck.  Next up, Josh had his name pulled.  Image He didn’t fare any better, drawing the 7 of clubs.  Finally, Darren left early, but left his ticket with his “breaky buddies”.  His ticket was drawn and Wynn volunteered to cut the deck. Image  He cut the 10 of Diamonds and began apologising profusely until he was told that was the winning card. Darren who?    

HAPPY DOLLARS

Ken had a happy dollar, or was it a sad dollar?   Image In any event, he was seeing red when apparently he missed a red sign with the familiar 4-letter word.  The good news, the cop said the fine was only $10.  The sad news was that by the time he added on every conceivable service tax one could imagine, another $102 was added.  Morale of the story, missing red costs green……….George Image  was celebrating his 16th anniversary as the Town engineer.  He was also pleased that the Town now has a new CAO.  George will now show him how to last longer than two years……….Sue F. Image  was happy to be back in Sackville (for good) having to dodge a forest fire and a moose on the drive from Ontario.  On the way she dropped in to RMC where her son Colin will go next year…………Dave Image  was also happy to be back in Sackville where he now feels like a permanent resident…………Peter Image  was really pleased that his daughter is doing well at the Provincial Singing Championships.  He was proud when she sang at her grandmother’s funeral……….Becky Image  was glad to be able to reciprocate the treatment she received in India.  She was having a blast with the GSE team while they were in our area……….Pam B. Image  had a sad dollar as she announced that Bill Langstrom, former producer of Don Lesser and his Mess of Islanders (make that Don Messer) and Sing-A-Long Jubilee, and a recent resident of Sackville passed away.  He was also the former husband of Paul Harris Fellow Ann Murray………Laing Image  was really happy the he had recent cataract surgery in one of his eyes.  Now he can see what goes on at the meetings.  The other eye will be done in the near future……….Thomas  Image was admiring the number of pins now adorning his Rotary blazer.  It is also getting much heavier……..Edna Image  was happy to report that she and Peter had a marvelous trip to Italy.  She tried to go to a Rotary meeting, but the Club was not meeting that week.  She will still get credit for the makeup………Marita Image  was happy to be back and thanked Louise H. for looking after the Cashier duties while she was away.  Today all but one member was at the meeting giving us a 97% attendance rate.

COMMITTEE REPORTS

Administration – Subsequent to the ending of the current 50/50 draw, Wayne indicated that the format of the weekly draw will be modified such that there will be only one ticket drawn each week.  That winner will receive a minimum of $5.  This amount will be paid from the portion normally going to the Club.  The Foundation’s portion will remain the same as before.  He or she will still draw from a deck of cards to try to match the mystery card.

 
Fundraising – Josh thanked the Club members who attended and worked at the Wine & Beer tasting event last weekend.  Roughly 331 people attended what was viewed as another successful event.  Monies raised were not yet finalized.

UPCOMING MEETINGS

Club Administration meets on Monday at 7pm at Wayne’s house.

PRESIDENT’S TIME

Prez Trish presented our GSE members with banners from our Club.  Image  In turn, they presented banners to us.  Image  Image

GUEST SPEAKER

Trish introduced our speakers this week, Group Study Exchange (GSE) members Ashwini Purohit   and Jigisha Naidu from India.  The Team consists of 5 non-Rotarians + a Rotarian team leader.  Both Ashwani and Jigisha were staying in Sackville with Gayle and her husband Doug. Up first, Ashwini introduced herself as a married mother of two daughters who lives with 4 generations of her family.  She is an assistant Director of a University Business School, while pursuing her PHd.  She introduced us to the Icons of India, a look at 5,000 years of Indian philosophises and famous people (Mahatma Ghandi, Mother Teresa and billionaire J. Tata to name a few).  Next, Jigisha introduced herself as a married mother of 2 teens who live with 12 members of her family in a modern house.  She works for a college and in her spare time like to paint on silk.  She and her family like the outdoors and recently visited a wildlife sanctuary where she saw bears and tigers.  Her presentation showed us the festivals of India (Fall Harvest, Easter, New Years and Christmas among the many).


Both ladies were thanked by Trish with the presentation of books in their name that will be donated to a local library.

UPCOMING WEEKS
Thursday, May 23, 2013 
Chairperson : Wayne
Greeter: Brian
Introducer:  Mary
Thanker: Ove
Speaker: Dr. Diane Hamilton


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What Price Freedom!

Posted by Pamela Harrison on May 04, 2013
“70th anniversary of the Battle of the Atlantic
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Sunday afternoon HMS Sackville sailed from Halifax Harbour to float a wreath to remember the 70thanniversary of the Battle of the Atlantic. The ship was named after Sackville, NB and was a point of great interest to our Rotary Veterans Joe Atkinson, Jake Fisher and Jim Purdy.



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Club Bulletin May 2, 2013

Posted by Wayne Harper on May 01, 2013

PTS-2

Bulletin of the

Sackville Rotary Club,
Thursday, May 2, 2013
Trish Edwards, President
Editor: Wayne


NEXT WEEK
Thursday, May 9, 2013 
Chairperson :  Trish
Greeter: Peter
Introducer:  
Thanker: 
Speaker: Club Assembly

THIS WEEK
Chairperson:  Barb
Greeter:  Patricia
Introducer: Louise (Sandy)
Thanker: Mary
Speaker: Nelson Cabral

Chairperson Barb  Image  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


May 2
1962 – The Canadian dollar is officially pegged to US currency at US 92.5¢. 


1967 - Toronto Maple Leafs beat Montréal Canadiens 4 games to 2 for the Stanley Cup.   This is the last time they will win it.


1976 - Time Magazine discontinues its Canadian edition after failing to get tax break as a foreign-owned publication.


1986 - Prince Charles and Princess Diana officially open the 1986 World Exposition in Vancouver.


2011 - Election - Stephen Harper's Conservatives win 167 seats and a majority in the 41st General Election.


VISITING ROTARIANS

None

GUESTS
 
Bill Evans Image returns as a guest.  

MAKE UPS

Meetings giving members make-ups this week were:
Club Admin on April 29th, 

Fundraising on May 1st and 

Executive on May 1st.  

Chairs should give names to Marita.

BIRTHDAYS

Ken was absent for his birthday, but Laing (who was absent for his birthday last week) filled in.  Image
 
ANNIVERSARIES

None this week.

PIN PAL STORIES
Image   Dianne, while visiting Saltscape Expo last weekend ran into Valerie Bobbit from the Halifax Harbourside Club……..Pam H, while stocking up on supplies at the Masstown Market recognized a Rotarian by his pin.  He returned later to acknowledge he had seen Pam’s licence plate (ROTARY).

50/50 DRAW

The draw this week was administered by Louise H. and was for $64.  Up first for a chance was Sue.  Image   She drew the King of Clubs.   BOOOO.  Next up was Corallie Image  who drew the nine of clubs.   Double BOOOO     Finally a reserved Becky Image  tried.  She drew the Jack of Hearts and completed the “hat-trick” of non winners today.   

HAPPY DOLLARS

Becky was happy that the GSE Team visit is close at hand…….     Trish  Image  was apologetic for being late and very glad that the puppy training seems to be working (there was no mess this morning)……….       Wynn Image  was sad he didn’t “wynn” anything this morning but happy that he now has a fully bi-lingual office AND that the golf club opens tomorrow – hooray!!!!..........       Sue Image  was happy that she has receive many silent auctions items for the Wine Tasting event tomorrow……….     Barb Image  is happy that she survived another birthday surrounded by kids and grandkids (what a way to go)…………    Josh Image  is wired for the Wine Tasting Event tomorrow and will be glad when it’s all over………..   Dianne Image  was sad that she will miss the Wine tasting tomorrow as she is away in Halifax.


COMMITTEE REPORTS


Admin Committee – Wayne Image   indicated that the committee is beginning to plan a Paul Harris Dinner for June 20th, the annual BBQ for June 27th and a Lobster Fest, tentatively set for August 21st.


Fundraising Committee – Josh asked for volunteers to assist with the decorating of the Civic Centre for tomorrow’s Wine Tasting Event.  He indicated that around 200 tickets are currently sold.


New Generations Committee – RYE – Patricia  Image   revealed that the orientation weekend for new outbound students will be held in Moncton  this weekend.

UPCOMING MEETINGS

None scheduled for the upcoming week.

PRESIDENT’S TIME

Trish Image  asked members to wear their name tags tomorrow night.  She talked about the GSE schedule and indicated that there will be “pot luck” supper at the Harper’s next Wednesday night at 6 pm.  With the resignation of  Andy Rose, there is a need to fill the Directors position.  Ove has volunteered.  It was moved by Trish that “Ove Samuelsen be nominated to fill the position of Director, finishing Andy Rose’s term”.  The motion was seconded by Pam  B.  The motion was carried.

GUEST SPEAKER


This week’s speaker was Nelson Cabral who  was introduced by Sandy  Image  Nelson’s talk was titled Creative Leadership.  Nelson’s Company was #2 last year in Progressive magazine’s highest growth companies in the Maritimes.  He described the three divisions of his company, mirroring the areas he competes in – Ideas, Film and Speaker.  He maintains that strategic ideas (creative leadership) actually drives business to succeed.  When this happens, productivity improves, transending to a better bottom line.       Image  Creative leaders have the ability to have humility and to admit mistakes.  They do not elevate themselves above their peers, but rather empower people to create ideas and give them credit for those ideas.  He showed example of the film ads he has been involved in and touched on his speaker success at various companies.  
Nelson was thanked by Mary  Image by presenting Nelson with a book which will be donated in his name to a local library.   

UPCOMING WEEKS
Thursday, May 16, 2013 
Chairperson : Sandy
Greeter: Sandy
Introducer:  Becky
Thanker: Marita
Speaker: Coralie Magonet – I’m from Belgium

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A Rotarian Witnesses the Carnage

Posted by Pamela Harrison on Apr 25, 2013

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Rotarian Jody Mattie, Truro, NS shares his experiences during the Boston Marathon bombing.


I want to share my heartfelt gratitude and love for everyone who has been reaching out and checking in since Monday. We've all been inundated with texts, posts, calls, and messages from our loved ones. Thank you for thinking of us...we definitely feel loved! 


I was in the medical tent, being treated for dehydration when the explosions took place mere yards away. The tent was instantly turned into a trauma center. I witnessed things that no one should every have to see. I also witnessed compassion, kindness, selflessness, and professionalism on a level that has strengthened my faith in the human spirits' ability to persevere over any obstacle.


Monday’s events are a reminder that evil exists in this world. They also remind us that love and compassion exist in this world, and that the power of love and compassion are far greater than any evil.


In the aftermath of events such as this, we can choose to focus on and sensationalize over the evil, or we can choose to celebrate the love and kindness that surrounds us all. Please choose the latter.


I ask you to not be angry about bombs, violence, and hatred. Instead, I ask you to focus your energy on giving gratitude for the love and kindness that surrounds you. 


Turn off the television, put down the paper, stop reading the news online and take a few moments to hug your loved ones and tell them you love them. That's the good stuff.


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Chili, Chili Everywhere

Posted by Pamela Harrison on Apr 07, 2013

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It was a Chili day in Sackville!!!

(meet some great future Rotarians)

 

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Chili, Chili Everywhere Pamela Harrison 2013-04-08 00:00:00Z 0

Canada Lockbox Address Change

Posted by Wayne Harper on Apr 03, 2013

 

 

CANADA LOCKBOX ADDRESS CHANGE

 

Rotary is continually searching for ways to improve our service to you and friends of The Rotary Foundation. In May 2012, Rotary changed its lockbox vendor in Canada to speed up your contribution processing times, improve data collection, and lower administrative costs. Our new partnership resulted in The Rotary Foundation (Canada) lockbox using anew addressthat began in May 2012.

Rotary has been working to secure a swift and easy transition, including outreach before the change began, updating forms and working with the new bank to forward all contributions sent from the “old” lockbox address to the “new” lockbox address. Unfortunately, we are still seeing almost one third of all Canadian lockbox contributions being sent to the “old” address. This is a growing concern since over the next few weeks, the agreement to forward contributions from the old lockbox will cease, resulting in contributions being returned to the donor/club treasurer, etc.

I am emailing to share this information and ask for your help in communicating this change. Please encourage use of forms located on www.rotary.org,www.trfcanada.org or through our Member Access site, as all of these resources provide the updated address:

THE ROTARY FOUNDATION (CANADA)
c/o 911600
PO Box 4090 STN A,
TORONTO, ON M5W 0E9

I personally thank you in advance for helping to spread the word and updating materials and websites to reflect the correct lockbox address.  None of us want to see generous gifts returned due to a wrong address! This will be especially important as we approach the year-end, and returned contributions in late June could negatively impact club and district giving goals for the Rotary year.

Hopefully together we can successfully communicate the change and prevent having to return gifts that allow Rotarians to do good in the world each and every day!

If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact me or The Rotary Foundation Contact Center.

Warm regards,

Robbyn Singer Tarpy
Manager of Annual Giving
The Rotary Foundation
E-mail:Robbyn.Tarpy@Rotary.org

P.S. For a quick and easy delivery method of your gift, please consider enrolling in Rotary’s online recurring giving program, Rotary Direct, at www.rotary.org/contribute.



 

Canada Lockbox Address Change Wayne Harper 2013-04-04 00:00:00Z 0

WORLD WATER DAY

Posted by Pamela Harrison on Mar 21, 2013

Clean water brings better health

 

Residents of Makoor, Kerala, India, show the effects of years of drinking and cooking with highly fluoridated water.

The World Health Organization estimates that almost one-tenth of global diseases could be prevented by improving the water supply, sanitation, hygiene, and the management of water resources.

The citizens of Patari, a village in Uttar Pradesh, are among 25 million people in India alone who suffer the consequences of fluorosis, an irreversible condition caused by elevated levels of fluoride in drinking water. The painful effects of fluorosis can include bone deformities, calcification of ligaments and tendons, and abnormal bone density.

“The fluoride, because of its strength, rots teeth and destroys bones,” says Maurice Halliday, past governor of District 1020 (Scotland). Rotary clubs in Scotland partnered with District 3110 (India) to provide fluoride filters to 60 families in Patari and sanitation, safe drinking water and hygiene training to surrounding schools.

The Rotary Foundation leverages local experience and professional know-how to help communities, like Patari, help themselves.  In honor of World Water Day, I invite you to consider a special gift to The Rotary Foundation to help address the unique water and sanitation needs of communities across the globe.

You can direct your Annual Fund gift to SHARE, to help support the local and international activities identified by Rotary clubs in your community. Or, you can direct your gift to Rotary’s Water and Sanitation fund, to be spent on quality water and sanitation projects identified and implemented by Rotarians around the world. Either way, your contribution will be used to fund high impact, sustainable solutions to our world’s most pressing needs.

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Club Bulletin March 23, 2013

Posted by Gayle Key on Mar 20, 2013

               Bulletin of the

Sackville Rotary Club,

2012ThemeLogo Thursday, March 23, 2013

Trish Edwards, President


NEXT WEEK

Thursday, March 28, 2013

Chairperson :  Sue P

Greeter: Jeff

Introducer:  John

Thanker: Josh

Speaker: Marita Webb

THIS WEEK

  Chairperson:  John Murchie fill in for Peter Hess

Greeter:  John M and Gayle

Introducer:  Jeff

Thanker: Josh

Speaker: Thomas  RYE Student



Chairperson John brought the meeting to order with the singing of the National Anthem and a prayer of grace. 


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TODAY IN CANADIAN HISTORY

OR

    USELESS INFORMATION YOU NEED TO KNOW

March 21

1865 - Prince Edward Island votes against Confederation. 

1916 – The German army starts offensive on the Somme before American troops can arrive to

                   join the War.  The second Battle of the Somme ends in November, with one million casualties.

1970 - Burton Cummings and the Guess Who release their hit single American Woman.

1985 - Rick Hansen launches his Man in Motion world tour to raise money for spinal cord research. 

1990 - New Brunswick Premier Frank McKenna tries to salvage the Meech Lake Accord.

VISITING ROTARIANS

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GUESTS

                                  Chi from Massey Program Mt. A. 

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Maryanna 3rd yr Mt. A.  was exchange student to Denmark

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MAKE UPS

Gayle and Ken for Pets and Sets in Fredericton where we met Shawn Graham

     BIRTHDAYS

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ANNIVERSARIES

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PIN PAL STORIES

Gayle met a former ice dancer from Kitchener Waterloo who now is a manager of Crown Plaza in Fredericton.

50/50 DRAW

Very short this week as Marita picked the winner and split the pot of $33.00


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HAPPY DOLLARS

Marita happy she won.

                                         Dale assembly tomorrow at high school to present

                  Image cheque for $5300.00 to provide recording room for music.

   Ken and Gayle spoke of a possible joint club

 recruit of bikes and boots to collect for the Dominican Republic.

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Louise MacK. reported Amherst wishes a group meeting with the Sackville club May 13 or 20.

John wanted us to keep Mary and Dianne in our thoughts during their surgeries.

Pat B. offered breakfast tickets to anyone for purchase.  Ha Ha

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George is sad with Ducky’s not open his ticket sales are down.


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COMMITTEE REPORTS

  Membership following todays meeting at Legion.

Foundaton is eligible for grants if they attend yearly meetings and 2014 Rotary will be paperless.

Rye reported short term exchange students on board Tessa to Holland, Ben to Switzerland, Marina to Denmark and Lindsay possibly to France.  Terra Nova tour not confirmed.

UPCOMING MEETINGS

Fundraising has a standing meeting on Wed. Night Chamber of Commerce 5-6 PM until after Wine and Beer Event.

PRESIDENT’S TIME

Gayle mentioned in Trish’s absence RLI in Dieppe in April.

GUEST SPEAKER

Thomas guided us through the history of France from the 5th to 18th century covering 7 revolutions and 68 Kings.  At present France has 63.5 million persons.  Voting age is 18.                  France is known for TGV train that travels at 220 KPH, fashion/design, chocolate and pastries. 

      Thomas comes from a town of 2000 named Evette-Salbert.  He met an exchange student and immediately wanted a change in his life.  He wanted to become bilingual and deciding to           apply was a major discision of his own.  His first thing he remembered after landing in Canada was kissing Louise.  He chose Rotary exchange because of the good vibes he felt.  His           visit has changed his life and he has made many memories and friends to last him a lifetime. Josh thanked him for his presentation and John closed the meeting with the 4 way test.


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UPCOMING WEEKS

Thursday, April 4, 2013

Chairperson:   Trish

Greeter:   Mary

Introducer:  Josh

Thanker:  Ken

Speaker:  Elizabeth Wells


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Club Bulletin March 23, 2013 Gayle Key 2013-03-21 00:00:00Z 0

AND THE WINNER IS?

Posted by Wayne Harper on Mar 20, 2013


                        The keeper of the weekly draw has herself, finally won.  Way to go Marita!!


CONGRATULATIONS!!!

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LUCKY WINNER - 50 /50

 

AND THE WINNER IS? Wayne Harper 2013-03-21 00:00:00Z 0

TANTRMAR HIGH SCHOOL LITERCY PROJECT UPDATE

Posted by Wayne Harper on Mar 19, 2013

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Tanya Bostick, Music Teacher at TRHS supplies the following information as a progress report on activities associated with the Music Literacy Project at the high school…..
1.  The Recording Studio Project has already had a very positive impact on student life at TRHS.  Students are lined up to take part in the day to day running of the space.  Students are excited to compose, play and record their music, and their classmates' music, as well. 

2.  Teams of students have been assembled as Writers, Producers, Engineers and Technicians to work on projects as they are submitted.  Recording projects can be submitted by any student of TRHS, and they can be curricular and/or extra-curricular in nature.

3.  One student, Patrick Fournier, just finished using the station to compose the music for Romeo and Juliet, the TRHS Drama Production.  Patrick wrote 20 scene transitions and several longer pieces to encapsulate the moods and the storyline of the show.  This show will open the week of April 8. 

4.  The school community has shown tremendous support; our shop teacher, Blaine MacIsaac, and his students helped us to remove existing peg board and reinstall in a different venue, along with lending us the necessary tools to install our acoustic treatments.  Our custodians helped us to find and install new ceiling tiles to replace old, dirty and broken ones.  Anglophone East School District provided us with a solid door and doorsweep for our control room, and over 15 dedicated students helped to repair walls, prime and paint the control and live rooms that make up the recording studio. 

5.  The studio was installed on Tuesday, March 12.  We were fortunate to have Dean Stairs (ECMA Nominee 2012 for Recording Engineer of the Year) provide the students and I with a full day of workshops.  Dean also helped us install the acoustic room treatments, which help us to trap and isolate sound and maximize the potential of the live space. 

6.  Looking forward, the students and I will continue to experiment and work with this awesome new equipment to create our first compilation album.  We welcome the Rotary Club of Sackville for a tour anytime, and look forward to inviting you to our first CD release!

Spirit Assembly
Tanya invited all members of the Rotary Club to a “spirit” or showcase assembly hosted by the high school’s student government for all that is happening at TRHS.  It was a chance to recognize student effort, and new opportunities that exist for our students.  There was be a slideshow showcasing the recording project and the Rotary Club of Sackville presented its cheque to the school in support of this project.


Celebrating Music Literacy.

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On behalf of the Rotary Club of Sackville Trish made a very inspirational presentation. Thanks to Dale for preparing the cheque. 

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Inside the sound studio Tanya spoke of the special features. The work was completed by the students.

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This equipment in the control booth takes the place of the big sound board, the room is sound proof and is used for recording – state of the art in all New Brunswick schools.

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These students are two of four who, plan to pursue a career in theater. They are learning the skills to produce and direct in the entertainment industry.   Please seek more details from Charlie, Trish, Dale, John, Pam, Marita and Gayle.

 


TANTRMAR HIGH SCHOOL LITERCY PROJECT UPDATE Wayne Harper 2013-03-20 00:00:00Z 0

ROTARY YOUTH GETTING TOGETHER IN APRIL

Posted by Wayne Harper on Mar 18, 2013

The District presents its upcoming RYLA week end on April 19th and 20th

The program has been set and as you can see, focus is on Leadership with a bit of fun sprinkled in as well.

The semi-firm program is as follows:

Friday     6:00 – Registration

                  6:45 –Introductions

                  7:00 – Ice Breaking Activity ( Iron Chef Cook off )

                  9:00 – 5 Practices of exemplary leadership introduction ( model, inspire, challenge, enable and encourage ).

                 10:00 – Free time

Saturday   8:00 – Transfer to Beach house

                     8:30 – Breakfast

                    9:00 – Fundamentals of Leadership ( speaker )

                    9:30 – Ethics ( speaker )

                   10:00 – Coffee Break ( motivational talk by coffee maker )

                   10:30 – Problem Solving ( break out session )

                   11:15 – Communication ( speaker )

                   12:00 – Lunch

                   1:00 – after lunch activity

                   2:00 -  Community and Global Citizenship ( Interact Club Presentation )

                   2:30 – Creativity ( speaker, local artist )

                   3:00 – Feedback/ wrap up.

                   4:00 – Departure


The event will be held at the Quispamsis Civic Center with the program Saturday, off site at the Menans Cove Beach House.  It is hoped each club will send at least one attendee.  The target is to have between 30 and 40 registered.


Further Information can be garnered below.


Grant D. Kimball CIP

President

Angus Miller Ltd.

W201-1 Market Square

Saint John N. B.

E2L 4Z6

PH 1-506-633-7000

Direct 1-506-633-2150

Cell 1-506-647-7373

gkimball@angusmiller.nb.ca

www.angusmillerltd.com

ROTARY YOUTH GETTING TOGETHER IN APRIL Wayne Harper 2013-03-19 00:00:00Z 0

Club Bulletin March 14, 2013

Posted by Gayle Key on Mar 13, 2013

            Bulletin of the

Sackville Rotary Club,

Thursday, March 14, 2013

Trish Edwards, President

2012ThemeLogoEditor: Gayle

NEXT WEEK

Thursday, March 21, 2013

Chairperson :  Peter

Greeter: Patricia

Introducer: Jeff  

Thanker: John

Speaker: Thomas Auchet



THIS WEEK

Chairperson: Trish 

       Greeter:  Louise MacK.

        Speaker: Club Assembly



                 Chairperson Trish brought the meeting to order with

Image   the singing of the National Anthem and a prayer of grace. 


     TODAY IN CANADIAN HISTORY
  OR
     USELESS INFORMATION YOU NEED TO KNOW


March 14


1923 - Pete Parker, of CKCK Radio Regina, does the world's first play-by-play radio broadcast of a professional hockey game, as Edmonton beats Regina 1-0.

      1949 - Military - Canada signs the North Atlantic Treaty with Belgium, Britain, Denmark, France, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal and the U.S.  NATO is Canada's first peacetime military alliance.

      1990 - Toronto's Alannah Myles has a Billboard hit with Black Velvet.  It peaks at #1 on the U.S. pop singles chart.


VISITING ROTARIANS
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GUESTS
Chi a Mount A student who did a Rotary exchange to Minn. USA is from Osaka

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  Allison O”Reilly from Rotoract

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MAKE UPS
Administration
  Trish for District Youth Exchange

BIRTHDAYS
Sandy Harper
                  pic from previous year  thanks pam

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ANNIVERSARIES
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PIN PAL STORIES
Shediac has wine paring with food from 5 chefs the same

       night as our event.  Cost per ticket $120.00

50/50 DRAW

New Card to Win

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Jeff drew Q spades  no win


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Thomas (as always) J clubs  no win

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Gayle 3 clubs no win

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HAPPY DOLLARS
Pat who partied with Thomas after his big win and to announce Stephen Dion speaking tonight at Brunton Aud.

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Ove is happy Pat does not require radiation and a previous exchange student who married last year is expecting her first child.

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Darrell thanked Brian for filling in while Darrell was ill and also to say he is off to camp for a long weekend.

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Trish is wishing a good report from the fire marshal so Ducky’s can open at new location.

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George announced problem is to be solved with fire marshal later this day.

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Dianne is going in for surgery on Tues and expects to be home on Wed.

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Louise and Coralee are recouping from 
blisters on their feet after snowshoeing.

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COMMITTEE REPORTS
  •   Admin informs us Paul Harris Dinner on June 20, 2013 will cost $25.00 and they have six nominees.
  • Fundraising committee have 5 wine and 5 beer vendors.  Breakfast on 23rd.
  • Dale spoke and proposed a motion that was passed by the membership to provide funding of up to $5,,000 pending             other funding available to install an elevator at the Legion.


UPCOMING MEETINGS
Membership next Thursday


PRESIDENT’S TIME
                         Trish introduced Allison from Rotoract who told us about a 
                  Chili Cook Off which will raise funds for their project Free The Children.
                  She asked Rotarians if they would like to donate chili for their event.
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GUEST SPEAKER
Trish used this time to let Dianne read a thank you letter from Jayne Glenn.  She then went on to speak of Literacy, what we have done over the years.  She then spoke of taking literacy into the 21st century which will include computer, visual arts, music,reading, clean water, food and sanitation.   Trish ended the meeting with the 4 way test.



UPCOMING WEEKS
Thursday, March 28, 2013
Chairperson : Sue P.
Greeter: Jeff
Introducer: John 
Thanker: Josh
Speaker: Marita Webb



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Club Bulletin March 14, 2013 Gayle Key 2013-03-14 00:00:00Z 0

A ROTARY PROJECT AT THE HIGH SCHOOL

Posted by Pamela Harrison on Mar 06, 2013


CELEBRATE LITERACY MONTH

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Music Literacy Project

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1-   THE STUDENTS HAVE PAINTED THE SOUND ROOM. 029

2-   THE THEATER IS BEING SETUP FOR THE PLAY (tba)

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3-   NEW KEYBOARD IS ‘WONDERFUL’

 

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4-   NEW EQUIPMENT TO BE UNPACKED.

All possible due to Rotary’s support.

 


A ROTARY PROJECT AT THE HIGH SCHOOL Pamela Harrison 2013-03-07 00:00:00Z 0

ROTARY LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE

Posted by Wayne Harper on Mar 04, 2013


Rotary LEARNING Institute


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Registration is open

Parts 1,2 & 3
Group Discussion Leader
Graduate Course - "Transforming" Click here for course description".
 
We have not really changed the name but we want to make it very well understood that the RLI is not just a place for "Leadership" training. It is a series of facilitated learning sessions for all Rotarians. It will make Rotary "Come Alive" for you.

RLI Parts 1, 2 & 3 are being offered. Courses must be taken in sequence. You must have completed parts 1 and 2 before you take part 3. 

The Rotary Leadership Institute (RLI) is a series of fast-paced, interactive, one-day courses offered to refine a Rotarian's leadership skills and increase their base of knowledge in Rotary.

Courses are fun, topical, interactive, and geared toward busy business and professional persons who want to be more effective in their vocation and club and more knowledgeable Rotarians.

Rotary Clubs are encouraged to select at least two candidates for RLI annually. Students return to their club with enthusiasm, new contacts, fresh ideas, an increased understanding of their potential as Rotarians, and valuable skills impacting their potential in the club. 

What are the courses? The Institute offers a course in three full day parts (Parts I, II, III). Those completing each part are eligible for the next part. 

The courses are designed to provide Rotary knowledge and to develop skills for voluntary organizations. Some examples of course sessions include:

  • Rotary Beyond the Club
  • The Rotary Foundation (2 parts) - Future Vision Plan
  • Membership Development and Retention (2 parts)
  • Leadership
  • Creating Hands On Service Projects
  • Vocational Service - Ethics
  • International Service
  • Analyzing a Rotary Club
  • Public Relations & Communications

Group Discussion Leader
This course trains you to be a GDL ( facilitator). You must have completed all 3 parts to be eligible. Not all graduates are always selected for every session so we need new faces. This course is run if we have 5 or more applications so get yours in early and we will advise you later. You can always switch to the Graduate Course if there are not enough in the GDL course. There is no cost for a GDL to present a course if asked. Travel and expenses are subsidized. 

Graduate Course
The graduate course is designed for those who have completed all 3 parts but are not interested in taking the Group Discussion Leader course. Please note that we always need more new faces as discussion leaders so do not hesitate to take that course if you feel you would be a good facilitator.

What are the teaching methods? The Institute believes in course sessions with as much discussion/participation as possible. Discussion breakout sessions are limited to approximately 10-15 persons. Lectures are strictly limited. Course methods include discussion groups, role-playing, problem solving workshops and case studies. Everyone participates during one of the Institutes sessions. 

A course workbook containing an Institute Manual, session program agendas, faculty listings and course outlines and materials, is provided to each attendee.


Registration fee of $125  is payable at the door by cheque or cash only
Please be sure to bring your payment as receivables just add more volunteer time to process

Click HERE for the registration page  


ROTARY LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE Wayne Harper 2013-03-05 00:00:00Z 0

A Penny for your Thoughts

Posted by Pamela Harrison on Feb 25, 2013


“Pennies for Polio”

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Please bring pennies or rolls of pennies to this week’s meeting to help us support the PENNIES FOR POLIO campaign.

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We are pleased to share that today, on Rotary’s 108th anniversary, it was announced at the Vancouver Peace Forum that Canadian Rotarians have raised over $1.6 million for the Pennies for Polio initiative. Thanks to you, we have exceeded our goal of $1 million. This is a true testament to the continued interest and commitment of Canadian Rotarians to Rotary’s priority program. Our funds, as you know, will also be further leveraged by matching funds from the Canadian government and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. By doing this we have ensured vital financial support for global polio eradication activities and we have sent a clear message about the continued commitment of Canadian Rotarians to the goal of a polio free world.

Our government has heard and acknowledged this message. Yesterday, Minister for International Cooperation Julian Fantino and International PolioPlus Committee Chair Bob Scott issued a joint editorial article affirming commitment to the shared goal of a polio free world and today, Minister Fantino announced that the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) will match all contributions received above the original $1 million ceiling by Rotarians through the 1 March 2013 deadline. The Gates Foundation has also agreed to continue their match of funds donated by Canadian Rotarians. Based on the $1.6 million in contributions are aware of to date, this already means a total of $4.8 million in additional funding for the Global Polio Eradication Initiative.

We have one week remaining where every dollar you contribute will be matched by an additional $2. We would encourage you to consider making an additional contribution to PolioPlus in honor of Rotary’s Anniversary prior to 1 March 2013. We are planning to announce a preliminary figure for funds raised by Rotarians through 1 March to Minister Fantino when he attends the Toronto Peace Symposium on 2 March 2013.

We thank you for so clearly demonstrating the unwavering commitment of Canadian Rotarians to global polio eradication and hope you will take advantage of this unique opportunity to leverage your investment in a polio free world. We also encourage you to express your appreciation for Canada’s continued collaboration with Rotary as highlighted by the extension of this match to your Member of Parliament.

Many thanks for your continued support and collaboration to END POLIO NOW!


A Penny for your Thoughts Pamela Harrison 2013-02-26 00:00:00Z 0

3 More Countries and Polio is no More!

Posted by Wayne Harper on Feb 21, 2013

                      

This past year was one of major accomplishments for Rotary and your Rotary Foundation.

Extraordinary progress was made toward the eradication of polio. We made history when India was removed from the list of polio-endemic countries — leaving just Afghanistan, Nigeria, and Pakistan. A difficult road lies ahead, but thanks to the commitment and generosity of Rotarians and friends, we are confident that Rotary will lead the way toward a polio-free world.

We also expanded Rotary’s reach in new and effective ways by entering into partnerships with Mercy Ships and UNESCO-IHE. And we built on our record of humanitarian service by continuing our strong relationships with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, USAID, Aga Khan University, Oikocredit and the Rotary Peace Centers.

Over half a million young people worldwide participated in our New Generations programs. Their involvement in Rotary Youth Exchange, Rotaract and Interact clubs, and RYLA events helped them develop skills that they’ll need to become service-minded community and global leaders - and future Rotarians.

In 2012, The Rotary Foundation also earned top marks from several independent charity evaluators, including the American Institute of Philanthropy, Charity Navigator and the Wise Giving Alliance.

As we look ahead, we can be proud of all that Rotarians have accomplished. I am pleased to share the digital version of the 2011-12 Rotary International and Rotary Foundation Annual Report (click here), which offers a firsthand look at how Rotarians are working to improve the lives of people in need. I encourage you to review our annual report carefully, and to share it with others who may be interested in joining, partnering with, or donating to Rotary.

Thank you for helping Rotary achieve lasting change in your community and around the world. 

Sincerely,

John Hewko
General Secretary
Rotary International and The Rotary Foundation
Twitter: @johnhewko

P.S.:  Through the generous financial support of individuals like you, Rotary funds sustainable projects that help address the world’s greatest needs.  Every gift makes a real and lasting difference!

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3 More Countries and Polio is no More! Wayne Harper 2013-02-22 00:00:00Z 0

108 Years and Counting

Posted by Pamela Harrison on Feb 21, 2013


“CELEBRATE 108”

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In 1945, 49 Rotary club members served in 29 delegations to the United Nations Charter Conference. Rotary still actively participates in United Nations conferences by sending observers to major meetings and covering the United Nations in its publications.

"Few there are who do not recognize the good work which is done by Rotary clubs throughout the free world," former Prime Minister Winston Churchill of Great Britain once declared.

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 “This Saturday let’s extend a toast to Rotary International”


CELEBRATE 108

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On February 23, 1905 the first four Rotarians: (from left) Gustavus Loehr, Silvester Schiele, Hiram Shorey, and Paul P. Harris met to discuss and establish ROTARY the world’s oldest service club.

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Paul Harris (1869 – 1947)

“This Saturday let extend a toast to Rotary International”

 

 

“CELEBRATE 108”

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“To Service Above Self – Rotary International”

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108 Years and Counting Pamela Harrison 2013-02-22 00:00:00Z 0

Bulletin February 21, 2013

Posted by Gayle Key on Feb 20, 2013

Bulletin of the

   Sackville Rotary Club,

   Thursday,February 21, 3013

                           Trish Edwards, President

2012ThemeLogo    Editor: Gayle





NEXT WEEK

  Thursday, February 28, 2013

Chairperson :  Andy

Greeter: Diane S.B.

Introducer: Gayle  

Thanker: George

Speaker: Jayne Glenn



THIS WEEK

  Chairperson:   Pam Harrison

Greeter: Darren  

Introducer: Frank

Thanker: Gayle

Speaker: Becky Stewart



Chairperson Pam Harrison brought the meeting to order with the singing of the National Anthem and a prayer of grace. 


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TODAY IN CANADIAN HISTORY

OR

     USELESS INFORMATION YOU NEED TO KNOW



February 21

1921 - Québec is the First province to establish government control of liquor.  For a period of time Québec is the only jurisdiction in North America with no                                 prohibition of alcohol. 

      1974 - Quebec to make French the official language of the province.

      1984 - Marc Garneau named first Canadian to go into space.


VISITING ROTARIANS

None

GUESTS

  None

MAKE UPS

Rye Committee

BIRTHDAYS

None

ANNIVERSARIES

None

      PIN PAL STORIES

Trish met Sue Edgett in Shediac and had a chat regarding GSE

       John Murchie has found his magnetic pin attached to a flashlight on his desk.

       Sue Purdy was in Toronto visiting her Dad in hospital and the room he was in donated by Rotary



50/50 DRAW

Pam drew the 10 or hearts.  No win.  

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George drew the 8 of clubs not the winner which is the 8 hearts.  Close but no cigar.

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Charlie who was hoping to collect $137.00 drew the 7 spades.  Kleenex was provided.



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HAPPY DOLLARS

Thomas is happy to attend a hockey game in PEI.  He is also buying Tim

       Horton’s coffee now roll up the rim to win is available

       and he is so lucky.  He has his heart set on a car to take back to France.


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Trish is happy her dog Stella is fitting in better each day

       but disappointed Bruce has been delayed in Labrador. 

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Ove was kicked out of the kitchen this AM by Pat who is feeling well.

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Charlie promoted Heritage Day Breakfast and official opening of the octagonal house.

John was delighted with the attendance at the Sweetest Lil Thing with over 6oo persons attending.  Thomas won the first cake.

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Patricia notified us of the St. Paul’s Church tea this coming Saturday from 2 – 4 PM

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George will be away the next two weeks first to Las Vegas to visit sister June and then to Florida.  No doubt the golf clubs will be going as well.

Wynn’s granddaughter who is 15 won the under 18 curling event.   Wynn found Rotary tags in his Dad’s golf bag which he will keep for sentimental value.

Sue P. Was delighted to see Darrell back at Rotary.

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Louise MacKinnon was happy daughter Mariah won the last cake at the 

Sweetest Lil Thing.

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Edna is off to Ottawa for a week to see her daughter.

COMMITTEE REPORTS

Gayle handed out tickets for the upcoming breakfast March 23 and also posters to announce the event.

UPCOMING MEETINGS

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PRESIDENT’S TIME

The club will make a donation to the Foundation in memory of Wendell Meldrum.

       Trish asked for another home stay for a GSE member coming in May.


GUEST SPEAKER

Frank introduced Becky Stewart.

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Today Becky did not talk birds but of her GSE exchange to India.  The title was “india uncut”
She went on this exchange with five other professionals.   After a 24 hour flight, each day was jam packed with visits.  She saw the smallest woman in the world, a tiger reserve and a village that Rotary had provided solar panels for light.  Running out of time she promised to return and enlighten us again with her humour and finish off her exchanged.  Gayle thanked her with a book to donate (the front cover was of a roaring tiger) card and Rotary pen.
Pam ended the meeting as we all recited the four way test.


UPCOMING WEEKS
Thursday, March 7, 2012
Chairperson :  Patricia
Greeter: Dianne O. 
Introducer: George  
Thanker: John 
Speaker: ????
Bulletin February 21, 2013 Gayle Key 2013-02-21 00:00:00Z 0

FORMER CLUB PRESIDENT PASSES ON AT THE AGE OF 88

Posted by Wayne Harper on Feb 14, 2013


Hon. Wendell W. Meldrum LLB, Q.C., D.C.L

1924-2013

Hon. Wendell W. Meldrum LLB, Q.C., D.C.L

The family of the Hon. Wendell W. Meldrum LLB, Q.C., D.C.L, of Sackville, New Brunswick. wish to announce his passing at age 88.  Wendell passed away peacefully at his home after a long decline in his health on Wednesday the 13th day of February 2013.

He was born on the 27th day of June 1924 in Simpson's Corner, Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia. He was a son of the late Hazen and Bernice (Simpson) Meldrum.

He enlisted in the RCAF on the day he graduated from Bridgewater High School in 1941. He served as a Pilot with the Ferry Command for the duration of the Second World War.  After the War he attended Dalhousie Law School, graduating in 1948.  Immediately following graduation he moved to Sackville, New Brunswick where he began the practice of law. Sackville was his residence for the remainder of his life.
 
During his many active years in Sackville he served as president of the Kinsmen Club, the Rotary Club, the Sackville Golf Club and the Royal Canadian Legion.  He participated at all levels of many other church and community service groups and activities including a number of years as leader of the Sackville United Scout Troop. He was a farmer at heart and an avid golfer, enjoying many years and friends in the Maritime Senior Golf Association.
 
He joined the Liberal government at the request of then premier Louis J. Robichaud, as Attorney General in 1964.  He also served with the Liberal government as  Minister of Justice, Minister of Health and Minister of Education.  He was a motivating force behind the Equal Opportunity Program. Following his resignation as an MLA he practiced law again briefly in Sackville before being appointed a Judge in 1976.  Judge Meldrum retired for health reasons nearly 20 years later.

He will be dearly missed by Dorothy, his wife for 69 years ; sons Wynn (Sharon), Kirk (Mona), all of Sackville; 4 grandchildren, Allyson (Craig) Burgess, Hilden, Nova Scotia, Wendy Meldrum, Sackville, New Brunswick, Sara (Stephen) Youngner, John's Island, South Carolina and Mark (Colleen), Foam Lake, Saskatchewan; 3 great grandchildren, Andrew Burgess, Karlee Burgess and Brady Senior; as well as his sister Cecile (Lloyd) Marshall, Douglas, NB.

He was predeceased by brothers Vernon and Hazen and his sister Ina Rowe.
 
The family wish that you remember him for the love of his family, his logical mind, his respect for others and his wonderful sense of humour.

Funeral arrangements have been entrusted to the Jones Funeral Home, 70 Bridge St, Sackville, NB (506-364-1300).  Funeral Service will be held on Monday the 18th day of February 2013 at 2 pm at the Middle Sackville Baptist Church with Pastor Vernon Vickruck officiating.  For those unable to be in attendance, the funeral service will be available online at www.jonesfuneralhome.ca after the funeral.

Anyone wishing to make a charitable donation in Wendell Meldrum's memory, may do so by donating to the Sackville Memorial Hospital Foundation or the charity of their choice.

FORMER CLUB PRESIDENT PASSES ON AT THE AGE OF 88 Wayne Harper 2013-02-15 00:00:00Z 0

You'll Never Know Who You Will Meet

Posted by Wayne Harper on Jan 20, 2013


Just another day in the Hog Town

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Oops!  Was it something I said?  Come Back!  Come Back!

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Now that's much better.  Pam and her friends (Steven, Jane, Chris and Canadian artist, Nell LaMarsh) were on the big tube on January 21st.


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The “Steven and Chris Show” was lots of fun. Thanks for all the fun comments; you’re right I really did get into it quotes Pam.  Jane is from BC and works for the United Church.

You'll Never Know Who You Will Meet Wayne Harper 2013-01-21 00:00:00Z 0

Club Bulletin January 17, 2013

Posted by Gayle Key on Jan 19, 2013

                                            Bulletin of the
                                           Sackville Rotary Club,
                                           Thursday, January 17, 2013
                                           Trish Edwards, President
                                           Editor: Gayle

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                          NEXT WEEK

                             Thursday, Jan 24, 2013
                             Chairperson :  Louise MacKinnon
                             Greeter:         John Murchie
                             Introducer:     Darren Wheaton
                             Thanker:        Dianne Oulton
                             Speaker:        Luc Babineau   GSE to Venezuela 


                        THIS WEEK

                              Chairperson:  Louise Hicks

                        Greeter:        George Woodburn 

                        Introducer:   Dianne Oulton

                        Introducer:    Dianne Oulton

                        Thanker:       George Woodburn

                   
                        Speaker:        Johanna Perkin



                                                                       Chairperson Louise brought the meeting to order with the singing of the National Anthem                                                            and a prayer of grace. 

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TODAY IN CANADIAN HISTORY

OR

USELESS INFORMATION YOU NEED TO KNOW

















         VISITING ROTARIANS

              Allan MacLelland  District GovernorImage

           GUESTS

           Rev. John Perkin and wife Dodie 
                                                                             Jeff MacKinnon
          MAKE UP                                                                      SImage
           Fund Raising  last Thursday


          BIRTHDAYS
          Gayle
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         ANNIVERSARIES
         None


         PIN PAL STORIES

         None


        50/50 DRAW              Image                      Image
        POT @ $75.00                             John M.  J clubs no win

                                                                                                                                                      Mary S. 8 clubs no win

                                                                                                                 Frank C.  2 hearts no win

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          So the pot grows improve your chances.....buy extra tickets next week.  We are still looking for the winning card       8 hearts.


          HAPPY DOLLARS

 


                                 Image                              Wynn glad to see Allan MacLelland here and happy to report his                                                                                                                                               granddaughter is a winner in basketball.


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           Charlie a grateful $10.00 donation to acknowledge the fast response to the ambulance attendants and the surgeon who operated on his wife Jean in the                wee hours of the morning due to a perforation.  Our best wishes are sent her way for a speedy recovery.



                                                               Image          Allan MacLelland  happy to be back in Sackville.

 

           Dianne needs a bit of luck purchasing Leonard Cohen tickets

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                                                                                                                              Ove happy to be back in NB from Quebec.  Also to report wife Pat will                                                                                                                                       require follow up treatment after surgery. 

                                                                                                               Peter had no trouble getting to Rotary due to 10 week old puppy chores.

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          Pam Bowman informs us the new word her granddaughter has learned is borscht.

COMMITTEE REPORTS
Josh reminded us to mark our new calendars for May 3, 2013.  Wine and Beer Gala and everyone is on deck to participate.

UPCOMING MEETINGS
Rye Comm. Sunday night Jan 20 and Projects Comm. Tuesday 22nd.

PRESIDENT’S TIME
With Trish being away, Gayle updated us on the last GSE exchange coming to Moncton area in May of this year.  Three of six visitors have been billeted and three more are needed.  Darrell is coming along with physio and is now eating regular food.  Updates to come.

GUEST SPEAKER
Johanna Perkin spoke to us on her trip to Kenya.  She is now in her first year at Mt. A. In arts and will focus on international studies.  She first thanked Rotary for her invitation to speak and for the support we offered last year to help offset her expenses.  The organization “Me to We” was began by Craig Keilburger at 12 years of age.  Me to We has blossomed into many chapters throughout the world.  Johanna spent 3 weeks in Kenya in a town of Euqaso population 1400 were 70% of the people live on less than $2.00 per day.  This town was located three hours from the main city and she worked on the construction of a school building.  It takes 1 ½ months to complete a school.  During her time there she visited a health centre, and all girl boarding high school and took part in other activities such as beading, water walks and weapon training.  With the experience of Kenya under her belt, she has changed herself as a person and feels the journey encouraged her to dig deep within herself to explore her possibilities.

UPCOMING WEEKS
Thursday, January 31, 2013
Chairperson : Mary
Greeter:        Josh
Introducer:    Diane S.B.
Thanker:       Darren
Speaker:       James Kalyn  The Surprising Results of Music Practice 
                                                            

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History of the Foundation

Posted by Wayne Harper on Jan 18, 2013


History of The Rotary Foundation


 

 
 
 
 
Arch C. Klumph, founder of The Rotary Foundation, circa 1916 Courtesy of Rotary Images

In 1917, RI President Arch C. Klumph proposed that an endowment be set up “for the purpose of doing good in the world.” In 1928, when the endowment fund had grown to more than US$5,000, it was renamed The Rotary Foundation, and it became a distinct entity within Rotary International.

Five Trustees, including Klumph, were appointed to “hold, invest, manage, and administer all of its property . . . as a single trust, for the furtherance of the purposes of RI.”

Two years later, the Foundation made its first grant of $500 to the International Society for Crippled Children. The organization, created by Rotarian Edgar F. “Daddy” Allen, later grew into the Easter Seals.

The Great Depression and World War II both impeded the Foundation’s growth, but the need for lasting world peace generated great postwar interest in its development. After Rotary’s founder, Paul P. Harris, died in 1947, contributions began pouring into Rotary International, and the Paul Harris Memorial Fund was created to build the Foundation.

That year, the first Foundation program – the forerunner of Rotary Foundation Ambassadorial Scholarships– was established. In 1965-66, three new programs were launched: Group Study Exchange , Awards for Technical Training, and Grants for Activities in Keeping with the Objective of The Rotary Foundation, which was later called Matching Grants .

The Health, Hunger and Humanity (3-H) Grants program was launched in 1978, and Rotary Volunteers was created as a part of that program in 1980. PolioPlus was announced in 1984-85, and the next year brought Rotary Grants for University Teachers . The first peace forums were held in 1987-88, leading to theFoundation's peace and conflict studies programs .

Throughout this time, support of the Foundation grew tremendously. Since the first donation of $26.50 in 1917, it has received contributions totaling more than $1 billion. More than $70 million was donated in 2003-04 alone. To date, more than one million individuals have been recognized as Paul Harris Fellows – people who have given $1,000 to the Annual Programs Fund or have had that amount contributed in their name.

Such strong support, along with Rotarian involvement worldwide, ensures a secure future for The Rotary Foundation as it continues its vital work for international understanding and world peace.


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Club Runner Newsletter

Posted by Wayne Harper on Jan 18, 2013


Hello Wayne Harper, Rotary Club of Sackville,
 
Persuading Qualified Potential Members to Join Rotary

Many clubs find it challenging to recruit new members. It no doubt is a challenge but what it comes down to is the power of persuasion and to a certain degree, selling. You might not realize it but the fact is that every day you unconsciously...

4 Steps to Achieve Your Goals

Very often we tend to overestimate what we can do in a year but underestimate what we can do in a few years. By looking ahead and planning for the future, we can set our strategies to accomplish our goals as well as plan for any uncertainties that...


Connect to the Cloud with ClubRunner Version 3.0

The third generation of ClubRunner will feature a revolutionary new designer, far more intuitive and modern than what you are currently used to. Starting with increased security to being able to support your website in various languages, ClubRunner Version 3.0 is the solution you have been...
 
5 Ways to Motivate Club Members to Stay

There comes a point for every club when some of its best members begin getting de-motivated and plan to leave the club. Clubs need to motivate their members in order to be able to maintain retention rates. In fact, motivation is no longer an option...

 
2012 - A Year in Review

We had a great year here at ClubRunner and we'd like to thank each and every one of you in helping make our success possible. With your support by our side, we hit many milestones in 2012. To recap...

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ClubRunner News
 

Fun Facts
 
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Weekly Bulletin January 10, 2013

Posted by Gayle Key on Jan 09, 2013



                                                                  

              

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                                                                  Sackville Rotary Club                

                                                                 Thursday, January 10, 2013          

                                                                 Trish Edwards, President

                                                                 Editor        Gayle



               NEXT WEEK

               Thursday, January 17, 2013

               Chairperson :  Louise Hicks 
               Greeter:       George
               Introducer:   Darrell ( sub needed)
               Thanker:      Diane Stephens
               Speaker:      Johanna Perkin


               THIS WEEK
               Chairperson:  Trish
               Greeter:  Gayle                        Image
               Introducer:  Trish
               Thanker:   Trish
              Speaker:  Dr. Ron Aiken




               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


1942 - Elizabeth Monk  & Suzanne Pilon Filion admitted to the Québec Bar - Québec's First female lawyers. 

1998 - Hydro Québec restores power to downtown Montréal after a week of relying on one single surviving transmission line coming into the city from north of the island following an ice storm that had knocked out power in three of the utility's five main distribution stations that ring Montréal


              VISITING ROTARIANS

              None

             GUESTS
             None 

            MAKE UPS
            Membership last Thursday after meeting


           BIRTHDAYS
           No birthdays this week


          ANNIVERSARIES
           No anniversaries

           PIN PAL STORIES

           No stories

          50/50 DRAW


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              Louise H. 3 diamonds                                                         Thomas ace spades                                    Trish 10 spades
                  No winners, so the pot of $64.00 grows

        HAPPY DOLLARS


        Louise McK  5 hrs. to Mickey Mouse and she is also happy exchange students going on Xcountry tour.

          

          Dianne is happy to be going on curling tournament in Rexton.  Her team is dressing up for the event.


        George is happy John M. is taking photos

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       Trish is adopting new dog Stella.  whoops no pics yet of puppy

                                                                                                                                                           Sue P.  Happy  no snowploughing this AM


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       COMMITTEE REPORTS

              Rye comm.   is delighted the exchange students are going on Xcountry tour.

              Dale put for a motion to approve $5300.00 be spent on the music literacy program at high school.  John M. second.  Motion carried.  Funds to come from                           breakfast, grant money and money left by Jake Fisher.

       UPCOMING MEETINGS
              Fund raising meeting tonight 5:00 PM.  Chamber of Commerce Bldg.

       PRESIDENT’S TIME
              Update on Darrell and the birthday hat was passed around to support his wife’s travel to and from Moncton.  $226.00 will be given to her later today with card of               our concerns.

       GUEST SPEAKER
              Dr. Ron Aiken, biology prof at Mt. A and 2nd term town councillor came to speak to us on Downtown Revitalization .  He explained the infrastructure on Bridge is                 crumbling after being placed in approx. 1930.  Gov’t funds are now available for municipal infrastructure and his drawings and costing includes underground                     wiring and sewers, heritage lighting (LED), widen sidewalks, repaving and curb enhancement.  The Atlantic Can. Opportunities Agency has been contacted as                   well as Mike Olscamp for funds.  Total cost approx $750,000.   Very informative talk that was followed by questions and a thank you from Trish


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         UPCOMING WEEKS
            
          Thursday, January 24, 2013

          Chairperson : Louise McKinnon

          Greeter:         John M

          Introducer:     Darren

          Thanker:        Dianne Oulton

          Speaker:        ?




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Merry Christmas From Toronto

Posted by Wayne Harper on Dec 23, 2012

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                   Leslie send her greetings!

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Merry Christmas

Posted by Pamela Harrison on Dec 23, 2012

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Greetings – wishing you and your family

a very Merry Christmas and a Happy

New Year, full of hope and prosperity.

 


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Can-TREE

Posted by Wayne Harper on Dec 20, 2012
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                  CANstruct Christmas Tree

               Approx 6ft high and 198 cans

 



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January Birthdays and Anniversaries

Posted by Lou Hamel on Dec 19, 2012
 Image Ross Jeffery January 5
Jeff Spooner  January 6
Kal Ojamae January 14
Ken Clare January 18
Ralph Bastian January 26
Tom Bennett

January 28

 

 

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 Image Brenda Booth  13 years January 7, 1999
Lynne Chant 13 years January 7, 1999
David Martin 6 years January 19, 2006
Tom Bennett 17 years January 26, 1995
   
   
   
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Weekly Bulletin December 20, 2012

Posted on Dec 19, 2012

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                                          The Rotary Club of Sackville

                                                                   December 20, 2012  

  

     Chairperson     David McKellar                            

         Greeter       Susan Fisher

      Visiting Rotarians   none

     Guests   Shelia Parker,    Image     Doug Key,   Image          Jeff MacKinnonImage     Angelina         Image                

      Makeups     none

      Pin Pal Stories   none

     Anniversaries    Cathy and Mike Keeling

     Birthdays     none

     50-50 Draw   Frank   2 clubs no win Image       Patricia B.ace clubs  no winImage Thomas  9 hearts Image                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           close  but no cigar  

     Happy $$$     Louise        15   4 year olds at a birthday party lots of commotionImage

                          Image Susan   glad to be in Sackville, happier the tractor started

                                                              Image       Patricia B.  Glad Xmas comes once a year at the post office.  Dianne Oulton assisted in her second                                                                                                                                                                                                                        profession,  ELF.

     Ove  reported  wife Pat is recovering well after surgery 10 days ago.Image

     No Meeting Next Week

      Jan 3   

 Chair   Ken

                  Introducer   Susan Fisher

                  Thanker   Wayne

                  Greeter   Wynn

                  Speaker   David McKellar

     Committee Reports

        Louise presented a list the exchange students  wish  to do before returning home.   Please offer to take them somewhere if possible.

       Upcoming Meetings   Admin today after meeting      Executive Meeting Jan 2, 2013  Pizza Delight  5:30 PM.

   

      President’s Time   Trish reminded us of no meeting next week. 

       Speaker      Gerry Parker on  Eastern Coyotes         ImageImageImage

        Born in Bear River Nova Scotia, Gerry attended Acadia University and graduated as a biologist who worked for Canadian Wildlife  throughout  Newfoundland  and                   Labrador.  Retired in 1977, he has written four books about wildlife in Atlantic Canada.  Today he spoke of the coyotes who originated on the Midwest US plains.  As the         west  opened  up, the coyotes migrated north and east arriving in the Maritimes between 1970-1975.  Becoming very abundant the females with a gestation of 60 days        give birth to 3-4 pups or up to 8-10 pups depending on the food supply available to them.   They estimate 4-5 hundred reside on Prince Edward Island and in 1987                began appearing in Newfoundland after being carried over on ice flows.   They have an impact on white tailed deer and at times become a nuisance.  Pelts range from          $75.00 - $100.00 each.  Gerry brought with him samples of pelts. ImageImage

After thanking Gerry for a terrific presentation, Image  we closed with the Four Way Test.

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Bulletin Dec 13th,2012

Posted by Gayle Key on Dec 12, 2012

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Bulletin of the

        Sackville Rotary Club,
       Thursday, Dec 13,2012
       Trish Edwards, President
        Editor: Gayle

NEXT WEEK

Thursday, December 20th, 2012

Chairperson :  David    
Greeter:         Susan Fisher   
Introducer:     Dale
Thanker:        Darrell
Speaker:        Gerry Parker - eastern coyotes

THIS WEEK
Chairperson:  Josh Cormier
Greeter:         Darrell
Introducer:
Thanker:
Speaker:        Trish Edwards    Club Assembly

Chairperson Image  Josh brought the meeting to order with the singing of the National Anthem and a prayer of grace.


   TODAY IN CANADIAN HISTORY

    December 20

1817 - Bank of Montréal starts operations; incorporated three years later, on December 20, 1820.

1922 - Drivers in British Columbia switch from driving on the left side of the road to driving on the right.

1973 - Henri Richard of the Montréal Canadiens scores his 1,000th NHL point with an assist in a 2-2 tie with the Buffalo Sabres.

1999 - Nova Scotia-born country legend Hank Snow dies of pneumonia.


 VISITING ROTARIANS

  None


  MAKE UPS
  Executive Dec. 12th, Projects Dec 13th, Pam H. Met with past district gov.

  BIRTHDAYS
  Diane Stephens    Image        

  ANNIVERSARIES
  None

PIN PAL STORIES
Sandy met many Rotarians at the Chamber of Commerce meeting at her house  Image

50/50 DRAW


1st.  Laing   no win  Image     2nd. John M.  no win   Image  3rd.  Thomas  no win   Image   tears all round
Card to be drawn to be the winner 8 of hearts.

  HAPPY DOLLARS

Wynn reappointment to small claims court after Queen’s bench was dissolved.        Image

                                                 Image                                                  Frank happy his feet are much better after surgery.    

                       Image                    Laing thanked everyone for coming to his home for the Xmas party.           Image                Louise is happy she is going on a cruise for a deserved holiday.            Image                    Image             Gayle thanked Xmas party crew for party and is looking to borrow crib for a month.


COMMITTEE REPORTS
Wayne under administration has sent our forms for Paul Harris nominations.  Image

Sandy for foundation.  After donations and our auction the amount submitted to Rotary was $4,799.00 averaging $135.00 per Rotarian. 

                                    Image                                       Dale Breakfast monies approx $1,700.00 with 2/3 to be donated to Marshview for their breakfast programs.


UPCOMING MEETINGS    
None

PRESIDENT’S TIME

Incorporated into club assembly.

GUEST SPEAKER

Trish spoke during club assembly                    Image                      some of the issues facing the club regarding the cross Canada tour for the exchange students and options available to them pending more information needed.

UPCOMING WEEKS

December 27th, 2012          No Meeting     Happy New Year 2013


Chairperson :
Greeter:
Introducer:  
Thanker:
Speaker:

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Bulletin Dec 13th,2012 Gayle Key 2012-12-13 00:00:00Z 0

Another Way to Support Rotary

Posted by Wayne Harper on Dec 11, 2012

Here's a wonderful way to support Rotary!  You can help Rotary win up to 10 million United Airlines travel miles.  It won't cost you a penny - and the miles will be used to help numerous Rotary projects. 

 

In the past Charity Miles have provided transportation for Rotary International's Gift of Life surgical teams. Last year, these teams traveled to Haiti and El Salvador, where volunteer doctors and nurses from the United States performed life-saving heart surgery on many children and provided important training for local doctors. Charity Miles have also helped Rotary International transport Iraqi children with birth defects to U.S. hospitals for treatments they cannot receive at home.

 

Charity Miles are also used to send volunteers to help immunize children during National Immunization Days. And, Charity Miles provide airfare for financially disadvantaged Rotary youth exchange students so they may live and study overseas for one school year, enabling 8,000 secondary school students to study abroad in 80 countries around the world.

 

All you have to do is go to  Charity Miles and vote for Rotary International.  You can vote once a day until December 25th.  Rotary is currently leading with 505 votes. 
 

And don't just vote yourself!  Share this message with your network of friends. If you are a Facebooker, a Twitterer or a Texter - get cracking and spread this message.  Remember, by winning these Charity Miles, we can bring smiles to the faces of thousands of underprivileged children!

 


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Bulletin - November 29, 2012

Posted by Gayle Key on Nov 28, 2012

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                        Bulletin of the
                   Sackville Rotary Club,
                   Thursday, November 28, 2012
                   Trish Edwards, President
                    Editor: Gayle Key


NEXT WEEK
Thursday, December 6, 2012
Chairperson:  Trish
Greeter:
Introducer:  
Thanker:
Speaker:  Christmas Party

THIS WEEK

Chairperson:  John Murchie
Greeter:  Dale Creelman
Introducer:
Thanker:
Speaker: AGM Club Elections

Chairperson John Image 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 29

1964 - Canadian actor Lorne Greene, who plays Pa Cartwright on the NBC TV show Bonanza, has a # 1 Billboard pop hit with his single, Ringo.  He is the second Canadian to have a #1 pop hit in the United States, after Paul Anka.


1983 - Ottawa suspends enforcement of metric measurement after adverse court ruling, causing a need to rewrite and clarify the law.


2004 - Tommy Douglas voted "The Greatest Canadian" in a CBC TV series audience vote.

VISITING ROTARIANS

   Image June Woodburn


GUESTS

Edna Boland  Image  and Image  Peter Hyham

MAKE UPS  


Trish – makeup Sustainable Sackville
Wayne- club runner training names given to Marita

BIRTHDAYS

None

ANNIVERSARIES

None

PIN PAL STORIES

Sue Purdy  Image  visited Leslie in Sackville

50/50 DRAW


1 Dianne Image   no winner


2. Image   George Woodburn also a loser


  3.  Dale Creelman Image   no winner tears accepted

HAPPY DOLLARS


  Image  Louise – parents on mend after medical incidents but not all lost, cruise booked for spring............Pam B.  Image   Smart grandchild loves to say “WOW”.........JoshImage   looking forward for slick shave on Dec. 1........... Image  John – 2 happy dollars one for spotting bank manager and also finishing 6th decade.......Trish  Image  – thanked Edna and Peter for returning after the fireside chat.  Becky  Image  presented banners from India and also that Rotarian’s there are shocked we meet at 7:15 AM

COMMITTEE REPORTS

Administration - Pam B reports 36 people for Xmas party so far.
Projects – Dale reminded us of the breakfast at the legion this Saturday morning 7:00 AM.  All hands on deck.


UPCOMING MEETINGS
Club Administration – Wayne’s home Image   Monday night at 7:00 PM.
Executive Meeting   - Wednesday at Wayne’s home 5:30 PM.


PRESIDENT’S TIME


Trish did not use this time as we went directly to nominations and elections.

GUEST SPEAKER

  
Trish conducted the elections and the results are:  
Pres Elect   Gayle Key
Vice Pres   John Murchie
Treasurer   Darrel Harvey
Secretary   Pam Bowman
Director   Membership   Andy Rose
Director   Fundraising    Josh Cormier
Director   Foundation Ken Draper
Director   Projects   Dale Creelman
Director Administration   Wayne Harper
Sergeant at Arms    Mary Sears
Trish highlighted the events of the year.

UPCOMING WEEKS
 
Thursday, December 13, 2012
Chairperson: Josh Cormier    
Greeter:   Darrel Harvey
Introducer:  
Thanker:

Speaker: Club Assembly

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Bulletin - November 22, 2012

Posted by Wayne Harper on Nov 21, 2012

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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 Image 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 Image  from Houston Texas.  Our former RYE student from Denmark, 

 Image 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 Image  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 Image  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 Image who was looking for the elusive 9 of spades.  Here she selects her card from the deck.  Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding!  Image  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. Image  was getting excited as she prepares to go and see the greatest and smartest grandkids on the planet in Bahrain……..Pauliina Image  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 Image  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  Image wiped out John’s debt and announced he was getting ready to go on a cruise to Puerto Rico beginning tomorrow………..Trish Image  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 – Image  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 Imagereported 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 Image  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, Image  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 Image  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.  Image  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 Image  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

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Bulletin - November 22, 2012 Wayne Harper 2012-11-22 00:00:00Z 0

Details of the W.A.S.H.Program

Posted by Wayne Harper on Nov 15, 2012


WASH (water, sanitation and hygiene) Matching Grant 2012-2013

                La Romana, Dominican Republic

  Dear Clubs of Rotary District 7810,

                Greetings from Calais Maine.

Our District, thanks to DG John Carkner, DG Leigh Cummings, and now DG Allan MacLellan, and thanks to the Clubs of the district has been instrumental in beginning and in continuing to support the BioSand Water Filter Program in La Romana, Dominican Republic.

                To date this program has installed more than 3000 plastic Hydraid BioSand filters in the DR, primarily in the homes of the sugar cane cutters and their families living in the bateys (sugar cane villages ) of the eastern Dominican Republic, primarily Haitian immigrants. With last year’s Matching Grant ($100,000) we have continued the filter installations and have expanded into areas of sanitation and hygiene.

                We are again writing a Matching Grant with the initial investment of $10,000 in DDF, thanks to our WCS committee and DG Allan, to provide more sanitation (primarily latrine construction) and hygiene (hand washing facilities and education) programs. This Grant will expand the pilot program for Water Promoters (filter and health monitors) on the bateys.

                The District Designated Funds (DDF/Share) are matched by the Rotary Foundation in a Matching Grant 1:1 to become $20,000 in the final grant budget. Club Contributions are matched 0.5:1.0 and provide the remainder of the grant budget.

                In the past two years, Club Contributions have amounted to $25K and $40K to become $37,500 and $60,000 when matched by TRF. These Club Contributions came from more than twenty RD7810 Rotary Clubs, and ranged in amount from $500 to $5000.                                                                                      We are asking for a similar $40K Club Contribution for the current MG application.

                Remember, a Club Contribution to a Matching Grant is a positive donation in three different ways:

 First, the contribution goes directly to funding the grant program in this case the BioSand filter program in La Romana, and is multiplied by 1.5 toward that goal.

 Second, the Contribution counts toward Foundation giving by the Club.

And Third, the amount contributed is assigned Paul Harris Recognition Points to be used by the Club for Paul Harris Fellowships in the Club.

                Any Club can contribute in any amount, and receive the three benefits outlined above.

                If your Club has not yet designated an international project, or even if it has and wishes to continue to support the WASH programs in the Dominican Republic, please contribute to this Matching Grant for 2012-2013. Contact me for any more information or details of the WASH programs.

                Bob Chagrasulis, M.D.  Rotary Club of Calais Maine, RD7810 Water Management Chair

bobchagrasulis@AOL.com  


Details of the W.A.S.H.Program Wayne Harper 2012-11-16 00:00:00Z 0

Vacation and Work in the Dominican Republic

Posted by Wayne Harper on Nov 15, 2012


Clean Water Work Team 2013.   La Romana, Dominican Republic

                Following two very successful work teams from Rotary District 7810 to RD 4060, in 2011 and 2012, the next Work Team is planned for January 30 to February 6, 2013. These teams travel in support of the BioSand Water Filter Program at the Good Samaritan Hospital in La Romana.

                The Water Filter Program has been heavily supported through Matching Grants from the Rotary Foundation, sponsored by RD7810 and Rotary clubs throughout our District. The team travels to work daily with the installation team, actually installing the filters on the bateys, the villages on the sugar cane plantations where the cane cutters and their families live.

                The work trip is the perfect opportunity to see exactly where our club, district and Foundation money is spent; further, it is an opportunity to “get our hands dirty” in support of the program itself and for the Dominican installation team members. And too, we are invited into the homes of the cane workers to install the filter, to meet the people who will be using the filter and who will enjoy the health benefits of clean water.

                This year the program has expanded into areas of sanitation and hygiene, specifically in the installation of latrines, and in hand washing education. We anticipate some “hands-on” in these projects in addition to BioSand filter installation.

                The Team trip can be considered both a work trip and a recreational visit to the DR. We stay in private villas by special arrangement in Casa de Campo, the largest resort in the Caribbean. During the days we travel to our work sites on the bateys, and evenings are used either for Rotary functions (the two La Romana Clubs meet Tuesday and Thursday) or local entertainment. One day we will make a special beach excursion to Isla Saona, a National Park seashore. Sunday February 3rd we travel to the old colonial capital city of Santiago for a RD4060 Project Fair. Many Dominican Rotarians exhibit their Club projects at this Fair; this is an excellent opportunity for Rotary fellowship and international interchange. For golfers there is an opportunity to play at Teeth of the Dog at Casa de Campo, consistently rated as one of the top 100 golf courses in the world.

                The trip cost is ~$1300US. This includes room/board at the villa (we have a live-in house staff of cooks and housekeepers), daily travel, travel to Santiago, and the beach excursion. Not included is liquor (we can buy this ourselves at a local store), airline costs and costs from the airport to the resort. For the past two trips each team has consisted of members from around New Brunswick and Maine; thus, we do not all fly out of the same airport in Canada/US. We individually make our own flight arrangements, but do use a central travel agent and do coordinate arrival times in the DR. Destination airports in the DR are La Romana (LRM), Santo Domingo (SDQ) and Punta Cana (PUJ).

                There has already been considerable interest from Clubs in our district 7810 for the 2013 trip. The trip has been extremely successful in the past two years (and great Rotary fun!) and interest has grown. The trip size was 13 members for 2011 and 15 people in 2012. The team is open to Rotarians, spouses/significant others, and friends. There is no plan currently to limit the team size; this depends on the interest from individuals/clubs.

                The trip dates f 1/30 – 2/6/13 are more fixed by our host Rotarians in the DR and their activities, than by us (specifically the RD4060 Project Fair in Santiago). Please let me know of your interest in joining this extraordinary Rotary team experience.   bobchagrasulis@AOL.com


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Bulletin - November 15, 2012

Posted by Wayne Harper on Nov 14, 2012

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Bulletin of the
Sackville Rotary Club,
Thursday, NOVEMBER 15, 2012
Trish Edwards, President
Editor: Wayne Harper



NEXT WEEK
Thursday, November 22, 2012 
Chairperson :  George
Greeter: Trish
Introducer: Barb J. 
Thanker: Charlie
Speaker: Margaret Campbell – Marsh Monitoring in the Maritimes


THIS WEEK
Chairperson:  Dale
Greeter:  Barb J.
Introducer: Andy
Thanker: Sandy
Speaker: Lucy MacDonald


Chairperson Dale  Image 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 15
1948 - Mackenzie King retires as Prime Minister of Canada after 21 years of service.   In power since October 23, 1935, he set a British Commonwealth record for long service. He was succeeded by Louis St. Laurent. 


1962 - Nova Scotia born singer Hank Snow has a #1 Billboard country hit with his single,” I've Been Everywhere”.


1976 -René Lévesque leads the Parti Québécois to victory in the provincial election, defeating the Liberals under Robert Bourassa;



VISITING ROTARIANS

None this week.

GUESTS
 
 Image Patricia had her granddaughter Bella with her this week.

MAKE UPS

Ken & Darrell visited the Port Elgin Rotary Club, while Prez Trish was in Moncton.  The Rye committee of Dianne, Marita, Louise M. Patricia and Barb L. met this past week.

BIRTHDAYS

Barbara C.  had a birthday but wasn’t there to wear the coveted hat.

ANNIVERSARIES

None.

PIN PAL STORIES
Trish returned home to her roots (Prince Edward County, ON) last week and was pressed into service as an interviewer for their RYE program.

50/50 DRAW

Three more Rotarians went down in flames this week as the 9 of spades remained …. well elusive.  

 Image Charlie,  Image Sandy  Image and John (again) were the unsuccessful trio.  Next week’s pot - $100.

HAPPY DOLLARS

 Image Charlie was happy to be home after spending a week with what he claims are the two brightest and all-round greatest grandchildren.  He toured ships and got to see a science center………. Image Ken was happy, or was it sad, as he announced his retirement from the Bank of Nova Scotia next February.  Many of my friends will have to “break-in” a new person…….. Image Wynn congratulated Charlie on a wonderful presentation last Thursday (see last week’s bulletin) and was also full of congratulations to Sandy for last week’s Auction……… Image Peter recently attended a New Brunswick Awards Dinner in which local companies Sorcimed Biopharmical and Atlantic Industries (Brian’s stompin’ ground) were awarded medals of excellence…….. Image Gayle was happy that several members joined her in the Atlantic Path Cancer Survey which will go on for the next several years……… Image Barb J. was very happy to be leaving for Bahrain shortly to go and see her family, including the rivals of Charlie’s grandchildren.  Let the games begin!........ Image Patricia was happy that she brought along another Charlie rival in her granddaughter Bella……… Image Wayne had a PSA for a Curl for Cancer Vacation Draw.  He circulated tickets……….. Image Louise was getting ready to escape with her girlfriends on a girls-away-sans-any-kids weekend………… Image Trish, as mentioned earlier, went home this past weekend to infuse some cash into the local wine industry………… Image Dale was forced to paint his recently renovated basement area as his daughter was coming to visit.  Seems Dale didn’t want to endure her wrath as it wasn’t painted the last time she visited.

COMMITTEE REPORTS

Membership -  Image Andy reminded members and Committee Chairs of the Fireside Chat next Friday (Nov. 23rd).  He also announced that both Cathy and Beth have been granted Leaves-of-Absence until the end of the year.
Fundraising – Dale distributed tickets for the upcoming breakfast.  He will be soliciting members to work the breakfast along with someone to take over the Chairmanship of future breakfasts.
Foundation – Sandy announced the results of last week’s Auction which netted out $2,683, a 34% increase over last year.  The "guess  how much we made" contest was won by  Image Mary who guessed $2,600.
New Generations RYE – Patricia and  Image Louise M. discussed the cross-Canada tour and its on-again-off-again status and the reasons for all this turmoil.  Liability seems to be the overriding factor.

UPCOMING MEETINGS

Administration Committee – Sandy wanted a quick meeting of the Xmas Party committee after this morning’s meeting.
Membership Committee – Meets following the morning meeting.

PRESIDENT’S TIME

Prez Trish had no issues that had to be addressed this morning.

GUEST SPEAKER

Andy introduced Lucy MacDonald, the Curator of Education of the Owens Art gallery.  Born in Innuvit, she made her way  to Mount Allison as a student, graduating in 1998 and getting her Masters in Scotland in 2000.
The Owens Art Gallery is  the oldest art gallery on a university campus in Canada.  In total, the gallery owns, or is in charge of, over 3,000 works of art, ranging from paintings to sculptures and to other forms of collectibles.  Lucy’s role is to encourage members of the community to view, learn, and in some cases, create art in various formats.  As a start, she developed Family Sundays, where the gallery was open to families, free of charge, each month.  This leads to an annual Open House where people get to tour the facilities, seeing areas of the gallery not normally open to visitors (archives, restoration etc.).
In recent years, Lucy has  developed partnership with the elementary schools.  Seeing a bunch of students from Port Elgin using the swimming pool on campus, she talked to school officials to try to combine this trip to the campus with a trip to the gallery.  So successful, it is now the normal for all schools in the District.  Here students are encouraged to try and replicate paintings.  A similar program has now been developed with Marshview Middle School, where the students have been learning and observing all things Alex Colville.  As Colville painted many buildings in the community, the program has developed a walking tour map, showing the original painting and the building as it exists today.  A program to look at how to paint sound led to drawings that were turned into banners and hung throughout the Town.  The program encourages artists visiting town to also visit the schools.  Even MTA students get into the act with knitting and mending clothes sessions.
Lucy was thanked by  Image Sandy who donated a book in Lucy`s name to a local library.  Truly members had no idea of the scope of the education and outreach that the Owen`s impacts on the community.


UPCOMING WEEKS
Thursday, November 29, 2012 
Chairperson : John
Greeter: Dale
Introducer:  
Thanker: 
Speaker: None Club Elections and  AGM


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Movember Man

Posted by Wayne Harper on Nov 14, 2012


MOVEMBER’s Growth


Week # 3

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Week #1

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Here are the official Movember rules, as indicated by the Movember Foundation:

1. Each bro must start November with a clean shaven face.

2. Then for the entire month of November, each bro must grow and groom a moustache according to these rules:

There is to be no joining of the mo to the sideburns. That’s a beard.

There is to be no joining of the handlebars on the chin. That’s a goatee.

We can all help by donating to Bro-Josh.


Go Josh Go!!!!

 


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Bulletin - November 8, 2012

Posted by Wayne Harper on Nov 07, 2012

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Bulletin of the
Sackville Rotary Club,
Thursday,
NOVEMBER 8, 2012
Trish Edwards, President
Editor: Wayne



NEXT WEEK
Thursday, November 15, 2012 
Chairperson :  Gayle
Greeter: Barb J.
Introducer:  Andy
Thanker: Brian
Speaker: Lucy MacDonald – Education & Outreach @ Owens


THIS WEEK
Chairperson:  Frank
Greeter:  Wynn
Introducer:
Thanker:
Speaker: Wynn - Auctioneer


Chairperson Frank Image  brought the meeting to order with a minute of silence in memory of our veterans plus the singing of the National Anthem and a prayer of grace. 
  

TODAY IN CANADIAN HISTORY
OR
USELESS INFORMATION YOU NEED TO KNOW


November 8
1942 - Montréal Canadiens' Maurice Richard scores his first goal in his 3rd NHL game. 


1945 - House of Commons debates creating a new Canadian flag to replace the Red Ensign. 


1965 - Pierre Trudeau first wins a seat in the House of Commons, as Liberal MP for Mount Royal


1993 - Céline Dion announces her engagement to René Angélil, who had managed her career since January, 1981.



VISITING ROTARIANS

None

GUESTS

This week we had a parade of guests including our former RYE student from Finland – Image  Pauliina Rintala.  Laing’s wife Joyce  Image  also joined us as did Darrell’s wife Marguerite Image  and Ove’s wife Pat.  Image  Our future Rotarian Mariah Image  joined mommy Louise.  Former Rotarian Elizabeth Macdonald  Image came back for a visit before she moves to Riverview and Thomas’ host brother  Image Tim Soper paid a visit.

MAKE UPS

The RYE Committee and the Executive Committee both met during the past week.

BIRTHDAYS

  Image  Darren   will add another year on the 13th.

ANNIVERSARIES

None.

PIN PAL STORIES

George was at an ACCOA meeting in the Miramichi when he ran into a fellow Rotarian.  Pam  Image attended a Board meeting in Halifax last week when she met up with a Rotarian from Newfoundland (Joey Smallwood’s home town).  And then there was John – he saw himself but we don’t know how.

50/50 DRAW

Three more members suffered the “agony of defeat”.  

  Ken, ImageDiane (one n) Imageand John  Image all failed to find the 9 of spades.  Next week’s draw will approach $100.

HAPPY DOLLARS

Dianne (two n’s)  Image announced that former RYE student Kikkas will be getting married next year.  She and Frank will be going to Mexico………..Trish  Image was happy that she was going home this weekend.  However Rotarian dad had some of her weekend covered.  Does “service above self” ring a bell?............Josh Image was exhibiting his Movember ‘stash and recruiting sponsors………..Charlie  Image just returned from Maine where he skirted hurricane Sandy.  As well a PSA indicated that he was going back to his roots by delivering a lecture tonight (the James Ossuary: Fact or Fiction?) at  St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church…….. Barb J.  Image proved that a deal can be got from the medical profession.  Her Doctor decided not to charge when she told him she was going to Bahrain……..Pauliina  Image was happy to be back at her favourite Rotary Club.  She will be here for three weeks (and 32 hours).

COMMITTEE REPORTS

No Committee reports

UPCOMING MEETINGS

No meeting this week.

PRESIDENT’S TIME

Trish asked for someone to place the Rotary wreath at the cenotaph on Sunday.  John volunteered.

GUEST SPEAKER

There was no guest speaker this week as the annual Foundation Auction was front and centre.  Colonel Wynn  Image was the auctioneer this year and was keen to show his credentials.  Image  He started off raffling Jean’s Famous Shortbreads  Image and 6 Rotarians took home this delight.  This year’s auction had many, many items donated by Rotarians including baskets full of preserves  Image along with fresh holly.   Image   Josh, Sue, Charlie and Laing get ready to bid.  Image  By the end of the auction, Dianne (two n's) and rookie Rotarians Diane (one n) and Louise H. considered hiring a truck as they bid often.  Here they are at the beginning mapping out bidding strategy.  Image  Wynn was ably assisted  by Thomas, Coralie  Image and Image  guest Tim.


UPCOMING WEEKS
Thursday, November 22, 2012 
Chairperson: George
Greeter: Brian
Introducer:  Barb J.
Thanker: Charlie
Speaker: Margaret Campbell – Marsh Monitoring in the Maritimes


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Rotarians Provide After-School Program

Posted by Pamela Harrison on Nov 05, 2012

To many of us, an “international project” usually describes activities taking place in developing countries, beyond our national boundaries. However, to Rotarians who don’t live in North America, international projects take place right here, in our own backyards. Rotary is such an amazing organization, and it’s thanks to our global network that communities in North America benefit from Rotary Foundation grants through the generosity of Rotarians around the world. Working with club s and districts from outside of North America, our Foundation’s programs have enabled Rotarians from around the world to enhance the lives of our fellow countrymen and women.

 

One example of such a project was a Matching Grant that took place in West Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Rotarians from Canada partnered with the Rotary Club of Taipei Fu-Jung, Taiwan to help provide an after-school program for inner-city children at the Hastings-Tillicum Community School Society in Vancouver. There was over US$18,000 committed internationally to that project. Another fantastic project highlighted in our “Doing Good in the World Videos” shows a Matching Grant project following the disastrous effects of Hurricane Katrina in Louisiana, USA. The project was supported by multiple countries and further exemplifies the local impact from partnerships through our Foundation.

 

I was curious to know the magnitude of funding and assistance that we as North Americans have received from other countries as we celebrate our Foundation. Over US$2 million has been contributed over the last 10 years by 66 countries to the United States and Canada alone. Below is a chart that shows the amount of funds and the regions that have supported these matching and global grant projects in the US and Canada:

 

 

 

It is staggering to see the wonderful partnerships and support we have received over the years. As we share The Rotary Foundation this month and throughout the years to come, let’s remember that the term “international” depends on where you are from! Feel free to share this information with Rotarians, friends and family showing how much support we have received….not just how much we have given outside of North America.

 


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Bulletin - November 1, 2012

Posted by Wayne Harper on Oct 31, 2012

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Bulletin of the
Sackville Rotary Club,
Thursday, NOVEMBER 1, 2012
Trish Edwards, President
Editor: Wayne Harper



NEXT WEEK
Thursday, November 8, 2012 
Chairperson :  Frank
Greeter: Wynn
Introducer:  
Thanker: 
Speaker: Foundation Auction


THIS WEEK
Chairperson:  Sandy
Greeter:  Andy
Introducer: Wynn
Thanker: Barb J.
Speaker: Trish Edwards – South African Trip


Chairperson Sandy Image(taking the place of Darren) 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 1


1924 - National Hockey League awards a hockey franchise to the Boston Bruins; the NHL's First US team. 


1956 – The second Springhill mine disaster kills 39 miners, but rescuers soon save another 89 trapped men. From 1881 to 1969, 424 miners lose their lives at the Springhill mines. 


1958 - Coal mine rescue workers bring 7 more men out.  In all, 74 miners die underground in the Number Two Cumberland mine, in the third Springhill mine disaster.

 
1987 – Reform Party elects Preston Manning as its First leader, at its inaugural convention.


VISITING ROTARIANS


No visiting Rotarians this week.


GUESTS

 
Trish brought along future “hubby” ImageBruce Pollard and former RYE student Karissa Gaudreault Imagecame back for a visit.


MAKE UPS


Various members of the following committees had a makeup this past week – Fundraising, Membership and RYE.


BIRTHDAYS


No birthdays this week.


ANNIVERSARIES


Darrell and Marguerite Imagewill celebrate 46 years on marriage on the 5th.  Darrell noted this was older than the age of some of our members.


PIN PAL STORIES
None!


50/50 DRAW


The pot was worth approximately $60 this week.  Alas the three members whose tickets were drawn received the condolences of the membership.  Right!!!  Can you feel the love ImageTrish Image Mary Image Brian?


HAPPY DOLLARS


Trish arrived at the meeting naked this morning – no Rotary pin and no Name tag.

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Wynn was doubly happy this week.  His “I have the smartest granddaughter and don’t you forget it”, won curling cash spiel this past weekend.  This was in preparation of the Canada Games.  Secondly, long-time partner, brother Kirk has decided to retire and Wynn is now the only Meldrum in Meldrum Law.  Actually Kirk will do some free-lance work occasionally.

Patricia  Image  was happy that 175 monsters relieved her of her treats last night.  Sure makes our 8 pretty chintsey.
Guest Karissa announced Image  that she is returning to Ecuador shortly to do a stint of teaching English.  She is looking forward to this challenge.
Sandy was happy/sad.  Image  Seems she has not heard her name mentioned so many times in such a short time as this week.  She was a little sad at the destruction that hurricane Sandy wrecked on the New England states and central Canada.  She was happy that the storm here was really a non-event.
 Image Barb is happy that she is going to Bahrain soon.  While there she will be training her grandkids to beat Wynn’s grandkids.
Sue was happy that her Image  grandson “tricked and treated” her last night.  As her only visitor, she would have forgot the night altogether.
Louise H. Image  was happy for the season that the Tantramar Titans Football team just finished.  The team did better that was expected as many stars from last year graduated.  According to Louise, they will be back.
Louise M. dressed up yesterday and was proudly proclaimed “cool Mom” Image  by her day-care people.  They were looking to adopt her.


COMMITTEE REPORTS


Fundraising – Sandy updated the Club on the final results of the Football Chance program.  Using the CIS as a test for this year has allowed the committee and the club to evaluate this fundraiser.  The Executive will review the results at their next meeting.  20 members paid a token $10 which allowed payment of the system and to have some prizes at the end.  The results of the money prizes were as follows:
Highest points – Darrell - $50  Image
Lowest points – Ken - $30  Image
Ancillary Winners of $20 each were Marita,  Image Sue P.,   ImageGeorge and Josh


Membership -
Andy reminded members that the next Fireside Chat will be held on November 23rd at Ove house.  Committee chairs are asked to attend to talk about their committee work.  A few new potential members are already committed to attending.  Pizza beer and wine will be available.


New Generations – The Rye sub-committee announced that 2 short term exchanges and 2 long exchanges will occur in 2013.  Short term students are Ben Hicks and Lindsey Trueman.  The long term students are Marina Cupido and Tess Doncaster.  None of the destinations have been finalized.


UPCOMING MEETINGS



Membership meets next Thursday at 8:45 am in Andy’s store, while the Executive will meet next Wednesday at Pizza delight at 5:30 pm.


PRESIDENT’S TIME



Trish reminded members about next week’s Foundation Auction and urged members to bring unusual items.  Get the info of your donation to Sandy a.s.a.p.!  She also encouraged any members to add item(s) to the meeting agenda for the Executive to address.


GUEST SPEAKER


Wynn introduced Prez Trish as today’s guest speaker.  Image  She and Bruce just recently returned from a three week trip to South Africa.  Trish’s presentation included a visual montage of some of the 2,000 pictures she claims to have taken, along with an oral description of what sounded like a trip-of-the-lifetime.  Getting there consumed two days and they arrived amidst a major oil spill.  Their main reason for going there was to visit a friend who is studying there and of course to see as much of the country as possible.  They had planned to break their trip down into three manageable parts – the Cape Town experience, the Wine lands and the Garden tour.  Image
Cape Town was much like most major cities of the world, but with a twist.  There one can go for a walk with a penguin – literally.  They felt safe in the city, while acknowledging that the suburbs are not the place to be.  The poor live in squalor in these areas.  She attended a Rotary Club, where unfortunately, only 15 members were there, but she did get a chance to exchange banners.
Highlight of the trip had to be the Wine lands.  She and Bruce got to visit many vineyards both large and small.  The wine industry in South Africa is huge and the wine is very good.  Many varieties are available in Canada, but they tend to be the lower quality.  While visiting these wine tastings they met people from all over the world, and many Rotarians.  An interesting slide showed Ronnie’s Sex Shop.  This was in fact a bar, which they visited.
A visit to the country (the garden tour) was highlighted by a visit to Addo National Park.   There they got to see nature including zebras, lions, elephants, giraffes and rhinos.  The people were wonderful and they felt welcomed at every turn.
As the pictures demonstrated, it was trip-of-a-lifetime.


Barb thanked Trish Image  for her presentation by donating a book, in her name, to a local library.


Sandy closed the meeting with the 4-way test.



UPCOMING WEEKS
Thursday, November 15, 2012 
Chairperson: Gayle
Greeter: Barb J. 
Introducer:  Andy
Thanker: Brian
Speaker: Lucy MacDonald – Education and Outreach at Owen


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Bulletin - October25, 2012

Posted by Wayne Harper on Oct 24, 2012

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Bulletin of the
Sackville Rotary Club,
Thursday,
OCTOBER 25, 2012
Trish Edwards, President
Editor: Wayne



NEXT WEEK
Thursday, November 1, 2012 
Chairperson: Darren 
Greeter: Andy
Introducer:  Wynn
Thanker: Barb J.
Speaker: Trish Edwards – Trip to South Africa


THIS WEEK
Chairperson:  Darrell
Greeter:  Trish
Introducer: Wayne
Thanker: Andy
Speaker: Greg Campbell – Owls in the Maritimes


Chairperson Darrell Image  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 25
1920 - Referenda in Alberta, Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Nova Scotia give large votes for the prohibition of the manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages. 


1923 - Frederick Banting & John Macleod of the University of Toronto jointly win the Nobel Prize for Medicine for their discovery of the hormone insulin.  They are the First Canadians to win a Nobel Prize.


1945 -  Negro League baseball star Jackie Robinson signs contract with the Montreal AAA Royals, a Brooklyn Dodgers farm team.  He was the first black in major league baseball. 


1992 - Toronto Blue Jays fly home to Toronto with the World Series Championship banner.  It was the first team from outside the United States to take the title. 



VISITING ROTARIAN

None

GUESTS

Our GSE member Becky Stewart Image  attended as she prepares to go to India later this week.

MAKE UPS

None

BIRTHDAYS

Patricia had a birthday but she wasn’t there to wear the HAT.  The hat monster will eventually get you.

ANNIVERSARIES

Charlie and Jean celebrate on the 25th and Ove and Pat Image  on the 26th.

PIN PAL STORIES

None this week.

50/50 DRAW

Three more members went down to defeat this week as they sought the 9 of spades and failed.  Next week’s draw is worth in excess of $60.

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Mary Coralie

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Andy


HAPPY DOLLARS


 Image John was happy to announce that a Craft Fair revue was now taking place at the Legion……..Dianne Image  was happy that the Rotary bridge was being repaired.  Look for the traffic jams over the river (actually a creek or a puddle) to be over next week………..Dale Image  was happy to announce that the simplified grant for $1,000, for the literacy program at the High School through the music, has been approved by the District……….Becky Stewart, Image  our GSE outbound member was happy that she is leaving this Saturday for her Group Study Exchange to India………Louise M. Image  apologized for being late for the meeting today.  Seems she got up, drove to Amherst, ran 5K, showered and got back to town for the meeting and was 5 minutes late.   Who does this kind of thing?  And she apologized!!!!

COMMITTEE REPORTS

Administration – Wayne Image  announced that Sue P. will be heading up the Paul Harris dinner, scheduled for February 21st.  He also announced that Pam B. and Sandy will co-chair the Christmas party on December 6th.  It will be held at Joyce and Laing’s residence.  Pam asked any members who want to assist to contact her or Sandy.  Wayne also encouraged members to prepay their meals by the quarter.  The fourth quarter is due now and can be paid up to the next meeting.  Cost is $104 less any credits for October.
Fundraising – Sandy Image  brought members up-to-date on the Football Chance trial.  Several members would have “won” the weekly prizes including Ken and George (multiple winners). In the Grand Prize for the most total points, Darrell is in the lead with one week to go.  Prizes will be awarded next week for the Grand Total Points, the Lowest Points and a few ancillary draws from all those who paid the initial $10.
New Generations - Pam B. Image  announced that the interviews are complete for next year’s RYE students.  They will be revealed shortly.

UPCOMING MEETINGS

Membership will meet after today’s meeting.


PRESIDENT’S TIME

No pressing matters to come before the membership.

GUEST SPEAKER

Wayne Image  introduced our guest speaker Greg Campbell.  Image  A native of New Brunswick, Greg is a biologist with Bird Studies Canada, and he came to tell us everything we ever wanted to know about those mysterious night fliers – Owls.
Owls, for the most part, do not look or act like birds.  Their eyes are binocular (like humans) and are in the front of their heads as opposed to the side of the head for most birds.  Their eyes don’t move, thus their head will turn on a 270 degree axis, even appearing up-side-down at times.  They are meat eaters and give up the salad of berries and grass seeds.  While most birds are inactive at night, owls are hunting for their next meal.  Owls use their hearing for hunting and have special feathers that make their flight silent.  Image
In the Maritimes, there are several species including the Barred Owl, the Great Horned Owl, the Northern Saw Whet Owl, the Boreal Owl, the Long-Eared Owl, the Short-Eared Owl, the Snowy Owl and the Great Grey Owl.  Greg spends a lot of his time conducting surveys in order to study population and breeding trends and insuring the public is aware of conservation techniques.

 
Greg was thanked by Andy Image  by donating a book in Greg’s name to a local library. 

UPCOMING WEEKS
Thursday, November 8, 2012 
Chairperson: Frank
Greeter: Wynn
Introducer:  
Thanker: 
Speaker: Rotary Auction


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The Bridge Gets A Makeover

Posted by Pamela Harrison on Oct 24, 2012

GOOD NEWS

Meet ‘Bill’. He is a stone mason from Halifax and took the time to explain the repairs.

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-         To complete the task he required 4 full good weather days in a row, thus the time delay. (Mark had contacted him several times)

-         The mortar must be repaired correctly; the stones repaired and put in place according to size.  (Mount A has a rock pile)

-         The repairs will involve small steel bars placed in regular locations throughout the sides of the bridge to prevent this from taking place again.

Repairs will be completed by Friday evening or Saturday at the latest.

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Ta Da!!!!   The finished product.  Looks as good as it was when new 12 years ago.

                         

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Bulletin - October18, 2012

Posted by Wayne Harper on Oct 17, 2012

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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 Image  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.  

ImageRegular drawee Marita, along with Image Dale 

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



HAPPY DOLLARS


Charlie Image  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.  
  Image  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. Image Wynn was seen gobbling up the package, muttering he knew he came back from Europe for something.
Drivers, take solace.  Image  Trish announced she has mastered the gear shift and we no longer have to give her a wide path.  Now, where was sixth gear?
 Image 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, Image 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. Image 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

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Chamber of Commerce Acknowledges Member

Posted by Wayne Harper on Oct 16, 2012

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Community Business Development Corporation Westmorland Albert and Enterprise South East, in collaboration with the Greater Sackville Chamber of Commerce, the Cap-Pele/Beaubassin East Chamber of Commerce and the Greater Shediac Chamber of Commerce, hosted their 2012 Entrepreneurship Gala on Wednesday to recognize excellence and the success of regional entrepreneurs.

Sandy Harper, long time member of our Club, received a special recognition award from the Greater Sackville Chamber of Commerce at the dinner held at the Memramcook Learning and Vacation Resort.  The award was presented to Sandy for her leadership, her contribution and her impact on the community.

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Bulletin - October11, 2012

Posted by Wayne Harper on Oct 10, 2012
PTS-2   Bulletin of the
Sackville Rotary Club,
Thursday, OCTOBER 11, 2012
Trish Edwards, President
Editor: Wayne 

NEXT WEEK
Thursday, October 18, 2012 
Chairperson :  Gayle
Greeter: Wayne
Introducer: Trish 
Thanker: Wynn
Speaker: John Chardine


THIS WEEK
Chairperson:  Trish
Greeter:  Sue P
Introducer:
Thanker:
Speaker: Club Assembly


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


October 11

1911 - Robert Borden sworn in as Prime Minister, succeeding Wilfred Laurier.

1911 – Canadian hockey leagues decide to go with teams of six players instead of seven; the rover position is abolished.
 

1952 - CBFT television in Montréal carries the First hockey telecast in Canada; the Montréal Canadiens vs. the Detroit Red Wings.

1959 - Paul Anka's single Put Your Head on My Shoulder reaches #1 on the Billboard pop charts. 

1984 – Pittsburgh Penguins rookie Mario Lemieux scores on his first shift of his first NHL game, putting his first shot behind Bruins goaltender Pete Peeters. 

VISITING ROTARIANS

There were no visiting Rotarians this week.

GUESTS

No guests this week.

MAKE UPS

No members had a makeup this week.

BIRTHDAYS

Three members had birthdays this week.
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Marita will have   
one on the 12th,      Pam H. will have one
                             on the next day (13th) and

Cathy is another year older on the 17th.



ANNIVERSARIES

There were no anniversaries this week

PIN PAL STORIES

Patricia, while on a Girl Guide cookie blitz, had a customer who knew the “beer cap” pin she was wearing was from Belgium.

50/50 DRAW

Three more tickets were drawn again this week.  The news was bad for all three – no winners in trying to match the 9 of spades. The unlucky members were: 

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Darrell,                  George                and Pam B.

HAPPY DOLLARS

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Patricia was happy as she was selling Girl Guide cookies for $5 a box.  The calorie counters threw caution to the wind and bought everything……….. Image Trish, who just returned from 5 weeks of weddings, parties and a new diet in South Africa was happy that the pants she was wearing still fit…………. Image  Pam B. was delighted that she got to spend Thanksgiving in Cape Breton along with her one-year-old grandchild.  Let’s see!  Can you guess the ranking?............ Image Peter has now become “Farmer Pete” as he and Tanya now own a 176-acre farm in downtown Cookville.  They will be moving as soon as the house on Squire St. sells.  Any takers?.............  Image Louise M. was happy at the ideas that came from the RYE students as they brainstormed things they would like to do/see while here in Sackville.  She will update the club shortly……….. Image Barb J. spent Thanksgiving with her son and grandchildren.  She and Pam can argue who has the best grandchild.  Be warned, Wynn’s coming back this week……….Pam H. was a little sad at the state of repairs, or lack thereof, at the Rotary bridge on the campus of MTA. 


COMMITTEE REPORTS

Projects Committee – Charlie reminded signing officers that documents needed to be signed in order for archiving to continue at MTA
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UPCOMING MEETINGS

The projects committee will meet next Tuesday at 5:30 pm.  Agenda and locale will come from the Chair.
PRESIDENT’S TIME
Trish read a “thank you” card from the folks at Sappy Fest and reminded members of the upcoming (Oct 13th) RLI in Truro.


GUEST SPEAKER

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Today was Club Assembly and Prez Trish chose the October theme – Vocational Service to bring forth to the membership.  It is the 2nd of 5 Avenues of Service.  It encourages high ethical standards in its membership and is designed for members to inspire others.  Each member’s classification represents that member’s vocation.  Not only are members expected to conduct business to the highest standards, they are encouraged to take these standards back to the workforce, to communicate honestly, to treat all people fairly, to award achievements and to respect people they come in contact with.  It is best said in the words of the 4-way-test – is it the truth, is it fair to all concerned, will it bring goodwill and better friendships, is it beneficial to all concerned.
Trish went on to talk about the Declaration of Rotarians – A Guide of How to Operate Your Business, done through the impact of voluntarism, fellowship, Rotary Youth Leadership, Group Study and  Friendship Exchanges.  In other words, we have to “Walk the Talk”.


UPCOMING WEEKS
Thursday, October 25, 2012 
Chairperson : Darrell
Greeter: Trish
Introducer:  Wayne
Thanker: Andy
Speaker: Greg Campbell – Owls in the Maritimes.

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Bulletin - October 4, 2012

Posted by Wayne Harper on Oct 03, 2012
PTS-2
            Bulletin of the
        Sackville Rotary Club,
        Thursday, OCTOBER 4, 2012
        Trish Edwards, President
          Editor: Wayne

NEXT WEEK
Thursday, October 11, 2012 
Chairperson :  Trish
Greeter: Sue P.
Introducer:  
Thanker: 
Speaker: Club Assembly


THIS WEEK
Chairperson:  Charlie
Greeter:  Peter
Introducer:  Sue P.
Thanker: Trish
Speaker: Dr. Vett Lloyd - Lyme Disease


 ImageChairperson Charlie 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 4
1899 - First Canadian troops sent to an overseas war, the Second Boer War in South Africa.
1917 - Quebeckers vote for prohibition of alcoholic beverages by a close 43,000 vote margin in a referendum.  The decision was too narrow to proceed.  
1957 - The first prototype Avro Arrow rolled out at A. V. Roe's Malton plant.   It was built by a team of aeronautical scientists, some of whom would later play a key role in the Apollo project to put a man on the moon.
1975 - Montréal-Mirabel International Airport opens for business. 
1995 - Ottawa rock singer Alanis Morissette appears on the covers of both Rolling Stone and Spin magazines.
2004 - Paul Martin and his Cabinet ministers sworn in at Rideau Hall; Canada's first minority government since 1979.


VISITING ROTARIANS

No Visiting  Rotarians found the metropolis of Sackville this week.

GUESTS

Members chose not to bring any guests this week.


MAKE UPS  

Trish h
as been in South Africa for the past few weeks. Image While there she had a chance to visit some clubs in district 9350.  Here she shows of the flag which she exchanged with ours…………The Executive met last night and so, get a makeup  Image………….Membership had a meeting last Thursday …………..The New Generations Committee  had a meeting this past week…………Club members who worked the breakfast can claim a makeup.

BIRTHDAYS

There were no birthdays this week.

ANNIVERSARIES

Darren and Lindsay have an anniversary on the 10th.

PIN PAL STORIES

It was a slow week for tall tales of meeting mysterious Rotarians.


50/50 DRAW

The new draw began this week, but sadly produced no winners.

HAPPY DOLLARS

 Image Louise was doubly happy this week as her Run-For-The-Cure marathon raised $2,000.  The on-again-off-again Cross Canada tour is now back on so that Thomas & Coralie can go on the trip if they choose………..Pam B. Image was also happy with her dragon boat’s Run-For-The-Cure event that raised $7,000.  She was also selling tickets on an apple pan crisp to be drawn on the 20th…………….. Image Andy was happy as he is going to join the “I definitely have the smartest grandchild legion”.  He was also happy as brother John came home from Cold Lake, Alta for a visit.  To top it off, his daughter is on the Dean’s list at college……….Trish Image was happy to be back in Canada, but sad that the journey had to end………..Ove Image related the good time he and Pat had in Alaska.  They narrowly avoided Norwalk disease which was rampant on board ship………..Peter Image was glad to see his brother who was home from Calgary………..Dale Image was happy that the breakfast was over.  He is also looking for someone to take over this event (there are now 3 per year) as he is retiring .……….Dianne Image was happy that her step-daughter just had a birthday………..Josh Image was glad and appreciative of the work that Dale  & Cathy have done on this and past breakfasts.  Both Cathy and Dale are retiring from this event.  He encouraged someone to “step up to the plate” soon so Dale can train him or her………..Gayle continued the trend of members returning to the flock as she Image and Doug just returned from Ireland………..ImageCharlie has a PSA for a hymn sing from 6 churches that will be occurring on the 6th at 3 PM at Saint Andrew’s church.

COMMITTEE REPORTS

ADMINISTRATION Image Wayne advised that he will have another Club Runner training session later this month.
MEMBERSHIP –  Andy advised that they may have to cancel Friday’s Fireside Chat as many of the presenters are away for the long weekend.  The committee will decide later this morning at their meeting.
FUNDRAISING Image Dale reported that 330 people attended the breakfast.  A financial report will be available shortly.  The Golf Ball Drop only netted approximately $400 this year as tickets were a hard sell.  The committee will review this event.  Sandy distributed more tickets to the Football Chance program.
FOUNDATIONImage The auction will be at November 1st meeting.  She also had copies of the letter to your MP for their support on Polio eradication throughout the world.
NEW GENERATIONS Image Patricia reported that next year’s outbound student evaluations are now going on at TRHS.  She indicated there are some good candidates.  If you want to be part of the selection process, see Patricia.

UPCOMING MEETINGS

Membership meets immediately after this meeting at Andy’s store.

PRESIDENTS TIME

Trish Image revealed that the Club purchased a wreath for the Remembrance Day ceremonies.  Thomas and Coralie will place the wreaths at the cenotaph.

GUEST SPEAKER

 Image Sue P. introduced our guest speaker today.  Image  Dr. Vett Lloyd is a MTA professor who is deeply involved in the research of Lyme’s Disease. The disease is a bacterial infection that comes from the bite of a tick.  Antibiotics can help, but only if given soon after.  Otherwise the infection will soon go through the body.  Typical symptoms are like MS or Parkinson’s disease leading to fever, joint pain muscle weakness, fatigue, numbness and a “bull’s eye” rash.
On way to avoid contacting the ticks is to stay at home and away from the forests.  However if you must venture into these areas, wear light colored clothing, tuck your pants into your socks, apply a repellant and inspect yourself immediately after coming inside.
Ticks are very prevalent from April to November and can live for 1-3 years.  As they feed, they get bigger as her slide show revealed.  Current winters are no longer cold enough to kill them.
Dr. Lloyd was thanked by Trish Image by presenting her with a certificate indicating that a book will be donated to the library in her name.


UPCOMING WEEKS
Thursday, October 18, 2012 
Chairperson : Dale
Greeter: Wayne
Introducer:  Trish
Thanker: Wynn
Speaker: John Chardine
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GUESS WHO HAD A BIRTHDAY ON SATURDAY

Posted by Wayne Harper on Sep 28, 2012
 At the conclusion of the breakfast on Saturday morning, the RYE committee presented Thomas (our Rotary Exchange Student from France) with a birthday cake celebrating his 16th birthday. In this picture Thomas is getting ready to blow out candles that refused to stay lit.  Image  Shortly after, he was presented with a Canada hat.
Image  The word was he was having a "quiet" celebration.  HAPPY BIRTHDAY THOMAS!!!
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Bulletin - September 27, 2012

Posted by Wayne Harper on Sep 26, 2012
PTS-2
Bulletin of the
                                      Sackville Rotary Club
                                      Thursday, SEPTEMBER 27,  2012
                                      Trish Edwards, President
                                       Editor: Wayne

NEXT WEEK

Thursday, October 4, 2012 
Chairperson :  CHARLIE
Greeter: PETER
Introducer:  
Thanker: TRISH
Speaker: DR. Vett Lloyd - Lyme Disease

THIS WEEK
Chairperson:  Wayne
Greeter:  Sandy
Introducer:  Sandy
Thanker: Wayne
Speaker: Neil Ritchie - Hospitals in Small Towns

Chairperson Wayne  Image 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



September 27

1876 - Sioux chief Sitting Bull leads his people to Canada in the aftermath of the Battle of the Little Bighorn.

1942 - London, Ontario born actor Hume Cronyn marries Jessica Tandy.

1967 - Bank of Canada raises lending rate from 4 1/2% to 5%.

1977 - Auto Racing - Gilles Villeneuve signs a 2 year contract to drive Formula One with Ferrari.

2005 - Michaëlle Jean installed as Governor General of Canada, succeeding Adrienne Clarkson. 

 
VISITING ROTARIANS  
There were no visiting Rotarians this week

GUESTS
Visiting the club this week to hear our guest speaker were:

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  Gloria Turner & Sue Johnson                 Adam Christie

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            Andy Marr                                 Marguerite Harvey


MAKE UPS
Sandy, Ken and Pam H. attended all or portions of the District Conference held last weekend
in Moncton.

BIRTHDAYS
Josh was celebrating his birthday today.  Unfortunately he was away for the crowning.  Image However, Thomas our RYE student from France was about to celebrate
his 16th birthday on Saturday.


ANNIVERSARIES
Dianne needed to remind  Frank that their anniversary was next Tuesday, on October 2nd.

PIN PAL STORIES
There were no stories this week.

50/50 DRAW
Our guest speaker Neil assisted by drawing out the first ticket.  Image  
 The first ticket out of the box was Charlies.  He did not win. Image  Next out was Barb J. who didn't fare any better.  Image  The third ticket out of the box was John's.  Image  Here he is shown with the loot, won after only 4 weeks of our new format draw.  A new draw starts next week.

HAPPY DOLLARS
Probably the most happy person there today was John, Image as he celebrated winning the cash draw.  This was the second time his ticket was drawn in as many weeks..........Brian joined the "grandpa bunch" as he celebrated the birth  of his first grandchild.  Image  He claims he grandson is not the smartest, handsomest or
bestest, but rather in second place.  This gives him something to work for before he goes
into first place -- next week.........Dianne was trying her best to wear out her car as she
was off again to Halifax for a few days......Image  Guest Andy Marr Image  was happy to relate the story ........Guest Adam was also happy to come to the meeting that sees his father Rob (he used to be from Whitehorse), visit us at least once per year.  Seems Adam's father thinks that our club might be the vehicle that sees Adam enter Rotary.  Image  Today he drove his "vehicle" to get to the meeting.

COMMITTEE REPORTS
Membership - Andy reminded committee chairs to let him know who is coming to the
 Fireside Chat on October 5th at Ove house.

RYE - Patricia reported that the students had a great time at the recent District Conference
as well as the weekend away on PEI.

Fundraising - Dale reminded us all to keep sell, sell, selling breakfast tickets.

UPCOMING MEETINGS
Membership meets immediately after this meeting..... The Executive meets next Wednesday, October 3rd, 5:30 pm at Pizza Delight.

PRESIDENTS TIME

In the absence of the President and Vice President, Pam B.  read a card from Joanna Perkin, thanking the Club for allowing her to go on an exchange to Kenya.  She will be speaking
to the club on January 17th detailing her Rotary year.

GUEST SPEAKER
Our guest speaker this week was Neil Ritchie, Image  a health care professional from Halifax.  Neil is the former administrator when the new Sackville Memorial Hospital was built
in 1989.  His topic was Health Care for the Next Generation.  Neil recalled how 20 years ago, the family was at the center of health care.  Gradually throughout the '90's, government
dollars were cut back, resulting in changing the spirit of health care workers.  To make
matters worse, health care costs are rising faster and higher than where they were before the cut backs.
A recent survey of the G-7 countries revealed that Canada was # 6, just ahead of the USA.  The Netherland was first.  he provincial grades are not much better.  However, the Moncton hospitals ranked #1 nationally.  Also good new is that death rates from preventable diseases are now declining.  However, medical mistakes are now accounting for 24,000 deaths a year.
  ImageThe future relys on our ability to have new conversations eventually leading to building healthy communities.  This is all in the face of increased tax bases, funding disputes and entrenched positions on both the administrative and worker side.
At the conclusion of his talk, Neil took questions from a few of the doctors Image  who arrived just before he spoke.
Wayne thanked Neil on behalf of the members and guests with the presentation of a book
 that will be donated to a local library in his name.  Image




UPCOMING WEEKS
Thursday, October 11 , 2012 
Chairperson : Trish
Greeter:
Introducer:  
Thanker: 
Speaker: Club Assembly

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THE SWEET SMILE OF WINNING

Posted by Wayne Harper on Sep 26, 2012
It only took 4 weeks for someone to win our new-format 50/50 draw.  This new format uses matching a card with a previously drawn card.  If it  matches, you are a winner.   Here John display the winner's smile.

CONGRATULATIONS

The BIG Winner

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$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

  
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ROTARIANS ATTEND DISTRICT CONFERENCE

Posted by Wayne Harper on Sep 22, 2012

  Several Rotarians from the Sackville Club attended all or part of the District Conference in Moncton of the weekend of September 21- 23.  Pam Harrison, one of the presenters on Saturday's Foundation seminar poses with our RYE students, Coralie and Thomas, along with Past President and Assistant District Governor Ken Draper.
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The dark, dreary, rainy weather did little to dampen enthusiasm when lunch was held at the Rotary Mapleton Lodge on Saturday afternoon.  Here Sandy Harper picks up a bottle of water as other attendees listen for instructions.
                                                                     Image  The Conference billed as "A Weekend of Fellowship" replaces the District Conference normally held in the spring.  Image  District Genernor Alan McLellan is shown talking to one of the delegates at the morning breakfast.  Using  the "Heads & Tails" game and collecting $20 each from all those present, $1,340 was raised in 10 minutes and was donated to the "Cameras for Healing" project.
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The conference wound up on Sunday morning with a breakfast and a promise to get together again next year.
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Golf Ball Drop a Success

Posted by Wayne Harper on Sep 20, 2012
         
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 With a steady rain in the air, the 3rd Annual Rotary Golf Ball Drop fell out of the skies (sic) on Friday evening, September 21st as part of the Sackville Fall Fair.  Image  Here Rotarians Wayne, Dale, Mary (in the car) and Josh, along with Josh's girlfriend Sky wait for the big moment.  Josh volunteered to go up in the bucket to drop the balls, but the Fire Chief nixed the idea.  ImageImage  Four buckets of golf balls were dropped onto the very wet lawn of the former United Church mance.  Using a sophistocated piece of rope, Dale and Fundraising Chair Josh measured the ball that rolled the



 farthest from the stake.  Image  After all this measuring and remeasuring, contractor Drew Fraser won the first prize of $1,000.   Jeff Coates, theatre owner took the $500 second prize with musician and entrepreneur Shawn Bostick taking the $250 third prize home.   Two Wine Tasting Tickets for next year's event were won by Lynn Harrison (Pam Harrison's daughter-in-law, who also won money  a couple of years ago) and 4 tickets to the September 29th breakfast were going to go to Lawyer David Christie from Amherst.
 
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Bulletin - September 20, 2012

Posted by Wayne Harper on Sep 19, 2012
PTS-2             Bulletin of the Sackville Rotary Club
Thursday, September 20, 2012
  Trish Edwards, President

Editor: Wayne

NEXT WEEK

Thursday, September 27, 2012 
Chairperson : Cathy 
Greeter: Peter
Introducer:  Sandy
Thanker: Wayne
Speaker: Neil Ritchie - Healthcare in Small Towns

THIS WEEK
Chairperson:  Brial
Greeter:  Patricia
Introducer: Scott
Thanker: Sue P
Speaker: Josh Cormier - Classification Talk

Chairperson Brian Image 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

September 20

1503 - First use of name 'Newfoundland', in the Daybooks of King's Payments (fish tax rolls)

1917 - Parliament passes new tax on income as a temporary measure to help pay for the war effort and post World War I recovery.

1977 - Ottawa announces removal of wage and price controls

2005 - Canadian rocker J. D. Fortune wins the TV reality show contest on 'Rock Star: INXS'.  He becomes new lead singer of Australian rock band INXS.

VISITING ROTARIANS

No visiting Rotarians this week.

GUESTS
Josh introduced his girlfriend Sky, Image who had come to make sure Josh gave his talk correctly. MAKE UPS
Dale advised that the Project's committee had met and Sandy indicated that the on again, off again Lobster party was on again last Sunday. Both gave the names of members to Marita.
BIRTHDAYS
Andy will have another birthday on the 25th. He wasn't present to get the "hat treatment". Perhaps next week. ANNIVERSARIES
There were no anniversaries this week.
PIN PAL STORIES
Sue P. was in "bean town" recently where she went to breakfast with Leslie. Sue reports a wonderful reunion and that Leslie is getting ready to jump back into Rotary in Toronto. Image Image At a recent meeting of Girl Guides, Patricia's new helper indicated, after noticing Patricia's Rotary pin, that she had been a RYE student. Patricia has invited her to a meeting. 50/50 DRAW
The three lucky members who's ticket were drawn were: Image Image Image
Sandy Laing John None of them cut the cards for the three of spades so the pot grows for next week.
HAPPY DOLLARS
Scott Image was happy this week as he got to golf at the Northumberland Links Golf course in Pugwash. Nice!!! Image Ken could hardley convey his happiness as he overheard Scott and Josh debating a photo. It seems a picture on the wall of Ray Bonneville is likened to our own Dale......Barb J. was happy to be finally home. ImageThe globe trotting grannie has been away since mid summer. Welcome back....... Sue P. was back from the center of the universe (Toronto) where she visited her 93-year-old father. He recruited Sue to help organize a corn boil. Image She was also there to oversee a new roof that was put on his house.
COMMITTEE REPORTS
Administration - Wayne indicated that the second night of Club Runner training would be at his house tonight. A third night will be scheduled in October. Fundraising - Golf Ball Drop - Sandy asked members to turn in their ticket stubs and money asap. The drop will be this Friday night at 7 pm at the United Church Mance.......Josh urged members to sell breakfast tickets for the September 29th event and be available to work that day. Dale has the list of who is and who is not available. Projects - Dale brought members up to date on the WASRAG water project in the Africa. WASRAG (Water & Sanitation Rotarian Action Group), with partners Africare, H2O for Life and Procter and Gamble are involved in a significant program to upgrade school sanitation in a number of communities in Malawi and Tanzania, Africa. Rotary clubs can participate in this program by “adopting” a school in a specific community for a cost of $5,300 or joining with other clubs to share this commitment. The program partners match each $5,300 contribution by $22,600.  A matching ratio of 1 to 4.26!! 
The Rotary Club of Fredericton Sunrise initiated support for this school with a donation of $2,925. As each school needs $5,300 of Rotary Club funding, that leaves $2,375 required to fully fund the school. The Port Elgin Rotary club will support this project to 1/3 of the balance; estimated to be $792; the balance to be contributed by RCS would be $1,583. This amount is within the Project's Committeebudget for 2012/2013.

ImageDale then moved that "the Rotary Club of Sackville donate $1,583 to this project". The motion was seconded by Josh and carried by the members.
UPCOMING MEETINGS
None were reported although Membership usually meets after this meeting.
PRESIDENTS TIME
PP & ADG Ken reminded members of the District Conference to be held this weekend in Moncton. Also the Rotary Leadership Conference will be held On October 13th in Truro (the Best Western Hotel).
GUEST SPEAKER
Image I guess it was fitting that on his last day in the Club, Scott got to introduce his best bud Josh, the one that got him interested in Rotary. Today Josh was on the speaker's box as he gave his classification talk. He got his undergraduate degree from Dalhousie (we don't hold that against him) and his law degree from UNB. Josh was called to the NS bar in June 2011 and to the NB bar in September of the same year. He articled under Maurice Haug (an Amherst Rotarian) thinking he wanted the court action. Lately he has been leaning toward property law, something that excites the history buff in him. Josh took time to explain the necessary steps in purchasing a property. Image This experience in all things property led him to eventually buy his own piece of land. A 100-acre tract of land became available that satisfied his requirements of being waterfront, mostly woodlot and big enough that he could subdivide in the future. Since moving in, he and Sky have begun clearing the first 10 acres, and in particular, that which is near the water. This improves the vista from the house. They have begun to tackle improving the looks and the insulation factor by siding the exterior. He hopes to be done this weekend, weather permitting. At the conclusion, Josh was thanked by Chairperson Brian.
On a sadder note, today was Scott Yorke's last day. Since coming to Rotary at the invitation of Josh, Scott has attended most weekly meetings and joined in late spring. His infectious smile and good humour has been appreciated by some of us"old guys". Ever willing to volunteer for a task, he epitomized what a Rotarian should be. We are saddened he is leaving us, but glad for him in his new career choice. We just know he will be successful. UPCOMING WEEKS
Thursday, October 4 , 2012 
Chairperson : Charlie
Greeter: Sandy
Introducer:  
Thanker: Wayne
Speaker: Dr. Vett Lloyd - Lyme Disease wh-4p-ol EREY-EN-c

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TWO NEW MEMBERS INDUCTED INTO ROTARY

Posted by Wayne Harper on Sep 12, 2012
The club recently inducted two new members.  

Diane Stephens is the owner of Westmorland Veterinary Clinic.  Originally a nurse, she graduated from The Charlottetown Veterinary College in 1994.
Image  Membership Chair Andy Rose and Past President and Assistant District Governor Ken Draper welcome Diane.

Louise Hicks is a financial advisor with The Investors Group.  With children basically grown up, she believes now is the time to be involved with the community, and Rotary is the way.   Image  Membership Chair Andy Rose and Past President and Assistant District Governor Ken Draper welcome Diane. 

At the conclusion of the ceremony, it is usual that all club members come forth to welcome our new members.   Member Josh Cormier leads the way.  Image

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Bulletin - September 13, 2012

Posted by Wayne Harper on Sep 12, 2012
PTS-2

Bulletin of the
          Sackville Rotary Club,
          Thursday, September 13, 2012
          Trish Edwards, President
          Editor: Wayne

NEXT WEEK

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

THIS WEEK
Chairperson:  Past President Ken Imagesubbed for VP Gayle who is in Ireland who has been subbing for Prez Trish who is in South Africa.  He wielded the gavel to open the meeting with the singing of the National Athem and a prayer of grace.
Greeter:  Pam B. 

Introducer:
Thanker:
Speaker: Club Assembly

TODAY IN CANADIAN HISTORY

OR

USELESS INFORMATION YOU NEED TO KNOW

September 13

1759 - British General James Wolfe's army defeats the Marquis de Montcalm's French forces at the Battle of Québec on the Plains of Abraham.

1907 - Founding of the Interprovincial Rugby Football Union  with the Hamilton Tigers, Toronto Argonauts, Ottawa Rough Riders & the Montréal Foot Ball Club.

1996 - CRTC allows CMT (Country Music Television) to broadcast in Canada. The network had been booted off the air over a broadcasting rights dispute.

2006 - Goth gunman Kimveer Gill, 25, opens fire at CESEP Dawson College, killing one person and injuring 19. He is then killed by Montréal police, who act quickly to stop further tragedy. 


VISITING ROTARIANS
None

GUESTS
No one today 

MAKE UPS
The Membership Committee met last Thursday.  Andy will pass the names on to Marita for attendance purposes.

BIRTHDAYS
Darrell adds another year next Wednesday.  Image  He wasn't impressed.

ANNIVERSARIES
Ken and Linda celebrate 40 years this coming Sunday.  He looks too young.


PIN PAL STORIES
No other Rotarians were met this week (that we know of).

50/50 DRAW
     Image         Image        Image

  Andy #1  No Win    Peter #2  No Win    Scott #3  No Win

 Next Weeks draw starts at $24

HAPPY DOLLARS
Andy was real happy that the MTA students are back.  Image  He related more happiness when it seems he went white water rafting, opting for the tougher course and ended up under the boat...........Image  Well Ken entered the fray when he suggested that his newest grandson, born on September 6th, is now the quintessential, grandest, smartest, handsomest and all round best grandchild of all the club members.  Them's fighting words!!!!.......Louise M. is on a wellness quest Image  as she ran 5 km this morning in Amherst  before some of us were even out of bed........ Louise H. is happy to be joining this crazy bunch we call the Rotary Club  Image......Marita was all appologetic for doing what most of us love doing ...... sleeping in.  Her "newest assistant"  Diane S. got us going in the short term (thanks Diane S.)......Image

COMMITTEE REPORTS
 Administration - Wayne regretfully advised members that the lobster party set for Sunday had to be cancelled.  It seems the date conflicted with other things members were doing.  Image  The next social event will be the Christmas party on Thursday Dec. 6th.

New Generations - Patricia Image advised members that the RYE students were off to PEI this weekend and solicited rides to Moncton on Friday and from the Confederation bridge on Sunday.  The students are attending district functions.

Membership - Andy announced that Scott Yorke, one of our member-elects, has had to cancel plans to join the Club as he is moving to Fredericton. Image Members were dismayed as Scott has already begun to leave his mark on the Club with his enthusiasm and willingness to get involved.   Andy wished him success in his new endeavours. 

Projects - Dale urged members to sell breakfast tickets and asked members to distribute posters advertising the event to their businesses.........He also read a thank you letter from one of our bursary recipients.

Fundraising - Sandy used some time to explain the new "football chance" software and system.  Usually used for the NFL, we were too late to try to sell tickets to the general populace.  Instead members will be used as "guinea pigs" as we test out and evaluate the system using Canadian college football.  ImageEach member was to receive 10 tickets covering 9 weeks of football.  Each ticket is unique.  The owner of the ticket listing the two teams with the highest total score is the winner each week.  Normally they would receive $100.  The lowest total score also is a weekly winner paying out $25.  No weekly payouts will be distributed as we test the system.  Each member is asked to "buy" the  ten tickets at a nominal $10.  Scores are kept on a weekly basis, and a running total is also maintained.  At the end of the regular season, the ticket having the highest overall total score would normally win $500, with the lowest winning $100.  We will award the money collected, after expenses, to members participating in the trial run.  We really need all members to participate as this could well be a major fundraiser for the club in the future.  Results will be sent out weekly.

UPCOMING MEETINGS
Membership meets later today.

PRESIDENTS TIME

Past President and Assistant District Governor Ken urged members to considering all or part of the District Conference set for September 21 - 23 in Moncton.

GUEST SPEAKER
The main business carried out today was the induction of 2 new members.  Pam gave a presentation of Rotary including the history of Rotary International and its accomplishments throughout the years and the role that our Club has played in the local community and various parts of the world (India, South Africa and Dominican Republic).  

First to be inducted was Diane Stephens, a vetrinarian who recently bought Westmorland Veterinarian Clinic.  Originally a nurse, she changed horses (sic?) midstream after graduating from Charlottetown's Vet school in 1994.  Image  Here Ken "pins" Diane with her Rotary pin, while Andy presented her with her membership kit.

Next to be inducted was Louise Hicks, a native of Bathurst.  Louise met and married husband Todd and had 2 children. They created a successful construction business.  She is  now a representative of The Investors Group and with children now leaving home, felt the time is right to become a member.  Image Ken is shown "pinning" Louise with her Rotary pin.  Andy presented Louise with her membership kit.  At the conclusion, as is tradition, all members came forth to welcome Diane and Louise to the wonderful world of Rotary.  Josh is shown Image leading the parade of members.

PP and ADG  Ken adjourned the meeting with the 4-way-test.




UPCOMING WEEKS
Thursday, September 27, 2012 
Chairperson : Cathy
Greeter: Peter
Introducer:  Sandy
Thanker: Trish
Speaker: Neil Ritchie - The Future of Hospitals in Small Towns


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Bulletin - September 6, 2012

Posted by Wayne Harper on Sep 05, 2012
PTS-1

 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  Image
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

September 6

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


MAKEUPS
 Image 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.  Image  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 Image  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 Image  and she did not match the card.  Next Laing's Image  ticket was drawn but he did not match. Image 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 Image  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 shortlyImage...........Gayle was happy as she continued the mass exodus from the country.  She heads to Ireland, Scotland and Wales next week.........Dale Image  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. Image  was glad she got to see the "Rocks" for the first time..........John Image  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 Image  as she competes in yet another golf tournament...........Image  Charlie was glad to be back.

COMMITTEE REPORTS
 Image 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 - Image  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. Image The breakfast will follow the next week.
 Image 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. Image Details will be given after the next Executive meeting.........Image  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.  Image

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 Image  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


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Bulletin - September 6, 2012 Wayne Harper 2012-09-06 00:00:00Z 0

Annual Corn Boil a Huge Success

Posted by Wayne Harper on Sep 03, 2012

Many members of the Club and Town Council turned up Friday at the Civic Center to husk corn in preparation for Saturdays 3rd Annual Corn Boil.
            
         Image  Taking part in the fun were:

Back Row:  Councillor Ron Corbett, members Peter Hess & Scott Yorke

Middle Row:  Councillor Joyce O'Neal, Mayor Bob Berry, (unknown), member Frank Chisholm, RYE Students Coralie Magonet & Thomas Auchet, Councillor Bruce Phinney, members Mary Sears & Patricia Belliveau

Front Row:  Barb Chisholm, member Louise McKinnon, daughter Mariah, member-elect Louise Hicks, Lil Corbett & Pam  Harrison

Nearly 900 cobs of corn were husked in 30 minutes - a new record.
Image  Of course, Image  
all work and no play makes for a dull time.  Here, Peter gives Ron a new set of "ears" to better                                             hear the wishes of Town's folk.  
Even a future Rotarian practiced her skills. Image


And so, was it worth it?  Image  
You be the Judge.  

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Bulletin - August 30, 2012

Posted by Wayne Harper on Aug 29, 2012
PTS-2
Bulletin of the
Sackville Rotary Club,
Thursday August 30th, 2012
Trish Edwards, President
Editor: Wayne



NEXT WEEK
Thursday, September 6, 2012 
Chairperson :  Beth
Greeter: Pam H.
Introducer:  Patricia
Thanker:  Ove
Speaker: Bob Lemieux - Violence in Hockey

THIS WEEK
Chairperson:  Gayle
Greeter:  Ove
Introducer:  Pam H.
Thanker:  Scott
Speaker: Chloe MacIsaac - RYE Year

Chairperson Gayle brought the meeting to order with the singing of the National Anthem and a prayer of grace.Image 

VISITING ROTARIANS

Image Husband Image and wife Dwayne Mann & Debora Nowlan from Comax BC were guests this morning.

GUESTS OF ROTARIANS

Louise Hicks Image joined us for the second time.  I think we have a potential new member.  
                                                Future Rotarian Image Miriah Inglis was mommy Louise's guest today.
                                            Attending  their first Sackville Rotary Meeting was

 Image Coralie Magonet from Belgium and
Thomas  Auchet from France, our RYE students for this year.  

MAKEUPS

Patricia had a makeup at the airport as she picked up our RYE students.

BIRTHDAYS

Beth had a birthday today, while Charlie will have one on the 3rd.  Neither were at the meeting to wear the coveted candle hat.

ANNIVERSARIES

None this upcoming week.

PIN PAL STORIES

Seems Louise was in a car dealer's office recently where lo-and-behold, there was a Rotary credo on the wall.  Image   It turns out that his daughter was an outbound RYE student.  

50/50 DRAW

This week the big bucks went to Ove (again)!  Image

HAPPY DOLLARS

Ove was happy to win and he seems good at it..  He's always happy to win.  He was also happy that Sayaka Image our RYE student from 2003-2004 was in North America to visit her sister in New York and came and spent the weekend with Ove & Pat.........Sue P. was happy that she had tickets for a Nautical Quilt. Image .......Scott had golf ball drop tickets to sell, but you have to get up pretty early to fool this crowd.  He was also happy to participate in the Corn Boil this weekend. Image ........ Ken was really, really happy to be going on vacation. Image  All that work watching his bank buy ING Canada sapped all his energy.  He's "saved his money" now he's about to part with some of it.........Kathy was Image sort of happy - happy to be back in Sackville after attending to her mother's passing in BC.  The sympathy of the entire Club goes out to Kathy.

COMMITTEE REPORTS

Membership - Andy advised members that our newest members will be inducted on September 13th at the regular weekly meeting.........The next Fireside Chat  will take place on October 5th.  Image The location will be at Ove's house........Look for the next "Club within a Club" new member recruitment event to be on November 8th.  More details later.
 Image Pam H. was encouraging members to print and sign the letter to your MP.  The letter was forwarded to each member earlier this week.
Administration - Wayne advised members that the Lobster Party, originally scheduled for September 9th has been Image rescheduled for Sunday, September 16th at anytime after 4 pm at his house......
RYE -   Image  Patricia read a letter from former RYE student Katrin (you may remember that she recently visited us). Image  In it she recanted what the program meant to her, in particular how our Club and Town has affected her view of the world and the people in it.  There was nary a dry eye in the house.

UPCOMING MEETINGS

Membership meets immediately after this meeting.

PRESIDENTS TIME

With Prez Trish enjoying the continent of Africa, Vice Prez Gayle read a letter of thanks from Logan Turner for the support that our Club gave that allowed him to attend Camp Tidnish..........Gayle reminded members of the next Rotary Leadership Institute (RLI) meeting will be held on October 13th in Truro.  If your interested, see Gayle.........Former Prez and now Assistant DG Ken reminded members of the District Conference to be  held in Moncton on the 20th - 23rd of September.  He encouraged members to at least attend some of the events to show support for our DG, besides which it is a good networking event to meet other Rotarians from the District.

GUEST SPEAKER

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Pam H. introduced our outbound RYE student from 2011-2012 Chloe  MacIsaac. Pam indicated that the Rotary Youth Exchange program was started in 1920 because the RI President of the time wanted to encourage peace.  92 years later we are still trying to achieve worldwide peace.

Image  Chloe spent her Rotary year in Bruge, Belgium.  She was initially inspired by her sister who was an outbound student a few years ago.  At the time she met many foreign students who visited her sister at their house.  She vowed to have the same experience.

Her Town of Bruge gave her a sense of wonderment when looking at the architecture.  Bruge is a very old Town that wasn't decimated during WW 2.  In particular there was a bridge she loved to visit when she was down.

She described her first host family in a way that one might interpret as her favourite.  The Haygens were very welcoming, always included her in family conversations, took her on a family trip to London, taught her downhill skiing and made sure she was comfortable with going through the toughest part of the year - Christmas.  Her second host family, the LeClerq's was a family of all males.
Hence the mother "adopted" Chloe as a daughter to do typical daughter things like shopping and for a change of pace, more shopping.  They also contributed to her favourite adventure of the year.  Her third family, the Keppens had all daughters and they treated her like sister.  The parents were separated, but the father created an environment that was never boring and very artistic.  They took her to Rome for a visit.

One of the highlights for Chloe was the visit of her parents.  It gave her the opportunity to share her experiences with them.  Her host families made her parent's visit very memorable.Image

Chloe got to go to school, where she was enrolled in a language and science program. Technically she was not a student, hence couldn't get a graduation certificate.  Instead, however, she receive an attendance certificate.

Chloe attend her host's weekly club meetings every two weeks.  She eluded that our meeting are more fun than the Belgium's all male host club.  She did however get to meet our Rotary International President and two other girls from New Brunswick who were also in the area.

Chloe finished with a big thank you Image to all the Club members who made it possible for her to experience this year. 
Image  Scott thanked Chloe for her interesting talk with the donation of a book in her name to the library.


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

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Former NHL'er to Speak at Rotary

Posted by Wayne Harper on Aug 29, 2012

Bob Belliveau-Ferrin Lemieux considers himself a paradoxical fellow whose absurd notions, conundrum creating actions, illogical propositions, enigmatic presence, incongruity to ineptness and self-contradicting diatribes will keep you confused but aware of his presence.

 

He is direct ,but understanding;

Intolerant but patient;

Accusatory, but forgiving;

A bar-room brawler, but church goer;

A foe of irresponsibility, but friend to conservation.

 

After 23 years in the world of professional sports, 12 years as a political lobbyist, and 12 more in the nature photography business or is it business of nature photography, the fellow with three last names has a right to be what he is........ DIFFERENT!

 

Bob began his hockey career with the Montreal Canadiens organization at age 13 and played his first professional game at age 17. He captained the Montreal Junior Canadiens under Hall of Fame coach Scotty Bowman and with super stars and Hall of Famers Serge Savard, Jacques Lemaire, and Yvan Courneyour.  

 

Bob retired at age 24, after five years as a pro, most of them without the benefit of a helmet. (that may explain some of his actions and trains of thought), as was immediately captured by the Detroit Red Wings organization and sent to their number one development team in Fort Worth Texas where he was told to sell hockey to Texans and develop stars for the inept  "Dead Wings" of the '70's.

 

Bob has enjoyed working the administrative end of three different major league sports; box lacrosse, hockey and soccer.

 

He has done it all….marketing and public relations director, player, coach, general manager and finally league founder and commissioner.

 

Bob’s exploits have provided him with six championships and numerous personal sports awards.

 

In 1986 Bob, once and for all,  retired from the world of professional sports, and ventured into the role of parent activist and political lobbyist in Michigan and Washington.

 

He founded the DADS Foundation, dedicated to the education of young adults about the negative impact of illegal substance use and abuse.  Bob and his colleagues at the DADS Foundation authored and guided nearly 100 pieces of pro-family legislation through the Michigan legislature and into law.

 

Bob retired a third time, 1998, and devoted his remaining years to getting away and becoming one in nature. He became a nature and wildlife photographer..

 

Bob has been published in a number of magazines, pictorials and books and has recently finished his second book; About his life in the world of professional hockey. It is now in the hands of his editor and he hopes it will be published sometime soon.

 

Most importantly, Bob considers Dorchester home where he was raised by his grandparents Ruth and Marcel Belliveau. He has moved back to New Brunswick, lives in Johnston's Point, near Port Elgin, with his wife of 46 years Mariette. He is the father of two children, seven grandchildren and a great-grandson........

     Bob will be speaking at the Rotary Club of Sackville on Thursday, September 6th.  The meeting is held at George's Roadhouse at 7:15 am with Bob speaking at 8:00 am.  Bob's talk will be on HOCKEY VIOLENCE: "KEEP OUT OF THE MINDS OF CHILDREN".
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Former RYE Student Returns

Posted by Wayne Harper on Aug 28, 2012

                    Image  Pictured Pat & Ove Samuelsen with Sayaka.

Former RYE student Sayaka from Japan spent the last few days visiting the Samuelsen's. She arrived on Friday August 24th and left on Tuesday, August 28th.  Ove & Pat hosted a BBQ at their house that saw former host families Dan & Nancy Hiltchie, their children Brooke and Cole, along with former Rotarians Rainer Hemple and Merideth Fisher and Honorary Member Virgil Hammock.
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Rotary Welcomes RYE Students

Posted by Wayne Harper on Aug 23, 2012
           RYE-2c-c  

The Club formally welcomed our new Rotary Youth Exchange students for 2012-2013.  Image  Our new Students are    ImageCoralie Magonet from Belgium.  Joining her is Thomas Auchet from France.  Image  Except for misplacing Thomas' guitar, the trips over here were uneventful.  They are settling in with their host families and preparing to return to school in the next week.
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Bulletin - August 23, 2012

Posted by Wayne Harper on Aug 22, 2012

PTS-2
    Bulletin of the
Sackville Rotary Club,
Thursday August 23rd, 2012
Trish Edwards, President
Editor: Wayne


NEXT WEEK
Thursday, August 30th 2012
Chairperson :  Gayle
Greeter: Ove
Introducer:  Pam H.
Thanker:  Scott
Speaker: Chloe MacIssac - RYE Year

THIS WEEK
Andy was the Chair this week.  Image

TODAY IN CANADIAN HISTORY

August 23

1890 - Moncton incorporated as a city.

1939 - Mackenzie King warns Cabinet to prepare for war as German Foreign Minister Ribbentrop and his Soviet counterpart Molotov sign non-aggression pact. 

1943 - Trans Canada Airlines (now Air Canada) starts transatlantic service.

1974 - Paul Anka's (You're) Having My Baby is #1 Billboard hit for the second week in a row. 



VISITING ROTARIANS  None

GUESTS OF ROTARIANS  None

MAKEUPS

Image  Ken had a makeup in Shediac this week.  Club is about our size but they raise considerably more than we do.
                          Pam H. had a makeup in Pictou this past week........Seems this is the week for makeups by Pams...Image  Pam B. was in the Miramichi  where she exchanged banners with Chatham Rotarians.  The Rotary Club of Chatham was hosting the dragon boat races she was participating in.

BIRTHDAYS
  ImageDave adds another one on the 26th.  Have a good one!!

ANNIVERSARIES
Louise and Rob celebrate on the 25th ... Image

PIN PAL STORIES

Ken met fellow Rotarians from the new Sunrise Club last week when he visited the Dieppe Farmer's market.  The experience cost him a ticket to their fundraiser.

50/50 DRAW

This seemed to be Ken's Day.  Image

HAPPY DOLLARS

Ken was happy to win.........Patricia Image  was delighted that Pam H. gave her a nice picture of her granddaughter..........Pam B. was really really happy as she competed in the Miramichi this past weekend.  Both of her dragon boat teams were competing.  Here she displays Imageher silver medal.......Andy was $5 happy just to have last week over.  Seems Gaelen Weston didn't make it to the store last Thursday, but the President of Loblaws did.  They were having Loblaw's Board meeting in Moncton so the boys were in the neighbourhood.  With the hot weather, refrigeration problems have been the norm with excursions to the store in the wee hours very frequent.  The good new is that the students are starting to come back to town.  Caching!!  Caching!!.......Dianne is set to take on PEI with the "girls weekend out"...Image  ....Marita was happy this morning Imageas she found a toonie in the driveway as she set out to Rotary.

COMMITTEE REPORTS

Club Administration - Wayne reported that the committee is putting together a lobster party on Sunday September 9th at his house.  A show of hand indicated enough positive reaction so the committee will proceed.  Cost is not finalized but will be in the $25 range.  A separate email will be sent to all members where they can indicate whether they are going or not........Image  His committee is looking for members to join a sub committee that will review all the Rotary documents and supplies.  There is some old "stuff" that must be actioned.  If you would like to volunteer, contact Wayne @ 536-2340........Wayne announced a change to the 50-50 Draw beginning September 6th. Each week three tickets will be drawn.  Each person will pick from a deck of cards, trying to match a previously picked card.  If no winners, the money accrues to next week's pot. Guests will not be allowed to play.

Fundraising Committee ..... Josh Imageindicated the upcoming events, namely the golf ball drop in mid September and an additional breakfast, at the end of September.  He indicated that the committee is looking at new fundraisers.  One of those was explained by Sandy.  It is a sports chance game where you can win money weekly.  ImageThe software was purchased from a Rotary Club in Vermont.  Primarily for NFL. it can be used for any sport that has a set schedule.  We are too late for this season's NFL season so the committee will instead ask the members to "test" the system this fall using the CIS University Football.  Members will be asked to buy 10 tickets at $1 each so that all 325 tickets will be sold.  At the end of the season, money will be won.  BRING $10 next week.

UPCOMING MEETINGS
Membership meets after this meeting at the Save Easy.

PRESIDENTS TIME
With Trish away, VP Gayle took the helm to remind members the Corporate Challenge as previously emailed.......The next Rotary Leadership Institute courses is set for October 13th in Truro.......Gayle reminded members of Pam's "letter to your MP" requesting the Government assist with money for the final push of the Polio campaign.

GUEST SPEAKER
Pam B. introduced Tony Loring from the Atlantic Path Cancer Study.  Tony started with some history - 1 in 3 people will contract some form of cancer.  The most common are Prostrate for men and Breast for woman.  Research thus far has in some cases changed government policies IE: the use of tanning beds.
Researchers began to be curious when people contracted cancers when they were not   exposed to traditional sources IE smoking.  They started to see links with obesity, where 1 person in 4 is obese.  Researcher wanted to find out what factors may cause cancer in a study that is geared for 30 years.
The plan is to involve 300,000 adults between the ages of 19 and 69 who have a Provincial Health card where they will be periodically monitored.  Monitoring will take place at clinics and from information downloaded from your health card.   A personal kit has been developed where physical measurements of the participant can be taken, toenail samples can be tested for arsenic levels and a blood test kit. The kit cost about $15 each and so to guarantee that they are returned, Atlantic Path wants to partner with Rotary to coordinate the return of the kits.
Our club would have a member volunteer to be the coordinator.  He or she involves some key friends to be "Champions" who will recruit the participants, similar to a pyramid scheme of old.  Past history would reveal that the Rotary Club involvement as the coordinator insures that most, if not all, the kits are returned.  Some members indicated a willingness to be the coordinator.  Tony was thanked by Sandy by donating a book in his name to the library.Image

Chairperson Andy adjourned the meeting with the 4-way test.

UPCOMING MEETING - SEPTEMBER 6th
Chairperson:  Beth
Greeter:  Pam H.
Introducer:  Patricia
Thanker:  Sue C.
Speaker:  Bobby Lemieux -  Violence In Hockey



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Rotary Leadership Coming to Truro

Posted by Patricia Edwards on Aug 20, 2012

Club Presidents;

That time of year has arrived that we are beginning to prepare for the upcoming Rotary Leadership Institute in Truro on Oct 13, 2012.

As last year, we will be located at the NSCC Truro Campus at 36 Arthur Street and the sessions will begin at 9 am with the registration desk opening at 7:30 am.

Accommodations have been arranged at the Best Western Glengarry at a rate of $115.99 ( 1 person) or $125.99 ( 2 people). Please make your own reservations at the hotel as they are your responsibility. 20 rooms have been set aside at those rates until September 12. Please mention Rotary Leadership Institute when making your reservation.

We will be running all 3 RLI Parts, the Group Discussion Leader course ( provided we get 5 or more participants) and the Graduate Course (“Getting To Wow” - Improving Your Public Speaking Skills.)

The fee for the course is $125 and is payable at the door. BUT please register and not just drop in as we need to calculate rooms and food in advance.

Looking forward to seeing you there for more Rotary experience, fun and fellowship.

Click here to go to registration page.

 Best Western Glengarry    Toll Free Reservations:  cid:image001.png@01CD7E19.095379001-800-567-4276 

This is the original training institute for District 7820 & 7810 and should not to be confused with any other workshops/seminars.



PDG Gord Hankin
Registrar
gord@hankin.ns.ca

 

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Corn Boil

Posted by Wayne Harper on Aug 17, 2012
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Come on down to the
Sackville Farmers Market
Downtown Bridge Street
On Saturday Sept 1st
11am to 1:30pm

A Corn Boil
in the street!
Sweet Tastin’
Corn on the Cob &
Live Music

Rain Location:
Tantramar Veterans Memorial
Civic Centre

Call 364-4957 for more info.

Music Line-Up:
9:30 – 11 R.A. & Cookin’
11 – 11:30 Kelly Humphries
11:30 – 12 Bill King &
Chicken Haddie
12 – 12:30 Jenn & Dave
12:30 – 1 Witchitaw
1 – 1:30 R.A. & Cookin’

Organized by the
Town of Sackville in
collaboration with the
Rotary Club of Sackville
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Bulletin - August 16, 2012

Posted by Wayne Harper on Aug 15, 2012
  
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                                                                       Bulletin of the
                                                         Sackville Rotary Club,
                                                         Thursday,
Aug 16, 2012
                                                         Trish Edwards, President
                                                         Photographer: Pam H
                                                          Editor:Image Wayne Harper


NEXT WEEK
Thursday, Aug 23, 2012
Chairperson: Andy
Greeter: Mary
Speaker: Tony Loring - Atlantic Path Cancer Study 
Introducer: Pam B.
Thanker: Sandy



Wynn manned the gavel today - Image hardly using  the microphone.

                TODAY IN CANADIAN HISTORY

August 16

1784 - Thomas Carleton appointed Governor of the new province of New Brunswick,  now a separate colony with a nominated council and elected assembly.

1934 - Post Office issues 2 cent stamp to commemorate 150th anniversary of founding of New Brunswick. 

1969 - Winnipeg super group The Guess Who receive their first gold record for “These Eyes”.

1979 - John Diefenbaker dies in Ottawa at age 83.  He was Prime Minister of Canada from June 21, 1957 to April 22, 1963.

1996 - Port of Lunenburg designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site. 

VISITING ROTARIANS
George's sister June Image from the Timmins Rotary Club was a guest today. June's a frequent visitor.

GUESTS OF ROTARIANS
Junes, partner, Gord Wilson, also from Timmins, was her guest.  ImageSeems Gord is also an ex Rotarian.

MAKEUPS - None

BIRTHDAYS - None

ANNIVERSARIES
WayneImage & Sandy Image are celebrating on the 17th.  They have been together so long (44 years), that they are even dressing the same - naw - it's golf day.

PIN PAL STORIES
Pam HImage was getting on the ferry when she noticed a lady pointing at the Rotary licence plate Pam has on the front of her car.  Pam assumes she was a Rotarian as well, even though no words were spoken.

50/50 DRAW

Image  Marita stirs the pot, drawing out Dianne name.

HAPPY DOLLARS

Dianne was so happy Imagethat she donated the whole $11 back to the Club.......Image  Wynn was elated that his knee is healing perfectly after his replacement.  It's so good that the Doc has said he can begin golf.  Do you suppose I could beat him?........Image  Trish is getting ready to go away for 5 weeks to beautiful British Columbia, so-so Ontario and Wow - South Africa.  Need someone to carry bags?

COMMITTEE REPORTS

Pam H. reminded members of the upcoming corn boil on Bridge Street on September 1st. Volunteers are need to give out corn to the new Mount A students and Towns folk and to husk corn at the arena the night before. 

Patricia advised members that our two RYE students will be arriving next week.  Coralie comes from Belgium, while Thomas claims France as his home.  One family is still needed for hosting.Image

UPCOMING MEETINGS
Club Administration meets tonight at Wayne's house @ 7 pm.

PRESIDENTS TIME
ImagePrez Trish urged members to think about going to the "Rotary Friendship Weekend" in Moncton from September 21 -23.  Details are on out web site.  This  meeting will replace the District Conference next spring........Anyone interested in going to Grand Lake this weekend (Aug 18th) could attend the open house of the Rotary camp......One of our outbound students is back and wants to tell Rotarians of her experiences.  Wayne will contact Joanne Perkin.......While she is away there are any number of past Presidents who can advise members on a variety of subjects should the need arise.

GUEST SPEAKER

Ove introduced our guest speakerImage Paul Henderson.  Paul obtained his BFA from the University  of Alberta.  Born in Edmonton, he has been in Sackville for 8 years and is the founder and Director of Sappy Fest.

ImageThis years theme "Everybody Knows This Is NoWhere" coined from Neil Young clearly wasn't the case for the thousands who came for the festival. This was the 7th anniversary, one that takes hundreds of hours by many volunteers to put on.  Paul aluded to the fact that the popularity of Sappy Fest is due to:
  • The event is downtown in a huge tent(s)
  • The great variety in the bands
  • A bar is available on site
  • WiFi is available
  • Dorms at MTA are available
  • People are allowed to camp downtown
  • Public spaces are available (Prespeterian Church, Chapel at MTA, Vogue Cinema)
His budget was $200,000Image and the Festival was expected to add $400,000 into the economy during the event.  His biggest challenge each year is funding.  Some grants ease the pain somewhat.  This year extra publicity came in the form of a video crew from Georgia and coverage in the National Post and the Globe & Mail.  Paul estimate 25% of the participants are from Ontario, 14% from Quebec, 30% from the rest of the Maritimes and the balance from the far reaches of the globe.  
He is already booking for next year and is receiving packages from booking agents.  While he wants to keep the festival the size that it is now, he would like to increase the vendors. After 7 years the current formula works, so only gentle tweaking will be allowed.

ImagePaul was thanked by Peter by donating a book in his name to the library.

Wynn adjourned the meeting with the 4-way test. 

DUTY ROSTER UPCOMING  
Week of August 30th
Chairperson Barb J.
Greeter Ove
Introducer Pam H.
Thanker Scott












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Bulletin - August 9, 2012

Posted by David McKellar on Aug 08, 2012
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Bulletin of the
Sackville Rotary Club,
Thursday, Aug 9, 2012
Trish Edwards, President
Photographer: Pam H
Editors: David M & Susan F



NEXT WEEKS DUTIES
Thursday, Aug 16, 2012
Chairperson: Wynn Greeter:
Louise Speaker: Paul Henderson “Post Sappyfest”
Introducer: Ove
Thanker: Peter
Photographer: Pam H Bulletin
Editor: Wayne Harper


THIS WEEK
CHAIRPERSON TrishImage  
• Greeter was Ken
• O Canada
• Blessing
• Breakfast

TODAY IN CANADIAN HISTORY

August 9

1902 - King Edward VII crowned King of the United Kingdom and of Canada, after the death of his mother Queen Victoria. 

1981 - Montreal Expos Gary Carter named MVP of baseball's All Star Game.

2003 - United States eases its ban on Canadian beef imports resulting from discovery of Mad Cow Disease

 2005 - Smokey Smith's remains lie in state in the foyer of the Centre Block on Parliament Hill, with the Canadian flag draped across his coffin.  He was the last surviving soldier from World War 1.


VISITING ROTARIANS none

GUESTS none

MAKE-UPS
 Image John: 4 in the White Mountain Club in New Hampshire; Pam H: webinar on RI re Paul Harris Society

BIRTHDAYS
                     Image Sue F (today), Sue P(13)Image 

ANNIVERSARIES David & Susan (10th)

PIN PAL
 Image Ken Calais RC roadblock was for money Image Pam B also stopped at the same one
Trish trying to explain the Rotary Foundation to her father

50/50 DRAW by Scott Won by Ove!Image  

HAPPY DOLLARS
Ove happy that he won the 50/50 and he is going back to the cottage
Patricia: Grandson is 3; host family for Thomas –the Sopers; also happy about the Olympics
 Image Scott: happy to have a weekend in PEI
                    Image John: happy to be back but unhappy not to be where he was, happy to remember the songs from there
                                                                 Image  Sue P happy that she has the most perfect grandson Hudson
 Image Gayle first child is married – finally; also happy to    be out of Montreal traffic and to stop getting lost in Montreal
                                                Image Barb Happy that     her grandchildren are the best grandchildren in the  world and that she went shopping with/for them
Trish happy that her family arrived as a surprise and she, in turn, surprised her family with her engagement
 Image Marita grandniece is referring to David as a grumpble and she is a grantie

COMMITTEE REPORTS
- RYE: Thomas (France) arrives on the 24th and Coralie (Belgium) arrives on the 23rd. Still need a host family for Thomas for Jan – Mar.
- Sept 1 Corn boil: Friday night husking corn and Sat am set up and then need 10 volunteers
- Fundraising: golf ball drop is soon, possibly an extra breakfast sometime.
- Membership: this is membership month so we should be thinking of new possible members
- Attendance

UPCOMING MEETINGS Executive Meeting: Wednesday at Trish’s Administration: Aug 16th at Wayne’s

PRESIDENT’S TIME

- Rotary ad in the Sappy brochure

GUEST SPEAKER Trish – Club AssemblyImage 
- membership and extension month
- need to share a Rotary moment
- four R’s
- Use Club Locater to determine where you can join a
Rotary meeting on your travels
- Each Rotary member has the power of one to make a
difference. The power of one becomes the power of
many through Rotary
- Wynn – Rotary is a worldwide organization trying to make the world better for all. Sackville’s focus is RYE and foundation
- John: Take responsibility for others, local and vocal
- Wayne: Responsible for eradicating polio
- Pam H.: need to emphasize the local projects and publicize them so everyone knows of them
- Retention is a strong component of membership so we need a strong and vibrant club

Trish adjourned us with the stating of the 4-Way Test.

UPCOMING MEETINGS
Thursday, Aug 23, 2012
Chairperson: Andy
Greeter: Marita

Speaker: Tony Loring
Introducer: Mary
Thanker: Sandy

Bulletin Editor: Wayne Harper

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Bulletin - August 2, 2012

Posted by David McKellar on Aug 01, 2012
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Bulletin of the
Sackville Rotary Club,
Thursday, Aug 2, 2012
Trish Edwards, President
Editors: David M & Susan F



NEXT WEEKS MEETING
Thursday, Aug 9, 2012
Chairperson: Trish
Greeter: Ken
Club Assembly
Photographer: Pam H
Bulletin Editor: David M & Susan F


THIS WEEK
CHAIRPERSON David M
• Greeter was Barb J
• O Canada
• Blessing
• Breakfast


TODAY IN CANADIAN HISTORY

August 2

1909 – The first passenger flight in Canada is made in the Silver Dart at Camp Petawawa in an evaluation by the Canadian Army.

1922 - Alexander Graham Bell dies at his home on Cape Breton Island.   To mark his death, all telephone service in Canada is halted for 80 seconds on August 4, 1922.

1965 - Mrs. Frank Walton Killam leaves her estate to University of Alberta ($6 million), Dalhousie University ($10 million), UBC ($4 million); also to the Halifax Children's Hospital and Montréal Neurological Institute. 

2005 - Air France Flight 358 skids off a runway at Pearson International Airport and bursts into flames, prompting 309 passengers and crew to slide down escape chutes.  Everyone on board survives.


VISITORS
none

GUESTS Karissa Gaudreault (guest speaker) and her family

MAKE-UPS Trish – projects committee (Tuesday), fund raising (Wednesday)

BIRTHDAYS
Trish (5th)

ANNIVERSARIES
Brian & Carol (3rd), Laing & Joyce (6th)

PIN PAL
- Wynn – At the Telus Skins Golf Tournament in Halifax, Rotary pin on his golf shirt which was noticed by a legally blind person so Wynn helped her get close to the action!

50/50 DRAW by Trish
Won by Sandy!

HAPPY DOLLARS David – happy that his daughters Katherine & Gillian are here to see Sappyfest
Ken – happy that grandchildren are here
Pam B –wearing a Gyro pin, happy to be a Rotarian and not a Gyrion.
Sandy – happy to win the draw
Wynn – happy to be at the Skins game and to working in the driving range
Diane– happy that their patio is done, happy that her nephew is also coming for Sappyfest Trish – happy that she was able to drive her new car to Rotary COMMITTEE REPORTS
RYE (Pat) today, students arriving on the 22nd and 25th
Projects (Dale) Habitant for Humanity is looking for volunteers

UPCOMING MEETINGS
Administration Aug 9th at Wayne’s

PRESIDENT’S TIME
- District conference Sept 23rd
- Sappyfest this weekend(Paul Henderson will be
guest speaker on the 16th)
- Give feedback on ClubRunner and stay in touch by
reading it.
- Reminder about being on a committee

GUEST SPEAKER Karissa Gaudreault
Introduced by Mary
- RYE to Quito, Ecuador – video of her year
- first week was at the beach learning basic Spanish!
- Greeting in Ecuador is a kiss on a cheek, very different than Canada
- 150 students in the district, all of Ecuador is in one district
- Trips to the Galapagos and the Amazon
- Dance teams at school
- Winner of gold in the 5km race!
- Graduation – she wrote all the exams at the end of
the year and passed so she got to graduate!
- Beach trips – lots!
- Rotary Club was 12 people, one women and 12
wealthy men. First attendance was to hear all the rules!
- 3 months until she was comfortable with the language, after Christmas was MUCH easier, English was spoken by most students.
- There were about 6 in the districts
- There were 5 RYE trips.
- Rice is eaten every day, lunch was late at 2:30 and this was the main meal of the day.
- Two host families
- Off to University de Moncton in the fall to study Education, she wants to teach ESL.
- Her parents also thanked the club for her year away.

David adjourned us with the stating of the 4-Way Test.

UPCOMING MEETINGS
Thursday, Aug 16, 2012
Chairperson: Wynn Greeter: Louise
Speaker: Paul Henderson on Sappyfest
Introducer: Ove Thanker: Peter
Bulletin Editor: Mystery Scibe??
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Bulletin July 26, 2012

Posted by David McKellar on Jul 25, 2012
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Bulletin of the
Sackville Rotary Club,
Thursday,
July 26, 2012
Trish Edwards, President
Editors: David M & Susan F


NEXT WEEKS DUTIES
Thursday, Aug 2, 2012
Chairperson: Wynn
Greeter: Mary
Speaker: Carissa Gaudreau
Introducer: Patricia
Thanker: Barb J
Bulletin Editor: David M/ Susan F

THIS WEEK
CHAIRPERSON WayneImage 
• Greeter was Josh
• O Canada
• Blessing
• Breakfast  


                    Today in Canadian History

July 26

1852 - Toronto business leaders form an Association of Brokers to promote local securities.  Membership cost is $6 and this is the origin of TSE/TSX.

1881 - Canadian Pacific Railway completed to Winnipeg. 

1959 - Ottawa, Ontario pop singer Paul Anka's single 'Lonely Boy' hits #1 on the Billboard charts.

1967 - French President Charles de Gaulle ends controversial Canadian tour, flies home to France, after rebuke from Canada for his “Vive le Québec libre” statement.

1996 - Wayne Gretzky signs with the New York Rangers. 


VISITING ROTARIANS
None

GUESTS
Pam – grandson Mitchell Fagan; Image
 Image Louise Hicks, Investors Group

MAKE-UPS
Gayle lunch meeting in Terminal City Rotary Club in Vancouver. The cost of lunch was $43!
                                    Image   

Pam H St. Stephen (has a welcoming song as well as a birthday song)

BIRTHDAYS
Ove – 31st
Image       
 
ANNIVERSARIES
John &Gemey (30)

PIN PAL

none

50/50 DRAW by Mitchell
Won by Sue P!Image  

HAPPY DOLLARS
Sue P – pleased her new vet is working out well and pleasant to work with
  Image Josh – happy about the young football players in                                                             Dorchester
Prenelle – happy about the cross Canada RYE tour. ImageThis is her last meeting in Sackville, she is happy to have been in Sackville and sad to be leaving
Diane   Image   – happy to pick Felix and Prenelle at the airport. Felix went home yesterday.
 ImageAndy – happy to take his father to Fundy Park to play                                                     golf, unfortunately it rained.
Louise – happy to go on holiday and also happy that her niece has taught Mariah to sign Justin BieberImage     Ove – happy to be going to the cottage                                                                         where his grandson will be
Barb J - Happy to get rid of the skunk smell on her dogsImage 
 Image Marita - Happy that cousins are coming, long boarders                                                    will be arriving shortly, they are going across Canada in                                                  support of brain injury
Pam B – Toad of Toad Hall is being preformed this week, ImagePam wrote 3 of the songs and Patricia B is performing in it.

COMMITTEE REPORTS
Community Service - Corn Boil: Aug 31 need help with set up and serving.
Community Service - Relay for life Oct 12: need people to sign up for the Rotary Team (contact Wayne if you are interested)

UPCOMING MEETINGS
Projects: Tuesday at 5:15 at Dale’s (9 West Ave)
Membership: right after this meeting

PRESIDENT’S TIME
- GSE - Becky Stuart was the first alternate and she
has now been advised that she will be going to
India. This is the last year for GSE, an alternate
program will perhaps be forthcomingImage
- Trish is heading for Africa for 5 weeks in Sept so a
substitute President will be arranged

GUEST SPEAKER:
Dale Creelman – Image  Classification Talk
- First job at Mt. A was the manager of the
University Centre, the first year that the
Tantramarsh Club started
- Classification: Supply Management.
- Studied to be a Certified Professional Purchaser for 4 years
- The overriding theme in his career at the university was “Change”.
- During his tenure was the very tight financial time at Mt.A when every expense over $50 had to be approved by the controller.
- At the start, very few computer systems were used, thus the implementation of computer generated purchase orders was one of the first items undertaken.
- The volume discounts were worked through an association with other universities to gain purchasing power for all universities.
- Some of the items where volume discounts were obtained was office supplies, bottled gas, scientific and electrical supplies
- The hardest change came at retirement. He was very involved with Rotary and it took 18 months before he realized that he did not have to go to work. His dream was to travel across the country which he and his wife did last summer. Future travels are yet to be determined – perhaps Alaska?
- One of the places he visited was Creelman, Saskatchewan.
- Another favorite was a small town rodeo.

Speaker thanked by Pam H

Wayne adjourned us with the stating of the 4-Way Test

UPCOMING MEETINGS
Thursday, Aug 9, 2012
Chairperson: TRISH
Greeter: Ken

Club Assembly
Bulletin Editor: David M/ Susan F
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Bulletin July 19, 2012

Posted by Wayne Harper on Jul 18, 2012
 2012ThemeLogo           Bulletin of the
                                 Rotary Club of  Sackville
                                Thursday, July 19, 2012
                                Trish Edwards, President
                                 Photographer: Pam H
                                 Editors: David M & Susan F
 
 
 
           Next Thursday, July 26, 2012
           Chairperson:Wayne
           Greeter: Josh
           Introducer: Louise
           Thanker: Pam H
           Photographer: Pam H
           Bulletin Editor: Wayne H
 
   Chairperson: Trish      Image
• Greeter was Barb J
• O Canada Pam B
• Blessing Pam H
• Breakfast
 
                TODAY IN CANADIAN HISTORY
 
                                               

July 19

1921 - Official start of the prohibition of manufacture, importation, and sale of liquor in Ontario. 

1976 - NBC airs last episode of The Rich Little TV Show  hosted by Ottawa-born comic Rich Little. 

1980 - Canada joins the USA and other nations in protesting the invasion of Afghanistan, by boycotting the 22nd Olympiad.

1994 - Rolling Stones play a surprise date at the RPM club to preview of their Voodoo Lounge tour.  A thousand fans pay only $5 apiece to see the hour and a half show. 
 
Visiting Rotarians -- District Governor Alan having a talk with Honorary Rotarian Laing.
                              Image   
 
Guests -- Former RYE inbound student Image Katrine from Denmark  ---  Cathy's husband Mike Image  
 
Makeups  -- Executive Committee for last night's meeting
 
Birthdays & Anniversaries -- None
 
Pin Pal Stories --  None
 
50/50 Draw -- Barb J    Image
 
Happy Dollar$ -- Barb was $5 happy as she invited all to visit her and the photo display at the old fire hall in celebration of Sackville 250 ------ Talk about happy - Trish was $20 happy as she explained buying a ticket at the District Conference hoping to win free travel from West Jet.  Well, she lost, but did manage to winImage a 2012 Mini Cooper Roadster convertible.  It was a tough job, but she HAD to do it -------  Dianne is hoping she can emulate Trish in her ticket draw Image ------  Pam B was happy because her 3 Dragon Boat  teams finished in the top 5 recently in Halifax Image  ------  Beth announced that she has accepted the CFO job at Casino NB in Moncton.  She hopes to Imageremain a member of the club -----  Pam H.  was happy to see DG Alan, a long time colleague at the District.
 
Next Week's SpeakerImage  Dale as he talks about his avocation.  No wait!  He's retired!   Maybe he will talk about retirement.  Maybe his travels.  Best you come next week to hear.
 
Committee Reports -- Pam H. reported that Celebrate 78 (the members donating to the Foundation in honor of there only being 78 cases of Polio left in the world), raised $372.52, including money turned in today.  No wonder we are the District's best Club when raising funds for the Foundation.  -----  Happenings from the Executive meeting will trickle down to the various committees and be raised at a later date.
 
Upcoming Meetings --  
Membership meets next Thursday, July 26th after the morning meeting.
Projects - TBA
Administration - Thursday, August 6th - 7 pm Wayne's house. 
Executive - Wednesday, August 15th - 5:30 pm Trish's house. 
 
President's Time --  Trish introduced the members to her new "buzz word"  Administrivia - a collection of wants and needs setting direction for the Club.  More on these in the coming weeks.
 
Immediate Past President Imageand now Assistant District Governor Ken introduced our guest speaker, District Governor Alan MacLellan from the Riverview West Rotary Club.  A self employed, now retired MTA grad, Alan grew up in Sackville.  He joined Rotary in 1991 and alludes that his most favorite Rotary experience has been the 3 Friendship Exchanges he has been on.  One of his favorites was a trip to South Africa.  A chance use of an outhouse grew to a project to construct washrooms at a 400 student school.  From an initial $2,500 raised, matched by CIDA and then matched again by the Foundation, the $10,000 created washrooms that will be used for years to come.  He claims the trip was a lifesaving experience.Image  Alan recognized several Sackville Rotary members past and present whom he has worked with at the District level.  They included Pam H. for her Exchanges, Ken for taking the Asst. DS role, Leslie who assisted so many areas and Nancy Gilbert, former member and past District Governor.

He credited our Club with being the epitome of fellowship.  He acknowledged our $17,000 raised for the Foundation last year and the 85 Paul Harris Fellows we have in our Club. Since the founding of the Club in 1931, the Club has donated $128,000 to the Foundation.
 
Alan supports the Rotary theme this year - Peace Through Service.  Rotarians around the world have the chance to do this......  He encouraged all members to recruit new members.  New membership is the future of Rotary.  He suggested that each Rotarian have a two sentence  "elevator speech" about Rotary in their back pocket, for those times you are promoting Rotary.......  Public relations need to be improved throughout the District.   We need to be telling the general public about the good work Rotary does.  Too that end, the District has hired Dawn Way as the new District PR person......  Fellowship at many clubs needs to improve (we could be the teachers).  He hopes to have a Rotary Awareness Week in May/June  2013 whereby clubs will promote themselves and introduce a local project.......  Alan feels there can be more chances to introduce Interact to the high schools. The New Generation Committee should look at this......  In September he will host the District Conference.  This will be at the beginning of his term, where goal and objectives can be formulated.
 
As usual. the Club donated a book to the library in Alan's name.  Image Pam presented him with the book.
 
The meeting adjourned with the repeating of the 4-way test.
 
 
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Bulletin July 12, 2012

Posted by David McKellar on Jul 11, 2012
PTS-2

Bulletin of the
Sackville Rotary Club
Thursday, July 12, 2012
Trish Edwards, President
Photographer: Pam H
Editors: David M & Susan F


NEXT MEETING DUTIES
Thursday, July 19, 2012
Chairperson: Trish
Greeter: Barb J
District Governor’s Visit
Introducer: Ken
Thanker: Pam B
Photographer: Pam H
Bulletin Editor: David & Susan F

THIS WEEK
CHAIRPERSON: TrishImage  
• Greeter was George
• O Canada Pam B
• Blessing Pam H
• Breakfast

TODAY IN CANADIAN HISTORY

July 12

1836 - Canada's First railway, the Champlain and St. Lawrence Railway, starts service between Laprairie, Québec  and St-Jean on the Richelieu River.

1874 - Founding of the Ontario Agricultural College.  Today its the University of Guelph. 

1960 - Louis Robichaud sworn in as Premier of New Brunswick, replacing Hugh John Flemming. 

2002 - Ontario court rules that refusing legal recognition to same sex marriage is unconstitutional. 


VISITING ROTARIANS: none

GUESTS:
 Image Katrin (former RYE) introduced Mum and Dad,                                                          sister Kaiya and brother Stem
Kathy – husband MikeImage 
                                            Dale – son KyleImage 
 Image Louise – daughter Mariah.

MAKE-UPS
Ken – Tuesday CRA meeting, District conference call; 
Pam B ??

BIRTHDAYS
            ImageImage    

                          Mary - 19th                                   Peter – 13th

ANNIVERSARIES Peter & Tanya – 18th

PIN PAL Wynn has a stained glass Rotary symbol on his door and his physiotherapist mentioned that her common-law husband is a Rotarian in the Dieppe RC Peter – mentioned that someone at the Paris tradeshow he was attending noticed his Rotarian pin and mentioned that he worked for a Rotarian.

50/50 DRAW by Katrin
Won by Mariah!Image  

HAPPY DOLLARS
Louise said that Mariah is both happy to win the 50/50 and that Mariah has a new
completed play structure........ Sue F is happy for 3 happy days of sailing on the Saint John River with the skipper DaveImage   Peter was happy that he went                                                                                 to Paris and also happy to be home.
 Image   Wynn is happy he has a new knee                                                                           after years of waiting.
Ken is happy with the information on Future Visions Imageon the RI website.
  Image Scott is happy that one of his friends had a baby girl
                               Image Barb is happy for her son’s birthday
Diane is happy to be leaving early to play golf in NSImage  
        Image   Katrin is happy to be back in Sackville
                                                        Trish is not happy about her deflated balloons,                                                          but she is happy to host Tanya Silverman who                                                          is raising funds for SOS.

COMMITTEE REPORTS
Pam discussed the “78” envelops which are raising money for polio. Only 78 cases remain.
Pat: Dylan Wooley-Barry was to have been delayed in getting a visa for France but a cancellation resulted in an appointment for today.

UPCOMING MEETINGS
Membership: will be right after this meeting at Save Easy meeting room.
Executive: next Wed, 5:15 for 5:30 at the Harpers

CLUB ASSEMBLY - TrishImage  
District Governor will be attending next week’s meeting (so be early!)
Discussion on the committees to ensure voluntary participation on the committee of choice. Only 8 people have responded to date to the president’s previous request for committee choice.
Each Committee Chair then spoke on their committee
Membership: Image Andy- Committee role is to develop and implement an                                               action plan for membership development. Meetings are                                             monthly
Club Administration:  Image Wayne- Role of committee                                      is to conduct activities associated with the effective operation                                      of the club. Examples include organize weekly and special                                          programs such as Paul Harris, Christmas party, speakers,                                          bulletin, attendance, bulletin. Subcommittee deals with Paul                                      Harris Fellowships. Meeting is first Thursday of the month.
Projects: Dale- Committee role is to help Image 
develop and implement educational,
 humanitarian and vocational service projects
that help your community and communities in
other countries. An example of a local project is the Marshview Middle School breakfast program.

Fundraising & Public Relations:
Image
Josh- Committee role is to develop a fundraising strategy to meet the financial goals of the club, enabling them to offer their programs. Current Events include Wine Tasting, Golf ball drop, Breakfasts. Meetings monthly, as events approach more frequent meetings.

New Generations: Patricia- Image RYE-Katrin is a great                                 example of RYE. Committee meets monthly. There is a Rotarian                                 counselor for each student. Students are both inbound and                                       outbound. Rotaract – needs a chair to liaise with the club at Mt.                                 A. Interact – possibly a new club at the high school. Needs a                                     chair
Foundation:
 Image Sandy- Develop and implement a plan to support                                                      the Foundation though program participation and                                                      financial contributions through community and                                                        international service.

President Trish adjourned us with the stating of the 4-Way Test.

UPCOMING MEETINGS
Thursday, Jul 26, 2012
Chairperson: Wayne
Greeter: Josh

Speaker: Dale Creelman “Classification Talk”
Introducer: Louise
Thanker: Pam H

Bulletin Editor: David M & Susan F

                                                 
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Bulletin July 5, 2012

Posted by David McKellar on Jul 04, 2012
PTS-2

Bulletin of the
Sackville Rotary Club,
Thursday July 5th, 2012
Trish Edwards, President
Editor: Susan F


NEXT WEEKS DUTIES
Thursday, July 12, 2012
Chairperson: Trish
Greeter: George Speaker:
Club Assembly
Bulletin Editor: David M/ Sue F


THIS WEEK
CHAIRPERSON: Sue P.Image  
• Greeter was Gayle
• O Canada
• Blessing – Pam H
• Breakfast

TODAY IN CANADIAN HISTORY

July 5

1885 - Prince Edward Island founds it’s own telephone company.

1930 - Daredevil George Stathakis dies in a plunge over Niagara Falls in a barrel.  His turtle survives.

1967 - Governor General Roland Michener invested by Queen Elizabeth II with the first ribbon and pendant star of the Order of Canada; founding of the Order of Canada.

1997 - Halifax, Nova Scotia singer Sarah McLachlan kicks off Lilith Fair, her all-female pop festival tour, at the George Amphitheatre with Suzanne Vega, Paula Cole and Jewel.

VISITORS: none

GUESTS: none

MAKE-UPS: none

BIRTHDAYS: none

ANNIVERSARIES: none

PIN PAL:
Trish wore both pins last Thursday as she had been pinned, her regional director noticed  
Pat: Gloria Turner had decided to give a bursary in memory of her son Stephen and the person who won it is going away on a Rotary Exchange.
Pam ran into Chloe in the grocery store. Chloe was on youth exchange for the past year.

50/50 DRAW: drawn by Terry
                                                       Won by OveImage

HAPPY DOLLARS:
Ove was happy he won the 50/50 and that he and Pat were laving for the cottage tomorrow.
Image  Trish was happy because she had talked to her father (a new Rotarian) for an hour last night. He is very excited about being part of Rotary.
Pam B was happy that last Friday was an unscheduled dayImage  and that the                                                                     weather on the weekend was glorious.
Louise is happy/sad Image at putting together a play set this weekend.
                                                                Image                                                                                                       Marita is happy for her garden because                                                                    of the rain last night and today.
Sue P is happy that she spent a week in
Toronto with her father and ended up gardening for the week.

COMMITTEE REPORTS
Pam H gave a report on the Foundation – only 78 polio cases in the world as at the latest reporting. She would like to propose a donation of $7.80 next week to celebrate.
 Image Pat – RYE: There is an advertisement in the paper looking for host
parents. Favorable rates were obtained from the paper. There has been one favorable response already. No news from the cross Canada tour from Felix and Prenelle so the assumption is that no news is good news. Pam reported on the PR in Calgary with a half page editorial on the activities of Calgary Rotary Club.

UPCOMING MEETINGS Executive Meeting: Jul 18 with District Governor who will be attending the weekly meeting on Jul 19

PRESIDENT’S TIME:
Allan MacLellan is the new district governor and will be visiting on Jul 19
Trish welcomed Scott as a new memberImage

Ken is going to be assistant district governor for this upcoming Rotary year.
Moncton will be hosting a district conference in the fall, Sept 21-23. District conference will be moving to the fall.

Town has approached us to assist in the corn boil on the Labour Day weekend. Pam H volunteered to head it up.

GUEST SPEAKER: Terry Wagner, Heart & Stroke Association Introduced by: Josh Restart a Heart – Restart a Life

The program is started by young Chase McEachern, who had a heart condition and he wanted to have an AED in all the arenas so that he would be able to play hockey. Unfortunately Chase died at 12 and he was unable to see the spread of AED’s into arenas in Ontario.
In Canada there are 45,000 arrests a year, in New Brunswick there were 1,200.
With CPR, Image the survival rate is 5%, add a defibrillator and that rate increases to 75%.
Every minute counts in a restart. The grant is $4,000, which includes wall mounting,
training for up to 6 people and entered into the PAD Image (public access defibrillator) program.

New Brunswick has the highest penetration rate per population in Canada.
Arenas, Community Centers and High Schools are the targets for the devices.
Questions included a query with who has the equipment? There is an issue with first responders. All public buildings in Sackville are equipped with AED’s and staff are trained. A possible suggestion is to have all the public AED’s registered with the program so people are aware where they are located.

Speaker thanked by: OveImage 

Adjournment occurred with the stating of the 4-Way Test.

UPCOMING MEETINGS
Thursday, Jul 19, 2012
Chairperson: Trish Greeter: John
Speaker: Allan MacLellan District Governor
Introducer: Karen?? Thanker: Pam B
Bulletin Editor: David M/ Sue F

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Meet the New Chair of the Rotary Foundation

Posted by Wayne Harper on Jul 04, 2012
Wilf Wilkinson

Wilfrid J. Wilkinson 
Rotary Club of Trenton, Ontario,
Canada (2009-13)

Wilfrid J. Wilkinson was a founding
partner of Wilkinson & Company, a
public accounting firm. After retiring,
Wilf served as the part-time executive
director of the Quinte Ballet School of
Canada. He has also been chair of the
Belleville Cheshire Home for Physically
Handicapped Adults and the Loyalist
College Board of Governors.

A Rotarian since 1962, Wilf has served
as RI president, vice president, director,
and Foundation trustee. He has also
been an International Assembly group
discussion leader and 2005 Chicago
Convention Committee chair, and is a
member of the International PolioPlus
Committee. He has participated in
National Immunization Days in India,
Kenya, and Tanzania, and administered
polio vaccine to children of Afghan
refugees in Pakistan.

Wilf was honored in 2001 by Pope John
Paul II with the Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice
medal. In 2007, the governor general of
Canada appointed him a Member to the
Order of Canada, the country’s highest
civilian honor. During his year as RI
president, he was honored by Italy,
Madagascar, and Pakistan. He is also
the recipient of The Rotary Foundation
Citation for Meritorious Service and
Distinguished Service Award, the
International Service Award for a
Polio-Free World, and the RI Service
Above Self Award.

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Meet the New Rotary International President

Posted by Wayne Harper on Jul 04, 2012
             

Sakuji Tanaka

Yashio, Saitama, Japan 
President, Rotary International, 2012-13 
Trustee, The Rotary Foundation, 2006-10 
Director, Rotary International, 2003-05 
District Governor, 1994-95 

Sakuji Tanaka is the former chair of the Daika Company
and former president of the National Household Papers
Distribution Association of Japan. He also has been
vice president of the Yashio City Chamber of Commerce.

A member of the Rotary Club of Yashio since its charter in
1975, Tanaka has served RI as a director, Rotary
Foundation trustee, chair of the 2009 Birmingham
Convention Committee, member of the Polio Eradication
Advocacy Task Force and Future Vision Committee, and
regional Rotary Foundation coordinator, district governor,
and training leader. Working with his district, he helped to
construct a school building in Bangladesh.

Tanaka has received the RI Service Above Self Award
and the Foundation’s Citation for Meritorious Service and
Distinguished Service Award. He and his wife, Kyoko, are
Paul Harris Fellows, Benefactors of the Permanent Fund,
Major Donors, and members of the Arch C. Klumph
Society. In addition, Tanaka has established an endowed
Rotary Peace Fellowship.

He and Kyoko have been married since 1963 and have
three children and six grandchildren.

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Bulletin June 28, 2012

Posted by David McKellar on Jun 27, 2012
2011-12RI-theme
Bulletin of the
Sackville Rotary Club,
Thursday June 28, 2012
Ken Draper, President
Editors: David M & Susan F


NEXT WEEKS DUTIES
Thursday, July 05, 2012
Chairperson: Sue P
Greeter: Gayle Speaker: Terry Wagner Heart & Stroke 
Introducer: Josh
Thanker: Ove
Bulletin Editor: Sue F

THIS WEEK
CHAIRPERSON: Sue F   Image
• Greeter was Frank
• O Canada
• Blessing – Sue F
• Breakfast

• Positive thought for the day: Failure is the opportunity to
begin again more intelligently. - Henry Ford.

VISITORS Becky Stewart

GUESTS
Gayle – husband Doug  ImageImage   
                                                                           Trish – Becky & Bruce

MAKE-UPS
none

BIRTHDAYS
none

ANNIVERSARIES
Wynn & Sharon
Marita & David

PIN PAL Sue F outlined a meeting with the president of the Gagetown club in the middle of the dock in Gagetown. Sue & Dave had just launched their boat for the summer. They had originally met the Gagetown president at the District Conference in Houlton.


50/50 DRAW: Marita

Won by TrishImage 

HAPPY DOLLARS

Gayle was happy to have a suspicious markImage on her face dealt with very efficiently by the medical system. She suggested that people not wait to deal with similar medical conditions, get it looked at.
ImageJohn is happy and sad in that he will be spending the next five meetings in the White Mountains in Maine.
Andy is happy to celebrate his 25th anniversary Imageand to have his two children home for the past few days.
ImageBecky  is happy that her best friend is going to be president
Ken was really happyImage  that Trish and her friends were here and Trish is taking over as president.
Ken also happy to play golf in PEI with his two sons.
Barb doing geneaology in PrescottImage  
ImageDale is happy that his son graduated with a Masters in Environmental Studies from the University of Waterloo.
Sandy was happy to have visited her grandchildrenImage  and celebrated belated birthdays with them.
Josh is happy  that his good friends are getting married in two weeks and even happier that the stag is this weekend in Halifax
ImageDavid is happy that his daughter Gillian just graduated with her Masters in Architecture from the Technical University of Delft, Holland.
Sue F was happy that her son, who has started his first summer job as a junior counselor, is still employed after 6 days of work.

COMMITTEE REPORTS
Kathy reported the names of the recipients Image of the Rotary bursaries
Barb reminded people of the opportunity to pay quarterly for breakfasts
Andy reported for the membership committee that there are two new members (Scott & Diane) and one resignation (Karen)

UPCOMING MEETINGS
None

AWARDS: WayneImage 
Service Awards: 5yr: Darren, Trish, Ken 30yr: David
Attendance Awards:
100%: Ken, Pam H, Mary, SandyImage 
98%: Gayle
96% Pam B, John, Dianne, Josh, Marita
 Most Improved: Louise (50%-68%); John (78%-96%); Sue P. (46%-84%), Andy (62%-80%)
Rule of 85: Frank; Wayne; Wynn; Ove; Charlie

Presidential Handover:Image  

PRESIDENT’S TIME: Ken has appreciated how fast the last two years has gone and how much support he had received over those two years.
Ken outlined the need to think of the president to come after Gayle.
A special thank you to Sandy H as a wonderful mentor over the past two years.
Ken got pinned with his PP pin by PP George.Image

GUEST SPEAKER: Incoming Pres Trish

Introduced by: Wayne

Trish discussed her vision of the club. The theme of Rotary for the next year is Peace through Service. Peace is abstract and varies depending on the region where you live. It is a matter of individual perception thus no right or wrong definition. Three priorities are: support and strengthen club; focus and increase humanitarian service; enhance public image and awareness.Image  
Our focus as a club: Retain; Re-engage; Re-invigorate; and be Relevant.
Continue to be the best club we can be going forward.
Meet your President:
Regional director of Atlantic Salmon, and evolved to now Director with Canadian Wildlife Service. Originally from Picton, Ontario; parents Bill & Sandy.
BOD: VP Gayle K; Secretary: Pam B; Treasurer: Darrell; Past President: Ken; Sergeant at Arms: Mary
Other Members: Wayne, Andy, Pat, Sandy & Pam H, Josh, Dale
Trish discussed her goals for the club in conjunction with each of the committees.

Sue F adjourned us with the stating of the 4-Way Test.

UPCOMING MEETINGS
Thursday, July 12, 2012
Chairperson: Trish
Greeter: George

“Club Assembly”
Bulletin Editor: David M & Sue F

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BBQ

Posted by Wayne Harper on Jun 17, 2012
           NOTE

The regular morning
meeting this week
is cancelled.

Instead, why not join
us for our Annual BBQ
at Gayle & Doug Key's,
13 StationRoad.
Fellowship begins @ 5:30 

Food, Beer, Wine & Soda
supplied.  You bring your
lawnchair & a guest if so
desired.

Cost is $10 each.
RSVP to Sandy 536-2340
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Bulletin June 14, 2012

Posted by David McKellar on Jun 13, 2012
  2011-12RI-theme             Bulletin of the
                                    Sackville Rotary Club
                                    Thursday June 14, 2012

                                    Ken Draper, President

                                    Editors: David M & Susan F


NEXT WEEK'S MEETING
Thursday, 21 June, 2012 “Club BBQ” at Gayle’s
5:30 for 6pm & bring a chair
Note: No morning meeting
Bulletin Editor: David M CHAIRPERSON Ken

• Greeter was David M
• O Canada led by Pam H
• Blessing by Ken
• Breakfast
Positive thought for the day: “What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.” ― Ralph Waldo Emerson

VISITORS None

GUESTS None

MAKE-UPS Pat: RYE Meetings in Fredericton

BIRTHDAYS Wynn missed his birthday and the wearing of the magic BD hat.

ANNIVERSARIES Dale and Linda on the 15th of June (10 years)

PIN PAL
None

50/50 DRAW by SandyImage 
Image  Won by (a very Happy) Kathy

HAPPY DOLLARS Kathy: overwhelmed with her win
Pat: related a lengthy story about Imagelive trapping ground hogs and skunks – which resulted in quite a lively discussion about where she was letting them loose
Gayle: public service announcement that she was selling tickets for a Diamond Jubilee Tea being held at the Bell Inn on the 28th of June from 2-4 – scribe missed where the proceeds were going?
Ove: had to leave early to go to Moncton to do his 6 hours compulsory professional development
Wayne: something about being ‘long in the tooth’ re JR & Dallas and episodes on Bravo?
Sue P:Image  was happy until she found out where Pat was letting her little friends loose
Ken: happy that Pat made him laugh

COMMITTEE REPORTS Wayne: Thanked Marita for taking over as the weekly host starting in July. He thanked Barb for doing the hosting function for the last 2 ½ years.
Pat: Presented Felix with a card Imagesigned by all members as it his last meeting before the TC bus tour. Pat had sad news that Beth our outgoing student bound for Australia has backed out of the RYE programme. Pat is not yet sure what impact this will have on us re the two incoming students etc. Our second outbound student Dylan is still going.

UPCOMING MEETINGS Administration: right after today’s meeting RYE Committee: right after today’s meeting

PRESIDENT’S TIME
President Ken did a slide presentation on the Rotary Fellowships as June is Rotary Fellowship month. More info can be found at http://www.rotary.org/en/ServiceAndFellowship/MakeConnections/RotaryFellowships/Pages/ridefault.aspx

CLUB ASSEMBLY - Ken
Image“As another year of Rotary draws to a close and my time as President of the Rotary Club of Sackville ends I wanted to take a few moments to reflect on the past year. First I want to say thank you to the club for allowing me the privilege to serve as President. It truly has been an honor and an experience that I will always hold dear to my heart. We accomplished some things together, started on others and of course certain things never developed. But that is what the future is for.
Secondly I want to say thank you to a fabulous group of individuals who comprise the Board of the Rotary Club of Sackville. Your support has been phenomenal and special. Each of you carried out your respective roles with enthusiasm and always with what was best for the club. So to Vice President and President Elect Patricia Edwards, Secretary Pamela Bowman, Treasurer Darrell Harvey, Past President George Woodburn, Club Services Chair Wayne Harper, Membership Chair, Andrew Rose, Foundation Chair Sandra Harper, Director Dale Creelman, Fundraising Chair Gayle Key, and Sergeant-at-Arms Mary Sears and Patricia Belliveau, RYE Chair, I once again want to say thank you for being you and for all you do for Rotary and the Rotary Club of Sackville. It goes without saying that this thank you is extended to all those who serve on the various committees the aforementioned people chair. Nothing happens without you!

I also want to acknowledge one of the unsung members of our club. This person serves as a decorator, sends cards out for all occasions, is a great ticket seller and has dedicated many hours over the past number of years working with our RYE students. Whether it is picking up students at the airport, arranging drives for them or being a listening ear, she has always been there for them. That person of course is Diane Oulton - Thank you Diane. A special thank you also goes out to Barb Jardine for keeping track of us every week. So what has happened in our club over the past twelve months?

One of the highlights of the club year is the arrival of our exchange students. This year is no exception, when in August we all had the opportunity to meet Felix Szilagyi from Germany and Pernille Musen from Denmark. Once again our lives have been enriched by these two fine young people. We wish them well in their stay with us and may they know the greatest of success throughout their lives. Our hats off to Pat and her team for managing this exciting program.

Our fundraising year began with the second annual golf ball drop. This project is growing and has the potential to be a major fundraiser for the club. A special thank you to Gayle and Mary for leading the way with the ball drop. We held our semi- annual breakfasts in early December and mid March under the direction of Dale and Kathy and we are pleased to say they were a great success. What would a Rotary year be without the nail biting experience of our wine and beer tasting event. This year was no exception in the loss of nails but when the wine and beer bottles were empty we had pulled off another great event with four hundred tickets sold and close to $13,000 in net revenue. We continue to offer the grocery card program and we thank Ove for making this happen. This fund raiser is a no brainer and we need to make it bigger. We are very excited about our four new members to Rotary. We welcome Josh Cormier, Marita Webb, Susan Fisher and David McKellar to the Rotary Club of Sackville. We trust that your Rotary experience will be a rewarding one. Your efforts in Rotary will help to make the world a better place. The membership committee held a wonderful membership evening in early March where interested persons were invited to hear the Rotary story. We thank Andy, Dale, Frank and Ove for their dedication to this project. We also send out a big thank you to Senator Dr Marilyn Trenholm-Counsell for her stirring talk on volunteering.

Under the direction of Sandy the Foundation Committee is experiencing another great year. In November we held our auction and raised in excess of $2,000 in thirty minutes. This together with our personal commitments has raised over $7,000 to date for the Rotary Foundation. On February 23rd we celebrate our Paul Harris evening. At that time two club members who had earned one thousand points received their first Paul Harris Fellow and others received recognition for multiple Paul Harris’s. The club presented a Paul Harris to Sandy Harper for her hard work and dedication to Rotary. Congratulations to all our Paul Harris fellows.

What can we say about club services? This is the committee that holds everything together. Under Chair Wayne and his committee a myriad of things happen every week that most of us are not aware of. Things like attendance, Barb, club set-up
Mary, the bulletin David and Susan, speakers George, club runner Dale and Wayne etc all come under the direction of Club Services. In addition to the weekly events they also are responsible for the social side of the club. In September we enjoyed a wonderful afternoon in PEI taking a tour of Confederation Bridge. Thank you Frank for this gift. In December the Laing’s invited us to their house for our Christmas gathering. In February we gathered at the St Anne’s church hall for our Paul Harris evening. On June 21st they will host the BBQ at Gayle’s. They will round out our year with the awards meeting.

 Of course we raise money to help others in need throughout the world. Patricia and her team do a fantastic job managing the limited funds they have to work with. The key is they do it with love and care. Each year we assist with attendance at camp, the swim club, Christmas Cheer and a host of other local endeavors. I believe the highlight this year is the purchase of as second Smart board for Salem Elementary and our participation with the other four clubs in South Eastern NB for the Mulonga Village Farm Training Centre Project in the Dominican Republic. The works continues.

Finally I would like to extend a super sized thank you to a committee of one and that is our treasurer Darrell Harvey. We are very blessed to have a treasurer the caliber of Darrell. He carries out his work with professionalism and under that semi gruff exterior is a man with a heart of gold. I know from personal experience the time and effort Darrell has injected into the club. I would also like to thank Brian and Trish for their work on the 300 pound gorilla we have been working with called CCRA.

In closing, once again thank you for the opportunity you afforded me to be President of our club. I am excited by what lies before us as Trish assumes the Presidency of the Rotary Club of Sackville. I know she has some wonderful ideas and initiatives she would like to see undertaken and I look forward to hearing more from her in a couple of weeks.

Thank you and know that you are one and it only takes one to make a positive difference in the world.”

President Ken then recognized Pam H for her leadership and perseverance on the Dominican Republic water project. ImageWith a cost of $115 for each water filter she has raised over $9K to date. Club has agreed to purchase one in Pam’s name. Ken then presented Pam with a certificate of recognition from the club. Pam’s response was “with Rotary on your side everything is possible”.
Ken then gave us an update on Charlie. Apparently he fell and passed out and Jean found him. They have done all sorts of tests but still don’t know what happened. He’s OK sitting down etc so to play it safe he’s taking a well deserved break from the weekly meetings. Ken encouraged members to call and
send cards. President Ken adjourned us with the stating of the 4-Way Test.

UPCOMING MEETINGS
Thursday, June 28, 2012 Chairperson: Susan F Greeter: Frank Change over Meeting & Service Awards Bulletin Editor: David & Susan F

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Bulletin June 7, 2012

Posted by David McKellar on Jun 06, 2012
 2011-12RI-theme               Bulletin of the
                                      Sackville Rotary Club,
                                      Thursday, June 7, 2012
                                      Ken Draper, President
                                      Editors: David M & Susan F 
                          Image                                                                      
 
NEXT WEEK
Thursday, June 14, 2012
Chairperson: Ken “Club Assembly”
Greeter: David M Bulletin Editor: David M


CHAIRPERSON: Ken DImage  
• Greeter was Dianne
• O’Canada
• Blessing – Pam
• Breakfast
• Positive thought for the day: Hard things are put in our way not to stop us but to make us stronger
• As the speaker was unable to attend, many pithy remarks were made

VISITORS None

GUESTS
Josh introduced Scott YorkeImageImage    
Pam introduced Diane Stephens

MAKE-UPS District Conference: Trish, Sue F, David M Executive Meeting last night Pam - Moncton Sunrise Projects Committee: Dale and Trish met Wednesday to discuss projects

BIRTHDAYS None

ANNIVERSARIES None

 PIN PAL
Sue F and David were returning to Canada from the Houlton District Conference and picked the slow lane at the border. It turns out the border guard was a Rotarian and wanted to know all about the conference.Image   
Image   Peter wore his pin at a conference in Ottawa and                                                            was noticed by a Rotarian from Mississauga.

50/50 DRAW Imageby Frank  
Won by Sue P

HAPPY DOLLARS
Sue P was happy to win the 50/50 and is happy to have a new associate and is looking forward to possibly having a day offImage  
Image   Frank was happy he attended the Sports Hall of Fame                                                     Induction. He was happy that Wynn was inducted
Pat B also added a dollar as she was happy about this too
Dianne noted birthdays of her brother and her nieceImage
Peter is happy he is heading for Paris, the city of lights
Marita did the walkImage   in Moncton and her daughter Kalita walked 2 km!!!!
Pam attended the Dare program graduation in River Hibert and noted the RCMP speaker should be considered for a PHF in the future

COMMITTEE REPORTS RYE: RYE students went to the district conference. Our two students are heading for the cross-Canada tour on the 27th of June. The students spoke at the conference briefly.

UPCOMING MEETINGS Membership: right after this week’s meeting RYE: right after this week’s meeting Fundraising: Barbeque is June 21 – there will be no morning meeting that day

PRESIDENT’S TIME - Next week is a club assembly - Wynn, Peter, and Brian(?) will be sitting on the committee to review club documentation - Ken spoke about Trish’s spreadsheet about being involved with the club. - Specifically Ken mentioned the bulletin, as Dave and Sue are only able to do it for the summer as well as taking the money in the morning.
Image- Wayne introduced the new club stand up banner; it is portable and will be                          carried to various events as necessary. The banner was designed by Leslie                          and the photograph was John Shardine.
- Fundraising – Ken would like to hear of any new fundraising ideas. Perhaps one or two major projects might raise the club’s profile in the town. The work of the club is not as well known in the community and awareness could be raised by fundraising projects.

GUEST SPEAKER: Trish on the District ConferenceImage 
- The guest from the Heart and Stroke Foundation
cancelled so Trish filled in on the events on the
District Conference.
- Trish introduced the new fundraising chair Josh Cormier.
- The first trepidation of attending the conference was crossing the border with the two RYE students. It was not a problem after all.
- District Conference will change to the autumn vs the spring – will be in Moncton Sept 21-23.
- Houlton is known as the music capital of Maine. During the conference, there were a number of community bands performing. Offbeat drumming, Grade 6 Jazz & Blues, High School Vocals were some of the performers entertaining
the Rotarians.
- The weekend was an adventure in fellowship and very interesting meeting all the different Rotarians from the different clubs. Trish expounded on the fun that Sackville Club appears to have in comparison to some of the other clubs.
- The speaker from RI was a wonderful speaker and brought messages from RI. Even though District 7810 is a small district, the average club size is on par with the rest of the world. Our district transcends the international border.
- Don Fendler spoke about being lost in the woods in Maine at the age of 9, he spent 9 days in the wilds of Maine and since then he has spoken numerous times about the ordeal and the tenacity that is needed in life. A book by Don was purchased and Trish passed it to Mary to be added to the speaker’s
books.
- Sackville was acknowledged for our RotaryImage
Foundation Polio donations. Pam noted that
contributions to Polio Plus were not counted
towards the per capita recognition of dollars
contributed to the annual giving fund.
- Another award was presented to a former RYLA nominee from Matthieu Martin HS who has recently won a $48,000 scholarship to Mt. A. next year.
- Sackville, in conjunction with 5 other Moncton and Shediac clubs were awarded the GUS Trophy for International projects. Our club contributedImage
$1000 and it grew to $50,000 through other
contributions and matching funds from the RF for the
Mulanga Village Farm Training Project in the Congo. It
is hopeful that these joint club project initiatives will
continue.


                           Speaker thanked by Pam

President Ken adjourned us with the stating of the 4-Way Test.

UPCOMING MEETINGS
Thursday, June 21, 2012
“Club BBQ” at Gayle’s
Note: No morning meeting
Bulletin Editor: David M/ Sue F
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Bulletin - May 31, 2012

Posted by David McKellar on May 30, 2012
 2011-12RI-theme                              Bulletin of the
                                                    Sackville Rotary Club,
                                                    Thursday May 31, 2012
                                                    Ken Draper, President
                                                    Editors: David M & Susan F


NEXT WEEK
Thursday, June 07, 2012
Chairperson: Sue C
Greeter: Dianne Heart & Stroke Foundation “Defibulators”
Introducer: John
Thanker: Mary 

CHAIRPERSON SandyImage        
• Greeter was Dale
• O’Canada
• Blessing
• Breakfast
• Positive thought for the day: Every mans work is a portrait of himself – Samuel Butler

VISITORS None

GUESTS
Scott Yorke guest of Josh CImage  

MAKE-UPS Executive Committee Bursary Committee Membership Committee

BIRTHDAYS
DianneImage    

ANNIVERSARIES None
PIN PAL None

50/50 DRAW 
                                      Won by Ove             Image                                                   

HAPPY DOLLARS Ove: happy that he won and that his daughter and family were visiting for a week Barb: had a good time visiting her son and his family in Bahrain & thanks to Marita for covering for herImage  
Gayle: had a great trip to Pennsylvania and also had great weather
Ken: Gayle was recognized recently for giving 100 pints of bloodImage 
Dianne: survived another birthday
Wynn: grandchildren made the provincials in track and field in their categories
                                                                                                      Image                                                     
Trish: District conference is this weekend and she is taking up our two youth exchange studentsImage
Marita: happy that Barb is back and was delayed this morning due to a transport tractor fire on the TCH
Kathy: five great candidates for the bursary award
Louise: her daughter is officially ‘out of diapers’
                                               – big milestoneImage  

COMMITTEE REPORTS
Kathy: Bursary Committee – Awards will be given at the
 upcoming graduationImage  
Trish: Project Committee – sending Heather Simpson to Camp Tidnish
Pam: June is Rotary Fellowship Month.
Do you know of ROTARY FELLOWSHIP WORLD? To date there are 50 fellowship groups listed on the Rotary International site. A quarterly newsletter called The Fellowship Advancer is distributed online through the district and can be emailed to you.
May I challenge every member to seek information on a group that may be of interest? When you find something exciting please plan to share it with our club during a June meeting. Please check this out - BIRDWATCHING www.rotarybirdwatchers.com with a contact chair Felicia http:www.ifbpr.org and maybe WINE APPRECIATION www.rotarywine.net with a contact chair Conrade C. Heed ccheede@aol.com.
 
UPCOMING MEETINGS Executive Meeting: next Wednesday, 6th of June RYE: next Monday, 4th of June

PRESIDENT’S TIME
Ken said he had nothing
new to report so on with the guest speaker …Image 

GUEST SPEAKER Jeff Martin, President, Tantramar Heritage Trust Introduced by: supposed to be George, so Jeff introduced himself.

Image
- Jeff talked to us about saving the Captain George Anderson octagonal house
- Anderson was a master mariner and ship builder
- it was built in 1855 in the Romantic Octagon style in the area of Bulmer Lane
- the house has played many roles over the years from housing Sackville visitors centre to the citizen Band
- the town of Sackville has generously offered the octagonal to the Trust - the move is scheduled to start on Monday the 11th of June - plan is to remove the roof and disassemble it - the octagonal house will be relocated at the Boultonhouse site as a secondary building - foundation is to be built under it when on site as the building is not truly octagonal - roof will be rebuilt by Evergreen builders as the old roof is in bad shape - the trust is using a new local architect to redesign the roof and interior – AZ Design & Construction
- the second floor will have a cathedral ceiling vs a dropped ceiling as it has now and a glassed-in cupola will be added to allow in natural light
- main floor will probably be used for permanent displays as well as commemorating the anniversary of the founding of the Township of Sackville
- the Tantramar Heritage Trust needs our help to bring this elegant example of our seafaring past to its rightful place – in our town and in history
- though a lot of the cost will be subsidized by various levels of government the Trust still plans to run a three year, major capital campaign to raise $90,000
- there are a range of donations amounts that will provide various levels of recognition
- more details can be found on the Trusts website http://heritage.tantramar.com

               Speaker thanked by MaritaImage  

President Ken adjourned us with the stating of the 4-Way Test.

UPCOMING MEETINGS
Thursday, June 14, 2012
Chairperson: Ken




Greeter: David M “Club Assembly”
Bulletin Editor: David M
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Bulletin - May 24, 2012

Posted by David McKellar on May 23, 2012
 2011-12RI-theme                             Bulletin of the
                                                   Sackville Rotary Club,
                                                   Thursday May 24, 2012
                                                   Ken Draper, President
                                                   Editors: David M & Susan F

Thursday, May 31, 2012
Chairperson: Sandy
Greeter: Darren
Speaker :Jeff Martin
“Move of the 0ctogon House to Boultenhouse”
Introducer: George Thanker: Marita

CHAIRPERSON Darren
• Greeter was Dale
• O’Canada
• Irish Blessing
• Breakfast
• Positive thought for the day: must have missed it [Ed]

VISITORS
None

GUESTS
Scott Yorke guest of Josh C

MAKE-UPS
Administrative Committee

BIRTHDAYS
None

ANNIVERSARIES None

PIN PAL Pam: On a recent trip to Newfoundland where she was doing some interviews, one of the candidates had a Paul Harris Fellow pin on and he was hired – the fix was in! Dale: his son-in-law Tony is a member of Bowmanville Rotary Club and they recently raised $76K on a ribfest fund raiser.

50/50 DRAW
Won by Sue P

HAPPY DOLLARS Sue P: happy she won the 50/50 and that the Cape Jourmaine AGM is next Sunday, 27th Jun at 130pm, all are welcome and come earlier for lunch, there will be a roadside clean-up
Ove: had their daughter and her family visiting on the weekend
Dale: good trip to Hamilton and a visit with his daughter and family and got to see a Blue Jay game where they won
Trish: good week in Ontario and her father was welcomed as a new member of the Picton Rotary Club
Ken: spent the week talking to his new ‘best friend’ Anne from CRA and trying to answer all her questions while Trish was away
Wynn: speaker last week reminded him of his experience on radio in 71-73, programme was a music show called ‘My Call’ – something to do with square dancing!
Scott Y (visiter): had a lovely weekend in Fredericton with his girlfriend and attending an art auction fundraiser in Moncton
Marita: happy that Barb J is back

COMMITTEE REPORTS None

UPCOMING MEETINGS
Kathy: Bursary Committee meets next Monday to do the interviews.
Andy: Membership Committee meeting today
Wayne: Administration Committee – BBQ 21st June (location TBD), 28th June is the handover and presentation of awards.

PRESIDENT’S TIME Ken mentioned that Executive Committee meets tomorrow at Pattersons. He also reminded the club of the Rotary District Conference in Houton, Maine next weekend and encouraged as many people to attend as possible. Sue F and David M will be attending [Ed]

GUEST SPEAKER
David introduced our speaker Ron Aiken who was going to speak to us on the recent municipal election.
- First thing Ron asked us was that he doesn’t want to be mistakened as Steve Eppworth
- Steve told Ron that he was tired of being congratulated on his win
- Ron took us through the multiple steps a candidate must undertake
o File your nomination, only needs 10 but he had 15 and 4 ended up not being on the voter list
o File papers with Elections NB, now have to do it in Dieppe, woman there said she was slow because she hadn’t been trained
o Try to figure out a handout leaflet that isn’t too short or too long, too superficial etc
o Getting lawn signs made and trying to figure out the right picture to put on it
o Put signs up, Sackville has the hardest soil and our renowned winds blow them down
o The dreaded public forum where candidates would rather be dead then try to do public speaking
o Next is all the door to door work, Ron didn’t bother the last time as people said don’t worry and he lost, this time he looked at what parts of the city didn’t vote for him and he concentrated on them, he said that 95% of the homes seemed to have small aggressive dogs, also not good to canvas past 830pm as its bedtime for kids
o Final step is to wait for the results, apparently Elections NB didn’t fare too well this year with their new web page
o
- Ron had lots of questions from members and replied that he preferred working on economic development and parks & rec committees, but please no finance committee; pressing issue for council is finding a CAO, long term downtown revitalization similar to Wolfville, NS and keep an eye on the new
regional services
Speaker thanked by Louise
Darren adjourned us with the stating of the 4-Way Test.

UPCOMING MEETINGS
Thursday, June 7, 2012
Chairperson: Sue C Greeter: Dianne
Speaker: Heart & Stroke Foundation “Defibulators”
Introducer: John Thanker: Mary
Bulletin Editors: David M & Sue F
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Bulletin - May 17, 2012

Posted by David McKellar on May 16, 2012
Next Week Thursday, May 24, 2012
Chairperson: Peter Greeter: Dale Introducer: David M Thanker: Louise Bulletin Editor: David M
Andrew Amos, Catalyst Consulting Engineers “Rotary Dock – Silver Lake”  

CHAIRPERSON Pat BImage   
• O’Canada
• Blessing
• Breakfast
• Positive thought for
• the day: Helen Keller quote
VISITORS None

GUESTS
Scott Yorke guest of Josh CImage                      
Mark McLean guest of George W

MAKE-UPS
None

BIRTHDAYS None ANNIVERSARIES None
 
PIN PALImage    
Louise M: The new incoming youth exchange student Coralie is very excited to come to Sackville. She hashad a Facebook conversation with our current outgoing YE student Chloe MacIsaac and had met Chloe on the recent YE orientation which they both attended.
Pat read a postcard from Chloe where Chloe describes a recent visit to Amsterdam and Chloe said thank you to the club for this great opportunity.

50/50 DRAW
Won by our YE student Felix

HAPPY DOLLARS
Wynn: grandchildren winning at district track meet events, not happy that he got extra $ from last week, judge allowed something and he successfully defended a client
Image
Felix: won the 50/50
Josh: Happy that he prosecuted for the first time this week and that he is buying a house for the first time
Kathy: Happy to be here this week.Image                 
Marietta: reported on how happy we were last week,Image
not as happy as last July.

COMMITTEE REPORTS
Bursary: Kathy announced that she has received 12 applications and the committee will be reviewing the applications for the 2 bursaries.

UPCOMING MEETINGS Administration: May 17th at Wayne’s. Executive Meeting: May 26th at Pattersons PRESIDENT’S TIME Ken would like to set up a committee of three people to review the club’s documentation for submission to CRA. Pam moved Kathy seconded the motion to set up this committee

GUEST SPEAKER Randy Geddes, Tantramar Community Radio CFTA 107.9 FM
- Commitment to serve the community
- Began in 2007 by a local group who started the process with an application to the CRTC. The first application was not successful.
- CRTC requires 30% Canadian content but they are doing 50% and 25% spoken word.
- Tower in Fenwick, coverage includes Cumberland County to Moncton, sometimes able to pick up the signal as far away as New Minas.
- Operations Manager Ron Bickle is the only paid employee. Transmitter has the capability to transmit further than present, state of the art equipment.
- For the first 6 months, the studio was in an old GMC van attached to the tower as the funds were not available to hook the tower into the present studio in Amherst.
- Recently Seniors College has introduced a course in radio.
- Advertisers assist in the funding but because of the CRTC license, the station can not be seen to be a commercial operation.
- Fundraising has been supported by the Lions Club, Cumberland County, Town of Sackville (sponsors), among others.
- Memberships are $25 for a 3-year membership.
- Pam asked if it would be possible for the Rotary Club to do a weekly show on wine with the end to a promotion of the club’s main fundraiser of Wine and Cheese. Randy confirmed that this would be possible.
- The station is lived streamed on the Internet thus listener statistics can be gleaned from this activity.
- Randy is soliciting involvement by the community in the radio
- Peter asked if there was a possibility to broadcast local sporting events and this was confirmed by Randy as
a future plan.
- Some shows are live and some are prerecorded and syndicated.
Speaker thanked by KenImage    
President Ken adjourned us with the stating of the 4-Way Test.

UPCOMING MEETING
Thursday, May 31, 2012
Chairperson: Sandy Greeter: Darren
Speaker: Jeff Martin “Move of Octogon House to Boultenhouse”
Introducer: George Thanker: Marita
Bulletin Editor: David M
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District Conference Program

Posted by Wayne Harper on Apr 22, 2012
District Conference Program
FRIDAY
1:00 – 4:00 pm Golf on own
4:00 -- 8:00 pm Registration Table Open
5:00 pm PDG Dinner—Courtyard Café
7:00 pm McGill’s Community Band concert – Monument Park *
8:00 – 10:00 pm Welcome Party – Civic Center “Musician Extraordinaire” Chuck Loucka On Own with Our Suggestions: O’Kelly’s Irish Pub – Ivey’s Motel
Poolside Lounge – Shiretown Inn & Suites

SATURDAY
BREAKFAST 7:00 – 8:00AM
7:30 – 10:00AM Registration desk open
8:00 – 9:00AM OPENING CEREMONIES
8:00 – 8:10 Piped Procession VIPs Parade of Flags Anthems
8:10 – 8:20 Welcome and introduction of Master of Ceremonies Fred Grant by
District Governor Leigh Cummings
8:20 – 8:25 Welcome from Town Manager
8:25 – 8:30 Welcome from Host Club President – Scott Dionne
8:30 – 8:45 RI President Representative Opening Comments
8:45 – 8:55 Address via video from Rotary International President Banerjee

PLENARY SESSIONS
9:00 – 9:20 Membership –PDG John Carkner and Crew
9:20 – 9:30 Membership and Attendance Awards presented by PDG John Carkner
9:30 – 9:45 Camp Rotary
9:45 – 10:00 Public Relations and other awards presented by DGN Pat Perry 10:00 – 10:30 Foundation –PDG Rick Rogers and Crew
10:30 – 10:35 The Gus Trophy for international service (club) presented by
DGE Allan MacLellan
10:35 – 10:50 BREAK
10:50 – 11:10 Entertainment – Special Surprise for all Rotarians!
11:10 – 11:20 PDG McNeill Award – President of the Year presented by DGN Pat Perry
11:20 – 11:40 Chief Brenda Commander, Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians—
“Strengthening Our Community by Strengthening Our Families”
11:40 – Noon Tim Caverly – Childrens’ author Book signing

SATURDAY AFTERNOON
LUNCH 12:00 – 2:00
12:00 – 12:30 Lunch Buffet line
12:30 – 1:00 Jacques Poitras –“ Imaginary Line: Life on an Unfinished Border”
Book signing
1:00 – 1:05 Campbellton Club adult literacy video
1:05 – 1:15 Presentation of Paul Harris Fellows
1:15 – 1:20 Significant Achievement Award
1:20 – 1:50 “Four Club Projects That Will Work For You”
1:50 – 2:05 Entertainment – Jazz Ensemble
2:05 – 2:20 Rotary Youth Merit Awards – Larry Corley
2:20 – 2:30 Rotaract – Robin Walker
2:30 – 2:40 Interact – Greg MacDairmid
2:40 – 2:50 BREAK
2:50 – 3:20 Donn Fendler – “Lost on a Mountain in Maine” Book signing
3:20 – 3:35 District Conference 2012-2013 Moncton DGE Allan McLEllan
3:35 – 3:50 District 7810 Water Theme – Bob Chagrasulis 3:50 – 4:10 World Community Service – Leslie VanPatter

FREE TIME
4:10 – 5:30 Soap Box Derby Demo on hill

SATURDAY EVENING
5:30 – 6:00 Social & Entertainment – Heavenly Harpers
6:00 – 6:05 Reception Line -- Introduction of head table / VIPs
6:05 – 6:20 Introduction of RI Rep -- Address by RI Rep
6:20 – 6:25 Thank RI Representative
6:25 – 6:35 Entertainment – a Capella “Camerata” & “Off Beat” Percussion 6:35 – 7:00 District Awards / DG Citations
7:00 – 7:50 Dinner
7:50 – 8:00 PDG Frank Hussey Award – Rotarian of the Year presented by DGE Allan MacLellan
8:00 -- Entertainment –“ Music Town of Maine Extravaganza”
On Own at Local Pub – O’Kelly’s at Ivey’s Motor Lodge or Shiretown Inn Poolside Lounge

SUNDAY
BREAKFAST 7:30 – 8:30 am
8:30 – 9:00 Memorial Service
9:00 – 9:30 District Business Meeting
9:30 – 9:45 Break
9:45 – 9:50 Thank DC Committee – Fred Grant
9:50 – 10:00 The Year in Review – District Governor Leigh Cummings
10:05 – 10:15 Closing Remarks by RI Representative
10:15 – 10:25 Change of Leadership Ceremony
10:25 – 10:35 DGE Plans and Objectives—DGE Allan MacLellan
10:35 – 10:55 District Conference 2012-2013 Promo
10:55 – 11:05 Close of Conference
*McGill’s Community Band concert will be held at the Civic Center in the event of inclement weather*
**All meals, sessions and events are in the Civic Center unless otherwise noted**
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WHY WE ARE ROTARIANS

Posted by Wayne Harper on Apr 21, 2012

Fellow Rotarians

 

The Village of Perth-Andover suffered devastating losses on March 23, 2012 when the Saint John River overflowed its banks and flooded the Village on both sides of the river.  Many businesses including two banks, two pharmacies, restaurants, service stations, the Post Office, library, Hotel Dieu Hospital, two schools, four churches and many more too numerous to mention, were severely damaged by the flood waters.   It has been three weeks since the flood and most businesses have yet to re-open.  The devastation to many homes is difficult to adequately describe.  Many residents are still displaced, living in local motels and some are staying with friends and family. 

 

There is much to be done to help people get back on their feet and start rebuilding their lives.  We are very grateful to the countless numbers of volunteers from the community and surrounding areas who exemplified "Service Above Self" by helping with the monumental cleanup, which is still ongoing. 

 

Our club has received offers of help from some clubs in the District and we thank them for their concern and generosity.  If your club would like to help our community with financial assistance, we would be most appreciative.

 

I am attaching an information sheet that outlines a fund set up by a group of local citizens to help the victims of the flood.   If you would like to make a donation to the fund, the contact information is on the sheet.  If you prefer  to channel your donation through our club, we will see that it gets to the proper authorities. 

 

Our club will be holding our annual Cash Draw fundraiser on May 4th and we are donating all proceeds to the victims of the flood.  We have tickets available at $60 each.  The top prize is $10 000 with three $1 000 Early Bird prizes to be awarded on April 23rd.  If you are interested in purchasing tickets, please let me know.

 

Thank you for giving this request your consideration.

 

Yours in Rotary

 

Sharron Moffatt, Secretary

Perth-Andover Rotary Club

75 Hillcrest Drive

Perth-Andover, NB   E7H 2G7

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Meal Plan

Posted by Wayne Harper on Apr 02, 2012

2nd Quarter Meal Plan Fees

                   Due

        Thursday, April 4th
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This Week's Meeting

Posted by Wayne Harper on Feb 26, 2012

                            

                                  NOTE

   
THIS WEEK'S MEETING WILL BE
 
HELD AT 7:00 PM  
NOT AT 7:15 AM
.

THE MEETING WILL BE HELD AT 

CRABTREE HALL ON THE MOUNT
 
ALLISON CAMPUS

THIS MEETING WILL INTRODUCE MANY
COMMUNITY 
LEADERS TO ROTARY AND IS
INTENDED AS A MAIN 
RECRUITMENT EVENT.  
THIS IS A REGULAR MEETING 
AND ATTENDANCE
WILL BE TAKEN.  ALL MEMBERS 
SHOULD BE
THERE TO WELCOME POTENTIAL NEW  
TO THE
ROTARY EXPERIENCE.  SEE THE AGENDA AS 
EMAILED FROM ANDY ROSE.


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Paul Harris Part 5 - Death of a Legend

Posted by Wayne Harper on Feb 21, 2012

Death of a legend

 
Paul Harris’s headstone at Mount Hope Cemetery on the South Side of Chicago. Silvester Schiele, the first president of the Rotary Club of Chicago, is buried a few feet away. Jean Harris is buried in Scotland. 

 
Funeral procession at Morgan Park Congregational Church.

In December 1945, the Harrises traveled to Tuskegee, Alabama, for the winter months, a trip they had made many times. He was not feeling well when they departed from Chicago by train. Shortly after they arrived, Harris received word that Sylvester Schiele, one of Rotary’s four founding members, had died.

In Tuskegee on 20 December 1945, Leland Childs interviewed Harris about the founding and future of Rotary. Listen to the interview and read the transcript 
 
Download the file

In early 1946, Harris contracted influenza. Chesley R. Perry, a member of the Rotary Club of Chicago and Rotary’s general secretary from 1910 to 1942, traveled to Tuskegee and reported that Harris was receiving good medical advice but remained weak: “He has had some lung trouble over many years. He was not getting the proper amount of sleep, nor proper nourishment.” The Harrises did not return to Chicago until 28 March 1946 and did not make the trip to Tuskegee the next year.

Harris died 27 January 1947 in Chicago at age 78 after his prolonged illness. Funeral services were held at Morgan Park Congregational Church on Chicago’s South Side. Three Rotary leaders spoke: Perry, Past RI President T.A. Warren, and then RI President Richard Hedke. Past presidents of the Rotary Club of Chicago served as pallbearers. Read a transcript of their speeches .

Harris had made it known that he preferred contributions to The Rotary Foundation upon his death in lieu of flowers. Days before he died, Rotary leaders had re-committed the organization to satisfying a 1938 resolution to raise $2 million. (At that time, the Foundation had about $650,000 in its accounts.) Upon news of his death, the Paul Harris Memorial Fund was created as a way to solicit these funds. Rotarians were encouraged to commemorate the late founder of Rotary by contributing to the fund, which would be used for purposes dear to Harris's heart.

The Paul Harris Memorial Fund was earmarked to help establish Rotary Foundation Fellowships for advanced study, thereby fulfilling one of the four new Foundation objectives approved by the RI Board of Directors and The Rotary Foundation Board of Trustees in January 1946. At its May/June 1947 meeting, the Board of Directors allocated $60,000 of the $228,000 raised to support the program. (Although initially restricted to 10 fellowships, the program ended up supporting 18 fellows in its first year). During the first year, the program was known as the Paul Harris Foundation Fellowships for advanced study.

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Paul Harris Part 4 - His Bonny Lassie

Posted by Wayne Harper on Feb 20, 2012

His bonny lassie

Harris met Jean Thomson, Scottish-born daughter of John and Ann Younson Thomson, during an outdoor excursion of what would later become the Prairie Club.

One beautiful March Saturday in 1910 I joined my fellow Prairians on an Elgin and Aurora electric train bound west. I was a bachelor and quite open-minded on the matrimonial subject. That is to say, I had never closed my mind and heart to the possibilities of conjugal bliss … Here is where she came in, blythe, bonny Jean.
Jean Harris ca. 1926-28

After a brief courtship, they wedded on 2 July 1910 in Chicago. In 1912, they purchased a two-year-old house on Longwood Drive in Morgan Park, which, at the time, was a suburb of Chicago. The nearby rail lines made it possible for businessmen like Harris to live in the south suburbs and commute to their offices in the city.

The Harrises named their house Comely Bank after the street in Edinburgh where Jean had lived as a child. They entertained friends from Chicago and around the world, and hosted meetings and reunions of the Rotary Club of Chicago. Weather permitting, many gatherings took place outside, in what they referred to as their “Garden of Friendship” or “Friendship Garden.”

The couple never had children, and Jean often joined Harris during his travels to Rotary clubs worldwide. After Harris died, Jean briefly continued to live at Comely Bank. She later sold the house and, in 1955, returned to her native Edinburgh, where she died in 1963.

The Paul and Jean Harris Home Foundation has purchased Comely Bank and has plans to restore the home. Find out how you can help.

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Paul Harris Part 3 - Service to Rotary

Posted by Wayne Harper on Feb 19, 2012

Service to Rotary

                                               
At the 1944 RI Convention in Chicago, representatives of the Dominican Republic presented Harris with the Heraldic Order of Cristobal Colon. Ten years earlier, at the international convention in Detroit, Michigan, the Boys Scouts of America presented Harris with its Silver Buffalo Award for distinguished service to youth. He received many other awards, including Peru’s Order of the Sun (1936) and France’s Legion of Honor, Officer Class (1937).  
   

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Harris either gave or prepared a message to be read at every Rotary convention from 1910 to 1946. He delivered his message to the 1933 international convention in Boston in person on 26 June.

After setting up his law practice in Chicago, Harris conceived of an organization for local professionals to meet for fellowship and collaboration. He proposed the idea to several business associates, and on 23 February 1905, they held what would later become known as the first Rotary club meeting.

Harris, Gustavus Loehr, Silvester Schiele, and Hiram Shorey gathered at Loehr’s office in Room 711 of the Unity Building in downtown Chicago to discuss the idea of forming the new organization. They later held a second meeting, to which they invited a fifth member, Harry Ruggles. By the third meeting, which had a greater turnout than the previous ones, the club members had elected Schiele as their first president.

Albert White succeeded Schiele to become the club's second president. Harris deferred any club leadership duties until February 1907, when he was elected the third president of the Rotary Club of Chicago, a position he held until the fall of 1908. During his presidency, he formed the Executive Committee, later called the Ways and Means Committee, which met during lunch and was open to any member of the club. The noon meeting was the foundation for Rotary's tradition of club luncheon meetings.

Toward the end of his club presidency, Harris covertly worked to extend Rotary beyond Chicago. Initially, some club members resisted extension, not wanting to shoulder the additional financial burden it would involve. Harris and other Rotarians persisted and by 1910 Rotary had expanded to several other major U.S. cities.

Harris recognized the need to form an executive board of directors and a national association. In August 1910, largely because of Harris's work, Rotarians held their first national convention in Chicago. The 16 clubs then in existence unified as the National Association of Rotary Clubs. The new association unanimously elected Harris as its president.

At the end of his second term, Harris resigned, citing ill health, “husbandly duties,” and the demands of his professional practice. He was elected president emeritus by convention action, a title he held until his death.

In the mid-1920s, Harris became actively involved in Rotary again, attending conventions and visiting clubs throughout the world.

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Paul Harris Part 2 - Finding His Calling

Posted by Wayne Harper on Feb 16, 2012

Finding his calling

                                                   
                                                Harris soon after he started practicing law in Chicago in 1896. 

 
Harris's private office at the Law Offices of Harris, Dodds, and Brown in the Unity Building on Dearborn Street in Chicago, 1909.

After the death of his grandfather in 1888, Harris spent a year working for the Sheldon Marble Company in West Rutland. His grandmother encouraged him to work hard and live honorably for his grandfather's sake.

He then spent about a year working at the law firm of St. John, Stevenson, and Whisenand in Des Moines, Iowa. After his apprenticeship, he attended the University of Iowa in Iowa City and graduated with a Bachelor of Laws in June 1891.

In 1896, Harris settled in Chicago, where he opened a law practice in the central business district. He remained active in his professional practice to one degree or another for more than four decades -- even after he retired. In the summer of 1932, he served as a delegate of the Chicago Bar Association to the International Congress of Comparative Law at The Hague.

Harris sought meaningful personal and spiritual relationships in addition to his professional achievements. He customarily attended religious services on Sundays but visited many different churches rather than aligning himself exclusively with one congregation. Later in his life, he said that his religious affiliations were, like himself, difficult to label.

I really have no church affiliations … I am not easily classified; that is to say my convictions are not that of that definite nature essential to whole-hearted affiliation with the general run of churches. … Of course, these days one can hear the best of preaching over the radio and I generally hear three or four sermons every Sunday.

Harris loved nature, and in 1908, he joined a newly formed group that organized monthly Saturday afternoon walking trips through the forests, fields, hills, and valleys around the city. In 1911, the group became the Prairie Club, and Harris served as one of its directors.

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Paul Harris Part 1 - Boyhood in Vermont

Posted by Wayne Harper on Feb 15, 2012

Boyhood in Vermont

 
Harris at age three, around the time he moved to his grandparents’ home. 

                                                        
                                                    Harris as a student at the University of Vermont in Burlington, 1886.

Paul P. Harris was born to George and Cornelia Harris on 19 April 1868 in Racine, Wisconsin, USA. George endeavored to support his family as a small-businesses owner, but he often relied on his father for financial assistance -- so much so that in July 1871, Harris and his older brother, Cecil, were sent to live with their paternal grandparents in Wallingford, Vermont. Harris later wrote, “Of all charges which might have been made against George and Cornelia, parsimony would have stood the least chance. They were both royal spenders.”

Harris was raised by his grandparents, seeing his parents only on the few occasions when they attempted to reunite the family. He grew to revere the family values that characterized the New England of his youth. In October 1928, when he returned to his boyhood home for the charter night celebration of the Rotary Club of Wallingford, he proclaimed, “Much that there is in Rotary today can be traced back to the good old New England family table.”

He was a mischievous child and an itinerant student. He "had no objection to reading assuming that the reading be something sensible" and "did not consider Pilgrim’s Progress nor Plutarch’s Lives in that category," Harris later recalled. He attended primary school in Wallingford and secondary school in Rutland, where he often played pranks and skipped class. He also attended Black River Academy in Ludlow but was expelled after only a few weeks.

After attending Vermont Military Academy, Harris enrolled at the University of Vermont in Burlington. In December 1886, he and three others were expelled for their conduct as members of an underground society. He later wrote that although he was innocent of the crime he was accused of, the expulsion was nonetheless justified.

I ably assisted in the organization of an underground society “for the subjugation of unruly freshmen.” The operations of this clandestine organization gave new color to life at the University. President Buckham became conscious of the change and banished four of the organization's most faithful workers from college. I was one of the four. I was not guilty of the particular atrocity for which I was expelled but my conduct richly deserved the punishment.

Harris spent the spring with a private tutor his grandfather paid for, and in the fall of 1887, he began his studies anew at Princeton University. His time at school was cut short, however, by the death of his grandfather in March 1888. Though Harris completed the semester, he did not return for the next academic year.

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A Solution for the Winter Blahs

Posted by Wayne Harper on Feb 07, 2012
 
       One day in the fall of 1900, Paul P. Harris met attorney Bob Frank for dinner in a well-off neighborhood on the North Side of Chicago. They took a walk around the area and stopped at shops along the way.   Harris was impressed
by how Frank had made friends with many of the shopkeepers.
Since moving to Chicago to set up his law practice, Harris had not encountered the kind of camaraderie that Frank enjoyed with his fellow businessmen. He wondered whether there was a way to channel and expand this type of fellowship, which reminded him of the New England town where he'd grown up.                                                                                                            Image 
 
Eventually, Harris persuaded other local businessmen to meet and discuss forming a club for commercial trade, community, and fellowship. His vision laid the foundation for the Rotary of today. 
 
Look for the "rest of the story" beginning Feb. 16th for 5 days 
 
 
FEBRUARY 23rd
 
PAUL HARRIS DINNER
 
6:00 pm FOR 6:30 pm
 
ST. ANN'S HALL - WESTCOCK
 
$15 - HIP-O-BEEF
 
+
 
INDUCTION CEREMONEY
 
4 NEW MEMBERS WILL BE INDUCTED
 
JOSH CORMIER
MARITA WEBB
SUSAN FISHER
DAVID MACKELLAR
 
Spouses, family and friends are most welcome.  Payment by February 16th would be appreciated.  Tickets may be picked up at the door for those reserving in advance.  Call Barb Jardine @ 536-2329 or Sue Purdy @ 536-3372 for reservations.   Payment by cash, cheque, VISA or M/C
 
NOTE:  THERE WILL BE NO REGULAR MORNING MEETING ON THE 23rd
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Another Former Member Passes Away In Kansas

Posted by Wayne Harper on Jan 12, 2012

 

 

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Tribute to Mr. W. Chester S. MacDonald

 

The members of the Rotary Club of Sackville, New Brunswick have been saddened to hear of the passing of Mr. Chester MacDonald.

Chester was a very loyal and active member of our Rotary Club in the 1980s and early 1990s, and served as President of the Club in 1988-1989. He was a staunch supporter of the Rotary Foundation and a Paul Harris Fellow.  In 1991 he very ably chaired the committee that organized the celebration of the 60th anniversary of the club.

True to Rotary principles Chester was also active in the local community, a member of the Presbyterian Church, and in particular served Mount Allison University in raising monies for their endowment fund.

We remember Chester as a good Rotarian and a good friend, one who was always willing to help others and who carried out all his duties with a good grace and with a sparkling sense of humour.  In everything he did he embodied the Rotary principle of “Service Above Self”.

Our thoughts and prayers go out at this time to his wife Sheila, to the members of his family, and to a wide circle of friends in Canada and in the United States.

 

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New Members

Posted by Wayne Harper on Jan 05, 2012

 As of January 1st President Ken announced that the number of members in the Club increased by 4 as the following members became active members.

Marita Webb            Disability Management

Josh Cormier          Lawyer - Estate Planning

Susan Fisher           Education - Financial Services

Davis McKellar         Geomatics - Retired

All members will be officially inducted in the near future.  In the meantime, they will enjoy the all rights and priviledges as active members of the greatest little Club in the District.  

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Chloe Updates Her Belgium Exchange

Posted by Wayne Harper on Dec 18, 2011

 

 RYE-k

 

 Where to start. First off thank you very much for picking my to go on this exchange. I have been having an incredible exchange so far and can't thank you enough for sending me. I will start with my family. My first host family has truly become my family. I love going home and their house is where I am going. They allowed me into their family from the first day. Evelyn and Marc treat me like their own kid and are happy to have me there. Karen and Peter are great siblings. I feel like we have always been siblings. My host family took me to London in the fall school break and it was incredible. They are such generous people and I am very sad to be leaving them in a month. Of course with every family there are troubles and yelling, but that just makes me feel even more at home. I am not saying I have ever been in trouble, I just mean in general. 

We have been doing so much as a family. We went to London like I said earlier and it was so incredible. I love that they did that for me. We also went to the Ardennes, which is a beautiful place in Belgium with hiking and camping and amazing nature. I have also traveled to Brussels four times, two for rotary events, one with Evelyn and Karen and once with some friends. For rotary we went to the p arliament and palace together and also the university for an International food event where everybody brought food from their country. I love getting together with all the rotary students because there is always so much laughter and there are people from everywhere. I went to Ypres with the other Canadian, Kirby, and her host family. Kirby is from BC and lives her in Brugge also, but she goes to another school. Are often hang out and as much as we would like to be in the same school it is nice because I am making friend from her school and mine.
School is didn't start off very good because I had a hard time with the dutch, but now that I can speak and understand so much more, school goes much better. I have 13 I am following and they are all really hard so most teachers don't give me marks, I just try to understand the questions on test. Also the exams are coming up and by the school rules I have to try all of them, so I have much studying I have coming up. I don't know how well they will go, but the best thing is that my dutch has improved incredible. My family stopped talking English after 3 weeks to help me learn and I have also being going to an extra class and they have both helped me learn a lot faster. 

Brugge, I wish I could write to you all for pages and pages about Brugge. You would never believe how beautiful it is. In the fall I would bike around and see all the beautiful colours in the trees and now I bike around and there are Christmas lights everywhere on trees and buildings. It is so beautiful. Now for Christmas they have a market and an ice s culpture presentation. It is amazing. I bike to go anywhere because it is faster and sometimes when I go from my house to the center of the city(you have to cross the canal), there are boats in the canal and the bridge is up. It is now annoying when the bridge is up, but at the start it was really fun. The other day I discovered on that was different then the others and I was excited. My host brother calls me Japaneses because I am always excited by new things and taking pictures. haha 
For Christmas we have two weeks off school. In the first week I am spending Christmas with my current host family and their families. Then I am spending three days with Chiro (a club I have joined, it is a bit like scouts, but more of games and less camping and getting badges). It is really fun to be apart of them because the little kids are really cute and every just acts like children for a few hours and I love doing that. Then, I am moving houses and spending the last week with my second family. We are going to Brussels for New years eve and maybe spending some time in the Ardennes. They are a great family and I am really excited to live with them next quarter. I have already spent a lot of time with them and really enjoy being apart of their family.

If I have forgotten to add any thing that is import in the report please let me know. I am very appreciative that you sent me on this exchange. I truly hope I can show my appreciation in some way.

Thanks again,
Chloe

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Club Meeting

Posted by Wayne Harper on Dec 07, 2011
NOTICE  NOTICE
NO MEETING
DECEMBER 29TH
 
MEETINGS RESUME
JANUARY  5TH
 
 
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Longtime Honary Member Passes Away

Posted by Wayne Harper on Nov 30, 2011
 

Dr. Harry John Smith, BSc. (Agr), DVM, MVSc.

1927-2011

On 1 December 2011 at the Sackville Memorial Hospital in Sackville, NB, Dr. Harry John Smith, BSc. (Agr), DVM, MVSc., beloved husband, father, and grandfather.  Harry was born in Arundel, Quebec, on 3 September, 1927, to Jack and Myrtle (Welden) Smith, and spent a happy childhood on the family farm with his two younger sisters, Mary Craig and Nora Trineer.  The last surviving member of his immediate family, he leaves to mourn several brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law, nieces and nephews.  He graduated from Macdonald College with a degree in Agriculture, planning to carry on his father’s farming tradition, but while at university was bitten by the entomology and parasitology bug (so to speak!)  He  enrolled in the Ontario Veterinary College (now part of the University of Guelph) where he studied for his Doctor of Veterinary Medicine, followed by a Masters degree in Veterinary Parasitology from the University of Toronto.  Upon graduation in 1960 he came to Sackville, NB, with his wife, Susan Bird, planning to remain for one year.  It was the beginning of a lifetime career in the Animal Pathology Laboratory in Sackville, NB where he was involved in research and diagnosis until retirement in 1990.  He also taught a course on medical protozoology at Mount Allison University for several years, and lectured for a semester at the Atlantic Veterinary College at UPEI.  He authored dozens of publications for various medical, veterinary and zoological journals, and made several contributions to Merck’s Veterinary Manual.  He performed to the very best of his ability and never faltered in this aim.

As a young man at university in Guelph, Harry was able to take pilot training, getting his flying license on a "tail-dragger".  He flew for a few years only, a growing family and work taking precedence, but he had a lifelong fascination with flight, and relished every chance he had to fly either commercially or in small planes with family members who were recreational pilots.

Harry was a member of a host of professional associations, including the Canadian and New Brunswick Veterinary Medical Associations.  He served as Chairman and President of many professional groups, including holding the office of president of the World Association for the Advancement of Veterinary Parasitology.  He was co-founder and member of the Canadian Association for the Advancement of Veterinary Parasitology, serving as president from 1985-1988.  He strongly supported the Boy Scouts of Canada, the Sackville Basketball Boosters Association, the VON, the Rotary Club (he was a Paul Harris Fellow), and the Sackville and District Cancer Society.  He served as board member of the NB Division of the Canadian Cancer Society for many years and was awarded the Medal of Courage by the Society.  Recreationally, Harry was a member of both the Sackville Curling and Golf Clubs and a member and past president of the Sackville Art Association.  His oil paintings are hung with pride in the homes of many friends and family members.  A very important part of Harry's life was his role as Layreader in the Anglican Church of Canada, particularly in the Parish of Sackville and St. Paul's Church where he was a member for over fifty years. Harry's faith was central in his life.  Above all, he was a gentleman, courtly and honest and kind, with many friends over his long life.

Harry’s personal life was rich and satisfying.  In 1959, he married Susan Bird in Ottawa, and they became parents of two much-loved sons, Andrew (Judy), and Stephen (Lynn), both in Ottawa.  He was very proud of his three grandchildren, Alex, Patrick and Emma Smith, the apple of his eye.  In 1984 Sue died of cancer and in 1998 he married Nancy McFarlane.  Harry and Nan enjoyed travelling together, gardening, renovating, working together on games and word puzzles, entertaining, reading, and enjoying the bird life at both their homes.  With Nan came a second family of four daughters, Leigh (Pierre), Charlottetown; Lesley (Brian), Winnipeg; Hilary, Oromocto; Sara, Halifax; and two more sons, Seth, London, ON and Peter John, Calgary.  In addition, ten more grandchildren called him variously Harry, Grampa, Pa or Papa:  Anna (Jay) and William; Maggie; Jonathan, James, Mercedes and Ursula; and Jack, Sam and Kate.  They all loved him dearly and he loved them.  He relished telling them stories, collecting insects with Patrick, playing crib, and enjoying their company during long and happy holidays at his and Nan’s summer cottage in Port Hilford, NS, a place Harry came to love greatly and adopt as his own.  Many hilarious bridge games were played there too, with much laughter and happiness.  His beloved corgi, Christie, gave him years of devoted pleasure and he missed her sorely.  Harry adored being with his family.  As his health deteriorated, he turned from curling and golf which he so enjoyed to Sudoku and word games with the same desire to excel.  And he began a second book of memoirs on which he continued to labour during his last weeks of life.

The family is greatly indebted to the kindness of Linda Amos and Barbara Ward who helped Harry remain at home as long as possible.  The skill and compassion of Dr. Catherine Johnston and the staff of Sackville Memorial Hospital were unrivalled in their impeccable care for him.

Visitation will be held at Jones Funeral Home, 70 Bridge St, in Sackville on Thursday, December 8, 2011 from 7 to 9 pm.  On Friday, December 9, a Funeral Eucharist will be held at 2 pm in St. Paul’s Anglican Church, Sackville, NB, celebrated by Canon Kevin Stockall.  The committal will be held on Saturday, December 10 at 1 pm at Lakeside Cemetery (The Point), Port Hilford, NS.  Those wishing to make memorial donations are invited to do so to the benefit of St. Paul’s Anglican Church or Sackville Memorial Hospital Auxiliary.

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Karissa Reports from Equador

Posted by Wayne Harper on Nov 22, 2011

                                                                                   

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 I'm sitting here trying to think of what to write in this report... and I have no clue where to start!  These last two months have probably been the most difficult/exciting/tiring/amazing months of my life!  I'm really starting to be comfortable with the culture, people and language.  I absolutely love my family, and don't get me started on the food here, it's amazing!  I've only been to one rotary meeting.. and it wasn't really a rotary meeting.  The other girls in my club, our parents and our counselors all went over the rules.  I have been on two Rotary trips; one to a gorgeous 5 star beach resort called Mompiche, (we had spanish classes there).  The other was to the province of Manabi where I got to meet ALL the exchange students in Ecuador.  I met a girl named An-Katrine from Belgium, Chloe is living in her house right now! 

 

I love everything about my school, the students were SUPER welcoming from the very first day. The first few weeks I was completely lost but now I understand the majority of what the teachers are saying.  I do most of the homework, and I've already written a few spanish essays!  There are 10 exchange students in the valley where I'm living (counting me).  The 9 others are part of two different rotary clubs in the valley... my club is in Quito which is about 30 minutes away.  There are four other girls in my club, from Germany, Switzerland, USA and Denmark.  We're going somewhere for the week-end as a club.  I'm not exactly sure where but it should be fun. They told us at some point we will be going to work with kids in the part of Quito where "the police don't go". Everything here is wonderful and I can't thank you and Rotary enough for this amazing experience! 
Karissa Gaudreault
Canada - Ecuador
PS- please excuse the level of my English... I'm trying to juggle three languages at once and it's harder than it sounds :-p
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Former Member Passes Away

Posted by Wayne Harper on Nov 13, 2011
 

Allan R Sears

1939-2011

Allan R Sears

The death of Allan Sears, 72, of Sackville, occurred on Sunday, November 13, 2011 at his home.  Allan was a son of the late Earl and Thelma (Langille) Sears of Sackville.

Allan served in the Royal Canadian Navy for fourteen years as a PO 2 and had followed that as an industrial mechanic.  Allan's life took several career paths, including a Lay Minister for the United Church, a business owner, handyman and funeral director.  He was a chaplain for the Sackville Branch of the Royal Canadian Legion, #26.

Allan will be sadly missed by his wife of 40 years, Mary (nee MacLellan); one daughter, Mary Elizabeth (Kirk) Sears Sterling, of Riverview, NB; half-sisters, Jennifer Enns and Colleen Dixon both of Ontario; a half-brother, Kevin Monahan of Alberta; as well as many special cousins, extended family, and close family friends. 

Besides his parents, Allan was predeceased by his son Gwellyn in 1985; his brother Earl, and his half-brother Brian Monahan.

Arrangements have been entrusted into the care of Jones Funeral Home, 70 Bridge Street, Sackville (364-1300) from where visitation will be held from 2-4 and 7-9 pm on Tuesday, November 15, 2011.   A funeral service will be held at the Sackville United Church at 3 pm on Wednesday, November 16, 2011.  Reverend Catherine Gaw officiating. The Sackville Branch of The Royal Canadian Legion, #26, will conduct a memorial service at the funeral home at 7 pm on Tuesday. 

Donations in Allan's memory may be made to the Royal Canadian Legion, Branch 26, or The Tree Of Hope Foundation.

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Lest We Forget

Posted by Wayne Harper on Oct 30, 2011

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               THE FINAL INSPECTION


The soldier stood and faced God, 
Which must always come to pass.
He hoped his shoes were shining,

Just as brightly as his brass.


'Step forward now, you soldier,
How shall I deal with you ?
Have you always turned the other cheek ?
To My Church have you been true.

The soldier squared his shoulders and                                             said,
'No, Lord, I guess I ain't.
Because those of us who carry guns,
Can't always be a saint.

I've had to work most Sundays,
And at times my talk was tough.
And sometimes I've been violent,
Because the world is awfully rough.

But, I never took a penny,
That wasn't mine to keep...
Though I worked a lot of overtime,
When the bills got just too steep.

And I never passed a cry for help,
Though at times I shook with fear.
And sometimes, God, forgive me,
I've wept unmanly tears.

I know I don't deserve a place,
Among the people here.
They never wanted me around,
Except to calm their fears.

If you've a place for me here, Lord,
It needn't be so grand.
I never expected or had too much,
But if you don't, I'll understand.

There was a silence all around the throne,
Where the saints had often trod.
As the soldier waited quietly,
For the judgment of his God.

'Step forward now, you soldier,
You've borne your burdens well.
Walk peacefully on Heaven's streets,
You've done your time in Hell.'

Author Unknown~

 

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Club Member Rows for Cancer

Posted by Wayne Harper on Oct 01, 2011

On Saturday, August 20, 2011, Club member Pam Bowman took part in the newly organized Miramichi Dragon Boat Festival organized by the Rotary Club of Chatham.

Pam paddles with two teams - Southeast New Brunswick's Breast Cancer Survivor Dragonboat Team -- an all female team which she also coaches: and Dragonbeasts Gold -- a mixed male/female team from Dartmouth.   Pam comutes weekly for their practice sessions.  At the Chatham event, the Dragonbeasts had the fastest time of the day (40.33 seconds) and came second overall, losing in the final by an almost unmeasurable 3 hundredths of a second.

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At the following Thursday's meeting, Pam announced that she has been cancer free for 15 years and cancer drug free.  During this journey, she has been part of two cancer test groups which provides vital research for future cancer treatments.

 Here Pam show off the medal she received.

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Club Welcomes Our New RYE Students

Posted by Wayne Harper on Oct 01, 2011
 The Club is pleased to welcome two new International Rotary Youth Exchange students to the Club for the next year.  Felix Szilagyi is from Germany and Pernille Sorensen is from Denamrk.  Since in 1985, the Sackville club has hosted 39 incoming students and sponsored 41 outbound students.  Pernille is the third student from Denmark and Felix is the fifth from Germany.  The Club is proud of these 80 wonderful young people and pleased that we have had a life-lasting impact on the students.  They continue to have an impact on our membership via emails, letters, invites to weddings and return visits.  In addition, the Club has also supported 10 short term Rotary Youth Exchange students.

This year is our 80th Anniversary and if you ask a Sackville Rotarian, they would tell you that this program is one of our highlights.   To quote long-time Rotarian Pam Harrison, "this program is a great step towards Global Understanding and Peace."

 Image  Pernille & Felix ham it up with Rotarian George at the recent cornboil for new and returning students at Mount Allison University.

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Golf Ball Drop A Success

Posted by Wayne Harper on Sep 15, 2011
 The weather was good and there was excitement in the air as the Rotary Club was set to drop 400 golf balls at it's annual Golf  Ball Drop fundraiser.  At 7:00 pm on Friday (Sept. 16th) all was set as the big red fire truck rolled in to get the balls in the air.   When they dropped, the ball furtherest from the "hole" was Peter Spence from Dorchester.  Pete took home the big prize of $1,000.  Next farthest was Dave Close who pocketed $500.  Other winner were Alice Cotton - $250, Ryan & Sara Kay - a pair of Wine Tasting Tickets to next years Wine Tasting Event and Lisa Doncaster - 4 tickets to the next Rotary Breakfast.  

The Club would like to thank all those who purchased tickets and club members who sold tickets.  Because of the success of this event, the Rotary Club of Sackville will be able to put in excess of $1,600 into local projects. 

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Rotary Welcomes MTA Students to Sackville

Posted by Wayne Harper on Sep 02, 2011
 What do you get when you mix 900 cobs of corn, 8 Rotarians and 650 new students in the middle of Bridge Street.  Fun!  Fun!  That's exactly what happened on Saturday, September 3rd as the Town of Sackville and the Rotary Club of Sackville partnered to welcome first year students and some returning students  to Sackville.  The corn boil was part of the normal Sackville Farmer's Market, with  the closed Bridge Street teaming with vendors, entertainers, townspeople and the curious.  As you can see by the following pictures, both Rotarians and students enjoyed the corn and the fellowship.

Image Here Pam chats it up with some of the students.


Check out George as he teaches inbound Rye students the fine art of eating corn.

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Long Time Member Dies

Posted by Wayne Harper on Aug 12, 2011
 Maurice Parkin (Jake) Fisher
 
April 21, 1924-August 13, 2011
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Jake died quietly in the Ottawa General Hospital of complications
following pneumonia, on August 13th, 2011, aged 87, after a difficult
year in Ottawa. He was pre-deceased by his beloved wife of 55
years, Margery and their son, Alan. Jake was a loving father to Judith
(Keith Purchase) of West Vancouver, Michael (Karen Phinney) of
Niagara and Halifax, Susan (David McKellar) of Ottawa and Sackville
and Ian (Judith Cane) of Ottawa; and grandfather to his long-awaited
and much-loved grandsons Sam Purchase, Colin Robertson and Sam
Fisher. Jake is also survived by his elder sister Mary McOuat of
Dartmouth and Sackville, his sisters-in-law Barbara Fisher of Halifax
and Heather Seybold of Picton, his brother-in-law Davidson Campbell
of Baltimore, and his cousins Ned and George Fisher and Nora
Tapley, as well as a large extended family. His brother Peter died in
2005.
Jake grew up in Sackville, the son of Mary Kathleen (Fawcett) Fisher
and Charles Maurice Parkin Fisher. Apart from boarding school at
Bishops College School in Lennoxville and service during WW 2, he
spent his life in Sackville and was content with the life it provided.
There were happy memories of riding with his sister, pranks with his
exuberant Fawcett cousins and sailing in Shediac. Later, he brought
his bride Margery, a city girl from Montreal, to settle first on Park
Street and later in the red house on the marsh. There they raised
their five children and an assortment of golden retrievers, cats,
horses, and cows. Jake also dabbled with farming, growing a variety
of grains and was keenly interested in the potential of generating
power from the Bay of Fundy tides.
Jake had a lengthy career with the Enterprise Foundry Company of
Sackville and the Workmanʼs Compensation Board in Saint John. He
was an avid Rotarian for 60 years, a Paul Harris Fellow several times,
and had a keen interest in the history of the Maritimes. He attended
McGill University but left when he and two school friends signed up
together to join the war effort. Later he attended Mt. A and Khaki
University, London, following service in WW 2.
Visitation will be held at Campbellʼs Funeral Home on Friday, August
19th, 2011 from 7-9pm. The funeral service will be held at St. Paulʼs
Anglican Church, Sackville, NB at 2pm on Saturday, August 20th,
2011.
In lieu of flowers, donations to the Sackville Rotary Club or The
Rotary Foundation (Canada) would be greatly appreciated by the
family. c/o Campbellʼs Funeral Home, 89 Bridge Street, Sackville,
N.B. E4L 3P1.
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Bulletin - June 30, 2011

Posted by Wayne Harper on Jun 29, 2011
Wayne chaired this last meeting of the Rotary year.  Summer was evident given the low turnout.  Wayne shared a story about consultants.  Maybe one should bring their own spoon……….
 
The low turnout of members transcended to no guest Rotarians, no guests of Rotarians and no makeups.
 
Bruno celebrated his birthday by wearing the “kassie” hat for the last time (or until he returns in a few years).
Also Wynn and Sharon will celebrate their 44th year of marriage on the 1st.  What a way to get firecrackers at your ceremony.
 
Seems members present had no Pin Pal stories this week.  The 50/50 draw was won by Mary this week.  Her win meant she was very happy.  Also happy was Ove as he has decided that he and Pat will go to Switzerland this fall for
Katherin Schneider’s wedding………..Sue P. was happy for Darren’s cooking and his use of local blueberries………..Trish recanted her trip to her parents’ cottage for round two in her sisters wedding celebrations……….Bruno was happy he still had hair (it’s a long story)……….Dianne was happy that she got to drive Katrina around for her last few days in Sackville.  She is now on the cross Canada tour.  She also drove Pauliina to the airport yesterday and she would have arrived in Finland around 2:00 am this morning……….Beth had a sad and a happy dollar as her mother was diagnosed with cancer, but it was caught early.  She was also happy that her step-children have arrived for the summer and they are learning English……..Ove came back and was happy again as he acknowledged Dianne’s commitment to the RYE program.  Dianne also indicated that three families are still needed for next year……….Wynn was $5 happy because 1. There has been sunny days recently for golf; 2. He won the first division in the Maritimes Senior golf tournament; 3. Entered the NS Golf Executive tournament and won; 4. He was at a tournament in PEI and met Elizabeth’s father and 5. Went camping in his new hardtop camper and didn’t have to sleep on the ground……….Darrel updated members on Marqarite’s surgery.  Seems it went well and with visitors this weekend, he is finished with KP duty.
 
Next weeks Chairperson is Robin, Sandy is the greeter, Gayle will introduce the speaker and Louise will thank the speaker.
 
Trish reported on the Project Committee’s bursaries given out at last week’s graduation.  Two were given by the Club for $1,300 each.  Thanks you letters have been received by the Club
 
Committee Meetings upcoming are the Executive Meeting next Wednesday (July 6th) at 5:15 pm at Wayne & Sandy’s.  The Club Admin meeting will be postponed for one week.  Exact date & Time will be announced through emails and at next weeks meeting.
 
Today’s meeting was about honouring member’s long service and perfect attendance.  In the perfect attendance category, Wayne, Sandy, Pam H. and Ken were at each meeting or had makeups.  They each received a “get-out-of-jail card” giving them a free makeup. 
Members who were close with 1 absence were Dale, Bruno and Gayle.
 
In the long service award category, the following were presented with framed certificates:
          5 Years        Cathy and Bruno.  Brian was not in attendance.
          10 Years      Sandy.  Leslie was not in attendance.
          25 Years      Wayne
          35 Years      Ove
 
Under normal circumstances, this would have been President Ken’s last day.  However he has agreed to stay on another year, so he used the time to recant the past year.  There was correspondence thanking the club for the 80th Anniversary dinner and from Bruno & Johanne.
Ken also used the time to thank members of the Club who help make the Club a better one and who helped make his job easier and more pleasurable.  The following members were cited and thanked:
·        Dianne and Robin for their work with the RYE program.
·        Pam H. and Leslie for their unselfish time in Rotary project outside the Club and the country.
·        Wayne received a nod for his work on the Club Runner Project implementation.
·        Darrell was cited for his flair and work as Treasurer.
·        The golf ball drop and other fundraising activities were a reason to honour Mary.
·        As a relatively new member, Barb Jardine was honoured for the various committees she is active on and for the weekly collection of meeting funds.
·        Sandy accepted accolades for the record amount of Foundation Funds raised by members this year.  It will be a District record.
·        Charlie, as our archivist, researched and updated the history of the Club resulting in an excellent tribute to our 80th anniversary.  The funds raised will accrue to the Club.
·        Another relatively new member made a significant impact this past year.  He sat on many committees and oversaw many of the fundraising events held this past year.  Who is it?  Why is non other than Dale.
·        Speaking of fundraising, there has to be a leader and Gayle was tapped as that person.
 
At this point, VP Bruno rose to thank Ken for his leadership and commitment to the Club.  Ken received a standing ovation.
 
Ken finished by thanking the Executive and the membership for their support.  He concluded by revealing next year’s theme “The Power of One”, by the new Rotary International President. The new theme and logo will appear on the web site.
 
The meeting concluded with the reciting of the 4-way test. 
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Bulletin - June 16, 2011

Posted by Wayne Harper on Jun 15, 2011
 Ove was in the chair today.

George introduced his sister June, a visiting Rotarian from the Timmins Ontario club.  Our usual summer visitor, David Mackellar from Ottawa visited the Club this morning.  David refers to himself as a “Rotarian in Waiting.”  We will remember this when he and Susan (Fisher) move to Sackville permanently in a couple of years.

 In the birthday department, Wynn got to wear the coveted “Cassie” hat as he notched another year in his belt.  Could it be that he is now on the Gov’t payroll…….inquiring minds want to know.

 The pin pal story line was silent this week.

 This week’s 50/50 draw was won by Sandy.  Our guest speaker brought along 5 Mount Allison merchandise items that were also drawn for.  Mount A pens were won by Darrell, Trish and Bruno (this will look good at Bishops).  Mount A mugs were won by Darren and Sue P.

 Seems a lot of people were happy this week.  Sandy was happy she won………John was doubly happy as he and Gemey are headed for the wilds of sunny (and he hopes warm) Pennsylvania.  He was also happy that Glen Adams would be receiving an award during Sackville Arts week…….Wynn was happy that his grandson was named athlete of the year at his school.  Not to be outdone, a grand daughter also won two sports awards at year-end activities at her school.  Would we expect less of the Meldrum sports dynasty?  Inquiring minds want to know……..Wayne was happy that 38 years ago today he welcomed into the world, the second cog in the million dollar family – his daughter Kristen.  Seems he is still looking for the money……Trish and Bruce are headed for a trip where they hope to actually see a salmon.  Right!........Dianne was happy that she got to enjoy former RYE student Ulf’s visit to Sackville.  Speaking of RYE students, she was also happy the Katrina and Pauliina have been here for the past year.  Dianne was thrice happy as she is going to the Miramachi this weekend to spend Fathers day with her father……Ove was happy that former RYE student Kathrin Schneider from Switzerland emailed to say she is now engaged to be married.  Ove also heard from Caesar Cortez from Brazil who indicated that he is now in graduate Law school in Germany.

 Next weeks duty roster is very easy – there isn’t one.  It’s BarBQ week at Gayle’s house on Station road.  More details will be sent out early week as to time etc.

 Committee reports this week were brief.  Robin presented parting gifts to Katrina and Pauliina as their exchange winds down.  In fact this week was Pauliina’s last meeting before heading home to Finland.  Katrina has two more meetings before heading on an across Canada tour and then home to Denmark……….Trish update the Project’s Committee activities.  Seems Salem School was pleased with the cheque that will purchase another Smart Board.

 Prez Ken was away and didn’t pass any info on to VP Bruno.

 Dianne introduced Tony Frost who is Communications & Marketing Director for Mount Allison University.  An Ontario boy, Tony is married and has three Children.  Tony spearheaded the “re-branding” on Mount Allison.  He indicated the scope of the reviews and research that was behind the final product – developing the brand.  The brand was to support their goal of being the best small university in North America.  There were surprises in the research.  For example, inquiries revealed that Mount Allison was virtually unknown west of the Maritimes, despite being named the best small under-graduate university for the past 14 years in MacLean’s magazine.  They developed a plan that emphasises an “immersive learning environment.”    Once all the research was completed, analysed and a plan developed, it was time to insure that the visible aspects of the university supported the plan.  These covered everything from a new logo, fonts and colours to who will use them and how they are to be used.  All in all the new designs were pleasing.  Tony was thanked by Andy and a book in his name will be donated to Marshview  Middle School.

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Rotary Club of Sackville Adds 15 New Paul Harris Fellows

Posted by Wayne Harper on Jun 02, 2011
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 A spectacular dinner was held at the Canadian Legion on June 2, 2011 to celebrate the recognition of 15 more Paul Harris Fellows and the 80th Anniversary of the Club.  One hundred and ten people celebrated the evening that honored the newest Paul Harris Fellows and culminated in the launching of the book The Rotary Club of Sackville New Brunswick 1931 - 2011 by Dr. Charles H. H. Scobie.  The 15 new Paul Harris Fellows now bring to 80 the number of Paul Harris Fellows since the inception of the Club.

 Shown clockwise below is a photo of Master of Ceremonies Wayne Harper presenting Dr. Charles H. H. Scobie with his third Paul Harris pin.   Wayne Harper  is shown with Club President Ken Draper and District Governor John Carkner who presented Harper with a special surprise Paul Harris recognition for service to the Club. Two of the oldest living Paul Harris Fellows and Honorary members of the Club attended - Dr. Harry Smith and Douglas Hamm.

At the bottom is a photo of all of the Paul Harris Fellows attending the dinner - a total of 42. 

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Sharoni's Latest European Adventures

Posted by Wayne Harper on May 27, 2011
 Just a little update for the Sackville club, as you are my sponsor club I really do appreciate the opportunity you've given me for this year abroad and the work of Rotarians. 


The biggest thing that has happened in the past few months has been Eurotour, which was needless to say an amazing and unforgettable adventure. 12 days with a very packed schedule and 50 other exchange students, we visited France (Paris, Strasbourg, Lyon, Annecy), Germany (Munich, Linderhof), Austria (Innsbruck), Italie (Verona, Pisa, Florence, Venice), Monaco, and Geneva. While there were some interesting organized visits, one of my favourite aspects of the trip was having free time to explore these places ourselves; as an exchange student you realize quickly (after a month or two) that you want to go beyond the "touristy" aspect of travelling. Of course, the best feature of the trip was being with fellow exchange students, old and new friends from all over, having a ridiculous amount of fun with them as well as being able to share and discuss our experiences this year. Having been toward the end of our exchange year, our perspective on things  have changed and the dynamic was different than that of the Paris Barcelona trip in early March. 

Right after Eurotour, during the last week of April vacation, I changed to my 3rd host family. It was difficult transitioning back into French life: on one hand I was happy to find myself with my school friends again, but my head was still back on Eurotour. Things are going very well with the new family and it is working out well to have them during this last period of exchange. Other than that, school is winding down (for me.. everyone else has to study haha), and I am happy to say that I have got good appreciations from my teachers on assignments and tests/exams. 

So there you go, this is my last month, I leave June 26th and will be back home on the 29th after visiting some family in London. Not a bone in my body is ready (nor wants) to go home. But as we all know, it's a part of the exchange student experience and that's just how it goes. At least when I'm home I know I'll be applying all this positive energy/new thoughts I've acquired this year. 

Voila,
hope all is well, summer in Sackville will be here upon us soon!

Sharoni

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Bulletin - May 26, 2011

Posted by Wayne Harper on May 25, 2011

In the Chair this week was supposed to be Ove but he left early and traded with Pam B.  Pam did a stirring musical prayer, which proves you can make a song out of just about anything.  So go on – be happy!

 There were no visiting Rotarians but Dianne brought a visitor of sorts – he was our 2004-2005 RYE student from Cuxhaven Germany – Ulf Tiedmann.

 Our scribes had another senior moment as we couldn’t remember who had the pin pal story this week.  Seems to me that it was an “I think this was a pin pal moment” kind on pin pal story.  My apologies to the “pin paler.”

 In past years no one wanted to get married during the week (can’t blame them given the Maritime Spring) but Dianne’s parents decided to have her, a few years ago next Wednesday. 

 Darren decided it was time to rake in the 50/50 draw and pocketed “mucho dinero.”  Obviously he was happy………Brian was happy to be out of hospital as a result of medical complication.  He was also happy that his workplace is now in temporary quarters in Sackville as they await renovations on their newly acquired building………Wynn was happy because Darren appeared to be happy………..Pam B. was happy that she was now receiving a magazine now devoted to Dragon Boating.  Seems the sport has come along way………..Cathy was happy for saying Hi to Emma Hache…………Dianne was happy that Ulf was visiting and that her flowers were planted (we could use a hand)………Wynn was happy again as his niece Sarah had a chance to play golf with former US Secretary of State Condelisa Rice………..Mention the name Sarah and Darrell was happy that his grand daughter Sarah is now a part of the Provincial hockey team.  Congrats Sarah!!!!

 Note to members – there is not morning meeting next week as the Paul Harris Dinner is that evening.  All members should be attending the dinner which starts with a mix ‘n mingle at 6:00 pm and dinner at 6:30 pm.

This week there was an abundance of committee meeting starting with Trish who updated the club to the goings-on from the Projects Committee.  Of utmost priority currently is the High School Bursaries and who get them.  There is currently 12 applications and the committee will begin whittling them down.

Bruno reminded members of the Paul Harris /80th Anniversary Dinner next Thursday.  He encouraged all members to attend.  He revealed the three community PH recognitions that the club will be donating.   There are Sandy Burnett, Wally Sears and the Doncaster family.  In all 14 people will be recognized and as a club, we will have 80 Paul Harris Alumni corresponding to our 80th anniversary.  Charlie will also launch a new book on the history of the Club.

Dianne and the RYE committee are looking for 3 more host families for the next year.  Give suggestions to Dianne.

Darrell reminded that the budgets for next year from all committees are now due.  Send them to Darrell in time so he can create the master budget to be discussed at next weeks Exec Meeting.

 Speaking of upcoming meetings;  Membership will meet next Monday May 30th at 5:00 pm at the Chamber Of Commerce Board room……….The Executive will meet next Wednesday, June 1st at 5:30 at Gayle’s house.

 President Ken indicated that Charlie had an unwanted side trip to his vacation – that is a trip to the hospital in Victoria for a Hernia operation.  Her wished him a speedy recovery……..He also urged members to attend the Paul Harris Dinner next Thursday.  Members are also urged to but a copy of Charlie’s book – an up-to-date history of the Club.

 Darrell had the pleasure of introducing this week’s speaker – Pat Joyce who is President of the Student Union (SAC) at MTA and a former RYE student.  Pat recanted how the SAC is a non-profit advocacy organization representing all students at Mount Allison.  All student share in the cost by way of an annual levee which supports a minimum of staff.  Pat gave a number of examples of the advocacy efforts that have gone on at MTA as well as Provincially and Nationally.  Their budget is $340,000 per year which his spent on student orientation for new students each year, Shinerama (major fundraiser) and entertainment.  Recently the SAC was able to get extended health and dental plans available at MTA.  Leslie thanked Pat with the presentation of a book donation on Pat’s behalf. 

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Bulletin - May 19, 2011

Posted by John Murchie on May 18, 2011
 Chair
           Mary Sears
Visiting Rotarians
           Judy from British Columbia
Guests of Rotarians
           David escorted Susan Coish
Make-ups
            Lesley did something, somewhere recently
Birthdays
           Elizabeth happily wore the birthday girl hat
Pin Pal Stories
           Pam had a story from Vancouver
           Diane saw Pam (but not in Vancouver)
50/50 Draw
            Lucky Trish for $12
Happy Dollars
            Trish was happy, of course.
            Pam was happy about the Dragon Boat which will be in Silver Lake.
            Catrine was really happy as she met Peter Mansbridge at his Chancellor’s Dinner.
            Susan happily told us of the Trib’s upcoming Rotary insert.
            Judy, Diane and Pam were also happy in their own special ways but your hapless recorder missed what those were.
            Bruno must have been happy because he will not have to be our President as he will sadly be leaving Sackville this                    summer to become the University Librarian at Bishop’s University.
Next Week
            Chair Ove                      Introducer Darrell
            Thanker George          Greeter Mary
Committee Reports
            Paul Harris : the June 2nd anniversary dinner is fast approaching. Tickets are $26.50 / peson. Bring your money
            next week!
            Wine/Beer Event: Gross over $14,000, net a little over $9,000. Gayle reported that although this is down from 2010,     still it was a terrific community event and lots of fun.
            Membership: Dale reported that the committee will be meeting and is actively recruiting new members. He issued a  call for nominations.
           Treasurer: Darrell asked all committee chairs to forward to him by June 1 the proposed budget for the committee for   the coming year
Upcoming Meetings
            Projects Committee, Wednesday May 25
President’s Time
            Ken noted the recent Slave Lake tragedy and that there will be a call for assistance noting that the town’s new library        was built by the Rotary.
            Ken also reiterated Dale’s call for nominations for new members and reminded us that you never know who will   make a great Rotarian.
Guest Speaker
Name Michael Fox was introduced by his neighbor Dale and graciously thanked by Gayle.
As a professor at Mount Allison much of Michael’s academic interests and research have focussed on issues of university/community relations especially housing issues. Bishop’s, Acadia, St.Xavier and Mount Allison all find themselves in similar community environments. In 2007 the four came together in a Town/Gown Conference. One of the outcomes of the conference was that Michael established a course “Community Classroom” in 2008 which he has offered very successfully each year since then. Essentially, the class offers an opportunity for the student and some part of the community to enter into a contract which Michael mediates. The lead and responsibility are very much given to the students, individually
and collectively to develop a real relationship with the community they find themselves in, to become a part of the community by playing a role in it, and to receive official acknowledgement
from the University (in the form of credits toward graduation).
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Fellow Rotarian in Amherst Dies

Posted by Wayne Harper on May 17, 2011
Fellow Rotarian Stu Pipes from the Amherst Club died suddenly today (May 18th).  Many of us in Sackville will remember Stu as a real gentleman.  Sandy and I have bought our yearly trip tickets from Stu for over 15 years.  He will be missed by the Amherst Club.  Our condolences go out to his family.
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ROTARIAN RECEIVES AN AWARD

Posted by Wayne Harper on May 17, 2011

 Rotary District Governor John Carkner presented Pam Harrison with the Rotary
International District Governor's Citation in recognition of and
appreciation for her work in the genesis of the District 7810 Paul Harris
Society. Over the past year she has visited clubs throughout the district
and inspired 45 Rotarians to join the newly founded Paul Harris Society. The
district goal is to recruit 100 members by 2017 when Rotarians around the
world will celebrate 100th Anniversary of the Rotary Foundation - "Doing
Good In the World". The presentation took place in Fredericton during the
District conference.

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Bulletin - May 12, 2011

Posted by Wayne Harper on May 15, 2011

As this was Club Assembly today, President Ken was in the Chair.  

There were no guests of Rotarians nor visiting Rotarians today.  Come to think of it, a few members were also “missing in action.”

On the makeup front, Su C. had a makeup in Amherst.  She reported that it was painless.  The Executive and Club Admin Committee had meetings this past week and Dianne attended the RYE conference in Moncton (should be good for a medal).

There were no Anniversaries in the coming week, but Louise was celebrating her Birthday today and Pauliina will have a birthday on Tuesday.

Ove had to go to Cuba to have a PinPal story.  Seems he ran (sic) into a fellow Rotarian, all the way from Riverview NB.

The 50/50 Draw was won by Beth.  She had a Happy Dollar because she won and a sad dollar because her nephew had to cancel a trip to Europe as his girlfriend was burned in an accident……..Pauliina was happy because she went to the Rotary camp……..Ove was happy that his daughter was married in Cuba.  He was also glad to be back in Sackville (he is not well)……….Dianne was happy that hubby Frank was to be presented with an award for volunteerism by his industry association………..Bruno was happy that Laura Fox (an outbound RYE student) was recovering from an illness that forced her home early……….Robin was all smiles as the spring crop of MACIE students arrived.  She still needs one host family to entertain students on the weekends and special events……….Sue P. was just happy to be sitting up and taking nourishment.

The duty roster for next week is as follows: 

          Chair           Mary

          Introducer   Dale

          Thanker       Gayle

          Greeter        Louise

          Laing Squad  Darrell

The committees were winding down after a flurry of activity earlier in the month.  Gayle requested members who still have unsold tickets remaining from the Wine Tasting event to turn over those tickets to her.

Leslie presented a Presidential Citation Award to Prez Ken.  This is the same one presented to Ken at the District Conference, only Leslie had it framed.  A nice touch.  Ken indicated that as far as activities go, our club participates in all Five Avenues of Service, unlike some other clubs.  Ken recanted some of the awards our club won at the District Conference.  Our Foundation contributions were recognized (although next year will be the big one as Sandy indicated that our contribution per member are now approaching  $477), and Pam H. was recognized with a Paul Harris Fellow for her work on the Paul Harris Society.  Leslie received a Paul Harris Fellow for her work in the Dominican Republic earlier this year, the District Newsletter and her school work.  Ken highlighted aspects of the District Conference.  Next years conference will be in Houlton ME.

Dale gave a presentation on a new pilot project from RI – Associate Membership.  This recruitment tool will allow potential members to “act like a Rotarian” for upwards of a year to see if Rotary is for them.  They have no voting rights, and the membership fees are much lower as the club does not have to remit fees to the District or RI on their behalf.  Members present approved of the trial run.  At the end of the trial, RI will evaluate and either drop this category or have in included in the next sitting of the Council on Legislation in 2013.

The meeting adjourned with the reciting of the Four Way Test.

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Bulletin - April 21, 2011

Posted by John Murchie on May 09, 2011
 Chair
Kendall Harrison
Visiting Rotarians
David & Susan (Ottawa)
Guests of Rotarians
Dale brought Scott
Paulina brought many, many including Frank Oulton & Pat Bellieveau
Make-ups
Wine/Beeir Tasting Committee
Pam in Bathurst & Rothsay
Birthdays Anniversaries
Laing Beth
Pin Pal Stories
50/50 Draw $
Bill
Happy Dollars
Susan (Fisher), Charlie, Brian, Wynn, Sandy, Pam, Trish, Diane.....all were
exceedingly happy
Committee Reports
Beer/Wine Tasting: update + needs more coolers
Paul Harris: Nominations to Bruno or Wayne. Deadline 2 May
Projects: meeting 1 May
President’s Time
Sell! Sell!! Sell!!!
Guest Speaker
Paulina was introduced by Charlie as this week’s speaker and Diane graciously thanked her at
the end. Paulina gave a succinct overview history of Finland which has had a testy history of
relationship with the immensely larger Russian state although on December 6, 1917 Finland
gained independence. The population today is approximately 5.3 million with Tarja Halonen its
first woman President.
Some facts which Paulina provided about Finland:
Rotary Club of Sackville
Weekly Bulletin: April 21, 2011
- There are thousands of lakes
- Finland has an extensive and excellent education system
- Santa was born and raised in Finland
- I should try a sauna. And everyone else too!
- Paula’ home is in Lapua, a town of 15,000
Side note: Basketball must be important in Lapua. If you check for Paulina’s home on
Google Maps, one of the possible entries is “Lapua Basketball”!
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Bulletin - May 5, 2011

Posted by John Murchie on May 04, 2011
 Kendall kindly greeted us outdoors as the weather was almost spring-like.
Chair
Wayne
Visiting Rotarians
Ben
Marco aka Paulina’s Dad!
Guests of Rotarians
Paulina introduced her family
Diane introduced Ben’s wife
Make-ups
Pam was here & there spreading cheer & promoting the cause
Birthdays
Louise
Pin Pal Stories
Diane & Kendall both had stories
50/50 Draw
Laing took home the loot 14 bucks
Happy Dollars
Another pretty happy bunch this week.
Of course, LAing. But also Peter, Kaye, Ken, Diane, Pam, Trish and Paulina’s Mum who was
grateful and happy that her daughter has been in such good hands.
Next Week
Club Assembly and we were told Lesley will greet although I thought it was to be John
Committee Reports
Gayle on behalf of the Wine/Beer Tasting Committee thanked everyone for all their efforts to
make our biggest fundraiser of the year a success. More information will be forthcoming when
everything is reconciled.
Upcoming Meetings
Club Admin Committee - May 10th 7:15 pm Wayne's
Executive Committee - May 11th, 5:30 pm Gayle's 
President’s Time
Ken reported that the District Conference will be held in Fredericton this weekend. The
Club’s 2011/2012 budget will be the subject of the upcoming Executive meeting.
Guest Speaker
Ken introuced the guest speaker Heather Patterson and Ruth Buckinger from the Tantramar
Association of Grandmothers who spoke on The Stephen Lewis Foundation and Turning the
Tide on AIDS in Africa.
Heather presented some devastating statistics on AIDS in Africa where the life expectancy for
young persons aged 15 - 24 has dramatically dropped since 1990. In Canada we can expect to
live 80 years but in sub-Sahara Africa the expectancy is something like 31 years.
There are something like 14 million orphans in sub Sahara Africa most of who are parented by
their grandmothers - women with no one grandchild to take care of but as often as not 3 or 4 or
more.
The local Association is working to raise money and awareness on these issues. They will have a
fundraising walk on June 11 in Sackville.
For more information on the Stephen Lewis Foundation, see
http://www.stephenlewisfoundation.org/
For more on the Foundation’s Grandmother campaign, see
http://www.stephenlewisfoundation.org/get-involved/grandmothers-campaign
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Bulletin - April 28, 2011

Posted by John Murchie on Apr 27, 2011
Chair
Lesley who asked us first to take a few moments of silence in memory of our friend
Bill Swift who unexpectedly passed away.
Visiting Rotarians
Mary McKean
Guests of Rotarians
Trish introduced her Mom & Dad
Alan
Make-ups
Fundraising Committee
Birthdays
Barb Jardine
Ken
Pin P Stories
Ken had an amusing tale about the Premier of New Brunswick, a fellow Rotarian.
50/50 Draw $
Cathy $13.00
Happy Dollars
There was almost no one who wasn’t happy today!
Wynn, Trish, Dale, Cathy (for being that much closer to her first million, or maybe not her
first?), Ken, Susan, Ove, Susan again, Diane, Alan, Pam
Committee Reports
Gayle reported for the Wine/Beer Tasting
President’s Time
Dale will be going for a Rotary training session.
Guest Speaker
Cathy introduced Mary McKean and Patricia Ellsworth who spoke on the Twitti School Project
in Zambia to which the Sackville Rotary Club has contributed $3,000. The overall project is
working to raise $700,000 and is almost there! Our contribution helped toward the $16,500
which was raised to provide 11 computers & monitors plus a printer for the Library in the school.
Rotary Club of Sackville
Weekly Bulletin: April 28, 2011
The grand opening will take place on July 13, 2011. Construction began in 2008, four classroom
block completed in 2009, a second block of four in 2011 with the library/administration building
in 2011. For more information on the Twitti School Project and on the work being done by the
friends of Zambia, see
http://www.friendsforzambia.org/index.htm
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In Memorium

Posted by Wayne Harper on Apr 26, 2011

Member picture Bill Swift, Past President of the Rotary Club of Sackville, passed away suddenly on Wednesday, April 27th. Bill became a member of Rotary on November 28, 2002. 

Bill was a leader in the business community. Until his recent retirement, he was the Manager of Moneris Solutions Sackville, a local employer of over 200 people who are major contributors to many community fundraising efforts and initiatives.
 
Contact New Brunswick honored Bill in 2005 with a provincial award for his personal commitment to improving the Sackville community.
 
He served as a director and/or Chair of Renaissance Sackville, the Chamber of Commerce, and the Sackville Memorial Hospital Foundation, among others. He helped to raise over $1.2-million for the Tantramar Veterans Memorial Civic Centre when it was first built.
 
Bill's major role at Rotary was as a fundraiser. He chaired the fundraising committee for several years and spearheaded the annual Rotary Wine & Beer Tasting evening during that time – the club's largest fundraiser.
 
Bill was also very supportive of his wife Nancy’s efforts to raise funds for cancer research through the Curl for Cancer program.
 
He was a friend to many at the golf club, the curling club and the Rotary club.
Bill was an inspiring community leader. In his friendly, considerate and supportive way, he shared his considerable skills by leading in the business and volunteer sectors, and making new friends every day.
 
He will be greatly missed.
 
 
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Bulletin - April 14, 2011

Posted by John Murchie on Apr 13, 2011
 Rotary Club of Sackville
Weekly Bulletin
April 14, 2011
Club Assembly
Chair
Ken Draper as President
Out of Order #1
Sandy managed to corral everyone present for a Club photograph and
no one was evidently hurt although we unhappily missed a number of
absent members.
Visiting Rotarians
None
Out of Order #2
The Chair invited Club Historian Charlie Scobie to speak, and we quote
verbatim his words:
Exactly 80 years ago today, on 14 April 1931, a group of seventeen business and professional
people in Sackville met in Miss Sprague’s Tally Ho Tea Room in College Place and resolved
unanimously to form a Rotary Club in Sackville. They wired Rotary headquarters in Chicago and
the following day received this message from Rotary International: One Hundred and Fifty-Five
Thousand Rotarians throughout world welcome formation Sackville Club. We became Rotary
Club #3452.
Of course the way had been prepared by a number of earlier meetings, at the urging of members
of the Rotary Club of Moncton (our parent club), one in December 1930, and a second one
earlier in April 1931.
But today, 14 April, is the first of three stages of our anniversary - the decision to for a Rotary
Club in Sackville. The second will be celebrated in two weeks time on 29 April (the day of the
wine-tasting). That was the first regular luncheon meeting of the club. They forsook the Tally Ho
Tearoom, and met at the Sunny Side Tea Room on Charles Street. Incidentally, the club did not
last long there either. By June 1931 the proprietress, a Mrs. Strain, proposed raising the cost of
the weekly lunch from 50 cents to 65 cnts; that prompted a move to the hiull Top In n on Main
Street!
Our third anniversary celebration - the more official one - comes on 2 June. It was on 2 June 931
that the club received its charter at a banquet held in the Mount Allison Ladies’ College. Some 40
visiting Rotarians were present, and Moncton, as the sponsoring club, presented the new club
with a Rotary bell and gavel which are still in use.
That’s the official anniversary that we will be celebrating on the evening of thursday 2 June
2011. Fourscore years is a good age, and I hope we all have 2 June circled in our calendars. A
fitting celebration is planned and it will include the launch of a new history of the club in which
you will be able to read more about its beginnings, and all the way up to what’s been happening
in 2011.
From the decision to a form a Rotary Club in Sackville, to its first meeting, to its receiving its
charter as a member of Rotary International - HAPPY ANNIVERSARY, Sackville Rotary!
Guests of Rotarians
David son of Susan (Coish, that is)
Make-ups
Members, Fundraising Committee
Birthdays
None Anniversaries None
Pin Pal Stories
Diane and Pam had stories
50/50 Draw
Dale $16
Happy Dollars
Diane happily told of a terrific holiday south of here
Bruno reported on the state of health of Laura Fox
Wayne was happy to be visiting his granddaughter
Ken announced with a happy PSA the upcoming ScotiaBank Cake
auction
Next Week
Greeter Gayle Chair Ken
Introducer Bruno Thanker Diane
Speaker Paulina will give her RYE Talk
Committee Reports
Membership: Dale handed out information on membership and new
member mentors
Wine/Beer Evening: SELL SELL SELL
Upcoming Meetings
See the Events Calendar on Club Runner for
Projects Committee and Wine/Beer Evening Committee meetings
President’s Time
Ken recounted the many, many ways that volunteering is good for the
volunteer herself as well as the cause: connects us with others, strengthens
our ties with our community, develops social skills, brings fun into our
lives, and, for seniors, it keeps us out of trouble. It’s healthy for body,
mind and soul.
With the recitation of the Four Way Test, we adjourned.
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Bulletin - April 7, 2011

Posted by Wayne Harper on Apr 06, 2011

 Chair

Ken Draper

 Visiting Rotarians

None

 Guests of Rotarians

George Woodburn,:Evelyn Chapman + husband & daughter and Pat Estabrooks

 Louise MacKinnon: with her daughter

 Make-ups

Pam Bowman: three months of many

Pam Harrison

Executive Committee Members

Wine/Beer Tasting Committee Members

 Birthdays

Robin Walker (not being present the previous week!)

 Anniversaries

None

 Pin Pal Stories

None

 50/50 Draw

Dale Creelman $9.00 (Can)

 Happy Dollars

Almost everyone including Pam who was glad to be back from Florida….. Dale because he forgot to mention Darren last week when he thanked everyone for their contributions to the Breakfast, and Bill, Ken, Wayne, Louise Bruno, John for reasons lost in the early morning mists although some stretched the concept of ‘happy’

 Next Week

Club Assembly and GROUP PICTURE

Chair  Ken…… Greeter  Frank

 Committee Reports

Dale for the Wine/Beer Committee: reports that he will circulate the list of tasks and asked for any feedback as well as volunteers to do the tasks!

Bruno for the Paul Harris Dinner which will be held at the Sackville Legion on June 2 with tickets selling for $26.50. An odd price but one with historical significance.

 Upcoming Meetings

None reported

 President’s Time

Ken showed a video clip of the incoming Rotary International President when he declared the year’s theme - Reach Within, Embrace Humanity

 Guest Speaker

Name Kira & Alan Introduced by Brian Muir

Kira and Alan are two Mount Allison students who are active in the local Rotaract Club and recently attended a RYLA (Rotary Youth Leadership Awards) workshop at the Rotary Lodge in Moncton. Both found the experience useful, even rewarding, and were excited by youth of all ages - most in attendance were high school age - and learning to be comfortable going with their passions for particular causes and goals.

Alan is the outgoing President of the MtA Rotaract Club and reported that Allison from the Miramachi will be next year’s President, and that the Club will continue to have the goal of seeking new members.

Thanker Ove Samuelsen

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Bulletin - March 24, 2011

Posted by Wayne Harper on Mar 23, 2011
We were warmly greeted this morning by Darren, who handed out cushions to insure our “little touches” would be warm during the meeting.  Chairperson John presided over his first meeting since joining the Club.  Noting that this was not his favourite time of day, he proceeded to flawlessly get us through the meeting.

As Katrina was the guest speaker today, she brought, as her guests, former host families, the Higham (Peter) family and the Perkins (John) family.  Dianne brought her hubby Frank, while Robin introduced the 1st year MTA student who organized the paper crane fundraiser for survivors of the earthquake.  Outgoing RYE students Chloe MacIsaac (going to Belgium) and Klarissa Gondreau got their first taste of what goes on at a Rotary meeting.  No guest Rotarians were present today.

There was a decided lack of interest in anyone admitting to a birthday or anniversary.  However the pin-pal opportunities presented themselves to Dianne and Wayne.  Seems Dianne met an old friend who is a member of the Amherst club, while Wayne met this lady from Fredericton at the recent breakfast.  She was a former RYE in 1989 and she made a $100 donation to our club before she left.  Some old guys never loose their touch.

Almost the whole club received make-ups this week as a result of: projects, fundraising and RYE committee meetings, all those who worked the breakfast and Pam H. who was at the Pictou NS club.

The 50/50 draw was won by Prez Ken, which prompted a comment from Brian – more money for the bankers.  In the Happy Dollar front, Ken was real happy he won the whopping $10 +.  Wynn was happy that Sandy agreed to stay on a President of the Chamber of Commerce (that let him off the hook) and he could see the fruits of his mentorship as John guided today’s meeting; Charlie was happy that Laing managed to “escape” the Drew and made today’s meeting; Dianne for having a card to send to Jake; Darrell for having “happy tickets” (disguised as Wine Tasting Tickets) for everyone to sell; Pam H. for a “thank you” poster from students who were sent cookies; and from one of Katrina’s host families who had a chance to preview her talk today.  Dale paid the big bucks for his request for volunteers to assist in loading the shelter boxes into his truck after the meeting.

The duty roster for next week saw John returning as Chairperson (that cost him a happy $), Dianne as the greeter, Bill as the Introducer and Darrell as the Thanker.  (Note these are published weekly on our web site sackvillerotary.ca)

Gayle announced that the Wine Tasting Committee will meet each week at the Olive Branch Restaurant from now until the event concludes.  Only one committee report this week – Sandy announced that the club members have donated and average of $348 per member to the Foundation during this Rotary year.  This is an all time high and the highest in the District.
Prez. Ken announced the next Rotary Leadership Institute course will be on April 16th from 9am to 4:30 pm at the Dieppe Community College.  Registration is $100 and is paid for by the club.  See Ken for more details.

Beth introduced Katrina, our RYE student from Denmark.  Katrina indicated that Denmark is actually made up of 400 islands, of which only 80 are inhabited.  Copenhagen is the capital with more than 2 million inhabitants.  While Danish is the official language (it is similar to German), English is widely spoken.   Katrina gave us a very interesting and colourful summary of her countries history.  The government structure, agriculture and light manufacturing are the economic drivers of the economy.  Unemployment hovers around 1.8%, producing such famous brands as Lego, Pandora jewellery, Carlsberg beer as well as books by Hans Christian Andersen.  For more information about Denmark, see  
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Bulletin - March 3, 2011

Posted by John Murchie on Mar 02, 2011
 Greeter: Charlie Scobie
Charlie continued our new tradition of a warm welcome which has been especially
welcomed on these cold mornings!
Chair: Gayle Key
Gayle brought to the breakfast gathering observations and reminders about Rotaryʼs
important 40 year battle against polio.
Visiting Rotarians:
None
Guests:
Diane introduced her guest, Alan Fowlis of the Mount Allison Rotarac Club and
spearhead of the recent Chili event.
Make-ups:
The Executive and the Membership Committees met.
Birthdays:
Dale had the honour of wearing the hat although he tried to ignore it.
Anniversaries:
None
Pen Pal Stories:
Dale related one which I missed.
50/50 Draw:
Barbara - not Barb - Barbara took home the prize.
Happy Dollars:
Lots of happy people with dollars in their pockets this week including Barbara, Katrine,
Leslie, Wayne, Dale, Pam, and Kendall.
Charlie also had a dollar but it was more of an unhappy dollar. Laing has not been
making it on Thursday to participate in our meetings which are his main opportunity to
be out and around and see friends. He has developed bed sore and his state of mind is
at at an ebb. Charlie will get a card for next week which we can send our good wishes
to Laing.
Committee Reports:
Sandy reported on the Foundation Committee, Gayle on the Wine Tasting Fundraiser
for which tickets will soon be available, and Dale for the Membership Committee.
Rotary Club of Sackville: March 3, 2011
Presidentʼs Report:
Ken reported that the Executive had settled on the June 2, 2011 date for the Paul Harris
Dinner and urged all to mark their calendars and save that date!He also reported that
the sale of food cards has increased as a result of the recent attention which has been
drawn to them as an easy way for the Club to fundraise. As a result the following motion
was brought to the meeting:
" That the float for Rotary food cards be increased from $3,200 to $5,000.
" Moved, Dale. Seconded, Wayne
" Passed
Guest Speakers:
Anne introduced the two guests Yo Shiko Ascim and Mona Farooqi, who work with the
Multicultural Association of Sackville & Tantramar (MAST) and would speak on the goals
and activities of the recently founded organization.
Mona related that she and her family came to Sackville from Dubai, two social and
geographic communities that could hardly be more different. The culture shock was
deep. Mona humourously related how in Dubai life gets going at 5:00 pm when the sun
is less penetrating. Her family would come into Sackville at 5:00 pm and everyone else
had gone home! As she noted, itʼs a matter of common sense but a way of life doesnʼt
disappear overnight.
MAST was established to address some of the issues which arise with newly arrived
international families especially as various levels of government in Canada are seeking
families from overseas to locate their lives in New Brunswick and in Canada. MAST
sponsors cross cultural events which will encourage everyone to a fuller appreciation of
our multicultural society. Culinary traditions have been and will continue to be a
significant aspect of the events. MAST will present four(4) functions a year, one for each
season.
The next event will be at the Sackville Curling Club on March 19 at 5:00 pm, a pot luck
mixer with Mount Allison professor Erin Streuter organizing the programme in order to
encourage people to step outside the groups they know and meet others. In this context
MAST is making specific efforts to include international students.
Peter thanked Yo Shiko and Mona noting that it was appropriate for them to speak to
the Club this year when the current Rotary International President has given us the
motto “BUILDING COMMUNITIES, BRIDGING CONTINENTS.”
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Bulletin - February 3, 2011

Posted by Karen Noiles on Feb 02, 2011
- Frank admirably chaired the meeting breaking with the normal flow of events, as the
Sergeant-at-Arms note to me, by introducing the too numerous to mention - well,
remember - every guest and visiting Rotarian before they lead the way to breakfast.
Notably present were former exchange student Mary Gilbert and Sackville Rotarian
Nancy Gilbert. Nancy has now moved to Victoria, British Columbia with her husband
Paul but while in Sackville was a highly visible and active Rotarian the details of which
were outlined by Frank in a heart-felt tribute.
- There were several make-ups noted notably through the Wine Tasting, Projects and
Legacy Committees all of whom met during the previous week as well as a report from
Peter who on behalf of the Rotary is working to develop a business plan for a new
home for Bob Edgettʼs boxing club.
- There were no Birthdays.
- There were no Anniversaries.
- There were no Pen Pal stories
- The 50/50 Draw accounted for $14.00 which was handily won by Katrine evidently with
help from Charlie.
- The Chair was able to encourage the gathering to contribute more Happy Dollars than
were raised with the 50/50 Draw. Again, so numerous that as an untested recorded
keeper I lost track. There did seem to be more than the usual amount of happiness.
- Presidentʼs Report: Ken reiterated the warm welcome to our guests. He reported
further on the Legacy Committeeʼs meeting with Sackville Mayor Pat Estabrooks
where the committee sought to find out more about the Townʼs priorities with regard to
the boxing club and the farmersʼ market. He reported that our major fundraising event,
the wine tasting evening is moving smartly ahead and is scheduled for Friday April 29.
Tickets are $35.00. Ken urged participation by all and especially asked for someone to
volunteer to be the Ticket Master.
- By way of introducing our Guest Speakers, Wayne suggested that Sackville Rotarians
Pam and Leslie “epitomize all that is best in Rotarians.” They spoke today about their
recent volunteer work in the Dominican Republic where they were for a week
distributing and overseeing the installation of BioSand Water Filtration systems - an
relatively inexpensive, efficient and easy to maintain single family water purification
process which can work for up to seven years before it needs to be replaced.
- Leslie and Pam worked in communities of illegal Haitian immigrant workers who
harvest the rich cane sugar crops. Whole families live in single room cabins, eat one
meal a day usually comprised of rice and beans, have few if any rights nor do they
regular access to safe drinking water. The introduction of the $115.00 water filtration
systems into the living quarters has had the effect of a 40% reduction in the death
rates - especially children - simply caused by bad drinking water.
- Pam and Leslie each presented a series of images to locate the Dominican Republic
and its relation to Haiti and to introduce the social environment of the “batey” - the
sugar workersʼ town.
- Leslie also gave a quick glimpse of the fun side of volunteering to entice all of us.
- Pam noted that she was able to fly from Bangor, Maine for as little as $280.00 plus
$1,200.00 for the week: that is, making a difference is affordable.
- Pam also reminded us that every Rotarian should undertake a hands-on project like
this at least once in our Rotarian lives.
- Bruno thanked Pam and Leslie by echoing Wayneʼs observation that individuals like
Pam and like Leslie epitomize what is the very best in Rotarians.
- The meeting adjourned with the sharing of the four-way test.
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Club Bulletin April 25, 2013

Posted by Gayle Key

 

    Bulletin of the

    Sackville Rotary Club,

            Thursday, April 25, 2013

2012ThemeLogo      Trish Edwards, President





NEXT WEEK

 Thursday, May 2, 2013

Chairperson :  Barb J.

Greeter:          Patricia

Introducer:      Louise M

Thanker:         Mary

Speaker:         Nelson Cabral


THIS WEEK

  Chairperson: Pam B.   

Greeter:   Pam H.

Introducer: Louise H.

Thanker: Louise M.

Speaker: David Bruce


Chairperson Pam B.brought the meeting to order with the singing of the National Anthem and a prayer of grace. 

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TODAY IN CANADIAN HISTORY

               OR

      USELESS INFORMATION YOU NEED TO KNOW


April 25

1940 - Québec women allowed to vote and run for office in provincial elections, 22 years after women were granted the federal vote. 

1950 - BC, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario and PEI sign an agreement with Ottawa to build the

                  Trans-Canada Highway, destined to be the longest national highway in the world.

1959 - St. Lawrence Seaway opens for traffic as the first ship, the icebreaker D'Iberville, enters the locks south of Montréal.

2003 - After more than two weeks with no new cases of SARS, health workers begin to suggest the disease is contained.


VISITING ROTARIANS

None

GUESTS

Friends of Coralie

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MAKE UPS

Trish  District Youth Exchange

      Wayne 15 meetings and events in Florida


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BIRTHDAYS

 Barb J. and Laing unfortunately absent

 

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ANNIVERSARIES

Gayle 

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PIN PAL STORIES

None


50/50 DRAW

Barb J.  Queen Hearts    no win

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     Pam B.  3 hearts   no win

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John ace of diamonds  no win

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HAPPY DOLLARS

Wynn  loves the Rotary sign in window and glad to see Harper’s back


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Josh glad Wine and Beer Gala coming together.

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Sue reports silent auction coming together.

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Charlie is donating a picture by Renoir

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Pam B. launched dragon boat on Silver Lake for practice.


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Wynn is donating an original miniature painting.


COMMITTEE REPORTS

Membership reports Andy Rose and Diane Stephens-B. have resigned due to time constraints.


UPCOMING MEETINGS

      Admin Monday night Sue’s home 7:15 PM

PRESIDENT’S TIME

No report at present.


GUEST SPEAKER

Louise introduced our guest speaker David Bruce. 

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David is a coordinator of research ethics teaching at Mt. A. since 1990.  He along with six persons from Mt. A. and one outsider read over proposals of studies and surveys to ensure             guidelines are met on such issues as recruitment, content and confidentiality.  Professor’s research and 4th year student thesis’ are a few examples.  Questions followed and a book               donated to a school library was presented by Louise M.

The meeting was closed with the 4 way test.

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UPCOMING WEEKS

Thursday, May 9th, 2013-04-30

Chairperson :   Trish

Greeter: Peter

Speaker: Club Assembly









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Club Bulletin April 11,2013

Posted by Gayle Key
Bulletin of the
Sackville Rotary Club,
Thursday,April 11, 2013
  Trish Edwards, President

             2012ThemeLogo


NEXT WEEK

Thursday, April 18, 2013
Chairperson :  Wynn
Greeter:          Pam B.
Introducer:     Gayle  
Thanker:         Louise H.
Speaker:         Lisa Legros

THIS WEEK

Chairperson:  Trish  
       Introducer:   Club Assembly


Chairperson Trish brought the meeting to order with the singing of the National Anthem and a prayer of grace. 

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     TODAY IN CANADIAN HISTORY
                   OR
       USELESS INFORMATION YOU NEED TO KNOW


         April 11
1853 - New Brunswick's First Labour Day celebrated as Moncton shipbuilder Joseph Salter gives his workers better working conditions and a shorter working day.
1967 - The Mamas & The Papas have a #1 Billboard hit with Dedicated to the One I Love.  The group includes Halifax folk singer Denny Doherty.
1986 - Canadian 1921 50 cent piece fetches a record US$22,000 at auction. 



VISITING ROTARIANS
   None


       GUESTS

 Bill Evans


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 MAKE UPS

 Pam B.  many from Florida    Image


Louise MacK and Josh to Amherst

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      BIRTHDAYS

None


ANNIVERSARIES
None


PIN PAL STORIES

Peter met the president of the Chamber of Commerce who knows our president Trish

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Sue Purdy visited Rotarian in Amherst to see our wine and beer tickets on her desk.

Pam H. Promoted good turn bracelets provided by the Boy Scouts to do a good turn

        and pass the bracelet on and notifying Scouts website.

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50/50 DRAW

Trish  2 hearts  no winImage

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Sue P. 9 hearts   no win

Peter jack spades  no win

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HAPPY DOLLARS

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  Trish, Charlie and Thomas all donated happ$ to promote the high school play Romeo and Juliette

Image George is happy Ducky’s is open to sell tickets for Rotary events.

Pam B is happy to be back but wishes the temperature

        was warmer and to say she visited with Wayne and Sandy.Image


Image Ken is happy to be away for 2 weeks. 

                                           Not sure where he and Linda are going but retirement is good.

Wynn made two people happy by giving them a divorce

        & after attending town council is happy there will be a Baptist Heritage Day

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Coralie has been asked to be a Girl

       Guide leader next year in Belgium and accepts.Image



Ove informs us Pat is better as she can now argue.

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Pam H. Requests we buy special marked Rice Krispies cereal marked “share breakfast” 

        to redeem coupons for breakfast program. Save the box for Pam.



Marita is happy to announce she is a grandmother to 

           Image       Melody born last Thursday weighing in at 7 lbs. 13 oz.


Kirk Meldrum is also a grandparent.

COMMITTEE REPORTS

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RYE  Patricia reports two long term students coming from Switzerland and Finland.

Josh fundraising meeting at Mary’s house at 5:00 and to sell sell sell your tickets.
Sue P. Would like all silent auction items in by next week.

GUEST SPEAKER

  Trish gave a detailed very important presentation on Fundraising and Projects Retrospective 2007 - 2013-04-15
Areas of spending and numbers were presented with coloured pies and grafts.
Club Community Service Goal, relative fundraising amounts for the various events and projects,

annual disbursements, international recurring gifts and current committee policy were covered and questions

        answered.  Following the 4 way test the meeting was adjourned. 

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UPCOMING WEEKS

Thursday, April 25, 2013
Chairperson : Pam B.
Greeter: Pam H.
Introducer:   Louise H
Thanker: Louise Mack.
Speaker:

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Club Bulletin April 18, 2013

Posted by Gayle Key


Bulletin of the
Sackville Rotary Club,
Thursday, April 18, 2013
2012ThemeLogo 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.

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MAKE UPS
Jeff attended the Dieppe Club.

BIRTHDAYS

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

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ANNIVERSARIES
None

PIN PAL STORIES


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

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Dianne met Ken Draper at a concert in Moncton.

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50/50 DRAW


Bill Evans drew Wynn’s number    5 spades no win

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Laing drew 9 diamonds      no win

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Sue P. Drew king of diamonds   no win

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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.

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Edna is thrilled to be going to Venice.

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

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

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      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.  

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Marita is happy to be going to San Diego.

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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

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        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. 


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UPCOMING WEEKS

  Thursday, May 2, 2013


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

 

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Club Bulletin April 4, 2013

Posted by Gayle Key

                                              Bulletin of the

                           Sackville Rotary Club,

   2012ThemeLogo         Thursday,April 4, 201

                           Trish Edwards, President



NEXT WEEK

  Thursday, April 11, 2013

Chairperson :   Trish

Greeter: Ove

Speaker:  Club Assembly


THIS WEEK

  Chairperson:  Trish

Greeter: Gayle  

Introducer:     Josh

Thanker: Ken

Speaker: Elizabeth Wells


Chairperson Trish brought the meeting to order with the singing of the National Anthem and a prayer of grace.



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TODAY IN CANADIAN HISTORY

OR

USELESS INFORMATION YOU NEED TO KNOW

April 4


1881 - 1881 Canadian census taken on this day: Canada has a total population of 4,324, 810.


1928 - Canadian Inventor Reginald Fessenden awarded $2.5 million by the Radio Trust after

                   lawsuit recognized he was the inventor of radio.
1949 - Military - Canada signs the North Atlantic Treaty with Belgium, Britain, Denmark, France, 

                   Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal and the U.S.  NATO is

                   Canada's first peacetime military alliance.


1990 - Toronto's Alannah Myles has a Billboard hit with Black Velvet.  It peaks at #1 on the U.S. pop singles chart.

VISITING ROTARIANS

  None

GUESTS
None

MAKE UPS
Executive Wed. April 3rd, 2013
Wynn provided list of seven makeups while in Florida and 
gave us banners.

 

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BIRTHDAYS

  Coralie  our RYE student 

 

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 ANNIVERSARIES
 None


PIN PAL STORIES
On his way to Florida Wynn met past district gov. Lee Cummings at the tourist bureau in Houlton, Maine.
      Thomas who ate at Rozano’s restaurant found out his waitress was an exchange student.

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50/50 DRAW


Coralie  4 diamonds  no win

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John  King of spades  no win

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Coralie again 2 clubs no win

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HAPPY DOLLARS


Pam is happy to make us aware this month is magazine month. 

      She also told us via Jake’s advice how to read the Rotarian.

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Pat took both RYE students with her to learn boxing techniques.

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Wynn is glad his 13 yr. old granddaughter was named Athlete of the Year.

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Marita is excited as her granddaughter was being born during the meeting.

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COMMITTEE REPORTS
  Fundraising  breakfast raised $1750.00.  Please have all silent auction

        items into Sue in two weeks so bidding sheets can be prepared.

UPCOMING MEETINGS
  Fundraising tomorrow at Patterson’s from 12 – 1 over lunch


  PRESIDENT’S TIME
  Trish will cover more next week during club assembly.

 GUEST SPEAKER


A regular and enjoyable Elizabeth Wells spoke to us on the Council of 3M National Teaching Award.  Ms Wells who

        has taught at Mr. "A" for 10 years is at present on sabbatical and in the process of writing a book.  The 3M National Teaching Award

        is given to 10 honourees each year.  University instructors (45,000) who apply can be any age, gender and submit a

        dossier approx 60 pages in length.  3M has funded this award for 27 years.  If you are chosen you receive a certificate,

        plaque and a 4 day retreat to Banff in November.  Elizabeth who has won this award loved the 4 day holiday all expenses paid.

       The winners are announced in Maclean’s magazine.  Mt. "A" is proud to announce they have five 3M fellows .
New Projects include peer to peer mentorship, expanding materials on the website, advocacy for higher education,

        a thank you teacher campaign and a brochure for Award winners and their institutions.


                                                    Ken thanked Elizabeth and we hope to have her back again to speak.


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UPCOMING WEEKS

  Thursday, April 18, 2013
Chairperson : Wynn
Greeter: Pam B.
Introducer:   Ken
Thanker: Pam B 
Speaker: Lisa Legros  Golf and Cystic Fibrosis

 

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Club Bulletin March 28, 2013

Posted by Gayle Key

Bulletin of the

Sackville Rotary Club,

2012ThemeLogo Thursday, March 28, 2013

Trish Edwards, President

Editor: Gayle



NEXT WEEK

     Thursday, April 4th, 2013

  Chairperson :  Trish

Greeter: Mary

Introducer: Josh 

Thanker: Ken

Speaker: Elizabeth Wells


THIS WEEK

Chairperson:  Sue P.

Greeter:   Jeff

Introducer: John

Thanker: Ken

Speaker: Marita Webb



Chairperson ?????brought the meeting to order with the singing of the National Anthem and a prayer of grace. 

       As editor I was absent for the meeting of March 28, 2013.  I will fill in the space with pics.

TODAY IN CANADIAN HISTORY

OR

  USELESS INFORMATION YOU NEED TO KNOW

  March 28

1920 –  Actress Mary Pickford, born Gladys Smith in Toronto, marries Douglas Fairbanks.

1935 -  Canadian Radio Commission prohibits “sales talks or spot advertising” on Sundays. 

1969 -  Education - Crowd of 6,000 students demand that McGill University be turned into a

                    French institution.

1991 -  Joe Clark says Department of External Affairs will operate Radio Canada International

                    after CBC drops funding.  Its a 50% cut in service. 


VISITING ROTARIAN

Bill Edwards Image


GUESTS

    None

MAKE UPS

Unaware

BIRTHDAYS

                            Wayne Harper

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ANNIVERSARIES

None

PIN PAL STORIES

Unaware

50/50 DRAW

We are hoping to draw.  Image


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Three pickers but no winners.


HAPPY DOLLARS

Dianne is back after surgery.Image



ImageCharlie is happy.


        George is happy perhaps      Image

Ducky's is open


COMMITTEE REPORTS

Unaware


UPCOMING MEETINGS

Executive Wed. April 3, 2013 5:30 PM  Pizza Delight

PRESIDENT’S TIME

Trish

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Presented club with thank you plaque for polio funding.


GUEST SPEAKER

Marita Webb gave her classification speech.  I was not present.  You will have to speak 

      to her personally for the highlights.


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      On the 23rd of March we held our 1st breakfast of 2013.  Though busy on the main

      floor with 327 breakfasts being served the pics from the event were taken upstairs where

      the eggs, bacon and pancakes were being made.  Clean up crew is equally important. Enjoy

      the photos.


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UPCOMING WEEKS

Thursday, April 11, 2013 

      Chairperson : Club Assembly to brain storm fundraising.

    

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Club Bulletin March 7, 2013

Posted by Gayle Key

 Bulletin of the
Sackville Rotary Club,

 Thursday,March 7, 2013
2012ThemeLogo  Trish Edwards, President
                 Editor: Gayle


NEXT WEEK
     Thursday, March 14, 2013
Chairperson :  Trish
Greeter:   Louise Mac
Introducer:  
Thanker: 
Speaker:   Club Assembly


THIS WEEK

     Chairperson:  John 
Greeter:  Dianne
Introducer: Dale
Thanker:     Jeff
Speaker:    Becky Stewart



                  Chairperson John brought the meeting to order with 

      Image          the singing of the National Anthem and a prayer of grace. 



TODAY IN CANADIAN HISTORY
           OR
     USELESS INFORMATION YOU NEED TO KNOW



March 7
1878 - Toronto Stock Exchange incorporates.  The Ontario charter confirms TSE organization.
1939 - Music - Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians record their signature tune, Auld Lang  Syne, for the first time, on Decca Records.

                   Lombardo was born in London, Ontario. 
1963 - FLQ starts campaign of violence by hurling Molotov cocktails at three Canadian Army armories in Quebec.
1990 - Lloyd Eisler & Isabelle Brasseur win Silver Medal in Pairs figure skating at World Figure Skating Championships



VISITING ROTARIANS
None

GUESTS
None

MAKE UPS
None

    BIRTHDAYS

               Dale   last week

              Image   instead of Wayne

Frank this week

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ANNIVERSARIES

None


PIN PAL STORIES
None


50/50 DRAW
Sorry I have misplaced my written report.

             Coralee was one who picked for $12.00 but did not win.

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            Thanks Pam AWESOME PIC

    Frank picked but again.  No winner.

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If memory serves me right Peter Hess picked,

        but not the correct card

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HAPPY DOLLARS

Ove tells us Pat cannot do chemo but

        will do radiation beginning next week

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Trish is happy Bruce is home

        to walk Stella

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Thomas thanked Marita for driving on Sat to Truro

with Coralee to dog sled

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COMMITTEE REPORTS
Executive met last night.
     Admin rescheduled to Wed. 13  7:00 PM Sue Purdy’s house



UPCOMING MEETINGS
 None

    PRESIDENT’S TIME

Trish reminded us of Pets and Sets upcoming on the 16th.

Breakfast March 23rd Legion

GUEST SPEAKER

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Dale introduced Becky Stewart to continue her GSE exchange in India.  
She never knew what was happening and learned to go with the flow.
Though treated well, she noticed the absence of women at the Rotary events. The trip was a turning

             point to becoming a Rotarian and her biggest challenge is for her and Trish to find enough buyers for

             breakfast and wine and beer tickets.  Jeff thanked Becky and John closed the meeting with the 4 way test.

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UPCOMING WEEKS

Thursday, March 21, 2013
     Chairperson : Peter
     Greeter:  Frank
     Introducer:  Jeff
     Thanker:   John
     Speaker:  Rye Student Thomas Auchet

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Club Bulletin February 28, 2013

Posted by Gayle Key

 Bulletin of the

                 Sackville Rotary Club,

2012ThemeLogo Thursday, February 28, 2013

     Trish Edwards, President

     Editor: Gayle

NEXT WEEK

Thursday, March 7, 2013

       Chairperson : Patricia  

Greeter:   Dianne O.

Introducer: George 

Thanker:  John

Speaker: Becky Stewart



THIS WEEK

Chairperson:  Andy

Greeter:       Darren

Introducer:  Gayle

Thanker:      Frank

Speaker:      Jayne Glenn



Chairperson Andy brought the meeting to order with

      the singing of the National Anthem and a prayer of grace. 


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TODAY IN CANADIAN HISTORY

OR

USELESS INFORMATION YOU NEED TO KNOW



February 28

  1956 – A Chatham Ontario restaurant was fined $50 for refusing to serve two black students.

1972 - Secretary of State Gérard Pelletier presents a bill in the House of Commons proposing the adoption of O Canada as the National Anthem of Canada.

1984 - Pierre Trudeau goes for a walk in an Ottawa blizzard and decides to resign; announces decision the following day.

2010 - Sydney Crosby's overtime goal leads Canada to a 3-2 victory over the United States in the Gold Medal Game in Ice hockey at the 2010 Winter Olympics. 


VISITING ROTARIANS

Jayne Glenn and Sharon Slout  Fredericton 

GUESTS

None 

MAKE UPS

Jeff MacKinnon make up at Moncton west Riverview

      Gayle and Josh planning breakfast March 23, 2013


BIRTHDAYS

Wayne  best wishes towards the south in Florida

ANNIVERSARIES

None

PIN PAL STORIES

Both John and Ken related stories of meeting one another at the Dieppe market


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50/50 DRAW

  Wynn King of spades  Sorry

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Jeff 6 clubs  no win sorry

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Thomas who draws almost every week  WINNER 8 HEARTS  splits pot of $151.00


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HAPPY DOLLARS

Thomas $2.00 for teaching Canadians how to ski.  The rest he will spend on Tim Horton coffee to try and win a car.

       With his luck anything is possible.

      Pat  happy Tomas won and along with Coralee will be dog sledding in Truro this weekend

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Ove happy to report Pat is feeling better and now washing clothes.

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Louise is happy the mornings are brighter as we come to Rotary.

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Andy $5.00 to say he was away snowmobiling and to announce his daughter and

       son in law have moved into their house from out west and are also moving out.

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Pam is happy Feb. Is literacy month and encouraged us to recommend to others books you have read and enjoyed 

           (sorry Pam is so busy taking pictures we do not have one of her this week)


COMMITTEE REPORTS

Admin will meet at Sue Purdy’s home after meeting this AM.

       Pam Harrison asked us all to bring pennies for today and when submitted to the foundation they will match our total.

Josh talked about the breakfast, promoted ticket selling and spoke about the wine and beer tasting.  


UPCOMING MEETINGS

Executive will meet at Pizza Hut on Wed. March 6th, 2013

PRESIDENT’S TIME

Gayle and Trish are off to Fredericton on March 16, 2013 for Pets and Sets.

GUEST SPEAKER

Gayle introduced speaker Jayne Glenn who spoke on hearing loss.  Very informative session. 

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We filled out a survey Jayne will use in her Master’s degree for adult education.  10 % of all persons have hearing loss.  Unfortunately, hearing loss is not as visible as wheel chairs and white canes.  We listened to a recording of the same words in three levels of sound.  We wrote down the words we thought we heard.  After comparing correct answers, I had four answers out of ten.  The words sounded close but were not correct.  For example, pipe and kite, pub and tub, find and vine.  Jayne explained she wears two hearing aids and told us tips to help people with hearing loss.  Try to limit background noise, speak one at a time, wave, touch, speak clearly and use body language to say you understand.  Her last comment was don’t keep it a secret.  Frank then thanked Jayne with a touching story of his own.


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Andy concluded the meeting with the four way test.



UPCOMING WEEKS

Thursday, March 14, 2013

Chairperson : Trish

Greeter:   Louise M.

Introducer:  

Thanker: 

Speaker:  Club Assembly



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Club Bulletin Feb 14th, 2013

Posted by Gayle Key

Bulletin of the

Sackville Rotary Club,

2012ThemeLogo Thursday, February 14th, 2013

   Trish Edwards, President

   Editor: Gayle

NEXT WEEK

Thursday Feb 21, 2013

Chairperson :   Andy

Greeter:          Darren

Introducer:      Frank  

Thanker:        Gayle 

Speaker:  ????

THIS WEEK

  Chairperson: Trish  

Greeter:   Louise H.

Introducer:

Thanker:

Speaker: Club Assembley  New Member Induction



Chairperson Trish brought the meeting to order with the singing of the National Anthem and a prayer of grace. 

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    TODAY IN CANADIAN HISTORY

                   OR

USELESS INFORMATION YOU NEED TO KNOW

February 14

1826 - Lt. Colonel John By of the Royal Engineers arrives in Hull to plan construction of the Rideau Canal from Ottawa River to Lake Ontario. 

1927 - Conn Smythe takes over the Toronto St. Patricks team and renames them the Maple Leafs.

1982 - 84 are killed when the Ocean Ranger oil platform capsizes. 

1996 - Ernie Coombs, CBC TV's Mr. Dressup finishes his last children's show, after 31 years on the air.

VISITING ROTARIANS

None

GUESTS

None 

MAKE Ups

None

BIRTHDAYS

None

ANNIVERSARIES

None

PIN PAL STORIES

Pat B. Who wears her Rotary pin at work served a Mt. A. Student who attends Rotaract at the University and had been on exchange during                         high school.  John Murchie has lost his pin and therefore had no story.


50/50 DRAW           

      The pot is currently at $124.00                                                         Image

Jeff who lost his ticket but was found by Frank enabled him to pick the 5 hearts and did not win.


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Dale just back from Florida and could use the extra money picked the 8 spades and did not win.


ImageThomas who seems to win a pick each week again missed the pot with the 4 of spades.


Stay tuned next week.

HAPPY DOLLARS

Ken was happy “Cupid” delivered chocolate to each Rotarian this AM.Image

Darrell was happy to be back after six weeks, three of those in a coma.

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Becky is happy Mom is here for two weeks and her nephew has taken 5 steps.

                                       

       Image     George reminded us to watch the nature of things on CBC on
 part of a follow up to Gerry Parker’s speech on coyotes.



Ove is happy the medicare system is great with good communication

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John is happy to promote Sweetest Little Thing on at the gallery tonight and also Marita Webb has contributed art work to the cause.


Image Image  Marita is happy her daughter Kalika turns 25

                                                                      and today is off to Wentworth to ski


  
Trish is happy Becky is being inducted and Stella’s house training coming along.

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Louise is happy for the chocolate offering and her son is home for spring break


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COMMITTEE REPORTS
None

UPCOMING MEETINGS
None
PRESIDENT’S TIME
Trish reminded us of the Port Elgin Rotary fundraiser this Friday night “Death by Chocolate” $12.00 each or $20.00 couple.  


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forwarded pic by Pam H. after event

GUEST SPEAKER
Three members were inducted after Charlie reminded us how lucky we are to be a part of an organization of over 1.2 million members. Edna Boland,           Jeff MacKinnon and Becky Stewart. He brought his collection of president’s autographs and funny stories of his trips to Rotary International events.               Each new member was introduced by their sponsor and a brief bio was told.  As these members do their classification speeches, we will hear more             about them in depth.  Trish offered each new member a Rotary pin and an info package.  Each member of the club welcomed them personally after             we all recited the four way test.



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UPCOMING WEEKS
  Thursday February 28th, 2013
Chairperson :  Pam H.
Greeter: Diane S.B.
Introducer:   Gayle
Thanker: George
Speaker: Jayne Glenn

 

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Weekly Bulletin February 7, 2013

Posted by Gayle Key

Bulletin of the

Sackville Rotary Club,

Thursday,February 7, 2013

2012ThemeLogo Trish Edwards, President

                       Editor:   Gayle

NEXT WEEK

Thursday, February 14th, 2013

Chairperson :  Trish

Greeter:         Louise Hicks

Introducer:  

Thanker: 

Speaker:     Club Assembly



THIS WEEK

Chairperson:  Ove

Greeter:        Ken

Introducer:    John M.

Thanker:       Frank

Speaker:       Eryn Foster



Chairperson Ove brought the meeting to order with the singing of the National Anthem and a prayer of grace. 



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TODAY IN CANADIAN HISTORY

OR

    USELESS INFORMATION YOU NEED TO KNOW


February 7

1922 - Lila Acheson Wallace and her husband Dewitt Wallace sell the first 5, 000 copies of their new magazine, the Reader's Digest.

  1962 - Federal government cheques bilingual for the First time.

  1990 - Donald Marshall Jr. wins apology from Nova Scotia for suffering due to 11 years false imprisonment for a murder committed in 1971.

2006 - Stephen Harper's first day as Prime Minister.

2010 - CFB Trenton Base Commander Colonel Russell Williams confesses to two brutal murders, and is arrested by Ottawa police.


VISITING ROTARIANS

None

GUESTS

Pat Samuelsen Image

MAKE UPS

Executive Meeting Feb. 6, 2013-02-10

      Trish and Becky GSE team planning

      SENB gala event Feb 2, 201


BIRTHDAYS

Pam Bowman  congrats beamed to Florida

ANNIVERSARIES

Frank and Barb  45 blissful years

PIN PAL STORIES

Wynn ran into a student associated with Rotary and discussed fundraising.

      Coralee was at a girl guide meeting with Pat B. And met a friend from abroad.


50/50 DRAW

Thomas again had a lucky number but drew the 9 clubs  no winnerImage

Marita was the second person to draw and drew 4 hearts  no winner

ImageJohn again had a lucky number but drew the 7 diamonds.  No winner. 

The 8 of hearts will now be worth approx $116.00 next week.  Buy extra tickets to improve your chances.  The deck of cards is thinner by the week.

HAPPY DOLLARS

Pat B. Won the gold medal  in the Curl for Cancer Tournament for the most money raised.

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Peter was happy and proud as his daughter Katie Image

      sang in Italian at her grandfather’s funeral.


                                                                                Wynn also won a medal in the Curl for Cancer Tournament and

        also proud his granddaughter has been chosen to compete in the Can Winter Games.

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 Pat Samuelson is happy to be at Rotary today and thanked everyone for her well wishes.

                  

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       Trish is happy her new puppy is peeing outside and also happy to have won a

  $1000.00 bottle of wine at the Rotary Gala Saturday night in Dieppe.

ImageJosh is unhappy his girlfriend Skye was in a car accident with his car but happy she was not injured.


COMMITTEE REPORTS

Andy announced the new member induction will take place next week at the club assembly and also a reminder to send in your dues for this ½ year.

UPCOMING MEETINGS

None

PRESIDENT’S TIME

Trish suggested we have our April club assembly as a dinner meeting.  The reason being to participate in a think tank for fundraising.  Trish                       reported we contributed approx. $2300.00 to the gala in Dieppe.



GUEST SPEAKER


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Eryn Foster was our guest speaker this week at Rotary.  She is presently the director of the Eye Level Gallery in Halifax.  Twenty years ago she was               sponsored by Rotary for which she thanked us and proceeded to talk about her walk from Halifax to Sackville which took two weeks.  She did her fine           arts degree at Concordia and her masters degree in Guelph.  She recently worked two years for an art school in the Yukon.  Her focus is art and food           using sour dough culture as a medium.  Look further at her website.... agiftofculturedculture.com 

Frank thanked Eryn and we ended the meeting with the four way test.

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UPCOMING WEEKS

Thursday, February 21, 2013

Chairperson :   Andy

Greeter:          Darren

Introducer:      Frank

Thanker:         Gayle




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Club Bulletin January 31, 2013

Posted by Gayle Key

  Bulletin of 

Sackville Rotary Club 

Thursday,  January 31, 2013 

   

       2012ThemeLogo


Trish Edwards, President

  Editor:Gayle


NEXT WEEK


Thursday, February 7th, 2013
Chairperson :  Ove
Greeter:          Ken
Introducer:      Dianne
Thanker:         Frank
Speaker:         Eryn Foster


THIS WEEK


Chairperson:  Mary
Greeter:        Josh  later Frank earlier
Introducer:    Dianne
Thanker:       John
Speaker:       Luc Babineau


Chairperson Mary 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


January 31


1934 - U.S. Treasury increases its buying price for gold by $15 to $35 per ounce.
      1957 - Government makes Thanksgiving Day a statutory holiday.
      1941 - Canadian co-discoverer of insulin Frederick Banting was killed at age 49 in a Newfoundland air crash en route to England on a wartime medical mission.
      1980 - Prime Minister Joe Clark submits resignation to Governor General, three days after his Tory government was defeated by Pierre Trudeau's Liberals.




VISITING ROTARIANS

Luc Babineau  Shediac Club

GUESTS

Pat B. Granddaughter Isabella

      Andrew and Katie Hess children of Peter 


MAKE UPS

None

BIRTHDAYS

None

ANNIVERSARIES

None

PIN PAL STORIES

None


50/50 DRAW

Pot now at $98.00  Wynn 5 diamonds,  Peter 9 diamonds,  Dianne 6 diamonds.

     No Winner.  Buy extra tickets next week to double your chances



HAPPY DOLLARS

 Charlie happy Jean is home and extra mural is very helpful to allow her to be at home. Happy to meet Ove and Pat at the hospital who lent them extra hands assisting Jean out of   hospital. 

Trish who loves her dog but is struggling with house training.  No worries dogs catch on faster than children, do not wear designer clothes and do not go to University.

Wynn who was in court up against the Irving"s and the judge sided with Wynn.  Yahoo!

Dianne who has been told she has early stage of melanoma.  She will keep us posted.

John who grandfather’s grandson is going to Ottawa.

Sue Purdy whose grandson is celebrating his 9th birthday and told friends not to give him gifts but to support the SPCA.

Marita whose brother-in-law David is fighting cancer.  Our prayers are with him.

Gayle who visited Darrell Wednesday to say he is up walking, doing therapy faithfully and hopes to be at Rotary in a few weeks.

Josh happy Frank took his spot as greeter.  Frank even wore Josh’s name tag to see how many of us were awake enough to notice.

Ken first week of retirement both he and wife Linda spent three days in bed with infections of throat and wicked cold.


COMMITTEE REPORTS

None

UPCOMING MEETINGS

Executive 5:30 PM  pizza delight

PRESIDENT’S TIME

Trish received a letter from Marshview School thanking us for our continued support of the breakfast program.  She also reminded us of the Rotary Gala this coming Saturday night in           Dieppe.


     GUEST SPEAKER

Luc Babineau gave us a wonderful talk on his GSE trip to Venezuela.  His cultural and vocational exchange allowed him to visit medical facilities, a rehab clinic, senior home for women,         chocolate facility and to participate in a live TV talk and radio show.  The country is very wealthy due to oil which is 40% of their federal budget along with natural gas. They  also have         beautiful women who hold 6 Miss International, 6 Universe and 6 World titles.

       John Murchie thanked Luc and we closed with the four way test. 

      UPCOMING WEEKS

Thursday, February 14th

         Club Assembly


   

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Bulletin Jan 24, 2013

Posted by Gayle Key

                                                                                                                      Bulletin of the

                                                                                               Sackville Rotary Club,

                                                                                               Thursday, January 24,2013

                                                         2012ThemeLogo                   Trish Edwards, President

                                                                                                   Editor: Gayle


                 NEXT WEEK

                 Thursday, January 31, 2013

                Chairperson :  Mary Sears

                Greeter:          Josh Cormier

                Introducer:      Diane Stephens

                Thanker:         Darren Wheaton

                Speaker:         Luc Babineau


                  THIS WEEK

                    Chairperson:    Louise MacKinnon

                Greeter:           John Murchie

                Introducer:       George Woodburn

                Thanker:          Dianne Oulton

                Speaker:          James Kalyan  and Peter Hyham


        Chairperson Louise 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


             January 24

                1885 - The CPR telegraph reaches the Pacific from Halifax; now operating from coast to coast. 

                1952 - Vincent Massey 1887-1967 appointed the first Canadian-born Governor General of Canada.  He was the grandson of Hart                                                  Massey who developed the family farm implement company (Massey Fergusson) into a global firm. 

                1969 - FLQ terrorists set off a bomb in a branch of the Bank of Nova Scotia. 

               2006 - Mario Lemieux announces his second retirement from hocke



           VISITING ROTARIANS

              None

          GUESTS

              Susan Tower  Scotia Bank

            Marguerite Harvey  wife of Darrell

           MAKE UPS 

               Rye Committee

             Projects

           BIRTHDAYS

                None

            ANNIVERSARIES

                None

            PIN PAL STORIES

                None


            50/50 DRAW

             Diane was the first to see if she could pick the 8 or hearts.  Three clubs, no win

            Sue Purdy chose the 3 spades. No win.

            Thomas (who seems to pick every week)  jack of diamonds.  No win.  The pot grows from $86.00.


           HAPPY DOLLARS
            Barb Jardine is happy to be home from Florida.  Pam Bowman is off to Florida this Saturday for her long drive.  Louise MacKinnon is back from her               cruise with memories of fun times.  Marguerite tells us Darrell is in the Sackville Hospital and can now have visitors for a short time.  She also                     thanked us for our many prayers and token from us to help with her expenses.   Thomas is off to Moncton for a birthday party and was glad he did             not win the money this week.  Trish is home from California and has received her new puppy who is wetting the floor while being house trained.


        COMMITTEE REPORTS

          Andy with membership has sent out the bi-annual invoices.  Cathy Keeling has resigned Rotary with hopes of rejoining later.  Club within Club is                 postponed till fall.  Feel free to put forward names of future Rotarians anytime of the year.


          Rye Comm.  the cross country tour is still undecided.



           UPCOMING MEETINGS
              None

           PRESIDENT’S TIME
              Trish reminded us of the 5 clubs who will gather in Moncton on Feb. 2 to have an auction night to raise funds for Haiti.  Last year the total raised                 was $60,000.00.  A sign up sheet was sent around to judge numbers and arrange transportation.


           GUEST SPEAKER
              This week we were musically entertained by James Kalyn who brought with him two clarinettes one in A and one in B flat and Peter Hyham who                  played classical guitar.  Both of these gentlemen are professors at Mt. A.  We all learned how weather can be a factor on wood and nylon strings.                  They respond to moisture and heat.  The roadhouse was cool with  an outside temperature of -16 along with the cooking for 32 persons were we in            for a challenge.  No..we listened to a nine minute, three part 19th century piece called The Mountaineer.  After a brief break, James and Peter                      changed the mood to play two movements by John Oliver called Urban Dances.  They are playing this Friday February 1st at the Brunton Aud. At                8:00 PM.  Dianne thanked our guests.


           UPCOMING WEEKS

             Thursday, February 7, 2013

                  Chairperson : Ove
                  Greeter:         Ken
                  Introducer:    Dianne
                  Thanker:        Frank
                  Speaker:        Eryn Foster





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Weekly Bulletin January 3, 2013

Posted by Gayle Key

                                                                                                              

                                                                 Bulletin of the Sackville Rotary Club


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   NEXT WEEK
   Chairperson :  Club Assembly
   Greeter:   Gayle

     Introducer:  
     Thanker: 
     Speaker: 


   THIS WEEK
   Chairperson:  Ken
   Greeter:        Wynn
   Introducer:    Susan Fisher
   Thanker:       Wayne
   Speaker:      David McKellar


   Chairperson Ken brought the meeting to order with the singing of the National Anthem and a prayer of grace.                                                                Image   




         TODAY IN CANADIAN HISTORY
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        USELESS INFORMATION YOU NEED TO KNOW 


        January 3
            1922 - Governor General Julian Byng strikes the first nickel 5¢ coin of Canada, at the Royal Canadian Mint.
            1941 - Canada and the US acquire air bases at Gander and Goose Bay on a 99 year lease. 
            1992 - Miss Canada Pageant is scrapped after 45 years, due to changing tastes and politic

         VISITING ROTARIANS 
         None  
         GUESTS 
          None

        MAKE UPS
        Executive Wed. Jan 2/201

        BIRTHDAYS
        None

        ANNIVERSARIES
        None

        PIN PAL STORIES
        None


       50/50 DRAW
       Gayle  5 spades no win  Image   Pam 10 diamonds no win    Image   George ImageQueen diamonds no                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     win

     HAPPY DOLLARS
      Wynn proud grandkids finished 3rd in under 21 class     Image Charlie  grandkids here from KitteryImage,  electric train set for Xmas
       


     Louise  7 more sleeps and she is off cruising with familyImage                                         Image
                                                                                                                            Wayne  5 more sleeps and he and Sandy off south                                                               Pat B.  Rotary is putting in curling team for Cancer, one more person needed

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                                                                                                    Barb J.  Happy to be back home and back to Rotary from Bahrain


                                                                                                         Pam B  happy granddaughter visited @ Xmas and learning more volcabulary each day

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                                    Sandy  Skyped with granddaughters in Ontario all had matching hats


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         Trish  Happy to be back in New Brunswick after trip to Picton, Ontario
                                                                                                                     Ken  28 more sleeps until retirement and he will not know what to do some mornings

     COMMITTEE REPORTS
      None

      UPCOMING MEETINGS

      Paul Harris meeting quickly after AM meeting
      Membership meeting after AM meeting.

      PRESIDENT’S TIME

       Gayle gave an update on Darrell’s condition.  Though improved he still has a long way to recover.  He has developed pneumonia in his lungs and they are trying to              wean him off the ventilator.  Brian Muir will fill in temporarily while Darrell is recouping.
       Trish welcomed 2 new members Becky Stewart and Edna Boland.  Winterfest is upcoming and the Rotoract students will be asked if they wish to do the chili cook off          this year. SENB is to take place in Dieppe with a gala and auction on Feb 2, 2013.



      GUEST SPEAKER

         Susan introduced David McKellar who has been retired five years and his passion is genealogy.   His topic today is the Botsford House in Westcock.  David told us the           complete fascinating history of 250 years in 20 minutes.  The Acadian arrived in Westcock in 1670.  The name is Mi’kmas and the name translates to “high ground             overlooking the marsh”.  The first people to live in the home on Botsford Lane was Valentine Estabrooks from 1725 – 1770.  Over the years another Botsford, who             became the first warden of Dorchester Pen., made his home there.  Eventually Jake and Marjorie Fisher bought the house in 1962.  The family name of Fisher still             remains as Zack Fisher is the new owner.  The house is of Georgian architecture and had both men and women’s servant quarters with separate stairways.
          Wayne thanked David and the meeting was concluded with the Four Way Test.

       UPCOMING WEEKS
       Thursday, Jan 17, 2013
       Chairperson :  Louise H
       Greeter:   George
       Introducer:  Darrell
       Thanker: Diane S.B.
       Speaker:

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District Conference Information

Posted by Wayne Harper
             wh-4p-ol

Service above Self

Peace through Service 

The Rotary Club of Moncton 
West & Riverview 
Invites You to Attend a 
Weekend of Fellowship

September 21 – 23, 2012
Future Inns 
Lady Ada Drive, Moncton, NB
Exit 454, Trans Canada Highway
   
We hope you can join us for an enjoyable and 
educational weekend featuring:

Friday:
 District #7810 Golf Tournament 
     (separate  registration  required)
 4 – 8 pm - Registration  
 7:30 – 10:30 pm  - Moncton Sunrise Club 
     Casino Night   (Appetizers, Cash Bar)
 Saturday morning:
 Buffet Breakfast - Guest Speaker
 “All Work and No Play? Finding the Right 
     Mix for your Club” - What makes your 
     club fun? Share hints and successes with 
     your fellow Rotarians
 Light Lunch – Rotary Mapleton Lodge

    Saturday afternoon:
 Free time – enjoy area attractions such 
    as shopping, a winery tour, a trip  to The 
    Rocks  or a family visit to Crystal Palace 
    Amusement Park or the Magnetic Hill Zoo
    Saturday Evening:
 Enjoy dinner and the theatre and leave 
    the driving to us - Rotarians and their 
    guests will be bussed to McSweeney’s 
    Dinner Theatre in downtown Moncton for 
    an evening of dining and comedy 
    enjoyment.

Sunday
 Breakfast & Closing – Rotary Lodge 
 
  
 
Register online at: www.monctonwestrotary.ca
or mail form to:

Moncton West & Riverview Rotary
c/o Mr. Les Elliot
386 Westmount Blvd, Moncton, NB 
E1E 4K3

or print & FAX: 506-852-4525
Name: 
____________________________________
Address: 
____________________________________
City & Postal Code: 
______________________________
Rotary Club: 
_____________________________________
Guest Name: 
_____________________________________
Registering for: (please indicate with a √)
Full Conference: $160 _______ 
Guest Casino Night: $25_________
Guest Dinner Theatre: $55__________
Total amount due: __________
Cheque enclosed _____ Visa ______ M/C ___
Credit card number: 
__________________________
Expiry Date: ___________________
Name on Card: 
________________________________

Registration deadline: September 18, 2012. 
Please make cheques payable to “MWR Rotary 
Club.”  
Hotel reservations should be made 
directly with Future Inns: 1-800-565-0700. A 
block of rooms has been reserved at 
$119/night; please quote :“Weekend of Fellowship"
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Changing of the Guard

Posted by Wayne Harper
President Trish Edwards gives us her vision of the Rotary Club of Sackville going forward in 2012 - 2013.


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Webnar for a Rotary Conference

Posted by Wayne Harper

Bangkok, the land of a Thousand Smiles

April 2012

Catch the excitement of a Rotary Convention from your living room!  The first RI Convention webcast goes live on

Tuesday, 8 May 2012 
9:15 to 11:45  (GMT + 7.0 hours ) 
Bangkok, Thailand

Join us in English by clicking or pasting this link in your browser: http://rotary2012.sessionupload.com/ 

Use the Time Zone Converter to find the viewing time for your location.

Look at the Plenary 3 schedule in the program book to see the exciting line-up, including a laser show!

Celebrate Rotary's polio milestones in real time!

For the latest convention coverage, go to www.rotary.org

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